Sunday 28th October 2007

Halloween Quiz

Round One – General Knowledge

1. In 1926, which Hungarian magician and escapologist failed to avoid the Grim Reaper on Halloween?

2. Which film company produced the Dracula and Frankenstein films of the 50’s starring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee?

3. Which small primate has a name that is derived from the Latin word for “ghost”, due to its nocturnal habits and ghostly stares?

4. Which fictional wizard had a horse called Shadowfax?

5. Which TV presenter and author of the X-Files: Unexplained also co-wrote the screenplay for the film “Stardust”?

6. Who released the 1981 album “Ghosts In The Machine”?

7. If a month has a Friday The Thirteenth, on what day does it begin?

8. Which TV ghost has been played by both Kenneth Cope and Vic Reeves?

9. Where would you find the ghosts Blinky, Pinky, Inky & Clyde?

10. Which mystery is investigated by Ichabod Crane in a 1820 novel by Washington Irving, set in a small American village?

Round Two - Celebrity Zombies
Identify the ten "photoshopped" celebrities here...

Round Three - Who Am I?

All the following were born on Halloween...
1. Born on October 31st 1926, who was the first and last presenter of Top Of The Pops?

2. Robert Van Winkle was born on October 31st, but which name did he use when he had a Number One UK single in 1990?

3. Born on October 31st 1963, which guitarist is currently teaching students at Salford University as part of the BA Degree in Popular Music And Recording?

4. Born on October 31st 1961, who is the film director responsible for 2005’s King Kong remake?

5. Appropriately born on October 31st, what are the names of the Cheeky Girls?


Round Four – Film
1. Which 80’s horror film features five college students in a cabin, who resurrect the demons of evil spirits after playing an audio tape?

2. Which 3 actresses played the three witches in the 1987 film “The Witches Of Eastwick”?

3. Who played the title role in he 1994 film Frankenstein?

4. Which part did Jonathan Evans play in the 1975 film adaptation of The Rocky Horror Picture Show?

5. Which 1997 film was advertised with the tagline “If you want to bury the truth, make sure it stays buried”?

6. Who played Dana Barrett in both Ghostbusters films?

7. Who won a worst supporting actress award at the Golden Raspberry Awards for her performance in the horror film “House OF Wax”?

8. Which film features Monsters called Mike Wazowski and James P Sullivan?

9. What is the name of the clown in Stephen King’s “It”?

10. Which 1987 film ends with the line “One thing about living in Santa Carla I never could stomach, all the damn vampires”?


Round Five – Stick Or Twist
1. What 5-letter word is given to a meeting of witches?

2. Who published “The Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde” in1886?

3. What are the names of the two children in The Addams Family?

4. What is the only American state, which has none of the letters of the word Halloween in its name?

5. Which are the only two Number One singles to have the word “Devil” in them (1963 & 1974)?





Round Six - The Number Of The Beast
Click to open (and read the instructions very carefully...)

WEEK THIRTY TWO
Sunday 9th September 2007

Round One – General Knowledge

1. Which white/silver metal shares its name with a London theatre?

2. What is the name of the dog who lives with Tom & Jerry?

3. What does the “V” stand for in DVD?

4. In 2005, which singer was immortalised in chocolate by the sculptors at Madame Tussauds?

5. The World Championship of which musical contest takes place every September in Oulu, Finland?

6. In human anatomy, genioglossus, hyoglossus and styloglossus are three of the muscles which act to move what?

7. Which British city is home to the BALTIC Centre For Contemporary Art?

8. Which Mediterranean island is home to the tourist resort of Malia?

9. Where would you find a dugong?

10. What dish can be made from smoked cod’s roe, garlic, butter, lemon juice & pepper?

11. Which 1955 novel features a 12-year old girl called Dolores Haze?

12. What was the name of Mel Brooks’ 1987 sci-fi spoof of Star Wars, now an animated TV series?

13. Beginning with “V”, what name is given to the science of grape growing?

14. Which TV black comedy, due to start its second series in September is set in the fictional village of Little Steppington?

