Monday, June 16, 2008

The George Quiz - Week Nineteen Of 2008

Sunday 17th May 2008

Round One – General Knowledge

1. Which city is hosting the Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday?

2. Which animal is the symbol of the World Wide Fund for Nature?

3. Which 13th century Venetian explorer is famed for his explorations across Asia?

4. The Dodecanese islands are located in which sea?

5. What did Speke airport in Liverpool change its name to?

6. Which Japanese word means “to live for 10 000 years”?

7. Cover Versions 1: Which Bee Gees song did Take That cover in 1996?

8. Cover Versions 2: Which American band covered Erasure’s A Little Respect in 2001?

9. Game Shows 1; which late night Saturday game show was presented by Chris Evans with musical assistance by Jools Holland?

10. Game Shows 2: which Channel 5 Saturday night karaoke show was hosted by former Madness singer Suggs?

11. Food 1: Redcurrant jelly, port and orange juice are the basis of which sauce?

12. Food 2: What is mulligatawny?

13. UK 1: What was Operation Deep Scan looking for in 1987?

14. UK 2: Which UK city is known as The Granite City?

15. Europe 1: Which country had the Singing Revolution in 1991?

16. Europe 2: What is the name of the Danish music festival equivalent of Glastonbury?

17. Where on your body is the jugal bone?

18. Ailurophobia is the fear of which domestic animal?


Round Two (withdrawn)


Round Three

Fictional Characters
1. Who created the fictional character Bridget Jones?

2. Which fictional character will next be seen in the forthcoming film Quantum Of Solace?

3. Which fictional character from a children’s novel is honoured with a statue in Kensington Gardens in London?

4. In which novel (and also later a film) is Holly Golightly the heroine?

5. Which author created the characters Will Freeman, played on film by Hugh Grant, and Rob Gordon, played in a separate film by John Cusack?


Brighton
6. In which month is the annual Naked Bike Ride and the Sound Waves Contemporary Classical Music Festival

7. Which Brighton hotel boats 19 themed bedrooms including the Durex Play Room, the Nooki Room and Cissy Mo’s Magic Garden?

8. What is the name of the memorial dedicated to the Indian soldiers who died during the first World War which is found on the Downs at Patcham?

9. Which restaurant in Kemptown got the Gordon Ramsay treatment in 2007?

10. Which clothing company was started by Arthur Sugarman in 1963 in a Brighton shirt factory?


Two Word Film Titles…
11. Michael J Fox has lycanthropy?

12. Gwynneth Paltrow misses her train – or does she?

13. The Fish Called Wanda team reunited in 1997?

14. Four tales of crime adapted from Frank Miller's popular comics

15. Kevin Spacey stars as Lester Burnham?



US States….
16. What is the capital city of the state of Michigan?

17. With the capital of Cheyenne, which of the states of America has the smallest population?

18. The Hoover Dam also known as the Boulder Dam stands on the river Colorado on the border of Arizona and which other US state?

19. Which city in Massachusetts is served by Logan International Airport?

20. In which state is the 13 acre estate known as Graceland?


Round Four: Its Music…
(we played some music from the albums shown below; for the sake of the blog version, just name the Rock/Indie albums...)




Round Five: Dingbats
Make a common phrase from the twelve pictograms shown below...

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1 comment:

Mike Smail said...

Round One:
1. Belgrade
2. Giant panda
3. Marco Polo
4. Aegean
5. Liverpool John Lennon
6. Banzai!!
7. How Deep Is Your Love?
8. Wheatus
9. Don't Forget Your Toothbrush
10. Night Fever
11. Cumberland
12. Curry soup
13. Loch Ness Monster
14. Aberdeen
15. Estonia
16. Roskilde
17. Cheekbone
18. Cats

Round Three
Fictional Characters
1. Helen fielding
2. James Bond
3. Peter Pan
4. Breakfast At Tiffany's
5. Nick Hornby

Brighton
6. June
7. Pelirocco
8. Chattri
9. Ruby Tate's/Love's Restaurant
10. Ben Shermann

Films
11. Teen Wolf
12. Sliding Doors
13. Fierce Creatures
14. Sin City
15. American Beauty

US States
16. Lansing
17. Wyoming
18. Nevada
19. Boston
20. Tenessee

Round Four
A.Editors - The Back Room
B.Primal Scream - Give out But Don't Give Up
C.New Order - Republic
D.Dandy Warhols - Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia
E.Nickleback - Silver Side Up
F.Blur - The Great Escape
G.Happy Mondays - Bummed
H.Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine
I.Muse - Origin Of Symmetry
J. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication
K. Radiohead - Amnesiac
L. Kings Of Leon - Because Of The Times

Round Five
1. Copycat
2. Step sister
3. Think it over
4. Fit for nothing
5. No going back
6. Mayonnaise
7. Comedy (or even, Black Comedy)
8. Foot in the door
9. Cut out the middle man
10. Tunafish
11. Matinee
12. Afternoon tea
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