The George Music Quiz
Thursday 27th November 2008
Round One – General Knowledge

1. Whose version of Snow Patrol’s “Run” is set to be this year’s Christmas Number One?
Leona Lewis
2. How is the Swedish DJ Jonas Altberg better known?
Basshunter
3. Which 1976 album cover featured the four members of the band sat in a helicopter?
Arrival (ABBA)
4. Will Champion and Guy Berryman provide the rhythm section for which band?
Coldplay
5. Which hip hop band was responsible for the songs “Insane In The Brain” and “A To The K”?
Cypress Hill
6. In which country does the Benicassim festival take place?
Spain
7. What is the name of the farm on which Glastonbury is held?
Worthy
8. Which band did Charlie Simpson form after leaving Busted?
Fightstar
9. What song was Michael Jackson singing when he was interrupted by an arse-wiggling Jarvis Cocker?
Earth Song
10. When Eminem sang “Stan” at the 2001 Grammy Awards, who sang Dido’s parts?
Elton John
11. Which song opens Radiohead’s “OK Computer”?
Airbag
12. Which act won the inaugural Mercury Music Prize in 1992?
Primal Scream
13. In which city are the music venues The Junction and the Corn Exchange?
Cambridge
14. Which indie band was fronted by Sophie Ellis Bextor?
Theaudience
15. Which footballer appeared on the cover of the first Wedding Present album?
George Best
16. Which band had Nineties hits with “Superstylin’” and “I See You Baby”?
Groove Armada
17. Who recorded “Santa Claus Goes Straight To The Ghetto” in 1996??
Snoop Dogg
18. What is the festive connection between Paul Young, Kylie Minogue and Chris Martin?
They each sung the first line to the three versions of “Do They Know its Christmas”

Round Two: Album Covers

1. Manic Street Preachers – Send Away The Tigers
2. Arcade Fire – Neon Bible
3. New Order – Power, Corruption & Lies
4. Rolling Stones – Tattoo You
5. Blur – Modern Life Is Rubbish
6. Gnarls Berkeley – St Elsewhere
7. Aphex Twin – Window Licker
8.Scissor Sisters – Taa Daa
9.Chemical Brothers - Surrender
10. The Streets – Original Pirate Material
11. AC/DC – For Those About To Rock, We Salute You
12. Blink 182 – Enema Of The State
13. Smashing Pumpkins – Siamese Dream
14. The Doors – Strange Days
15. Suede – Dog Man Star


Round Three

2008
1. Who represented the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest?
Andy Abraham
2. Which London postcode provided the title of Madness’ 2008 single?
NW5
3. What time was it in the title of Panic At The Disco’s 2008 single?
Nine In The Afternoon
4. Which drinks company promised everyone in America a free can of their product if Guns’N’Roses actually released “Chinese Democracy” in 2008?
Dr Pepper
5. Which band backed Rhianna on a live version of “Umbrella” at this year’s Brit Awards?
The Klaxons
6. Which band appeared in miniature form in the glove compartment of a Toyota in a 2008 advert?
The Feeling

Pop Music
7. What is Pink’s real name?
Aleicia Moore
8. When Girls Aloud won Pop Stars:The Rivals what was the name of the boy band?
One True Voice
9. Which famous film was made in the same school that was used for the video of “Baby One More Time”?
Grease
10. Which singer played two nights at Wembley Arena in 2007 as part of her “Oral Fixation” tour?
Shakira
11. Danny, Dougie, Harry & Tom are collectively known as which boy band?
McFly
12. Who was “Left Outside Alone” in 2004?
Anastasia

The Beatles Cover Versions
13. Which 1965 Beatles song remains the most covered song ever with over 3000 versions made?
Yesterday
14. The soundtrack to which 2001 film starring Sean Penn consisted entirely of cover versions of Beatles songs?
I Am Sam
15. Which 2004 cover version by Will Young and Gareth Gates was officially voted the worst Beatles cover version of all time?
The Long And Winding Road
16. What was the name of the tribute album of cover versions which included Wet Wet Wet’s “With A Little Help From My Friends” released in 1988?
Sergeant Pepper Knew My Father
17. Which song was the official Red Nose Day Comic relief song in 1989 as performed by Bananarama, assisted by Dawn French & Jennifer Saunders?
Help
18. Which actor performed a diabolical spoken-word version of “Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds” on his 1968 album “The Transformed Man”?
William Shatner


