Quiztime - 2003 Files (Jan - Jun)

1. WHICH ANIMAL GIVES BIRTH TO THE WORLD’S BIGGEST BABIES
(BLUE WHALE)
2. AFTER THE CRASH OF THE SPACE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA, HOW MANY SPARE SHUTTLES HAS NASA GOT LEFT
(THREE – Atlantis, Discovery and Endeavour)
3. HOW MANY DAYS DO YOU HAVE, TO CLAIM A WIN ON A NATIONAL LOTTERY TICKET
(180 DAYS)
4. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE RUSSIAN TEENAGE LESBIAN POP GROUP WHO HAVE BEEN NUMBER ONE IN THE CHARTS
(TATU)
5. WHICH COUNTRY HOSTS THE FIRST GRAND SLAM TENNIS TOURNAMENT OF THE YEAR
(AUSTRALIA)
6. WHICH MAGAZINE IS BEING SUED BY MICHAEL DOUGLAS AND CATHERINE ZETA-JONES FOR TAKING THEIR WEDDING PHOTOS
(HELLO)
7. HOW MANY PEOPLE SIT ON AN INTERNATIONAL FIGURE SKATING JUDGING PANEL
(NINE)
8. IF ‘URTICA’ GREW IN YOUR GARDEN SHOULD YOU:- MOW IT, PRUNE IT OR DIG IT UP
(DIG IT UP – Nettle)
9. IN DECEMBER 1998, A MAN FROM CHINA LIFTED A 50 KILO PILE OF BRICKS, WHICH WERE HUNG FROM A CLAMP THAT WAS FASTENED TO WHICH PART OF HIS BODY
(HIS EARS)
10. MAKING A RETURN TO OUR TV SCREENS, WHICH OF THE ‘MISTER MEN’ IS COLOURED ORANGE AND HAS LONG, RUBBERY, SNAKE-LIKE ARMS
(MISTER TICKLE)
11. WHICH AMERICAN ACTOR HAS SPENT OVER EIGHTY WEEKS ON THE U.K. POP CHART WITH FOUR SINGLES – ALL FROM THE SAME MUSICAL
(JOHN TRAVOLTA – Grease)
12. WHICH SPORTING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP WAS HELD RECENTLY AT POTTER’S HOLIDAY CAMP IN EAST ANGLIA
(BOWLS)
13. IN WHICH ENGLISH COUNTY DID THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY TAKE PLACE IN 1963
(BUCKINGHAMSHIRE)
14. WHOSE MENAGERIE HAS INCLUDED ‘MUSCLES THE SNAKE’, ‘JABBA THE GIRAFFE’ AND ‘THRILLER THE STALLION’
(MICHAEL JACKSON – and Bubbles the Chimp)
15. A NEW DRUG, CIALIS, WAS RELEASED THIS WEEK, WHAT IS IT USED FOR
(IMPOTENCE – apparently you can keep it up for 24 Hours!)
16. WHICH CITY HAS A POLICE DEPARTMENT DEVOTED SOLELY TO DEALING WITH MOTORISTS WHO DRIVE INTO CANALS
(AMSTERDAM)
17. WHICH MYTHOLOGICAL CREATURE COULD ONLY BE TAMED BY A VIRGIN
(UNICORN)
18. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE NEW TILTING TRAIN WHICH RECENTLY LEFT MANCHESTER FOR LONDON, ALTHOUGH IT DOESN’T YET TILT!
(PENDULINO)
19. WHICH POPULAR SNACK HAS SHOWN A 38 PER CENT INCREASE IN SALES SINCE RE-INTRODUCING PAGE THREE GIRLS ON THEIR PACKAGING
(BIG D NUTS)
20. OF ALL THE BEATLES NUMBER ONE HIT SINGLES, WHICH IS THE ONLY ONE WITH A SINGLE WORD IN THE TITLE
(HELP! – ‘Yesterday’ only got to number 8, ‘Michelle’ wasn’t issued as a single)

21. DAVID BLUNKETT’S GUIDE DOG LUCY HAS RETIRED, WHAT IS THE NAME OF HER REPLACEMENT
(SADIE)
22. WHICH TELEVISION COMEDY SERIES, THAT STARTED LIFE AS A ONE-OFF PLAY IN
1973 IS NOW THE LONGEST RUNNING TV SERIES IN THE WORLD WITH 23 SERIES BEING MADE
(LAST OF THE SUMMER WINE)
23. WHAT IS THE COLLECTIVE NAME FOR A GROUP OF CAMELS
(A TRAIN)
24. WHAT IS THE NAME OF DR EVIL’S CAT IN AUSTIN POWERS
(MR BIGGLESWORTH)
25. WHICH COUNTRY HAS BEEN RULED BY SEVEN KINGS CALLED MAGNUS
(NORWAY)
26. WHAT CAUSED THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT TO DECLARE A STATE OF EMERGENCY
ON THIS DAY (9th Feb) IN 1972
(MINERS STRIKE)
27. TO WHICH ENGLISH COUNTY WOULD YOU VISIT TO SEE THE EDEN PROJECT
(CORNWALL)
28. IT WILL SOON BE ST.VALENTINE’S DAY, BUT, IN THE ST.VALENTINE’S DAY MASACRE, WHAT WERE THE HITMEN DRESSED AS
(POLICEMEN)
29. BILATERAL PRE ORBITAL HAEMATOMA IS MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS WHAT
(A BLACK EYE)
30. ON THIS DAY (9th Feb) IN 1540, THE FIRST RECORDED HORSE RACE IN ENGLAND
WAS HELD WHERE
(CHESTER – Roodeye Fields)
31. WHAT TIME IS IT IF THE CLOCK SHOWS TWENTY PAST ELEVEN IN A MIRROR
(TWENTY TO ONE)
32. IN WHICH FORM OF DANCING CAN YOU PERFORM ‘PIGEON TOES’, ‘PADDLE TURNS’, ‘SHIMMIES’ AND ‘SAILOR SHUFFLES’
(LINE DANCING)
33. WHICH COUNTRY WAS THE FIRST TO DROP POISON GAS ON THE KURDS IN IRAQ
(GREAT BRITAIN)
34. ‘GRANDE FRATELLO’ IS THE ITALIAN VERSION OF WHICH POPULAR TELEVISION SHOW
(BIG BROTHER)
35. WITH WHICH SPORT WOULD YOU ASSOCIATE A DISTANCE OF 402 KILOMETRES
(PIGEON RACING)
36. WHO WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO GET DRUNK IN THE BIBLE
(NOAH)
37. TONY BLAIR IS 49, GEORGE W. BUSH IS 56, HOW OLD IS SADDAM HUSSEIN
(65)
38. HOW MANY OF SNOW WHITE’S SEVEN DWARFS HAD BEARDS
(SIX – Dopey didn’t)
39. WHAT WAS STOLEN IN IRELAND ON THIS DAY (FEB 9th) IN 1983
(THE RACEHORSE SHERGAR – WINNER OF THE 1981 ENGLISH DERBY)
40. AND FINALLY A FOOTBALL QUESTION ! WHO SCORED 5,000 GOALS BETWEEN 1954 AND 1993
(ROY OF THE ROVERS)
TIE BREAKER QUESTION: ON THIS DAY (FEB 9th) IN 1963 THE FIRST BOEING 727 TOOK OFF, BECOMING THE WORLD’S MOST POPULAR WAY TO FLY. BEFORE PRODUCTION STOPPED IN 1984, HOW MANY AIRCRAFT WERE BUILT.
(1,832)

1. IN WHICH TELEVISION QUIZ SHOW IS 433 THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE, BUT UNLIKELY SCORE
(FIFTEEN TO ONE)
2. THE NASA SPACE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA, WHICH EXPLODED RECENTLY ON RETURN TO EARTH, HAD FLOWN HOW MANY FLIGHTS
(28 – just over a quarter of its life of 100 flights, on 2nd flight after refit, scheduled for five flights per year, flight 115 is currently on hold)
3. THE HOLDER OF WHICH IMPORTANT POST WEARS A WHITE ZUCCHETTO ON HIS HEAD
(THE POPE)
4. WHICH SINGER HAS APPEARED IN FILMS, PLAYING CHARACTERS CALLED DANNY FISHER, GLEN TYLER AND LUCKY JACKSON
(ELVIS PRESLEY – 33 films)
5. WHICH MIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRY IS THE ONLY ONE DEFINITELY KNOWN TO HAVE WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
(ISRAEL)
6. WHICH DANCE GETS ITS NAME FROM A WORD MEANING ‘TO RUB NAVELS TOGETHER’
(SAMBA)
7. WHAT SOCCER FIRST WAS ACHIEVED BY JACK GORDON OF PRESTON NORTH END FOOTBALL CLUB ON 8th SEPTEMBER 1888
(HE SCORED THE FIRST LEAGUE GOAL)
8. ON THIS DAY (FEB 16th) IN 1963, THE BEATLES HIT THE TOP OF THE CHARTS FOR THE FIRST TIME, WHAT WAS THE TITLE OF THEIR FIRST NUMBER ONE
(PLEASE, PLEASE ME)
9. FROM WHICH COUNTRY DO FRENCH FRIES ORIGINATE - FRANCE, BELGIUM OR SWITZERLAND
(SWITZERLAND)
10. DID YOU GET A VALENTINES’ DAY CARD? THE WORLDS FIRST KNOWN VALENTINE WAS SENT IN WHICH CENTURY
(15th CENTURY – 1477 from Margery Brews to John Paston – to my right welbeloved valentine)
11. WHERE IN THE WORLD COULD YOU SEE A GIANT STATUE OF DAVID BECKHAM MADE OUT OF CHOCOLATE
(TOKYO)
12. WHO TOOK 2,655 CUDDLY TOYS ON HIS 1994 HONEYMOON
(MICHAEL JACKSON)
13. WHICH EXPLORER WAS MURDERED IN HAWAII, ON VALENTINES DAY, IN 1779
(CAPTAIN JAMES COOK)
14. IN A MEDIAVAL SUIT OF ARMOUR, WHICH PART OF THE BODY WAS COVERED BY ‘THE BEAVER’
(LOWER PART OF FACE / HEAD)
15. WHICH COUNTRY PRODUCES THE GREATEST VARIETY OF SAUSAGES
(GERMANY)
16. WHICH CAR HAS A PRANCING HORSE ON A YELLOW SHIELD AS ITS EMBLEM
(FERRARI)
17. THE NAME OF WHICH RELIGION MEANS ‘SURRENDER TO THE WILL OF GOD’
(ISLAM)
18. LEVAR BURTON WAS BORN ON THIS DAY (FEB 16th) 1957, IN WHICH TV SERIES IS HE A PART OF THE MAIN CREW
(STAR TREK – THE NEXT GENERATION – Geordie la Forge with the eye visor!)
19. IF YOU HAD A HIPPOGLOSSUS – HIPPOGLOSSUS, WOULD YOU - HAVE IT TREATED AT THE DOCTORS, COOK IT AND EAT IT OR SOAK YOUR PAINTBRUSHES IN IT?
(EAT IT – HALIBUT)
20. IF A BUILDER NUMBERS A ROW OF HOUSES 1 TO 29, HOW MANY NUMBER ONES DOES HE HAVE TO BUY
(THIRTEEN)

21. WHAT IS THE UK’S MOST DIALLED PHONE NUMBER
(1471)
22. HOUSING AROUND 25,000 WORKERS, WHICH IS THE WORLD’S LARGEST OFFICE BUILDING
(THE PENTAGON)
23. IN WHICH THROWING EVENT DOES THE WORLD RECORD CURRENTLY STAND AT 284ft 7ins
(THE HAMMER)
24. WHAT IS THE LEAST NUMBER OF BALLS A SNOOKER PLAYER WOULD HAVE TO POT IN ORDER TO MAKE A CENTURY BREAK
(TWENTY SIX)
25. WHICH WAS INVENTED FIRST - THE FISH FINGER, THE HAMBURGER OR THE HOT-DOG
(HOT-DOG)
26. WHICH SINGER, WHO DIED ON THE 15th FEBRUARY 1965, WAS THE FIRST BLACK MAN TO HAVE HIS OWN TV SHOW AND FEATURED IN THE FILMS ST LOUIS BLUES AND CAT BALLOU
(NAT KING COLE – in 1991 his daughter Natalie had a hit duetting with him!)
27. WHO IS THE OWNER OF A STRIKING YELLOW CAR WITH THE REGISTRATION NUMBER DHV 938D
(DEREK TROTTER – DEL BOY IN ‘ONLY FOOLS AND HORSES)
28. NOW ON STAND-BY IN THE GULF, WHICH AMERICAN PRESIDENT GAVE HIS NAME TO THE WORLD’S LARGEST AIRCRAFT CARRIER
(EISENHOWER)
29. WHAT IS ‘TOCOPHOBIA’ THE FEAR OF - TREES, MEXICAN FOOD OR CHILDREN
(CHILDREN)
30. HOW LONG DOES A HUMAN TASTEBUD LIVE FOR:- 10 MINUTES, 10 HOURS OR 10 DAYS
(10 DAYS)
31. MADE FROM THERMO-PLASTIC PAPER AND THE MANILA HEMP USED TO MAKE ROPE, IT IS DESIGNED TO WITHSTAND BOILING WATER, WHAT IS IT
(A TEA BAG)
32. WHICH CAME FIRST:- BLACKPOOL TOWER OR BLACKPOOL ILLUMINATIONS
(ILLUMINATIONS – 1879 / Tower 1894)
33. WHICH FAMOUS BRITISH SINGER WAS ONCE BILLED AS TOMMY SCOTT THE TWISTING VOCALIST
(TOM JONES)
34. WHAT COLOUR DOES A CHAMELEON BECOME WHEN IT IS ANGRY
(BLACK)
35. WHICH WAR SAW THE FIRST COMBAT BETWEEN JET FIGHTERS
(KOREAN WAR – US F86 SHOT DOWN MIG 15)
36. WHAT COSTS 847 DOLLARS AND 63 CENTS WHEN PASSED THROUGH THE TILL AT THE SUPERMARKET CHECKOUT DURING THE OPENING CREDITS OF THE SIMPSONS
(MAGGIE)
37. HOW MANY MONTHS ARE THERE IN THE HINDU CALENDAR
(TWELVE)
38. WHICH FOOTBALLER HAS RECENTLY ENROLLED AT RADA – THE ACTING SCHOOL
(DAVID GINOLA)
39. APPLICATIONS FOR WHICH TV PROGRAMME HAVE DOUBLED SINCE ITS LAST SERIES
(POP IDOL)
40. IF YOU THREW A DOUBLE SIX ON YOUR FIRST TURN AT MONOPOLY WHERE WOULD YOU LAND
(ELECTRIC COMPANY)
TIE-BREAKER:- WHEN THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBER RONNIE BIGGS ARRIVED BACK IN ENGLAND IN 2001, HOW MANY DAYS HAD HE BEEN ON THE RUN
(13,068)

1. WHICH BRANCH OF THE BRITISH ARMED FORCES ARE NICKNAMED ‘THE RED DEVILS’
(THE PARACHUTE REGIMENT)
2. BORN ON THIS DAY (FEB 23rd) 1997, WHICH SIX YEAR OLD HAS DIED OF A LUNG DISEASE, COMPLICATED BY ARTHRITIS
(DOLLY THE SHEEP)
3. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE OFF ON SKI-ING HOLIDAYS IN THE ALPS AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR, THE ALPS COVER LAND IN HOW MANY EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
(FIVE)
4. IN WHICH COUNTRY IS THE LOST CITY OF MACHU PICHU
(PERU)
5. WHAT WAS THE PROFESSION OF THE INVENTOR OF THE ELECTRIC CHAIR:- A DOCTOR, A HEART SURGEON OR A DENTIST
(A DENTIST)
6. ON THIS DAY (FEB 23rd) 1939, WHO RECEIVED ONE OSCAR STATUETTE AND SEVEN MINIATURE ONES FOR HIS AWARD WINNING FILM
(WALT DISNEY – Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs)
7. WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITH A ‘HUMPTY’:- COOK ON IT, BLOW ON IT OR SIT ON IT
(SIT ON IT – a low padded seat)
8. ON THIS DAY IN 1866, KING ALEXANDER CUZA ABDICATED AND KING CAROL I TOOK HIS PLACE, IN WHICH EUROPEAN COUNTRY
(ROMANIA – KING CAROL I real name was Charles, Prince of Hohernzollen)
9. FOR WHICH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY DO YOU GET COPPER OR POTTERY
(NINTH)
10. BORN ON THIS DAY (FEB 23rd) 1955 WAS THE SINGER HOWARD JONES, WHAT WAS HIS BIGGEST SELLING HIT RECORD
(WHAT IS LOVE – Number 2 in 1983 – 15 WEEKS ON THE UK CHART)
11. WHICH ITV SOAP IS FINLAND’S MOST POPULAR FOREIGN PROGRAMME, SEEN BY 700,000 A DAY
(EMMERDALE)
12. WHAT SORT OF CREATURE IS A YORKSHIRE WHITE
(A PIG)
13. WHICH CAR COMPANY MAKE THE DEFENDER
(LAND ROVER)
14. WHO, ACCORDING TO A QUESTIONER ON A RECENT TELEVISION PROGRAMME, IS THE HONOURABLE MEMBER FOR TEXAS NORTH
(TONY BLAIR)
15. WHICH SPORTING FIGURE HAS MOVED FROM BEING A SNOOKER CHAMPION TO BEING A POKER CHAMPION
(STEVE ‘THE NUGGET’ DAVIS)
16. WHICH FAMOUS NOVEL STARTS… “IT WAS FIVE O’CLOCK ON A WINTER’S MORNING IN SYRIA, ALONGSIDE THE PLATFORM AT ALEPPO, STOOD THE TRAIN, GRANDLY DESIGNATED IN RAILWAY GUIDES AS THE TAURUS EXPRESS….”
(MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS – AGATHA CHRISTIE)
17. WHAT IS THE TOTAL DISTANCE OF ALL THE TRACK EVENTS IN A DECATHLON
(2,110 METRES – 100,400, 1500 METRES AND 110 METRE HURDLES)
18. WHICH COUNTRY HAS MORE LAKES THAN THE REST OF THE WORLD COMBINED:- NORWAY, THE USA OR CANADA
(CANADA)
19. POWER PLAY, MAMBA, LICKS, EXCITER, HONEYMOON SUPER, HAPPY FACE, EUROGLIDER, BILLY BOY AND ENORMEX ARE ALL BRAND NAMES OF WHICH ITEM
(CONDOMS)
20. WHICH RELIGION HAS 390,000 BELIEVERS IN BRITAIN, ACCORDING TO THE CENSUS STATISTICS
(JEDI)

