TRUE OR FALSE (if time is tight)
1. Picasso said ‘Art is a truth that lets us recognise a lie’?
2. Male wasps have no sting?
3. Zoetrope was the Greek goddess of flowers?
4. Sinn Fein means ‘Soldiers of Destiny’?
5. A hellebore is a poisonous plant?
6. Utah is nicknamed ‘The waterfall state’?
7. A manometer measures the pressure of liquids?
8. Tex Avery unsuccessfully fought Joe Louis for the World Heavyweight Boxing championship?
9. Coedine suppresses a cough?
10. US presidents William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison were grandfather and grandson?
ANSWERS
1. False
2. True
3. False
4. False
5. True
6. False
7. True
8. False
9. True
10. True
JAMES BOND VILLAINS
Questions 1-5 i’ll give you the name of the actor and the film, you tell me the role he played
Questions 6-10 i’ll give you the actor and the role he played you tell me the film
1. Gert Frobe, Goldfinger
2. Donald Pleasance, You Only Live Twice
3. Christopher Lee, The Man With The Golden Gun
4. Curt Jurgens, The Spy Who Loved Me
5. Michael Lonsdale, Moonraker
6. Yaphet Kotto, Mr Big
7. Charles Gray, Ernest Stavro Blofeld
8. Grace Jones, May Day
9. Louis Jordan, Kamil Khan
10. Robert Davi, Franz Sanchez
ANSWERS
1. Auric Goldfinger
2. Ernest Stravro Blofeld
3. Scaramanga
4. Stromberg
5. Hugo Drax
6. Live and Let die
7. Diamonds Are Forever
8. A view to a kill
9. Octopussy
10. Licence to kill
FILM DIRECTORS
For the following films simply name the person who directed the film
1. Manhattan
2. The Birds
3. The Eiger Sanction
4. Nightmare on Elm Street
5. Bridge over the river Kwai
6. A Bridge too far
7. Goodfellas
8. And God Created Women
9. Death Wish
10. The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
ANSWERS
1. Woody Allen
2. Alfred Hitchcock
3. Clint Eastwood
4. Wes Craven
5. David Lean
6. Richard Attenborough
7. Martin Scorcese
8. Roger Vadim
9. Michael Winner
10. Dario Argento
FILMS
Who played the title roles in the following movies
1. Cat Balou
2. Olivers Story
3. The Godfather
4. Popeye The Movie
5. Midnight Cowboy
6. The Terminator
7. Hook
8. Taxi Driver
9. The Shootist
10. The Night Porter
ANSWERS
1. Jane Fonda
2. Ryan O’Neil
3. Marlon Brando
4. Robin Williams
5. Jon Voight
6. Arnold Swarzzenigger
7. Dustin Hoffman
8. Robert De Niro
9. John Wayne
10. Dirk Bograde
FILMS
1. What should the film Krakatoa East of Java have more accurately been titled?
2. Which duo co-starred in the film Top hat?
3. What film had Professor fate, played by Jack Lemmon racing a Hannibal Twin 8?
4. Which actor had the lead role in the film Death in Venice?
5. What movie has the tiny country of grand Fenwick declaring war on the US?
6. What is the only one of the seven dwarfs without a beard?
7. Who is the only person to have won Oscars for best actress and best song?
8. What 2 films with Ryan in the title featured Trevor Howard?
9. What were Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Curley Howard better known as?
10. Who played Henry VIII in the film Anne of a thousand days?
ANSWERS
1. Krakatoa West of Java
2. Fred Astaire & Ginger Rodgers
3. The Great race
4. Dirk Bogarde
5. The Mouse that Roared
6. Dopey
7. Barbara Striesand
8. Ryan’s Daughter and Von Ryans Express
9. The 3 Stooges
10. Richard Burton
SOLAR SYSTEM
1. How long does it take the earth to spin once on its axis?
2. What is the name of the force which keeps the planets in orbit around the sun?
3. Which planet is closest to the Sun?
4. Which is the largest planet in the solar system?
5. Which is the only planet in the solar system to have life on its surface?
6. Which planet is covered by clouds of Sulphuric Acid?
7. What is the smallest planet in the solar system?
8. How long does it take for the Earth to go once round the sun?
9. Which planet is named after the Roman god of war?
10. Which is the brightest comet in the solar system?
ANSWERS
1. One day
2. Gravity
3. Mercury
4. Jupiter
5. Earth
6. Venus
7. Pluto
8. A Year
9. Mars
10. Halley’s comet
SCIENCE MIXED BAG
1. How many legs has an insect?
2. What is oncology?
3. Who developed the general theory of relativity?
4. Camera films bear an ISO number. What does ISO stand for?
5. What kind of organism is a truffle?
6. What is the boiling point of water in centigrade?
7. What is the name given to the molten rock beneath the surface of the earth?
8. Which was the first antibiotic to be discovered?
9. Ascorbic acid is which vitamin?
10. Where in the body does a cataract form?
ANSWERS
1. Six
2. Cancer Study
3. Albert Einstein
4. International Standards Organisation
5. Fungus
6. 100°C
7. Magma
8. Penicillin
9. Vitamin C
10. The eye
THE UNIVERSE
1. From which areas of space can there be no escape?
2. What is the Milky Way?
3. What is a supernova?
4. What units are used for measuring distances in the universe?
5. Which is the most abundant element in the universe?
6. What is the name for the study of the structure of the universe?
7. What force bends light rays travelling through the universe?
8. Which objects in space emit energy in pulses?
9. What ultimately, will the sun become?
10. What name is given to the birth of the universe?
ANSWERS
1) Black Holes
2) The Local Galaxy
3) The Explosive death of a star
4) Light Years
5) Hydrogen
6) Cosmology
7) Gravity
8) Pulsars
9) A White Dwarf
10) Big Bang
ENERGY
1) From where do green plants get their energy?
2) Which gas is essential for combustion?
3) Sun burn is caused by which type of electromagnetic radiation?
4) Which molecule is the source of energy for the body?
5) Which kind of energy is possessed by a stretched spring?
6) Which substance is used by a plant as a store for energy?
7) The Sun’s energy is produced by which type of nuclear reaction?
8) Which unit is used to measure energy?
9) Which type of radiation is screened out by the Earth’s ozone layer?
10) What kind of energy does a moving object possess?
ANSWERS
1) From Light
2) Oxygen
3) Ultraviolet Radiation
4) Glucose
5) Potential Energy
6) Starch
7) Nuclear Fusion
8) Joule
9) Ultraviolet Radiation
10) Kinetic Energy
LITERATURE
1) Who wrote “The Female Eunuch”?
2) Who wrote “Kidnapped”?
3) Which best selling author wrote The Odessa File?
4) What was Charles Lutwidge Dodgsons literary pseudonym?
5) Which author wrote Clayhanger in 1925?
6) Who wrote a Testament of Youth?
7) In which of D.H. Lawrence’s novels would you find Miriam Leivers?
8) Who coined the phrase ‘Big Brother is watching you’?
9) Which author do you associate with the characters Jeeves and Wooster?
10) Which 2 novels by Alan Sillitoe were turned into very successful films in the sixties?
ANSWERS
1) Germaine Greer
2) Robert Louis Stephenon
3) Frederick Forsythe
4) Lewis Carroll
5) Arnold Bennet
6) Vera Brittain
7) Sons And Lovers
8) George Orwell in 1984
9) P.G. Wodehouse
10) Saturday Night, Sunday Morning & The Loneliness of the long distant runner.
MUSIC
1) What is the American slang name which describes the world of popular composers of modern music?
2) Who composed The Rite of Spring, The Firebird and Petuska?
3) Who said, ‘If you have to ask what jazz is, you’ll never know ‘?
4) How would the music of the composers Vivaldi, Purcell and Handel be classified?
5) Which American rock star in 1977 finished what would have been his last press conference with the words ‘I hope I haven’t bored you ‘?
6) What is a Metronome?
7) By what nickname was Louis Armstrong known?
8) How many symphonies did Beethoven write?
9) Which French composer is best remembered for his opera Carmen?
10) What is another name for the character Figaro?
ANSWERS
1) Tin Pan Alley
2) Igor Stravinsky
3) Louis Armstrong
4) Baroque
5) Elvis Presley
6) A machine to mark a steady beat
7) Satchmo
8) 9
9) Georges Bizet
10) The Barber of Seville
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
1) Which pop group had hits such as Union of the Snake and The Reflex?
2) Who lives at No. 12 Downing Street?
3) How many squares are there on a scrabble board?
4) By what name do we now know Edson Arantes do Nascimento?
5) Which three colours make up the French Flag?
6) What is added to gin to make it pink?
7) How is the number 500 represented in Roman Numerals?
8) Excluding the cue ball, how many balls are there on the table at the beginning of a game of snooker?
9) Which English county has the longest coastline?
10) What letter comes next in this sequence :- M V E M J S U N?
ANSWERS
1) Duran Duran
2) Chief Whip
3) 225
4) Pele
5) Red, White and Blue
6) Angostura bitters
7) D
8) 21
9) Cornwall
10) P (1st letters of planets from sun)
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
1) What number does the roman numeral M represent?
2) What does a numismatologist collect?
3) What nationality was Che Guevara?
4) Which Latin word means ‘word for word’?
5) What is a nectarine a cross between?
6) When was the last time the ten year census failed to be taken?
7) Which company invented compact discs?
8) What is the post code for Hemel Hempstead?
9) Which fashion designer was the first to show a collection for men in 1960?
10) What year did the Children in Need appeal start raising money?
ANSWERS
1) 1000
2) Coins
3) Argentinean
4) Verbatim
5) Plum and Peach
6) 1941
7) Phillips
8) HP
9) Pierre Cardin
10) 1927
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
1) In which Scottish region is Glasgow?
2) If criminal law deals with people accused of committing a crime, what deals with cases where no crime has been committed?
3) Who was shot by John Hinkley III in 1981?
