Round One: General Knowledge
A How was the 19th October 1987 referred to in the world of finance?
Answer – Black Monday
B How was the 30th January 1972 referred to with regard to the Irish city of Derry?
Answer – Bloody Sunday
A The Fez hat was named after the city of Fez. In which country is Fez located?
Answer – Morocco
B Dungarees were named after the suburb of Dungri. In which Asian city is Dungri located?
Answer – Bombay, accept Mumbai (its current
name)
A Gary Kemp and Jude Law both married which actress?
Answer – Sadie Frost
B Liam Gallagher and Jim Kerr both married which actress?
Answer – Patsy Kensit
A Which comedian is associated with the catchphrase, “May your God go with you”?
Answer – Dave Allen
B Which comedian is associated with the catchphrase, “It’s the way I tell em”?
Answer – Frank Carson
Round Two: Sport and Games
A Which city provides a link between football clubs nicknamed the Pirates and the Robins?
Answer – Bristol for City and Rovers
B What name is shared by the home grounds of Sunderland and Benfica?
Answer – The Stadium of Light
A Who captained England to Ashes glory in 2005?
Answer – Michael Vaughan
B Who captained the European team to Ryder Cup glory in 2006?
Answer – Ian Woosnam
A Which sport sees competitors sitting in a sulky?
Answer – Harness racing or trotting
B What name is given to a ski suit comprising of quilted trousers reaching to the chest held up by shoulder straps?
Answer – Salopettes
A The winning jockey in which horse race is traditionally awarded with an oversized red floppy cap?
Answer – St Leger
B Which horse race is known as, The Run for the Roses as a garland of roses is presented to the winner?
Answer – Kentucky Derby
Round Three: General Knowledge
A In the world of literature what is the first name of Tom Sawyer’s girlfriend?
Answer – Becky
B In the world of literature what is the first name of Bill Sikes girlfriend?
Answer –Nancy
A What A is the Italian counterpart for hors d’ouevres?
Answer – Antipasto
B What A is the technical term for the white of an egg?
Answer – Albumen
A Which album cover depicts a group photograph that includes the entertainers Christopher Lee, Kenny Lynch, James Coburn, Michael Parkinson and Paul McCartney?
Answer – Band on the Run
B Which model is depicted on the cover of the Roxy Music album, Siren?
Answer – Jerry Hall
A David Bowie suffers from heterochromia. What is heterochromia?
Answer – Different coloured eyes
B Madonna has a diastema. What is a diastema?
Answer – A gap between the front teeth
Round Four: Individual Round- Subjects connected by the letter J
Subjects- James Bond, John F Kennedy, Jane
Austen and Jones (as in Tom Jones)
A Which Bond movie featured the Bond girl Solitaire?
Answer – Live and Let Die
B Which Bond movie featured the Bond girl Dr Holly Goodhead?
Answer – Moonraker
A Who was the Vice President of John F Kennedy?
Answer – Lyndon B Johnson
B What was the first name of the mother of President John F Kennedy?
Answer – Rose
A Which Jane Austen novel features the Dashwood family?
Answer – Sense and Sensibility
B Catherine Morland is the heroine of which Jane Austen novel?
Answer – Northanger Abbey
A Which Tom Jones hit contains the lyric, “Down the road I look and there runs Mary”?
Answer – Green Green Grass of Home
B Which Tom Jones hit ends with the lyric, “I just couldn’t take any more”?
Answer – Delilah
Round Five: General Knowledge
A Which Irish county is home to the Blarney Stone?
Answer – Cork
B Which Irish county is home to the Giant’s Causeway?
Answer – Antrim
A In 1984 who was assassinated by Satwant Singh and Beant Singh?
Answer – Indira Gandhi
B in 1982, who infamously broke into Buckingham Palace, sat on the Queen’s bed and asked her for a cigarette?
Answer – Michael Fagin
A In what year of the 1990s was Nick Leeson arrested for his role in the collapse of the Barings Bank?
Answer – 1995
B In what year of the 1990s did Bill Clinton deny on TV that he had had sexual relations with Monica Lewinsky?
Answer - 1998
A In the film The Aviator which Hollywood legend was portrayed by Jude Law?
Answer – Errol Flynn
B In the film The Aviator which Hollywood legend was portrayed by Cate Blanchett?
Answer – Katharine Hepburn
Round Six: Arts and Entertainment
A To date, for which film has Sean Connery won his only acting Oscar?
Answer- The Untouchables
B To date, for which film has Paul Newman, won his only acting Oscar?
