Aug 2000

  

  1. With which television show do you associate "The Ugly Bloke” spot?   (TFI Friday)

2.       About which war is director Francis Ford Coppola's hard hitting film Apocalypse Now? (Vietnam War)

3.       Sir Alf Ramsey, Bobby Robson and John Lyall have each managed the same football club.  Which one? (Ipswich Town)

4.       Which car company make a 4 x 4 model called the Grand Vitara? (Suzuki)

5.       Which 1993 film starring Robert Redford and Demi Moore is about having sex with a stranger for $1,000,000? (Indecent Proposal)

6.       At 146 mph Fastest serve in Tennis was set in 1998, who by? (Greg Rudeski)

7.       July 10, 1940 to October 31 marked an air war that stalled the planned Nazi invasion of England. What was it called? (Battle of Britain)

8.       Which brown bear befriended Mowgli? (Baloo)

9.       If you had the Title of the Doge, where would you be the ruler of? (Venice)

10.   The dearest property on a Monopoly board is Mayfair, how much is it? (£400)

11.   What other Country is joined with Serbia to form the modern day Yugoslavia? (Montenegro)

12.   Which Battle was the cause of Nelsons death ? (Trafalgar)

13.   In which Russian City is the Winter Palace? (St Petersburg)

14.   The city of Phoenix is the capital of which state of the USA? (Arizona)

15.   Who is the Lord High Admiral? (Queen)

16.   What does CBI stand for? (Confederation of British Industry)

17.   What's the Capital city of the Philippines?  (Manila)

18.   How many ball are there on a snooker table at the start of a game? (22)

19.   Which military rank does James Bond hold? (Commander)

20.   What game is played on a diamond? (Baseball)

  1. In World War II, what name was given to the mechanised divisions of the German Army, which included tanks?    PANZER DIVISIONS - the word "panzer" literally means "coat of mail
  2. Who scored the only goal and perhaps the last goal to be scored of this year's FA Cup Final?    (Chelsea's ROBERTO DI MATTEO)
  3. What was Operation Sea Lion in the Second World War? (Invasion of Britain)
  4. How deep is a fathom in feet?  (6)
  5. Sybil Fawlty or to be exact Prunella Scales is prominent in which Advert on TV? (Tescos)
  6. Matt is a cartoonist in which national daily newspaper? (Daily Telegraph)
  7. What is the stage name of the Cambridge educated entertainer who has made a TV career out of pretending to be a gormless West Indian rapper? (Ali G.)
  8. Which former girl friend of Prince Andrew has the real name Kathleen Dee-Anne Norris? (Koo Stark)
  9. Name London's second largest airport.? (Gatwick)
  10. In Thomas the Tank engine he is known by the Politically Correct as Sir Topham Hatt. By what name is he more commonly known? (Fat Controller)

 

 

Which judge led the inquiry into the 1989 Hillsborough Disaster? (Lord Justice Taylor)

Last Sundays Grand Prix was held at which Race circuit? (Hockenheim)

Which amateur football team reached the French Cup Final this season? (Calais)

Which super-heroine’s alter ego was Kathy Kane? (Batwoman)

Which American President ordered the dropping of the first atomic bomb ? (Trueman)

 

 

1.       In which stretch of water is the Russian Submarine that is subject to a joint rescue mission at the moment? (Barent sea)

2.       England beat the W’Indies in 2 days this week. At which Test match venue? (Headingly)

3.       Nick has been thrown out of the Big Brother house, what is his surname? (Bateman)

4.       In the Nursery Rhyme where did Mary's lamb follow her to? (School)

5.       What is normally the longest Lived animal? (Tortoise)

6.       What's the capital of Sweden? (Stockholme)

7.       Who was the 'stupid boy' in Dad's Army? (Pike)

8.       Which geological fault caused the San Fransisco earthquake of 1906 ?(San Andreas)

9.       On a darts board, what number is directly opposite No. 1? (19)

10.   In a series of Fawlty Towers, Manuel has a pet hamster (Rat) what name did he call it? (Basil)

11.   What event is due to start on 15th September this year? (Olympics)

12.   Which country has four letters, the last one q? (Iraq)

13.   Which country won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1992, 1993 and 1994? (Ireland)

14.   What are the initials of the organisation based in the North of Spain  in Catalan that are branded terrorists by the state? (ETA)