4) Who was the character played by Gareth Hunt in TV’s ‘The New Avengers’?
5) In 1933 who became chancellor of Germany?
6) Which strong hard metal is used to make light bulb filaments?
7) Which film star visited Hanoi to show her disapproval of her country’s involvement in the Vietnam war?
8) Which nation put skylab into orbit?
9) Which English poet was once married to the American poet Sylvia Plath?
10) Who currently holds the world record for the men’s 100 metres?
ANSWERS
1) Strathclyde
2) Civil law
3) Ronald Reagan
4) Mike Gambitt
5) Adolph Hitler
6) Tungsten
7) ) Jane Fonda
8) The United States of America
9) Ted Hughes
10) Leroy Burrell
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
1) Which country was the home of the Datsun car company?
2) In which television program was there a snail called Brian?
3) What do member of the House of commons refer to when they say ‘Another Place’?
4) Why did Flixborough on Humberside hit the headlines in 1974?
5) At which underground train station was there a crash killing 35 people in 1975?
6) As what did Ezra Pound achieve fame?
7) From which country did Ilie Nastase come?
8) Name any one of the two years Germany has invaded Belgium?
9) In which far eastern country do the people live in traditional villages, pay no taxes, receive free services and mainly drive air conditioned cars?
10) Whose biography is entitled ‘What’s It all about?’?
ANSWERS
1) Japan
2) The Magic Roundabout
3) The House of Lords
4) A chemical plant exploded
5) Moorgate
6) Poet
7) Romania
8) 1914 or 1940
9) Brunei
10) Michael Caine
FROM ONE TO TEN
1) What is the alternative name for a one humped camel?
2) Who wrote the play Two Gentlemen of Verona?
3) Who wrote Three Men in a boat?
4) What is the official name for America’s Fourth of July celebrations?
5) What is the name of the 5 sided housing the US department of Defence?
6) Pirandello wrote of Six Characters in search of ....... What?
7) Which of the 7 wonders of the world was built at Babylon?
8) What is the name of the distance of 8 white notes on a piano keyboard?
9) Which composer born in 1770 wrote nine symphonies?
10) Which novelist wrote the 10 little Indians?
ANSWERS
1) Dromedary
2) William Shakespeare
3) Jerome K Jerome
4) Independence Day
5) Pentagon
6) An Author
7) The hanging gardens
8) Octave
9) Beethoven
10) Agatha Christie
POTLUCK
1) By what other name is a viper known?
2) What is a fool’s paradise?
3) In which English county is the holiday resort of Margate?
4) In which sport may you compete in the Refuge Assurance League?
5) Which is the colour of jealousy?
6) What is sometimes called a ‘rubberneck-wagon’?
7) In 1906 what food was first manufactured by William Kellogg?
8) For what are the letters ARP an abbreviation?
9) Which rock star his nick-named ‘The Boss’?
10) What was the profession of Lindsay Anderson
ANSWERS
1) Adder
2) The Eye
3) Kent
4) Cricket
5) Green or Yellow
6) Tourist Coach
7) Corn Flakes
8) Air Raid Precautions
9) Bruce Springsteen
10) A Film Director
THE MATERIAL WORLD
1) What was the first man made fibre?
2) What is the essential ingredient of all wood?
3) What is limestone?
4) What is the main constituent of natural gas?
5) Which atom other than oxygen is found in pure crystal of quartz?
6) What is the tip of the nose made of?
7) Tanning is used in the preparation of which material?
8) When King Midas touched any material it turned into which metal?
9) Which metallic element is combined with iron to make stainless steel?
10) Black and white photography relies on the chemical properties of which metal?
ANSWERS
1) Nylon
2) Lignin
3) Calcium Carbonate
4) Methane
5) Silicon
6) Cartilage
7) Leather
8) Gold
9) Chromium
10) Silver
SCIENTIFIC COLOURS
1) What colour is chlorophyll?
2) What colour is haemoglobin?
3) What colour is the surface of Mars?
4) What colour is the planet Neptune when viewed from Earth?
5) What colour is the longest wavelength of visible light?
6) The dye indigo can be obtained naturally from which kind of organism?
7) What colour is the mineral lazurite?
8) In which branch of science is the Red-Shift important?
9) When our sun runs out of fuel it will briefly pour out which colour of light?
10) What name is given to the blue-green coating that forms as a natural patina on copper, bronze and brass?
ANSWERS
1) Green
2) Red
3) Red
4) Blue
5) Red
6) A Plant
7) Blue
8) Astronomy
9) Red
10) Verdigris
THE MATERIAL WORLD
1) What was the first man made fibre?
2) What is the essential ingredient of all wood?
3) What is limestone?
4) What is the main constituent of natural gas?
5) Which atom other than oxygen is found in pure crystal of quartz?
6) What is the tip of the nose made of?
7) Tanning is used in the preparation of which material?
8) When King Midas touched any material it turned into which metal?
9) Which metallic element is combined with iron to make stainless steel?
10) Black and white photography relies on the chemical properties of which metal?
ANSWERS
1) Nylon
2) Lignin
3) Calcium Carbonate
4) Methane
5) Silicon
6) Cartilage
7) Leather
8) Gold
9) Chromium
10) Silver
ABBREVIATIONS
What do the following abbreviations stand for
1) On the Radio FM
2) When referring to Electricity , AC
3) IATA
4) MIRA
5) PDSA
6) The radio station with the abbreviation AIR
7) NAAFI
8) The French TGV
9) SCUBA
10) ASH
ANSWERS
1) Frequency Modulation
2) Alternating Current
3) International Air Transport Association
4) Motor Industry Research Association
5) Peoples Dispensary For Sick Animals
6) All India Radio
7) Navy, Army and Air Force Institute
8) Train a Grande Vitesse
9) Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparutus
10) Action on Smoking and Health
SCIENCE
1) Where in the Human body would you find the Vitreous Humour?
2) What is the Chemical symbol for Helium?
3) Inside what organ is the Gall-blader?
4) A deficiency of which vitamin causes the disease scurvy?
5) What colour would litmus turn if immersed in an acid?
6) Which human organ produces insulin?
7) What is the chemical symbol for tungsten?
8) Which metal was once called plumbium?
9) In which country was Albert Einstein born?
10) What name is given to the system of healing developed by Dr. Andrew Still involving the manipulation of the bones of the body?
ANSWERS
1) Eye
2) He
3) Liver
4) Vitamin C
5) Red
6) Pancreas
7) W
8) Lead
9) Germany
10) Osteopathy
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
1) Which high street bank uses the symbol of the black horse in its advertisements?
2) Who wrote the Aneid?
3) What is the occupation of a funambulist?
4) Which was the first year since the second World War when there were 2 British general elections in the same year?
5) Which Oxford Museum is the oldest in the world?
6) How many cubic feet are there in a cubic yard?
7) Which car company is known for manufacturing the ‘Astra’?
8) Who wrote ‘The Hitch-Hikers Guide To The Galaxy’?
9) How many furlongs are there in a mile?
10) Which French Fashion designer introduced the New Look?
ANSWERS
1) Lloyds Bank
2) Vigil
3) Tightrope Walker
4) 1974
5) Ashmolean Museum
6) 21
7) Vauxhall
8) Douglas Adams
9) 8
10) Christian Dior
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
1) What surname links the stars of Enter the Dragon and Theatre of Death?
2) Which ‘Home And Away’ character, who runs the Diner married Alf Stewart?
3) Vantage and Volante are models of which famous car?
4) Which mineral water is produced by the world’s largest mineral water firm?
5) In which BBC1 series do the characters Tinker Eric and Lady Jane appear?
6) In which organ of the body are the ventricles located?
7) What is the name of the island just to the north-west of Malta?
8) Firefly, on the island of Jamaica was the home of which English playwright and wit?
9) Complete the proverb ‘A watched pot........’?
10) What colour is the number 25 ball in the National Lottery?
ANSWERS
1) Lee
2) Ailsa Hogan
3) Aston martin
4) Perrier
5) Lovejoy
6) Heart
7) Gozo
8) Noel Coward
9) Never Boils
10) Pink
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
1) Which playwright described fox hunting as ‘the unspeakable in full pursuit of the uneatable’?
2) What is the correct anatomical name for the thighbone?
3) Which coronation street family inherited £30,000 in the summer of 95?
4) Who was the last golfer to win the BBC Sports Personality of the year?
5) Through which country does the Orinocco run for most of its 1000 miles?
6) Complete the lyrics of a well known Beatles song ‘Picture yourself in a boat on a river with Tangerine Trees and...’?
7) What do Micra, Prarie and Primera have in Common?
8) Which food is eaten the most throughout the world?
9) From which musical does the duet ‘I know him so well’ come?
10) According to the proverb what is the road to hell paved with?
ANSWERS
1) Oscar Wilde
2) Femur
3) The Duckworths
4) Nick Faldo in 1989
5) Venezuela
6) Marmalade Skies
7) They are all cars made by Nissan
8) Rice
9) Chess
10) Good Intentions
MUSIC
1) What nationality was the composer Bizet?
2) Who were Wayne Fontana’s backing group?
3) Who wrote ‘Orpheus in the Underworld’ and ‘Tales of Hoffman’?
4) Who had a hit in the 70’s with ‘Your So Vain’?
5) Which act appeared live at both the British and American 1985 Live Aid concerts?
6) Whose backing group were the Vandellas?
7) Who composed the music for the film ‘Jaws’?
8) ‘Go Now’ was a hit single for which group?
9) Who in opera, was the knight who sought the Holy Grail?
10) What were the 2 tracks featured on Jerome Flynn and Robson Greens hit record of early 95?
ANSWERS
1) French
2) The Mindmenders
3) Offenbach
4) Carly Simon
5) Phil Collins
6) Martha Reeves
7) John Williams
8) Moody Blues
9) Parsifal
10) Unchained Melody / White Cliffs of Dover
FILMS
1) Which actress played the title role in the 1983 film ‘Educating Rita’?
