Round One: General Knowledge
A- Which murderer was played by Richard Attenborough in the film 10 Rillington Place?
Answer- John Christie
B- In which film did Tony Curtis play the murderer Albert De Salvo?
Answer- The Boston Strangler
A- In 1992 which Conservative MP’s bedroom romps with Antonio De Sancha made tabloid headlines?
Answer- David Mellor
B- Who resigned from the Cabinet in 1983 after an affair with his secretary Sarah Keays came to light?
Answer- Cecil Parkinson
A- In which country does the Atacama Desert lie?
Answer- Chile
B- In which country does the majority of the Kalahari Desert lie?
Answer- Botswana
A- Which letter of the Greek alphabet is also a word meaning a tiny amount?
Answer- Iota
B- Which letter of the Greek alphabet is also a word for a triangular feature at the mouth of a river?
Answer- Delta
Round Two: Sport and Games
A- Which British footballer turned down a lucrative transfer to the Italian club Palermo in 1952?
Answer- Tom Finney
B- Which footballer is commemorated in two stained glass windows in St Francis’ Church in his home town of Dudley?
Answer- Duncan Edwards
A-Which horse beginning with the letter M won the Aintree Grand National in 1994?
Answer- Minnehoma
B- Which horse beginning with the letter B won the Aintree Grand National in 2002?
Answer- Bindaree
A- Which golfer won the British Open on three occasions in 1979, 1984 and 1985?
Answer- Sevvy Ballesteros
B- Which golfer won the British Open on five occasions in 1975, 1977, 1980, 1982 and 1983?
Answer- Tom Watson
A- In the 2006 Formula One season with which constructor did Ralf Schumacher drive?
Answer- Toyota
B- In the 2006 Formula One season with which constructor did Rubens Barrichello drive?
Answer- Honda
Round Three: General Knowledge
A- In which decade was Marie Curie born?
Answer- 1860s
B- In which decade was General George Armstrong Custer born?
Answer- 1830s
A- Who am I? - I was born in 1950 and as a teenager I fronted a punk band called Jet Bronx and the Forbidden. Today my own brands of pasta and curry sauces are manufactured by Premier Foods. Who am I?
Answer- Loyd Grossman
B- Who am I?- I was born in 1957 and in my younger days I served three months in Picklechurch Prison for credit card fraud. My autobiography is entitled Moab is My Washpot. Who am I?
Answer- Stephen Fry
A- Which English county is home to the Tendring Peninsula?
Answer- Essex
B- Which English county is home to the Cromer Ridge?
Answer- Norfolk
A- Batracphobia is the morbid fear of which creature?
Answer Frogs or toads
B- Selachophobia is the morbid fear of which creature?
Answer- Sharks
Round Four: Individual Round- Tonight’s subjects connected by the letter Q
Topics tonight Queen Victoria, Quentin
Tarantino, Quotations and Queen (pop group)
A- Queen Victoria once said “He talks to me as if I were a public meeting”. To whom was she referring?
Answer- William Gladstone
B- Who did Queen Victoria succeed as monarch?
Answer- William IV
A- Who played the role of O- Ren Ishi in the Tarantino film Kill Bill?
Answer- Lucy Liu
B- Who played the role of Butch Coolidge in the Tarantino film Pulp Fiction?
Answer- Bruce Willis
A – Who said, “The revolution is a dictatorship of the exploited against the exploiters”?
Answer – Fidel Castro
B – Who said, “Segregation is the adultery of an illicit intercourse between injustice and immorality”?
Answer – Martin Luther King
A - Which Queen album of 1977 shared its title with the name of a newspaper?
Answer – News of the World
B – Which Queen album of 1976 shared its title with a film in which Groucho Marx played Hugo Hackenbush?
Answer – A Day at the Races
Round Five : General Knowledge – A Transport
Round
A – Which motorway travels from London to Folkestone?
Answer – M 20
B – Which motorway travels from London to Faversham?
Answer – M 2
A – In which 1968 film did Steve McQueen drive a Ford Mustang?
Answer – Bullitt
B – In which 1976 film did Gene Wilder witness a murder aboard an express train?
Answer – The Silver Streak
A – Who founded the Lotus car company?
Answer – Colin Chapman
B – Who founded the Jaguar car company?
Answer – William Lyons
A – Which London railway station is served by the Gatwick Express?
Answer – Victoria
B – Which London railway station is served by the Heathrow Express?
Answer – Paddington
Round Six: Art and Entertainment
A – Which pop duo comprises of Almond and Ball?
Answer – Soft Cell
B – Which pop duo comprises of Tennant and Lowe?
