QUIZ NINETEEN

Sunday 27th May 2007

Round One – General Knowledge

1. The Cutty Sark takes its name from which part of the ship?

2. In which London Borough is the Big Brother house?

3. Who was last year’s runner up in Big Brother?

4. Which flagship of Nelson’s sits in dock at Portsmouth?

5. Which European football team is cockney rhyming slang for a pound?

6. Which number shares a key with “*” on a QWERTY keyboard?

7. Which British actor appears in Jamie T’s video for the song “Sheila”?

8. Which TV detective’s real job was working for illusionist Adam Klaus?

9. Who was the Greek god of sleep?

10. England’s highest waterfall the Cauldron Snout lies on which river?

11. In Japanese cooking, what is “nori”?

12. Which black basalt slab, on display in the British Museum, was the key to the translation of Egyptian hieroglyphic writing?

13. The power of what is measured in dioptres?

14. The annual Samuel Johnson Prize is awarded to writers in which area of literature?

15. Which actress starred as Muriel in “Muriel’s Wedding” and Sheryl in “Little Miss Sunshine”?

16. The IFAW was set up in Canada in 1969, but now has offices in over 15 countries worldwide. What does it stand for?

17. A baker’s dozen plus a trio plus a gross gives a total which when divided by a score equals…?

18. What is the capital of the US state of Hawaii?

19. Which body part did the Barbie doll get in 2000 that she didn’t have before?

20. Which fruit shares its name with the first name of Winston Churchill’s wife?

Round Two - Events Of The 80's & 90's

Round Three – A Variety

Anagrams….find two words which are anagrams of each other, with the following definitions:
1. Male goose AND the state of being vulnerable to injury or evil?

2. Small marine food fishes AND the state of having no rain?

3. Particular mode of action AND bring again into existence?

4. With a notched edge AND taken into custody?

5. Resembling a bear AND protecting against loss or risk?


Cities…
6. Which British city is home to Cribbs Causeway and Broadmead shopping centre and music venues the Academy and the Bierkeller?

7. Which Asian city was called Saigon until its name was changed in 1975?

8. To which European city would you travel to see St Basil’s Cathedral and the Pushkin Museum Of Fine Arts?

9. Which city, sited on the Rhine, boasts a museum dedicated to chocolate and has the world’s fourth largest cathedral?

10. Which British city is home to a commercial district called Little Germany, and also boasts the most visited museum outside of London – the National Media Museum?


Three Of A Kind…
11. In an alphabetical list what are the first three rooms on a Cluedo board?

12. Who won the first three series of Big Brother?

13. Which three countries with six letter names form a land border with Iraq?

14. Who are the only three successive female British monarchs?

15. In an alphabetical list of English counties, which three would come last?

Gold Run - Follow the instructions...

Round Four was a music round, which can't be posted here.

Great quiz, this week, thanks to everyone who took part - the highlight being the fact that everyone could hear me because of the NEW SPEAKERS!!!!! Wahey!!!

So farewell Natalia, we shall miss your Catalonian beauty at the quiz, good luck for the future.

Week eight of the Champion's League; here are the scores (New leaders??? Check the current league table in the column on the right......)

Let's Get Quizzical - 5 Points

The Diggers On Tour - 4 Points

Arse Pizza - 3 Points

Alan's Love Asylum - 2 Points

Capt Natalia - 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 12

Sunday 8th April 2007

Round One – General Knowledge



1. If “A” is alpha and “Z” is Zulu, what is “G”?

2. Which colour is the flag used to denote a clean beach, free from pollution?

3. What colour is the background of the road signs which show tourist attractions and historical monuments?

4. What is a quire a measure of?

5. What is the name of the lake in London’s Hyde Park?

6. What word for a debate or speech takes its name from the platform upon which political representatives delivered their speeches before parliament?

7. ITV and BBC are in Saturday night competition finding the lead roles for which two musicals?

8. Who is Channel 4’s “Born Survivor”?

9. Which illusionist toured Britiain in 2005 with his one-man show “Something Wicked This Way Comes”?

10. With which artistic style do you most associate the American artist Jasper Johns?

11. The name of which Mexican state and river is a registered trademark in the food industry?

12. What is the main tourist attraction at Xian, in China’s Shansi province?

13. Which European country has 23 political divisions, called Cantons?

14. Which biblical mountain is the tallest peak in Turkey?

15. What “C” is the spiritual term for the energy points of our body?

16. Which Japanese therapy has a name which literally means “finger pressure”?

17. Which was the first “Spaghetti Western”, starring Clint Eastwood as the “Man With No name”?

18. What is the third colour of the Jamaican flag along with green and black?

19. The Tony awards are given for outstanding achievement in which field of the arts?

20. Which actor, writer and presenter was jailed aged 17 for credit card fraud?


Round Two - Tourist Destinations

Round Two-And-A-Half – Who Am I?



5 Points: I am a singer born in the North of England in 1959 to an English mother and a German father; although my band has only scored one number one hit in the Uk in 1985, I’ve had 18 Number One hits in Japan.

4 Points: In 2006 I divorced my wife Lynne after 20 years of marriage. I subsequently announced my engagement to my boyfriend Michael on the Richard & Judy Show>

3 Points: I released my autobiography “Freak Unique” in 2006, and the same year I had my favoutrite coat confiscated by the police.

2 Points: I appeared on Celebrity Big Brother in 2006 where I argued with everyone, especially Jodie Marsh and Tracy Bingham

1 Point: I am currently suing the cosmetic surgeon who carried out my botched lip surgery.


Round Three – A Variety

NEWS OF THE WEEK
1. Boris Johnson has upset the residents of which British city this week with his comments that their city is “a place that is arguably too full of drugs, obesity, underachievement and Labour MPs."?

2. Which Labour politician has launched a range of clothing to promote her challenge in the deputy leadership contest?

3. A competition was launched in schools to find the new voice for what?

4. Who has temporarily replaced Nipper the dog on the HMV logo?

5. What is the bizarre mutation of Stumpy the duck, born in February on a farm in Hampshire?


Science and Nature…
6. What animal provides the symbol for Britain’s Wild Life Trust?

7. What word is obtained by adding together the chemical symbols of bromine and silver?

8. What is the only chemical element that is named after a state in the USA?

9. What colour is the milk of a yak?

10. A synodic month is a period between two what?



Bunch of Fives…

11. Which five states of the USA have a compass point in their name?

12. What are the five heaviest land mammals in the world?

13. In what five fields were the Nobel Prizes awarded when first instigated?

14. Which five cities beginning with M have hosted the Summer Olympics?

15. What are the five colours of the rings on the Olympic flag?


FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILMS

Simply name the foreign language films (Click to open..)

Round Four - Number Quiz

Follow the example given to solve the ten number puzzles (Click to open..)

The George Quiz Champion's League

For the next ten weeks, i have decided to have a "Champions Of Champions" competition, with an as yet undisclosed prize (still working on The George manager - watch this space). After much deliberation, i have chosen to award points for the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th placed teams at each week's quiz rather than amalgamate the total quiz scores. This gives teams a chance to "catch up" if they miss a week and i think is a fairer way of scoring.

So, for last night's quiz, hereafter known as "Week One", the scores are as follows:

The Diggers On Tour - 5 points

Captain Natalia ( aka The Tailors Of Tehran!!) - 4 points

Arse Pizza (feat. Voodoo Badger) - 3 points

The DIY Ramblers - 2 points

Alan's Love Asylum - 1 point