2) Who sang the song ‘As Time goes by’ in the film Casablanca?
3) Who played the title role in the film ‘Cat Balou’?
4) Which real life jockey was portrayed by John Hurt in the film ‘Champions’?
5) Which 1981 film won the an Academy Award for best picture and was about the lead up to the 1924 Olympics?
6) What was the title of the 1958 film starring Kenneth More and David mccallum based on the sinking of the Titanic?
7) Which 1979 film starred Michael Douglas, Jane Fonda and Jack Lemmon and was about the cover up of an accident at a nuclear plant?
8) Which actor won the final hand of poker in the 1965 film ‘The Cincinati Kid’?
9) The works of which classical composer were most widely used in ‘A Clockwork Orange’?
10) Who directed the film Ghandi?
ANSWERS
1) Julie Walters
2) Dooley Wilson
3) Jane Fonda
4) Bob Champion
5) Chariots of Fire
6) A Night To Remember
7) The China Syndrome
8) Edward G Robinson
9) Beethoven
10) Richard Attenborough
SPELLING
Spell the following words
1) Mediterranean
2) Pneumatic
3) Plausible
4) Embarrassment
5) Progression
6) Immeasurable
7) Subpoena
8) Gauge
9) Veterinary
10) Incorrigible
ACRONYMS
1) C.S.A.
2) C.I.D.
3) C.P.S.
4) J.C.B.
5) U.C.C.A.
6) P.S.V.
7) S.E.R.P.S
8) S.A.S.
9) N.U.P.E.
10) I.N.L.A.
ANSWERS
1) Child support agency
2) Criminal investigation department
3) Crown prosecution service
4) Joseph cyril bamford
5) Universities central council on admissions
6) Public service vehicle
7) State earnings related pension scheme
8) Special air services
9) National union of public employees
10) Irish national liberation army
ACRONYMS
For what do the following initials stand?
1) OPEC
2) PDSA
3) SEATO
4) SALT
5) NAAFI
6) ERNIE
7) ACAS
8) UNESCO
9) SCUBA
10) MORI
ANSWERS
1) Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries
2) People’s Dispensary for Sick Animals
3) Southeast Asia Treaty Organisation
4) Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (or Treaty)
5) Navy, Army and Air Forces Institutes
6) Electronic Random Number Indicator Equipment
7) Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration Service
8) United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation
9) Self-contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
10) Market and Opinion Research Institute
SCIENCE
1) Which boy’s name is also the name of the derived SI unit for inductance?
2) Copper is named after which island in the Mediterranean?
3) Which gas makes up over 90% of natural gas?
4) Which element has the lowest atomic number?
5) What name is given to the study and use of frequencies beyond the limits of human hearing?
6) In computer terminology, what does the acronym RAM stand for?
7) What is the chemical symbol for gold?
8) What name is given to the lowest layer of the atmosphere?
9) Which planet in the solar system is though to weigh two and half times that of all the other planets combined?
10) What type of machine was ENIAC built in 1946?
ANSWERS
1) Henry
2) Cyprus
3) Methane
4) Hydrogen
5) Ultrasonics
6) Random Access Memory
7) Au
8) Troposphere
9) Jupiter
10) Computer
LITERATURE
1) Who wrote The Age of Innocence?
2) What was author George Elliots real name?
3) Who wrote the book ‘The Murder of Roger Ackroyd’?
4) In which Dickens novel did Miss Havisham appear?
5) Which outlaw rode a horse called Black Bess?
6) Who was William Shakespears wife?
7) Which Irish writer refused to let an admirer kiss the hand which had written such great novels, saying ‘No, it did lots of other things to’?
8) The publication of which book resulted in Salman Rushdie going into hiding?
9) In whose books would you find the characters The Drones, Spode and Squiffey?
10) Who wrote the sequel to Daphne Du Maurier’s Rebecca?
ANSWERS
1) Edith Warton
2) Mary Ann (Marian) Cross (nee Evans)
3) Agatha Christie
4) Great Expectations
5) Dick Turpin
6) Anne Hathaway
7) James Joyce
8) The Satanic Verses
9) PG Wodehouse
10) Susan Hill
POP MUSIC
1) What is Smokey Robinsons real name?
2) Which two musicians gave their names to form the group Fleetwood Mac?
3) Who managed the Sex Pistols?
4) Name the founder of the island record label?
5) Neville Staples, Terry Hall and Lynvall Golding formed which band in 1981?
6) Who inspired the song Layla?
7) Name either of the two members of Bubbles?
8) Who was the usual music composer for Hal David’s lyrics?
9) UB40 formed their own record label in 1981. What was it called?
10) Prior to forming BAD which group did Mick Jones belong to?
ANSWERS
1) William Robinson
2) Mick Fleetwood & John Mcvie
3) Malcolm mcclaren
4) Chris Blackwell
5) Fun Boy Three
6) Patti Boyd (Harrison)
7) Trevor Horn and Geoff Downes
8) Bert Bacharach
9) DEP International
10) The Clash
LITERATURE
1) Who wrote The Picture of Dorian Gray?
2) Which Bronte sister wrote Agnes Grey?
3) What is the name of the ruthless eldest daughter in Shakespears King Lear?
4) In the ‘Rime of the Ancient Mariner’ which bird is it fatal to shoot?
5) In which book does livestock start a revolution, only to be betrayed by their leaders the pigs, who treat them worse than man did?
6) What was the name of the hero of Vernes Around The World In Eighty Days?
7) What was the name of the of the title character of Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice?
8) Huxley’s Brave New World was set in the year 632 AF. What did AF stand for?
9) What was the name of the Utopian city built in the sky by the birds in Aristophanes’ comedy The Birds, which has since come to refer to visionary schemes in general?
10) Which American thriller writer created the private detective Phillip Marlowe?
ANSWERS
1) Oscar Wilde
2) Anne
3) Goneril
4) An Albatross
5) Animal Farm
6) Phileas Fogg
7) Antonio
8) After Ford
9) Cloud Cuckoo Land
10) Raymond Chandler
ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS
1) NASA
2) BAFTA
3) RADA
4) NIMBY
5) SWALK
6) TARDIS
7) ROSPA
8) TESSA
9) INTERPOL
10) QANTAS
ANSWERS
1) National Aeronautical & Space Administration
2) British Academy of Film And Television Arts
3) Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts
4) Not In My Back Yard
5) Sealed With A Loving Kiss
6) Time And Relative Dimension in Space
7) The Royal Society For The Prevention of Accidents
8) Tax Exempt Special Savings Account
9) International Criminal Police Organisation
10) Queensland And Northern Territory Aerial Services
POT LUCK
1) Which country does Iberia come from?
2) What is the currency of South Africa?
3) Which famous rock singer was born on the island of Zanzibar?
4) Whom did peeping tom see naked?
5) Who directed the 7 samurai?
6) In Ancient Egypt what kind of bird is represented by Horus?
7) Which is the largest species of flatfish?
8) Who designed the city of New Delhi?
9) Which element is the most toxic known to man?
10) Which philosopher invented “The Superman”?
ANSWER
1) Spain
2) Rand
3) Freddy Mercury
4) Lady Godiva
5) Akira Kurosawa
6) Hawk
7) Halibut
8) Edwin Lutyens
9) Plutonium
10) Frederick Nietzsche
LITERATURE
1) Who created Inspector Wexford?
2) Who wrote War and Peace?
3) Who wrote of Treasure Island?
4) Which Dickens character started life in an orphanage & workhouse?
5) What was the name of the family in Peter Pan?
6) Which detective novelists known by her initials PD?
7) How many Musketeers were there in the book by Dumas?
8) In which Tennessee Williams play do you meet Big Daddy
9) Against what war is Hemingway’s “For whom the bells toll” set?
10) Who wrote “Who’s afraid of Virginia Woolf”?
Answer
1) Ruth Rendell
2) Leo Tolstoy
3) Robert Louis Stevenson
4) Oliver Twist
5) Darling’s
6) Pd James
7) 3
8) Cat On A Hot Tin Roof
9) Spanish Civil War
10) Edward Albee
The Warm Up Round
1) What was the name of the run away greyhound that escaped during a race last week?
2) OTD 8th June 1991 35 UK beaches were awarded which colour flag for cleanliness?
3) On what date is American Independence day?
4) In the fable, what did the boy cry to trick villagers?
5) Who said last week “Well I’m still here” after his death at the age of 95 was mistakenly reported?
6) What name is given to a litter of Piglets?
7) What animal linked name describes someone who always gets blamed?
8) Who or what was the empress of blandings?
9) What nationality was the detective Van Der Walk?
10) You will will you not tell me the name of the TV star who died OTD 8th June 1988?
Answer
1) Wilma
2) Blue
3) 4th July
4) Wolf
5) Bob Hope
6) A Farrow
7) Scapegoat
8) A Pig
9) Dutch
10) Russel Harty
The letter S
1) Which S is a non metal that is a major constituent of glass?
2) What S was the nickname of the serial killer David Berkowitz?
3) What S is an invertebrate marine life form belonging to the phylum Porifera?
4) To which island group S do Yell and Unst belong?
5) What S was an original member of the beatles immortalised in the film Backbeat?
6) What S was previously called Windscale?
7) Which S is remembered for his paintings of his birthplace Cookham which often had a religious theme?
8) Which S was a kidnapped Derby winner?
9) Which S is the football team Stanley Mathews joined in 1931?
10) Which S gave her career a boost by acting her pants off in a notorious 1992 film?
Answer
1) Silicon
2) Son Of Sam
3) Sponge
4) Shetlands
5) Stuart Suitcliffe
6) Sellafield
7) Stanley Spencer
8) Shergar
9) Stoke
10) Sharon Stone
The Warm Up Round
1) The Emblem of the former French Royal family is also the emblem of the boy scouts?
