Round One: General Knowledge
A Which place of worship in England is home to a walled statue of St Michael and the Devil?
Answer- Coventry Cathedral
B Which place of worship in England is home to a group of fifty foot tall stained glass windows known as The Five Sisters?
Answer- York Minster
A What type of harp is named after the Greek god of the wind?
Answer- Aeolian harp
B Which percussion instrument is named from the Greek words for wood and sound?
Answer- Xylophone
A What name is given to the study of the mechanical properties of liquids?
Answer- Hydraulics
B What name is given to the study of the motion, behaviour and effects of projectiles?
Answer- Ballistics
A Lake Chad in Africa forms a coastline with four countries. Chad, Niger, Nigeria and which other?
Answer- Cameroon
B Lake Michigan in the USA forms a coastline with four states. Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin and which other?
Answer- Indiana
Round Two: Sport and Games
A Founded in 1862, what is England’s oldest football league club?
Answer- Notts County
B Founded in 1867, what is Scotland’s oldest football league club?
Answer- Queen’s Park
A Which golfer was born in Nambour, Australia in 1960 and in 1991 won the British Open?
Answer- Ian Baker- Finch
B Which golfer born in Seattle, USA in 1959 is nicknamed Boom Boom?
Answer- Fred Couples
A Which 60s/70s wrestler made up a tag team with Beautiful Bobby Barnes called Hell’s Angels?
Answer- Adrian Street
B Which 60s/70s wrestler made up a tag team with Bert Royal called the Royal Brothers?
Answer- Vic Faulkner
A Which sport is said to have originated as battle practice amongst North American Indians who referred to it as the Little Brother of War?
Answer- Lacrosse
B Which sport originally called mintonette was devised by William G Morgan, a YMCA physical education director?
Answer- Volleyball
Round Three: General Knowledge
A Which model of Ford car was introduced in 1989 and discontinued in 1997?
Answer- Ford Probe
B Which model of Ford car was introduced in 1950 and discontinued in 1971?
Answer- Ford Zephyr
A From which ore is mercury primarily obtained?
Answer- Cinnabar
B From which ore is aluminium primarily obtained?
Answer- Bauxite
A Which author’s novel The Old Man and the Sea earned him a Pulitzer Prize in 1953?
Answer- Ernest Hemingway
B Which author of the novel Lord of the Flies won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1983?
Answer- William Golding
A What did Tokyo replace as the capital of Japan?
Answer- Kyoto
B What did Cairo replace as the capital of Egypt?
Answer- Alexandria
Round Four: Individual Round
Tonight’s topics- Monty Python, World War
One, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Roman Deities
A In a Monty Python sketch which contest that involved several events including walking along a straight narrow line was won by Gervaise Brooke Hampster?
Answer- Upper Class Twit of the Year
B In a Monty Python sketch which fictitious government department employed a tea lady called Mrs Twolumps?
Answer- The Ministry of Silly Walks
A Which World War One battle of 1914 was contested in Belgium and has the alternative name of the Battle of Flanders?
Answer- The Battle of Ypres (strictly speaking the First Battle of Ypres but not necessary to gain a point)
B Which World War One battle that began on February 21, 1916 and ended on December 18, 1916 was named after the town in North East France where it was contested?
Answer- Battle of Verdun
A Which Andrew Lloyd Webber musical was based on a novel by Gaston Leroux?
Answer- Phantom of the Opera
B Which Andrew Lloyd Webber musical was based on a novel by Mary Hayley Bell?
Answer- Whistle Down the Wind
A What is the name of the Roman God of Agriculture?
Answer- Saturn
B What is the name of the Roman Goddess of Wisdom?
Answer- Minerva
Round Five: General Knowledge
A Which comedian married his partner Kevin McGee in a civil ceremony in 2006?
Answer- Matt Lucas
B Which singer postponed his civil ceremony with his long time partner Kenny Goss in 2006?
Answer- George Michael
A By population what is the largest city in Brazil?
Answer- Sao Paulo
B By population what is the largest city in China?
Answer- Shanghai
A Which inventor and engineer was played by Michael Redgrave in the film The Dam Busters?
Answer- Barnes Wallis
B Which banker was portrayed by Ewan McGregor in the film Rogue Trader?
Answer- Nick Leeson
A With regard to the human body, what is the non technical name of cerumen?
Answer- Ear wax
B With regard to the human body what is the non technical name for the gastrocnemius?
Answer- Calf muscle
Round Six: Arts and Entertainment
A Which film director directed Johnny Depp in the films Edward Scissorhands, Ed Wood and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?
