Champion’s League Winners Quiz

Wednesday 3rd July 2008

General Knowledge Subjects

Forty questions, eyes down, and good luck!!!!

Name Three….
1. What are the correct medical names for the following bones – a. Kneecap; Shoulder Bone; c. Ankle bone?
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2. In which film does Russell Crowe play – a. A washed up boxer; b. A Nazi skinhead; and c. A research biologist for a cigarette company?
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3. Who painted – a. “Going To The Match”, b. “The Lady Of Shallott; c. “The Resurrection, Cookham”?
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4. Which sports are played by the following teams – a. Eastbourne Eagles; b. Worthing Thunder; c. Sussex Sharks?
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5. Name the capitals of these countries which all begin with the letter “V” – a. Malta; b. Lithuania; c. Austria
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Comedy…
6. What is Julian Barrett’s name in the “Mighty Boosh?
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7. What is the name of Steve Coogan’s retired roadie?
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8. What is the name of Andy Millman’s sitcom in “Extras”?
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9. Which two comedians have played the roles of “Sir Digby Chicken-Caesar and Ginger” and “Two Anxious Nazis”?
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10. Who played Dayffd;’s Thomas’s mother in the second series of Little Britain?
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A continental quiz; one question from each of the five major continents.
11. Africa: What is the capital of Rwanda?
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12. Australia: In Australia, Warning, Barney, Earnest, Lofty & Norman are all types of what?
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13. Asia: What is the capital of Cambodia?
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14. Europe: The river Lune flows through which northern English city?
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15. America: The largest city in Alabama shares its name with an English city. Which one?
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Decades…
16. Decades 50’s: Who was British prime minister from 1951-1955?
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17. Decades 60’s: Where were Marlon Brando, Oscar Wilde, Bob Dylan and Aleister Crowley seen together in 1967??
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18. Decades 70’s: Which actor’s remains were stolen from his grave in March 1978?
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19. Decades 80’s: Which Soviet President died in February 1984?
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20. Decades 90’s: Who committed suicide in Winsom Green Prison in January 1995?
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Anagrams - What are the only one-word English anagrams of the following words;
21. Tragedy
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22. Hustling
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23. Mountaineers
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24. Shattering
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25. Kitchens
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Which band named themselves after…?
26. A medieval torture implement?
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27. A sports centre in Swindon?
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28. The answer to the meaning of life in “The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy”?
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29. An early 20th century form of mime and dance?
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30. A South African football team?
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Kids TV…
31. Who was the Wombles’ chef?
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32. Which custodian of the law was outsmarted by Top Cat?
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33. Which authoritarian Grange Hill teacher wore a toupee?
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34. What was Captain Pugwash’s Christian name?
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35. Who owned the Magic Roundabout?
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Film Roles – Which actor or actress has played the following roles?
36. Virginia Woolf, Dr Chase Meridian, Satine?
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37. Al Capone, Max Cady, Jake La Motta?
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38. Vlad The Impaler; Lee Harvey Oswald, Sid Vicious?
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39. Iris Murdoch, Queen Victoria, M?
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40. The Sherrif Of Nottingham, Hans Gruber, Rasputin?
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The George Quiz - Week Twenty-Three Of 2008

Sunday 15th June 2008

Round One – General Knowledge

1. Who directed the film “Natural Born Killers”?

2. Which two word French expression describes a friendship between the UK and France?

3. Spanish for “I see the mountain”, what is the capital of Uruguay?

4. Longleat is the stately home of which Marquess?

5. What are the names of the two boys in the Chronicles Of Narnia series of books and films?

6. What is the most northerly capital city on mainland Europe?
7. Which TV toys were the Christmas craze in the year that Tony Blair was first elected prime minister?

8. Which British car manufacturer introduced the Esprit, Elan, and Elite models?

9. Published in 1900, which is the most widely read book by L Frank Baum?

10. Which country won the football World Cup in the year that Geri Halliwell left the Spice Girls?

11. Which musical has the characters Scaramouche, Gallileo and Kashoggi?

12. Which British royal residence stands by the River Dee?

13. What was discovered at Lascaux in the Dordogne area of France in 1940?

14. In which 1971 film is Dennis Weaver terrorised and chased in his car by a large truck?

15. Which London street market can be found on Middlesex Street, EC1?

16. Which deadly animals can be Egyptian, Indian or Forest?

17. What do Americans celebrate with a public holiday on October 12th?

18. The longest muscle in the human body is the “sartorious”; where does it run?


Round Two - Picture Round
A requested picture round this week - some of the more famous gay and lesbian faces...

Round Three

On This Day…
1. On June 16, 1938 which actor was born, a thespian who went on to play the serial killer Dr Harold Shipman in the TV drama Prescription For Murder?

2. On June 17, 1972 Barker, Gonzales, Martinez, McCord and Sturgis were all arrested in which building?

3. On June 18, 1928 who as a passenger became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean?

4. On June 19, 1978 which lasagne loving feline made his comic strip debut?

5. On June 20, 1967 which actress was born in Honolulu, Hawaii?

Human Body
6. What name is given to the small tube projecting from the large intestine into the lower right abdominal cavity?