Blockbuster

Name: Kylie Minogue
2. Je Ne Sais pas Pourquoi
3. Tears On My Pillow
4. Red Blooded Woman
5. Step Back In Time

Round Four: Intros
1. Tom Jones/Cerys Matthews – Baby Its Cold Outside
2. Jamelia - Superstar
3. Sugarbabes - Ugly
4. Morrissey - Suedehead
5. The Style Council – You’re The Best Thing
6. The Jesus And Mary Chain – Happy When It Rains
7. Beth Orton – She Cries Your Name
8. Liberty X – Got To Have Your Love (cover of a Mantronix song)
9. Sleeper – What Do I Do Now?
10. The Only Ones- Another Girl, Another Planet


Round Five: Lyrics

1. …so i can stand on mountains (Westlife)
2. …cos i'm Mr Brightside (Killers)
3. …headmasters breaking all the rules (Madness)
4. …just because i'm in love with an Uptown girl (Westlife)
5. …don't mean i'm in love tonight (Katy Perry)
6. …i'm getting old and i need something to rely on (Keane)
7. …we don’t need no thought control (Pink Floyd)
8. …and did it my way (Sinatra)
9. …and you ain't no friend of mine (Elvis)
10. …i was born to make you happy (Britney)
11. …before you can call him a man (Dylan)
12. …do you feel my heart beating, do you understand? (The Bangles)
13. …you're stayin' alive, stayin' alive (Bee Gees)
14. …or is it just fantasy? (Queen)
15. …its in his kiss (Cher)
16. …there's a row going on down in slough (The Jam)
17. …but you wwere fuckin’ that girl from next door (Lily Allen)
18. …of the mess you left when you went away (Alanis Morrissette)
19. …looking out for the place t go (ABBA)
20. …children hurt you hear them crying (Black Eyed Peas)
21. …none but ourselves can free our minds (Bob Marley)
22. …he knows his claret from his beaujolais (Blur)
23. …her fake Chinese rubber plant (Radiohead)
24. …all across the idiot nation (Green Day)

The George Quiz - Week Twenty-Nine Of 2008
Sunday 27th July 2008


Round One – General Knowledge

1. KLM is the major airline of which country?
Netherlands (Royal Dutch Airlines)
2. Whose record did the Simpsons surpass for the longest-running animated series?
The Flintstones
3. Which number would be pressed on a standard keyboard with shift, to get the percentage sign?
Five
4. Which artist had a Number One hit with “Hips Don't Lie” in July 2006?
Shakira (featuring Wyclef Jean)
5. Which book by Eric Carle begins with the line “by the light of the moon a little egg lay on a leaf”?
The Hungry Caterpillar
6. If a web address ends in .ch, in which country is it registered?
Switzerland
7. Prior to becoming a TV host, of which city was Jerry Springer mayor?
Cincinnati
8. Lyrics: what is the next line of this song: “Into this house we're born, into this house we're thrown...”?
The Doors - "Riders On The Storm"
9. Which animals can be Forest, Asian or Savannah?
Elephants
10. Which blue veined Italian cheese takes its name from the village near Milan where it was reportedly first produced over a thousand years ago?
Gorgonzola
11. On which two Mediterranean islands can you drive on the left?
Malta & Cyprus
12. In colour theory, what are the three secondary colours?
Orange, Purple and Green
13. What name meaning “angry style” is given to the Italian sauce of garlic, basil, tomatoes and red chilli, cooked in olive oil and served with pasta penne?
Arrabiata
14. From which film is the following quote taken: “The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was to convince the world that he didn't exist”?
"Usual Suspects"
15. Who wrote in his 1944 book “No Exit”, that “Hell Is Other People”?
Jean Paul Sartre
16. With which scandal of the 1990’s would you associate the name Linda Tripp?
Bill Clinton/Monica Lewinski "Zippergate" scandal
17. What was the name of Zadie Smith’s Whitbread-winning debut novel, released in the year 2000?
White Teeth
18. Keisha Castle-Hughes became the youngest person to be niominated for an Oscar in 2003 at the age of 13 for which film from New Zealand?
"Whale Rider"

Round Two: Picture Round

I Spy With My Little Eye…Something Beginning With E; all the answers to the following pictures begin with the letter "E"

1. Entourage

2. Ecuador

3. Eraser (Thom Yorke album)

4. Ewok

5. Ever Decreasing Circles

6. Edinburgh

7.

