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End of Season Question Paper (16/05/07) - set by Mike Bath

(to see the answers move the mouse over the blank line beneath each question whilst at the same time

 pressing the select button on the mouse - when you print the page the answers show up on the printed copy)

 

PICTURE ROUND – “Backward Alphabetical Quiz Personalities”

Identify the famous faces (answers hidden below each picture).

To help, each has “reverse alphabetically sequential” letters to start their first and second names

 (e.g. Chris Bonnington) – no pair of letters is used more than once.  

Double click a button to hear music linked to one of the famous faces.

Wanda Ventham

Hannah Gordon

Oliver North

Sally Ride
John Inman
Ian Hislop
Cate Blanchett
Tessa Sanderson
Evan Davis
Uma Thurman
George Forman
Peter Osgood
Nell McAndrew
Ludovic Kennedy
Randy Quaid
Mario Lanza (M1)
David Copperfield
Ben Affleck
Kate Jackson (M2)
Frances Edmonds

ROUND 1 - "From First......"

Every answer contains a word connected with starting.

1. Peter Gabriel, Mike Rutherford, Steve Hackett and Phil Collins were all part of what?

 

Genesis
2. What did Gene Roddenberry create?
  Startrek
3. What feast day is celebrated in the Catholic Church on December 8th?
  The Immaculate Conception
4. A scene in the 1962 James Bond film Dr. No with Ursula Andress rising from the sea was inspired by which painting?
  The Birth of Venus (by Sandro Botticelli)
5. Which musician wrote the theme music for the TV soap opera Crossroads and a string of hits for Petula Clark, including Downtown and Round Every Corner?
  Tony Hatch
6. At which annual event is a door slammed in an official’s face only to be opened after 3 knocks?
  The State Opening of Parliament
7. What famous book, published in 1859, was written by a native of Shrewsbury and a grandson of Josiah Wedgwood?
  The Origin of Species (by Charles Darwin)
8. What are the first 6 words of St John’s Gospel?
  “In the beginning was the Word”
9. Which pop group had hits in the late 1960s with Baby, Now That I've Found You and Build Me Up Buttercup?
  The Foundations
10. In Dickens’ David Copperfield what is the name of the faithful servant of the Copperfield family and a lifelong companion to David, who marries Mr. Barkis?
  Peggotty

ROUND 2 - “All our Yesterdays”

      Click a team name for a question from the WithQuiz archive - return via the 'BACK' button - then click on the date for the answer - return again via the 'BACK' button.

ROUND 3 - "Odd Man Out"

Each of the 10 questions has a set of 4 pictures (A, B, C and D – reading top left to bottom right).  In each set there is an Odd Man Out.  For one point identify the Odd man Out and for a further point give the reason (i.e. what the other 3 have in common)

Double click a button to hear music linked to one of the pictures.

1.
 

C (Equator)

Other 3 all include points of the compass (South Park Eastenders – Mae West)

2.
 

C (Oliver Cromwell)

Other 3 all indicate Royal Houses (Windsor knot – Norman Wisdom – Moira Stuart)

3.

 

A (St Pauls)

Other 3 all indicate evangelists (Bernard Matthews – Luke Skywalker – Mark Lawrenson)

4.
 

B (Michael Grade)

Other 3 all indicate TV Chat Show hosts (Cecil Parkinson – Norton motorbike – Diana Ross/M2)

5.
 

A (Monty Don)

Other 3 all indicate TV Chefs (Oliver Twist – Ramsay Street in Neighbours – Stein)

6.
 

D (Butler)

Other 3 all indicate 20th Century British Prime Ministers (Thatcher – Mike Baldwin from Coronation Street – James Dean in East of Eden)

7.
 

B (Oxford)

Other 3 all indicate Manchester Squares (St Peters – Albert Einstein – Lytham St Annes Golf Club)

8.
 

C (Boots)

Other 3 all indicate types of hat (Panama – Bowler – Stovepipe)

9.
 

A (Sarah Lancashire)

Other 3 all indicate Irish Counties (Kerry Packer – Dominic Cork – James Galway)

10.
 

