The George Quiz - Week Thirteen Of 2008
Round Three - A Variety
Film...the boys
1. Which Oscar winning film recounts the true story of the mathematician John Nash?
2. Who played Lex Luther on screen in 2006?
3. Which film starring Don Cheadle is set in Kigali?
4. What was Mackualey Caulkin’s character name in Home Alone?
5. Which 1990 film opens with the characters Henry Hill, Jimmy Conway and Tommy De Vito driving a car with a body in the boot?
Scandinavia
6. What colour is the cross on Finland’s flag?
7. What is Norway’s second largest city?
8. The name of which car manufacturer derives from the Latin for “I roll”?
9. “Scandinavian for value” is the motto of which supermarket chain?
10. What did the Euro replace in Finland??
Five Of A Kind…
11. What are the names of Enid Blyton’s Famous Five?
12. What were the surnames of the five members of the boy band Take That??
13. What are the five largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea??
14. What are the five largest planets in the solar system??
15. What were the names of the five fellow members of Top Cat’s gang??
Anagrams...two answers are required from the clues given here; each answer is an anagram of the other...
16. Come to a halt and stake in the ground?
17. Soil or dirt and vital organ of the body?
18. Bent wire used to fasten papers and flat folds in cloth?
19. Resembling a bear and protect against loss or risk?
20. Heavy draught animal and group of musicians?
Round Four – The Grand George Quiz National
Sunday 6th April 2008
Round One – General Knowledge
1. "I believe in America...America has made my fortune" are the opening lines to which classic film?
2. Which two animals are on the cover of a British passport?
3. What is the only number to be spelt the same in French and English?
4. Which famous novel features extracts from the diary of Jonathan Harker??
5. Where did the author of The Origin of the Species replace the author of Hard Times??
6. Which politician was the subject of the 2005 TV film A Very Social Secretary?
7. What was the name of the documentary film released last year, which accused the Blair government of civil rights abuses?
8. Mr Wright proved not to be Mr Right for which celebrity presenter in 2005?
9. What kind of quiz is presented by Kirsty Wark on BBC4?
10. Located in National Park, California, General Sherman is the name given to the world’s largest what?
11. Which is the world’s only venomous mammal?
12. What type of toy would an arctophile collect?
13. Name any one of the three counties in which Stilton cheese can be made?
14. Which Swiss cheese is named after a valley near the town of Berne?
15. In which European country is Lettish spoken?
Latvia
16. Which European country uses the Internet suffix .ee?
17. Which novel, film and stage show features a dog called Sandy and a servant called Punjab??
18. What was the name of the faith healer employed by Glen Hoddle in the 1998 World Cup??
Round Two: The Mister Men!!!
1. "I believe in America...America has made my fortune" are the opening lines to which classic film?2. Which two animals are on the cover of a British passport?
3. What is the only number to be spelt the same in French and English?
4. Which famous novel features extracts from the diary of Jonathan Harker??
5. Where did the author of The Origin of the Species replace the author of Hard Times??
6. Which politician was the subject of the 2005 TV film A Very Social Secretary?
7. What was the name of the documentary film released last year, which accused the Blair government of civil rights abuses?
8. Mr Wright proved not to be Mr Right for which celebrity presenter in 2005?
9. What kind of quiz is presented by Kirsty Wark on BBC4?
10. Located in National Park, California, General Sherman is the name given to the world’s largest what?
11. Which is the world’s only venomous mammal?
12. What type of toy would an arctophile collect?
13. Name any one of the three counties in which Stilton cheese can be made?
14. Which Swiss cheese is named after a valley near the town of Berne?
15. In which European country is Lettish spoken?
Latvia
16. Which European country uses the Internet suffix .ee?
17. Which novel, film and stage show features a dog called Sandy and a servant called Punjab??
18. What was the name of the faith healer employed by Glen Hoddle in the 1998 World Cup??
Round Two: The Mister Men!!!
Round Three - A Variety
Film...the boys
1. Which Oscar winning film recounts the true story of the mathematician John Nash?
2. Who played Lex Luther on screen in 2006?
3. Which film starring Don Cheadle is set in Kigali?
4. What was Mackualey Caulkin’s character name in Home Alone?
5. Which 1990 film opens with the characters Henry Hill, Jimmy Conway and Tommy De Vito driving a car with a body in the boot?
Scandinavia
6. What colour is the cross on Finland’s flag?
7. What is Norway’s second largest city?
8. The name of which car manufacturer derives from the Latin for “I roll”?
9. “Scandinavian for value” is the motto of which supermarket chain?
10. What did the Euro replace in Finland??
Five Of A Kind…
11. What are the names of Enid Blyton’s Famous Five?
12. What were the surnames of the five members of the boy band Take That??
13. What are the five largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea??
14. What are the five largest planets in the solar system??
15. What were the names of the five fellow members of Top Cat’s gang??
Anagrams...two answers are required from the clues given here; each answer is an anagram of the other...
16. Come to a halt and stake in the ground?
17. Soil or dirt and vital organ of the body?
18. Bent wire used to fasten papers and flat folds in cloth?
19. Resembling a bear and protect against loss or risk?
20. Heavy draught animal and group of musicians?
Round Four – The Grand George Quiz National
Round Five – Music First Lines
1. “You know that it would be untrue You know that I would be a liar If I was to say to you, Girl, we couldn't get much higher…”
2. “Streets like a jungle So call the police Following the herd Down to greece - on holiday”
3. “Here I lie In a lost and lonely part of town Held in time In a world of tears I slowly drown”
4. “So no one told you life was gonna be this way, Your jobs a joke, you're broke, your love life's D.O.A.”
5. “There she stood in the street, smilin' from her head to her feet; I said, "Hey, what is this? Now maybe, baby, maybe she's in need of a kiss."
6. “Maybe I didn't treat you Quite as good as I should have; Maybe I didn't love you Quite as often as I could have”
7. “Son, Im 30; I only went with your mother cause shes dirty. And I dont have a decent bone in me, What you get is just what you see yeah”
8. “Roxanne, you don't have to put on the red light, Those days are over; You don't have to sell your body to the night”
9. “In the deserts of Sudan, And the gardens of Japan, From Milan to Yucatan, Every woman, every man”
10. “Sup up your beer and collect your fags, Theres a row going on down near slough,”
1. “You know that it would be untrue You know that I would be a liar If I was to say to you, Girl, we couldn't get much higher…”
2. “Streets like a jungle So call the police Following the herd Down to greece - on holiday”
3. “Here I lie In a lost and lonely part of town Held in time In a world of tears I slowly drown”
4. “So no one told you life was gonna be this way, Your jobs a joke, you're broke, your love life's D.O.A.”
5. “There she stood in the street, smilin' from her head to her feet; I said, "Hey, what is this? Now maybe, baby, maybe she's in need of a kiss."
6. “Maybe I didn't treat you Quite as good as I should have; Maybe I didn't love you Quite as often as I could have”
7. “Son, Im 30; I only went with your mother cause shes dirty. And I dont have a decent bone in me, What you get is just what you see yeah”
8. “Roxanne, you don't have to put on the red light, Those days are over; You don't have to sell your body to the night”
9. “In the deserts of Sudan, And the gardens of Japan, From Milan to Yucatan, Every woman, every man”
10. “Sup up your beer and collect your fags, Theres a row going on down near slough,”
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