8. Euphonium

9.

10. Escher

11. Echidna

12. Elmer Fudd

13. Estelle

14. Essex (County Cricket Club)

15. Editors
Round Three
Kids Tv; identify the kids tv programmes from a couple of their episode titles...
1. Vanishing Pancake and Bungo Up a Tree?
The Wombles
2. Wendy’s Bright Plan and Travis Paints the Town?
Bob The Builder
3. The Magic Carpet and the Big Game Hunter?
Mr Benn
4. The Spy Who Stayed in with a Cold and The Invasion of Colonel K?
Dangermouse
5. The Melodious Mermaid and The Dingly Dangly Crab?
Captain Pugwash

Country name origins...
6. Which country's name comes from the latin word for silver?
Argentina
7. Which country's name means “resplendent isle” in Sanskrit?
Sri Lanka
8. Which country's name is Arabic for “fortress built near the water”?
Kuwait
9. Which country's name is Swahili for “land of men”?
Uganda
10. Which country's name means “land of the trees in the Mayan language”?
Guatemala

The “V” Word
11. What is the capital of Lithuania?
Vilnius
12. The name of which type of pasta literally means “little worms”?
Vermicelli
13. What is the nickname of Port Vale FC?
The Valiants
14. Montpelier is the capital of which American state?
Vermont
15. Which French soup is made of pureed leeks, onions, potatoes, cream and chicken stock?
Vichyssoise


Round Four – Fastest Finger

Put the following in the order requested in the question...take as long as you like!!!

1. CBDA

2. BADC

3. ABCD

4. CDAB

5. DBCA

6. CBAD

7. DCBA

8. BADC

9. BACD

10. DACB

The George Quiz - Week Twenty-Four Of 2008

Sunday 20th July 2008

Round One – General Knowledge

1. What is the name given to a two-coloured oblong cake covered with almond paste?

2. Which American developed the light bulb?

3. Who played thre title role in Oliver Stone’s film “Alexander”?

4. What name is given to a site for watching astronomical phemomena?

5. Which comedian wrote the novel “Gridlock”?

6. Blackburn’s Ewood Park stands by which river?

7. Who played the title role in the Spielberg film “Saving Private Ryan”?

8. In which gameshow of the 90’s would you have heard the cry “Top, middle or bottom”?

9. Which of Roger Hargreaves’ Little Misses is purple with a green bow in her hair?

10. Which animals congregate in sleuths?

11. Who created the character Paddington Bear?

12. Which Beano character has a pet crow called Joe?

13. What is the coastline to the south of Brisbane usually known as?

14. The Return Of Jafar is the sequel to which cartoon film?

15. Which game uses flattened iron rings thrown at a hob?

16. Which craft takes its name from the Arabic for “striped cloth”?

17. Which astronaut said “Houston, we have a problem”?

18. Which country is known as “the land of the long white cloud”?


Round Two: Picture Round

This week its holiday destinations...

Round Three
Literature
1. Who was the co-author of the Communist Manifesto with Karl Marx?

2. The Adi Granth is the holy book of which religion?

3. Whose birth date of April 2 is celebrated as International Children’s Book Day?
4. What type of book derives its name from the Greek for circle of learning?

5. In 2007 who topped the Best Sellers non fiction list with Born to be Riled?


TV Comedy
6. What are the character names of Julian Barrett and Noel Fielding in The Mighty Boosh?

7. Which 31 year old was elected Conservative MP for the constituency of Haltemprice?

8. In which village is the League of Gentlemen set?

9. Which comedy show had a theme song entitled, It’s Cold Outside?

10. What was the title of the episode of Fawlty Towers that sees Basil attempting to hide a dead guest?


Four Of A Kind…
11. What are the names of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse?

12. Sunday Girl was Blondie’s first number one hit in the UK and Maria their sixth. Name the four number one hits in between.

13. What are collectively known as the four great rivers of Africa?

14. Which four cities beginning with A have hosted the Summer Olympics?

15. In 1999 which four supermodels opened the Fashion Café?


1990’s
16. Which TV presenter was killed outside her Fulham home?

