The George Quiz - Week Twelve Of 2008
Sunday 30th March 2008

That's better, i really enjoyed last night's quiz; funny how the quiz nights immediately before a Bank Holiday Monday always descend into a shambolic farce...anyway, a great performance by the Digger Vs Alternative Medicine who really have become the team to beat...

Round One – General Knowledge

1. What do French children tie to unsuspecting people’s backs on April 1st?

2. Which French premier’s wife and former supermodel caused a stir on the red carpet in London this week?

3. Where would most of you see the initials YKK daily?

4. Which Radio One DJ turned artist has produced a picture of the West Pier made out of liquorice?

5. More chocolate: who is the new Cadbury’s Flake girl?

6. Who is the current Secretary Of State For Children, Schools, And Families, a position which as created only in June 2007?

7. Which game under the National Lottery banner involves choosing 5 main numbers from 1-34 and 1 from numbers 1-14 for a fee of £1?

8. The first National Lottery draw in 1994 formed part of which regular Saturday Night TV programme?

9. What is the name of the Irish turkey (this year’s Eurovision entry)?

10. Formed in July 2007 what name is given to the crack team of renowned figures assembled by Nelson Mandela to solve all the world's ills?

11. Alan Sugar is the boss of the BBC's The Apprentice but who is his counterpart in the US version?

12. Who designed London’s Millennium Bridge?

13. The lyrics of which song originally recorded in 1964 by Martha Reeves And The Vandellas mentions Chicago, New York City and New Orleans in the opening verse?

14. Which Steven Spielberg film tells the story of the writer JG Ballard’s early life?

15. In which British city is there an area called Tiger Bay?

16. Which animated TV character led a gang comprising Benny The Ball, Spook, Fancy Fancy, Choo Choo and Brain?

17. Which American inventor was dubbed “The Wizard Of Menlo Park” after an area in New Jersey where he set up a laboratory?

18. Which mutant rat is the martial arts master and father figure for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?


Round Two: Picture Round

Round Three

Words Which Are Anagrams Of Each Other...two answers are required, each an anagram of the other...
1. Officer commanding a large force and to make bigger?

2. Prison officer and something received in return for services or good work?

3. Deep purplish colour and person of power in industry?

4. Eastern and person connected by blood or marriage?

5. Reply or react to and gives deep consideration to?


April 1st
6. On April 1st 2002, which was the first country in the world to legalise euthanasia?

7. Children’s TV channel, Nickelodeon broadcast its first programme on April 1st, but in which decade?

8. On April 1st 1867 which Asian country became a British Crown Colony, a position it would hold until independence in 1965?

9. Which literary twins were born on April 1st?

10. On April 1st 2000 the Enigma decoding machine was stolen from a museum in Bletchley Park; which TV presenter received the machine six days later through the post?


Sci-Fi on TV...
11. Which famous author wrote the 1979 Dr Who series of 4 episodes entitled “City Of Death”?

12. What is the profession of Owen Harper in TORCHWOOD?

13. In which classic late Seventies US TV show did TWIKI appear?

14. Which elite force created by Gerry Anderson was led by Dr Tiger Ninestein and Captain Mary Falconer?

15. In BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER what is Buffy's favourite stake called?


Tricky Around The World....
16. Which famous building in the USA was named after the USA’s first Secretary of War?

17. In which country did tarot cards originate?

18. The 2005 French leg of the Live 8 concert was held in the courtyard of which building?

19. Which 61 mile long canal links the North Sea with the Baltic Sea?

20. The daiquiri cocktail was named after a town in which country?

Round Four – TV Themes

Not available here, of course

Round Five - Pop Quiz


Answers will be posted below as a "Comment" in due course...