21. WHICH PART OF A CHAMELEON CAN GROW UP TO THREE AND A HALF TIMES THE LENGTH OF ITS BODY
(TONGUE)
22. THE O.U.B.C. AND THE C.U.B.C. MEET EVERY YEAR IN WHICH SPORTS EVENT
(THE UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE)
23. HOW MANY WOMEN DID NOAH’S ARK CARRY
(FOUR)
24. IN WHAT SORT OF BED COULD YOU FIND ‘BOBBY CHARLTON’ NEXT TO ‘JILL DANDO’
(A ROSE BED – Roses named after them)
25. HOW MANY BODY PARTS OF THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN WERE BIONIC
(THREE – ARM, LEG AND EYE)
26. IF SOMEONE SHOUTS “JAMBO!” AT YOU:- WOULD YOU HIT THEM, DIVE FOR COVER OR SMILE AT THEM
(SMILE AT THEM – it is a Greeting in Swahili)
27. WHAT IS THE MINIMUM TOTAL CLEARANCE BREAK POSSIBLE IN SNOOKER
(72 – from last week – to get 100 in 26 balls is 13 red = 13 + 12 black = 84 + 1 green = 3)
28. WHO WOULD IT BE THIS TIME? WHO WAS THE OFFICIAL PIN-UP GIRL FOR THE U.S, FORCES DURING THE GULF WAR:- SHARON STONE, PAMELA ANDERSON OR LATOYA JACKSON
(LATOYA JACKSON)
29. IF A PERSON HAS SMELLY AXILLAS, WHICH PART OF THEIR BODY SHOULD THEY WASH
(ARMPITS)
30. WHICH FAMOUS BRITISH GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURE HAS RECENTLY BEEN SHOWN BY SCIENTISTS TO CONSIST OF ‘A PILE OF SHRIMP DROPPINGS’
(THE WHITE CLIFFS OF DOVER)
31. HOW MANY JAMES BOND FILMS HAVE THERE BEEN WITH ONLY ONE WORD IN THE TITLE
(FIVE – GOLDFINGER, THUNDERBALL, MOONRAKER, OCTOPUSSY AND GOLDENEYE)
32. THIS WEEKS FOOTBALL QUESTION – WHO IS THE LAST ENGLISH BORN MANAGER TO COACH A F.A. CUP WINNING SIDE
(JOE ROYLE)
33. WHAT HAPPENED TO MOST OF THE ANIMALS IN THE KUWAIT ZOO DURING THE GULF WAR
(THEY WERE EATEN BY IRAQI TROOPS!)
34. THE AMERICAN PRESIDENTIAL AEROPLANE IS CALLED ‘AIR FORCE ONE’, WHAT TYPE OF TRANSPORT IS THE DESIGNATION ‘MARINE ONE’ USED FOR
(THE PRESIDENTIAL HELICOPTER – whichever one he travels in)
35. WHICH FORMER RADIO ONE DISC JOCKEY AND TV PRESENTER ALSO FOUGHT OVER 100 BOUTS AS A PROFESSIONAL WRESTLER
(JIMMY SAVILLE)
36. WHAT NAME IS GIVEN TO A CHEWY BISCUIT, MADE OF OATS, SUGAR, BUTTER AND GOLDEN SYRUP
(FLAPJACK)
37. WHICH TELEVISION PROGRAMME, THAT BEGAN IN 1971, HAS CHANGED ITS NAME EVERY YEAR
(FILM ’71)
38. ON WHICH MAKE OF CAR WILL YOU FIND A BADGE OF A WINGED ARROW WITH THREE FEATHERS IN A CIRCLE. THE COLOUR CHANGED FROM BLUE TO ENVIROMENTALLY FRIENDLY GREEN IN 1991
(SKODA)
39. WHICH OF THESE IS A REAL FISH:- SOUTH AMERICAN BASEBALL FISH, NORTH ATLANTIC FOOTBALL FISH OR A SWEDISH TENNIS FISH
(NORTH ATLANTIC FOOTBALL FISH)
40. WHO INVENTED THE KENWOOD CHEF ELECTRICAL FOOD MIXER
(KEN WOOD)
TIE-BREAKER- IN POUNDS, WHAT IS THE WEIGHT OF TUTANKHAMUN’S COFFIN
(MADE OF SOLID GOLD – IT WEIGHS 2,450 POUNDS)

1 What name is given to individual Frames from Animated Movies
2 On this day, in 1801, the War of Oranges began, between which two countries was it fought
3 Who won the top UK Male artiste at the recent Brit awards
4 What is the name of the British Pensioner who was held by the FBI this week as a ‘Dangerous Fugitive’
5 a) Which film won the best film BAFTA award last weekendb) Which actress won the best actress BAFTA award last weekend
6 On this day, in 1903, the Martha Washington Hotel opened in New York City, it had 416 rooms and was exclusively for whom
7 How long did the actual fighting last when Mike Tyson won his latest so-called Boxing match
8 On this day, in 1978, the coffin containing the body of which famous film actor and director was stolen from a Swiss Cemetery
9 Which film stars autobiography was aptly called Tall, Dark and Gruesome
10 On this day, in 1999, the 1960’s pop singer Dusty Springfield died at the age of 59, What was her Biggest Selling UK Hit Record
11 Chester White is a breed of which creature
12 Niomi McLean-Daley is the real name of which Brit Award winner
13 Tesco has it’s Loyalty card, but what shop has an Advantage Card?
14 On this day, in 1983, an estimated 125 million people in the USA tuned into CBS to watch the last episode of which programme, that has become the world’s most watched TV programme
15 Which European country has had the most battles fought in it?
16 Which 1995 Oscar winning movie was set in Scotland but filmed in Ireland
17 What’s the proper name for male and female ferrets?
18 If British Holidaymakers put ‘HALS’ on their chips, have they added Salt, Vinegar or Ketchup
19 The Japanese company Nomura owns more what in Britain than any other company?
20 It is the annual Crufts dog show next weekend, What does the latin motto ;Cave Canem mean? (Pronounced – Carve-Ay Can-Emm)
ANSWERS -
1 Cells
2 Spain & Portugal(France on Spanish side)
3 Robbie Williams
4 Derek Bond
5 The PianistNicole Kidman
6 Women
7 39 Seconds - The count made up the rest!
8 Charlie Chaplin – later re-buried in vault surrounded by cement,
9 Christopher Lee
10 You don’t have to say you love me – No1 – 1966
11 Pig
12 Ms Dynamite
13 Boot’s
14 M*A*S*H – 60 per cent of all TV sets were on with ¾ watching MASH!
15 Belgium
16 Braveheart
17 Hob/Jill
18 Salt
19 Pubs
20 Beware of the Dog

21 In which part of your body will you find the smallest muscle
22 What is the number of Prince Philips’ Passport – 0001, 0002 or 0003
23 What kind of fighting was outlawed in Britain in 1819 because the army was losing too many of its officers
24 ‘Canker’ is a nasty disease but what are its victims - Plants, Chickens or Elderly people
25 In Monopoly, how many pounds difference is there between the dearest and cheapest properties. (Old Kent Road, Whitechapel Road and Mayfair)
26 What do ‘Robber Crabs’ climb trees to steal – Dates, Coconuts or Bananas
27 Football Question – Brian Deane of Sheffield United was the first to do what, in 1992, whilst they were playing Manchester United
28 Which Heavy Metal band have been named ‘the loudest band ever’ with their lead singer saying “ if we moved in next door to you, your lawn would die”
29 Who is the patron saint of soldiers
30 What deep fried crispy Indian starter is made from pulse flour
31 What is Saddam Hussein’s native language
32 What town is pictured on a Bell’s Whisky label
33 Where is the annual Poker World Series staged
34 Which country would you be in if you could pick up your Argos catalogue from an Argos store in Argos
35 On which television series does Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby investigate cases of foul play
36 Born on this day, What instrument did, the Carpenters’ singer, Karen Carpenter also play
37 What is the fastest bodily function (reaching speeds up to 200mph)
38 Where would you find a Pin-Spotter machine
39 Which mythical creature is featured on the badge of Saab cars
40 Who was the voice of Dumbo in the Disney cartoon
ANSWERS ---
21 Ear - Stapes
22 0001 – the Queen does not require a passport!
23 Duelling
24 Plants
25 £340 - £400 minus £60
26 Coconuts
27 First Premiership Goal
28 Motorhead – (Lemmy)
29 St George
30 Poppadum
31 Arabic
32 Perth
33 Las Vegas
34 Greece
35 Midsomer Murders
36 Drums
37 Sneezing
38 Ten Pin Bowling Alley
39 Griffin – half lion/eagle
40 NO-ONEHE DIDN’T SPEAK!
TIE-BREAKER:- HOW LONG WAS THE BIGGEST EVER SMOKEABLE CIGAR (MADE IN DENMARK IN 1979) (9 feet 1½ inches with circumference of 12 3/4inches)

1. WHICH OF THESE ITEMS CONTAINS THE MOST VITAMINS, AN APPLE, A BAG OF CHIPS OR A TIN OF SPAGHETTI
(A BAG OF CHIPS)
2. THE FORMULA ONE RACING SEASON HAS KICKED OFF AGAIN WITH THE FIRST RACE IN MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA, DAVID COULTHARD WON FOR WHICH RACING TEAM
(McLAREN)
3. WHICH LIQUER IS MIXED WITH SCOTCH WHISKY TO MAKE A RUSTY NAIL COCKTAIL
(DRAMBUIE)
4. ON THIS DAY, IN 1971, WHO WON A DECISION OVER PREVIOUSLY UNDEFEATED MOHAMMAD ALI TO BECOME THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING CHAMPION
(‘SMOKIN’ JOE FRAZIER)
5. WHICH IS THE ONLY WORD IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE THAT ENDS WITH THE LETTERS ‘MT’
(DREAMT)
6. WHICH TOY APPEARED IN STORES FOR THE FIRST TIME, ON THIS DAY, IN 1959 WITH OVER 800 MILLION NOW HAVING BEEN SOLD
(BARBIE DOLL)
7. THE STILO IS A CAR MADE BY WHICH MANUFACTURER
(FIAT)
8. THE FIRST MAN TO TRAVEL IN SPACE WAS BORN ON THIS DAY, 9th MARCH 1934, HE DIED IN A PLANE CRASH IN 1968, WHO WAS HE
(YURI GAGARIN)
9. WHICH IS THE ONLY MUSICAL INSTRUMENT THAT IS PLAYED BY INHALING AS WELL AS EXHALING
(HARMONICA)
10. WHICH FORCE WAS FOUNDED ON THIS DAY IN 1831 BY KING PHILLIPE WITH ITS HEADQUARTERS IN ALGERIA
(FRENCH FOREIGN LEGION)
11. WHICH HOLLYWOOD ACTOR STARRED IN ALL BUT 11 OF HIS 153 FILMS, HAVING HAD MORE LEADING ROLES THAN ANY OTHER ACTOR
(JOHN WAYNE)
12. MARTIN FRY WAS BORN,ON THIS DAY, 9th MARCH 1958, HE WAS THE LEAD SINGER OF 80’s BAND ABC, WHAT WAS THEIR BIGGEST HIT SINGLE
(THE LOOK OF LOVE 4/82, ALL OF MY HEART 5/82, POISON ARROW 6/82)
13. WHICH OF THE FOUR STATIONS ON A MONOPOLY BOARD IS CLOSEST TO THE TOWER OF LONDON
(FENCHURCH STREET)
14. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE MAN IN COURT, CHARGED WITH CHEATING ON ‘WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE’
(CHARLES INGRAM)
15. WHICH BREED OF DOG HAS BEEN CRUFTS SUPREME CHAMPION THE MOST TIMES
(COCKER SPANIEL)
16. ON THIS DAY IN 1702, WHO CAME TO THE THRONE IN ENGLAND AFTER THE DEATH OF WILLIAM III
(QUEEN ANNE)
17. WHICH CREATURE PRODUCED THE LOUDEST RECORDED NOISE MADE BY AN ANIMAL, IT MEASURED AT A NOISY 188 DECIBELS
(BLUE WHALE)
18. ON THIS DAY, 9th MARCH 1910, J.T.C. MORGAN-BRABAZON WAS ISSUED WITH THE FIRST BRITISH LICENCE TO DO WHAT
(FLY – FIRST BRITISH PILOTS LICENCE ISSUED BY THE ROYAL AERO CLUB)
19. CORNELL HAYES JNR IS THE REAL NAME OF WHICH NEW YORK RAP SINGER
(NELLY)
20. HOW MANY LETTERS ARE THERE IN THE NAMES OF ALL THE SEVEN DWARFS
(38)

21. WHICH OF THESE ITEMS WAS INVENTED FIRST, SLICED BREAD, MARGARINE OR INSTANT COFFEE
(MARGARINE)
22. WHAT WAS THE SIGNIFICANCE, IN 1957, OF THE NUMBER 2VL861801
(FIRST PREMIUM BOND WINNER)
23. THIS WEEKS’ FOOTBALL QUESTION:- GEORGE BEST WAS THE SUBJECT OF THIS WEEKS’ ‘THIS IS YOUR LIFE’, FOR WHICH SOCCER CLUB DID HE PLAY HIS LAST GAME OF FOOTBALL IN ENGLAND
(BOURNEMOUTH)
24. WHICH CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRY HAS A CARIBBEAN AND A PACIFIC COAST, IS THE ONLY COUNTRY WITHOUT AN ARMY AND ITS NATIONAL SYMBOL IS AN OXCART
(COSTA RICA)
25. WHICH POPULAR CHOCOLATE BISCUIT WAS ORIGINALLY CALLED BLUEBIRD
(PENGUIN)
26. WELSH, BERKSHIRE, HAMPSHIRE AND GLOUCESTER OLD SPOT ARE ALL BREEDS OF WHICH ANIMAL
(PIG)
27. IF YOU WANT TO DRIVE ON THE LEFT, SHOULD YOU VISIT EGYPT OR INDIA
(INDIA)
28. HOW MANY OF THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN ARE STILL ALIVE AT THE END OF THE FILM
(THREE – for reference the seven character names were:- Chris, Lee, Vin, Chico, Harry, Britt and O’Reilly)
29. THERE ARE NOW OVER 10 MILLION BRITS LIVING ABROAD, IN WHICH COUNTRY DO THE LARGEST NUMBER LIVE
(CANADA)
30. WHICH COUNTRY SHOULD YOU VISIT IF YOU WANT TO EAT A CHICKEN KIEV IN THE CAFÉ KIEV IN THE CAPITAL CITY OF KIEV
(UKRAINE)
31. WHERE DID WALLACE HARTLEY AND HIS ORCHESTRA GIVE THEIR LAST PERFORMANCE
(ON BOARD THE TITANIC)
32. WHAT IS A ‘SHOFAR’ a) A CHINESE RICKSHAW DRIVER b) AN ESKIMO FISHING BOAT OR c) AN ANCIENT HEBREW TRUMPET
( c) AN ANCIENT HEBREW TRUMPET)
33. WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE SHIP THAT CARRIED JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS IN SEARCH FOR THE GOLDEN FLEECE
(ARGO)
34. THE WORLDS’ LONGEST REIGNING MONARCH, KNOWN AS THE KEEPER OF THE 24 GOLDEN UMBRELLAS, IS KING OF WHICH COUNTRY
(THAILAND)
35. WHICH CLASSIC FILM SEES A CHARACTER CALLED DON LOCKWOOD GETTING EXCEEDINGLY WET
(SINGING IN THE RAIN)
36. WHICH IS TALLER, LONDON’S POST OFFICE TOWER OR THE BLACKPOOL TOWER
(LONDON’S POST OFFICE TOWER – 61ft TALLER)
37. IN THE 16th CENTURY, IT WAS FASHION TO WEAR YOUR WEDDING RING ON WHICH PART OF YOUR BODY
(THUMB)
38. WHICH UNIQUE FORM OF TRANSPORT IS MADE BY THE COVENTRY BASED VEHICLE DIVISION OF MANGANESE BRONZE PLC
(BLACK TAXI CABS)
39. ANNE ASHURST WAS THE LAST EVER PERSON TO WIN WHAT, IN 1997
(MASTERMIND)
40. WHICH LEG IS BELOW HIS RIGHT ARM IF YOU STUDY A LEFT-HANDED VIOLINIST IN A MIRROR (RIGHT !!!)
TIE-BREAKER:- GLOBAL WARMING QUESTION- METHANE IS ONE OF THE GASES THAT CAUSES GLOBAL WARMING – HOW MANY LITRES OF METHANE DOES THE AVERAGE COW PRODUCE IN A DAY? (400)

