Round One: General Knowledge
A Which Carry On film was based on the exploits of a famed seafarer who led an epic voyage in 1492?
Answer- Carry On Columbus
B- Which Carry On film was based on the exploits of a criminal who was hanged in York in 1739?
Answer- Carry On Dick
A Which battle of July 1690 saw the opposing forces led by James and William?
Answer- Battle of the Boyne
B- Which battle of June 1645 saw the forces of Charles obliterated by the New Model Army?
Answer- Battle of Naseby
A What is the actual first name of Apollo astronaut Buzz Aldrin?
Answer- Edwin
B What was the actual first name of the fashion entrepreneur Coco Chanel?
Answer- Gabrielle
A Which English city’s metropolitan area includes the districts of Roundhay, Swillington and Pudsey?
Answer- Leeds
B- Which English’s city’s urban area includes the towns of Stapleford, Ruddington and Kimberley?
Answer- Nottingham
Round Two: Sport and Games
A Which Asian was the first ever cricketer to score 10,000 test runs?
Answer- Sunil Gavaskar
B Which Asian cricketer is nicknamed the Rawalpindi Express?
Answer- Shoaib Akhtar
A Who was the first South African to be crowned Formula One world champion?
Answer- Jody Scheckter
B Who was the first Brazilian to be crowned Formula One world champion?
Answer- Emerson Fittipaldi
A Who is the current chairman of Tottenham Hotspur FC?
Answer- Daniel Levy
B Who is the current chairman of Middlesbrough FC?
Answer- Steve Gibson
A In which sport did Wayne Gretzky acquire the nickname of the Great One?
Answer-Ice hockey
B- In which sport did Jahangir Khan acquire the nickname of the Great One?
Answer- Squash
Round Three: General Knowledge
A What L word is a collective noun for a group of moles?
Answer- Labour
B What C word is a collective noun for a group of finches?
Answer- Charm
A Which country’s national anthem is entitled High on the Rhine?
Answer- Lichtenstein
A Which country’s national anthem is entitled Hymn of the Sharif?
Answer- Morocco
A What does the P stand for in the name of the writer PG Wodehouse of Jeeves and Wooster fame?
Answer- Pelham
B What does the P stand for in the name of the writer PL Travers of Mary Poppins fame?
Answer- Pamela
A Who held the post of Foreign Secretary in the British government from 1989 to 1995?
Answer- Douglas Hurd
B Who held the post of Foreign Secretary in the British government from 1983 to 1989?
Answer- Geoffrey Howe
Round Four: Individual Round- Tonight’s subjects connected by the letter T
Topics- Tennis stars, Tom Cruise, Tudor
Monarchs, TV Sitcoms
A Which female tennis star married James Bond actor George Lazenby in 2002?
Answer- Pam Shriver
B Which female tennis star was arrested for possession of marijuana in May 1994?
Answer- Jennifer Capriati
A Which 2004 film saw Tom Cruise playing a hit man and unwanted passenger of a taxi driver played by Jamie Foxx?
Answer- Collateral
B- Which 2002 film was set in 2054 and saw Tom Cruise playing an employee of the Department of Pre Crime?
Answer- Minority Report
A Which future monarch was the only son of Edmund Tudor and Lady Margaret Beaufort?
Answer- Henry VII
B- Who was the mother of Queen Mary I?
Answer- Catherine of Aragon
A Which 80s sitcom starred Tony Britton and Nigel Havers as father and son doctors?
Answer- Don’t Wait Up
B Which 80s sitcom starred Windsor Davies and Donald Sinden as rival antique dealers?
Answer- Never the Twain
Round Five: General Knowledge
A Rockford and Aurora are both the names of cities in which state of the USA?
Answer – Illinois
B Warren and Grand Rapids are both the names of cities in which state of the USA?
Answer – Michigan
A Identify the year in which all the following took place. The shamed politician John Stonehouse received a seven year jail sentence, the Sex Pistols were goaded into swearing on live TV by Bill Grundy and the actor Colin Farrell was born
Answer – 1976
B Identify the year in which all the following took place. Bobby Sands began his much publicised hunger strike, Anwar Sadat was assassinated and the tennis star Lleyton Hewitt was born.
Answer – 1981
A In World War II, Operation Husky in 1943 was the code name for an Allied invasion of which Mediterranean island?
Answer – Sicily
B In World War II, Operation Detachment in 1945 was the code name for an American invasion of which Pacific island?
Answer – Iwo Jima
A With regard to monetary matters what is Gresham’s Law?
Answer – Bad money drives out good
B In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his own level of incompetence. Which term taken from a 1968 book describes this theory?