B (Grate)

Other 3 all indicate anagrams of ‘large’ (Elgar/M2 – Regal – Lager)

ROUND 4 - "Speaking of which......"

Play the extract from a famous speech of the 20th century by double clicking the CLIP  button, then answer the 2 questions.  The missing bits from each clip can be heard by double clicking the ANSWER button.  The answers to the questions are hidden in the usual way under the questions.

1.

Harold Macmillan

Harold Macmillan

Cape Town, 1960

Which famous 4 words have been cut out of the middle of this recording?

 

“The Wind of Change…..”

Who was the South African premier at the time?

Dr Verwoerd

2.

Winston Churchill
House of Commons, 1940

On which 2 places would “we fight them” in the clip cut out of the recording?

 

“The Beaches” & “The Landing Grounds”

 

Which World War II event immediately preceded this speech?

 

The Evacuation of Dunkerque

3.

John F Kennedy
Washington, 1961

Which 9 words come straight after the clip played?

 

”…ask not what your country can do for you….”

 

2 former US Presidents attended this inauguration speech: outgoing President Eisenhower and which other?

 

Former President Harry Truman

4.

Jawaharlal (Pandit) Nehru
New Delhi, 1947

Which 7 words have been cut from the middle of this clip?

 

“At the stroke of the midnight hour…”

 

Who was the final British Viceroy of India who handed over to Nehru?

 

Lord Louis Mountbatten

5.

Margaret Thatcher

Brighton, 1980

Which 11 words have been cut from the end of this clip?

 

“You turn if you want to.

  The lady’s not for turning.”

 

Who was the Labour leader at the time of this speech?

 

Michael Foot

6.

Image:Martin-Luther-King-1964-leaning-on-a-lectern.jpg

Martin Luther King
Washington, 1963

Which 6 words complete the clip?

 

”…that all men are created equal”

 

Who was found guilty of assassinating Martin Luther King in 1968?

 

James Earl Ray

7.

Franklin D Roosevelt
Washington, 1933

Which 7 words have been cut from the middle of this clip?

 

”….we have to fear - is fear itself”

 

Who was the US President Roosevelt was succeeding?

 

President Herbert Hoover

8.

Earl Spencer
Westminster Abbey, 1997

Which 8 words have been cut from the middle of this clip?

 

“...the most hunted person of the modern age”

 

What was the name of the driver of that ill-fated car in which Diana died?

 

Henri Paul

9.

Brian Johnston/
Jonathan Agnew
Oval, 1991

Which 7 letter word has been cut from the middle of this clip?

 

“Leg-over”

 

The loss of whose wicket were they describing?

 

Ian Botham’s

10.

Dylan Thomas
Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night 1952

Which 4 words complete the clip and this poem?

 

”…dying of the light”

 

What was the name of the famous “play for voices” that Thomas wrote?

 

Under Milk Wood

ROUND 5 - ".....to Last"

Every answer contains a word connected with ending.

1. At which club’s ground is the National Football Museum?
  Preston North End
2. Which actress was nominated for Oscars for her roles in the films Fatal Attraction and Dangerous Liaisons?
  Glenn Close
3. According to Winston Churchill what stretched from Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic?
  An Iron Curtain
4. According to the John Betjeman poem, why can’t “Dr Ramsden read The Times obituary to-day”?
  “He’s dead”
5. Northfleet in Kent is paired with which other Kent town in the name of a Nationwide Conference Football team?
  Gravesend
6. Which hit record by Love Affair topped the UK charts in 1968?
  Everlasting Love
7. Leaf, Diaphragm, Focal plane, Rotary disc and Kerr cell are types of what?
  Camera shutters
8. In what film of the 1960s did Stanley Baker play Lt. John Chard, Michael Caine play Lt. Gonville Bromhead and Jack Hawkins play Rev. Otto Witt?
  Zulu
9. What’s our word for what the Americans call the bumpers?
  The buffers
10. What 5 words immediately precede “It is now! It’s four!” in a famous quotation of the 20th century?
  “They think it’s all over.”

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