1 IN WHICH MODERN DAY COUNTRY IS THE ANCIENT CITY OF BABYLON
2 BARRY SHEEN DIED THIS WEEK, AT WHAT cc LEVEL WAS HE WORLD MOTOR CYCLING CHAMPION
3 WHAT CAN BE TULIP, BALLOON OR FLUTE
4 ON THIS DAY IN 1955, WHICH RECORD THAT WENT TO NUMBER ONE IN THE CHARTS AND SOLD OVER 7 MILLION COPIES, CAUSED A NEW RAGE OF WEARING RACOON SKIN HATS
5 IN BULLFIGHTING, WHAT NAME IS GIVEN TO THE MEN WHO RIDE ON HORSES CARRYING LONG LANCES
6 RELEASED IN CINEMAS, ON THIS DAY, IN 1979, WHAT WAS THE TITLE OF THE FILM ABOUT A NUCLEAR PLANT DISASTER THAT STARRED JANE FONDA, JACK LEMMON AND MICHAEL DOUGLAS
7 WHAT IS 10 INCHES LONG, WEIGHS 7 POUNDS AND IS GOLD PLATED
8 WHAT IS THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF PLAYERS ALLOWED IN A GAME OF POKER
9 WHICH JAMES BOND ACTOR USED TO COVER HIS TATOOS WITH MAKE UP DURING FILMING
10 TERENCE TRENT D’ARBY WAS BORN ON THIS DAY (15/3) 1962, WHAT WAS THE TITLE OF HIS BIGGEST UK HIT RECORD
11 TERRY NELHAMS WAS THE REAL NAME OF WHICH POP STAR AND ACTOR
12 ALSO BORN ON THIS DAY (1949), THE ACTOR ERIK ESTRADA, IN WHICH U.S. POLICE SERIES DID HE CO-STAR WITH LARRY WILCOX
13 IF YOU WERE A COLLECTOR OF CLARICE CLIFF, WHAT WOULD YOU COLLECT
14 ON THIS DAY IN 1963, WHICH RECORD BY PETER, PAUL AND MARY WAS BANNED BY SEVERAL RADIO STATIONS AS THEY FIGURED OUT THAT IT WAS ABOUT SMOKING MARIJUANA
15 WHICH ORGANISATIONS MOTTO IS “LET THE DEEP NOT SWALLOW ME UP”
16 WHAT NUMBER DO YOU DIAL FIRST, IF YOU DON’T WANT THE PERSON YOU ARE CALLING TO GET YOUR PHONE NUMBER
17 IN THE MAKING OF BEER, DO THE BREWERS USE THE MALE OR THE FEMALE FLOWERS OF THE HOP PLANT
18 AS OF THIS DAY IN 44 BC, WHAT DID THE ANCIENT ROMAN CALENDAR CALL YESTERDAY (15th MARCH)
19 WHEN HE WAS AT SCHOOL, TONY BLAIR WAS NICKNAMED AFTER A WALT DISNEY CHARACTER, WHICH ONE
20 HOW MANY STRAIGHT LINES ARE THERE ON A FOOTBALL PITCH
ANSWERS ---
1 IRAQ
2 500 cc
3 WINE GLASSES
4 THE BALLAD OF DAVY CROCKETT(BILL HAYES)
5 PICADORS
6 THE CHINA SYNDROME
7 AN OSCAR
8 8 (EIGHT)
9 SEAN CONNERY
10 SIGN YOUR NAME 2/88 WISHING WELL 4/87 IF YOU LET ME STAY 7/87
11 ADAM FAITH
12 C.H.I.P.S
13 POTTERY
14 PUFF, THE MAGIC DRAGON
15 R.N.L.I. (LIFEBOATS)
16 141
17 FEMALE
18 THE IDE OR IDES(& EVERY 15th OF A MONTH)
19 BAMBI
20 17

21 HOW MUCH MONEY DOES EACH PLAYER START WITH IN A GAME OF MONOPOLY
22 WHICH EX=PRESIDENT OF THE USA WAS THE YOUNGEST PILOT IN THE US NAVY DURING WORLD WAR II
23 WHAT ANIMAL IS BEST USED FOR TRUFFLE HUNTING
24 WHERE WOULD YOU FIND TEMPERENCE BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND DEATH, AND A CHARIOT BETWEEN LOVERS AND JUSTICE
25 WHICH BREED OF DOG IS NAMED AFTER A GERMAN POSTMAN
26 IN THE 1970’s WHO OR WHAT WAS REPLACED BY RUBY FLIPPER
27 WHAT IS HAPU, A CHINESE DISH OF RAW FISH, THE HINDU GOD OF FERTILITY OR A MAORI WORD FOR A TRIBE
28 24 MECHANICAL DEVICES HAVE BEEN PATENTED TO CLEAN OUT WHICH BODILY ORIFICE
29 WHICH WORLD FAMOUS EUROPEAN SPORTING TRACK IS REBUILT EVERY YEAR
30 THIS WEEKS FOOTBALL QUESTION- WHICH TOWNS LEAGUE FOOTBALL GROUND IS FURTHEST AWAY FROM ANY OTHER LEAGUE FOOTBALL GROUND
31 WHICH UNIT OF CURRENCY CEASED TO BE LEGAL TENDER IN ENGLAND AFTER MARCH 11th 1998
32 ACCORDING TO THE RSPCA, WHAT SHOULD YOU PUT IN THE FREEZER FOR AT LEAST AN HOUR BEFORE COOKING
33 IF YOU HAD THE LETTERS MFH AFTER YOUR NAME, WHAT WOULD YOUR HOBBY BE
34 WHAT IS A RUSTICLE – LONG DEPOSITS OF RUST SEEN ON WRECKS LIKE THE TITANIC, A SHAKESPEARIAN WORD FOR A COUNTRY DWELLER OR THE NICKNAME FOR ICE-LOLLIES MADE OUT OF IRN-BRU
35 UP TO WHICH NUMBER WOULD YOU HAVE TO COUNT BEFORE YOU GOT ONE CONTAING THE LETTER A
36 WHICH FOOTBALL CLUB DOES TONY BLAIR SUPPORT
37 IN A CRICKET MATCH, WHAT IS THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT CAN BE ON THE PITCH WHEN THE BALL IS IN PLAY
38 WHICH SWINDON BORN COMEDIAN PROGRESSED FROM CAPTAINING A TEAM ON ONE TV SHOW TO BECOMING CHAIRMAN OF ANOTHER AND HOSTING REGULAR PROGRAMMES ON RADIO TWO
39 WHICH PREMIERSHIP FOOTBALLER HAS JUST HAD A PUB NAMED AFTER HIM
40 WHAT IS THE NAME OF EGYPTS’ NATIONAL AIRLINE
ANSWERS ---
21 £1,500
22 GEORGE BUSH Snr.
23 A PIG
24 A PACK OF TAROT CARDS
25 DOBERMAN
26 PANS PEOPLE (TOTP)
27 HINDU GOD OF FERTILITY
28 THE NOSE
29 THE CRESTA RUN
30 CARLISLE
31 £1 NOTE
32 A LOBSTER
33 HUNTING – A MASTER OF FOX HOUNDS
34 LONG DEPOSITS OF RUST
35 1000
36 NEWCASTLE UNITED
37 17
38 MARK LAMAR
39 WAYNE ROONEY
40 EGYPTAIR
TIE-BREAKER:- HOW MANY EGGS WERE USED TO MAKE THE WORLDS’ LARGEST EVER OMELETTE, 1,380 FEET SQUARE, COOKED BY CHEFS IN JAPAN (160,000)

1 WHAT WOULD BE THE FIRST DAY OF THE MONTH, IF THE MONTH CONTAINED A FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH
2 WHICH PLANET, IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM, WAS DISCOVERED ON THIS DAY IN 1930
3 IN WHICH COUNTRY WAS ENGLAND CRICKET CAPTAIN NASSER HUSSEIN BORN
4 ON THIS DAY (23rd MARCH) 1989, THE UNITED STATE’S WORST OIL SPILL OCCURRED IN ALASKA’S PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND. 11 MILLION GALLONS OF CRUDE OIL WAS SPILT FROM WHICH SUPERTANKER
5 WHICH SHIPWRECKED SAILOR SETTLED A WAR BETWEEN KING BOMBO AND KING LITTLE
6 ON THIS DAY, IN 1941, WHICH MUSICIAN STARTED WORK ON HIS FIRST FILM FOR 20th CENTURY FOX ENTITLED ‘SUN VALLEY SERENADE’
7 WHICH FILM, WHEN RELEASED IN CHINA, WAS ENTITLED ‘SIX STRIPPED WARRIORS’ OR GIVEN ITS MANDARIN CHINESE TITLE OF ‘SIX NAKED PIGS’
8 ROB PILATUS AND FAB MORVAN WERE THE REAL NAMES OF WHICH DRED-LOCKED GERMAN POP DUO, WHO ADMITTED THAT THEY HAD NOT SUNG ON THEIR 1992 GRAMMY AWARD WINNING ALBUM ‘MY GIRL’
9 “IN GOD WE TRUST, EVERYTHING ELSE WE CHECK” IS THE MOTTO OF WHICH PROFESSION
10 WHO BECAME KING OF ENGLAND, ON THIS DAY, IN 1603
11 WHICH CAR COMPANY MAKES THE BALENO
12 YVETTE MARIE STEVENS WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1953, BETTER KNOWN AS CHAKA KHAN, WHAT WAS HER BIGGEST SELLING UK HIT RECORD
13 WHICH TV SECRET AGENTS’ REAL NAME WAS PAUL METCALFE
14 IN WHICH ENGLISH COUNTY WILL YOU FIND THE BLUE JOHN MINES
15 HOW MANY HEARTS DOES AN EARTHWORM HAVE, 1, 10 or 100
16 WHICH DENOMINATION BANK NOTE DID THE BANK OF ENGLAND INTRODUCE IN 1752 BUT WITHDRAW IN 1945
17 IN WHICH FILM DID WHOOPI GOLDBERG PLAY A CHARACTER CALLED DELORIS
18 WHAT WOULD YOU BE IF YOU WERE DEXTRAL
19 A MODERN VERSION OF THE ANCIENT ROMAN FESTIVAL OF ‘HILARIA’ OCCURS IN BRITAIN TODAY, WHAT IS IT
20 WHICH HORSE WON THE 1993 GRAND NATIONAL
ANSWERS ---
1 SUNDAY
2 PLUTO
3 INDIA
4 EXXON VALDEZ
5 GULLIVER
6 GLENN MILLER
7 THE FULL MONTY
8 MILLI VANILLI
9 AIRLINE PILOTS
10 JAMES I (JAMES VI of Scotland)
11 SUZUKI
12 I FEEL FOR YOU 1/86 (AIN’T NOBODY – REMIX 6/89 & I’M EVERY WOMAN – REMIX 8/89)
13 CAPTAIN SCARLETT
14 DERBYSHIRE
15 10
16 £1,000
17 SISTER ACT
18 RIGHT HANDED
19 APRIL FOOLS DAY
20 NONE – AFTER A FALSE START THE RACE WAS OFFICIALLY ABANDONED

21 CATTLE BRANDING IN THE U.S. DID NOT ORIGINATE IN THE WILD WEST, IT BEGAN IN CONNECTICUT IN THE MID 19th CENTURY, WHEN FARMERS WERE REQUIRED BY LAW TO MARK ALL THERE WHAT
22 FOR ONE POINT EACH, WHAT WERE THE NAMES OF THE THREE EARP BROTHERS WHO KEPT PEACE IN TOMBSTONE, ARIZONA, IN 1879
23 ON DECEMBER 17th 1972, “LETS GET THIS MOTHER OUT OF HERE” WERE THE LAST WORDS SPOKEN WHERE
24 THIS WEEKS FOOTBALL QUESTION – WHICH FOOTBALL CLUB (CURRENTLY IN THE 2nd DIVISION – WHO PLAY AT MEADOW LANE) HAS BEEN RELEGATED THE MOST TIMES
25 CIVIL SERVANT MATTHEW THOMPSON WON A COURT CASE LAST WEEK OVER WHAT ISSUE
26 WHICH CELEBRITY WON FAME ACADAMY AND WHO WAS THE FIRST TO BE VOTED OUT
27 WHICH FOUR TEAMS MADE IT TO THE CRICKET WORLD CUP SEMI-FINALS
28 ON FAMILY FORTUNES, WHEN ASKED TO NAME SOMETHING ASSOCIATED WITH KEN DODD, WHAT WAS THE TOP ANSWER
29 WHO INTRODUCES TOTP2 ON BBC-2
30 WHICH PERSONALITY, AGED 61, WHO RECENTLY POSED NUDE TO SHOW OFF HIS BRONZE BODY, IS NEGOTIATING A DEAL TO ADVERTISE SUN TAN OIL
31 WHICH 80’s SINGER HAS BEEN PLAGUED BY DEATH THREATS ON HER WEBSITE AFTER BEATING THE DUO DOLLAR TO STAY ON TV’S REBORN IN THE USA
32 WHO HAS BEEN NOMINATED A RECORD 64 TIMES FOR AN OSCAR ALTHOUGH HE HAS NEVER STARRED IN ANY OF THE FILMS
33 WHICH ITEM OF FOOD TAKES ITS NAME FROM THE FRENCH FOR ‘BAKED TWICE’
34 HOW MANY COUNTRIES ORIGINALLY ADOPTED THE EURO
35 WHICH CANAL RUNS FROM JUST NORTH OF WOLVERHAMPTON TO ELLESMERE PORT
36 WHO SAID OF HER HUSBANDS AUTOBIOGRAPHY PUBLISHED IN 2000, “I’VE READ IT FROM COVER TO COVER, ITS GOT SOME GOOD PICTURES IN IT”
37 WHAT ARE WOOD BLEWIT, AMETHYST DECEIVERS AND WOOD WOOLYFOOT
38 SLYTHERIN, RAVENCLAW, HUFFLEPUFF AND GRYFFENDOR ARE THE FOUR HOUSES AT WHICH SCHOOL
39 ON WHICH ORCHESTRAL INSTRUMENT ARE THE ‘C’ STRINGS COLOURED RED AND THE ‘F’ STRINGS COLOURED BLACK
40 WHICH RIVER FLOWS OVER THE NIAGARA FALLS
ANSWERS ---
21 PIGS
22 VIRGIL, MORGAN AND WYATT
23 ON THE MOON
24 NOTTS COUNTY
25 SEX DISCRIMINATION OVER WEARING TIES AT WORK
26 WILL MELLOR / PAUL ROSS
27 AUSTRALIA / KENYA / SRI LANKA / INDIA
28 TICKLING STICK (2- DIDDYMEN 3- TAXMAN 4- KNOTTY ASH 5- TEETH)
29 STEVE WRIGHT
30 DAVID DICKINSON
31 SONIA
32 WALT DISNEY
33 BISCUIT
34 11
35 SHROPSHIRE UNION
36 VICTORIA BECKHAM
37 MUSHROOMS
38 HOGWARTS (HARRY POTTER)
39 HARP
40 NIAGARA RIVER
TIE-BREAKER:- HOW MANY PINTS OF BEER ARE BREWED EACH DAY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
(28 MILLION)

