Questions

In recognition of current events, we thought we’d bring you ‘The Mother of all Quizzes’ (until we lost our Oedipus complex round about the end of Round 4)

ROUND 1

1.

Who was born in 1488 in a riverside cave at Knaresborough in Yorkshire?

2.

Anna Jarvis, born in West Virginia in 1864, founded what annual celebration?

3.

Who is the mother of actress Kate Hudson?

4.

Who was the mother of actress Isabella Rossellini?

5.

Who reputedly, when setting up a foundation, said to potential sponsors “It’s time to pay up for Mummy”?

6.

Which singer died choking on a bacon sandwich?

7.

Name the Mother of: Jane, Elizabeth, Lydia, May and Kitty (first name not needed).

8.

Name the Mother of: Wendy, John and Michael (first name not needed).

ROUND 2

1.

What was Slade’s number 1 hit in September 1972?

2.

Which famous German play was written in 1939?

3.

Name the Mother of Carrie Fisher (i.e. the actress that played Princess Leia in Star Wars).

4.

Name the Mother of Joely and Natasha Richardson.

5.

Name the Mother of JR and Bobby.

6.

Name the Mother of Wednesday and Pugsley.

7.

Name the Mother of Persephone.

8.

Name the Mother of Cronos and the Titans.

ROUND 3

1.

What is the first name of the female member of the Mamas and Papas who has not yet choked to death on a bacon sandwich?

2.

In which country was Mother Theresa born?

3.

What was the name of the hit musical based on Abba songs?

4.

Hattie McDaniel played which character in Gone With the Wind?

5.

In which play would you find Big Mamma Pollitt?

6.

Which actor in which film said “Look at me Ma – I’m on top of the world”?

7.

Where would you find the fictional character Betty Spencer?

8.

What is the term for a sculpture or painting depicting the Madonna holding the crucified body of her son?

ROUND 4

The Mother of all picture rounds

1.

(Picture 1) Who sculpted this Pieta?

2.

(Picture 2) Whose mother is this?

3.

(Picture 3) This Virgin and Child was painted by the artist probably best known for painting the fresco cycle on the Life of St Francis in the Upper Church of S. Francesco at Assisi. Who was he?

4.

(Picture 4) Who drew this Virgin and Child?

5.

(Picture 5) Which group produced this album?

6.

(Picture 6) What is the name of this album?

7.

(Picture 7) This Mother and Child is by which sculptor?

8.

(Picture 8) This is by an American primitive artist who became famous later in life. By what name is the artist known?

ROUND 5

 (and from here on we’ve lost interest in mum)

1.

Originally a military term for fortified tanks or guns. A journalist in Cream magazine used this expression for the first time in 1968 to describe a performance of the band MC5 from Detroit, and it is now generally used for a particular type of music. What is the expression?

2.

In January 1927 the BBC superimposed a grid on the Wembley pitch for commentary purposes and printed it in the Radio Times, to enable radio listeners to follow the action. This has led to an expression still in common use. What is it?

3.

What was the stage name of all the original five Marx brothers?

4.

Which famous UK blues singer suggested the name of the band Free? (a bit of help: it's not John Mayall)

5.

The Fender Stratocaster, preferred guitar of Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton and Hank Marvin, was first available in what year?  (+ or - 1 year)

6.

Three guitar players emerged in the 60’s/70’s with same surname and same initial. One of the guitarists played for Love. Give the surname and two of the forenames.

7.

Terry Nelhams died recently.  By what name is he better known?

8.

Antwone Fisher, made in 2002, is the directorial debut of which Oscar-winning actor?

ROUND 6 

1.

Who wrote the play The Seagull?

2.

Who wrote the play The Shadow of a Gunman?

3.

What is the name of Pinocchio’s cat?

4.

What is the name of Pinocchio’s fish?

5.

Who wrote the opera Carmen?

6.

Who wrote the opera La Boheme?

7.

What is the chemical symbol for Tungsten?

8.

What is the chemical symbol for Mercury?

ROUND 7

1.

Which planet has a moon called Charon?

2.

Which planet has a satellite called Ganymede?

3.

Javan, Sumatran, Great Indian, White and Black are types of which creature?

4.

In which city were the 1988 Summer Olympics held?

5.

