Sunday 25th May 2008
Round One – General Knowledge
1. What word is both a town in Berkshire and the dead skin of a snake?2. Chocolate bar Snickers is reverting to its former name for a limited period – what is it?
3. Which veteran singer’s new album (of new material!!!) went straight in the album charts at Number One?
4. Which comedy is set in the Solanas all-inclusive holiday resort?
5. What did AI stand for in the title of a Stephen Spielberg film?
6. Of what is philology the study?
7. To which religion is the Ganges the most sacred river?
8. Which Asian manufacturing giant has a name, which means “three stars”?
9. On which island is Cape Wrath the most Northwesterly point?
10. Curt Smith and Roland Orzabal made up which 80’s duo?
11. Which actor played TV detective, Columbo?
12. What name is given to a four sided geometrical figure, with only one pair of sides parallel?
13. On which sea is the port of Gdansk?
14. From which language does the word Alcohol originate?
15. What did Blaise Pascal in vent while researching the theories of perpetual motion?
16. Who is the actress born this week in 1976 who fronted a girl band called Milan before joining Eastenders and ended up beneath the wheels of Frank Butcher’s Rover?
17. Which team ball game occupies the largest playing area?
18. Which country has the motto “Ordem E Progresso” on its national flag?
Round Two: Eye Spy:
Round Three
Books...by British authors (almost!!)
1. Which book introduces us to the characters of Hazel Fiver and Bigwig?
2. Which pop star published a book of of his own poems in 1965 called A Spaniard in the Works?
3. Which word appears in both the sequels to Charlie And The ChocolateFactory and Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland?
4. In Orwell’s “1984”, what did Winston Smith find behind the door of room 101?
5. Which celebrity wrote the children’s book, “The English Roses” in 2003
Far East...questions with an Oriental flavour
6. What currency is used in Thailand?
7. Which vast desert lies in Mongolia and Northern China?
8. Which Asian country’s flag is a yellow star on a red background?
9. What is the name of the industrial city on Honshu Island, Japan, and also that of a motorcycle manufactured there?
10. Which city was called Saigon until its name was changed in 1975?
Board Games
11. Which board game was patented in 1948 by Alfred Butts, and is now the 2nd best-selling game in the world?
12. The most popular board game is Monopoly; which American city was used in the street names of the original monopoly patented by Charles Darrow in 1936?
13. Which character is the murder victim in Cluedo?
14. In Trivial Pursuit, on which subject would you answer a question if you landed on a yellow square?
15. Which game with rules similar to a card game involves making “Runs” and “Sets” of numbered tiles, the object of the game is to get rid of all 14 tiles you were given at the start of the game?
Music In The Naughties…
16. Which was the first song to top the charts on download sales alone?
17. What was the title of the Gorillaz first single, released in 1991?
18. For which film did Destiny’s Child’s Independent Woman form part of the soundtrack?
19. With which band do you associate Pete Wentz?
5. Which celebrity wrote the children’s book, “The English Roses” in 2003
Far East...questions with an Oriental flavour
6. What currency is used in Thailand?
7. Which vast desert lies in Mongolia and Northern China?
8. Which Asian country’s flag is a yellow star on a red background?
9. What is the name of the industrial city on Honshu Island, Japan, and also that of a motorcycle manufactured there?
10. Which city was called Saigon until its name was changed in 1975?
Board Games
11. Which board game was patented in 1948 by Alfred Butts, and is now the 2nd best-selling game in the world?
12. The most popular board game is Monopoly; which American city was used in the street names of the original monopoly patented by Charles Darrow in 1936?
13. Which character is the murder victim in Cluedo?
14. In Trivial Pursuit, on which subject would you answer a question if you landed on a yellow square?
15. Which game with rules similar to a card game involves making “Runs” and “Sets” of numbered tiles, the object of the game is to get rid of all 14 tiles you were given at the start of the game?
Music In The Naughties…
16. Which was the first song to top the charts on download sales alone?
17. What was the title of the Gorillaz first single, released in 1991?
18. For which film did Destiny’s Child’s Independent Woman form part of the soundtrack?
19. With which band do you associate Pete Wentz?
20. Which two artists opened Live 8 in London?
Round Four: Who Wants To Be A Millionaire
Ever popular; answer the following fifteen questions for a million pounds!!!
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Round One
1. Slough
2. Marathon
3. Neil Diamond
4. Benidorm
5. Artificial intelligence
6. Language
7. Hinduism
8. Samsung
9. Great Britain
10. Tears For Fears
11. Peter Falk
12. Trapezium
13. Baltic
14. Arabic
15. Roulette Wheel
16. Polo
17. Martine MacCutcheon
18. Brazil
Round Two
1. Sarah Jessica Parker
2. Jasper Carrot
3. David Mitchell
4. Harrison Ford
5. Liam Gallagher
6. Terry Wogan
7. Duffy
8. David Cameron
9. Penelope Cruz
10. Princess Beatrice
Round Three
1. Watership Down
2. John Lennon
3. Glass (Charlie And The Great Glass Elevator and Through The Looking Glass)
4. Rats
5. Madonna(almost British!!!)
6. Bhat
7. Gobi
8. Vietnam
9. Kawasaki
10. Ho Chi Minh Cuity
11. Scrabble
12. Atlantic City
13. Dr Black
14. History
15. Rummikub
16. Gnarl's Barkley - Crazy
17. Clint Eastwood
18. Charlie's Angels 2
19. Fall Out Boy
20. Paul McCartney & U2
Round Four
1. C
2. B
3. D
4. C
5. C
6. B
7. B
8. B
9. C
10/ A
11. B
12. B
13. A
14. A
15. B
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