1 WHAT IS THE MODERN COUNTRY NAME FOR THE LAND ONCE CALLED MESOPOTAMIA
2 WHICH MONUMENT, THAT WAS DEDICATED IN 1886, IS SUPPOSED TO SYMBOLISE THE FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN FRANCE AND THE USA
3 BORN ON THIS DAY (30/3) 1945, ERIC CLAPTON, WHAT WAS HIS BIGGEST UK HIT RECORD
4 WHICH EUROPEAN CAPITAL CITY IS NAMED AFTER A TROJAN PRINCE
5 ANDY GILCHRIST HAS OFTEN BEEN IN THE NEWS RECENTLY, HE IS THE LEADER OF WHICH UNION
6 TV – IN ‘LAST OF THE SUMMER WINE’ WHAT WAS THE NAME OF NORA BATTY’S HUSBAND
7 WHO, ON THIS DAY IN 1973, BROKE MUHAMMED ALI’S JAW AND WON THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING TITLE ON A 12 ROUND SPLIT DECISION
8 CLAIRE SWEENY WON IT LAST YEAR, CHARLOTTE CHURCH HAS WON IT THIS YEAR, WON WHAT
9 TV – WHAT WORDS APPEARED ON A JIM’LL FIX IT BADGE
10 BARBARA MILLICENT ROBERTS IS BETTER KNOWN TO MILLIONS WORLDWIDE AS WHOM
11 WHO HAS BEEN IN COURT THIS WEEK TRYING TO SUE HIS FORMER EMPLOYERS FOR £8.6 MILLION
12 WHICH FOOTBALL MANAGER IS THE LONGEST SERVING AT THE SAME LEAGUE CLUB
13 HOW MANY STRIPES ARE THERE ON THE AMERICAN FLAG
14 TV – BRABINGER WAS A BUTLER ON WHICH TV COMEDY SHOW
15 BORN ON THIS DAY (30/3) 1968, CELINE DION, WHAT WAS HER BIGGEST UK HIT RECORD
16 WHAT IS A ‘CABANA’ AS IN COPACABANA
17 WHICH PERSONALITY HAS WON ‘OLDIE OF THE YEAR’ AWARD
18 TV – IN WHICH TV COP SHOW WERE MIKE STONE AND STEVE KELLER THE LEAD CHARACTERS
19 NAME THE FOUR SOCCER TEAMS LEFT IN THIS SEASONS EUFA CUP
20 IN DARTS, IF YOU THROW THREE SEPARATE SCORES, WHAT’S THE HIGHEST SCORE YOU COULD GET
ANSWERS ---
1 IRAQ
2 STATUE OF LIBERTY
3 LOVE CAN BUILD A BRIDGE1/95 (LAYLA 4/82)
4 PARIS
5 FIREMEN
6 WALLY
7 KEN NORTON
8 REAR OF THE YEAR
9 JIM FIXED IT FOR ME
10 BARBIE DOLL
11 CHRIS EVANS
12 DARIO GRADY – CREWE
13 13 (52 STARS)
14 TO THE MANOR BORN
15 THINK TWICE 1/94 – 31wksMY HEART WILL GO ON 1/98 –20wks
16 A BEACH HUT
17 TONY BLACKBURN
18 STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO
19 LAZIO, CELTIC, BOAVISTA, PORTO
20 171

21 IN THE CLINT EASTWOOD FILM ‘UNFORGIVEN’ HE PLAYS A RETIRED GUNFIGHTER TRYING TO EARN A LIVING AS A FARMER KEEPING WHAT
22 MOTHERS DAY – WHICH ACTRESS, BORN IN 1927, IS THE FAMOUS MOTHER OF JAMIE LEE CURTIS (FAMOUS FOR SHOWER SCENE IN ‘PSYCHO’)
23 WHO WERE THE TWO OPPOSING COMMANDERS AT THE BATTLE OF EL ALEMEIN
24 MOTHERS DAY – WHICH ACTRESS, BORN 1911 – DIED 1998, IS THE FAMOUS MOTHER OF MIA FARROW (SHE STARRED WITH HER DAUGHTER IN ‘HANNAH AND HER SISTERS’ – 1986)
25 WHAT IS THE HIGHEST MEDAL THAT CAN BE AWARDED IN THIS COUNTRY, MILITARY OR CIVIL
26 MOTHERS DAY – WHICH ACTRESS, BORN IN 1928, IS THE FAMOUS MOTHER OF MELANNIE GRIFFITH (SHE STARRED WITH HER DAUGHTER IN ‘PACIFIC HEIGHTS’` 1990’s)
27 WHICH LAGER SHARES ITS NAME WITH THE RIVER THAT THE CAPITAL OF HOLLAND STANDS ON
28 WHICH CAR MANUFACTURER MAKES A MODEL CALLED THE LEGACY
29 ON FAMILY FORTUNES – WHAT WAS THE TOP ANSWER WHEN ASKED – NAME A PERSON ASSOCIATED WITH THE WILD WEST
30 IN THE WILD WEST, WHO WAS LEADER OF THE QUANTRIL GANG
31 TV – SYLVESTER SNEEKLY APPEARED IN THE CARTOON SERIES ‘THE PERILS OF PENELOPE PITSTOP’ HOW WAS HE BETTER KNOWN
32 HOW MANY HOUSING PROPERTY SQUARES ARE THERE ON A MONOPOLY BOARD
33 WHICH OF THESE IS NOT A REAL TREE – AUTOGRAPH TREE, SCRAMBLED EGG TREE OR SNAKE’S HEAD TREE
34 WHICH TV COMMENTATOR ONCE SAID “THE LEAD CAR IS ABSOLUTELY UNIQUE, EXCEPT FOR THE ONE BEHIND WHICH IS IDENTICAL”
35 HOW MUCH WILL THE COLOUR TV LICENCE COST FROM APRIL 2003
36 WHAT IS A TANGELO – A TWO MAN PEDAL DRIVEN VEHICLE, A BRAND OF SUN TAN GEL IN THE U.S. OR A CROSS BETWEEN A TANGERINE AND A GRAPEFRUIT
37 WHICH OF THESE IS NOT A JUDO BELT COLOUR – ORANGE, GREY OR BLUE
38 IF YOU WROTE THE NUMBERS 0 TO 100 INCLUSIVE, HOW MANY TIMES WOULD YOU WRITE THE FIGURE 3
39 WHAT WOULD YOU USE YOUR ZYGOMATICUS MUSCLE FOR – TO SIT, TO RUN OR TO SMILE
40 CAN A MAN MARRY HIS WIDOWS SISTER?
ANSWERS ---
21 PIGS
22 JANET LEIGH
23 MONTGOMERY & ROMMEL
24 MAUREEN O’SULLIVAN
25 VICTORIA CROSS
26 TIPPI HEDREN
27 AMSTEL
28 SUBARU
29 JOHN WAYNE (BUFFALO BILL / BILLY THE KID)
30 JAMES BROS – EITHER FRANK OR JAMES
31 THE HOODED CLAW
32 22
33 SNAKE’S HEAD TREE
34 MURRAY WALKER
35 £116-00
36 CROSS BETWEEN A TANGERINE AND A GRAPEFRUIT
37 GREY
38 20 (3,13,23,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,43,53,63,73,83,93)
39 SMILE
40 NO – HE’S DEAD!
TIE-BREAKER:- THE BIGGEST INDOOR SPORTS / ENTERTAINMENT EVENT TOOK PLACE IN 1987 AT THE SILVERDOME IN PONTIAC, MICHIGAN WHEN IT TOOK HULK HOGAN 11 MINS 43 SECS TO PIN ANDRE THE GIANT AT WRESTLEMANIA III, HOW BIG WAS THE CROWD? (93,136)

1 WHAT DOES PH STAND FOR ON AN ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP
2 WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE QATAR BASED TV STATION THAT IS OFTEN A MOUTHPIECE FOR THE STATEMENTS BY ISLAMIC MILITANTS
3 WHOSE FIRST COOKBOOK WAS ENTITLED ‘HOW TO CHEAT AT COOKING’
4 WHICH KING OF ENGLAND DIED ON THID DAY (6/4) 1199 AFTER BEING WOUNDED WHILE BESIEGING THE CASTLE OF CHALUS IN FRANCE (SUCCEEDED BY HIS BROTHER JOHN)
5 ON WHICH TV PROGRAMME WOULD YOU SEE MATILDA, SIR KILLALOT, SGT BASH AND DEAD METAL
6 WHAT TERM HAVE THE AMERICANS USED FOR ‘FRIENDLY FIRE’ DURING THE WAR IN IRAQ
7 OUTSIDE WHICH LONDON RAILWAY STATION WILL YOU FIND AN EIGHT FOOT STATUE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
8 WHAT CONNECTS 8 IN 1968, 11 IN 1969, 14 IN 1971 AND 17 IN 1972
9 HOW ARE THE TWINS MONICA AND GABRIELA IRIMIA BETTER KNOWN
10 WHO HAS JUST BEEN VOTED THE WORST DRESSED MAN IN BRITAIN(2nd PLACE WAS TONY BLAIR – LAST YEARS’ WINNER JONATHAN ROSS WAS 4th)
11 WHICH FAMOUS CAR HAS THE REGISTRATION ‘GEN 11’
12 ON THIS DAY (5/4) 1985 AT 3-50PM GMT, THE WORLD LISTENED TO ONE SONG PLAYED ON OVER 5,000 RADIO STATIONS WORLDWIDE, WHAT WAS THE RECORD
13 HOW IS CHRIS BEARDSHAW BETTER KNOWN IN THE TITLE OF HIS TV SHOW
14 BY BIRTH, WHAT NATIONALITY IS (OR WAS) OSAMA BIN LADEN
15 WHICH POPULAR NATURAL THERAPY TREATS THE BOTTOM OF THE FOOT
16 WHICH US AIR FORCE BASE IN MARYLAND, NEAR TO WASHINGTON DC, IS OFTEN USED BY THE PRESIDENT
17 THE SINGER ERIC BURDON WAS BORN ON THIS DAY (5/4) 1941, WITH WHICH (NEWCASTLE) GROUP WAS HE THE LEAD SINGER AND WHAT WAS THEIR BIGGEST UK HIT RECORD
18 IN WHICH ENGLISH CITY WAS THE HIGHWAYMAN, DICK TURPIN, HANGED, ON THIS DAY (7/4) 1739 (BEFORE BEING A HIGHWAYMAN HE WAS A BUTCHER’S APPRENTICE)
19 ON WHAT WOULD YOU FIND A PICTURE OF BOTH A HUMMINGBIRD AND A BEAGLE
20 THE FIRST MODERN OLYMPICS BEGAN, IN ATHENS, ON THIS DAY (6/4) IN 1896, WHICH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING, HAS AT ONE TIME BEEN INCLUDED IN THE MODERN OLYMPICS – LIVE PIGEON SHOOTING, CHESS OR BEAR WRESTLING(THE VERY FIRST EVENT WAS THE HOP, SKIP AND JUMP CONTEST)
ANSWERS ---
1 PUBLIC HOUSE / PUB
2 AL JAZEERA
3 DELIA SMITH
4 KING RICHARD I (THE LIONHEART)
5 ROBOT WARS(CHAMP – CHAOS 2)
6 BLUE ON BLUE
7 BAKER STREET UNDERGROUND RAILWAY STATION
8 APOLLO MISSIONS
9 THE CHEEKY GIRLS
10 GRAHAM NORTON
11 CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG
12 ‘WE ARE THE WORLD’ By USA FOR AFRICA
13 THE FLYING GARDENER
14 SAUDI ARABIAN
15 REFLEXOLOGY
16 ANDREWS AFB
17 ANIMALSHOUSE OF THE RISING SUN 1/64
18 YORK
19 £10 NOTE – BEAGLE IS THE NAME OF THE SHIP PICTURED
20 LIVE PIGEON SHOOTING 1900

21 ACCORDING TO ISLAMIC TRADITION, WHICH CREATURE HAS A SECRET SMILE, AS IT KNOWS THE HUNDRETH NAME OF ALLAH
22 WHICH TV PROGRAMME FEATURES BOUNCERS CALLED MAX AND PADDY
23 WHO MAKES THE PERFUMES PROWL, PASSION DANCE AND SELEBRE
24 WHICH EX-SPICE GIRL’S AUTOBIOGRAPHY IS ENTITLED ‘JUST FOR THE RECORD
25 WHAT DID BARBIE DOLL GET IN 2000, WHICH IT HADN’T HAD BEFORE
26 ELKIE BROOKS WAS VOTED OFF THE BUS ON ‘REBORN IN THE USA’ WHAT WAS HER BIGGEST UK HIT RECORD
27 IN WHICH ARCADE GAME WOULD YOU FIND GHOSTS CALLED INKY, PINKY, BLINKY AND CLYDE
28 WHICH CURRENT PREMIER LEAGUE FOOTBALLER HAS BEEN NICKNAMED ‘THE BABY FACED ASSASSIN
29 AS AT MARCH 2003, WHO WERE THE LAST FOOTBALL TEAM TO WIN THE FA CUP FINAL WEARING STRIPES
30 IN ITALIAN COOKERY, WHAT IS PANCETTA
31 WHICH CAR COMPANY PRODUCES ‘THE SONATA’ MODEL
32 HAROLD SAKATA, WHO PLAYED ODDJOB IN GOLDFINGER, WON AN OLYMPIC SILVER MEDAL IN WHICH DISCIPLINE
33 IN THE CHILDREN’S TV SERIES ‘THUNDERBIRDS’ HOW IS HIRAM B HACKENBACKER BETTER KNOWN
34 WHICH NON-HUMAN ACT HAVE SPENT THE MOST NUMBER OF WEEKS IN THE UK CHARTS
35 WHICH SOFT DRINK WAS INVENTED BY THE NICHOLLS FAMILY OF WYTHENSHAWE DURING THE 1900’s AND IS SOLD IN BOTH STILL AND SPARKLING FORMS
36 THE NEUTERED MALE OF WHICH ANIMAL IS CALLED A ‘BARROW’, AND A YOUNG FEMALE CALLED A ‘GILT’
37 WHICH PRODUCT IS ADVERTISED AS ‘SMOOTH ENOUGH TO SELL ITSELF’
38 WHICH STATION ON A MONOPOLY BOARD IS THE ONLY ONE WITHOUT ITS OWN TUBE CONNECTION
39 FAMILY FORTUNES – WHEN ASKED TO NAME A FAMOUS FAIRY TALE – WHAT WAS THE TOP ANSWER
40 WHO WAS THE LAST BRITISH PRIME MINISTER TO NOT HAVE A WIFE
ANSWERS ---
21 THE CAMEL
22 PHOENIX NIGHTS
23 AVON
24 GERI HALLIWELL
25 A BELLY-BUTTON
26 NO MORE THE FOOL 5/86(PEARLS A SINGER 8/77)
27 PAC-MAN
28 OLE GUNNAR SOLSKJAER
29 COVENTRY CITY
30 CURED BACON
31 HYUNDAI
32 WEIGHTLIFTING
33 BRAINS
34 THE WOMBLES
35 VIMTO
36 PIG
37 JOHN SMITH’S BEER
38 FENCHURCH STREET STATION
39 CINDERELLA (2-SNOW WHITE 3-LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD)
40 MARGARET THATCHER
TIE-BREAKER:- HOW MANY VENOM EXTRACTIONS ARE NEEDED FROM A CORAL SNAKE TO FILL A ONE PINT CONTAINER (69,000)

1 What was the name of Captain Pugwash's ship?
2 WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE NEW ‘SPY SPOOF’ FILM STARRING ROWAN ATKINSON AND NATALIE IMBRUGLIA WHO ARE ON HER MAJESTY’S SECRET SERVICE
3 From which London station are the trains direct to the continent, through the Channel Tunnel?
4 BORN ON THIS DAY (12/4) DAVID CASSIDY – WHAT WAS HIS BIGGEST UK HIT SINGLEExtra - (PARTRIDGE FAMILY’S BIGGEST HIT – BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO 3/72)
5 WHO HAS NAMED HIS NEW DAUGHTER DAISY BOO, BORN ON THURSDAY (14/4), HIS PREVIOUS DAUGHTER (1 YEAR OLD) BEING CALLED POPPY HONEY
6 LAUNCHED ON THIS DAY (12/4) FROM CAPE CANAVERAL WAS THE WORLDS FIRST RE-USABLE SPACE SHUTTLE, WHAT WAS ITS NAME
7 Which car company made the Boxster – released in 1996 at £35.000?
8 WHICH ANIMAL HAS GONE ON DISPLAY AT THE EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE FESTIVAL HAVING BEEN PRESERVED AFTER ITS DEATH
9 Which national daily paper has the subtitle 'The voice of Britain'?
10 WHICH TV SERIES, WHICH HAS BEEN OFF OUR SCREENS FOR MORE THAN TWO DECADES, IS BEING REVIVED BY THE BBC, WITH JOHNNY VAUGHAN AND SUZI PERRY AS THE PRESENTERS. LINED UP FOR THE SERIES ARE DENNIS WISE, STUART PEARCE, COLIN JACKSON, LIZ McCOLGAN AND PETER SCUDAMORE
11 What have Thistle, Brent & Ninian in common? (Quizmasters note – North Sea oil Discovered in 1966)
12 In a pack of cards how many Jacks eyes can be seen?
13 Where is your Metatarsal arch?
14 WHICH PREGNANT ACTRESS HAS BEEN SENT DOZENS OF JARS OF MARMITE BY ITS MAKERS, IN BRITAIN, TO HELP FEED HER CRAVINGS FOR THE STUFF, AS WELL AS BRANSTON PICKLE
15 Who wrote the novel "A Parliamentary Affair"?
16 SKY TELEVISION IS LAUNCHING THREE NEW CHANNELS ON APRIL 17th – THEY ARE CALLED SCUZZ, THE AMP AND FLAUNT, WHAT SORT OF MATERIAL ARE THEY ALL DEDICATED TO
17 What is the minimum weight that a boxer must be to qualify as a proffessional heavyweight?
18 WHO IS THE PATRON SAINT OF PORTUGAL, GERMANY, ARAGON, GENOA AND VENICE (AS WELL AS KNIGHTHOOD & SOLDIERS)
19 In which year was the last outbreak of the Black Death in England, 1514, 1714 or 1914
20 When did New Years eve & New Years day last fall in the same year?
ANSWERS ---
1 The Black Pig
2 JOHNNY ENGLISH
3 Waterloo
4 DAYDREAMER / PUPPY SONG 1/73 – 19 WEEKS HOW CAN I BE SURE 1/72 – 11 WEEKS
5 JAMIE OLIVER – HIS RESTAURANT IS CALLED ‘FIFTEEN’
6 COLUMBIA
7 Porsche
8 DOLLY THE SHEEP(HAD FOUR LAMBS FROM A RAM CALLED DAVID!)
9 The Daily Express
10 SUPERSTARS (BASED AT THE LA MANGA CLUB, SPAIN)
11 They are all North Sea oil fields
12 12
13 In the foot
14 CATHERINE ZETA JONES
15 Edwina Currie
16 MUSIC CHANNELS – SCUZZ = HEAVY METALFLAUNT = TEENAGE GIRLSTHE AMP = VOTE FOR NEXT VIDEO BY REMOTE!
17 12 stone 7 lbs
18 ST GEORGE – PATRON SAINT OF ENGLAND – APRIL 23rd
19 1914 (Liverpool)
20 2002

