My Joker Round
Choose which subject to double your points on
David Beckham, The Beard of the year Awards or Flowers (it is actually 'flour's but I'm not telling the quizzers that...)
David Beckham
1 David Beckham has bought the rights for a new MLS team
that will be based in which city? Miami
2 He is a UK ambassador for which children's charity? UNICEF
3 He was given a red card whilst playing for England in
the 1998 world cup whilst playing against which nation? Argentina
4 He won a league title in how many countries? 4 England,
Spain, the United States and France.
Beard of the year
awards
5 In 2009 Zach de la Rocha added Beard of the Year to his
band's UK Christmas Number One, he is the vocalist for which group? Rage
against the machine
6 Cricketers feature strongly in the awards but which
ginger swinger has been both runner up and winner? Andrew Freddie Flintoff
7 Michael Eavis of Glastonbury fame won beard of the
noughties but which long reigning left wing leader did he beat by the merest
'whisker'? Fidel Castro
8 The Beard of the year awards are hosted by an
organisation that opposes discrimination against people who wear beards, what do
its initials BLF stand for? Beard Liberation Front
Flours
9 What name is given to the type of flour often used for cakes that comes pre-mixed
with baking Soda and salt? Self Raising
10 What type of flour contains the germ and the bran?
Whole meal or whole grain
11 Which brand is advertised with the slogan “bread with
nowt taken out”? Allison
12 What name is given to the protein in flour to which
some people have an allergy? Gluton
Some extra questions
Which country is the largest – Sweden or Germany? Sweden
Which three cricket counties have never won the county
championship? Gloucestershire, Northamptonshire and Somerset
Which two home nations finished top if their euro
qualifying groups? England and Northern Ireland
North Dakota s Capital is named after which German
Chancellor? Bismark
What are the three main sporting pastimes in Mongolia,
Horse racing, archery and wrestling
