006-2009
ROUND ONE: CRIME & PUNISHMENT
1. THE YORKSHIRE RIPPER WAS THE GRUESOME NICKNAME GIVEN TO A MAN WHO CONFESSED TO 13 MURDERS IN 1987, WHAT’S HIS REAL NAME
(PETER SUTCLIFFE)
2. WHAT WERE THE LAST NAMES OF THE 1930’S AMERICAN CRIME PARTNERSHIP OF BONNIE AND CLYDE
(PARKER & BARROW)
3. WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE GUNMAN WHO TRAGICALLY MURDERED 14 PEOPLE AT HUNGERFORD IN 1987
(MICHAEL RYAN)
4. WHAT INNOCENT PART DID JACK MILLS AND DAVID WHITBY PLAY IN THE ANNALS OF BRITISH CRIME
(DRIVER & FIREMAN OF TRAIN IN GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY)
5. WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE ‘ELITE’ AMERICAN CRIME TEAM LED BY ELLIOT NESS
(THE UNTOUCHABLES)
ROUND TWO: GLUED TO THE BOX
6. WHICH TV WEATHER GIRL WAS THE DAUGHTER OF A FAMOUS FOOTBALLER
(SUZANNE CHARLTON)
7. WHAT WAS THE NAME OF FRANK SPENCER’S LONG·SUFFERING WIFE IN ‘SOME MOTHERS DO ‘AVE ‘EM’
(BETTY I MICHELLE DOTRICE)
8. WHAT IS THE SURNAME OF THE FAMILY WHO ARE DEPICTED IN THE AMERICAN COMEDY SERIES ‘ROSEANNE’
(CONNOR)
9. BARBARA MANDELL WAS THE FIRST WOMAN TO DO IT ON BRITISH TV IN 1955, DO WHAT
(READ THE NEWS)
10. FROM WHICH CITY DID INCOMPETENT WAITER MANUEL OF FAWLTY TOWERS FAME ORIGINATE
(BARCELONA)
ROUND THREE: ENGINEERING MARVELS
11. IN WHICH EUROPEAN COUNTRY IS THE WORLD’S LONGEST ROAD TUNNEL LOCATED
(SWITZERLAND)
12. WHAT WAS THE ENGINEERING SIGNIFICANCE OF THE MEETING BETWEEN GRAHAM FAGG AND PHILIPE COZETTE IN 1990
(FIRST MEETING OF ENGLISH & FRENCH TUNNEL CONSTRUCTION TEAMS)
13. IN WHICH LONDON ARTS AND RESIDENTIAL COMPLEX IS THE SHAKESPEARE TOWER, BRITAINS TALLEST BLOCK OF FLATS
(THE BARBICAN)
14. THE ULTIMATE, THE STEEL PHANTOM AND DESPERADO ARE ALL TYPES OF WHAT
(ROLLERCOASTERS)
15. WHICH WAS THE WORLD’S THEN LONGEST UNDERWATER TUNNEL, COMPLETED IN ENGLAND AT A COST OF £7 MILLION IN 1932
(LIVERPOOL / BIRKENHEAD - MERSEY TUNNEL)
ROUND FOUR: FEATHERED FRIENDS
16. WHICH GROUP HAD A HIT WITH PRETTY FLAMINGO IN 1966
(MANFRED MANN)
17. IN WHICH CARTOON SERIES WOULD YOU HAVE FOUND ‘THE VULTURE SQUADRON’
(DASTARDLY & MUTTLEY)
18. WHAT DO EMPEROR PENGUINS MAKE THEIR NESTS FROM
(PEBBLES)
19. WHO PROVIDED THE VOICE ON THE WOODY WOODPECKER CARTOONS
(MEL BLANC)
20. WHICH IS THE WORLD’S SMALLEST BIRD
(HUMMINGBIRD)
ROUND FIVE: TELLY-ADDICTS
21. WHICH TV DETECTIVE HAS THE FIRST NAME, ENDEAVOUR
(INSPECTOR MORSE)
22. WHO PLAYED THE OXO-MUM AND STARRED IN ‘ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL’
(LYNDA BELLINGHAM)
23. IN WHICH AMERICAN CITY WAS ‘DUE SOUTH’ SET
(CHICAGO)
24. WHO PLAYED ‘MOTHER’ IN ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS
(JUNE WHITFIELD)