21 IT IS SAID THAT A DOG LOOKS UP TO YOU, A CAT LOOKS DOWN ON YOU – BUT WHAT IS THE ANIMAL THAT IS SAID ‘TREATS YOU AS AN EQUAL
22 WHAT DID AN ANNOUNCEMENT ON JANUARY 3rd 1938 SAY THAT ALL BRITISH SCHOOLCHILDREN WOULD BE GIVEN FREE OF CHARGE
23 WHAT WOULD A GERMAN DO WITH HIS ‘ADLERHUMPEN’ – A) TAKE IT FOR A WALK, B) BOIL IT AND EAT IT OR C) DRINK OUT OF IT
24 ‘COXALGIA’ IS PAIN IN WHICH PART OF THE HUMAN BODY
25 FOREIGN LANGUAGES! WHAT IS ‘ORKAN’ FOR GOODBYE
26 WHAT YEAR CAME BEFORE 54 BC
27 HOW MANY CONCORDES DO BRITISH AIRWAYS OWNWHO WAS THE FIRST BRITISH PRIME MINISTER TO FLY SUPERSONIC ON CONCORDE
28 Which short-legged dog is named after the 18 Century Parson who bred them?
29 WHY WOULD THE ROMAN NUMERALS XCIX EXCITE AN ICE-CREAM LOVER
30 IN 1982, ATHLETE HUGH JONES BECAME THE FIRST BRITISH MAN TO WIN WHICH RACE
31 TV (THIS WEEKS SAD QUESTION) WHAT IS THE NAME OF POSTMAN PATS’ WIFE
32 THIS WEEKS FOOTBALL QUESTION – WHICH WAS THE FIRST BRITISH FOOTBALL CLUB TO SIGN A SHIRT SPONSORSHIP DEAL
33 WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITH A ‘FELUCCA’ – EAT IT, WEAR IT OR SAIL IN IT
34 IS A ‘HOREHOUND – A DOG, A PLANT OR A FISH
35 IN FILMS – WHICH GROUP WENT ON ‘THE NEXT MISSION’ ‘THE DEADLY MISSION’ AND ‘THE FATAL MISSION’
36 AT A MOTOR RACE MEETING, WHAT WARNING DOES A RED AND YELLOW STRIPED FLAG MEAN
37 ACCORDING TO THE CHILDREN’S STORY – WHO SHARED STABLES WITH MERRYLEGS AND GINGER AT BIRTWICK PARK
38 HOW MANY BRIDGES DOES THE UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE ‘TRAVEL UNDER’
39 IN THE GARDEN THERE ARE TWO BADGERS, THREE SPIDERS AND TWO HERONS, HOW MANY LEGS ARE THERE IN TOTAL
40 FROM WHICH DIRECTION WOULD THE SUN RISE IF YOU WERE AT THE NORTH POLE ON URANUS
ANSWERS ---
21 A PIG
22 GAS MASKS
23 C) DRINK OUT OF IT – A STEIN
24 HIP-JOINT
25 NANOO-NANOO!
26 55 BC = GOTCHA!
27 7JAMES CALLAGHAN
28 Jack Russell
29 99
30 LONDON MARATHON
31 SARA
32 LIVERPOOL
33 SAIL IN IT – A NARROW MEDITTERANEAN VESSEL
34 A PLANT
35 THE DIRTY DOZEN
36 SLIPPERY SURFACE
37 BLACK BEAUTY (or DARKIE)
38 TWO – HAMMERSMITH & BARNES RLY BRIDGE
39 36
40 SOUTH !!!
TIE-BREAKER:- HOW MANY PINTS OF MILK COULD BE BOUGHT FOR A POUND IN 1914
(240)

1 Pre-teens across the UK are in mourning after which pop band announced they are to split following the release of their last single, aptly titled Goodbye.
2 THE FORMER IRAQ DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER, TARIQ AZIZ WAS CAPTURED LAST THURSDAY (24/4) WHAT NUMBER WAS HE ON THE MOST WANTED LIST, NUMBER 3, 23 OR 43
3 Monica Lewinsky has begun hosting what type of television show?
4 OF WHICH MIDDLE EAST COUNTRY IS PRESIDENT ASSAD THE LEADER
5 THE VERY FIRST SPITFIRES BUILT IN WWII HAD A VITAL PIECE OF EQUIPMENT MISSING, WHICH THE PILOTS WENT OUT AND BOUGHT THEMSELVES, WAS IT A) A PARACHUTE B) A REAR VIEW MIRROR OR C) AN ASHTRAY
6 Who, according to a survey of British men, is the world's most desirable woman a) Kylie Minogue b) Holly Valance or c) Christina Aguilera
7 Which famous comedian is an ex Port Vale Goalkeeper -a) Jim Bowen b) Bob Monkhouse c) Joe Pasquale or d) Mick Miller
8 ACTOR JOHN WILKES BOOTH WAS CAPTURED AND SHOT ON THIS DAY (27/4) 1865, WHO HAD HE ASSASSINATED
9 Where is Michael Barrymore relaunching his career?
10 THE WORLD’S LONGEST ROAD – RAIL SUSPENSION BRIDGE OPENED ON THIS DAY (27/4) 1997 LINKING TO AN OFFSHORE AIRPORT – IN WHICH COUNTRY
11 What is a Belted Galloway – a) Breed of Cow b) Type of knot or a c) Kind of boat
12 SHEENA SHIRLEY ORR WAS BORN ON THIS DAY (27/4) BETTER KNOWN AS SHEENA EASTON, WHAT WAS HER BIGGEST SELLING UK RECORD – AND – WHICH BOND FILM THEME DID SHE SING
13 How were Vanity, Clumsy, Greedy, Grouchy, Hefty & Brainy better known
14 FAMILY FORTUNES QUESTION – WHAT WAS THE TOP ANSWER – WHEN ASKED TO NAME SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE CHEAT ON – NO COUGHING PLEASE!
15 Which West Ham United football club legend has been placed in temporary charge of the London side?
16 WHAT SORT OF ANIMAL WAS A LINCOLNSHIRE CURLY COAT, THAT BECAME EXTINCT IN 1972, WHEN IT WAS SLAUGHTERED AFTER BEING USED BY UNILEVER FOR RESEARCH
17 In a recent sex toy competition held in USA what was voted as the best new sex toy of the year - a) Vibrating bicycle saddle b) Talking Vibrator or c) Heated nipple clamps
18 Which beer was first brewed in Leuven in 1366?
19 Which company produce a car model called INTEGRA
20 On a Dart Board, If you hit every Single, Double, Treble (including Inner and Outer Bull) what would your total score be
ANSWERS ---
1 S Club (the artists formally known as S Club 7)
2 Aziz was number 43 in the list of most wanted officials of the toppled regime.
3 A dating show
4 SYRIA
5 B) REAR VIEW MIRROR
6 Christina Aguilera
7 d) Mick Miller
8 PRESIDENT LINCOLN
9 New Zealand
10 HONG KONG
11 a) Breed of Cow
12 9 TO 5 – 3/80FOR YOUR EYES ONLY - 81
13 The 6 main Smurfs
14 INCOME TAX – EXAMS / DIET / SPOUSE / CARDS / PUB QUIZ / SPORT / MILLIONAIRE TV SHOW
15 Trevor Brooking
16 A PIG
17 a) Vibrating bicycle saddle
18 STELLA ARTOIS
19 HONDA
20 1,335

21 THE CRICKET SEASON STARTED LAST WEEKEND, WHO WAS BORN IN 1955 AND PLAYED CRICKET FOR SOMERSET, WORCESTER, DURHAM, QUEENSLAND AND ENGLAND, SCORING OVER 3,000 RUNS IN TEST MATCHES
22 WHICH RELIGION, FORMERLY KNOWN AS ‘THE INTERNATIONAL BIBLE STUDENTS’ WAS FOUNDED BY CHARLES TAIZE RUSSELL IN PHILADELPHIA IN 1872
23 In which film does Michael Caine play Charlie Croker ?
24 IN THE CHILDREN’S STORY, WHAT HAPPENED TO ALICE AFTER SHE DRANK FROM A BOTTLE LABELLED ‘DRINK ME’
25 Which Cheshire river flows through Nantwich, Winsford and Northwich before joining the Mersey just outside Runcorn ?
26 WHO WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO CAPTAIN AND MANAGE A WORLD CUP WINNING FOOTBALL TEAM
27 What type of creature is a Whirligig – a bird, a fish or an insect?
28 WHAT IS THE HIGHEST DENOMINATION EURO NOTE
29 Which rugby union team and Football League team share Vicarage Road ?
30 IN GOLF, WHAT’S THE PENALTY IF YOU HIT THE GROUND OR SAND OF A BUNKER BEFORE HITTING THE BALL
31 Who in fiction rode a horse called "Shadowfax"?
32 WHERE IN LONDON WILL YOU HEAR THE CRY “QUEEN ELIZABETH’S KEYS’
33 Add a cricket team to a netball side, take away a rugby union team and multiply by a rounders team. What is the answer ?`
34 What is Blatherskite: a) Someone who talks rubbish b) Tight-fitting trousers or c) A bag made of pig bladders
35 Which fictional character first appeared in 1941, when she came to America from her Amazon homeland of Paradise Island to help the US defeat the Nazis?
36 TOM, THE DANCING CAT, APPEARS IN ADVERTS FOR WHICH ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE
37 Which Pop Star’s autobiography is entitled "Life is a Roller Coaster"?
38 WHO OWNS AND RUNS ‘THE LONDON EYE’
39 In which TV series did Reg Varley the Chimney Sweep appear?
40 WHAT IS THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF PELTS A MEDIUM-SIZED MINK CAN PRODUCE IN A LIFETIME
ANSWERS ---
21 IAN. T. BOTHAM
22 JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES
23 The Italian Job
24 SHE SHRANK
25 River Weaver
26 FRANZ BECKENBAUER
27 An insect - water beetle
28 500
29 Saracens and Watford
30 2 STROKES
31 The Wizard Gandalf (Lord of the Rings)
32 THE TOWER OF LONDON
33 27 (11+7-15) x 9)
34 Someone who talks rubbish
35 WONDER WOMAN (Accept Diana Prince)
36 BACARDI BREEZER
37 Ronan Keating
38 BRITISH AIRWAYS
39 CAMBERWICK GREEN or CHIGLEY
40 ONE!
TIE-BREAKER:- What is the maximum elevation above sea level reached on the M62 motorway? 1221 feet (at Saddleworth Moor )

1 What other animal, other than man, suffers from sunburn?
2 Grammy Award-winning singer - Tammy Wynette [Pugh] – WAS BORN ON THIS DAY (5/5) 1942 – What was her biggest selling U.K. Hit Record
3 THREATENED WITH EXTINCTION, BY WHAT NAME IS THE WORLD’S LARGEST HERB, MUSA SAPIENTUM, BETTER KNOWN – ACCORDING TO SCIENTISTS WE HAVE ONLY 10 YEARS LEFT TO EAT THEM BEFORE THEY DIE OUT – OF DISEASE!
4 ON THIS DAY (4/5) 1780 – Which Famous horse race was first run at Epsom over a distance of one and a half miles.
5 IF YOU WERE FLYING MARCO POLO CLASS, WITH WHICH AIRLINE WOULD YOU BE FLYING
6 ON THIS DAY (4/5) 1471 - The Yorkists defeated the Lancastrians at the Battle of Tewkesbury in which war
7 WHICH TV COMEDIAN AND CHAT SHOW HOST’S REAL NAME IS CHRIS COLLINS
8 ON THIS DAY (4/5) 1932 - Public Enemy Number One, was jailed - in the Atlanta Penitentiary – for tax evasion, What was his name?
9 WHICH COMPANY MAKES THE PERFUMES ‘INTUITION’, ‘KNOWING’ & ‘BEAUTIFUL’
10 ON THIS DAY (4/5) 1979 – Who became British prime minister with a majority of 43 seats in the House of Commons.
11 WHICH TV PERSONALITIE’S REVOLUTIONARY AUTOBIOGRAPHY IS TITLED ‘HONEST’
12 ON THIS DAY (4/5) 1989 – Which Colonel was found guilty in the investigations into the Iran-Contra affair.
13 IN AMERICA, IF APPLE PIE IS SERVED ‘A LA MODE’ WHAT IS IT SERVED WITH
14 On this day (4/5) 1987 – What were used for the first time in Playtex bra ads
15 OFTEN USED AS A SALAD INGREDIENT, WHAT IS THE COMMON NAME FOR ‘NASTURTIUM OFFICIANALE’
16 Michael Orlando Cassevitis – Was BORN ON THIS DAY (3/5) 1944 – Better known as Tony Orlando – What was his biggest selling U.K. Hit Record Solo / With Dawn
17 Southampton are the Saints in soccer, St Helens are the Saints in Rugby League, who are the Saints in Rugby Union?
18 ON THIS DAY (5/5) 1930 – Who began the first solo flight by a woman between England and Australia
19 How did Captain Keith Brown, late of the Royal Hussars make sporting history in 1993?
20 IF EVERY MONTH WAS THE LENGTH OF FEBRUARY, HOW MANY DAYS WOULD BE LEFTOVER IN A YEAR
ANSWERS ---
1 Pig
2 STAND BY YOUR MAN – 1/75 – 12 WEEKS
3 BANANA – the word banana comes from Arabic – related to the spice Cardamom – originate from S.E. Asia
4 The first Derby horse race
5 CATHAY PACIFIC
6 The Wars of the Roses
7 FRANK SKINNER
8 Al Capone
9 ESTEE LAUDER
10 Margaret Thatcher
11 ULRIKA JOHNSTON
12 Col. Oliver North
13 A SCOOP OF ICE-CREAM
14 For the first time, live models were used. Models didn’t have to be mannequins or women wearing the undergarments over dresses.
15 WATERCRESS
16 BLESS YOU – 5/61TIE A YELLOW RIBBON – 1/73 – 39 Weeks
17 Northampton
18 Amy Johnson
19 Starter of the Grand National that was never run.
20 29

21 FAMILY FORTUNES QUESTION – WHAT WAS THE TOP ANSWER – NAME SOMETHING THAT HAS THE WORD ‘SCOTCH’ IN ITS’ NAME
22 What new version of the classic stout is Guinness planning to start producing? A) A pink coloured version for the gay community B) A more fizzy, non-alcoholic version for drivers OR C) A heavier, sweeter stronger version, to appeal to Ireland's immigrant community
23 What Job does an optical illuminator enhancer do
24 Who is the patron saint of unattractive people? A) Globo B) Grebo C) Drogo OR D) Quasimodo
25 If you had £158 000 you could buy a "V12 Vantage". What make is it - OR - Which car company has 3 diamonds as its logo?
26 Which Premiership footballer is a pigeon fancier with quite an extensive loft? A) David Ginola B) Alan Shearer C) Duncan Ferguson OR D) Gazza
27 What is the first name of the wife of President George W. Bush?
28 Britain has fewer public holidays than any other country in Europe. Which countries, with up to 14 days off each, have the most? A) Italy and Greece B) France and Belgium OR C) Spain and Portugal
29 What was the name of the inept English agent who masqueraded as a policeman in ‘Allo ‘Allo?
30 You are driving a car with a trailer on a dual carriageway – What is the speed limit?
31 In the Harry Potter tales what sort of creature is ‘Scabbers’
32 Which Plague invaded Britain in 1975 causing thousands of casualties
33 Which Army is headed by General John Gowans?
34 Which Spanish football club, once managed by Ron Atkinson, plays home matches at the ‘Vincente Calderon’ stadium.
35 What sort of creatures are Dusky-throated hermit and bearded helmetcrest, Crabs, Birds or Monkeys
36 Which popular garden shrub takes its name from Greek words meaning ‘rose tree’?
37 Which TV comedy series, which began in the 1990s, is filmed in the village of Turville, Buckinghamshire?
38 Who presents “Pick of the Pops” on Radio 2, from 2.00 – 3.30 pm every Saturday?
39 The Formula One Grand Prix at Interlagos, Brazil differs from every other Grand Prix race in the season, how ?
40 MARY’S FATHER HAS GOT FOUR DAUGHTERS, THE FIRST IS CALLED ANN, THE SECCOND IS CALLED ANNA AND THE THIRD IS CALLED ANNIE, WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE OTHER DAUGHTER
TIE How many bottles of champagne does the QE2 serve on an average Atlantic crossing?
ANSWERS ---
21 EGG – HOP / WHISKY / MIST / TAPE
22 C) A heavier, sweeter stronger version
23 Clean windows
24 C) Drogo
25 Aston MartinMitsubishi
26 C) Duncan Ferguson
27 LAURA
28 C) Spain and Portugal
29 Officer Crabtree
30 60mph
31 A rat (although actually a wizard in animal shape)
32 Dutch Elm Disease
33 The Salvation Army
34 ATHLETICO MADRID
35 HUMMINGBIRDS -2 of the 320 species found only in the Americas
36 RHODODENDRON
37 THE VICAR OF DIBLEY
38 DALE WINTON
39 It is the only circuit on which the cars go anti-clockwise
40 MARY !!!
TIE 4780

