QUIZ EIGHTEEN

Sunday 20th May 2007

Round One - General Knowledge

1. Which make of car was designed and developed by Alex Issigonis in 1959?

2. In what does an archer carry his arrows?

3. What is the name for a poem written in memory of someone who has died?

4. Which tendon connects the calf muscle to the heel?

5. Which dance shares its name with the collective noun for rattlesnakes?

6. Which two murder weapons in Cluedo share the same initial letter?

7. In Spain, what is a churro?

8. Which dessert is also known as a “glace au four” or a “Norwegian Omelette”?

9. The construction of which dam on the river Nile, completed in 1970, created the world’s largest artificial lake?

10. Vigo is a port in which country?

11. Who released the 1992 album “Diva”?

12. In 2004 which product was Kim Catrell advertising on British TV?

13. In 1981 who did Marcus Sergeant fire blank shots at?

14. In 1996 which band reckoned that “the female of the species is more deadly than the male”?

15. In 1990 who was the first presenter of “Stars In Their Eyes”?

16. Who starred as Mohammed Ali in the 2002 film “Ali”?

17. Which girl group had three UK number one hits in 1998?

18. Which actor followed up his 1997 appearance in Spiceworld with his portrayal of the Scarlet Pimpernel in a BBC adaptation?

19. Who appeared on Larry King’s US chat show and announced that he was willing to sell 64 love letters?

20. Which former dictator died in August 2003 aged 77?


Round Two - Quiz Shows

Round Two-And-A-Half – Who Am I?
5-point clue I was born in New York in 1960, my father was a Russian author and my mother a teacher was born in Scotland. I speak French and Latin and can understand Hebrew. Who am I?

4-point clue I graduated from Yale University with a degree in English Literature. My first professional acting job was in a beer commercial for Lowenbrau. I made my big screen debut with a small role in the 1988 film Working Girl and on TV played a transvestite DEA agent in Twin Peaks.
Who am I?

3-point clue I starred in the films Chaplin and Kalifornia. In 2000 I starred opposite Minnie Driver in the romantic comedy Return To Me. Who am I?

2-point clue I played a villain in the family movie Beethoven and in 1997 I won a Golden Globe for Best Actor in a TV series. Who am I?

1-point clue I played Fox Mulder in The X Files. Who am I?

Round Three – A Variety

In The News…
1. Which former footballer provides the name of Jose Mourinho’s dog?

2. Animal activist group PETA dumped a ton of manure outside which celebrity chef’s restaurant?

3. George Michael said this week that the world would be an easier place to live in if…?

4. Which psychologist has been shortlisted for the Royal Society Prize For Science Book for his book on why we have no idea how to make us happy – “Stumbling On Happiness”?

5. Who attacked a fellow diner with a piece of cutlery in a Nottingham curry house this week?


What’s the SP??? Answers begin with SP...
6. Which band’s first single, released in 1979, was entitled “Gangsters”?

7. An assegai is a type of what?

8. On which river does the city of Berlin stand?

9. What is the state capital of Illinois?

10. Which organ of the body is responsible for the production of anti-bodies?


Answers begin with MI…
11. What is the real surname of the actor Michael Caine?

12. What was the title of the first solo chart topping single for Robbie Williams?

13. Which 1990 film told the grisly story of the fictional author Paul Sheldon?

14. What now common household item was invented by Percy Spencer in 1945?

15. Who was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 1998?

Famous Vegetarians

With some anagrams to help you ......who are they???

Round Four - Wipeout

Same rules as the TV show - in the first Wipeout, there are 5 correct answers and four incorrect ones; in this case which are the cartoons produced by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. Answer only those you know to be correct, because one wrong answer will give you a score of zero for that section. Similarily, there are also 5 correct answers in the second Wipeout....

Champion's League - Week Seven

Yet again i have to apologise for the appalling sound quality during last night's quiz; i have been assured today that the speaker problem will be sorted out as soon as possible, and thanks to everyone who supports the quiz on a weekly basis - it is much appreciated by me at least (especially if you are wearing a furry dog costume!!!)

The Diggers On Tour have done it again - winners for the third time (??), and fast becoming the new Arse Pizza of the George Quiz. And well done to Captain Natalia - not for doing well in the quiz, but for turning up before the end of Round One. Major achievement.

