Questions

The theme of this quiz is that there are no themes

(Surnames alone are acceptable for all answers except R8 Q5)

ROUND 1

1.

Which TV programme won the BAFTA award for Best Soap last weekend?

2.

Which TV programme won the BAFTA award for Best Entertainment Programme?

3.

In which modern country is the Silk Road city of Samarkand?

4.

In which modern country is the town of Timbuktu?

5.

Of which planet is Galatea a satellite?

6.

Name both the satellites of Mars.

7.

What was described by J W Burgon as “A rose red city half as old as time”?

8.

Which 1989 film has its climax in Petra?

ROUND 2

1.

Who was the last king of the kingdom of Albania?

2.

Who was the first president of the socialist republic of Albania?

3.

After the death of Henry I in 1135 there was civil war between his daughter and his nephew. Who were they?

4.

During the Napoleonic Wars the Swedes invited a Frenchman to be their king.  He became Charles XIV.  What was his surname?

5.

What was the Beatles first UK album, released on 6^th April 1963?

6.

What was the Rolling Stones first UK single, charting on 25^th July 1963?

7.

Which brewery produces a bitter called Hobgoblin?

8.

Which brewery produces a bitter called Daniel’s Hammer?

ROUND 3

1.

Who composed the opera Boris Godunov?

2.

Who started composing the opera Prince Igor which was finished by Rimsky-Korsakov?

3.

Which Tory shadow cabinet member is heir to the Marquis of Lothian?

4.

The Marquis of Hartington is heir to which duke?

5.

Togo is bordered by three countries.  Name any 2.

6.

Eritrea is bordered by three countries.  Name any 2.

7.

Who painted A Bar at the Folies-Bergere in 1882?

8.

Who, in 1745, produced the etching Marriage a la Mode?

ROUND 4 – Picture Round

1.

(Picture 1) Which country in the Americas has this flag?

2.

(Picture 2) Which European country has this flag?

3.

(Picture 3) What is this small British bird of prey?

4.

(Picture 4) What is this British duck?

5.

(Picture 5) Who is this Formula 1 Grand Prix driver?

6.

(Picture 6) Who is this Formula 1 Grand Prix driver?

7.

(Picture 7) Which is the shaded country?

8.

(Picture 8) Which is the shaded Canadian province?

ROUND 5

1.

Who is the only British Prime Minister to appear on a Bank of England note?

2.

Which US president appears on the $2 bill?

3.

Bing Crosby first performed the song White Christmas in which 1942 film?

4.

The 1960 film The Misfits was Marilyn Monroe’s last completed film. It was also the last film of which other Hollywood star?

5.

In which city is de Montford University?

6.

In which city is Anglia University?

7.

Who is the actor father of actor Emilio Esteves?

8.

Who is the actress mother of actress Mia Farrow?

ROUND 6 

1.

What is the missing town name from this Betjeman poem:

“Come, friendly bombs, and fall on ----------”?

2.

What is the missing town from this Betjeman poem:

“Miss J Hunter Dunn, Miss J Hunter Dunn

Furnish’d and burnish’d by --------- sun”?

3.

Who won the World Snooker Championship in 1977, the first year it was held at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield?

4.

Who was Ladies Wimbledon champion in 1977?

5.

Sir Anthony Caro was appointed to the Order of Merit (OM) in 2000. In what field is he eminent?

6.

Dame Cicely Saunders was appointed to the Order of Merit in 1989. In what field is she eminent?

7.

Who founded the Bauhaus school of architecture in 1919?

8.

Walter Gropius married the widow of which composer?

ROUND 7

1.

Which was the top box office film in the UK in 1997?

2.

“I just called to say I love you” by Stevie Wonder won the 1984 Oscar for Best Song. From which film does the song come?

3.

Which disease was first described in September 1976 following a mysterious outbreak in Philadelphia USA?

4.

Which viral disease was named after a village in northern Nigeria where the first cases were seen in 1970?

5.

In the Bible who was the father of King David?

6.