15.   Which building society has recently been bought by Barclay’s Bank? (Woolwich)

16.   Norwich holds the record for sales of which drug, according to a survey published by Tesco last week? (Viagra)

17.   Which Olympic sport needs a planting box? (Pole Vault)

18.   What colour hats do ordinary Smurfs wear? (White)

19.   Who played the part of a flustered vicar in 4 Weddings and a Funeral? (Rowan Atkinson)

20.   What’s the odd one out Cheetah, hyena, leopard, Panther? (Hyena it’s a Dog)

21.   We call it Friday, what do the French call it? (Vendredi)

22.   Which Welsh Secretary challenged John Major for the Tory Party leadership in the summer of 1995? (John Redwood)

23.   Who sang the theme song for 'The Man With The Golden Gun'? (Lulu)

24.   Presently driving for Williams, who will be driving for Bennetton next year? (Jason Button)

25.   Elvis Presleys daughter married which Rock & Pop Star? (Michael Jackson)

26.   In terms of combining Elements into a compound, if you had 2 of number 1 and 1 of number 8 what would you have? (Water)

27.   In which film did Robin Williams dress up as a Scottish nanny? (Mrs Doubtfire)

28.   What is the name given to the practice of favouring your own relatives? (Nepotism)

29.   Who discovered the Law of Gravity? (Sir Issac Newton)

30.   For half point each – name the playing pieces in a standard game of British Monopoly (Dog, Boot, Iron, Ship, Car, Top Hat)

  

·         What nationality was the discoverer of radium, Marie Curie? (Polish)

·         Which Spaniard is known for his hallucinatory paintings? (Salvador Dali)

·         What is the name of a front where a cold front has overtaken a warm front? (Occluded)

·         What was the name of the Film loosely based on the exploits the Jamaican Olympic Bobsleigh team, (Cool Running)

·         What is the name of the island off the coast of Italy that Euan Blair allegedly has been reported as being ‘Boisterous’? (Ponza)

 

 

  

Aug 27th 2000

1.       Where would you find Temperance between the Devil and Death, and a chariot between lovers and justice? (Pack of Tarot cards)

2.       If the autobahn is Germany’s equivalent of our motorway, what is Italy’s? (Autostrada)

3.       What was Clint Eastwood’s character called in Rawhide? (Rowdy Yates)

4.       Which snooker champion was nicknamed Dracula? (Ray Reardon)

5.       What metal are electric light bulb filaments usually made from? (Tungsten)

6.       What sort of vegetable is a Scallion? (Onion)

7.       A Channel 4 TV crew have just been freed after being held captive in which country? (Liberia)

8.       A film starring Brad Pitt and Vinnie Jones had its world premiere in London on Wednesday, what’s it called? (Snatch)

9.       What’s the name of the consortium that is sponsored by Richard Branson amongst others, that appears to have beaten Camelot for the National Lottery? (Peoples Lottery)

10.   Who is the Conservative Party’s new vice chairman and ex candidate for the Mayor of London? (Steven Norris)

11.   In which seaside resort was Dad’s Army set? (Walmington on sea)

12.   There’s only one country in the world where both the Equator and Tropic of Cancer pass through – which is it? (Brazil)

13.   Claimed to be an act by the IRA, who today in 1979 was killed in a boat explosion off the Coast of Ireland? (Lord Louis Mountbatten)

14.    Born Karol Wojtyla, how is this person better known? (Pope John Paul II)

15.   A 1999 poll revealed that the female leaders most admired today are Eleanor Roosevelt, who received 36.1 percent of the votes, and who came a close 2nd with 35.4 percent? (Margaret Thatcher)

16.   Who was the last teenage Monarch of this country? (Queen Victoria)

17.   Anthony Burgess wrote a book entitled 1985, who wrote 1984? (George Orwell)

18.   What's the next line to A your Adorable?  ( B your so Beautiful)

19.   Where would you find a Mullion? (Window - upright dividing Bar)

20.   What's the capital of Afghanistan? (Kabul)

21.   25 Cromwell St was an infamous address in which Town or City? (Gloucester)

22.   What do the Japanese call Japan? (Nippon)

23.   What was the name of the puppet that appeared with Philip Schofield in Childrens TV? (Gordon)

24.   Harry Allen was Britains last what? (Hangman)

25.   What name was given to the Chinese peasant uprising in 1900? (Boxer Rebellion)

26.   In the film 'Cry Freedom' Denzil Washington plays which figure? (Steve Biko)

27.   Happy birthday sweet 16 and Breakin up is hard to do were both hits for who? (Neil Sedaka)

28.   In which village does Postman Pat live in? (Greendale)

29.   What's the most popular Pub name in this country? (Red Lion)

30.   Who is the Chief of the Norse Gods? (Odin)