The scores:

The Diggers On Tour - 5 points

Arse Pizza - 4 Points

The Milton Parade - 3 Points

Captain Natalia - 2 Points

What? No Caramel Ice Cream - 1 Point

QUIZ SIX

Sunday 18th February

Round One - General Knowledge (in the style of the board game, Trivial Pursuit)

1. Which rotund comedian presented the game show version of the board game “Trivial Pursuit” on BBC in 1990?

2. GEOGRAPHY: Which major motor racing and rock concert venue is in Leicestershire?

3. GEOGRAPHY: Which canal separates the Peloponnesian peninsula from the Greek mainland?

4. GEOGRAPHY: Which common British first name is also France’s most popular surname?

5. ENTERTAINMENT: Which Nineties film was based on the investigation into the death of murdered former rock star Johnny Boz?

6. ENTERTAINMENT: Which Scottish comedian hosted Channel 5’s late night chat show shortly after the channel’s launch in 1997?

7. ENTERTAINMENT: How were Diane Youdale, Judy Simpson, James Crossley, & Michael Van Wyck collectively known in a hugely popular TV show of the Nineties?

8. HISTORY: Who pioneered birth control in London in the 1920’s?

9. HISTORY: Which Russian city had three different names in the course of the 20th Century?

10. HISTORY: Which British historian was branded a racist and a holocaust denier after a failed libel action in 1999?

11. SCIENCE & NATURE: Which tree is depicted on the flag of Lebanon?

12. SCIENCE & NATURE: Which of the two bones that make up the forearm is on the same side as the thumb?

13.SCIENCE & NATURE: Which English physicist, mathematician and astronomer first developed the theory of colour based on the observation that a prism decomposes white light into a visible spectrum?

14. ART & LITERATURE: Which Plymouth housewife became famous with her delicious paintings of big fat ladies?

15. ART & LITERATURE: Which 1952 children’s story by the American author E. B. White was the biggest selling children’s paperback ever until 2000?

16. ART & LITERATURE: Whose sculpture of the pregnant artist Alison Lapper stands on the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square?

17. SPORT & LEISURE: Which European club side plays its home games at the “Mestalla”?

18. SPORT & LEISURE: Which game involves hitting the feathers of a goose with the insides of a sheep?

19. SPORT & LEISURE: What has got stuffed in a Turkish restaurant to make dolmas?

20. In the late 1990’s which smooth actor/comedian reprised the role of presenter of Trivial Pursuit, albeit now watched by only a few people on the Family Channel?


Round Two - Female Cartoon Silhouettes


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Who Am I?

Five Clues To A Famous Person.....

5 point clue – I was born in 1939 and made my film debut in a 1968 movie entitled Interlude. Who am I?
4 point clue – In a 1979 episode of Dr Who I played an art gallery visitor. On film I have played a pirate, a teacher, a Roman centurion and a Wild West sheriff. Who am I?
3 point clue – I appeared in a famous comedy sketch stood next to Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett. Who am I?
2 point clue – My CV includes the films Life of Brian, Clockwise and Fierce Creatures. Who am I?
1 point clue – On TV I memorably played the role of Basil Fawlty. Who am I?



Round Three - A Variety

Connections: Spot the connection between the next four answers…

1. Which character did Robbie Williams voice in the disastrous film version of “The Magic Roundabout”?

2. Which band recorded the Nineties albums “Fanfare For The Common Muse”, “Casanova” and “Fin De Siecle”?

3. Which author’s three books in the “Barrytown Trilogy” were “The Commitments”, “The Snapper” and “The Van”?

4. Who launched his career as a stand-in on the Channel 5 chat show “The Jack Docherty Show” in 1998?

5. What is the connection??


The following five two-word answers have the initials GC or CG

6. The GC- What collective name is given to the four treaties adopted in 1864 in the aftermath of the Battle of Solferino?

7. The GC- What was put into effect in much of Western Europe on October 15th, 1752?

8. The GC- What begins near Lee’s Ferry and ends near Lake Mead?

9. The CG- What was banned in Singapore in 1969?

10 The CG- Where in the Mendips Hills is a public path called Jacob’s Ladder to be found?



What numbers are represented by the following phrases in bingo terminology?

11. "Man alive"

12. "The Brighton Line"

13. "Dirty Knees"

14. "Doctors orders"

15. "Stop and run "



Fill in the missing words from this week's news headlines
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