The George Quiz - Week Seventeen Of 2008

Sunday 4th May 2008

Round One – General Knowledge

1. Which fishy chef is associated with the Cornish resort of Padstow?

2. Which European Union treaty of 1991 was supposed to be the blueprint for a future social, economic and monetary union?

3. Which band is fronted by Scottish singer John Lawler?

4. What word is both a quarter bottle of champagne and a small (woodwind) musical instrument?

5. Which instrument has a name, which roughly means “jumping flea” in Hawaiian, from where it originates?

6. In an alphabetical list, what would be the first country in Africa?

7. What is a bonobo?

8. Which husband and wife team starred in the 1991 film Mortal Thoughts?

9. Which husband and wife team starred in the 2000 film Traffic?

10. In which English county would you find the Lake District and also Sellafield nuclear plant?

11. In which game do you score one point for a word of three letters, three points for a word of 6 letters and eleven points for a word of 8 letters or more?

12. Which comedy duo created by Mike Judge first appeared in a cartoon short film entitled “Frog Baseball” in 1991?

13. How many different shapes are there in a traditional game of Tetris?

14. Which London hospital is the largest centre for research into children’s diseases outside the USA?

15. Which English actor played William Shakespeare in Blackadder Back and Forth?

16. With which game would you associate the name Nigel Short?

17. The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy featured a robot called what?

18. Which 1970’s glam rock star played a pub landlord in Hollyoaks?



Round Two: Animals
Some of the more rare of the world's animals...

Round Three

Current Affairs…
1. According to recent revelations by Lord Levy, from whom did Tony Blair receive sensual massages?

2. Which company recently won a High Court battle over the V.A.T. status of its chocolate teacakes?

3. They first rolled off the production line at the Rowntrees factory in 1948 and are currently celebrating their 60th birthday. Name this famous product.

4. Boris first, Ken second…who came third?

5. Which Sussex town was recently in the news after health & safety fears led to the cancellation of its world-famous seaside pier Birdman competition?



Contemporary Art…
6. Damian Hirst’s work The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living features which creature in a tank of formalydehyde?

7. American artist Jasper Johns is famous for repeatedly painting which object?

8. Which artist was portrayed by Ed Harris in a biographical film of the year 2000?

9. Which British sculptor was responsible for “Another Place”, a series of 100 life-size cast iron figures gazing out to see on a beach near Liverpool?

10. Which artist’s Blue House in Mexico City in which she lived and worked is now a museum in her memory?


Australia…
11. The capital of Western Australia shares its name with which Scottish city ?

12. Which animal indigenous to Australia has a name, which means “no drink”?

13. Which city is the capital of Tasmania?

14. What is the name of the strait that separates north and South islands of New Zealand?

15. Which World Heritage Site designed by Danish architect Jorn Utzon was opened on October 20th 1973?



Which year…in which year did the following events take place (three for each question)
16. Which Year? Blankety Blank is first screened on BBC1… Phil Daniels and Sting star in the film Quadrophenia…. Squeeze have a hit with Cool For Cats

17. Which Year? Stefan Edberg wins the Wimbledon singles title….Kylie Minogue has a chart hit with I Should Be So Lucky….. Wembley Stadium hosts a huge concert to celebrate the 70th birthday of Nelson Mandela

18. Which Year? Death of Myra Hindley….12 European countries start to use the Euro as their official currency…. Keira Knightly stars in the film Bend It Like Beckham

19. Which Year? Michael J Fox reveals that he is suffering from Parkinson’s Disease….Brad Pitt stars in Fight Club?……Britney Spears has a debut hit entitled Baby One More Time

20. Which Year? Gene Wilder stars as Willy Wonka…..Arsenal win the double….The Doors have a hit with Riders On The Storm




Round Four - Fastest Finger
Put the following in the order as required by the question...

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