009-2009
1. Who became Henry VIII’s first wife in 1509?
Catherine of Aragon
2. In 1953, who became the first professional cricketer to captain England?
Sir Len Hutton
3. Who played the title role in the musical ‘Barnum’, first performed in London in 1981?
Michael Crawford
4. Born in 1910, which French explorer invented the aqualung?
Jacques Cousteau
5. Who won an Oscar for his performance in `True Grit’ and died in 1979?
John Wayne
Round Two - Women
6. Which female is highest in line to the throne?
Princess Beatrice
7. Lady Haden-Guest is better known as which actress?
Jamie Lee Curtis
8. On the roof of which building in the City of London is there a 12 foot bronze statue of a woman by FW Pomeroy?
The Old Bailey
9. In which country was Florence Nightingale born?
Italy
10. In 1980 who became the first British Solo Female to have a UK number one album?
Kate Bush
Round Three - Nature
11. What name is given to a Fox’s home?
An Earth
12. Which bird can be little, pygmy or burrowing?
Owl
13. What sort of creature is a water moccasin?
Snake
14. Apple, Pepper and Spear are types of which plant?
Mint
15. Leather, Mirror, Golden, Black, Bighead and Common are all types of which fish?
Carp
Round Four - Telly Trivia
16. Squadron Leader Clive Dempster took over from Geoffrey Fairbrother as entertainments manager in which TV Sitcom?
Hi-De-Hi
17. In which TV game show do contestants do The Walk Of Wealth?
Deal or No Deal
18. Who replaced Trevor MacDonald to present the ITN News?
Mark Austin
19. The cast of which comedy series had to convince the BBC that they were fit to work?
Last Of The Summer Wine
20. How are Dave Myers and Si King better known on TV?
Hairy Bikers
Round Five - Art Gallery
21. What nationality was Salvador Dali?
Spanish
22. In which British city is the Baltic Art Gallery?
Newcastle
23. What is the name of the sculptor who cut created ‘The Kiss’?
Rodin
24. Which famous artist wrote in "mirror" writing?
Leonardo da Vinci
25. In which city did Tintoretto do most of his painting?
Venice
Round Six - Sports Bag
26. Which team has won the County Cricket Championships the most often?
Yorkshire
27. Kevin Keegan made his last international appearance against which European country?
Spain
28. Which female tennis star co-authored a novel called "The Total Zone" in 1995?
Martina Navratilova
29. Which football club effectively held the English Football League Championship throughout both world wars?
Everton
30. What sport do the New York Rangers play?
Ice Hockey
Round Seven - At The Movies
31. What is the name of the dolphin that Jim Carey had to find in "Ace Ventura Pet Detective"?
Snowflake
32. In which film did Mel Gibson play an advertising executive with the ability to read the minds of the female sex?
What Women Want
33. Which 2000 film starred Nicholas Cage and Vinnie Jones as car thieves?
Gone In Sixty Seconds
34. In which Bond film did Vijay Amritraj play the part of a tennis player?
Octopussy
35. What type of creature is Poomba in Disney’s Lion King?
Warthog
Round Eight - Astronomy
36. Who was the first person to observe the heavens using a telescope?
Galileo Galilei in 1609
37. The Asteroid Belt lies between which two planets?
Mars and Jupiter
38. What is the term used by astronomers to measure star brightness?
Magnitudes
39. Which planet has moons called Deimos and Phobos?
Mars
40. What do we call a huge cloud of gas and dust found in the space between the stars- some glow?
Nebulas
Round Nine - Connections
41. Which group reach number eight in the charts in 1973 with Stuck In the Middle With You? Stealer’s WHEEL
42. Which 1968 Olympics event was won by Dick Fosbury with a radical new technique?
HIGH Jump
43. Where in the human body is the humerus bone?
ARM
44. What was the profession of Ed Crane, the main character in the 2001 film `The Man Who Wasn`t There`?
BARBER
45. What is the connection?
CHAIRS
Round Ten - Rock Bottom
46. Which footballer wrote an autobiography called Rock Bottom after his battle with drink and drugs?
Paul Merson - If you rearrange the phrase ‘Footballer, Paul Merson’, you get ‘Repent, foul amoral slob’!
47. How many vowels are on the bottom row of a standard typewriter keyboard?
None
48. Horse Racing - on which famous course is Swinley Bottom?
Ascot
49. Which film featured the character Dusty Bottoms?
The Three Amigos
50. In what year did Queen have a hit with Fat Bottomed Girls?
1978