1. WE HAVE JUST HAD THE WORLD SNOOKER CHAMPIONSHIPS, BUT IN WHICH COUNTRY DID SNOOKER ORIGINATE (INDIA – INVENTED BY BRITISH SOLDIERS)
2. ON THIS DAY IN 1812, WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE ONLY BRITISH PRIME MINISTER TO BE ASSASSINATED (SPENCER PERCIVAL)
3. IN WHICH COUNTRY IS THE WORLD’S ONLY BEEF-FREE McDONALDS (INDIA)
4. ON THIS DAY IN 1960, THE WORLD’S LONGEST OCEAN LINER WAS LAUNCHED, WHICH EURPEAN COUNTRY WAS SHE NAMED AFTER (S.S.FRANCE)
5. WHAT IS CLINOPHOBIA THE FEAR OF – FEAR OF GOING TO BED, FEAR OF WASHING OR FEAR OF SWALLOWING (FEAR OF GOING TO BED)
6. ON THIS DAY IN 1967, BRITAIN APPLIED TO JOIN THE E.E.C. WITH WHICH OTHER TWO COUNTRIES (DENMARK & IRELAND)
7. THE KUNE-KUNE (Pron> Koonee-Koonee) IS A RARE NEW ZEALAND ANIMAL ORIGINALLY KEPT BY MAORIS, IT IS NOW BRED IN THIS COUNTRY AS A PET, WHAT KIND OF ANIMAL IS IT
( A PIG- The Word Kune/Maori means 'Fat and Round' therefore Kune-Kune means 'Very fat and round'.)
8. BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1899, FREDERICK AUSTRERLITZ WAS BORN, HOW DO WE BETTER KNOW THIS FAMOUS ACTOR & DANCER – DIED 1987 (FRED ASTAIRE)
9. WHICH SPORT IS PLAYED WITH THE HEAVIEST BALL (TEN-PIN BOWLING)
10. ON THIS DAY IN 1981, REGGAE STAR BOB MARLEY DIED, AGED 36 IN MIAMI FLORIDA, WHAT WAS HIS BIGGEST SELLING U.K. HIT RECORD (BUFFALO SOLDIER 4/83 – 12 WEEKS)
11. WHAT DID SHERLOCK HOLMES KEEP IN THE TOE OF A PERSIAN SLIPPER (HIS TOBACCO)
12. ON THIS DAY IN 1985, 56 PEOPLE DIED AND MORE THAN 200 WERE INJURED WHEN FIRE ENGULFED THE MAIN STAND AT WHICH NORTHERN ENGLAND FOOTBALL GROUND (BRADFORD CITY)
13. WHICH AIRLINE NAMED ITS PLANES AFTER SAINTS (AER LINGUS)
14. ON THIS DAY IN 1997, IBM’S SUPERCOMPUTER DEEP BLUE MADE CHESS HISTORY BY DEFEATING WHICH REIGNING WORLD CHESS CHAMPION (GARY KASPAROV)
15. IN THE STORY OF DAVID AND GOLIATH IN THE BIBLE, DAVID SLEW GOLIATH WITH A SINGLE STONE, BUT, HOW MANY STONES DID DAVID HAVE IN HIS POUCH (FIVE)
16. ON THIS DAY IN 1945, GUITARIST, SINGER AND SONGWRITER GRAHAM GOULDMAN WAS BORN, HE WAS PART OF THE GROUP 10cc, WHAT WAS THEIR BIGGEST SELLING U.K. HIT RECORD (RUBBER BULLETS 1/73 – 15 WEEKS / DREADLOCK HOLIDAY 13wks / I’M NOT IN LOVE 11wks)
17. WHICH SCIENTISTS’ NAME MIGHT BE FOUND ON A MILK CONTAINER (PASTEUR)
18. HOW MANY LUNAR MONTHS DOES IT TAKE THE MOON TO ORBIT THE EARTH (ONE)
19. WHICH PIECE OF CLOTHING DERIVES ITS NAME FROM ORIGINALLY BEING MADE IN BRIGHT DAZZLING COLOURS (BLAZER)
20. TEST YOUR MATHS, DIVIDE THE HIGHEST NUMBER ON A ROULETTE WHEEL BY AMOUNT OF DWARFS IN SNOW WHITE THAT DID NOT HAVE BEARDS, ADD THE AMOUNT OF LEGS A SCORPION HAS AND TAKE AWAY THE AMOUNT OF CHARACTERS THAT WERE AT THE MAD HATTER’S TEA PARTY IN ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND
(36 DIVIDED BY 6 = 6 PLUS 8 = 14 MINUS 4 EQUALS – ANSWER 10)

21. GENERALLY, IS A WOMAN’S BRAIN LIGHTER OR HEAVIER THAN A MAN’S BRAIN (LIGHTER)
22. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE ITALIAN DESSERT MADE FROM COFFEE SOAKED BISCUIT, LAYERED WITH A SWEETENED CREAM CHEESE (TIRAMISU)
23. WHICH COUNTY CRICKET SIDE PLAYS AT SOPHIA GARDENS (GLAMORGAN)
24. WHICH FOOTBALL LEAGUE CLUB IS NICKNAMED ‘THE TRACTOR BOYS’ (IPSWICH TOWN)
25. WHICH CAR COMPANY MAKE A MODEL CALLED THE PRIUS (TOYOTA)
26. WHAT NAME IS GIVEN TO A COCKTAIL CONTAINING RUM, COCONUT MILK AND PINEAPPLE (PINA COLADA)
27. WHAT IS THE LARGEST AMOUNT OF MONEY YOU COULD LOSE BY GIVING A WRONG ANSWER TO A QUESTION ON ITV’s ‘WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE’ (£468,000 – YOU HAVE £500,000 BUT GET THE £1m QUESTION WRONG – DROP BACK TO £32,000)
28. ON A MONOPOLY BOARD, WHAT COLOUR ARE THE PROPERTIES, REGENT STREET, BOND STREET AND OXFORD STREET (GREEN)
29. ON 11/06/1509 KING HENRY VIII MARRIED CATHERINE OF ARAGON, WHAT NATIONALITY WAS SHE (SPANISH)
30. IF YOU WERE DELIVERED A HOGSHEAD OF BEER, HOW MANY GALLONS OF BEER WOULD YOU HAVE (54)
31. FAMILY FORTUNES QUESTION – WHAT WAS THE TOP ANSWER WHEN ASKED TO NAME SOMETHING IN THE GARDEN AT DOESN’T GROW BIGGER (GNOME / GREENHOUSE / SHED)
32. WHICH OF THE BODY’S MUSCLES CAN WORK FOR THE LONGEST TIME BEFORE GETTING TIRED (JAW)
33. WHO WERE THE LAST TEAM TO WIN THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE BEFORE IT BECAME THE PREMIERSHIP (LEEDS UNITED)
34. WHICH ANIMAL MUST STAND AT LEAST 17 HANDS TALL TO MEET THE BREED STANDARD (SHIRE HORSES)
35. IF A COCKNEY ASKED YOU FOR A PIG’S EAR, WHAT WOULD HE WANT (A BEER)
36. WHAT COLOUR LIGHT IS USED TO SIGNIFY TO A WEIGHTLIFTER THAT HIS ATTEMPT IS A VALID ONE (WHITE)
37. WHEN WAS THE FIRST FRUIT MACHINE INVENTED, 1905, 1925 OR 1945 (1905)
38. WHICH TV CHARACTER SAID “All right, brain, I don't like you and you don't like me - so let's just do this and I'll get back to killing you with beer” (HOMER SIMPSON)
39. WHICH TOURIST ATTRACTION IS CALLED ‘THE GASWORKS’ BY LONDON CABBIES (HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT)
40. A 16 YEAR OLD GIRL IN A SWEETSHOP IS 1.5 METRES TALL AND WEARS SIZE FIVE SHOES, WHAT DOES SHE WEIGH (SWEETS!!!)

TIE-BREAKER - HOW MANY FEET OF ELECTRICAL WIRING IS FOUND IN A TYPICAL CAR (3,000ft)

1. A report has disclosed that British doctors removed 20,000 of what during autopsies between 1970 and 1999 without obtaining families' consent, Brains, Eyes or Testicles (BRAINS)
2. THE FIRST ALBUM TO BE CERTIFIED A MILLION SELLER ON THE FIRST DAY OF ITS RELEASE, WAS CERTIFIED PLATINUM ON THIS DAY IN 1975, IT WAS ENTITLED ‘CAPTAIN FANTASTIC AND THE BROWN DIRT COWBOY’, WHO WAS THE ARTIST (ELTON JOHN)
3. WHICH EUROPEAN COUNRY HAS THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF FEMALE PIPE-SMOKERS, DENMARK, ITALY OR SPAIN (DENMARK)
4. Comedy chat show The Kumars at No 42 is being remade for the Australian market, but instead of Indian the family will be what? English, Chinese or Greek (GREEK)
5. WHICH PART OF YOUR BODY WOULD YOU BE COMPLIMENTED ON IF A COCKNEY SAID ‘WOT SMASHIN’ BACONS!’ (WOT FINE LEGS! – BACON & EGGS)
6. ON THIS DAY IN 1980, WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE VOLCANO THAT ERUPTED IN WASHINGTON STATE, CREATING A CLOUD OF ASH 2,500 MILES LONG AND 1,000 MILES WIDE (MOUNT ST. HELENS)
7. IN WHICH TWO LANGUAGES ARE SOME STREET SIGNS WRITTEN IN CHESTER (ENGLISH & LATIN/ROMAN)
8. WHO WAS PROCLAIMED EMPEROR OF FRANCE ON THIS DAY IN 1804 (NAPOLEAN BONAPARTE)
9. Which UK seaside resort was jokingly put up for sale on the internet recently, Brighton, Aberystwyth or Eastbourne (ABERYSTWYTH)
10. PERRY COMO WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1912, WHAT WAS HIS BIGGEST SELLING U.K. HIT RECORD (MAGIC MOMENTS 1/58)
11. ACCORDING TO RESEARCH, MEN WITH HAIRY BODIES ARE MORE WHAT – INTELLIGENT, SPORTY OR HORNY (INTELLIGENT)
12. WHO DIED ON THIS DAY IN 1985 IN A VIOLENT CAR ACCIDENT ONLY TO COME BACK TO LIFE IN 1986 WHILST TAKING A SHOWER (BOBBY EWING – DALLAS)
13. IN THE DOCTOR DOOLITTLE STORIES, DAB-DAB WAS A DUCK, WHAT SORT OF CREATURE WAS GUB-GUB (A PIG)
14. ON THIS DAY IN 1536, THE SECOND WIFE OF KING HENRY VIII WAS BEHEADED FOR ADULTERY, WHO WAS SHE (ANNE BOLEYN)
15. What sort church in Surrey has welcomed its first worshippers, An online church, The church of Elvis or An inflatable church (AN INFLATABLE CHURCH)
16. FAMILY FORTUNES QUESTION – TOP ANSWER REQUIRED – NAME SOMETHING WITH SPRINGS IN IT (MATRESS / CLOCK)
17. HOW WAS PENROD POOCH, WHO WORKED IN A BIG CITY POLICE STATION BETTER KNOWN AFTER HE NIPPED INTO A HIDDEN ROOM BEHIND A SNACK MACHINE AND LEAPT INTO A FILING CABINET (HONG KONG PHOOEY)
18. A new Channel 4 quiz is asking contestants to do what before they can take part? Wear fancy dress costume, Stump up £1,000 stake money or Complete an obstacle course (STUMP UP £1,000 STAKE MONEY)
19. WHICH CAR COMPANY MADE THE MODELS ALTO, SWIFT AND VITARA (SUZUKI)
20. HOW MANY WHEELS DO A RELIANT ROBIN, THOMAS THE TANK ENGINE AND CONCORDE HAVE ALL TOGETHER (3 + 6 + 10 = 19) – Note- CONCORDE HAS 8 REAR WHEELS AND 2 FORWARD LANDING WHEELS

21. YOU ARE BOUND TO HAVE HAD A LETTER AT SOME POINT FROM A MAN CALLED TOM CHAMPAGNE, WHICH IS HIS REAL NAME, ON BEHALF OF WHOM WAS HE WRITING (READERS DIGEST)
22. WHICH SHRUB PRODUCES THE FLOWERS COMMONLY KNOWN AS ‘MAY BLOSSOM’ (HAWTHORN)
23. WHAT FIRST IN ENGLISH FOOTBALL LEAGUE HISTORY OCCURRED IN 1976 AND IS HELD BY DAVID WAGSTAFFE WHILST PLAYING FOR 2nd DIVISION BLACKBURN ROVERS (FIRST PLAYER TO BE SHOWN THE RED CARD)
24. WHICH TANGY SPREAD IS NAMED AFTER A FRENCH EARTHENWEAR COOKING POT (MARMITE)
25. 59 YEAR OLD TED SEDMAN IS IN THE GUINNESS BOOK OF RECORDS BECAUSE WHICH PART OF HIS BODY MEASURED AN IMPRESSIVE 5 feet 3 inches LONG (HIS MOUSTACHE)
26. WHICH CHOCOLATE BAR WAS ORIGINALLY LAUNCHED IN 1935 AS ROWNTREE’S CHOCOLATE CRISP (KIT-KAT)
27. WHICH COMEDIAN HAS A BANJO TATTOOED ON HIS LEFT WRIST (BILLY CONNOLLY)
28. WHICH 70’s TELEVISION SHOW FEATURED ‘THE ELECTRIC MAYHEM BAND’ (MUPPET SHOW)
29. SUFFERERS OF ‘CUTIS ANSERINA’ USUALLY SEEK HEAT AS A CURE, WHAT IS IT (GOOSE PIMPLES)
30. IN A RECENT SURVEY, WHO WAS VOTED AS THE WORLD’S MOST FAMOUS ARTIST (ROLF HARRIS)
31. WHAT DOES ‘SUPER BERTHA’ IN LAS VEGAS CLAIM TO BE THE LARGEST EXAMPLE OF (A FRUIT MACHINE)
32. IF YOU HAD ‘GADUS MORHUA’ – WOULD YOU – EAT IT WITH CHIPS, TREAT IT WITH MEDICINAL CREAMS OR SPRAY IT WITH PESTICIDE (EAT IT WITH CHIPS – IT’S COD)
33. WHICH FOOTBALL CLUB WON THE FIRST FIVE EUROPEAN CUP FINALS FROM 1956 TO 1960 (REAL MADRID)
34. MADONNA HAS A TATTOO OF WHICH FAMOUS ACTRESS ON HER BUM (MARILYN MONROE)
35. ACCORING TO LITERATURE, WHICH LOCATION WILL YOU FIND ‘SECOND TO THE RIGHT AND STRAIGHT ON TILL MORNING’ (NEVER-NEVER LAND)
36. WHICH GAME’S SHOTS INCLUDE THE TRAIL, THE TAP AND THE DRAW (BOWLS)
37. WHAT DOES THE WORD ‘SPUMANTE’ MEAN ON AN ITALIAN WINE BOTTLE (SPARKLING)
38. ON WHICH TV SHOW DID THE WATFORD LONG JOHN SILVER IMPERSONATORS RUN RINGS AROUND THE BOURNEMOUTH GYNAECOLOGISTS AT A FOOTBALL MATCH (MONTY PYTHON’S FLYING CIRCUS)
39. WHY IS JOHN McENROE BANNED FOR LIFE FROM TAKING PART IN TENNIS’S FEDERATION CUP (IT’S JUST FOR WOMEN)
40. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE LARGEST SATELLITE THAT IS STILL ORBITING THE EART (THE MOON)
TIE-BREAKER: -HOW MANY COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD STILL HAVE FIRING SQUADS FOR EXECUTION (89)