17. According to the UN, the world’s population reached how many billion in October 1999?

18. How was US terrorist Theodore Kaczynski known?

19. What was the name of the film starring Ewan MacGregor based on the autobiography of Nick Leeson?

20. Which European country split in two in 1993?

Round Four – Who Wants To Be A Millionaire

1. (£100) Which game is played on a diamond?

a - Basketball, b - Aussie rules football, c - Basebal, d - Ice hockey

2. (£200) What was the name of the world's first test-tube baby?

a - Louise Brown, b - Sarah Evans, c - Lucy Bryant, d - Sharon Fuller

3. (£300) Which group was the subject of the film "The Great Rock'N'Roll Swindle"?

a - The Clash, b - The Sex Pistols, c - The Doors, d - The Who

4. (£500) Which of these people lived at Dove Cottage in the Lake District?

a - William Wordsworth, b - Charles Darwin, c - George Bernard Shaw, d - John Keats

5. (£1000) Which musical features the song: "I Could Have Danced Alll Night"?

a - The King & I, b - My Fair Lady, c - The Sound Of Music, d - Oklahoma

6. (£2000) Which trained professional uses "theodoloyte" in the course of their work?

a - Sea captain, b - Surgeon, c - Graphic designer, d - Surveyor

7. (£4000) Which artist died in Polynesia in 1903?

a - Gaugin, b - Monet, c - Degas, d - Chagall

8. (£8 000) What is the subtitle of the film, "Nightmare On Elm Street 4"?

a - Dream Warriors, b - Freddy's Revenge, c - The Dream Master, d - The Dream Child

9. (£16000) Which of these spices comes from tree bark?

a - Turmeric, b - Cinnammon, c - Nutmeg, d - Ginger

10. (£32000) What did a "chandler" originally make?

a - Rope, b - Linen, c - Candles, d - Shoes

11. (£64000) What is the world's largest species of frog?

a - Goliath, b - Hercules, c - Atlas, d - Samson

12. (£125000) What does a "numismatist" collect?

a - Stamps, b - Fossils, c - Teddy Bears, d - Coins

13. (£250000) What would a person suffering "sitophobia" fear?

a - Glass, b- Pins, c - Food, d - Hair

14. (£500000) Which country's highest point is Mount Korab?

a - Albania, b - Jordan, c - Belarus, d - Morocco

15. (£1000000) The fall in pitch of a vehicle's siren as it passes, is associated with which scientist?

a - Corioli, b - Newton, c - Doppler, d - Hooke

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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The George Quiz - Week Twenty-One Of 2008

Sunday 1st June 2008

Round One – General Knowledge

1. Which contest was won by 14-year-old George Sampson last night?

2. Which painter of large ladies died this week aged 81?

3. What is the name of the probe that landed on Mars this week?

4. What connects Paul Weller4, Madonna, Michael Jackson and Prince, other than the fact that they are singers?

5. Which Australian city has a name which means “meeting place” ?

6. What colour would one associate with the term “poliosis”?

7. Which deceased pop star is the subject of a statue in Montreux, overlooking Lake Geneva?

8. What is the predictable three-word title of the autobiography of Jimmy Saville?

9. Which two former Prime Ministers both died in 2005?

10. In which country were Trabant cars made up until 1990?

11. Which bone of the body takes its name from the Latin for “little key”?

12. Which country’s internet suffix is .ie?

13. The name of which Glasgow district means “place of the badger”?

14. What is advertised on TV with the slogan “Welcome to the Latin Quarter”?

15. Which children’s cartoon opened with the lyrics “He's got style, a groovy style, and a car that just won't stop.”

16. In which range of hills would you find Cheddar Gorge and Wooky Hole?

17. Welsh actor Rhys Ifans played what comedy legend in a Channel 4 biopic?

18. Which former Soviet republic is, by area, the world’s largest landlocked country?


Round Two: Picture Round
Kids Tv Silhouettes: name the characters...

Round Three

In Flaming June…
1. On June 1st 2001, the crown Prince of which Asian country killed his entire family during a royal dinner?

2. On June 2, 1997 who was convicted on fifteen counts of murder and conspiracy for his role in the Oklahoma bombings?

3. On June 3rd 1968, Valerie Solanas attempts to assassinate which artist at his studio in New York?

4. On June 4, 1913 who was killed by a horse called Anmer?

5. On June 5th 1967 which country launched pre-emptive air strikes on Egypt and Lebanon at the start of the 6 Day War?


Big Brother
6. In the very first Big Brother, back n 2000, who was the first person voted off?