Two former 20th century Conservative party leaders failed to become prime minister. William Hague is one. Who was the other?

6.

Melanie Phillips is a columnist in which daily national newspaper?

7.

Of which European country was Arnold Ruutel elected president in 2001?

8.

Which is the only all-female Oxford college (and has just voted to remain so)?

ROUND 8

1.

Of what is limnology the study?

2.

The Seven Samurai is to The Magnificent Seven as what is to Macbeth and what is to A Fistful of Dollars?

3.

What country has the Car Index Mark RC?

4.

How many Doctors Who (or Doctor Who’s, if you prefer) were there in the BBC series?

5.

What word is used to describe something that lives in the absence of oxygen?

6.

What word is used to describe one of a chemically identical species of atom which have the same number of protons, but different numbers of neutrons?

7.

In what year was the first known English County Cricket Match?  (within 15 years either way)

8.

Name the 5 sports in the Modern Pentathlon.

SPARES

1.

How many full member countries are there currently in the European Union?

2.

On which river does the city of Belfast stand?

3.

The word matinee is from the French ‘matinée’ literally meaning morning.  So why is it used to refer to an afternoon theatrical performance?

4.

In which US state is Ivy League college Brown University situated?

5.

Whose last words were “Either the wallpaper goes, or I do”?

6.

What country has the Car Index Mark CL?

7.

What is the nationality of the pop singer Avril Lavigne?

8.

Which actress plays the title role in the ITV sitcom Barbara?

9.

The Grosvenor Museum of Natural History and Archaeology is located in which Northern English city?

Answers

ROUND 1

1.

Mother Shipton

2.

Mother’s Day

3.

Goldie Hawn

4.

Ingrid Bergman

5.

Mark Thatcher

6.

Mama Cass

7.

Mrs Bennett (Pride and Prejudice)

8.

Mrs Darling (Peter Pan)

ROUND 2

1.

Mama Weer all Crazee Now

2.

Mother Courage (and her Children) by Brecht (accept Mother Courage)

3.

Debbie Reynolds

4.

Vanessa Redgrave

5.

Miss Ellie

6.

Morticia Addams

7.

Demeter

8.

Gaia (accept Ge or Mother Earth)

ROUND 3

1.

Michelle

2.

Macedonia

3.

Mama Mia

4.

Mammy

5.

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

6.

James Cagney in White Heat

7.

In Some Mother’s Do ‘Ave ‘Em

8.

Pieta

ROUND 4

1.

Michelangelo

2.

Whistler’s

3.

Giotto

4.

Leonardo da Vinci

5.

The Mothers of Invention

6.

Atom Heart Mother (Pink Floyd)

7.

Henry Moore

8.

Grandma Moses

ROUND 5

1.

Heavy Metal

2.

Back to square one

3.

Chico, Harpo, Groucho, Gummo, Zeppo

4.

Alexis Korner

5.

1954

6.

Alvin Lee: Ten Years After

Albert Lee: Heads, Hands and Feet, Emmylou Harris, Everly Brothers and many more

Arthur Lee: Love

7.

Adam Faith

8.

Denzel Washington

ROUND 6

1.

Anton Checkov

2.

Sean O`Casey

3.

Figaro

4.

Cleo

5.

Bizet

6.

Puccini

7.

W

8.

Hg

ROUND 7

1.

Pluto

2.

Jupiter

3.

Rhinoceros

4.

Seoul

5.

Austen Chamberlain

6.

Daily Mail

7.

Estonia

8.

St.Hilda’s

ROUND 8

1.

Lakes

2.

The Throne of Blood' and Yojimbo  (by Akira Kurisawa) – be willing to accept Cobweb Castle instead of The Throne of Blood, as that is a more direct translation of the Japanese title

3.

Taiwan

4.

8

5.

Anaerobic

6.

Isotope

7.

1791

8.

Riding, Fencing, Shooting, Swimming, Running

SPARES

1.

15

2.

Lagan

3.

Because the theatre-going middle & upper classes never referred to ‘afternoon’ (it was a tradesman’s term) - ‘morning’ lasted until teatime. (accept any explanation along these lines)

4.

Rhode Island

5.

Oscar Wilde

6.

Sri Lanka

7.

Canadian

8.

Gwen Taylor

9.

Chester