15. In which American resort was the world’s first roller coaster built in 1927?

16. Dido was the queen of which ancient city?

17. In 1982, who played the part of TJ Hooker on TV?

18. In chess, how many moves would it take a knight to move from one corner of the board to another?

19. How many stars are on the European Union flag?

20. Which is the only number in English that is spelt with its letters in alphabetical order?


Round Two - Loose Lips Sink Ships

Round Two-And-A-Half – Who Am I?

5-point clue I was born in Colwyn Bay in April 1960 and I died in September 2000.Who am I?

4-point clue When I was eighteen years old I posed naked for Penthouse magazine. Who am I?

3-point clue In 1979 I published the book Rock Stars in Their Underpants. Who am I?

2-point clue From 1982-1987 I co-hosted the TV show The Tube. Who am I?

1-point clue I gave birth to four daughters, Fifi, Peaches, Pixie and Heavenly Hirani Tiger Lily. I was formerly married to Bob Geldof. Who am I?

Round Three - A Variety

Sport:
1. Which current Premiership footballer has the middle name “Ivanhoe”?

2. The World Record for which Olympic Event currently stands at 74.08 metres for men and 78.80 metres for women?

3. Wayne Gretzky is a superstar in which sport?

4. How many laps must a competitor run to finish the 10 000 metres in athletics?

5. What colour vest does the greyhound in trap one traditionally wear?


Nature
11. What name is given to the young of a grasshopper?

12. In Hindu religion, which flower is the symbol of purity?

13. Erinaceous is a noun, which refers to which British mammal?

14. If an animal is described as lanate what is it covered in?

15. If a creature is GRAMNIVOROUS, what does it eat?

Colours….
16. What colour is Topaz?

17. What colour square is represented by the West Pier in the Brighton version of Monopoly?

18. On a London Underground map, which colour is the Central line?

19. What colour is an aircraft’s “Black Box” flight recorder?

20. Which word of Hindu origin literally means “dust coloured”??

Travel Guides...

Round Four - Guess The Yea

WEEK TWENTY SEVEN

Sunday 4th August 2007

Round One – General Knowledge

1. Which comedian who died this week started his career in show business as a stuntman on Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and in the film Spartacus?

2. Which centenary was celebrated on Brownsea Island this week?

3. Operation Banner ended this week after 38 years. What was it?

4. YouTube clip of the week shows hundreds of Philippine prisoners in orange jumpsuits, doing a dance routine to which song?

5. Which two housemates were voted out of the Big Brother house?

6. What is the name of the 2003 film starring Scarlett Johansson and Colin Firth that was based on a book which was inspired by a famous painting?

7. In which film set in London does the leading lady give the leading man an original picture by Marc Chagall?

8. Who recorded the album “Dylanesque” in 2007?

9. Which British band took their name from a member of the Manson Family, charged with the murders of 4 actors in Los Angeles 1968?

10. What is the name of the little statue in Brussels, which depicts a little boy urinating into a fountain?

11. What name is given to a tomb or monument in honour of someone whose remains lie elsewhere?

12. Fraser and Magnetic islands lie off the coast of which country?

13. Which American chain of department stores has its flagship store in Lexington Avenue in New York?
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14. In the Uk, which supermarket name is “Scandinavian for value” according to the adverts?

15. Which pocket-sized self-help book was the best-selling piece of non-fiction in 1996?

16. What's the title of the 2003 non-fiction book that has a painting panda up a ladder on the dust cover?

17. In the human body, where are the semi-circular canals?

18. Which American scientist first discovered that the universe is expanding?

19. In the UK, how is the crane fly more commonly known?

20. Of what is limnology the study?


Round Two - Picture Round

..from the George Quiz archive (?) as the Picture Round was saved til next week

Round Three

Around The World…
1. Which African nation was formerly called the Gold Coast?

2. 1034, Audubon Drive is the address of which famous building?