1. UKRAINE WERE ALLOWED TO JOIN IN 2003 BUT ANDORRA, ALBANIA, BELARUS, GEORGIA AND YUGOSLAVIA WILL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL MAY 2004 TO JOIN WHAT (THE EUROVISION SONG CONTEST)
2. WHICH SIDE OF THE BRAIN, LEFT OR RIGHT, IS USUALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR SPEECH (LEFT)
3. ON WHICH MEDITERRANEAN ISLAND IS THE TOP DANCE CLUB ‘MANUMISSION’ (IBIZA)
4. WHICH ANIMAL’S HEAD IS PICTURED ON THE LABEL OF A GORDON’S LONDON GIN BOTTLE (BOAR’S HEAD)
5. What previously banned activity been made legal on the London Underground - provided you have a licence (Busking)
6. WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITH A ‘RAFAEL GONZALEZ VITOLA E’, DRIVE IT, DRINK IT OR SMOKE IT (SMOKE IT – A HAVANA CIGAR)
7. What has the Falkland Islands been given for the first time, the Foreign Office has announced (It’s Own Postcode - After decades of their post ending up in Falkirk and the Faroe Islands - not to mention the frustration of not being able to place an order on Amazon.co.uk - the Falkland Islands finally have their own postcode: FIQQ 1ZZ - South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands enjoy the code SIQQ 1ZZ; the British Antarctic Territory is at BIQQ 1ZZ)
8. WHAT ARE THE TWO COLOURS OF A SEMAPHORE FLAG (RED & YELLOW)
9. WHICH 60 YEAR OLD SINGER HAS RELEASED AN UNDERGROUND DANCE TRACK WHICH IS A REMIX OF HER 1968 HIT UNDER THE NAME TS vs CB, THE TS BEING DJ TOMMY SANHU. (CILLA BLACK - STEP INSIDE LOVE)
10. The countdown to Britain's first mission to another planet is on. What is the unmanned space probe to Mars called, Bloodhound 2, Beagle 2, Bulldog 2 or Border Collie 2 (Beagle 2)
11. WHICH TV CHEF HAS A SEAFOOD RESTAURANT IN PADSTOW IN CORNWALL (RICK STIEN)
12. WHAT KIND OF WATER, HOT OR COLD, FLOWS FROM A GREEK WATER TAP BEARING THE LETTER ‘Z’ (HOT WATER – ZESTOS = HOT)
13. WHICH NOW RETIRED GOALKEEPER HAS AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY CALLED ‘BRING ON THE CLOWN’ (BRUCE GROBBOLAR)
14. Which newspaper has offered £50,000 to the first Big Brother couple to have sex on live TV (The Sun)
15. WHICH SPORTSMAN HAS BEEN NAMED LAUREUS WORLD SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR IN MONTE CARLO, HE WON THE TOUR DE FRANCE FOR A FOURTH SUCCESSIVE TIME IN 2002 AFTER BEATING CANCER (LANCE ARMSTRONG / SERENA WILLIAMS WON SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR)
16. Which designer has created an unofficial "off the field uniform", including a belted cardigan, for the England football team (Giorgio Armani)
17. One for Dr.Who Fans - The Cybermen were originally similar to humans. They gradually replaced their body parts with cybernetic components. Only one substance could kill them. What was it (Gold)
18. Who was voted best British comedian ever in a poll published to coincide with the London Comedy Festival (Billy Connolly)
19. And - Which band were named songwriters of the year at the Ivor Novello awards (Coldplay)
20. WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE THIRD DIVISION FOOTBALLER WHO CAPTAINED ENGLAND IN THE 1980’s (IAN BOTHAM – PLAYED FOR SCUNTHORPE UTD & CAPTAINED ENGLAND CRICKET CLUB)

21. Which children’s TV program began with the words ‘here is a box, a musical box, wound up and ready to play’ (Camberwick Green)
22. Where would you find a “Juttock Plate” A-on a medical operating table B-on a railway line C-on a ships mast? (C ON A SHIPS MAST)
23. What flavour is the liqueur Galliano (Vanilla)
24. What was special about the Televised Match between Liverpool and West Ham on 15 November 1969 (1st in colour)
25. Who or what is a Slumgullion, The person who emptied the bilges on board 18th century warships, A weak and watery vegetable stew or An ancient woollen fabric of inferior, tawdry material (A weak and watery vegetable stew)
26. What is the more common name for 'Epistaxis' (Nosebleed)
27. Which animal appears on the flag of Sri Lanka (Lion)
28. Who are the only 2 groups to have had UK number one hits in the 70s,80s and 90s (Blondie and Queen)
29. ‘HASLET’ IS COOKED MINCED OFFAL FROM WHICH ANIMAL (PIG)
30. In a maximum snooker break of 147, how many points are scored on the black ball (112)
31. FAMILY FORTUNES QUESTION – TOP ANSWER REQUIRED – SOMETHING THAT IS SOFT (COTTON WOOL / PILLOW / FEATHERS / BABY / TISSUE)
32. Anthony Daniels and Kenny Baker starred together in a number of films although they were never actually seen in the flesh. Who did they play (C3PO & R2D2)
33. Which hit film of 1995 featured a talking duck named Ferdinand who was desperate to be a cockerel (Babe)
34. Which former England International Footballer once appeared on the national stamp of Gambia (Gary Lineker)
35. Which two consecutive months in a year total the most days (July & August)
36. On a German bottle of wine what does the word ‘sekt’ mean (Sparkling)
37. Chrysler built B-29's that bombed Japan, who built the Japanese Zeros (fighter planes) that tried to shoot them down, A. Honda B. Suzuki C. Mitsubishi (C. Mitsubishi)
38. Apart from Wigan name 4 teams beginning with W who have been Rugby League Champions (Wakefield / Widnes / Warrington / Workington)
39. In the UK in which century was the last person executed by beheading, 16th, 17th or 18th (18th Century)
40. A farmer has 2 haystacks in his south field, 3 haystacks in his north field and 4 haystacks in his west field. How many haystacks would he have in total if he combined them in the east field (ONE – BIG ONE!)
TIE-BREAKER: - How long was the Longest Hair on a living human, it belonged to Yogini Mata Jagdamba of India – (13 foot 10 inches long)
OR -
Anne Aitken of Devon is in the Guinness Book of Records for having the world’s largest collection of garden gnomes in her 4 acre “Gnome Reserve” – 2,010

1. HOW WERE THE CHINESE FORCED TO WEAR THEIR HAIR BY THE MANCHU CONQUERORS UNTIL 1912 (IN A PIG-TAIL)
2. IN ALL OF THE ENGLISH AND SCOTTISH FOOTBALL LEAGUES, WHICH TEAM HAS THE LONGEST NAME (INVERNESS CALEDONIAN THISTLE)
3. WHAT IS THE TITLE OF THE SONG THAT CONTAINS THESE LYRICS “WELL I DON’T KNOW WHY I CAME HERE TONIGHT, I GOT A FEELIN’ SOMETHING AIN’T RIGHT” (STUCK IN THE MIDDLE – STEALERS WHEEL)
4. ON THIS DAY, IN 1973, WHAT DID THE COUNTRY KNOWN AS BRITISH HONDURAS CHANGE ITS NAME TO (BELIZE)
5. WHICH SINGER / ACTRESS PLAYED THE CHARACTER ‘MAYDAY’ IN THE JAMES BOND FILM ‘A VIEW TO A KILL’ (GRACE JONES)
6. BRIGHAM YOUNG WAS BORN, ON THIS DAY, IN 1801, OF WHICH CHURCH / FAITH WAS HE THE LEADER (MORMON)
7. ACCORDING TO THE CHILDREN’S NURSERY STORY, WHO PUSHED THE WICKED WITCH INTO THE OVEN, WAS IT HANSEL OR GRETEL (GRETEL)
8. THE ACTRESS NORMA JEAN BAKER MORTENSON WAS BORN, ON THIS DAY, IN 1926, HOW DID WE KNOW HER BETTER (MARILYN MONROE)
9. WHICH SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRY’S NAME MEANS ‘PLACE WHERE THE LAND ENDS’ – IT IS TEN TIMES AS LONG AS IT IS WIDE (CHILE)
10. JASON DONOVAN WAS BORN, ON THIS DAY, IN 1968, WHAT WAS HIS BIGGEST SELLING SOLO U.K. HIT RECORD (TOO MANY BROKEN HEARTS 1/89 – 13 WEEKS / ANY DREAM WILL DO 1/91 – 12 WEEKS / SEALED WITH A KISS 1/89 – 10 WEEKS)
11. IN THE COMEDY DUO, WHO WAS THE OLDER, LAUREL OR HARDY (LAUREL b.1890 / HARDY b.1892)
12. THE AWARD WINNING ACTOR RENE AUBERJONOIS, WAS BORN, ON THIS DAY, IN 1940, HE PLAYS THE SHAPE-SHIFTER ‘ODO’ IN WHICH TV SCI-FI SERIES (STAR TREK – DEEP SPACE NINE)
13. WHICH COUNTRY IS THE HOME OF KRONENBOURG BEER (FRANCE)
14. PRINCE RAINER III WAS BORN, ON THIS DAY, IN 1923, HE IS HEAD OF STATE OF WHICH EUROPEAN PRINCIPALITY (MONACO)
15. OF ALL THE CLUBS CURRENTLY IN THE PREMIERSHIP, WHICH ONE HAS SPENT THE LONGEST UNBROKEN RUN IN THE TOP FLIGHT (ARSENAL – SINCE 1919)
16. WHICH KING OF ENGLAND MARRIED CATHERINE OF VALOIS, DAUGHTER OF CHARLES VI, KING OF FRANCE, ON THIS DAY, IN 1420 (HENRY V)
17. WHAT IS THE SECRET IDENTITY OF SUPERHERO KATHY KANE (BATWOMAN)
18. FAMILY FORTUNES QUESTION – TOP ANSWER REQUIRED – A FOOD YOU CAN EAT BY THE HANDFUL (NUTS / POPCORN / CRISPS / GRAPES / RAISINS)
19. BORN IN LONDON IN 1947, HOW IS THE SINGER / ACTOR DAVID ALBERT COOK BETTER KNOWN (DAVID ESSEX – HIS FIRST SINGLE REACHED 3/1973 – ‘ROCK ON’)
20. AT THE START OF A GAME OF CHESS, EACH PLAYER HAS A CHOICE OF HOW MANY MOVES (20)

21. In Bruce Forsyth’s game show “Play Your Cards Right” what do you get for a pair ? (Nothing - Not in this game)
22. Who are the only known speakers of the language known as Oddle Poddle ? (Bill and Ben - The Flowerpot Men)
23. HOW MANY LEGS DOES A SHRIMP HAVE (10 – SAME AS CRABS & LOBSTERS)
24. WHAT WERE FIRST USED IN HORSE RACING, AT NEWMARKET, IN 1965 (STARTING STALLS)
25. Which car manufacturer made the Avenger ? (Hillman)
26. In which hobby or pastime could you handle Banjo Cable or Leaf Rib with ease ? (Knitting)
27. WHAT NAME IS GIVEN TO AN OBLONG BLOCK OF IRON POURED FROM A SMELTING FURNACE (A PIG)
28. Who is the first female in line to the British throne ? (Princess Beatrice)
29. In which suburb was the TV series “Birds of a feather” set ? (Chingford)
30. Which British actor wrote an autobiography called “What’s it all about” ? (Michael Caine)
31. Which International Rugby Union team has the shortest name ? (Fiji)
32. For many years Fred Basset has been a regular cartoon in which UK newspaper ? (Daily Mail)
33. WHICH COMMON GARDEN INSECT GETS ITS SCIENTIFIC NAME FROM THE LATIN FOR ‘LITTLE SCISSORS’ (EARWIG – Forficula)
34. On Which Board Game might you find B & O, Reading, Shortline and Pennsylvania ? (Monopoly - Stations on American Version)
35. Who in 1996 became England’s youngest ever soccer manager ? (Glen Hoddle)
36. Holidaymakers were not very happy as what was abolished on June 30th 1999 ? (Duty Free Allowance)
37. Which Comedian claimed he came from Ballygobackwards ? (Jimmy Cricket)
38. Which airline has the largest percentage of its tickets sold over the internet? (EasyJet)
39. Mathew Kelly is to be given his old job back but who 1st presented stars in their eyes ? (Leslie Crowther)
40. There is an American word which is always pronounced incorrectly even by Americans. What is it – (Incorrectly)
or –
How many times can you take 3 from 39 ? (1 - Once you have it is then 36)

TIE-BREAKER – IN 34,000 RAIDS BY COMBINED FORCES OVER KOSOVO & SERBIA, HOW MANY TANKS DID NATO FORCES DESTROY (13)

1. In the News, As we celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Coronation, In Which Country was Princess Elizabeth when she learned she had become the Queen? (Kenya)
2. In the News, According to a recent interview, What does Prince William like to drink? (Cider)
3. For which year has Liverpool been chosen to be the European Capital of Culture, heading off competition from five other UK cities (2008)
4. In the News, Which former Spice Girl has landed a role in Absolutely Fabulous? (Emma Bunton)
5. Where is your Mound of Mars Positive? (On the palm of your hand)
6. In the News, Which Large Beer swilling Comedian is to take the role of Harry Secombe in a New Film "The Life And Death Of Peter Sellers" (Johnny Vegas)
7. In the News, What was the name of the former BBC Racing Commentator, who died this week, aged 74 ( Peter Bromley - He had served as the BBC's racing correspondent for 41 years and only retired after the 2001 Epsom Derby - During his career he commentated on 202 Classic races)
8. In the News, Which Premiership Football Club have qualified for Europe for the first time since 1979 after England were confirmed as winners of Uefa's Fair Play table (Manchester City)
9. The Artist formerly known as Prince was born in 1958, Prince Roger Nelson, What was his biggest selling U.K. Hit Record (The Most Beautiful girl in the World 1/94 – 12 Weeks)
10. Family Fortunes Question - Top Answer Required - Name something found at the bottom of a birdcage (Sandpaper / Birdseed / Grit / Droppings / Dead Parrot)
11. In the News, Which chocolate bar has released a limited edition called ‘Midnight’ (Mars Bar)
12. In the News, Which Record Producer, Who has recently died, linked The Animals, Lulu, Donovan,
Herman's Hermits, Sweet, Suzi Quatro, Smokie and Hot Chocolate
(Mickie Most – Born Michael Peter Hayes in Aldershot, England, in 1938)
13. What is the most commonly consumed insect in the world? (Grasshopper)
14. In the News, A British probe designed to search for life on Mars has blasted into space. Beagle 2 sat atop a Russian Soyuz-Fregat rocket, The vehicle took-off from the Baikonur spaceport in which Country (Kazakhstan)
15. Andy Pandy had two best friends, one was Louby-Lou, who was the other (Teddy)
16. In the News, The former Coronation Street actor who played killer Richard Hillman got married this week, What is his Real Name (Brian Capron – recently won Best Actor at British Soap Awards)
17. In the News, Which famous celebrity, aptly, broke his nose after walking into a wall (Barry Manilow)
18. What were the names of Wendy Darlings 2 brothers in Peter Pan? (Michael & John)
19. In the James Bond Movie “A view to a Kill” which 1979 Oscar winner plays 007’s enemy Maximillion Zorin? (Christopher Walken)
20. What always goes to the FA Cup Final, but never ever appears in public? (The losing team’s ribbons)

21. In the News, The Royal Mail has threatened legal action against an art gallery for selling mock-stamp prints that feature the Queen wearing a what (Gas mask - Artist James Cauty created the series of prints, entitled Black Smoke, Stamps of Mass Destruction)
22. On This Day in 1683 - The first public museum, The Ashmolean, was opened in which English City (Oxford)
23. In the News, What New Flavour Ice-Cream has hit the shops in Newcastle, Chicken Vindaloo, Vodka and Tonic or Beer Flavour (Beer)
24. In the News, Which Footballer am I, Born in Rotherham in 1963, I joined Peterborough in 1982 after failing to make the grade at Leeds, in 1984 I moved to Birmingham where I stayed until 1986 when I joined QPR, where I stayed until 1990 when I was transferred for £1.3m, I made my England debut in 1988 against Saudi Arabia (David Seaman)
25. Which hit singer of the 1980’s, real name Stuart Goddard, is in the secure Alice ward of the Royal Free hospital in north London, where he is detained for his own protection and the safety of others under section two of the 1983 Mental Health Act (Adam Ant)
26. In the News, What noise complaint was received by a local district council in Suffolk, Lawnmowers were too loud and being used too often, Someone's doorbell was making too much noise or a neighbour's horse was urinating too loudly
(A neighbour's horse was urinating too loudly!)
27. The meat from which animal is used in the Asian dish Nasi Goreng (Pig)
28. What colour flag would a motor racing driver receive if he were Disqualified (Black)
29. In the News, After the Grand Prix, What had to be saved from sinking in Monte Carlo after being left on wet ground, Was it - An elephant, Michael Schumacher's F1 car or A trailer containing a vastly expensive yacht (An elephant – from a travelling circus)
30. Which League Football Team’s ground is nearest to the River Mersey (Stockport County)
31. In the News, After a spell in the Jungle, who is to host a new Gladiator style show on ITV1 (John Fashanu)
32. One Point Each - Name the Six Racecourses beginning with the letter ‘W’ (Wincanton / Wetherby / Worcester / Warwick / Wolverhampton / Windsor)
33. In 1864, Franz Muller had the dubious distinction of being the first person to commit a murder on which type of transport in Britain (On a Train)
34. If you threw a 3 and a 2 at the start of the British version of Monopoly, where would you land (Kings Cross Station)
35. What was the former occupation of the man who invented the speed camera – a) Bus Conductor b) Rally Driver or C) Pig Farmer (b – Rally Driver)
36. In the News, England's 2-1 victory over Serbia-Montenegro in the midweek friendly saw England field a total of 21 players, Who was the only player to last the full ninety minutes (Goalkeeper David James)
37. Which of these comedians was a preferred choice to play Frank Spencer in ‘Some Mothers Do Have ‘Em’, before the role went to Michael Crawford a) Benny Hill b) Dick Emery or c) Ronnie Barker (c – Ronnie Barker)
38. Who wrote many of his novels in his Jamaican home called ‘Goldeneye’ (Ian Flemming)
39. How are Julia Volkova & Lena Katina better known in the world of Pop Music (T.A.T.U)
40. What is the upper age limit for being an MP in the UK? (There isn't one)
TIE-BREAKER:- How many crew on Star Treks USS Enterprise? (430)

