Round 4: Pot Luck
- Which country is governed by the Knesset?
- Who composed the opera
Tosca
?
- Michael and Vincent Hickey, James Robinson and Patrick Molloy were known as what?
- Deep Purple started life as the New Yardbirds – true or false?
- Who was the first Briton to win the Formula One World Championship?
- At which ground does Warwickshire county cricket team play?
- Alongside Will Smith, who was the other Man in Black?
- What medical term describes the feigning of symptoms to gain admission to hospital?
- Against which similar vessel did the ironclad
Virginia
fight an epic battle in 1862?
- What was the name of the brutal political movement led by Pol Pot?
Jackpot
During which month does the action of Shakespeare’s
Romeo and Juliet
take place?
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Round 1: Pot Luck
- What is the name of the prime minister’s official country residence?
- What was the nickname of General Erwin Rommel?
- Which song on the
Abbey Road
album by the Beatles was sung by Ringo Starr?
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- What phobia does a person suffer from if he or she is afraid of spiders?
- Alongside Leinster, Munster and Ulster, which is the fourth province of Ireland?
- Simon and Garfunkel were originally called Tom and Jerry – true or false?
- In which country was the famed library of Alexandria?
- What did the actor whose real name was River Bottom change it to?
- A kangaroo cannot walk backwards – true or false?
- Which product ‘does exactly what it says on the tin’?
Round 2: US Presidents
- Which scandal resulted in the resignation of US president Richard Nixon?
- What is the name of the rural retreat used by US presidents?
- What is the only surname that has been shared by a president of the USA and a prime minister of Britain?
- The Bushes were the first father and son to serve as US president – true or false?
- Who played the US president in the 1996 Tim Burton film
Mars Attacks
?
- Which US president acquired the nickname ‘the Great Communicator’?
- Which US president was elected to office four times?
- In which speech did US president Abraham Lincoln speak of ‘government of the people, by the people, for the people’?
- Who, despite winning more votes overall, was narrowly beaten by George W. Bush in the US presidential election of 2000?
- What did the S in Harry S. Truman stand for?
Half-time teaser
How far is it in miles from Moscow to Beijing?
Round 3: Pop Groups
- Of which band were Rick Parfitt and Francis Rossi founding members?
- Which band was led by Kurt Cobain until 1994?
- What was the name of the skiffle group led by John Lennon that in due course became the Beatles?
- Which pop group had a line-up comprising Benny Anderwear, Agnetha Falstart, Frida Longstokin and Bjorn Volvo-us?
- Who sang lead vocals with Roxy Music?
- Under what name did Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison and Tom Petty form their own supergroup in 1988?
- Who was manager of the Sex Pistols?
- In which city was Black Sabbath lead singer Ozzy Osbourne born?
- With which 1970s pop group did Dave Hill play lead guitar?
- Who was lead singer with the Smiths?
Round 4: Pot Luck
- Who was Ol’ Blue Eyes?
- What do the initials RADA stand for?
- Which West Indian batsman was sometimes called ‘the black Bradman’?
- Which US television series featured investigators Mulder and Scully?
- What did the Jacksons blame it on in 1978?
- In 1938 fishermen netted a fish that had supposedly been extinct for 70 million years – what was it called?
- Which drug is sometimes referred to as ‘brown sugar’?
- Which film actress was nicknamed the Iceberg?
- Who directed
Pulp Fiction
?
- What was the name of the character played by George Cole in the television series
Minder
?
Jackpot
In 1975, following the unification of Vietnam, what new name was given to the city of Saigon?
Quiz 78
Round 1: Pot Luck
- Who was ‘the Godfather of Soul’?
- Which dark-leaved evergreen tree is often planted in churchyards?
- Which English cathedral has a Bell Harry Tower?
- To whom did Theodore Roosevelt lose the 1912 US presidential election?
- What is the home ground of Rangers football club?
- In which sport do teams contest the Vince Lombardi trophy?
- Which Oscar-winning film director made his début as an actor in the 1942 film
In Which We Serve
?
- In which opera does Figaro pursue Rosina?
- Which kingdom was reigned over by Queen Wilhelmina?
- What was the cargo of the
Bounty
when mutiny broke out in 1789?
Round 2: Birds
- What is an eagle’s nest called?
- The hummingbird is the only bird that can fly backwards – true or false?
- What kind of bird is a hobby?
- Which kind of bird comes in emperor, fairy and Galapagos species?
- Which British bird can run the fastest?
- Only female ducks quack – true or false?
- What name is given to manure made from bird or bat droppings?
- Which is Britain’s smallest bird?
- In which part of their stomach do birds grind their food?
- By what other name are Mother Carey’s chickens known?
Half-time teaser
In 2005, a record number of people dressed up as gorillas in London to raise money for the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund – how many attended?
Round 3: Castles and Cathedrals
- Windsor is the largest castle in England – true or false?
- Which cathedral houses the largest bell in the UK?
- In which notorious castle near Leipzig were Allied prisoners of war kept during World War II to prevent them making further escape attempts?
- In which British city is there a Roman Catholic cathedral nicknamed ‘Paddy’s Wigwam’?
- Salisbury cathedral is the oldest in Britain – true or false?
- Which stately home became Brideshead in the 1981 television production of Evelyn Waugh’s
Brideshead Revisited
?
- In which British city is there a cathedral dedicated to St Mungo?
- Which English cathedral has the tallest spire?
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- In which county is the prehistoric earthwork known as Maiden Castle?
- What name was given to the central structure in a medieval castle?
Round 4: Pot Luck
- At whose trial did journalist Martin Bashir give evidence in 2005?