3. Which breed of dog is named after a pass on the border of Switzerland and Italy?

4. What name is given to the Cajun counterpart of paella?

5. Which waterway separates the Peloponnesian Peninsula from the Greek mainland?


Crap Comedy – Only Funny If You’ve Had A Sense Of Humour By-Pass…
6. What were the first names of the Eighties comedy duo Hale & Pace?

7. Which 80’s comedian created the hilarious characters Captain Kremmen and Marcel Wave, a lecherous Frenchman?

8. What was the name of the short-lived 1990 comedy which re-united the “Hi-Di-Hi” team?

9. What was Gareth Blackstock’s occupation in a Nineties sitcom?

10. How is Geraldine Grainger better known?


Art & Crafts…
11. Marchel Duchamp’s 1917 sculpture “Fountain”, basically consisted of what?

12. In colour theory, what are the three secondary colours?

13. Who created the much-parodied painting of an old couple standing in front of a church? And what is it called?

14. What nationality was the painter Marc Chagall?

15. What iconic museum structure, built in 1989, is the Chinese American architect, I M Pei responsible for?

And finally...

Round Four - A History Quiz

Similar to the music quiz we do from time to time; work out the historical events from the 20th Century...

WEEK TWENTY SIX

Sunday 21st July 2006

Round One – General Knowledge

"Back To School" was this week's theme for the first round...

1. English: In English, what name is given to a word, which is pronounced the same as another word but differs in meaning (for example “morning” and “mourning”)?

2. Maths: If two angles of a triangle are 42 degrees and 39 degrees, what's the third?

3. Maths: What comes next in this sequence 5, 12, 26, 54?

4. Geography: Which African desert covers most of Botswana and parts of Namibia and South Africa?

5. Geography: Name any three countries that border the Black Sea?

6. History: Which European gate was symbolically opened to celebrate Christmas 1989?

7. Biology: What is the human body’s largest artery?

8. Biology: What kind of animals can be horseshoe, leaf-nosed or ghost-faced?

9. Chemistry: Which gas, found in the upper atmosphere, acts as a filter to the Sun’s ultra-violet rays??

10. Chemistry: Name three of the noble gases?

11. Physics: What astronomer was the first to locate the Sun, rather than the Earth as the centre of the solar system?

12. Technology: What does a uniform resource locator help you find?

13. Art: What artistic technique involves painting directly onto wet plaster?

14. Art & Literature: Art Spiegelman’s graphic novel “Maus” was an analogy for which historical event?

15. English Literature: Which novelist published the story of his 10 000 mile journey across America with his pet poodle in 1961?

16. French: What is the French for dog, goat and horse?

17. German: Which German word used in the English language means “taking pleasure in other peoples’ misfortune”?

18. Latin: The slogan "Ars Gratia Artis" is familiar to those who have seen the MGM lion roaring at the start of films. But what does it mean?


Round Two - Celebrity Eye Spy

Round Two-And-A-Half – Where Am I?

5 points – In 2006 this city’s population was estimated at just over 1.7 million it is the eighth biggest city in the European Union and Europe’s newest metro systems (albeit only one North to South line!!) opened to the public in this city in 1995

4 points – The creator of the international artificial language Esperanto was born in this city and this city is located 280 miles from the Baltic on the Masovian Plain

3 points – It is divided into 18 boroughs, 3 of which are called Wola, Ursus and Bielany and this city gave its name to the Treaty of Friendship established in 1955

2 points – It is served by an airport named after the composer Chopin and this city lies on the River Vistula

1 point – This city is the capital of its country, the country in question invaded by Germany on September 1st, 1939 and It is the capital of Poland



Round Three - A Variety

Current Affairs:
7. A portrait of which cartoon character was painted on the side of a Dorset hill this week?

8. Nominated for a Mercury Music Prize award this week for her album “Fur & Gold”, how is singer Natasha Khan better known?

9. What animal caused the German cyclist Marcus Burghardt to crash spectacularly during this year’s Tour De France?

10. Which three Labour MP’s admitted to smoking dope in their youth this week?

11. Rhianna will possibly break a 10-year-old record this weekend if her single “Umbrella” stays at number one for another week; which song was the last to stay at number one for 10 weeks or more?

