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Cheltenham Quiz August Week 4

A few to keep you going!

1 Who beat Manchester united 4-0 in the league cup this week? MK dons

2 Besides its small coastline, the Gambia is completely surrounded by which country? Senegal

3 What is the maximum a university can charge for tuition fees? £9,000

4 What operating system is used an a Samsung galaxy? Android

5What call sign was used by Luke skywalker in Star Wars and by Nigel Mansell when he raced for Williams? Red 5

6 What is the current minimum wage for someone 21 years or older? £6.31

7 Where would you find the initials WD, GS, GD and WA amongst others? Netball Postions

8 Which singer and actress portrayed the green fairy in Moulin Rouge? Kylie Minogue

9 In a baseball team, how many players are there? Nine
10 Name the football team: They started life as a cricket club, They have been European champions and they won more trophies in the 90’s than any other English football team? -  Aston Villa (oh it was the 1890’s!)

11 In which children’s drama would you have found the characters Geoff duncan Debbie spuggie and PJ? Byker Grove

12 Which female presenter joined blue peter in 1997 and stayed on the show for 10 years? Konnie Huq

13 From 2002 to 2005 which duo were in da bungalow? Dick and Dom

14 Which Staurday morning show was presented by amongst others Andi Peters, Emma Forbes Jamie theakston and zoe ball? Live and Kicking

15 True of false Botox Botulinum toxin is the most acutely lethal toxin known? True

16 Which operating system for the home computer was launched by Microsoft in 2001? Windows XP

17 Bonkers and Dance Wiv me were both number one singles for who? Dizzee Rascal

Broomhill and Brass 15th. Aug.14

Some quiz Rounds

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Broomhill and Brass 17th. Aug.14

Some recent quizzes


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Broomhill and Brass 16th. Aug.14

Some recent quiz rounds. Many thanks to all fellow quizzers for their quizzes and ideas.


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Chapel House 07-14 Aug

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Cheltenham Quiz August Quiz 1

1 Who is the husband of Zara Philips? Mike Tindall

2 Which has the highest population Norway or Finland? Finland

3 Which Author created inspector Wexford? Ruth Rendal

4 Which is the oldest BBC 2 or ITV? ITV

5 JC Chasez, Chris Kirkpatrick, Joey Fatone, and Lance Bass, who is missing? Justin Timberlake (members of Nsync)

6 Who took 6 wickets, got man of the match and had his nose broken in the last test? Stuart Broad

7 Prince William is leaving the army to do what new job next year? Air Ambulance pilot

8 Which bbc cookery competition known by its initials GBBO has just returned to our screens? Great British Bake off

9 Which member of the house of lords resigned as a foreign office minister last week? Baroness Warsi

10 In the live tv debate who opposed Alec Salmond? Alistair Darling

11 What is the name of the ESA probe that has met up with a comet? Rosetta

Hercules

12 Who was the father of Hercules? Zeus (accept Jupiter)

13How many labours were part of Hercules trials? Twelve

14 Who plays Hercules in the current cinema film? Dwayne Johnson

15 One of his quest was to capture the girdle of Hypolita, she was queen of the who? Amazons

What was the year

Portsmouth win the FA CUp

Alistair Darling gives his first budget as Chancellor of the Exchequer.

American boy is a number 1 hit for Estelle

2008

Doom 3 is released for the PC, Tony Blair visits Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, Armed robbers steal Edvard Munch's The Scream, from a Museum in Oslo

2004

Cheltenham Summer Geek Quiz

Our summer geek Quiz, rather specialist but I'm sure you can use a few

This seasons theme was "time travel"

Paul

 

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General

1 What time travel book was written by by HG wells? The Time Machine

2 What craft does Doctor who use to travel through time? TARDIS

3 What does Marty McFly and Doc brown use (usually!) a Deloreon

4 In 2010 four friends travel back to 1986 in what unusual form of time machine? Hot Tub

5 What is the chemical formula for table salt? NaCl

6 What device was first used by man to split light into its component colours? Prism

7 Which company introduced the worlds first portable cassette player? Sony

8 What is the storage capacity of a single layered DVD? 4.7Gb

9 Who are the enemies of the autobots? The decepticons

10 By revenue which is the worlds largest Information technology company – Apple, Microst or Samsung? Samsung

Round two

Back to the future

1 The De’loreon travels through time when it reaches what speed? 88mph

2 What was the name of BTTF’s main bully ? Biff Tannin

3 What was the final quote from the original back to the future? where we're going, we don't need roads

4 How much electricity is needed to power the flux capacitor? 1.21 Gigawatts

This week in History

5 In 1801 The name of the American ship that captured the Barbary flagship the tripolitana was the USS what? Enterprise

6 100 years ago today Great Britain declared war on Germany after they invaded which country? Belgium