2) Which unit for measuring liquid is equal to one quarter of an imperial pint?
3) Which English queen reigned for only 9 days?
4) What was the profession of Capability Brown?
5) What was the old colonial name of the central African republic called Zaire?
6) In the 19th century who or what was the sick man of Europe?
7) What is the lowest female singing voice
8) Which plant is a cross between a blackberry and a raspberry?
9) True or False, the west African gorilla is carnivorous?
10) In which city would you find the Forbidden City?
Answer
1) Fleur De Lys
2) Gill
3) Lady Jane Grey
4) Landscape Gardener
5) Belgian Congo
6) The Ottoman Empire
7) Contralto
8) Loganberry
9) False
10) Beijing
The letter F
1) Which F was a leading actor in the TV series Bouquet of Barbed Wire
2) What F is the party once led by Charles Haughey?
3) Which F is the name of the horse that won the 1967 Grand national?
4) Which F is the right granted by a company to sell its goods in a particular area?
5) Which F was an American actress of the 1930s and 1940s later played by Jessica Lange in a biographical film?
6) Which F was a 1960s TV puppet series in which the main character was Steve Zodiac?
7) Which F is the number of men on “the dead mens chest”?
8) Which F describes a petticoat made of hoops of whalebone?
9) Which F is the foul fiend mentioned in Shakespeare’s King Lear?
10) Which F is the publishing company that has had both TS Eliot and Pete Townsend as poetry editors?
Answer
1) Frank Finlay
2) Fianna Fail
3) Foinavon
4) Franchise
5) Frances Farmer
6) Fireball Xl5
7) Fifteen
8) Farthingale
9) Flibbertigibbet
10) Faber & Faber
Football Trivia
1) Current Affairs, which Italian has scored in every 1998 World Cup final match to date?
2) For which team did Dixie Dean score a record 60 goals in a single season?
3) Who played the title role in the TV series The Manageress?
4) Which former Arsenal footballer also holds the record, set in 1947 of 18 centuries in a single cricket season?
5) Who captained the team that won the 1974 Football World Cup?
6) The novel fever pitch is about a fan of which football club?
7) For which club did former England goalkeeper Peter Shilton sign in December 1996?
8) Which team had a top 10 hit in 1972, with Blue is the Colour?
9) In 1959 Pele scored 127 goals for which famous Brazilian team?
10) Which footballers autobiography is called Rock Bottom?
Answer
1) Christian Vieri
2) Everton
3) Cherie Lunghi
4) Denis Compton
5) Franz Beckenbauer
6) Arsenal
7) Leyton Orient
8) Chelsea
9) Santos
10) Paul Merson
Backing Groups
For which singer was each of the following the backing groups
1) The Blue Notes
2) The Wailers
3) The Banshees
4) The Vandellas
5) The Blockheads
6) The Belmonts
7) The Gingerbreads
8) The Attractions
9) The Bunnymen
10) The Rebel Rousers
Answer
1) Harold Melvin
2) Bob Marley
3) Siouxsie
4) Martha Reeves
5) Ian Dury
6) Dion
7) Goldie
8) Elvis Costello
9) Echo
10) Cliff Bennett
General Knowledge
1) Which food not rationed during World War II, was rationed after it?
2) In which year did Winston Churchill die?
3) What is the name of the marmalade cat created by Kathleen Hale, which shares its name with an American state?
4) For what is the Medoc area of France famous?
5) What are Cheshire, Gouda and Gorgonzola?
6) How is Cherilyn La Pier better known?
7) Gavrillo Pricip is famous for shooting whom in Sarajevo?
8) Which monarchs sat on the Peacock throne?
9) Who first claimed that the world was not flat but a sphere?
10) Which animals communicate by touch, smell and dance?
Answer
1) Bread
2) 1965
3) Orlando
4) Wines
5) Cheese
6) Cher
7) Archduke Ferdinad
8) Iran
9) Pythagoras
10) Bees
Easy general knowledge
1) Which word meaning letter is in titles of books of the bible?
2) What paper is used to test acid and alkali?
3) What are the initials of the English writer Priestley?
4) Who presented the first ever edition of Mastermind?
5) How many seconds are there in a quarter of an hour?
6) What day follows Shrove Tuesday?
7) Diana Ross, Florence Ballard and Mary Wilson formed what?
8) How is the UK golfing term albatross known in America?
9) Where is Charles Darwin buried?
10) What type of animal is a vmi vmi
Answer
1) Epistle
2) Litmus
3) Jb
4) Magnus Magnusson
5) 900
6) Ash Wednesday
7) The Supremes
8) Double Eagle
9) Westminster Abbey
10) A Pig
Easy
1) What nationality was Herb Alperts Flea?
2) What is alopecia?
3) Sue Barker played which sport?
4) What word can go after lance and before punishment?
5) How was Frederick Austerlitz better known?
6) Which defender won 43 England caps while with Blackpool?
7) Who wrote the novel Tinker, tailor, soldier, spy?
8) On which lake was Donald Campbell killed?
9) Beauty of bath is a type of what?
10) Which UK paper size is 52mm x 74mm
Answer
1) Spanish
2) Hair Loss
3) Tennis
4) Corporal
5) Fred Astaire
6) Jimmy Armfield
7) John Le Carre
8) Coniston
9) Apples
10) A8
General Knowledge
1) In medical terms what is DOA?
2) In which crisis, in 1956 did England become involved?
3) What does Anno Domini mean?
4) In which city is Toxteth?
5) In the farce where did Charley’s Aunt come from?
6) Over which sea was Glenn Miller lost?
7) Who wrote the novel Emma?
8) In which German town / city was Auf Wiedersehen Pet set?Munich, Stuttgart, Dusseldorf, Hamburg or Paris
9) Which car shares its name with a character from The Pipkins?
10) Who became Mrs Jon Bigg in 1992?
Answer
1) Dead On Arrival
2) Suez
3) In The Year Of Our Lord
4) Liverpool
5) Brazil
6) English Channel
7) Jane Austin
8) Dusseldorf
9) Octavia
10) Sally Gunnell
Easy Pot Luck
1) Ivor Allchurch is associated with which sport?
2) Which film ends with the line “tomorrow is another day”?
3) A revolving firework is named after which saint?
4) Who murdered Abel?
5) In 1974, parts of Somerset & Gloucestershire made which new county?
6) Which Italian phrase used in English means in the Fresh or cool air?
7) In which TV series did the characters Edina and saffron appear?
8) Which actor won Best Actor Oscar for his role in Gandhi?
9) How many degrees are there in a right-angle?
10) Which group had a No.1 with Hey Jude?
Answer
1) Football
2) Gone With The Wind
3) Catherine
4) Cain
5) Avon
6) Al Fresco
7) Absolutely Fabulous
8) Ben Kinsley
9) 90
10) The Beatles
Geographical Trivia
1) Which dry white wine is produced from grapes grown in the Loire Valley?
2) Which is England’s largest county?
3) What is the collective name for Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode island and Connecticut?
4) Which North African country uses the Dirham as its unit of currency?
5) Which islands were the subject of a war between Argentina and Britain in 1982?
6) In which European city is the headquarters of the Red Cross?
7) Which association was established in 1963 to eradicate colonialism, and improve economic, cultural and political co-operation in Africa? UNESCO, OAU, UNICEF, KITA, ABTA
8) Which is the largest and deepest of the Great lakes of North America?
9) Which British island in the South Atlantic takes its name from the day of the year on which it was discovered in 1501?
10) What is Annapurna?
Answer
1) Muscadet
2) North Yorkshire
3) New England
4) Morocco
5) Falklands
6) Geneva
7) OAU
8) Superiour
9) Ascension
10) A Mountain In Himalayas
TV Soaps
1) Who was Frank Tate’s murdered wife in Emmerdale?
2) What is the name of Jack and Vera Duckworth’s wayward son?
3) Where was David Wickes heading for when he left Eastenders?
4) Who is Bianca’s mother in Eastenders?
5) Who married Shane in Home & Away?
6) What is the name of Barbara Windsor’s character in Eastenders?
7) In the street what is Curly’s real name?
8) Where was Curly’s wife Raquel heading for on leaving Weatherfield?
9) Which street character had a fling with gangster Fraser Henderson?
10) Which soap pub is famous for its Newton & Ridley beer?
Answer
1) Kim
2) Terry
3) Italy
4) Carol Jackson
5) Angel
6) Peggy Mitchell
7) Norman
8) Malaysia
9) Liz Mcdonald
10) The Rover’s Return
Easy
1) In verse, which bells said “You owe me 5 farthings”?
2) Which Rosemary had a 50s No.1 with “This Ole House”?
3) The characters Rick, Neil and Vyvyan appeared in which TV series?
4) What word can go after board and before service?
5) How is the singer Thomas Woodward better known?
6) In 1995, which striker moved from QPR to Newcastle for £6 million?
7) Who wrote the novel My family and other animals?
8) How many gallons in a Bushel?
9) Who was Herge’s most famous creation?
10) In which decade of the 20th century was Keith Floyd born?
Answer
1) St Martin’s
2) Clooney
3) The Young Ones
4) Room
5) Tom Jones
6) Les Ferdinand
7) Gerald Durrell
8) 8
9) Tin Tin
10) 40s
Golf (July 98)
1) From which course did this year’s Open Golf tournament come?
2) How many clubs are you allowed to carry in your bag?
3) What is the name of the Amateur golfer who set this years British Open golf tournament alight?
4) Which golfer is known as the Walrus?
5) What do initials R and A stand for?
6) And where is the home of the R and A?
7) Which local golfer was the highest finishing British professional in this years open championship?
8) What is the nickname of Greg Norman
9) Which course is the traditional home of the Masters?
10) Where will next years British open Golf tournament come from?
Answer
1) Royal Birkdale
2) 14
3) Justin Rose
4) Craig Stadler
5) Royal And Ancient
6) St Andrews
7) Peter Baker
8) The Great White Shark
9) Augusta
10) Carnoustie
A load of Balls?
