Quiz 090507
Round One - Closing Down Sale
1. Which US TV series of the 90’s ended after 275 episodes with the words, "Sorry we’re closed"?
Cheers - last episode called ‘One for the Road’
2. What was closed down in the year 2000, because it was swinging too much?
The Millenium Bridge
3. Which notorious prison, a jail for the most hardened criminals, closed after 54 years service in 1963?
Alcatraz Prison
4. Which song features the lyrics "Have you seen the old man in the closed down market, kicking up the papers with his worn out shoes"?
Streets Of London - Ralph McTell
5. Which major British newspaper closed down for almost a year in 1978?
The Times
Round Two - Sports Bag
6. Which annual event takes place in the grounds of the Duke of Beaufort’s Gloucestershire home?
Badminton Horse Trials
7. Which North-West Football Club play their home matches at Christie Park?
Morecambe - capacity of approximately 6400 with a seating capacity of 1200 in The Main Stand
8. Which race is the Flat season’s first Classic, held at Newmarket?
2000 Guineas
9. Which F1 Circuit has corners named Elf, Renault, Campsa, Repsol & Seat?
The Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
10. In which sport is a single front somersault with two-and-a-half twists called a Randolph?
Trampolining
Round Three - Counting Your Pennies
11. What financially significant site is based at Llantrisant (clan-tris-ant) in Wales?
The Royal Mint
12. What is the name given to a person who collects coins?
Numismatist
13. What is the name of the Hong Kong stock exchange?
Hang Seng
14. Which British coin was first issued in 1982?
Twenty Pence piece
15. What do the initials of the HSBC stand for?
Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
Round Four - Movie Time
16. Which actress danced with John Travolta in the film Pulp Fiction?
Uma Thurman
17. In the 1997 film The Full Monty, which was the city in which the six male strippers lived?
Sheffield
18. Which film about Vietnam won the best picture Oscar in 1978?
The Deer Hunter
19. Who won an Oscar for his portrayal of Ray Charles in the 2004 film Ray?
James Foxx
20. In which film do the lovers of author Catherine Trammell die in mysterious circumstances which have been recreated or predicted in her novels?
Basic Instinct
Round Five - Sound Round - 1
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Round Six - Telly Addicts
26. What were the first names of the young couple who lived next door to the Meldrews in the earlier editions of One Foot In the Grave?
Patrick and Pippa
27. In which TV show was Dr David Banner accidentally injected with an overdose of gamma rays?
The Incredible Hulk
28. Who played Maggie in the ITV comedy drama series Life Begins?
Caroline Quentin
29. In Emmerdale who is the father of Zoe Tate’s daughter Jean?
Scott Windsor
30. Which TV character’s classic lines include "Time’s Fun When You’re Having Flies" and "It’s Not Easy Being Green"?
Kermit (The Frog)
Round Seven - Rabbit Stew
31. In the film ‘Bambi’, what is the name of Bambi’s rabbit friend?
Thumper
32. What is a baby rabbit called?
Kit or Kitten
33. Who is the brother of Flopsy, Mopsy and Cottontail?
Peter Rabbit
34. What is a male rabbit called?
A buck - female rabbit is a doe
35. What is the name of the hunter who never catches the rabbit in Bugs Bunny cartoons?
Elmer Fudd
Round Eight - Staffordshire Links
36. The source of which river is located in Staffordshire between the towns of Biddulph and Mow Cop?
River Trent
37. Which English writer was named after a lake in Staffordshire?
Rudyard Kipling
38. What is the most famous book by the English novelist and playwright Jerome K Jerome, who was born in Walsall, Staffordshire?
Three Men In A Boat
39. Josiah Wedgwood, the founder of the famous pottery firm, was born in Burslem, Staffordshire, in which century?
Eighteenth - 1730
40. Which Crosse & Blackwell preserve is named after a village in Staffordshire?
Branston Pickle
- Which racecourse is situated in the county of Staffordshire?
Uttoxeter
- Who is the Greek goddess of Retribution who rests in Staffordshire?
Nemesis
- What is the name of the Pub in Staffordshire owned by Eric Bristow?
The Crafty Cockney
- Which Staffordshire village is famous for it’s horn dance in September?
Abbots Bromley
Round Nine - Connections
41. The quantity of which supply is measured in amperes?
Electric
42. Which group reach number eight in the charts in 1973 with Stuck In the Middle With You?
Stealers Wheel
43. Which 1968 Olympics event was won by Dick Fosbury with a radical new technique?
High Jump
44. Where in the human body is the humerus bone?
Upper Arm
45. What is the connection?
Types Of Chairs
Round Ten - Sound Round - 2
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