Quiz 191207
ROUND ONE - GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
1. WHAT IS THE ZODIAC SIGN FOR GEMINI?
TWINS
2. WHICH SCOTTISH RUGBY PLAYER MARRIED A TV PRESENTER IN 2001?
KENNY LOGAN
3. FROM WHICH COUNTRY DOES THE LAMBADA ORIGINATE?
BRAZIL
4. WHAT DOES VOLKSWAGEN MEAN AS IN THE CAR MAKE?
PEOPLES CAR
5. WHICH SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRY WAS NAMED AFTER AN ITALIAN CITY?
VENEZUELA (VENICE)
ROUND TWO - RHYMING QUIZ (ALL THE ANSWERS RHYHME WITH EACH OTHER)
1. WHAT IS THE NAME OF YOGI BEARS BEST BUDDY?
BOO BOO
2. WHICH ORIENTAL VILLAIN CAME FROM THE PEN OF SAX ROHMER?
FU MANCHU
3. IN WHICH TV SERIES DID DAVID JASON PLAY THE ROLE OF TED SIMCOCK?
A BIT OF A DO
4. WHO HAD A 1986 HIT WITH THE SONG ‘I JUST DIED IN YOUR ARMS TONIGHT’?
CUTTING CREW
5. WHAT IS THE STATE CAPITAL OF HAWAII?
HONOLULU
ROUND THREE - LINK LETTERS (THE LAST LETTER OF THE FIRST ANSWER WILL BE THE FIRST LETTER OF THE SECOND ANSWER AND SO ON)
1. WHO IS THE BRAINS BEHIND THE POP GROUP ‘THE GORILLAZ’?
DAMON ALBARN
2. WHICH SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRY EXTENDS FURTHEST NORTH?
NORWAY
3. WHO WAS THE ONLY ACTOR TO STAR IN THE FILMS ‘THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN’ (1960) AND IT’S FIRST SEQUEL ‘THE RETURN OF THE SEVEN’ (1966)?
YUL BRYNNER
4. WHAT NAME IS GIVEN TO A PRE ARRANGED MEETING PLACE?
RENDEZVOUS
5. WHICH HORSE RACE WAS TEMPORARILY SWITCHED TO AYR IN 1989, THE FIRST TIME SCOTLAND HAD STAGED A CLASSIC?
ST LEGER
ROUND FOUR - QUIZLINK
1. WHO APPEARED ON THE WORLDS FIRST POSTAGE STAMP?
QUEEN VICTORIA
2. WHAT WAS LOUISE BROWN OF BRISTOLS’ CLAIM TO FAME IN 1978?
WORLDS FIRST TEST TUBE BABY
3. WHICH ACTRESS HAS BEEN TWICE MARRIED TO ACTOR DON JOHNSON?
MELANIE GRIFFITHS
4. WHAT IS THE NAME OF CHRIS EVANS’ MEDIA GROUP?
GINGER (GMG)
5. WHAT IS THE LINK OR CONNECTION?
THE SPICE GIRLS
ROUND FIVE - MOVIES
1. IN THE 1988 WESTERN ‘YOUNG GUNS’, WHO PLAYED BILLY THE KID?
EMILIO ESTEVEZ
2. IN WHICH FILM DID DAVID BOWIE PLAY THE KING OF THE GOBLINS?
LABYRINTH
3. WHICH WRITER DID NICOLE KIDMAN PORTRAY IN THE FILM ‘THE HOURS’?
VIRGINIA WOOLF
4. WHICH COMEDIAN PLAYED THE PART OF OSCAR WILDE IN THE 1997 FILM ‘WILDE’?
STEPHEN FRY
5. IN WHICH FILM OF 1999, DID RICHARD GERE AND JULIA ROBERTS TEAM UP AGAIN FOR?
RUNAWAY BRIDE
ROUND SIX - SPORT
1. OTHER THAN SKI-ING, OR ANYTHING SNOW ORIENTATED, WHICH SPORT TAKES PLACE ON A PISTE?
FENCING
2. WHAT DO THE INITIALS ‘WD’ STAND FOR ON A NETBALL SHIRT?
WING DEFENCE
3. WHO DID SIR BOBBY ROBSON MANAGE IMMEDIATELY AFTER MANAGING ENGLAND?
PSV EINDHOVEN
4. WHO WAS THE FIRST ENGLISHMAN TO BE CROWNED WORLD DARTS CHAMPION?
JOHN LOWE
5. IN 1996, WHICH BRITISH ATHLETE PARTICIPATED IN THEIR 6TH CONSECUTIVE OLYMPIC GAMES?
TESSA SANDERSON
ROUND SEVEN - TV
1. WHICH CHARACTER DID GARETH HUNT PLAY IN THE TV SERIES ‘THE NEW AVENGERS’?
GAMBIT, MIKE GAMBIT
2. FOR HOW MANY DECADES HAS BLUE PETER BEEN ON THE TV SCREEN?
6, STARTED IN 1958
3. WHICH WAR FEATURED IN THE TV SERIES ‘SHARPE’, STARRING SEAN BEAN?
NAPOLEONIC WAR
4. WHAT WAS THE NAME OF SHARRON DAVIES’ GLADIATOR CHARACTER WHEN SHE JOINED THE SHOW?
AMAZON
5. WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE TV SERIES IN WHICH KEITH CHEGWIN RAN ABOUT NAKED?
THE NAKED JUNGLE
ROUND EIGHT - FOOD & DRINK
1. WHAT WERE ‘STARBURST’ SWEETS FORMERLY KNOWN AS?
OPAL FRUITS
2. WHICH LAGER WAS ADVERTISED ON TV WITH THE SLOGAN, ‘REASSURINGLY EXPENSIVE’?
STELLA ARTOIS
3. WHAT ‘P’ IS THE ALTERNATIVE NAME FOR THIN LENTIL CRACKERS?
POPPADOM
4. IN WHICH COUNTRY DID CHUTNEY ORIGINATE?
INDIA
5. WHO WAS THE FEMALE WINE EXPERT ON THE BBC’S ‘FOOD AND DRINK’ PROGRAMME?
JILLY GOOLDEN
ROUND NINE - FAMOUS PEOPLE
1. WHICH FILM DIRECTOR WAS MARRIED TO SOON YI PREVIN IN 1997?
WOODY ALLEN
2. ANNE, COLLEEN, BERNADETTE, MAUREEN AND LINDA MADE UP WHICH 70/80′S POP GROUP?
THE NOLANS
3. STICKING WITH 80′S POP, WHICH 80′S POP STAR WON THE 2003 TV TALENT CONTEST, ‘REBORN IN THE USA’?
TONY HADLEY OF SPANDAU BALLET
4. WHICH WELSH ACTOR HAS PLAYED JAMES BOND?
TIMOTHY DALTON
5. WHICH BUSINESSMAN, WHO HAS BUSINESS INTEREST’S IN THE UK, OWNS THE RITZ HOTEL IN PARIS?
MOHAMMED AL FAYED
ROUND TEN - SPEED ROUND (THIS IS A 2 MINUTE ROUND)
1. THE QUESTION IS: ONLY 5 COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD END WITH THE LETTER ‘L’, CAN YOU NAME THEM?
BRAZIL, PORTUGAL, ISRAEL, SENEGAL, NEPAL
