The George Quiz - Week Fifteen Of 2008

Sunday 20th April 2008

Round One – General Knowledge

1. Which “journalist and musician” has been declared bankrupt for a second time this week?

2. Who was the first disc jockey to receive a knighthood??

3. Which popular UK tourist attraction is built on the former home of the Earl of Shrewsbury?

4. What are advertised by the slogan "The trouble is they taste too good"?

5. Romansch is one of the four official languages of which country?

6. Banff National Park is the largest park in which country?

7. Which movie “Sequel” featured a Cameo by Michael Jackson??

8. Until November of last year, the president and prime minister of which Euorpean country were identical twins?

9. Which now defunct national newspaper was the first to be printed entirely in colour?

10. Quiz Shows: what was the name of the game show that Keith Chegwin presented in the nude on Channel 5??

11. What is dactylography the scientific study of?

12. If something is dendriform, what is it shaped like?

13. Who played Henry VIII in Itv’s version of theTudors this year?

14. Where are Rods and Cones found in your body?

15. Which type of sugar has the same name as a river in Guyana?

16. In the Wizard of Oz, who did Dorothy meet first, Tinman, Scarecrow or the Lion?

17. How many years after the release of their first record do artists have to wait before they can be inducted in the Rock’N’Roll Hall Of Fame?

18. ...And in which American city is the Rock’n’Roll Hall Of Fame Museum?


Round Two – Quiz Show Hosts

Famous Georges…
1. Which George directed the 2002 film "Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind"??

2. In 2002, who was the highest placed 'George' in the BBC poll of 100 Greatest Britons?

3. Which Australian actress born in 1976 played Angel Parish in Home and Away for four years in the Nineties?

4. Which George is the author with the real name of Eric Arthur Blair??

5. Which famous George had a dog a called Indiana?



South America
6. Which group of volcanic Pacific islands have a name that means ‘tortoise' in Spanish?

7. What is the nationality of someone born in the city of Lima?

8. In which South American city would you find the Sugar Loaf mountain and Copacabana?

9. The world's highest lake lies on the border between Peru and Bolivia at an altitude of over 12,000 feet. What is its name??

10. Which river forms over 200 miles of the border between the countries of Colombia and Venezuela?


Music In Films…
11. Which actor and actreesss played the parts of Jim Morrison and his wife Pamela in the 1991 film The Doors?

12. In which 1991 film starring River Phoenix did Red Hot Chili Pepper’s bassist Flea make a brief appearance?

13. Which film director has released the film Shine A Light a documentary of the Rolling Stones A Bigger Bang tour?

14. Which girl band made the film “Honest”?

15. Which film star played guitar and sang with the band “30 Odd Foot Of Grunts”?


Three Of A Kind…
16. By what 3 names has the largest city in Turkey been known?

17. What are the 3 most abundant gases in the Earths atmosphere?

18. Excluding Egypt through which 3 countries does the River Nile flow?

19. Which 3 star signs are represented by horned animals?

20. What are the medical names of the 3 main bones of the ear?

Round Four: Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?

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The George Quiz - Week Fourteen Of 2008

Sunday 13th April 2008

Round One – General Knowledge

1. How many faces does a tetrahedron have?

2. Kirsty Gallacher and Ian Wright are the new hosts for the return of which 1990's show?

3. “Hard Candy” is the latest album by which veteran singer?

4. After whom did Lewis Hamilton’s father name his son? (This person was very much in the news at the time)

5. Name the character played by Catherine Tate in Doctor Who?

6. What part of an insect’s body connects the head with the abdomen?

7. Which singer posthumously reached No 1 in 1993 with “Living on My Own”?

8. Which French city is a meeting place for the European Parliament?

9. Which vehicle was invented in the late 1950’s by English engineer Sir Christopher Cockerell ?

10.La Paz is the capital city of which South American country?

11. Stewart, Chatham and Mercury are all islands in the Pacific Ocean, belonging to which country?

12. Who is the only title character of a Disney animated feature film that does not speak?

13. Sam Wheat, Molly Jensen and Oda Mae Brown were characters in which classic 1990 film?

14. Which is the only chemical element with a three-letter name?

15. Conference, Bartlett and Kaiser are all varieties of which fruit?

16. In which decade was the first paperback book published?

17. Which dance shares its name with the collective noun for rattlesnakes?

18. Which newspaper features the comic strip “The Adventures of Beau Peep”?


Round Two: Geography (Country Flags and Outlines)
Identify the following countries by their flags and country outlines...

Round Three – A Variety

In 2003 (Questions about the recent past…)
1. Which 70 year old stripped for world peace in Paris?

2. The body of which Ministry of Defence scientist was found on July 18?

3. Paul Martin became the 21st Prime minister of which country?

4. Which American singer and record producer with the middle name Eugene died in July?

5. Prometea became the first of which animal to be cloned?


Film Sequels
6. The second of which series of live action versions of a Warner Brothers cartoon was called “Monsters Unleashed”?

7. Which action/comedy sequel released in 2003 was subtitled “Full Throttle”?

8. Appearing 16 years after the original, where was the location for the 1997 horror film sequel to “An American Werewolf In London”?

9. Released in 1995, what was the subtitle of the second Ace Ventura film?

10. Which 1996 film spawned two less successful sequels, entitled “Texas Blood Money” and “The Hangman’s Daughter”?


Round Britain
11. Which strait separates Wales from Angelsey?

12. What is the name of the major town on the Scottish island of Mull used by the BBC as the setting for the children’s TV programme Balamory?

13. Which landlocked county is home to Alton Towers and Drayton Manor theme parks?

14. Name the two London boroughs beginning with the letter “E”?

15. In which mountain range is the UK’s largest peak, Ben Nevis?


Sport
16. If the Robins play the Pirates, which city is hosting a football derby?

17. To a darts player, what is the madhouse?

18. What sport takes place in a velodrome?

19. In 1981 Susan Brown became the first woman to compete in which race?

20. Which five a side sport was invented by Canadian James Naismith in 1891?

Round Four: Puzzle Time

Three Dingbats, three anagrams and three number puzzles...