1. What was signed by King John, on this day, in 1215, in a meadow at Runnymede (Magna Carta)
2. Which side do you always serve from first in a game of tennis, Left or Right (Right)
3. ‘Dirty wheelchair’ is an anagram of which TV Quiz Presenter (Richard Whiteley)
4. In the News, Bryan McFadden has been named Celebrity Dad of the Year, beating Tony Blair, David Beckhan, Bob Geldof and Jamie Oliver, he is a member of which Pop Band (Westlife)
5. Which Is The Only Word In The English Dictionary Ending In hth (Eighth)
6. Steffi Graf, was born, on this day, in 1969, How many times was she Wimbledon’s Ladies Singles Winner (Seven – 88 / 89 / 91 / 92 / 93 / 95 / 96)
7. If you take a basketball shot from 22 feet away from the basket, how many points do you get (3)
8. What is the title of the epic drama starring Kenneth More, which is the story of the sinking of the Titanic, as seen through the eyes of its second officer (A Night To Remember)
9. Which British Monarch was captured, on this day, in 1567 at the Battle of Carbury Hill near Edinburgh (Mary, Queen of Scots)
10. Noddy – Neville – Holder was born on this day in 1950, He was lead singer with the Glam Rock group Slade, What is their biggest selling UK hit record, that is released annually (Merry Christmas Everybody 1/73)
11. On this day, in 1645, the English Civil War’s Battle of Naseby took place With Cromwell’s forces victorious, in which English County is the site of the Battle (Northamptonshire)
12. In fishing would you catch a black bass in salt water or fresh water (Fresh water)
13. Who arrived in Ireland, on this day, in 1919, after 16 hours and 12 minutes, winning them $50,000 prize from the Daily Mail (Captain John Alcock and Lt. Arthur W. Browne)
14. Family Fortunes Question – Top Answer Required – An Occupation you’d hate your neighbour to have (Musician / Policeman / Tax Collector / Funeral Director / Mechanic)
15. What sort of animal is Wilbur in the film 'Charlottes Web' (A Pig)
16. George Alan O’Dowd, born 1961, on this day, was lead singer with Culture Club, what was their biggest selling UK hit record (Karma Chameleon 1/83)
17. According to law how long must the driving instructor have drove before teaching others (3 years)
18. Which sport is played by the Pittsburgh Penguins (Ice Hockey)
19. In the News, Which actress says that she is eating 20 Doughnuts a day, in order to pile on two stones for the sequel to Bridget Jones Diary (Renee Zellwegger)
20. What is the only British football team not to have the letters of the word ‘Football’ in its name (Dundee)

21. What was the Scarecrow missing in "The Wizard of Oz" (A Brain)
22. In the News, Which pop star's career is set to be the subject of a new West End musical (Rod Stewart)
23. By volume of sales which is the most popular brand of Scotch whisky in the world (Johnny Walker)
24. In the News, “Get Out of Here, Curse You!” was the title of whose novel that was due to go on sale on March 20th (Saddam Hussein's)
25. In Coronation Street what was Haley’s first name before she had a sex change (Harold)
26. In the News, The threat posed by which creatures led school authorities in Brighton to give pupils a day off, Rats, Ants or Seagulls (Seagulls)
27. Which Comedian, who has recently celebrated his 100th birthday, his autobiographical books include "I owe Russia $2,000", "The Last Christmas show" & "The Road to Hollywood" (Bob Hope)
28. In the News, Who is to become the new president of the Girl Guides, a post previously held by the late Princess Margaret (The Countess of Wessex)
29. Which can play lowest note tuba, double bass, double bassoon, or piano (Piano)
30. In the News, One of the largest collections of Elvis' personal memorabilia outside the United States has gone on display in which UK city (Liverpool)
31. In the TV ads, what is the name of Homepride's head chef (Fred)
32. In the News, A family in India is facing legal action over their refusal to tell authorities exactly what is in their ancient recipe for an asthma "cure". What else does the therapy require sufferers to do, Eat dozens of live insects, Swim 20 miles down the Ganges river or Swallow a live fish (Swallow a live fish)
33. Which island has a national flag consisting of pure white background with a yellow map of the island above two olive branches (Cyprus)
34. In the News, Which famous actor & director is starring in a French tourist board video urging Americans to holiday in France (Woody Allen)
35. Who is the actor in the TV series ‘Heartbeat’ who plays the character Vernon Scripps (GEOFFREY HUGHES)
36. In e-mails, what is normally meant by the abbreviation 'TIA' (Thanks in Advance)
37. In the TV series ‘The Addams Family’, Gomez had a pet named Aristotle. What type of creature was Aristotle, a Vulture, a Dragon or an Octopus (Octopus)
38. This American born leading man appeared in many movies including "Hell Drivers" 1957, "Ice Station Zebra" 1968, "Escape From Alcatraz" 1979 and "Braveheart" in 1995. He achieved international fame through two television programmes in the 1950s and 1960s. His number was up in the second programme. Which actor am I describing (Patrick McGoohan. He starred as "John Drake" in the series "Danger Man" 1959 - 1962 and was known only as "Number 6" in the weird and wonderful "Prisoner" series in 1967)
39. The National Lottery’s “voice of the balls” is also one of the regular team on Terry Wogan’s radio show. What is his name (ALAN DEADICOAT)
40. The police are trying to catch a killer and they only know his first name is Harry. They burst into a house and find two carpenters, a lorry driver and bank manager playing cards. The police immediately know which one is the killer. How did they know which one to arrest (Harry was the only man present, the others were women)
TIE-BREAKER:- In how many full novels (NOT short stories) did Poirot solve a case (33)

1. In the News, What is the title of the latest Harry Potter book by J.K.Rowling (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix)
2. THE FIRST LONG DISTANCE RACE WAS FROM ANTWERP TO LONDON IN 1819, IN WHICH SPORT (PIGEON RACING)
3. Who, On this day, In 1977 became the youngest player ever, at age 14, to win a Wimbledon tennis match (Tracy Austin - She defeated Elly Vessies-Appel of the Netherlands)
4. WHO WERE THE STARS OF THE OSCAR WINNING FILM ‘CAT CONCERTO’ (TOM AND JERRY)
5. Born, On this day, In 1944, Ray Davies - musician, singer, songwriter, Lead Singer of the Kinks, What was the Kink’s biggest selling U.K. hit record (Sunny Afternoon 1/66 – 13 wks / You really got me 1/64 – 12 weeks / Tired of waiting for you 1/65 – 10 weeks)
6. WHICH OF THESE ITEMS CONTAINS THE MOST CALORIES, CRUMPETS, ECLAIRS OR ECCLES CAKES (ECCLES CAKES)
7. In the News, How are increasing numbers of parents in China rewarding their teenagers for doing well in exams, according to research, by buying them holidays, by buying them cars or by buying them plastic surgery (Buying them plastic surgery)
8. WHICH FORMER MILKMAN, DRUMMER AND DRIVER, WHO BECAME AN ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER, BEFORE APPEARING IN ‘STARS IN BATTLEDRESS’ DURING WWII, WAS NAMED TV PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR IN 1954 AND HAD A NUMBER ONE HIT RECORD IN 1971 (BENNY HILL)
9. In the News, The prime minister of which Scandinavian country resigned on Wednesday (Finland)
10. WHICH ITEM OF FOOD WAS KNOWN IN VICTORIAN TIMES AS ‘LITTLE BAGS OF MYSTERY’ (SAUSAGES)
11. Born, On this day, In 1961, Jimmy Somerville - musician, keyboardist, singer, member of Bronski Beat, What was his biggest selling solo hit record which is from 1990 (You make me feel - mighty real 5/90 – originally a hit for Sylvester 78 / also covered by Dream Frequency 94 & Byron Stingily 98)
12. WHICH BRITISH BIRD HAS THE MOST FEATHERS (THE SWAN)
13. In the News, Which Chain of stores won a legal case, this week, against Job centres which refused to advertise its vacancies (The sex toys and lingerie shop Ann Summers)
14. WHICH ALCOHOLIC DRINK IS NAMED AFTER A WELSH PIRATE (CAPTAIN MORGAN RUM)
15. In the News, Why are a Norwegian family being threatened with eviction from their home, They play music too loudly, They have accumulated record-breaking rent arrears or They have painted their front door green (They have painted their front door green!)
16. ON THE 18th MAY 1968, WHAT WAS WEST BROM’S DENNIS CLARKE, THE FIRST TO DO IN THE F.A. CUP FINAL (TO COME ON AS A SUBSTITUTE)
17. WHAT NATURAL PHENOMENON TAKE THEIR NAME FROM AN ICELANDIC WORD MEANING ‘TO RUSH FORTH’ (GEYSERS)
18. IN WHICH YEAR WAS BEER SOLD IN CANS FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME, 1925, 1935 OR 1945 (1935 – IN RICHMOND, VIRGINIA BY THE KREUGER BREWING CO.)
19. WHO WAS LAST SEEN AT 1-55pm ON DECEMBER 15th 1944 (GLENN MILLER)
20. ACCORDING TO THE NURSERY RHYME, WHO DID THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT BUY A RING FROM, FOR ONE SHILLING (A PIG)

21. In the News, A post office that provided the inspiration for the children's character Postman Pat has closed its doors after a slump in business. Where was it (Kendal, Cumbria)
22. WHICH WELL KNOWN TV PROGRAMME CELEBRATED ONLY ITS 13th EDITION IN 2001 EVEN THOUGH IT BEGAN IN 1977 (IT’LL BE ALRIGHT ON THE NIGHT)
23. In the News, What was the name of the Holby City star who tragically died this week after a 40ft fall from a balcony (Laura Sadler)
24. FAMILY FORTUNES QUESTION – TOP ANSWER REQUIRED – SOMETHING PARENTS HIDE FROM CHILDREN (MEDICINE / PRESENTS / MATCHES / SWEETS / ALCOHOL)
25. In the News, What are Britney Spears, Halle Berry and Anthony Hopkins to be awarded (Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame - Also being honoured next year are Kevin Costner, Glenn Close, John Singleton and Ted Turner)
26. WHAT IS THE COLLECTIVE NOUN FOR A GROUP OF RACEHORSES TRAINED AT ONE STABLE (A STRING)
27. WHAT TYPE OF CONTEST WAS FIRST SEEN IN BRITAIN AT FOLKESTONE’S PIER HIPPODROME IN 1908 (BEAUTY CONTEST)
28. WHO IS THE ONLY PERSON CALLED ‘OSCAR’ EVER TO HAVE WON AN OSCAR (OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN)
29. WHAT WOULD A TIBETAN MONK HAVE IN HIS HAND IF HE WAS PLAYING WITH HIS ‘DUNG’, A RATTLE, A TRUMPET OR HIS BEADS (TRUMPET)
30. WHICH CAR COMPANY MADE MODELS CALLED ALPHA, BETA, GAMMA AND DELTA (LANCIA)
31. WHAT DID FRANK McNAMARA INVENT IN 1950 THAT IS 85mm BY 54mm (CREDIT CARD)
32. IF A DOCTOR WROTE THE LETTERS P.C. ON A MEDICAL PRESCRIPTION, SHOULD YOUR MEDICATION BE TAKEN BEFORE OR AFTER MEALS (AFTER MEALS – FROM THE LATIN ‘PORT CIBUM’)
33. WHAT WERE THE FIRST TWO WORDS TO BE BROADCAST LIVE FROM THE HOUSE OF COMMONS (ORDER! ORDER!)
34. HOW MANY MEMBER COUNTRIES OF THE EU DRIVE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE ROAD (TWO – U.K. AND IRELAND)
35. In the News, THERE HAS BEEN TALK RECENTLY OF ‘GUIDE PONIES FOR THE BLIND’ BUT WHICH IS THE MOST COMMON BREED OF GUIDE DOG (LABRADOR RETRIEVER)
36. WHAT IS ADDED TO CIDER AND BLACKCURRANT TO MAKE A DRINK CALLED A ‘RED WITCH’ (PERNOD)
37. In the News, Prince William celebrated his 21st Birthday and pictures were released of his father and brother all playing Polo, How many Horses are there on the field during play in a game of Polo (10 – Four on each side and the Two Umpires)
38. IN HINDU MYTHOLOGY, THE SYMBOL OF FERTILITY IS ‘NANDINI’, BUT WHAT SORT OF ANIMAL IS ‘NANDINI’ (A COW)
39. WHICH SPORT, SAW ENGLAND, CONTEST ITS FIRST TEST MATCH, AGAINST AUSTRALIA IN 1930, AT WIMBLEDON (SPEEDWAY)
40. WHICH KIND OF CHEESE IS ‘MADE’ BACKWARDS (EDAM)

TIE-BREAKER – HOW MANY BRAZILIAN MILITARY POLICEMEN SET A WORLD RECORD, FOR THE MOST NUMBER OF PEOPLE ON A MOTORBIKE (40)

1. In the News, Whose balls did the Sun newspaper ask its readers to rub at 1pm last Tuesday (TIM HENMAN - and according to Mystic Meg the vibrations of positive thought would spur him on to win!)
2. When Big Ben strikes the hour, on what stroke is the hour correct, the first or the last (The First)
3. In the News, Which football team has Teddy Sheringham agreed to join (Portsmouth)
4. In sunscreen lotions, for which words does the abbreviation SPF stand for (Sun Protection Factor)
5. In the News, Volkswagen is to cease production of its original Beetle later this summer. In which country is the last plant that produces them located (Mexico)
6. In terms of the amount of alcohol you get, which is the most expensive: whiskey, beer, or wine (Beer)
7. In the News, How did 'comedy terrorist' Aaron Barschak gain access to Prince William's 21st birthday, according to police (He climbed a tree)
8. In which country would one find 8 of the world's 10 highest mountains (Nepal)
9. How many times has John McEnroe won the Men’s Singles title at Wimbledon (Three / 81,83,84)
10. In which country is the world's largest McDonalds Restaurant (China)
11. In the News, A German company has just invented a talking version of which household appliance, A– Cooker, B– Washing machine or C– Kettle (B– Washing machine)
12. Family Fortunes Question – Top answer required – A Genie is an imaginary creature, name another (Unicorn / Fairy / Elf / Mermaid / Dragon)
13. The name of which Spanish wine means 'bleeding' (Sangria)
14. What is Michael Jackson's middle name (Joseph)
15. On which Parisian boulevard does the Tour de France finish (Avenue des Champs Elysees)
16. Armani suits are from which city (Milan)
17. If Al Capone suggested giving someone a 'Chicago Overcoat', what was he giving them (A Coffin)
18. Collared, rock and stock are all species of which bird (Dove)
19. This years Open Golf Championship is at Royal St George's Golf Club, Where is the Course (Sandwich, Kent - 17th - 20th July - 132nd Open Championship)
20. The Word PYGSNYE is a) a Saxon pigsty, b) a Cornish goblin, c) a term of endearment, or d) a small Welsh chapel (c - a term of endearment)

21. What are the residents of the island of Lesbos called, a)Lesbosians, b)Lesbians or c)Lesbestians (a – Lesbosians)
22. In Monopoly, if you were on ‘GO’ and threw a double six what square would you land on (Electric Company)
23. What is Mystic Meg’s surname, a) Pond, b) Mere, c) Lake or d) Pool (c - Lake)
24. ‘A clown too many’ is the autobiography of which deceased British comedian (Les Dawson)
25. Stumpies and Rumpies are different types of what, a) Scottish cow, b) Manx cat, d) Cornish pasties or d) Welsh cheeses (b - Manx cat)
26. The TV series ‘Big Strong Girls’ on BBC1 is all about what (D.I.Y)
27. In which country did alcohol free lager originate, a) Switzerland, b) Sweden, c) Australia or d) Denmark (a – Switzerland)
28. In the News, Until the recent ban, Which cigarette brand was advertised on billboards with the phrase ‘Old, New, Borrowed, Blue’ (Embassy Regal)
29. Cocking, Dickleburgh and Prickwillow are all places that can be found in which country a) S Ireland b) Wales, c) Scotland or d) England (d – England -a) West Sussex, b) Norfolk c) Camb)
30. Who am I? I am 47 years old, I was awarded an MBE in 2000, Wimbledon is my favourite two weeks of the year, I first appeared on ‘A Question of Sport’ as a Mystery Guest dressed as a cat (Sue Barker)
31. Which one of these four birds cannot sing, a) Male Budgie, b) Female Budgie, c) Male Canary or d) Female Canary (d - Female Canary)
32. A Drove is the collective name for which animals (Pigs)
33. According to the Children’s story, What 3 materials did the 'Thee Little Pigs' use to make their houses (Straw / Sticks / Bricks)
34. What was the title of the 1st Harry Potter book (Harry Potter and the Philosophers stone)
35. Little Eva was born on this day in 1945 – Little Eva Boyd – What was her biggest selling U. K. hit record (The Locomotion – 2/62)
36. Who makes the Terios model of car (Daihatsu – 1997 Model 4x4)
37. In the News, Who is to celebrate 50 years in television with a show at the Royal Albert Hall, complete with didgeridoos and wobble boards (Rolf Harris - first television appearance here in 1953)
38. In the News, Who used a lookalike decoy when he arrived in Vietnam on the fourth leg of his promotional tour of the Far East (David Beckham)
39. How are sausages wrapped in bacon more commonly known (Pigs in blankets)
40. How many birthdays does the average man have (1 - Just one!)
TIE-BREAKER - Approximately, how many flowers would a bee have to visit to make a spoonful of honey (4,000)