Answer- Tim Burton
B Which film director directed Tom Hanks in the films Splash, Apollo 13 and The Da Vinci Code?
Answer- Ron Howard
A Which punk/new wave band fronted by Jimmy Pursey first hit the charts with the track Angels with Dirty Faces?
Answer- Sham 69
B Which punk/new wave band fronted by Billy Idol enjoyed their biggest chart success with the song King Rocker?
Answer- Generation X
A What was the surname of the character played by James Bolam in the sitcom Only When I Laugh?
Answer- Figgis
B What was the surname of the character played by Richard O’ Sullivan in the sitcom Robin’s Nest?
Answer- Tripp
A Which 1968 film starring Steve McQueen was remade in 1999 with Pierce Brosnan taking over the lead role?
Answer- The Thomas Crown Affair
B Which 1971 film starring Michael Caine was remade in 2000 with Sylvester Stallone taking over the lead role?
Answer- Get Carter
Round Seven General Knowledge
A Which Australian desert home to the world’s longest parallel sand dunes was named after a former president of the Royal Geographical Society of South Australia?
Answer- Simpson Desert
B Which desert home to the Ben Gurion University is named after the Hebrew word for “south”?
Answer- Negev Desert
A Who was elected Mayor of Cincinatti in 1977?
Answer- Jerry Springer
B Who was elected Mayor of Palm Springs in 1988?
Answer- Sonny Bono
A What is the country of origin of Nokia Phones?
Answer- Finland
B What is the country of origin of the company Samsung?
Answer- South Korea
A Who acquired the nickname of the Hero of Two Worlds in tribute to his military expeditions in Europe and South America?
Answer- Giuseppe Garibaldi
B Who, a former President of Bolivia, Colombia, Peru and Venezuela, acquired the nickname of the Liberator of South America?
Answer- Simon Bolivar
Round Eight: Connection round
1 Which number one hit for 10cc opens with line, “I went to a party at the local county jail”?
2 Whose body was discovered in 2001, thirty four years after it went missing?
3 What two word term is Cockney rhyming slang for boots?
4 Who was knighted by Queen Elizabeth I aboard his flagship the Golden Hind?
5 Which city in India changed its name to
Mumbai?
Answers
1 Rubber Bullets
2 Donald Campbell
3 Daisy Roots
4 Sir Francis Drake
5 Bombay
Connection is DUCKS
For Rubber duck, Donald Duck, Daisy Duck,
Drake (male duck) and Bombay duck
Spares
A In which city is the film Cabaret set?
Answer- Berlin
B In which city is the film The Sound of Music set?
Answer- Salzburg
The Trivia Challenge
1 Which horse won the 2007 Cheltenham Gold Cup?
Answer- Kauto Star
2 In 2005, who became the youngest ever woman to be created a Dame in the UK?
Answer- Ellen MacArthur
3 Which nation’s entry into the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest was approved by the organisers despite the song lyric’s apparent reference to the nuclear programme of Iran?
Answer- Israel
4 What erupted on May 18th 1980 after lying dormant for 123 years?
Answer- Mount St Helens
5 Which rugby star was one half of the winning duo in the 2007 Dancing on Ice TV competition?
Answer- Kryan Bracken
6 Which six letter culinary term derives from the French meaning “to melt”?
Answer- Fondue
7 Which famous man with the initials of GW was born Jerome Silberman?
Answer- Gene Wilder
8 Which New Zealand city lies between the Banks Peninsula and the Canterbury Plains?
Answer- Christchurch
9 What is the monetary stage name of the rap star born Curtis James Jackson III?
Answer- 50 Cent
10 Which German SS officer was known as the Angel of Death?
Answer- Josef Mengele
11 What is the name of the Royal Navy submarine on which two crew members were killed in an explosion in March 2007?
Answer- HMS Tireless
12 Which variety of sherry takes its name from the Spanish for “scented”?
Answer- Oloroso
13 Which football club is served by a fanzine entitled What a Load of Cobblers?
Answer- Northampton Town
14 What is the name of the high school attended by the cast members of the musical Grease?
Answer- Rydell High School
15 Who was Harold Wilson referring to when he remarked, “He immatures with age”?
Answer- Tony Benn
16 What was the nationality of Granville’s father according to Arkwright in the sitcom Open All Hours?
Answer- Hungarian
17 Which group is to represent the UK in the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest?
Answer- Scooch
18 Hafnia was the Roman name for which European capital city?
Answer- Copenhagen
19 By what name was Edward Teach, captain of the vessel the Queen Anne’s Revenge better known?
Answer- Blackbeard
20 What did Samuel Johnson describe as “a triumph of hope over experience”?
Answer- A second marriage