3/9/2000

 

1.                   Why has Marjorie Evans been in the news this last week? (Head teacher acquitted on appeal of assaulting a Pupil)

2.                   Who has the title of First Minister of N’Ireland? (David Trimble)

3.                   The eponymous hero Peter Rabbit of a work 1st published in 1902 was warned of the dangers lurking in a nearby garden with the words ‘Your father had an accident there; he was put in a pie by Whom? (Mr McGregor)

4.                   Strenuous exercise can cause a build up of which acid in the muscles? (Lactic)

5.                   In which game can you score a goal and a behind depending on which particular posts the ball passes through? (Australian Rules Football)

6.                   What name is given to the message, which the President of the USA delivers to Congress at the start of each year, roughly equivalent to the Queens speech in Britain? (State of the Union address)

7.                   Who failed a Drugs test during the 1994 World Cup? (Diego Maradonna)

8.                   On which D-Day beach was the film "Saving Private Ryan" set? (Omaha)

9.                   On a Monopoly board, what colour is Bond Street? (Green)

10.               With which country is voodoo associated? (Haiti)

11.               What is the Italian name for Turin? (Torino)

12.               What was the name of the Building and the name given to the Parliament of Germany prior to Hitler assuming power? (Reistag)

13.               What is the nickname of the largest city in the USA? (The Big Apple)

14.               What is the lowest score that you cannot obtain with 1 dart on a traditional dart board? (23)

15.               How did ABBA derive it's name? (Acronym of the first initials of the band members)

16.               In which Bruce Willis trilogy of films would you find the character John McClaine? (Die Hard)

17.               What’s the highest possible score in a game of 10 pin bowling?(300)

18.               At the start of a game of draughts, how many squares are empty?(40)

19.               Acetic Acid is more commonly named what? (Vinegar)

20.               Lara Croft is the Heroine of which Computer Game? (Tomb Raider)

21.               What were Fletcher’s first names in Porridge? (Norman Stanley)

22.               Organic chemistry is the study of materials that must contain what? (Carbon)

23.               In which US city is the Sears tower? (Chicago)

24.               Alphabetically which is the first of the US States? (Alabama)

25.               What is the antonym of the word synonym? (Antonym)

26.               Who in History was known as the ‘Little Corporal’? (Napoleon)

27.               Who is the only footballer to have played for Manchester United , Manchester City , Liverpool and Everton? (Peter Beardsley)

28.               Which Canadian boxer, won the 1988 Olympic Super-Heavyweight Gold Medal, defeating Riddick Bowe of the USA in the final? (Lennox Lewis)

29.               Colonel John Smith was better known as whom in the A Team? (Hannibal)

30.               In American Football How many points are scored for a touchdown? (6)

 

Who carved Pinoccho? ( Geppetto?)

What is the white part of the egg called? (Albumen)

In which Town or City did the German Sixth Army surrender in early 1943? (Stalingrad)

The rulers of Russia used to be called Tsars, what did they call the son of o Tsar? (tsarovitch)

How many players are there on each team in the traditional Scottish game of shinty? (12)

 

 Sept 10th 2000

 

1.                   Who is president of Russia? ? (Vladamir Putin)

2.                   Who was the male star of the film Blade Runner? (Harrison Ford)

3.                   What is 70% of 70? (49)

4.                   Until last Monday, how many years has it been since England last had a home Test Match series win against the West Indies? (31)

5.                   Which American president has recently been revealed as a drunken drug addict? (Nixon)

6.                   What was the name of Henry VIII's flagship, which was sunk in the Solent, and raised several years ago? (Mary Rose)

7.                   Which planet lies between Saturn and Neptune? (Uranius)

8.                   What is the latest amount offered to keep the millennium dome running? (£47m)

9.                   41 Britons on a coach Tour in America were injured this week in a crash that occurred in which state? (Nevada)

10.               What’s the name of the Gang that held hostage 11 British Soldiers in Sierra Leone? (West side boys)

11.               Who the British 400 meters runner who has just withdrawn from the Olympics pending a hearing into Drug Taking by the IAAF? (Mark Richardson)

12.               In this particular case as with several others what is the particular substance that the issue is all about? (Nandralone)

 

17th September 2000

 

1.                   Who invented the miner’s safety lamp? (Sir Humphrey Davy)

2.                   In 1987, Matthias Rust was sentenced to 4 years hard labour by the Russians – what was his strange offence?( He landed a plane in Red Square)

3.                   What colour are Mickey Mouse’s gloves? (White)

4.                   Who presents the TV show – It’ll Be Alright On The Night? (Dennis Norden)

5.                   Which car manufacture makes a model called the Scenic? (Renault)

6.                   Who did the cleaning at the Crossroads Motel? (Amy Turtle)

7.                   What’s the first name of The Vicar Of Dibley? (Geraldine)

8.                   What was the name of the slave played by Frankie Howard in Up Pompeii? (Lurkio)

9.                   In Fawlty Towers, what make of car did Basil give a good thrashing to? (Morris/Austin 1100)

10.               Which TV quizmaster also has a part in One Foot In The Grave? (Angus Deaton)

11.               What is the outer layer of a baked Alaska made from? (Meringue)

12.               Who wrote the classic horror story, “Dracula”? (Bram Stoker)

13.               Which composer is famous for his Rhapsody in Blue? (Gershwin)

14.               Once a rocket has left the launch site at Cape Canaveral, Johnson Space Centre takes over, where is it? (Houston Texas)

15.               The Campbell’s massacred the MacDonald’s in a Scottish valley in 1692. Name the Valley? (Glencoe)

16.               In the Bond film Goldfinger, what was the name of Goldfinger's bodyguard? (Oddjob)

17.               According to a recent survey among women, what is the least favourite part of the male body? (Feet)

18.               In 1962 Britain and France signed an agreement which led to co-operation in building what? (Concorde)

19.               According to the bible what is the final battle between god and Satan. Called? (Armageddon)

20.               Tracy Island is the setting for which TV series? (Thunderbirds)

21.               What name given to an exploding star? (Supernova/Nova)

22.               Who starred with Tommy Lee Jones in the 1997 blockbuster Men in Black ? (Will Smith)

23.               What kind of fuel mostly powers a "gas" cigarette lighter? (Butane)

24.               What was the name of Dame Edna Everage’s husband (Norman)

25.               What is 73 miles long and stretches from Solway Firth to Wallsend on Tyne? (Hadrians Wall)

26.               Which famous role did 9-year-old Terry Brooks wear spectacles & a Stetson for? (The Milky Bar Kid)

27.               Who was the winner of Big Brother, Surname required? (Craig Phillips)

28.               Who is the Liberal Democrat leader (Charles Kennedy)