12. At the Edinburgh festival this year, what will be “Discotivity”?


Where In The World…

Pictures From Google Earth

Round Four: A Pop Quiz

WEEK TWENTY THREE

Sunday 1st July

Not a bad turn out considering the Quiz was up against the "Diana Concert" live on TV; quite surprised anyone turned up at all. Those that did may have missed out on "Candle In The Wind" (probably), but were rewarded with the following quiz, which was won at a canter by "The Diggers" (now just "The Diggers", you notice, "on tour" no longer, and if they keep winning the food prize, they'll all be too stuffed to ever go anywhere ever again...!!!)

Round One – General Knowledge

1. What farewell gift did Arnold Schwarzenegger give Tony Blair this week?

2. Who completes this sequence: Kenneth, Michael, Jack, David, Charles, John…?

3. Which former member of the Monty Python team provides the voice of the wizard Merlin in Shrek 3?

4. Which product is currently advertised as being knitted by a group of OAP’s?

5. Who is the only puppet to have won the quiz show The Weakest Link?

6. From which two words does the supermarket chain ASDA take its name?

7. The shopping channel QVC takes its name from which three words?

8. Which children’s TV character is voiced by Gary Lineker?

9. Which is the only internal organ of the body capable of regenerating itself?

10. Which is the only major river to flow both north and South of the equator; it crosses the Equator twice?

11. Artist Michael Sandell’s controversial three-piece work currently on show in the Royal Academy portrays which couple as a naked Adam & Eve?

12. In which county is Leeds castle?

13. Which European city do Schonefeld, Tegel & Tempelhof airports all serve?

14. David, Stephen, Ian and a second David are the first names of which quartet which appear weekly on TV?

15. Which internet company was set up in 1995 initially as a way of swapping PEZ sweet dispensers?

16. Which Internet Company’s logo features a cat wearing headphones?

17. What name is applied to animals with hooves?

18. Which cartoon detective was created by Georges Remi in 1929?

19. Which 20th Century novel unwittingly lent its name to the underground system in Glasgow?

20. Forty years ago this week, actor Reg Varney was the first man to use what?


Round Two – Famous Canadians

(Ahead of Canada Day on Monday, here are 12 instantly recognisable Canadian personalities)

Round Two-And-A-Half – Who Am I?

5 point clue I was born in 1945 and my entertainment career began in the none too salubrious surroundings of the Boggery Folk Club, where I was employed as resident singer. Who am I?

4 point clue In 1979 I was named ITV Personality of the Year and in 1992 I was named BBC TV Personality of the Year. Who am I?

3 point clue In 1995 I celebrated my 50th birthday with the award of Midlander of the Year from Aston University. Who am I?

2 point clue I am a managing director of Celador TV Company and my daughter Lucy Davis starred in the comedy series The Office. Who am I?

1 point clue I had a hit with the song Funky Moped and I co-starred with Robert Powell in The Detectives. Who am I?



Round Three – A Variety

Art…..
1. Who designed the Glasgow School Of Art?

2. With which type of art do you most associate Spencer Tunick?

3. What did the K Foundation burn in 1994?

4. French sculptor Frederic Auguste Bertholdi created which large-scale classical realist female fgure?

5. Who painted the Luncheon Of The Boating Party in 1880?


Toys & Games
6. Which toy was invented by Frank Hornby in 1901?

7. Which arcade fighting game was first released by Namco in 1994?

8. In which language does the word “Jenga” mean, “to build”?

9. Which orange toy, first seen in the UK in 1971, was originally called PON-PON?

10. Which colour are the cheapest properties on a Monopoly board?


Three of a kind…
11. What name is given to the young of the following animals?

a) Kangaroo b) swan c) dragonfly

12. Which Carry On film was set in…?

a) 1492 b) the French Foreign Legion c) aboard the Good Ship Venus

13. What are the former names of…?

a) Snickers b) Starburst c) Minstrels

14. What is the most populous city in..?

a) China b) Pakistan c) Nigeria

15. Who had a hit with the following “Hy..” titles?
A) 1982 – Hymn B) – 1987 – Hysteria C) 2003 – Hysteria?


Famous People As Children..Who Did They Grow Up To Be?