Answer – The Peter Principle
Round Six- Arts and Entertainment
A Which lead singer of Led Zeppelin had a solo hit with the song, Big Log?
Answer – Robert Plant
B Who was the lead vocalist for Deep Purple on the albums Deep Purple in Rock and Machine Head?
Answer – Ian Gillan
A What is the name of the fictional Slough company that provided the setting for the award winning comedy The Office?
Answer – Wernham Hogg
B Which TV comedy is set in a public house called The Grapes?
Answer – Early Doors
A Which 1953 film saw Marlon Brando sat on a Triumph motorcycle?
Answer – The Wild One
B In which 1956 film did Kirk Douglas play Vincent Van Gogh?
Answer – Lust for Life
A Which Lerner and Loewe musical tells the story of a mythical Scottish village that appears once every 100 years?
Answer – Brigadoon
B Which film was a musical remake of the 1940 film The Philadelphia Story?
Answer – High Society
Round Seven: General Knowledge
A Which two word Latin phrase means, let the buyer beware?
Answer – Caveat emptor
B Which two word Latin phrase means, great work?
Answer – Magnum opus
A Who played the role of Samwise Gamgee, the hobbit companion of Frodo Baggins in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy?
Answer – Sean Astin
B Who played the elf warrior Legolas in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy?
Answer – Orlando Bloom
A Which New York museum was originally called The Museum for Non Objective Painting?
Answer – Guggenheim Museum
B Which London museum is located on the corner of Cromwell Gardens and Exhibition Road in South Kensington?
Answer – Victoria and Albert Museum
A In which building was Princess Anne born?
Answer – Clarence House
B In which building was Winston Churchill born?
Answer – Blenheim Palace
Round Eight: Connection Round
1 Who is the acting daughter of Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis?
2 Which character was portrayed by Doris Speed in Coronation Street?
3 Which city in India is said to have been named after the Goddess Kali?
4 Which football team gained promotion to the football league in 2006 after having previously withdrawn from the league in 1962?
5 Which song won the Eurovision Song Contest
for Abba?
Answers
1 Jamie Lee Curtis
2 Annie Walker
3 Calcutta
4 Accrington Stanley
5 Waterloo
The connection is sporting cups for Curtis
Cup (golf), Walker Cup (golf), Calcutta Cup (rugby), Stanley Cup (ice hockey),
Waterloo Cup (bowls and hare coursing)
Spare Questions
A Who composed the opera Turandot?
Answer – Puccini
B Who composed the opera Don Giovanni?
Answer – Mozart
The Trivia Challenge
1 In February 2007 a seven foot four inches tall statue of which politician was unveiled in the House of Commons?
Answer – Margaret Thatcher
2 Which TV soap featured the Free George Jackson campaign?
Answer – Brookside
3 In which month does St Swithins Day fall?
Answer - July
4 Who wrote the song Mr Tambourine Man?
Answer – Bob Dylan
5 Which Hollywood star was born in the Swansea village of Mumbles in September 1969?
Answer – Catherine Zeta Jones
6 Which Liberal MP is the Member of Parliament for the Montgomeryshire constituency?
Answer – Lembit Opik
7 Which drink advertises itself as the champagne of ginger ales?
Answer – Canada Dry
8 Which former world champion boxer was arrested in February 2007 during a protest against the Iraq war?
Answer – Chris Eubank
9 What are collectively known as the Pentateuch?
Answer – The first five books of the Bible or
the Old Testament
10 Emperor Zurg is the arch foe of which fictional hero?
Answer – Buzz Lightyear
11 Which current Premiership football club were originally called St Domingo’s?
Answer – Everton
12 Which rock trio had the first names of Keith, Greg and Carl?
Answer- Emerson, Lake and Palmer
13 In January 2001 who succeeded Madeleine Allbright?
Answer – Colin Powell
14 Which film won the Best Film Oscar in February 2007?
Answer –The Departed
15 In which century did the scientist Joseph Priestly first identify oxygen?
Answer – 18th century
16 How is Mrs Ashley Cole otherwise known?
Answer – Cheryl Tweedy
17 Which duos TV quiz show You Say We Pay was strongly criticised in 2007 for misguiding TV viewers?
Answer – Richard & Judy
18 In February 2007 who celebrated a goal in the European Champions League by swinging an imaginary golf club?
Answer – Craig Bellamy
19 According to the latest government figures which south coast town tops the league table for issuing ASBOs?
Answer – Hastings
20 A statue of which scientist stands on Savoy Place, London outside the Institution of Electrical Engineers?
Answer – Michael Faraday