In the Bible who was the mother of the prophet Samuel?

ROUND 8

1.

Who, in 1648, wrote the poem Gather ye rose buds while ye may?

2.

What, in 1728, was said to have “made Gay rich and Rich gay”?

3.

The 1956 Sci-Fi film Forbidden Planet was based on which Shakespeare play?

4.

The 1979 film Apocalypse Now was based on which novel by Joseph Conrad?

5.

Three US presidents have won the Nobel Peace Prize (either during or after their presidencies).  Name any 2.

6.

Three Israeli Prime Ministers have won the Nobel Peace Prize (either before, during or after their premierships).  Name any 2.

7.

Name either the scorer of the first goal, or the scorer of the last goal, in the Newcastle United versus Manchester United high scoring game last Saturday.

8.

Name the Nationwide League ground that hosted the match last Saturday that resulted in the league Division 1’s top team being deposed and the league’s Division 1’s bottom team getting out of that position.

SPARES

1.

What is the name of the vicar in Postman Pat?

2.

What is in the dish gravlax?

3.

What was the most watched terrestrial TV programme in the UK in 1997?

4.

In 1940 what was Operation Sealion?

5.

What was the Best Sports Programme at last weekend’s BAFTA Awards?

6.

What is the common name for the hallux?

7.

What was Madonna’s first UK single in 1984?

8.

Which famous American appears on the $100 bill?

Answers

ROUND 1

1.

Coronation Street

2.

I’m a Celebrity- get me out of here

3.

Uzbekistan

4.

Mali

5.

Neptune

6.

Phobos and Deimos

7.

Petra

8.

Indiana Jones and  the Last Crusade

ROUND 2

1.

Zog

2.

Enver Hoxha

3.

Matilda (also accept Maud) and Stephen

4.

Bernadotte

5.

Please Please Me

6.

Come On

7.

Wychwood

8.

Thwaites

ROUND 3

1.

Mussorgsky

2.

Borodin

3.

Michael Ancram

4.

Duke of Devonshire

5.

Two from: Benin – Ghana - Burkino Faso

6.

Two from: Sudan – Ethiopia - Djibouti

7.

Edouard Manet (not Monet!)

8.

William Hogarth

ROUND 4 – Picture Round

1.

Cuba

2.

Ukraine

3.

Merlin

4.

Widgeon

5.

Heinz Harald Frentzen

6.

Juan Pablo Montoya

7.

Uzbekistan

8.

Manitoba

ROUND 5

1.

Duke of Wellington

2.

Thomas Jefferson

3.

Holiday Inn

4.

Clark Gable

5.

Leicester

6.

Chelmsford

7.

Martin Sheen

8.

Maureen O’Sullivan

ROUND 6

1.

Slough

2.

Aldershot

3.

John Spencer

4.

Virginia Wade

5.

The Arts - he is a sculptor

6.

Medicine - she founded the Hospice Movement

7.

Walter Gropius

8.

Gustav Mahler

ROUND 7

1.

The Full Monty

2.

The Woman in Red

3.

Legionnaire’s Disease

4.

Lassa Fever

5.

Jesse

6.

Hannah

7.

The Clash

8.

AC/DC

ROUND 8

1.

Robert Herrick

2.

The Beggars Opera (Gay wrote it and Rich produced it)

3.

The Tempest

4.

Heart of Darkness

5.

Two from: Theodore Roosevelt - Woodrow Wilson - Jimmy Carter

(ask which Roosevelt - do not accept Franklin Roosevelt)

6.

Two from: Menachim Begin - Yitzhak Rabin - Shimon Peres

7.

Either  Jenas (first scorer) or  Ameobi (last scorer) - both were Newcastle players

8.

Fratton Park   (where Portsmouth lost to Sheffield Wednesday)

SPARES

1.

Reverend Timms

2.

Salt cured salmon and dill

3.

Princess Diana’s funeral

4.

The abandoned invasion of England by Germany

5.

The Commonwealth Games

6.

The big toe

7.

Holiday

8.

Benjamin Franklin