Round One
1) In the
news – who is Charlie Morgan ?
2) Which
British pre-decimal coin was actually worth 5 shillings ?
3) The Emu
and which other creature appear on the Australian coat of arms ?
4) How is the
old game of jeu de paume better known ?
5)What is
the connection between your last three answers?
6) Cape Verde
Islands, off the coast of Africa, were once a colony of which European country
?
7) Who
presents Britain’s Brightest on BBC ?
8) Who was
the first welsh artist to have a number 1 in the UK ?
9) Which
element is named after the island of Cyprus ?
10) How many
countries will host matches in the 2020 Euros , according to a UEFA
announcement last week ?
Round Two
1)Why
did a repeat of The Tweenies cause the BBC to receive thousands of complaints
last week ?
2)Which
Beatles’ song, from the White Album, a different version of which appeared on
the B Side of Hey Jude, contained a
reference to Chairman Mao ?
3)Which
device, which takes its name from the French for Little Wheel, was invented by
Blaise Pascal in his search for a perpetual motion machine?
4)Which
musical, written by Julian Slade, centres around a magical piano, which gives
people who hear it an irresistible desire to dance?
5) What
is the connection between your last three answers ?
6)Close
to which city is BBC’s Waterloo Road now set ?
7) In
films, what links Beethoven, Hootch and Benji ?
8) Near
which capital city did the 1812 Battle of Borodino take place ?
9) The
Irrawaddy is the longest river in which country ?
10) Name
the US teenager who knocked Serena Williams out of the 2013 Australian Open,
before losing to Azarenka in the semi final ?
Round Three
1)
What controversial claim was made by MP Anna Soubry last week ?
2)Which TV
character’s best friend is a teddy bear called Teddy, his girlfriend is called
Irma Gobb, and he drives a mini with the registration number SLW 287R.
3) Which
male social networking and charitable organization was founded in Norwich in
1927 ?
4) Which left wing newspaper began life as the Daily Worker before
changing to its current name in 1966 ? 5) What is the connection between your
last three answers ?
6) Where in London did Richard II meet the leaders of the
Peasants Revolt, and Wat Tyler get beheaded by the Lord Mayor of London ?
7) Which
was the last of the Triumph company’s TR vehicles ?
8) What is a Katydid ?
9) Which
song was voted Britain’s favourite number one single of all time in 2012 ?
10) An
athlete from which island nation won the men’s javelin in the 2012 Olympics ?
Round Four
1)
Which musician announced her intention to compete as a skier for Thailand in
the 2014 Olympics last week ?
2) The Minotaur had the bottom half of a man, and
the top half of a what ?
3) How are the Sami people of Scandinavia otherwise
known ?
4) The Beulah Speckled Face – the Bluefaced Leicester and the
Derbyshire Gritstone are all breeds of what?
5) What is the connection between
your last three answers ?
6) How was the ruler born Princess Sophie of Anhalt better known in
the 18th century ?
7) If Ebor is used as the surname in the
signature of the Archbishop of York, which word is used in the signature of the
Archbishop of Canterbury ?
8) What was the title of the last album released by
Michael Jackson, not including compilations ?
9) In the movie Fahrenheit 451 –
what does Fahrenheit 451 actually signify ?
10) Who will be Europe’s Ryder Cup
captain in the 2014 Ryder Cup ?
There you go. Enjoy.
4 comments:
Fahrenheit 451 - not just the film, but Ray Bradbury's original book.
I know wj - but for audience I was writing they tend to be more accustomed to films than books, and I just cut and pasted this straight in.
A good piece of trivia about the film is that the credits were (appropriately) spoken, like M*A*S*H.
Have the answers to these been published? I couldn't find them.
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