1) What, according to a familiar advertising slogan “helps you work, rest and play”?
2) Who plays Melanie Griffiths unscrupulous boss in the film Working Girl?
3) In which game involving 22 balls is a rest sometimes used?
4) Which record was a top 10 hit in 1968 for John Fred and his Playboy band?
5) Which well known Dickens’s character starts life in a workhouse?
6) Which radio performer used to Greet his audience with the words “hello playmates”?
7) In which county is Worksop?
8) What is restharrow? A bike, a plant, a dog, a type of road or strong beer
9) Which well known private eye made his last appearance in the novel Playback?
10) “The rest is silence” are the final words of which Shakespearean character?
Answer
1) Mars Bar
2) Sigourney Weaver
3) Snooker
4) Judy In Disguise
5) Oliver Twist
6) Arthur Askey
7) Nottinghamshire
8) A Plant
9) Philip Marlowe
10) Hamlet
General Knowledge
1) Which organ in the body produces bile?
2) Which country first won crickets Benson & hedges Cup twice?
3) Who are the main characters in Milton’s Paradise Lost?
4) Which continent is wider in the south than in the north?
5) Which game is played to the Harvard Rules?
6) Which Pennsylvanian power station had a nuclear accident in 1979?
7) Who was Lord Vestey’s dessert loving, opera singing, grandmother?
8) How many cards does each player start with in Gin Rummy?
9) If you have herpes labialis, what are you suffering from?
10) Where would you find the dogger bank?
Answer
1) Liver
2) Leicestershire
3) Adam & Eve
4) Antarctica
5) American Football
6) 3 Mile Island
7) Dame Nellie Melba
8) 10
9) Cold Sores
10) The North Sea
Easy
1) In song what name follows “There’s an old mill by a stream”?
2) Which David starred in Poirot?
3) In which European country is Gouda cheese made?
4) The letter K is on which row of letters of a typewrite keyboard?
5) In America, which pie is the traditional dessert on Thanksgiving day?
6) How many of Henry VIII’s wives were executed?
7) “Byker Grove” is set in which city?
8) The character Jacqui Dixon appeared in which long running soap opera?
9) How does 10.45pm appear on a 24 hour clock?
10) What word can go before Frost, Knife and Pot?
ANSWER
1) Nellie Dean
2) Suchet
3) Netherlands
4) Middle
5) Pumpkin
6) 2
7) Newcastle
8) Brookside
9) 22.45
10) Jack
Geographical Trivia
1) Which city 3000ft above sea level, is the centre of Brazils coffee industry?
2) On which island does the city of Copenhagen stand?
3) Which Italian city, famous for its art and architecture is the capital of Tuscany?
4) After which French king was the state of Louisiana named?
5) Which sea off the Canadian Coast was named after a British Admiral who also gave his name to a well known scale?
6) Which city in Michigan is nicknamed “Motor City”?
7) What is the Muslim equivalent of the Red Cross aid agency?
8) Which sultanate is bordered on all sides by the Sarawak territory of Malaysia?
9) What is the usual name for the sea of Cortes?
10) Which area of France is known for the breeding of white horses and black bulls?
ANSWER
1) Sao Paulo
2) Zealand
3) Florence
4) Louis Xiv
5) Beaufort Sea
6) Detroit
7) Red Crescent
8) Brunei
9) Gulf Of California
10) Carmargue
Tourist Attractions
1) Which country presented the Statue of Liberty to the USA?
2) In which capital city could you visit the Bolshoi theatre?
3) What is the name of the soldiers which guard Xian in China?
4) In which English county is the Cheddar Gorge?
5) In which city is the Tivoli amusement park?
6) Which Swiss resort has an annual television festival whose top award is the Golden rose?
7) In which European Country is the original Legoland?
8) What is the major tourist attraction of the Texan city of San Antonio?
9) In which city can you climb the Spanish Steps?
10) In which Californian town is the Disneyland Park
ANSWER
1) France
2) Moscow
3) Terracotta
4) Somerset
5) Copenhagen
6) Montreaux
7) Denmark
8) The Alamo
9) Rome
10) Anaheim
SPACE
1) What was the first artificial satellite?
2) Who was the first living creature in space?
3) Who was the first man in space?
4) What was the name of the American mission to land a man on the moon?
5) Which country built the Saturn V rocket?
6) Clyde Tombaugh is credited with the discovery of what?
7) Which was the first space probe to leave the solar system?
8) What is the name of the space shuttle destroyed in mid-air 28 Jan 1986?
9) What was the name of the American space station?
10) How many US space shuttles are there?
ANSWERS
1) Sputnik 1
2) Laika the dog
3) Yuri Gagarin
4) The Apollo Project
5) USA
6) Pluto
7) Pioneer 10
8) Challenger
9) Skylab
10) 4 (Columbia, Endeavour, Discovery and Atlantis)
Pop Music Trivia
1) Who was the lead singer with the Spencer Davis group?
2) Whose second number 1 album was “a day at the races”?
3) Who recorded with San Jose calling himself Rodriguez Argentina
4) What was on the run for Manfred Mann in 1968?
5) Who was Harold Melvin’s backing group?
6) How is Doris Kappelhof better known?
7) In which decade was Marvin Gaye born?
8) Whose stabbed head appeared on the cover of her first solo album in the early eighties?
9) In which song do Jack, Stan, Roy, Gus & Lee all feature?
10) What connects Roxy Music with Wet Wet Wet with Abba?
Answers
1) Steve Winwood
2) Queen
3) Rod Argent
4) Fox
5) The Bluenotes
6) Doris day
7) 1930s
8) Debbie Harry
9) 50 ways to leave your lover
10) All had hits with songs entitled Angel Eyes
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
1) The farandole is a traditional dance from which country?
2) Name any 2 of the 4 inns of court which call candidates to the bar?
3) How many feet are there in a fathom?
4) What famous world-wide organisation developed from a pamphlet called Un Souvenir de Solferino written by a Swiss Jean Henri Dunant in 1862?
5) Which item of furniture may be described as a cricket, drum, eagle, hutch or Sutherland?
6) How many points are there on a compass?
7) In the USA there are 4 time zones, name them?
8) For what is the Queen Elizabeth Coronation Award given?
9) A factory in a garden village was the idea of George and Richard Cadbury in 1879. What was this village named?
10) What is the name of the dog in Punch and Judy?
ANSWERS
1) France
2) Inner Temple, Middle temple, Lincolns Inn and Grays Inn
3) 6
4) The Red Cross
5) Table
6) 32
7) Eastern, Central, Mountain, Pacific
8) Outstanding services to Ballet
9) Bourneville
10) Toby
ENTERTAINMENT
1) How many of the four man crew in the film Deliverance survived?
2) Which band had a hit with Rubber bullets in 1973?
3) Who portrayed Felix Unger in the film the Odd couple?
4) What frog emceed The Muppet Show?
5) What are the Christian names of the Everley Brothers?
6) What naturalist was impersonated by Lenny Henry?
7) What film was grace Kelly making in Monaco when she met Prince Rainier?
8) Who was Lancashire’s radio dwarf?
9) Who sang the theme to the TV series rawhide?
10) Who played the lead role in the film Never say never again?
ANSWERS
1) 3
2) 10cc
3) Jack Lemmon
4) Kermit
5) Phil and Don
6) David Bellamy
7) To catch a thief
8) Jimmy Clitheroe
9) Frankie Laine
10) Sean Connery
SPORT
1) How many seconds can a professional boxer have around the ring?
2) Name either of the two clubs who have won the FA cup final after being 2 goals down?
3) In what sport would you hear a 16th century military command meaning beware?
4) What is the world’s longest regular sailing race?
5) In American Football what is a ‘ Hail Mary pass’?
6) What is the most southerly racecourse in the British Isles?
7) Which is Alf Garnets favourite football team?
8) What is the official Olympic abbreviation for Great Britain?
9) In cycling , what did the milk race used to be known as?
10) What sport are red and white markings used indoors, but blue is added out of doors?
ANSWERS
1) 4
2) Blackpool (1953) Everton (1966)
3) Golf (Fore)
4) Whitbread Round the world race
5) One with little chance of completion
6) Les Lands in Jersey
7) West Ham
8) GBR
9) The Tour of Britain
10) Tug-of-war
Easy Pot Luck
1) With which political party do we associate William Whitelaw?
2) With which pop group did Sting perform originally?
3) In which city are the administrative headquarters of Hampshire?
4) What was the name of the bear on The Muppet Show?
5) As what did Henri Toulousse lautrec achieve fame?
6) Which American artist painted Campbell’s Soup Can?
7) What is the official language of Nigeria?
8) Who wrote the novel the Moon and sixpence?
9) American, Australian and Canadian are all codes of which sport?
10) Which newspaper tycoon drowned in 1991?
Answers
1) Conservative
2) The Police
3) Winchester
4) Fozzie Bear
5) Artist
6) Andy Warhol
7) English
8) Somerset Maughan
9) Football
10) Robert Maxwell
COLOURS
1) By what name is Priscilla White better known?
2) In which year was colour television introduced to Britain? Was it 1965, 1966, 1967 or 1968
3) Who wrote The Color Purple?
4) Where in Great Britain are the Black Mountains?
5) Who played the part of Velvet Brown in National Velvet?
6) Where can the Blue Grotto be found?
7) What colour is Topaz?
8) With What song did Procal Harum have their first number 1 hit in 1967?
9) In which novel did Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson first appear?
10) Who owned a horse called Black Bess?
ANSWERS
1) Cilla Black
2) 1967
3) Alice Walker
4) South Wales
5) Elizabeth Taylor
6) Capri, Italy
7) Yellow
8) A Whiter Shade of Pale
9) A study in scarlet
10) Dick Turpin
POT LUCK
1) What is amnesia?
2) Which motor manufacturing company was started by Lord Nuffield?
