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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