Answer – Pet Shop Boys
A – Which famous actress began playing the role of Margaret Walker in Eastenders in 2001?
Answer – Susan George
B – Which famous actress began playing the role of Barbara Owen in Eastenders in 2000?
Answer – Sheila Hancock
A – Which 1994 film saw Rowan Atkinson wearing a dog collar?
Answer – Four Weddings and a Funeral
B – Which 1990 film saw Robbie Coltrane and Eric Idle wearing wimples?
Answer – Nuns on the Run
A – What is the surname of the brothers that connect the films The Constant Gardener and Shakespeare in Love?
Answer – Fiennes
B – What is the surname of the brothers that connect the films Independence Day and The Day After Tomorrow?
Answer – Quaid
Round Seven : General Knowledge
A – Which is the only state of the USA that begins with the letter P?
Answer – Pennsylvania
B – Which is the only state of the USA that begins with the letter L?
Answer – Louisiana
A – Early Jersey Wakefield and Danish Ballhead are both varieties of which vegetable?
Answer – Cabbage
B – Smooth Skinned Lisbon and Meyer are both varieties of which fruit?
Answer – Lemon
A – Who played the role of Patrick Trench in a popular sitcom?
Answer – Angus Deayton (One Foot in the Grave)
B – Who played the role of Father Noel Furlong in a popular sitcom?
Answer – Graham Norton (Father Ted)
A – Which mountain first successfully climbed in 1858 is home to a tunnel used by the Jungfraubahn Railway?
Answer – Mount Eiger
B – What is the alternative name of the peak Mont Cervin?
Answer – Matterhorn
Round Eight : Connection Round
1 Who is credited with the saying, “You can have any colour you want as long as it’s black”?
2 Which TV series of yesteryear featured a submarine called the Seaview?
3 Who wrote the poem The Owl and the Pussycat?
4 Who has two brothers called Cruz and Brooklyn?
5 What word completes the following
advertising slogan – Happiness is a cigar called…?
Answers
1 Henry Ford
2 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
3 Edward Lear
4 Romeo Beckham
5 Hamlet
Connection is Shakespeare characters for
Ford ( Mistress Ford, one of the Merry Wives
of Windsor), Bottom, Lear, Romeo, Hamlet
Spares
A - In which country was the singer Sade born?
Answer – Nigeria
B - In which country was the singer Neneh Cherry born?
Answer – Sweden
The Trivia Challenge
1 Which English coastal resort is home to Babbacombe Beach?
Answer – Torquay
2 Which former Spice Girl announced she was expecting a baby in January 2007 with her lover Jade Jones?
Answer – Emma Bunton
3 Who did Marilyn Bennett sue under palimony laws in 1981 following a lesbian affair?
Answer – Billie Jean King
4 Which nocturnal burrowing animal is alternatively named the earth pig?
Answer – Aardvark
5 Which Asian car company has a name that translates into English as unite?
Answer – Subaru
6 Which film earned Martin Scorsese a Best Director nomination for the 2007 Oscars?
Answer – The Departed
7 Who is the subject of the Andrew Motion poem, Song for Jonny?
Answer – Jonny Wilkinson
8 Which swashbuckling animated reptile is accompanied by a dog called Dum Dum?
Answer – Touche Turtle
9 Which state of the USA has a name that means, “At the great hill”?
Answer – Massachusetts
10 In which TV sitcom did Richard Briers play an inner city vicar called Philip Lambe?
Answer – All In Good Faith
11 In 2006 at which Premiership football club did Alan replace Alan as manager?
Answer – West Ham, Curbishley replacing
Pardew
12 In January 2007, the oldest man in the world Emiliano Mercado del Toro died. How old was he?
Answer – 115
13 Which actor whose name is synonymous with one particular role directed the film Three Men and a Baby?
Answer –Leonard Nimoy
14 What is the alternative alliterative name for the galago in the animal kingdom?
Answer – Bush baby
15 What position did the man of the cloth Stanislaw Wieglus resign from in January 2007?
Answer – Archbishop of Warsaw
16 Under what name have Maizie, Marcia, Bobby and Liz topped the pop music charts?
Answer – Boney M
17 In January 2007 who was appointed as new President of UEFA?
Answer – Michel Platini
18 Who did Winston Churchill describe as, “A modest little man, with much to be modest about”?
Answer – Clement Attlee
19 The meat of which animal is referred to as 365 in the Falkland Islands?
Answer – Sheep
20 Donald, Robert, George. Who comes next in this chronological list?
Answer – Rowan, for the last four Archbishops of Canterbury (Coggan, Runcie, Carey, Williams)