3) What do the initials NATO stand for?
4) What kind of animal is a Cheviot a breed?
5) With whom did Timothy John Evans famously share a house?
6) In which month does the Lord Mayors Show take place in London?
7) Who first said, ‘Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so few’?
8) Of which chemical element is the symbol the letter N?
9) Wake Up Little Susie was a hit for which pop duo?
10) Who first reached the South Pole in December 1911?
ANSWERS
1) Loss Of Memory
2) Morris Car Company
3) North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
4) Sheep
5) Dr Crippen
6) November
7) Winston Churchill
8) Nitrogen
9) The Everley Brothers
10) Roald Amunsden
SPORT
1) In Boxing, who was the 1964 Olympic Heavyweight champion?
2) Who scored the first goal in the Premiership league this year?
3) Which snooker player was awarded the MBE in 1985?
4) What is the limit of the length of a vaulting pole?
5) Who was the first British Footballer to be transferred for a £1,000,000?
6) In Golf, what is the maximum amount of time allowed to look for a lost ball?
7) In which sport is there an annual award called ‘The Golden Glove’?
8) What is the name of the cycle race where two riders start opposite one another and try to catch the opponent?
9) Who was the first left handed women to win Wimbledon?
10) What first took place at Prestwick on 17th October 1860?
ANSWERS
1) Joe Frazier
2) Emile Heskey
3) Ray Reardon
4) None. As long as you can handle it.
5) Trevor Francis in 1979
6) 5 minutes
7) Baseball
8) The pursuit
9) Ann Jones (1969)
10) British open golf tournament
LITERATURE
1) Who created the mischievous schoolboy hero William?
2) Which great book was started in Bedford jail in 1675?
3) Who hunted Moby Dick?
4) What sort of factory did Roald Dahl write about?
5) What magic land did C S Lewis write of?
6) Which English poet became Poet Laureate in 1843?
7) Who is the current poet laureate?
8) In Pirandello’s play, how many characters are in search of an author?
9) Who created the detective commander Adam Dalglish?
10) Which newspaper did Harold Evans edit throughout the 1970s
ANSWERS
1) Richmal Crompton
2) The Pilgrims Progress
3) Captain Ahab
4) Chocolate
5) Narnia
6) Wordsworth
7) Ted Hughes
8) 6
9) PD James
10) Sunday times
General Knowledge
1) ICBM stands for what?
2) What was a matchlock?
3) In which TV series did creatures cry “Exterminate”?
4) What is the male equivalent of a ranee?
5) Who duetted with Freddie Mercury on the song Barcelona
6) According to Germans who were “The ladies from Hell”?
7) Who created “Till death do us part”?
8) In two little Boys, what did each boy have that was wooden?
9) Which American rodent builds dams and fells trees?
10) In which river was Jesus Baptised?
Answers
1) Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
2) Gun
3) Dr Who
4) Rajah
5) Monsterrat Cabbelia
6) Scottish Highland soldiers in kilts
7) Johnny Speight
8) Horse
9) Beaver
10) The Jordan
Easy Pot Luck
1) St Winifred’s School choir sang about which relative?
2) Which colour describes Victorian photographs?
3) What word can go after egg and before board?
4) How is or was Rocco Marchegiano better known?
5) In the 1990’s which London football club had the “Famous Five” strike force?
6) Who wrote the novel “The water babies”?
7) What was the nickname of Arthur Marx? (Harpo, Chico, Groucho or Tarby)
8) What kind of school was run by Pussy Galore?
9) Which 2 countries share the longest frontier?
10) From which city does Nick Faldo come?
Answers
1) Grandma
2) Sepia
3) Cup
4) Rocky Marciano
5) Spurs
6) Charles Kingsley
7) Harpo
8) Flying School
9) USA and Canada
10) Welwyn Garden City
Geography
1) Name either of the 2 countries that have shores on lake Titicaca?
2) It was the adopted home of writer Robert Louis Stevenson and its capital city is Apia, which island is it?
3) Where in the world is the Kruger National park?
4) From which region of Europe did Bram Stoker’s Count Dracula come?
5) What, geographically is a caldera?
6) In which country are there 4 official languages, German, Italian, French and Romansch?
7) Name the largest mountain system in North America?
8) Which Australian state has Hobart as its capital?
9) Which is the largest island in the West Indies?
10) An island off the north east coast of England is sometimes called Holy Island. By what other name is it called?
Answers
1) Bolivia / Peru
2) Western Samoa
3) South Africa
4) Transylvania
5) A crater in a Volcano
6) Switzerland
7) The Rockies
8) Tasmania
9) Cuba
10) Lindisfarne
FAMOUS PEOPLE
1) Name 2 of the 4 people who set up the United Artists film corporation in 1919?
2) Which African country did Shirley Temple grow up to become ambassador of?
3) Name the woman dubbed ‘The Queen of burlesque’ who died in 1970?
4) Which American actor, writer & director panicked Americans with a radio broadcast of ‘The War of the worlds’?
5) Who provided the voice of cartoon character Bugs Bunny?
6) Who was the chairmen of the BBC’s long running radio series ‘My Music’?
7) Name the one-time actor husband of Elizabeth Taylor who died in July 1979?
8) Which member of the goons was the first to leave the cast?
9) Who is the wife of film director Bryan Forbes?
10) Name the 2 spice girls who are said to be pregnant?
ANSWERS
1) Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks or DW Griffith
2) Ghana
3) Gypsy Rose Lee
4) Orson Welles
5) Mel Blanc
6) Steve Race
7) Michael Wilding
8) Michael Bentine
9) Nanette Newman
10) Posh & Scary (Victoria & Mel B)
SPORT
1) Who was the bearded doctor from Bristol who became the best batsman in England in the late 19th century?
2) Which athletic event commemorates Pheidippides, who carried to Athens news of a Greek victory over the Persians?
3) Which team won the 1988 FA Cup Final?
4) Which runner broke the world record for the 100 metres at the 1988 Olympic Games but was disqualified for using drugs?
5) Name the four strokes in competitive swimming?
6) Which brothers played in the England football team that won the 66 World Cup?
7) How many players are there in a Rugby league side?
8) Who became the first man to run a mile in under 4 minutes at Oxford in 1954?
9) What Boxing weight lies between light flyweight and Bantamweight?
10) In which city were the 1968 Summer Olympics held?
ANSWERS
1) W G Grace
2) The Marathon
3) Wimbledon
4) Ben Johnson
5) Freestyle, Butterfly, Backstroke, Breaststroke
6) Bobby and Jackie Charlton
7) 13
8) Roger Bannister
9) Flyweight
10) Mexico City
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
1) According to international avaition law if a plane is flying between Belgium and France and crashes half way across the border in which country do they bury the survivors?
2) What is aurora austrlis otherwise known as?
3) Which rank in the Royal Navy is junior to a rear admiral but senior to a commander?
4) Who formulated the principal ‘Cogito Ergo Sum’ - I think therefore I am?
5) Which letter is represented by a single dot in Morse code?
6) What name is given to the loudspeaker used in HI FI s to produce low frequencies?
7) Name the three crosses that form the Union Jack?
8) What is the non-technical name for a Third Molar?
9) What is the name given to the American daily index of stock exchange prices based on the average price of a selected number of securities?
10) Name the uncut loops in the pile of towelling or of similar fabric?
ANSWERS
1) Don’t bury survivors
2) Southern Lights
3) Captain
4) Rene Descartes
5) E
6) A Woofer
7) St Georges, St Andrews, St patricks
8) Wisdom
9) Dow Jones
10) Terries
Easy Pot Luck
1) Colin Milburn is associated with which sport?
2) In which month is VE Day?
3) Moving anti-clockwise on a dartboard, what number is next to 16?
4) Who wrote the novel A Town Like Alice?
5) According to international and aviation law if a plane crashes on the border between France and Belgium where do they bury the survivors?
6) Which UK manufacturer produced the Alpine?
7) In billiards how many points are scored for a cannon?
8) A car must have an MOT by what age?
9) Jacob Marley appears in which Charles Dickens novel?
10) Gorgonzola cheese is made in which country?
Answers
1) Cricket
2) May
3) 7
4) Nevil Shute
5) They don’t bury survivors
6) Chrysler-Talbot
7) 2
8) 3 years
9) A Christmas Carol
10) Italy
Geographical Trivia
1) Of what is pumpernickel a German variety
2) Which holiday islands belonging to Portugal have the same name as a type of rich sponge cake?
3) What name is given to the calm regions of water close to the equator?
4) What is the capital of the Alsace region of France?
5) With which Italian city is the Portuguese born monk St Anthony associated?
6) Which island country in the Indian Ocean lies off the coast of east Africa about 400 miles from Mozambique?
7) What is the name of the South African movement led by chief Buthelezi?
8) Calcutta is the Indian city built on the westernmost mouth of the delta of which river?
9) Where is Ellis island?
10) Which Canadian city is the country’s chief port on the Pacific coast?
Answers
1) Bread
2) Madeira Islands
3) Doldrums
4) Strasbourg
5) Padua
6) Madagascar
7) Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP)
8) Ganges
9) New York Harbour
10) Vancouver
Sport
1) In 1994 the Chinese sporting World Champions Lu Bin and Yang Aihua tested positive for drugs, in which sport?
2) Who was Wimbledon Women’s Singles champion in 1994?
3) Who was Olympic Boxing Light heavyweight Gold medallist in 1960?
4) Imran khan played cricket for Worcestershire and which other English county?
5) Which new watersport was added to the Olympics in 1984?
6) In which sport did Wilt Chamberlain and Alton Byrd achieve fame?
7) What is the last event of the Decathlon?
8) In cricket, who scored England’s first test century?
9) Which was the first country to win the Football World Cup
10) Which sport is enjoyed by the Leander club?
