The George Quiz

Sunday 9th December 2007

Round One – General Knowledge

Once again, in the style of Blockbusters...
1. Which B is the scale used to measure wind velocity?

2. Which M is the pop group whose songs are featured in the musical “Our House”?

3. Which W is the sport in which Liz Hobbs found fame?

4. In which S would you be if you were looking at Aubrey holes?

5. Which musical J begins with the line “Your beauty is beyond compare”?

6. What E is the E in E numbers?


7. Which SM played Elektra King in the Bond film “The World Is Not Enough”?

8. Which GC is the former name for Ghana?

9. Which PC are called “trombones” in France?

10. Which TP is the more common name for magnesium silicate?

11. What AP are the Fourth Gutter and The Palace Of Weariness?

12. Which BP is the flag shown by a ship just about to leave port?



13. Which SNTR had a Top Ten hit with the song “Kiss Me” in 1999?

14. Which CDS was held for the first time in Islington in 1891?

15. Which ROTM was the subtitle of the third film in the Terminator series, released in 2003?

16. Which GOR is to the west of Estonia and Latvia?

17. Which ASS was driven by Serge and Meekly?

18. Which WCPTC takes place annually at Coxheath Fete, near Maidstone?


Round Two – Dog Breeds
Twelve pure breeds to identify...click to open

Round Three

Food & Drink
1. What type of food is a “frittata”?

2. What was the family name of the brewers at the Den Horen Brewery in Belgium?

3. On a Spanish Tapas menu, what are gambas?

4. What is added to cider and blackcurrant to make a Red Witch cocktail?

5. What is the fruit of the banyan tree?

6. Which variety of pasta has a name, which means “little tongues”?


Eighties
7. What was the name of the Yorkshire Ripper arrested in 1981?

8. Freed in 1989, how were Hill, Armstrong, Conlon and Richardson collectively known?

9. Which 80’s group included Helen O’Hara on violin?

10. What was the surname of the main family in Dynasty?

11. Who was Bananaman’s alter ego?

12. Who shot Ronald Regan in 1981?


European Where Am I?
13. In which city would I be if I was standing in front of Picasso’s giant monochrome “Guernica” painting?

14. Which city lies at the foot of the Carpathian Mountains?

15. Which city sits on the River Neva?

16. Which city was this year voted Europe’s friendliest city to visit by Tripadvisor.com?

17. In which city would you find the red-light district called the Reeperbahn?

18. Which city was called Kristiania until 1924?

Round Four - A Number Quiz

Solve the following ditloids (as i believe they are called)

Example: 12 N on a CF would be "12 Numbers On A Clock Face"

1. 1 P in a PT

2. 2 H on a BC

3. 3 C on a T

4. 4 S on a DB

5. 5 R on the OF

6. 6 P on the SOD

7. 7 MW of the W

8. 8 R on SS

9. 9 P of SA

10. 10 F on a D

WEEK THIRTY FOUR

Sunday 30th September 2007

Cracking good fun last night - 9 teams, 2 picture rounds and a team from New York. How cool!

Round One – General Knowledge

1. Where did the Labour Party hold their conference this week?

2. What is the rather normal, non-celebrity name of Charlotte Church’s baby?

3. Which vegetable’s name translates from Chinese as 'white vegetable'?

4. The French call it 'creme anglaise' what do we call it?

5. The scale for measuring wind speed is named after the 19th Century British Admiral who devised it, what is it called??

6. Who invented the electric light bulb?

7. In Liverpool how are the Liver Building, Cunard Building and the Port of Liverpool Building collectively known?

8. Which Dj partnered Kevin Greening on Radio One’s Breakfast Show in 1997?

9. Which Radio One Dj was known as “The Hairy Cornflake”?

10. Spanned by the Fathi Sultan Mehmet Bridge, which strait forms the boundary between Europe and Asia in Turkey?

11. The ferry route crossing the Adriatic between Patras and Brindisi links which two European countries?

12. In which film did Sigourney Weaver play scientist Diane Fossey?

13. In which film did Bruce Willis play convict James Cole?

14. How is the double act of David Peacock and Charles Hodges better known?

15. In 2007, which band are searching for the fourth chord?

16. In a deck of cards what is the total value of the numeric cards in all four suits?

17. In which British city will you find Stormont Castle?

18. What colour is given to nursery slopes at a ski resort?

19. Which famous footballers ex-wife holds the world record for kicking a football in the air the longest time?

20. How many letter E's do you get in the game of Scrabble?


Round Two – Fruit And Veg
Name the exotic fruit, vegetables and herbs (Number 8 is definitely NOT a lychee!!)

Round Two-And-A-Half – Who Am I?

5 point clue I was born in 1939 and I am married with three children. I am a familiar face on television and I am a passionate cricket fan; I am the author of biographies of Viv Richards and clive Lloyd. Who am I?

4 point clue In 1960 I joined the BBC World Service as a producerand this year hosted “This Is Your Life” with Simon Cowell the victim. Who am I?

3 point clue I hold a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National TV Awards which I host every year & I was knighted in 1999. Who am I?

2 point clue I was born in Trinidad and was lampooned by Lenny Henry on Tiswas. Who am I?

1 point clue I became Britain’s first black national news reader. Who am I?



Round Three - A Variety

Continents…
Where would you find…
1. The Tasmanian Wolf?

2. Lar Gibbon?

3. Andean tapir

4. Barbary Lion?

5. Short-tailed Chinchilla?


Answers beginning with “C”…
6. By what name was China known to the west in medieval times?

7. What does a cryptologist study?

8. What name is given to a tradesman who made or traded knives?

9. What is the name of the ring of light that can be seen around the sun during a solar eclipse?

10. Which character was portrayed by Peter Mayhew in the Star Wars films?


Newspapers….
11. The masthead at the top of a copy of The Independent shows which creature holding a rolled up newspaper?

12. With a name meaning “Truth”, what was the name of the Soviet Union’s leading newspaper and official organ of the Central communist Party?

13. “La Stampa” is the biggest-selling newspaper in which European country?

14. “The Thunderer” was a popular nickname for which newspaper?

15. What is the name of the Sun’s agony aunt?



Radio One Dj’s

..to follow (having trouble locating the file on a very cluttered pc!!)

Round Four – Children’s Films

Taglines, Invisibles, Synopses etc..from the recent past