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Question Paper for 17/03/04 - set by X-Pats

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"Well it's March 17th so I guess it must be the St Patrick's Day Quiz then!!"

ROUND 1

1.

Obviously therefore.... give a year in the life of St Patrick!

 

385-461 A.D.

2.

Of which African country is St Patrick also the patron saint?

 

Nigeria

3.

Where are the remains of St Patrick now to be found?

 

Down Cathedral in Downpatrick

4.

What according to legend did St Patrick banish from Ireland?

 

Snakes

5.

Who was the last king of England to be made a Saint?

 

Edward the Confessor

6.

Which King of Scotland, who died in 1153, was known as ‘The Saint’?

 

David I

7.

Who is the Patron saint of bankers?

 

St Matthew

8.

Who is the patron saint of engineers?

 

St Patrick

ROUND 2

1.

Born on St Patrick’s day in 1834, which engineer designed and built the first motorcycle?

 

Gottlieb Daimler

2.

Born on St Patrick’s day in 1902, who was the first golfer to win the grand slam of golf?

 

Bobby Jones

3.

Which former King of Scotland (1488-1513) was born this day in 1473?

 

James IV

4.

Which explorer ‘discovered’ the Philippines on St Patrick’s Day in 1521?

 

Ferdinand Magellan

5.

Which item of stationery was patented on St Patrick’s Day in 1845?

 

The rubber band

6.

Which king of England died on St Patrick’s Day in 1040?

 

Harold I

7.

Which band’s album, Physical Graffiti, ascended to the number one spot on St Patrick’s day in 1975?

 

Led Zeppelin

8.

Which band’s last album, Goodbye, ascended to the number one spot on St Patrick’s Day in 1969?

 

Cream

ROUND 3

1.

How is the neurological disease Sydenham’s Chorea more commonly known?

 

St Vitus’s Dance

2.

In which European city is St Vitus cathedral?

 

Prague

3.

St Peter Port is the capital of which island?

 

Guernsey

4.

St Michael’s Mount is linked at low tide by a causeway to which Cornish town?

 

Marazion

5.

The St Leger and which other 2 horse races make up the (British) Triple Crown?

 

Derby & 2000 Guineas

6.

In which month is the St Leger run?

 

September

7.

Who wrote the music for the Opera Samson & Delilah?

 

Camille Saint-Saëns

8.

Who composed Ode to St Cecilia in 1683?

 

Henry PurcelI

ROUND 4 – Picture Round

       
 

 
  Picture 1 Picture 2  
       
   
  Picture 3 Picture 4  
       
   
  Picture 5 Picture 6  
       
 

 
  Picture 7 Picture 8  

1.

(Picture 1) Name the actress

 

Pat Phoenix

2.

(Picture 2) Name the actress

 

Patricia Coombs

3.

(Picture 3) Name the actor

 

Patrick Duffy

4.

(Picture 4) Name the actor

 

Patrick Stewart

5.

(Picture 5) Name the football team

 

St Mirren

6.

(Picture 6) Name the football team

 

St Etienne

7.

(Picture 7) Name the rock singer

 

Pat Benetar

8.

(Picture 8) Name the rock singer

 

Patti Smith

ROUND 5 – Picture Round

       
 

 
  Picture 1 Picture 2  
       
   
  Picture 3 Picture 4  
       
   
  Picture 5 Picture 6  
       
 

 
  Picture 7 Picture 8  

1.

(Picture 1) Name this person

 

Pat Cash

2.

(Picture 2) Name this person

 

Pat Jennings

3.

(Picture 3) Name the actress (not the character)

 

Pam St Clement

4.

(Picture 4) Name the actress

 

Eve Marie Saint

5.

(Picture 5) Name this actor

 

Patrick McGoohan

6.

(Picture 6) Name this actor

 

Patrick McNee

7.

(Picture 7) Name the sportsman

 

Ian St John

8.

(Picture 8) Name the sportsman

 

Paddy Crerand

ROUND 6 

1.

Pat Phoenix was married to Tony Booth.  What was the name of the character he played in Till Death Us Do Part?

 

Mike (no surname required)

2.

Patti Smith is married to which famous retired sportsman?

 

John Patrick McEnroe

3.

Patrick McGoohan played the Prisoner.  In which Welsh village was the series filmed?

 

Portmeirion

4.

Patrick McNee played Steed in The Avengers.  Honor Blackman was his first sidekick.  What was her character called?

 

Cathy Gale

5.

Pat Cash was Wimbledon champion in 1987.  Whom did he beat in the final?

 

Ivan Lendl

6.

From which club did Ian St John join Liverpool in 1961?

 

Motherwell

7.

For her performance in which Oscar winning film did Eve Marie Saint win the Oscar for best supporting actress in 1954?

 

On The Waterfront

8.

Patricia Coombs started here career on an early 1950s radio show called Hello Playmates.  Whose radio show was it?

 

Arthur Askey

ROUND 7

1.

In Lancashire patois, what does “laking” mean?

 

Playing

2.

In Lancashire patois, what is a “spell”?

 

A splinter (usually stuck in your body)

3.

How is the patella better known?

 

The kneecap

4.

Which pathogenic agent is responsible for African haemorrhagic fever?

 

The Ebola Virus

5.

The Pathogenic agent rhinovirus causes which disease?

 

The common cold

6.

What does the paternal set of chromosomes contain that the maternal set doesn’t?

 

The Y chromosome

7.

Who directed the 1957 World War I epic film Paths of Glory?

 

Stanley Kubrick

8.

Who famously refused to accept the Oscar for his performance in the 1969 film Patton?

 

George C Scott

ROUND 8

1.

Which Spanish City is also known as Donostia?

 

San Sebastian

2.

Which Primera Liga Football team plays its home games in San Sebastian?

 

Real Sociedad

3.

On April 21st 1836, Santa Anna’s army was defeated at San Jacinto to save which Republic?

 

Texas

4.

The troops of which country gained a memorable victory at the battle of Maryang San in October 1951?

 

Australia

5.

St Lucia is the largest Island in which group?

 

The Windward Islands

6.

Of which country is the Atlantic Ocean island of St Helena a self-governing overseas territory?

 

Great Britain

7.

Which German city is the home of St Pauli Girl beer?

 

Bremen

8.

In which non-European country did San Miguel beer originate?

 

The Philippines

SPARES

1.

Whose symphony number 6 is also known as Pathètique?

 

Tchaikovsky

2.

What most famously resides in St Thomas’s tower?

 

Big Ben

3.

Who is the author of The Saint series of novels?

 

Leslie Charteris

4.

What type of car was driven by The Saint in the 1960s TV series?

 

Volvo P1800

5.

In which county is St Albans?

 

Hertfordshire

6.

Which Rugby Union team is nicknamed The Saints?

 

Northampton

7.

Name the 2 golf courses with ‘St’ in their titles that have hosted the British open golf tournament.

 

St Andrew’s and Royal St Georges (Sandwich)

8.

Who scored City’s fourth - yes that’s the fourth goal - last Sunday, in the demolition of the crumbling edifice that was once a football team from Salford?

 

Saint Shaun Wright-Phillips

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