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...
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...
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