Answers
1) Swimming
2) Conchita Martinez
3) Cassius Clay
4) Sussex
5) Synchronised swimming
6) Basketball
7) 1500m
8) WG Grace
9) Uruguay
10) Rowing
Words
1) What was the name for the wooden head of a women with a clay pipe in her mouth at fairs and at which people threw wooden balls?
2) What in the building trade is called “harling” in Scotland?
3) What J is the name given to a person who brings bad luck or is Jinxed?
4) What is the opposite of Dunce?
5) Apart from a dance, what is a Bolero?
6) Which word derived from Polynesian means forbidden or Prohibited?
7) What is a Tiddy Oggie , is it a Fish, a Cornish Pastie, a small coin, a Greek dance or a loose lady?
8) What name is given to foolishly extravagant or useless structures built for amusement or pride?
9) What are the corns in Corn beef?
10) What is the only English anagram of the MADDENING?
Answers
1) Aunt Sally
2) Pebble dashing or Rough Cast
3) Jonah
4) Dux
5) A short jacket
6) Taboo
7) A Cornish Pasty
8) Follies
9) Salt
10) Demanding
General Knowledge
1) Who sang the theme to the Bond film “You only live twice”?
2) Which part of France would you come from if you were a Breton?
3) Huey Lewis had a hit with “The Power of Love” from which film?
4) Which South American country’s name translates as Rich Coast?
5) How many inches wide should a wicket be?
6) What make of car was Leslie Crowther driving in his 1992 accident?
7) Who was seriously injured at the Nurburgring circuit in August 1976?
8) In Monopoly, how much is paid for school fees?
9) Which character was played by Cheryl Ladd in Charlie’s Angels?
10) Who taught Princess Anne to play tennis?
Answers
1) Nancy Sinatra
2) Brittany
3) Back to the future
4) Costa Rica
5) 9
6) Rolls Royce
7) Niki Lauda
8) £150
9) Kris Monroe
10) Dan Maskell
LITERATURE
1) What was the first book of the trilogy that ended with Pitcairns Island?
2) Who wrote of the Vicar of Wakefield?
3) What detective retired to become a beekeeper?
4) What ancient Greek had the world on his shoulders?
5) What story features Flopsy, Mopsy and Cottontail?
6) Whose lover was Mellors?
7) What Persian poet is famed for Rubiayat
8) Which detective is the famous creation of Mickey Spillane?
9) What was little Miss Muffet eating when she sat on her tuffet?
10) Who described her pupils as la creme de la creme?
ANSWERS
1) Mutiny on the bounty
2) Oliver Goldsmith
3) Sherlock Holmes
4) Atlas
5) Tales of Peter Rabbit
6) Lady Chatterley’s
7) Omar Khayyam
8) Mike Hammer
9) Curds and Whey
10) Jean Brodie
COLLECTIVE NOUNS
1) Which word should be used to describe a group of either antelopes, buffaloes, deer or elephants?
2) Which word should be used to describe a group of bees, flies or locusts?
3) A skulk is a collective noun describing a group of which carnivorous animals found in Britain?
4) Which word should be used to describe a group of monkeys or kangaroos?
5) An Unkindness is a collective noun describing a group of which birds?
6) What is the collective noun for a group of leopards?
7) Which group of people are collectively known as an ambush?
8) Which word should be used to describe a group of wolves, weasels or dogs?
9) What is the collective name for a group of ferrets called?
10) A pandemonium is the collective noun describing which kind of colourful bird?
ANSWERS
1) Herd
2) Swarm
3) Foxes
4) Troop
5) Ravens
6) Leap
7) Widows
8) Pack
9) A business
10) Parrots
Buildings
1) Which English cities Cathedral is famous for its three spires?
2) Where is the oldest Casino in the world?
3) Radio City Musical Hall, New York is the world largest what?
4) Which Shah built the Taj Mahal?
5) Which Famous London front door is can only be opened from the inside?
6) Which building in Rome was the venue for Gladiatorial contests?
7) In which city is the Ashmolean museum?
8) In which city are the Petronas Towers?
9) What is the most popular pub name in the UK?
10) What is the name of The World’s Largest water wheel on the Isle of Man?
Answers
1) Lichfield
2) Monte Carlo
3) Cinema
4) Shah Jahan
5) No 10 Downing Street
6) The Colosseum
7) Oxford
8) Kuala Lumpur
9) The Red Lion
10) Lady Isabella
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
1) Which group of assassins in feudal Japan were reputed to make themselves invisible?
2) What is Frances largest vehicle manufacturer?
3) What mentioned first in 1525 boosts Scottish tourism by an average £ 25 million a year?
4) What name was adopted by Rodilf Alfonso Gugliemi di Valentina?
5) Apart from Harpo and Groucho name the 3 remaining Marx brothers?
6) Which city was once known as constantinople?
7) What is the common name for Sodium Chloride?
8) To what did the Saxe-Coburg-Gotha family change its name in 1917?
9) What is the worlds largest inland sea?
10) What is the national sport of Japan?
Answers
1) Ninja
2) Renault
3) The Loch Ness Monster
4) Rudolph Valentino
5) Chico, Zeppo and Gummo
6) Istanbul
7) Salt
8) Windsor
9) Caspian Sea
10) Sumo Wrestling
MYTHOLOGY
1) Who in Greek Mythology destroyed the monsters Python and Cyclops?
2) What were the names of the twins who according to legend, were abandoned and suckled by a she wolf?
3) In Greek mythology who is the goddess of war, wisdom and liberal?
4) According to the legend where did Robin Hood and his merry men live?
5) According to the legend what creature did Saint George slay?
6) What was the name of the 2 faced god of doorways and Archways?
7) Who is the Roman God of War and protector of vegetation?
8) Who was the mythical queen of the Amazons?
9) In Hebrew, does the name Satan mean angel, devil adversary or idiot?
10) Which mythological character, famous for his great beauty, had a son and daughter by Aphrodite?
Answers
1) Apollo
2) Romulous And Remus
3) Athena (in roman mythology identified with Minerva)
4) Sherwood Forrest
5) Dragon
6) Janus (January)
7) Mars
8) Hippolyte
9) Adversary
10) Adonis
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
1) What is the name given to someone who gains unauthorised access to a computer?
2) What are Whites, Brook’s, The Athenæum and Boodles?
3) In chess what is another name for the castle?
4) In which TV time travel series did Scott Bakula play the lead?
5) What was the setting for the 1984 TV Series Trippers day?
6) What is the third nearest planet to the sun?
7) With what would you associate Jo Barbera and William Hanna?
8) Which paper size measures 210mm x 297mm?
9) What imperial weight measure is equal to 6.35 Kg?
10) What does the abbreviation BFPO?
Answers
1) A Hacker
2) London Club’s
3) Rook
4) Quantum leap
5) Supermarket
6) Earth
7) Cartoons
8) A4
9) A Stone
10) British Forces Post Office
POP TRIVIA
1) Who had albums entitled Complete Madness and Divine Madness?
2) Who was backed by the group The Blockheads?
3) How is Annie Mae Bullock better known?
4) What is the home country of van Morrison?
5) Which song has been a No.1 for Tommy Roe and Vic Reeves?
6) Which actor and singer was Born David Cook in Plaistow?
7) Whose first hit was “Shake Rattle & Roll” in 1954?
8) In which decade was Dolly Parton born?
9) Penny ford and Turbo B were vocalists with which 90s group?
10) Which singer was Leo Sayers manager
Answers
1) Madness
2) Ian Dury
3) Tina Turner
4) Ireland
5) Dizzy
6) David Essex
7) Bill Hailey & His Comets
8) 1940s
9) Snap
10) Adam faith
Easy General Knowledge
1) Which Elvis song has the words “You ain’t never caught a rabbit”?
2) Which stimulant is found in tea and coffee?
3) Who has a dog called Gnasher?
4) What word can go before down, jumping and off?
5) Which make-up item is the French word for red?
6) Who wrote “Send in the clowns”?
7) Which French phrase used in English means already seen?
8) What number is represented by the roman numeral M?
9) What is the only English anagram of Means Test?
10) The airline Crossair is based in which country?
Answers
1) Hound Dog
2) Caffeine
3) Dennis the Menace
4) Show
5) Rouge
6) Stephen Sondheim
7) Deja Vu
8) 1000
9) Statesman
10) Switzerland
Sport
1) Pyramids was a 19th century forerunner of which sport?
2) What name is given to a martial art form developed in Korea and officially since 1955 part of Korean traditional culture?
3) In tennis what is the winning score in a tie break
4) How high in feet and inches above the ground is the centre of a dart board; 5’6”, 5’8”, 5’10” 6’ or any height
5) In cycling what name is given to a race around the closed streets of a town or city?
6) In which sport is Betty Calloway a coach?
7) Where is the Grand National normally run?
8) What was the former name of the triple jump?
9) Who in 1991, became the first man to win World Boxing titles at 6 different weights?
10) Who holds the record for standing as umpire in most test cricket matches?
Answers
1) Snooker
2) Taekwondo
3) First to 7 with a 2 points lead
4) 5’8”
5) Criteriums
6) Ice Skating
7) Aintree
8) Hop, Step And Jump
9) Thomas Hearns
10) Harold “Dickie” Bird
General Knowledge
1) Which actor was James Bond in the film Thunderball?
2) Which TV show’s format was based on the producers experience at the hands of the Gestapo?
3) What colour is Scooby Doo’s collar in the cartoons?
4) How many pairs of ribs does a human adult normally have?
5) In which century was Paul Cezanne born?
6) What do you do with a Wonton?
7) In Morse code what letter is represented by 3 dashes?
8) In which Dickens novel does Kit Nubbles appear?
9) Where was Britain’s first motor-racing course opened in 1909?
10) Josef Jacobs was the last man to be hanged where?
Answers
1) Sean Connery
2) Mastermind
3) Blue
4) 12
5) 19th Century
6) Eat it
7) O
8) The Old curiosity shop
9) Brooklands
10) The Tower of London
SPORT
1) Who was the first female jockey to ride in the Grand National?