Round Four was a music round which obviously can't be posted here, and finally just a quick mention of the extremely high standard of plasticine models completed by all the teams for the Bonus Round; one example shown below....(Jordan Giving Birth by "Julia's Angels", in case you were wondering)

QUIZ TWENTY ONE

Sunday 10th June 2007

Round One – General Knowledge

1. On this day in 1988, whose 70th birthday was marked with a tribute concert in Wembley Stadium?

2. Shown on Sky One on Sunday night, which number episode is the Simpsons latest?

3. Jeff Bezos is the billionaire owner of which web site?

4. In April 2007, which European country was named the World’s Happiest Country in a study by Leicester University?

5. What programme was known as 'Loft Story' in France?

6. What six-letter name is shared by a car manufacturer, a Swedish river and a Jewish month?

7. What name is given to the hangover cure comprising of a raw egg and Worcestershire sauce?

8. Which pop group share their name with Bob the Builders tractor?

9. In which film do Kate Winslet and Cameron Diaz swap homes for a fortnight at Christmas?

10. Who does Welsh actor Michael Sheen play in the 2006 film “The Queen”?

11. Which English fashion designer was knighted by the Queen in 2001?

12. Who was radio one’s first female disc jockey?

13. What number is represented by the phrase snakes alive in bingo terminology?

14. Which US black comedy is set at Sacred Heart Hospital?

15. What is the name of the theme tune to Monty Python’s Flying Circus?

16. Who set the record for the fastest crossing of the English Channel by an amphibious vehicle in 2004?

17. Kids TV; how is the character Patrick Clifton better known?

18. Kids TV; what is the hometown of Fireman Sam?

19. Harry Shearer voices which popular Simpsons double act?

20. Which of these bands is the odd one out: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Pearl Jam; Aerosmith?

Round Two - Celebrity A-Z

(A mega A-Z of celebrity mug-shots; click to open)

Round Three – A Variety

Geography…
1. Which European capital city stands on the island of Zealand?

2. Which island is home to Ronaldsway Airport?

3. The name of which Australian city means, meeting place?

4. Hayling Island is part of which English county?

5. In which desert does Las Vegas lie?


American Writers…
6. Who is the American author of American Psycho and Luna Park?

7. Which author has also written books under the name Richard Bachman?

8. Which American horror author was born Howard Allen O’Brien?

9. Who created the character of Jack Ryan, hero of such stories as “Patriot Games”, “Clear & Present Danger” and “The Hunt For Red October”?

10. Who is the central character in Jack Kerouac’s “On The Road”?


Double Initials….
11. Which cartoon character gets dumped outside his front door by his cat?

12. Which American golfer shares his name with a style of music?

13. Who was the fortieth president of the USA?

14. Which Hawaiian born musician released the album Sing-A-Longs and Lullabies For The Film Curious George?

15. Which patriotic but not very bright cartoon character was regularly rescued by his crew, The American Eagles?


Missing Words......

(From the week's news; click to open)

Round Four - Number Quiz

(Click to open...follow the instructions at the top of the page)

Quiz Winners - Tonight's victorious team were "Alan's Throbbing Crack Den" who, despite a very youthful appearance are extremely ruthless and put in an exceptional performance, holding off the three teams all competing for the top position in The George Quiz's Champion's League (...and The League Against Alternative Medicine, who deserve a little mention for getting the top score in the Celebrity Picture Round - you'll win the quiz one of these days, guys...)

Champion's League Points Week Ten

Alan's Throbbing Crack Den - 5 Points

The Diggers On Tour - 4 Points

Captain Natalia - 3 Points

The League Against Alternative Medicine - 2 Points (Hurrah!!)

