Tricky Tens

Pot Luck

1 Stumpies and rumpies are both terms for which breed of cat?

2 In 1957, what was significant about the number 2VL861801?

3 According to a TV advert what does it take 119.5 seconds to do?

4 After which frontier scout is the state capital of Nevada named?

5 Whose album Double Fantasy was in the charts at the time of his tragic death?

6 Which car company was founded by Sir William Lyons in 1922?

7 The Deseret Daily News is a daily newspaper for which religion?

8 What do somniloquists do?

9 Which game originally palyed with snail shells takes its name from the Latin for shell?

10 Which singer had 10 UK hits in the 1960s on a record label that bore his surname?

Answers to Pot Luck

1 Manx cat

2 The first ever Premium Bonds winning number

3 Pour a perfect pint of Guinness

4 Kit Carson- Carson City

5 John Lennon

6 Jaguar

7 Mormon

8 Talk during sleep

9 Conkers

10 Wayne Fontana

Tricky Tens

Sport

1 What has a diameter of 18 inches and stands 10 feet high?

2 Who was the first Dutch footballer to play in a FA Cup final?

3 What kind of sportsman wears a mawashi?

4 In which sport are prime and octave both defensive stances?

5 Who rode his last Epsom Derby winner on a horse called Reference Point?

6 Which was the first Scottish football club to be floated on the Stock Market?

7 On a skiing piste what colour denotes a beginner’s slope?

8 Who was the first person to captain, coach and manage England at cricket?

9 Which English football club’s kit was redesigned by Bruce Oldfield in 1997?

10 Which 5 clubs beginning with the letter W have won the FA Cup?

Answers to Sport

1 Basketball hoop

2 Arnold Muhren for Manchester United in 1983

3 Sumo wrestler, the nappy style loincloth that is worn

4 Fencing

5 Steve Cauthen

6 Hibernian

7 Green

8 Ray Illingworth

9 Norwich City

10 West Bromwich Albion, West Ham, Wimbledon, Wolves and Wanderers

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Geography

1 What is the country of origin of Proton cars?

2 On which island is former Labour leader John Smith buried?

3 Which country entirely surrounds the Sea of Marmara?

4 Which country is nicknamed the Switzerland of Africa?

5 What colour are brothels traditionally painted in China?

6 Which country signed the Pact of Steel with Germany in 1939?

7 Which African capital city is named after an American President?

8 On which Hawaiian island is Honolulu located?

9 Which lake is known as the Lake of the Four Cantons?

10 Which ornamental fabric is named after the Devon town from where it has been produced since the 17th century?

Answers to Geography

1 Malaysia

2 Iona

3 Turkey

4 Swaziland

5 Blue

6 Italy

7 Monrovia after James Monroe

8 Oahu

9 Lake Lucerne

10 Honiton Lace

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Literature

1 Who is the leader of the pigs in Animal Farm?

2 After which city was Winnie the Pooh named?

3 Asteroid 2001 DA 42 is named in honour of which author?

4 Which character in David Copperfield did Dickens base on his own father?

5 Which detective lived on Punchbowl Hill and fathered eleven children?

6 By what name is the Thane of Glamis better known?

7 Which was the first country to issue a death decree on Salman Rushdie following the publication of the Satanic Verses?

8 Who penned the novel The Exorcist?

9 Who created the fictional detective Jemima Shore?

10 According to the TS Eliot poem The Wasteland, what is the cruellest month?

Answers to Literature

1 Napoleon

2 Winnipeg

3 Douglas Adams

4 Mr Micawber

5 Charlie Chan

6 Macbeth

7 Iran

8 William Peter Blatty

9 Antonia Fraser

10 April

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Television

1 Which two famous people’s pictures decorated the living room wall of Alf Garnett?

2 Which 2006 drama starred Patrick Stewart as Professor Hood?

3 Which TV character believes that his sister Samantha had been abducted by aliens?

4 Which TV series featured a taxi firm called Cresta Cabs?

5 Which American TV show was the subject of the world’s best selling calendar in 1999?

6 What is the title of the TV drama set in South Africa and co-starring Stephen Tompkinson and Amanda Holden?

7 Which TV drama was set at Henry Park Hospital?

8 When Jeremy Brett played Holmes, who played Watson?

9 Barnacle Bill is the title of the theme music for which TV show?

10 In The Simpsons, who is the Mayor of Springfield?

Answers to Television

1 Queen Elizabeth II and Winston Churchill

2 The Eleventh Hour

3 Fox Mulder

4 Roger Roger

5 South Park

6 Wild at Heart

7 Medics

8 Edward Hardwicke

9 Blue Peter

10 Diamond Joe Quimby

Tricky Tens

Films

1 Which is the only film in the 20th century with a four letter title to win Best Film Oscar?

2 In which year was the film The Battle of the Bulge set?

3 Ellen Ripley is the central character in which series of films?

4 In which film did Cher sing the Shoop Shoop Song?

5 In which Yorkshire town was the film Kes set?

6 Which singer won a Best Actress Award at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival?

7 Which actor on film has lived in Bedrock, met the Ghostbusters and shrunk the kids?

8 In which film did Judy Garland sing the Trolley Song?

9 Who was born Anna Maria Italiano?

10 In which film did Eddie Murphy voice a dragon called Mushu?

Answers to Films

1 Gigi

2 1944

3 Alien

4 Mermaids

5 Barnsley

6 Bjork

7 Rick Moranis

8 Meet Me in St Louis

9 Anne Bancroft

10 Mulan