7. Which two sets of muscles are used for breathing?

8. What is the name given to the white of the eye?

9. What is joined together by the nervous tissue known as the corpus callosum?

10. What medical name is given to the pit of the stomach?

Mountains…
11. Which is the highest mountain in the USA?

12. Mount Everest is situated on the border of which two countries?
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13. Where in the UK are the Cambrian Mountains situated?

14. The Matterhorn is located on the border between which two European countries?

15. Between which two seas are the Caucasus Mountains situated?

In The News…
16. Girls Aloud singer Cheryl Cole has joined the panel of judges on which hit TV show?

17. Who was voted father of the year in a survey by Daddy's Sauce?

18. Of whom did Gordon Brown this week say: “Generally my advice is not to lie when applying for a job”?

19. Which Radio One Dj gave birth to her first child, Rudy, on Tuesday?

20. Which Radio Dj also this week admitted giving an original signed piece of artwork by Damien Hirst to a charity shop in Godalming?

Round Four: Number Quiz

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The George Quiz - Week Twenty-Two Of 2008


Sunday 8th June 2008


Round One – General Knowledge

1. What is the name of the President played by Martin Sheen in "The West Wing"?

2. What does the "B"stand for in ASBO?

3. What is the file format of songs bought from Apple's iTunes Music store?

4. Born on this day in 1977, what is the name of the US rapper whose first albm was called "The College Dropout"?

5. What is the name of the American cemetry which is the final rsting place for American presidents including John and Robert Kennnedy?

6. With which book do you most associate the author William Golding?

7. Which author is responsible for the line “…the female of the species is more deadly than the male”?

8. What is the name of the village in which Postman Pat does his rounds?

9. What is the name of the seaweed outer layer of sushi?

10. Of which African country is Khartoum the capital?

11. What was the title of the Alan Parker film based on the prison memoirs of Billy Hayes?

12. Four artists, four hit songs all beginning with the letter "F"? The artists are Wham!, ABBA, David Bowie, Madonna; what are the songs?

13. In which century was England a republic for 11 short years?

14. In which century was the submarine invented?

15. Which mythical creature has the top half of a man and the legs of a goat?

16. In a quiz show sense, how will the name Tegwin Whittock always be remembered?

17. Odd One Out: Spot the odd one out from Arnold Schwarzenegger, Henry Cooper, David Jason & Elvis Presley?

18. Make a country and capital city from “Untenable Biro”?

Round 2: Fine Art Picture Quiz
Please name the artist responsible for the twelve works of art shown here...

Round Three

Politics:
1. Who was the Conservative leader prior to Michael Howard?

2. Which Labour Party Member Of Parliament for Derby South was the first woman to be appointed Foreign Secretary?

3. What is the name of the publication in which all speeches made in parliament are recorded?

4. The leadership of which political party was taken over by Alan Hope after the death of David Sutch in 1999?

5. Who was the Labour Party Leader whose untimely death allowed Tony Blair to leap into the post?



Cocktails; here are the ingredients, what are the cocktails?
6. Kahlua, Baileys, grand Marnier?

7. Vodka, Galliano, Orange Juice?

8. Bourbon & drambuie?

9. Peach Schnapps, Vodka, Orange Juice, Cranberry, & Lemon?

10. Vodka, Kahlua & Baileys?


The “F” Word
11. What F is a brimless hat named after a town in Morocco –

12. What F is the name given to the area of a horse’s leg just above the hoof?

13. What F is the name given to the pivot on which a lever moves?

14. What F is the name of the film in which Mickey Mouse appeared as a Sorcerer’s Apprentice?

15. What F is the name given to goods washed overboard from a ship?


Ancient World…
16. Between which two rivers was the land of Mesopotamia?

17. Where did the Vikings believe that their warriors were taken after death?

18. Who is the Egyptian god of the dead?

19. Which Greek city was destroyed by an earthquake in 395BC?

20. Which ancient civilisation flourished in Crete from 2700BC to 1500BC?


Round Four – Europe
The answers to the following 16 questions are all countries competing in this year's Euro 2008 tournament in Austria and Switzerland


1. Which country’s Peresident is Dmitri Medvedev?

2. Which country’s second largest city is Graz?

3. Which country is home to Europe’s largest volcano?

4. Which country is home to both the headquarters of UEFA and FIFA?

5. Which country is ruled by King Carl XVI Gustaf?

6. In which country is the source of the Danube?

7. Which country’s flag consists of three horizontal red, white and blue stripes?

8. Which country’s parliament is called Sabor?

9. In which country is the region known as Cappadoccia?

10. Which country was the setting for the novel and film Captain Corelli’s Mandolin?

11. Which country was known to the Romans as Lusitania?

12. The Mediterranean island of Corsica is a territory of which country?

13. In which country are the High Tatras mountains?

14. Which country is composed of the historic regions of Bohemia, Moravia and parts of Silesia?

15. Which country’s capital stands on the river Manzanares?

16. Which country was the only one to violently overthrow its communist leader in November 1989?


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