7. In BB4, which evicted housemate returned to the house for the final two weeks, although he was not eligible for the £70 000 winner’s prize?

8. In BB” who asked if there was “chicken in chickpeas”?

9. Which Brighton resident and anarchist was ejected from BB5 after one week for persistent rule-breaking?

10. And finally, who in BB3 pissed in a bin, scaled a wall and escaped over the roof?


London…
11. Where in London is the world’s largest champagne bar?

12. Which gruesome museum can be found at 1, Tooley Street, London SE1?

13. Which famous London street is named after a politician who was MP for Morpeth in the 17th century?

14. Which is the only Underground line to intersect with all the others?

15. Who designed London’s “Gherkin”, at St Mary’s Axe?



Food & Drink
16. What are Italian “polpette”, Turkish “koefte” and Swedish “koettbullar” types of?

17. Name the Indian version of a pancake, made with rice or bean flour?

18. What cocktail’s main ingredients are rum, crushed ice, mint and limes?

19. The Name of which dish derives its name from the Portugese words for wine and garlic?

20. In which country is Staropramen beer brewed?


Round Four - Film Synopses
Identify the recent films from a short synopsis

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he George Quiz - Week Twenty Of 2008

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?

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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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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The George Quiz - Week Eighteen Of 2008

Sunday 11th May 2008

Round One – General Knowledge

1. What sort of drum is a tympanic drum?

2. If Walford Square were a real place, which tube line would it be on?

3. In an alphabetical list, which would be the first London Underground station?

4. Which foodstuff is advertised in 2005 with the slogan "You know the big dollop's right"?

5. What is added to a Hollandaise Sauce to make it “A La Mornay”?

6. Which boy band took their name from a character in the film “Back To The Future”?

7.. Chemistry: which gas is named from the Greek word for the sun?

8. What name is given to the study of the relationship among organisms and the environments in which they live, including all living and non-living components?

9. What would you use a styptic pencil for?

10. In which country would you spend shekels?

11. In which sea is the Gulf Of Venice?

12. In which film did Tom Hanks work for FedEx?

13. Which children’s author created the character of the Big Friendly Giant?

14. Which TV presenter is a Tory advisor on housing and property affairs?

15. Which British swimmer has played Amazon in TV’s Gladiators and for a time presented Channel 4’s Big Breakfast?

16. Which album cover features a stencil by graffiti artist Banksie of a couple embracing with divers’ helmets on?

17. A couple of brainteasers, courtesy of Mensa: What is the number that is one half of one quarter of one tenth of 400?

18. If you count from 1 to 100, how many 7’s will you pass on the way?



Round Two: Picture Round
This week, 80’s film posters, can you name the films?

Round Three: As Always A Variety…
Including some questions that were in the very first George Quiz, exactly 3 years ago this week!!!!

Anagrams...find two words which fit the clues and are anagrams of each other
1. Run about naked in public AND a person who glides on ice?

2. Long, trimmed tree thrown at highland Games AND a couple?

3. Pill made of compressed medicinal substance AND fight between armed forces?

4. Absence of sound AND grant formal permission?

5. Gather slowly and carefully AND a spiritual being attendant to God?


Insects
6. How many eyes does a bee have?

7. Taking its name from a biblical hero, what is the name of the world’s largest spider?

8. Which insect would live in a formicary?

9. What kind of insect is the Queen Alexandra Birdwing, found primarily in Papua New Guinea?

10. Which order of insects has the greatest number of species?


Rap & Hip Hop…
11. Which female rap artists sang on Lady Marmalade in 2001?

12. Which band released Rapper’s Delight in 1979?

13. Which rapper is known to his mum as Shawn Carter?

14. Which rap act was responsible for the songs Insane In The brain and A To The K?

15. What is the name of Eminem’s Greatest Hits album released in 2005?



The Mini
16. Which decade saw the production of the first Mini in the UK?

17. Which pop star wrapped his Mini around a tree in South West London in 1977?

18. The Italian Job featured three minis: what were the last words spoken in the film?

19. What colour was Mr Bean’s mini in the television series?

20. Which 60’s icon drove the last mini off the production line at the Longbridge plant in 2000?

Round Five - Dingbats

May's supply of tantilising Dingbats..don't forget to "say what you see"!!

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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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