Sunday 2nd December 2007
Round One – General Knowledge
Once again, in the style of Blockbusters....
1. Which M is the Indian soup whose name means “pepper water”?
2. Which G is the correct name for the basket suspended from a balloon?
3. Which B is the country that lies to the immediate east of the Andaman Sea?
4. Which A is the collective noun for a group of frogs?
5. Which H is the shape of an object described as hamiform?
6. Which R is measured by a udometer?
7. Which GM is permanently moored in a dry dock in Greenwich, South London?
8. Which LS is the cartoon character who was dropped from The Beano in 1992??
9. On 8th December 1980, which MC shot and killed John Lennon??
10. Which MD was a character in a famous sitcom of the 90’s played by Pauline McLynne?
11. Which GD is the nineties group who had minor hits with Earth With Love and Oh Jim?
12. Which PC was invented by Dr Edwin Land in 1947?
13. Which AMP is another man’s meat?
14. Which POS is the capital of Trinidad & Tobago?
15. Which DWW told the story of Lieutenant John Dunbar?
16. Which WTG is the name of the film, from which Madonna’s song “The Look Of Love” is taken?
17. Which WHC is a tourist attraction in the Mendip Hills in Somerset?
18. Which DBH was the bespectacled, lab-coated scientist who would do experiments on the Muppet Show?
Round Two – Musical Instruments
Once again, in the style of Blockbusters....
1. Which M is the Indian soup whose name means “pepper water”?2. Which G is the correct name for the basket suspended from a balloon?
3. Which B is the country that lies to the immediate east of the Andaman Sea?
4. Which A is the collective noun for a group of frogs?
5. Which H is the shape of an object described as hamiform?
6. Which R is measured by a udometer?
7. Which GM is permanently moored in a dry dock in Greenwich, South London?
8. Which LS is the cartoon character who was dropped from The Beano in 1992??
9. On 8th December 1980, which MC shot and killed John Lennon??
10. Which MD was a character in a famous sitcom of the 90’s played by Pauline McLynne?
11. Which GD is the nineties group who had minor hits with Earth With Love and Oh Jim?
12. Which PC was invented by Dr Edwin Land in 1947?
13. Which AMP is another man’s meat?
14. Which POS is the capital of Trinidad & Tobago?
15. Which DWW told the story of Lieutenant John Dunbar?
16. Which WTG is the name of the film, from which Madonna’s song “The Look Of Love” is taken?
17. Which WHC is a tourist attraction in the Mendip Hills in Somerset?
18. Which DBH was the bespectacled, lab-coated scientist who would do experiments on the Muppet Show?
Round Two – Musical Instruments
Round Three
On This Day In December…
1. On December 1st 1982 who released what was to become the biggest-selling album of all time?
2. On December 13th 1996, who was elected Secretary General of the United Nations, a position he held for 10 years?
3. On December 12th 1911, which city did Delhi replace as capital of India?
4. On December 23rd 1954, Dr Joseph Murray performed the first transplant of which body organ?
5. On December 23rd 1943 who is the American actor who voices the parts of Mr Burns and Smithers, Ned Flanders, Principal Skinner and Otto Mannn in the Simpsons?
6. On 31st December 1923, what was broadcast from London for the first time on BBC radio?
Christmas Hits…
7. Who sent out the invitation to “Step Into Christmas” in 1973?
8. What was the Christmas number one single last year?
9. What song was the Christmas number one in the UK in both 1975 and 1991?
10. The first line of Band Aid’s Do They Know Its Christmas has been sung by Paul Young, and Chris Martin and which other female singer on the 1989 Band Aid 2 version?
11. Who prevented Eminem’s song “Stan” keeping the number one spot in Christmas week 2000?
12. What misfortune had befallen Santa, according to the Spitting Image team in 1986?
Comedy
13. Which three destinations were emblazoned on the side of Del Boy’s van?
14. Which 90’s TV comedy series featured “The Man With The Stick”?
15. Paul and Barry Elliot are better known as which hilarious double act??
16. Which page three girl was created by Brenda Gilhooly?
17. Which comedian played Constable Kevin Goody in The Thin Blue Line and Tom Farrell in Gimme, Gimme, Gimme?
18. Who were Gary’s two work colleagues in Men Behaving Badly??
Round Four – Fastest Finger