25. IN WHICH SERIES WOULD YOU FIND ALFRED PENNYWORTH, AUNT HARRIET COOPER & CHIEF OHARA
(BATMAN)
ROUND SIX: TAKE YOUR PICK
26. IS THE DISTRICT LINE ON A LONDON UNDERGROUND MAP BROWN, GREEN, RED OR YELLOW
(GREEN)
27. WHAT GIFT IS ASSOCIATED WITH A 13TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY, CRYSTAL, IVORY, LACE OR SILK
(LACE)
28. WHICH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING PUBLICATIONS IS WEEKLY, CAR, COUNTRY LIFE, PRIVATE EYE OR READERS DIGEST
(COUNTRY LIFE)
29. WHICH SHOTGUN HAS THE SMALLEST BORE SIZE, 4 BORE, 12 BORE, 16 BORE OR 28 BORE
(28 BORE)
30. WHICH OF THESE LONDON GALLERIES IS SOUTH OF THE THAMES, HAYWARD, ROYAL ACADEMY, SEPENTINE OR TATE
(HAYWARD)
ROUND SEVEN: SPORTSGEAR
31. FROM WHICH FAIRLY LIGHT-WEIGHT WOOD IS A CRICKET BAT MADE
(WILLOW)
32. HOW MANY RED BALLS ARE THERE IN A GAME OF SNOOKER
(15)
33. ‘KENDO’ IS A TRADITIONAL JAPANESE MARTIAL ART, FROM WHAT IS THE SWORD MADE
(STRIPS OF BAMBOO)
34. WHICH SPORT USES ‘STONES’ AND A ‘HOUSE’
(CURLING)
35. WHICH SPORT HAS FOUR DIFFERENT COLOUR CODES FOR THE BALLS, RANGING FROM YELLOW FOR HOT CONDITIONS TO BLUE FOR COLD CONDITIONS (SQUASH)
ROUND EIGHT: SUPERHEROES
36. MR FANTASTIC, THE INVISIBLE GIRL, THE HUMAN TORCH AND THE THING ARE COLLECTVELY KNOWN BY WHAT NAME
(FANTASTIC FOUR)
37. WHO WAS THE LEADER OF MARVEL’S INTERNATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, THE AVENGERS
(CAPTAIN AMERICA)
38. WHICH MANIACAL SUPERHERO CAVORTS THROUGH THE STREETS OF EDGE CITY (THE MASK)
39. WHO PLAYED SUPERHERO ‘CONDORMAN’ IN A 1981 FILM
(MICHAEL CRAWFORD)
40. WHAT IS DON DIEGO VEGA’S SECRET IDENTITY
(EL ZORRO I THE FOX)
ROUND NINE: WHAT’S IN A NAME
41. BORN JOYCE FRANKENBERG SHE CHANGED HER NAME TO ONE OF KING HENRY VIII’S WIVES, WHICH ACTRESS IS IT
(JANE SEYMOUR)
42. FRANCES GUMM AND JOE YULE JUNIOR WERE FAMOUS CHILD ACTORS OF THE 30’S, WHAT WERE THEIR STAGE NAMES
(JUDY GARLAND I MICKEY ROONEY)
43. CHARLES WESTOVER HAD HITS WITH SWISS MAID, LITTLE TOWN FLIRT, HATS OFF TO LARRY, WHO WAS HE
(DEL SHANNON)
44. WHICH DIMPLE~CHINNED SCREEN HERO WENT TO HOLLYWOOD UNDER THE GUISE OF ISSUR DANIELOVITCH DEMSKY
(KIRK DOUGLAS)
45. ANNEMARIE ITALIANO FAMOUSLY SEDUCED DUSTIN HOFFMAN IN 1967, WHAT IS HER STAGE NAME
(ANNE BANCROFT . MRS ROBINSON)
ROUND TEN: FOOD AND DRINK
46. FROM WHICH FISH DOES CAVIAR COME
(STURGEON)
47. WHAT IS THE WORLD’S MOST EXPENSIVE SPICE
(SAFFRON)
48. WHICH FRUIT IS OFTEN SERVED WITH PARMA HAM AS A FIRST COURSE
(MELON)
49. WHAT DO WE CALL YOUNG HERRINGS AND SPRATS, WHEN COATED IN FLOUR AND DEEP-FRIED UNTIL CRISP AND BROWN
(WHITEBAIT)
50. BEEF-STROGANOFF WAS FIRST MADE IN THE 1700’S FOR COUNT ALEXANDER STROGANOFF, AFTER THE MEAT IS COOKED, WHAT IS ADDED
(SOUR CREAM)