2) In 1967 which golfer made the first televised hole in one?
3) How many players are there in a baseball team?
4) On his 28th attempt to win the race, which jockey rode pinza to win the 1953 English Derby?
5) Which football team, in the Scottish league has their home ground in England?
6) In which year were the Olympic games first held in London?
7) In which event did Britons Nash and Dixon win a gold medal at the 1964 Winter Olympics?
8) Who became the world heavyweight boxing champion after the retirement of Rocky Marciano?
9) In the darts game 501, what is the least number of darts required for one player to ‘check out’?
10) Name 3 of the 5 English football league clubs with an X in their name?
Answers
1) Charlotte Brew
2) Tony Jacklin
3) 9
4) Sir Gordon Richards
5) Berwick rangers
6) 1908
7) 2 man bob
8) Floyd Patterson
9) 9
10) Crewe Alexander, Exeter City, Halifax Town, Oxford United, Wrexham
MURDERS AND ASSASSINATIONS
1) Who was assassinated in Dallas on 22 November 1963?
2) Which playwright was murdered in a Deptford tavern in 1593?
3) Which country’s Prime Minister was Olaf Palme, who was assassinated in 1986?
4) In what district of East London did Jack the Ripper pray on women?
5) Who had 7 members of a rival gang killed on St valentines day 1929?
6) Who wrote ‘The murder of Roger Akroyd’?
7) What relation was Marvin Gays assassin?
8) Which Shakespearean character is haunted by the ghost of his murdered father?
9) Who was the last woman to be executed in England?
10) Which country’s royal family was killed at Ekaterinburg?
Answers
1) John F Kennedy
2) Christopher Marlowe
3) Sweden
4) Whitechappel
5) Al Capone
6) Agatha Christie
7) His father
8) Hamlet
9) Ruth Ellis
10) Russia
Easy General Knowledge
1) Which country are KLM from?
2) What is the first name of the cook Dimbleby?
3) In rhyming slang what is Sweeny Todd?
4) Who punched Russell Harty during a chat show?
5) Which cartoon character says “Smarter than the average bear”?
6) What colour do you get if you mix red and yellow?
7) How many sides has a rhombus?
8) In the film “Free Willy” what was Willy?
9) Floors Castle is the Scottish home of which duke?
10) What is special about the words Rose, Oven, Send, Ends
Answers
1) Netherlands
2) Josceline
3) The Flying squad
4) Grace Jones
5) Yogi bear
6) Orange
7) 4
8) A killer Whale
9) The Duke of Roxborough
10) Form a word square and read the same across as down
Easy General Knowledge
1) What is the zodiac sign of the Lion?
2) Which comedian talked about loadsamoney?
3) According to the proverb, how do still waters run?
4) In the broadcasting sector what does ITN stand for?
5) What is the American word for Music hall entertainment?
6) What type of food is a bloomer?
7) Mike O’Hearne was sentenced to 15 months imprisonment this week for corruption, what was his stage name?
8) What do ichthyologists study?
9) Which duo created Birds of a feather?
10) In the war song “Pack up your troubles”, what do you need to light a fag?
Answers
1) Leo
2) Harry Enfield
3) Deep
4) Independent Television News
5) Vaudeville
6) Bread
7) Warrior
8) Fish
9) Marks and Gran
10) A Lucifer
Bigger or the Same
For each of the following which is the larger or are they the same size
1) 5 inches or 10cm
2) 1 mile or 1.61 kilometres
3) A4 or B4 paper size
4) The atomic weight of Lithium or the atomic weight of carbon
5) The area of France or the area of Spain
6) The Petronas Towers or The Sears Tower
7) The population of the United Kingdom or the population of Spain
8) The air distance from London to Delhi or London to Chicago
9) The road distance from London to Bristol or London to Birmingham
10) The size of California or the size of Florida
Answers
1) 5 inches
2) The same
3) B4 (A4 - 210 x 297, B4 - 250 x 353)
4) Carbon (approx. Twice as heavy)
5) France (approx. 10% bigger)
6) Petronas Towers
7) UK (a 1/3 larger)
8) London to Delhi
9) The same (120 miles)
10) California
World Soccer
1) Which striker was known as the Octopus is his home country?
2) Bobby Robson left which club to join Barcelona?
3) Oscar Ruggeri became the highest capped player for which country?
4) Who had the final kick of the 1994 World Cup Final?
5) Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi took over which football club?
6) Who was the first player form Ghana to play in the English league??
7) The club Feyernoord is based in which city?
8) What colour are Germany’s shorts?
9) Which French league club did Glen Hoddle play for?
10) Which major Spanish club is made up of entirely of Basque players?
Answers
1) Faustino Asprilla
2) Porto
3) Argentina
4) Roberto Baggio
5) AC Milan
6) Tony Yeboah
7) Rotterdam
8) Black
9) Monaco
10) Athletico Bilbao
General Knowledge
1. What is the official currency of Liechtenstein?
2. Who was the longest reigning monarch before Victoria?
3. Which ponies were originally used in coal mines
4. Who was the first post war British Winner of a British Grand Prix?
5. At which London tourist attraction would you find a Chines Pagoda?
6. Which bird shooting season runs from October 1st to February 1st?
7. What is the name of Andy Capps wife?
8. Who was the original owner of the Today newspaper?
9. What name is given to Americas most westerly time zone?
10. What is the only English anagram of the word SECTIONAL
Answers
1. The Swiss Franc
2. George III
3. Shetland
4. Stirling Moss
5. Kew Gardens
6. Pheasant
7. Flo (Florrie)
8. Eddie Shah
9. Pacific
10. Coastline
THE NINETIES
1. Fernando Henrique Cardosa became which South American’s countries president in 1995?
2. In which country was the world’s tallest structure until it collapsed during renovation in 1991?
3. In March 1995, who became the first Western Leader to officially meet with Yasser Arafat in Gaza?
4. What did the Queen and president Mitterand of France open on 6th May 1994?
5. Who became the Irish president in 1990?
6. The founder’s grandson of which fashion house was murdered in Milan in March 1995?
7. Which of the Kray twins died in march 1995?
8. Which inquiry was headed by Sir Richard Scott?
9. Which new P & O cruise liner was named by the Queen on 6th April 1995?
10. What year was the Grand National abandoned after 2 false starts?
Answers
1. Brazil
2. Poland
3. John Major
4. The Channel Tunnel
5. Mary Robinson
6. GUCCI
7. Ronald
8. Arms to Iraq
9. ORIANA
10. 1993
Food And Drink
1. What name is given to the fruit of the Blackthorn?
2. What is the name of the Japanese native drink made from rice which is usually drunk warm?
3. What name is given to a side of unsliced bacon?
4. Name the least nutritious fruit in the world?
5. What name is given to the following drinks :- A colourless liqueur of orange flavour
6. French Brandy distilled north of Bordeaux
7. Italian Brandy distilled from grape skins
8. What is the name of the film which forms on the side of good old port?
9. What name is given to very small cubes of fried bread served with soups?
10. The sweet confection marshmallow contains no real marshmallow, inspite of it’s name. What is the main ingredient?
Answers
1. Sloe
2. Sake
3. A Flitch
4. Cucumber
5. Cointreau
6. Cognac
7. Grappa
8. Beeswing
9. Croutons
10. Egg Whites
EASY GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
1. What is the maximum number of clubs a golfer is allowed to use in a game?
2. Which metal is liquid at room temperature?
3. Who said Dr Livingstone I presume?
4. What is the Greek name for the roman god Neptune?
5. What number is opposite 20 on a dartboard?
6. Who was known as The Sweater Girl?
7. Which is the third planet from the sun? (Earth, Neptune, Mars or The Moon)
8. How is Karol Wojtyla better known?
9. What is the Irish for the phrase “Ourselves alone”
10. Who in 1968-69 became the first man to sail non-stop single handed around the world?
Answers
1. 14
2. Mercury
3. Henry Stanley
4. Poseidon
5. 3
6. Lana Turner
7. Earth
8. Pope John Paul II
9. Sinn Fein
10. Robin Knox Johnston
Sport
1. Which athlete won 4 gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics?
2. Who owns The Oval cricket ground?
3. Which Canadian was stripped of his gold medal at the 1988 Olympics after being found to have taken banned steroids?
4. Which football teams met in the first FA Cup final to be played at Wembley?
5. Which F1 champion was killed at Hockenhiem in 1965?
6. How high is the crossbar in Rugby?
7. Who did Boris Becker beat in his first Wimbledon Men’s Singles Final in 1985?
8. In which sport do teams compete for the James Norris Trophy?
9. In which sport might you encounter Spares and Strikes?
10. Who was the first bowler to take 300 wickets in test cricket?
Answers
1. Jesse Owens
2. The Prince of Wales
3. Ben Johnson
4. Bolton Wanderers / West ham
5. Jim Clarke
6. 3 metres (10 feet)
7. Kevin Curie
8. Ice Hockey
9. 10 pin bowling
10. Fred Truman
Entertainment
1. Name the 3 actresses who were the original Charlies Angels?
2. Who wrote the thriller The Day of The Jackel?
3. Who played the lead role in the 1990s black comedy “House of Cards”?
4. What is the television equivalent of the cinema’s Oscar?
5. On which play by George Bernard Shaw is My fair lady based?
6. Which scriptwriting team created the Likely Lads?
7. Where was the first Disney Theme Park?
8. What was the name of the ranch in the TV series Bonanza?
9. Who was the star of the film Dog Day afternoon?
10. Which film features the hit song “I was born under a wandering star”?
Answers
1. Farrah Fawcett Majors, Kate Jackson, Jaclyn Smith
2. Frederick Forsyth
3. Ian Richardson
4. Emmy
5. Pygmalion
6. Ian Clement and Dick La Frenais
7. Disneyland, Anahiem, California
8. Ponderosa
9. Al Pacino
10. Paint your wagon
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