- In 1962 the Metropole in Brighton became Britain’s first licensed what?
- What did the Shadows call themselves until they realised there was already a US band of the same name?
- Which country cricket team plays at Old Trafford?
- The Kiel Canal links Kiel with which sea?
- Which 10-year-old actress in 1974 became the youngest ever to win an Oscar?
- Which English football league club originally played as Thames Ironworks FC?
- What do golfers call a free shot awarded after a poor shot?
- Who had hits with ‘Army of me’ and ‘It’s oh so quiet’?
- Which extreme sport originated as a rite of passage for young men on the South Pacific island of Pentecost?
Jackpot
In the phrase ‘mind your ps and qs’, what are the ‘ps and qs’?
Quiz 79
Round 1: Pot Luck
- Who, in 1971, sang about ‘the fastest milkman in the west’?
- Which street in New Orleans is traditionally identified as the birthplace of jazz music?
- In which country was Osama Bin Laden born?
- Who won the 1970 Eurovision Song Contest with the song ‘All kinds of everything’?
- To what was Ian Botham referring when he issued the challenge ‘Bet you can’t eat three!’?
- Who, according to Winston Churchill, was ‘the bullfrog of the Pontine marshes’?
- Which US theatrical awards were named after US actress and manager Antoinette Perry?
- Who released an album with the title
Are You Experienced
?
- In which country did Austrian psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud die?
- Which film director has won more Oscars than any other?
Round 2: Ireland and the Irish
- By what name did Irishman Fingal O’Flahertie Wills become better known?
- In which county would you find the Giant’s Causeway?
- What is the real name of U2’s singer Bono?
- Ireland has won the Eurovision Song Contest more times than any other country – true or false?
- Which Irish nationalist leader was assassinated on 22 August 1922, plunging Ireland into mourning?
- Which is the longest river in Ireland?
- What was the informal name of the military police force that ruthlessly suppressed Irish Republicans in the early 1920s?
- Which horse won both the Derby and the Irish Derby in 1981?
- Where in County Mayo did the Virgin Mary allegedly make an appearance in 1879?
- Who, in 1995, became the fourth Irishman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature?
Half-time teaser
The first heart transplant patient survived for 18 days after the operation – how long did the second patient survive?
Round 3: Sport and Leisure
- In football, who holds the record for the most England caps?
- Who directed the film
Chariots of Fire
?
- Which British golfer was the first to win the US Masters?
- Who captained the England cricket team when it suffered a five-nil whitewash against Australia in 2006, its worst defeat in the Ashes since 1921?
- In 1983, which Second Division football team decided to sell all its players?
- Which World Heavyweight boxing champion is believed to have died from a heroin overdose in 1970?
- Which country has hosted the modern Summer Olympics the most times?
- In which athletic event does Ashia Hansen specialise?
- Which batsman retired with a record test average of 99.4 runs?
- Which motor-racing circuit has been home to the British Formula One Grand Prix since 1987?
Round 4: Pot Luck
- Where was the German fleet scuttled in 1919?
- What was the name of the manager of the Beatles who died in 1967?
- What is the Latin name for the Northern Lights?
- What is the capital city of Nepal?
- By what name was the tomato known when first introduced to Europe?
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- Which is the hottest planet in the solar system?
- Archie Bunker was the US equivalent of which British television character?
- Who wrote the novel
Of Mice and Men
?
- Which prominent US politician is known by such nicknames as ‘Hilla the Hun’ and ‘Wicked Witch of the West Wing’?
- Who got to number one in 1975 with ‘Tears on my pillow’?
Jackpot
In which country were the Tonton Macoutes a feared private militia?
Quiz 80
Round 1: Pot Luck
- Which Shakespeare play begins ‘When shall we three meet again?’
- Which sport involves making parachute jumps from high buildings or clifftops?
- With which band did Jools Holland first enjoy success, playing keyboards?
- Which team won the first Premier League football championship in 1993?
- What is the Agatha Award presented for?
- What name is given to a piano that has had the felt removed from its hammers, resulting in a more percussive, tinny sound?
- Which member of Hollywood’s Rat Pack claimed ‘You’re not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on’?
- In which opera does a gypsy girl fall in love with a toreador?
- In which city is the Paragon railway station?
- Which well-known cricket ground is situated in St John’s Wood, London?
Round 2: Body Matters
- Which is the largest internal organ in the human body?
- What is the clavicle better known as?
- In Greek mythology, which beast had a woman’s head and a lion’s body?
- Which English queen said ‘I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a King’?
- Which part of the body is technically called the hallux?
- What is the light-sensitive part of the eye called?
- Which gland produces insulin within the body?
- What are a person’s eye teeth otherwise known as?
- How much skin does an average male adult human have – 10 square feet, 20 square feet or 30 square feet?
- How many pairs of chromosomes are there in a human cell?
Half-time teaser
In 2005, a 115-year-old pair of jeans was sold for what record sum?
Round 3: War and Peace
- Which army rank is the most senior – Captain, Lieutenant or Major?
- In which war was the Battle of Marston Moor fought?
- Which naval weapon was invented by Robert Whitehead in 1866?
- Which organisation publishes the
War Cry
?
- Who replaced Sir John French as commander of the British Expeditionary Force in 1914?
- In which war did Leo Tolstoy fight?
- William Shakespeare’s play
Troilus and Cressida
is set against the background of which war?
- With which country did the UK fight the Cod War in the 1960s?
- How did Gavrilo Princip, the man who assassinated Franz Ferdinand and triggered World War I, die – by hanging, cyanide or tuberculosis?
- Which king hid in an oak tree after the Battle of Worcester?
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