Answer- The Color of Money
A Which Coronation Street character was nicknamed Norman Bates with a briefcase?
Answer – Richard Hillman
B In 1993 which character in Brookside was killed and buried under the patio?
Answer – Trevor Jordache
A Which band did Paul Weller found directly after the split of The Jam?
Answer – The Style Council
B Which band did Paul Heaton found directly after the split of the Housemartins?
Answer – The Beautiful South
A Which former Coronation Street star went on to play Auntie Wainwright in Last of the Summer Wine?
Answer – Jean Alexander
B Which former star of the Pink Panther films went on to play the role of Entwhistle in Last of the Summer Wine?
Answer – Bert Kwouk
Round Seven: General Knowledge
A Who delivered the famous quote, “You’ve never had it so good”?
Answer – Harold Macmillan
B Whose alleged last words were, “Let not poor Nelly starve”?
Answer – Charles II
A Which shipping company owned the ill fated Titanic?
Answer –The White Star Line
B Which company was charged with corporate manslaughter following the sinking of The Herald of Free Enterprise?
Answer – Townsend Thoresen
A Who voiced the character of Stinky Pete in Toy Story 2?
Answer – Kelsey Grammar
B In which animated film did Eddie Murphy voice a dragon called Mushu?
Answer – Mulan
A Which 1560m long bridge was opened in Istanbul in 1973?
Answer – Bosphorus Bridge
B Which bridge that opened in New York in 1964 links Brooklyn to Staten Island?
Answer – Verrazano Narrows
Round Eight: Connection Round
Q1 By what title was Arthur Wellesley otherwise known?
Q2 Which football club changed their name to the Milton Keynes Dons?
Q3 Who played a spoon salesman called Mr Hutchinson in an episode of Fawlty Towers?
Q4 Sofia is the capital of which country?
Q5 Which song provided a 1988 number one hit
for Enya?
Answers
Q1 Duke of Wellington
Q2 Wimbledon
Q3 Bernard Cribbins
Q4 Bulgaria
Q5 Orinoco Flow
The connection is The Wombles, for
Wellington, Wimbledon (Common), Bernard Cribbins narrated the show, Bulgaria
(Uncle), and Orinoco
Spares
A Who is associated with the quote “All I have to declare is my genius”?
Answer- Oscar Wilde
B Who is associated with the quote” You can have any colour you want as long as it’s black”?
Answer- Henry Ford
The Quiz Challenge
1 Which movie villain was first played on screen by Brian Cox in the film Manhunter?
Answer- Hannibal Lecter
2 Whose was the first voice to be heard on the Virgin Radio station?
Answer- Richard Branson
3 Which actor who won an Oscar for his role in City Slickers died in November 2006 aged 87?
Answer- Jack Palance
4 What did the 13th Amendment abolish in the USA?
Answer- Slavery
5 In 1992 who was accused of stealing diesel fuel worth an estimated four million rubles from a company called Ukhta Enterprises?
Answer- Roman Abramovich
6 In November 2006 who became the first manager to be sacked in England’s Premiership?
Answer – Ian Dowie
7 St James Hospital, affectionately known as Jimmy’s is located in which English city?
Answer – Leeds
8 Which of the Apostles penned the first book of the New Testament?
Answer- Matthew
9 Which former Cheltenham Gold Cup winning horse sadly passed away in November 2006 at the age of27?
Answer- Desert Orchid
10 The oldest field hockey club in Derbyshire is named after which river?
Answer- Derwent
11 What is the official national tree of England?
Answer- Oak
12 Members of the pop group Procol Harum recently began a court battle over the rights to which song?
Answer- A Whiter Shade of Pale
13 In what year did Lance Armstrong win his first Tour de France?
Answer- 1999
14 Which ex husband of Liza Minnelli was a contestant in the latest series of the TV reality show I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here?
Answer- David Gest
15 Which newspaper comic strip features the character of Boot, a philosophical Old English sheepdog?
Answer- The Perishers
16 What is the name of the USA’s largest bus and coach company?
Answer- Greyhound
17 Which Coronation Street character’s surnames have been Hunt, Langton, Barlow and Rachid?
Answer- Deidre
18 Which supermarket chain was founded by Jack Cohen and TE Stockwell?
Answer- Tesco- T E Stockwell and Jack Cohen
19 Which brand of bread has a Latin name meaning “strength of man”?
Answer-Hovis
20 Which is the largest country in South America that has never played in the final stages of football’s World Cup?
Answer- Venezuela