The River Wild - 1 Point

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 THIRTEEN

Sunday 15th April

Round One – General Knowledge

1. Why was the end of last week a bad one for paraskavedekatriaphobics?

2. Where in the Human body is the carpus?

3. In which country is the Serengetti National Park?

4. On which single of 1997 did 29 different artists and bands perform?

5. Which rock drummer is forging a new career in politics, standing for election to Westminster City Council this month?

6. Which letter of the alphabet is used as a symbol to represent osculation?

7. Al Gore may be trying to save the planet, but in the 80’s his wife was on a different crusade across the USA; who was she trying to protect and why?

8. Double A-side “Let Love Lead The Way”/”Holler” was the last number one single for which band?

9. Multiply by nine, then divide by five, then add 32 is the formula for which conversion?

10. In which country is the Yucatan Peninsula?

11. Which kind of mammals comprise the scientific order chiroptera?

12. What is the name for the craft of applying paper cut-outs to wooden surfaces and panels, then varnishing?

13. Who wrote “Religion is the opium of the people”?

14. Who wrote “Hell is other people”?

15. With which type of book do you most associate Dr David Robert Starkey?

16. Which celebrity has written a series of children’s books featuring a girl called “Ugenia Lavender”?

17. Which TV personality and journalist’s autobiography is entitled “Don’t You Know Who I Am?”

18. In which soap do the regulars drink in a pub called the “Dog In The Pound”?

19. Which writer, actor, and presenter has written the novels “Making History” and “The Liar”?

20. Who were Tracey Tunstall and Sandra Burke?


Round Two –
Celebrity Eye Spy

Round Two-And-A-Half – Who Am I?
5 point clue I was born in Chicago in 1943 to a Norwegian mother and American dad and am a successful actor who has appeared in films on tv and, since 1990, in the theatre since my move to London; in 2004, I made a guest appearance in the film version of one of my tv shows. Who am I?

4 point clue In the 1997 General Election I campaigned for the white suited Martin Bell and in 2004 became a British citizen and season ticket holder at Arsenal. Who am I?

3 point clue I topped the UK singles charts in both 1976 and 1977. Who am I?

2 point clue In 2006 I appeared in the West End playing the role of Mack in the show Mack and Mabel and also as Jerry Springer in “Jerry Springer – The Opera” Who am I?

1 point clue I played Hutch to the Starsky of Paul Michael Glaser. Who am I?

Round Three – A Variety

Answers Only – What’s The Question…
1. Austria, Germany, France & Italy

2. Burgess Meredith & Danny De Vito

3. Evil Heat & Riot City Blues

4. Brontophobia

5.”Ma, take this badge off me…”


Crime & Punishment
6. In which decade was Capital Punishment abolished in the UK?

7. Who was brought to trial in 1962, accused of being the A6 murderer?

8. On 19th August 1987, in which English town did Michael Ryan shoot dead 16 people, including his mother, before killing himself?

9. Which English hangman was portrayed on film by Timothy Spall?

10. Where in the UK is Winson Green Prison?


Questions with a vague pachydermal theme...
11. Which championship football club has an elephant on its badge?

12. In Victorian times who was known as the Elephant Man?

13. Which band released the Grammy award winning album “Elephant” in 2003?

14. What was the name of the elephant in the Simpson’s episode entitled Bart Gets an Elephant?

15. The Order of the Elephant is the highest award in which European country?

Musical Blockbusters


Read the instructions very carefully, and solve the puzzle; who is the actor or actress, and what are the films in the grey hexagons?

Round Four - Time To Gamble

Answer ONE question from each of the ten shown here, with some picture clues to help...

***QUESTIONS TO FOLLOW***

(Click to open...)

The George Quiz Champion's League
First points on the board for "The League Against Alternative Medicine"; but "Captain Natalia" takes the early lead with 9 points from 2 quizzes. Well done!!!
Captain Natalia - 5 points
The Disappointing Sausage Roll Team - 4 points
Arse Pizza - 3 points
The League Against Alternative Medicine - 2 points
It's My Birthday, And I'll Quiz If I Want To... - 1 point