7 Who set sail from Palos de la Frontera, Spain on 3rd August 1492? Christopher Coloumbus

8 On this day in 1958 the USA launched its first official music chart, what is it called? Billboard hot 100

The Science of Time Travel

9 True or false everything you see is in the past? True

10 Which british phyisicist cited the lack of time traveller tourists from the future as evidence that it is not possible to travel back in time? Stephen Hawking

11 Specifically. which theory states that if you were to travel at close to the speed of light that while only a short time would pass for you many years would pass for those on earth? Special Relativity

12 Before they were confirmed to have come from false readings which European organisation said it had measured Tau nutrinos travelling faster than the speed of light? CERN

Round three

Modern Doctor Who

1 In which internet short would you have heard the line4 I’m a doctor though probably not thre one you were expecting? Night of the doctor

2 With which device was the war doctor going to bring about an end to the war between the timelords and the daleks? The moment

3 Which doctor used up two regenerations? David Tennant

4 What is the first episode of the new series to be called? Deep Breath

An Excellent Adventure through history

5 One of the characters they meet up with is William H. Bonney, how is he better known? Billy the Kid

6 On which island was Napoleon imprisoned by the british? St Helena

7 Which Austrian neurologist became known as the founding father of psychoanalysis? Sigmund Freud

8 which classical Greek  philosopher credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy is chiefly known through the writings of his stundentssuch as plato? Socrates

HG Wells The Time Machine

9 When was the Time Machine originally published, 1895, 1905 or 1925? 1895

10 Rod taylor played the time traveller in the 1960’s film but who played him in the remake? Guy Pearce

11 What are the names of the two tribes the time traveller encounters in the far future? Eloi and Morlocks

12 In the 1960’s film the time traveller was given a name, one of Mr Wells’ what was it? George

 

Quantum Leap

1 What is the surname of the character played by Scott Bakula in Quantum Leap? Sam Beckett

2 Sam saves which very famous doctor from choking? Dr Henry Heimlich

3 What was the only time period that sam could leap around in? His own Lifetime

4 What is the name of the artificial intelligence that runs the quantum leap project? Ziggy

Life on Mars/Ashes to ashes

5 Who wrote and performed the songs that these tv series were named after? David Bowie

6 Phil Glenister plays which character in both series? Gene Hunt

7 Sam Tyler is working as a policeman in 1973, where is he in the present day? In a coma/in hospital

8 If life on mars was 1973, what year was Ashes to Ashes? 1982

Time Travel in Star Trek

9 In the Voyage home what nickname did the enterprise crew give to their captured Klingon bird of prey? The Bounty

10 Which  member or the original cast time travelled into the past to join up with JJ Abrams reboot? Leonard Nimoy

11 In Star Trek First Contact who did Geordie leforge meet that he had hero worshipped as a child? Zephram Cochram

12 The crew of Seep space nine travel back over a hundred years to find them selves aboard the enterprise that is infested with what? Tribbles

Final Round

1 Name the five members of the film version of guardians of the Galaxy? Gamora, Starlord, Drax, Rocket, Groot

2 Which ex Doctor Who assistant plays nebula? Karen Gillan

3 Baddie Ronan is a member of which Alien race? Kree

4 James Brolin voiced which super powerful villain? Thanos

5 What name is given to the hypothetical particle used in both physics examples and star trek? Tachyon

6 In which film would you hear the lines We had better split up, Yeah we can do more damage that way? Ghostbusters

7 Name the Terry Gilliam film that starred Bruce willis and Brad Pitt? Twelve Monkeys

8 In What year did the time traveller encounter the two tribes? AD 802,701

9 Which Time loop film was directed by Duncan Jones and starred Jake Gyllenhaal? Source Code

10 Who was sent back in time from 2029 to 1984 to destroy humanities future? The Terminator

11 What is the name of the 1960’s American tv series where two men are lost in time? The Time Tunnel

12 Name the 1970’s british time travel series starring Joanna Lumley and David mcCallum? Sapphire and Steel

13 Which actor from Brussels played timecop? Jean Clude Van Damme

14 Which famous American author wrote the time travel story A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court? Mark Twain

Chapel House

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Bell & Bear Quiz 31st July 2014

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Last Bell & Bear quiz.


Pat McGrath

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