007-2009
1. Australian singer Kylie Minogue was born in 1968. What does Kylie mean in Aborigine?
Boomerang
2. Born in 1759 who was Britain’s youngest ever Prime Minister?
William Pitt the Younger
3. Where did Mathias Rust manage to land his plane in 1987?
In Red Square, Moscow
4. Which rocker starred in the film `Performance’, premiered in New York in 1970?
Mick Jagger
5. Founded in 1656, what is the senior regiment of the British Army?
The Grenadier Guards
Round Two - At The Movies
6. In the Harry Potter movies what is the name of the Professor played by Alan Rickman?
Severus Snape
7. Which 1998 movie told the story of a comet on collision course with Earth?
Deep Impact
8. In which 1995 movie did James Cromwell play farmer Arthur Hoggett?
Babe
9. Which movie character had a pet Elephant called Shep who thought he was a dog?
George Of The Jungle
10. In which movie did Judi Dench make her Bond debut as the character ‘ M ‘?
Goldeneye
Round Three - Football
11. Football, who received a Yellow Card, for Chelsea, against his former Club "Sheffield United", in a 1992 F.A. Cup Match, after only 3 seconds?
Vinnie Jones
12. Alan Shearer was the first player to score 200 Premiership goals. Who was the second?
Andy Cole
13. Who captained Arsenal when they won the League and Cup in 1970-71?
Frank McLintock
14. Which team first won an FA Cup semifinal on a penalty shoot-out?
Liverpool
15. Which football commentator used to play for Corinthian Casuals?
Martyn Tyler
Round Four - History
16. Which king was defeated at Battle of Bosworth, 22nd-Aug-1485 (the last battle of the Wars of the Roses)?
Richard III
17. What was Britain’s prize gain from the Treaty of Nanking, 1842?
Hong Kong
18. What term was used for the men recruited by the British government in 1920, to help fight the Irish Republican Army?
Black and Tans
19. Which ancient wonder of the world did Nebuchadnezzar build for his wife?
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
20. What was the codename of Hitler’s planned invasion of Britain, across the English Channel?
Operation Sea Lion
Round Five - Gangster’s Paradise
21. What was nicknamed A Chicago Piano by gangsters in the 1930’s?
A Machine Gun
22. John Dillinger was shot dead in 1934 outside what type of building, was it a Cinema, an ice cream parlour or an undertakers?
Cinema
23. In which 1980 film did Bob Hoskins play an East End gangster?
The Long Good Friday
24. Which American gangster was nicknamed Legs?
John Diamond
25. In what year did Coolio a Number 1 hit with Gangsta’s Paradise?
1995
Round Six - Around Essex
26. The Romans called it Camulodunum & it claims to be the oldest town in England. Which Essex town?
Colchester
27. Three what appear on the badge of Essex County Cricket Club?
Swords
28. What is the County town of Essex?
Chelmsford
29. From which port do you take the SEACAT to the Hook of Holland?
Harwich (Not Felixstowe which is across the river in Suffolk)
30. As well as Greater London, Essex borders which Four counties?
Herts, Cambs, Suffolk & Kent (via an imaginary line in the middle of the Thames)
Spare - Which Essex town contains the name of the most expensive spice?
Saffron Walden
Round Seven - Breakfast Quiztime
31. The Scottish word for it is Brochan, what do the English know it as?
Porridge
32. Who co-starred with Audrey Hepburn in the 1961 Blake Edwards-produced film ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’?
George Peppard
33. What is the name given to the husked coarse oatmeal that, when boiled, is served with breakfast in some regions of the U.S.A.?
Grits
34. Who, in 2006, became the longest serving presenter on breakfast TV before moving to Sky?
Eamonn Holmes
35. Name the group that enjoyed worldwide success with the album ‘Breakfast in America’?
Supertramp
Round Eight - A Piece Of The Action
36. Which children’s television puppet series began with the words - ‘Stand by for action - anything can happen in the next half hour’?
Stingray
37. Which Bank advertised itself on television as The Action Bank?
National Westminster
38. Who claimed that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction?
Sir Isaac Newton
39. What is the Action Man doll called in the USA?
GI Joe
40. Which group had a hit with Love Action in 1981?
Human League
Round Nine - Connections
41. Which mythical bird is said to rise from its own ashes?
Pheonix
42. Who is credited with introducing the potato to Britain?
Sir Walter Raleigh
43. What was the character name of televisions Six Million Dollar Man?
Steve Austin
44. Between June 14, 1962 and January 4, 1964, thirteen single women in America were strangled by Albert De Salvo, by what nickname was he known?
The Boston Strangler
45. What is the Connection?
USA State Capitals - Arizona, North Carolina, Texas & Massachusetts
Round Ten - Music Round
46. Which Madonna number one gave Kelly Osborne her first big chart hit?
Papa Don’t Preach
47. Who sings the opening line in the Band Aid 20 ‘Do they Know Its Christmas’ song?
Chris Martin (Coldplay)
48. The song ‘ Brass In Pocket ‘ was the first UK number one for which group?
The Pretenders
49. What was Roxy Music’s first No.1?
Jealous Guy
50. Whose 1979 debut album was entitled ‘ Signing Off ‘?
UB40
