Round 4: Pot Luck
- Who succeeded Richard Nixon as US president?
- Who released the album
Talking with the Taxman about Poetry
?
- What term refers to the illicit practice of attempting to recruit a professional football player without the permission of his current club?
- Which animal has a name that means ‘earth pig’?
- The formidable Margaret Dumont made appearances in the films of which comedy team?
- Tennis-player Fred Perry was also a noted player of which other sport?
- Whose music is closely associated with the annual Bayreuth Festival?
- Which sport was invented in Canada by native Americans some time before the seventeenth century?
- Buster Bloodvessel was lead singer with which pop group?
- In which sport might a participant perform a veronica?
Jackpot
Who was the last British monarch to die in battle?
Quiz 81
Round 1: Pot Luck
- By what name did Lesley Hornby become better known?
- Who painted
The Monarch of the Glen
?
- Which well-known television quiz show presenter who died in 2007 was born in Iceland?
- Which US film actress of the 1920s became known as the ‘It Girl’?
- By which of the following names did the common British soldier become known around the end of the nineteenth century – Billy Smith, Tommy Atkins or Johnny Jones?
- Whose hits included ‘Charmless man’, ‘Parklife’ and ‘Country house’?
- Which was the last battle to be fought on British soil?
- What is the currency of Tunisia?
- Which role did Anne Bancroft play in the 1967 film
The Graduate
?
- By what name did Shirley Crabtree become famous?
Round 2: Sudden Deaths
- Name the only British prime minister to be assassinated.
- How did Brutus, assassin of Julius Caesar, die?
- Which television drama series began as a quest to discover who murdered Laura Palmer?
- What was the name given to the murder of some 50,000 French Protestants on 24 August 1572?
- The Roman emperors Tiberius and Claudius, Tsar Alexander I of Russia, Pope Clement II and Charles V of France all died the same way – how?
- Where did gunman Michael Ryan shoot 28 people on 20 August 1987?
- Which soul singer was shot dead by his own father?
- Whose assassination by Czech resistance fighters in 1942 provoked the murder of hundreds of ordinary Czechs in retaliation?
- By what means was Bulgarian writer Georgi Markov assassinated in London in 1978?
- Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko was poisoned by which radioactive element?
Half-time teaser
Mars has the shortest year of any planet in the solar system – how many days does it have?
Round 3: Cartoons
- What was Mickey Mouse’s original name?
- Which Disney cartoon character provided a nickname for prime minister Tony Blair?
- Who provided the voice of Bugs Bunny?
- Which was the first cartoon character to attract the attention of the censors?
- In which Hanna-Barbera cartoon did Officer Charlie Dibble appear?
- Which actor provided the voice for Shere Khan in the Disney version of
The Jungle Book
?
- Who created the cartoon character Charlie Brown?
- With which cartoon character is the catchphrase ‘Yabba-dabba-doo!’ associated?
- Who created Tom and Jerry?
- What was the name of the cavemen-racers in
Wacky Races
?
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Round 4: Pot Luck
- Checkpoint Charlie was a crossing point in which notorious barrier?
- Which US highway connects Chicago with Los Angeles?
- In which country are the Tamil Tigers a powerful rebel force?
- Who, in 1986, pointed out that ‘anyone can fall in love’?
- What invention of Sir John Harington’s in 1589 proved a great convenience?
- Who wrote the opera
Peter Grimes
?
- Who lost the Battle of the Spurs?
- What was the name of the vacuum cleaner in
The Teletubbies
?
- Who played Michael Corleone in
The Godfather
?
- Which US federal prison situated on a rocky island in San Francisco Bay housed Al Capone among other dangerous criminals?
Jackpot
The alphabet of the Rotokas language, spoken in Papua New Guinea, is the smallest in the world – how many letters does it have?
Quiz 82
Round 1: Pot Luck
- Who had a hit with ‘Stairway to heaven’ in 1993?
- Which Roman emperor competed in the Olympic Games?
- Which World War II cruiser is moored today at Symon’s Wharf in London?
- In golf, which club was formerly known as a ‘mashie’?
- Which is the only country that is ahead of the USA in World’s Strongest Man competitions?
- Which artist’s masterpieces include
La Primavera
and
The Birth of Venus
?
- What does Zorro mean in Spanish?
- What is the maximum number of rounds possible in a boxing match?
- What food was offered to trade unionists attending talks at 10 Downing Street to avert strike action in the 1960s and 1970s?
- What name is given by cricketers to an over in which no runs are scored?
Round 2: Foreign Parts
- What, in a German town, is the Rathaus?
- Motorists in Thailand drive on the left – true or false?
- Of which country is Tallinn the capital?
- To which country does Easter Island belong?
- On what island was Freddie Mercury born?
- What is the capital of Uruguay?
- Which city is serviced by the John O’Hare airport?
- Who wanted to know the way to San José in 1968?
- In which continent do the Berbers live?
- In which country may be found the stone-cut city of Petra?
Half-time teaser
What is the world record in hours and minutes for standing continuously on one foot?
Round 3: Disasters
- Which US volcano erupted in 1980 after lying dormant since 1857?
- Supporters of which two football clubs were involved in the Heysel Stadium disaster of 1985?
- Which Russian town was evacuated in 1986 as the result of a man-made disaster?
- In which country did the R101 airship crash?
- Which film and television superhero role is said to be jinxed because of the disasters connected with it?
- Whose missed penalty sent England out of the 1996 European Championships?
- In 1966 the US air force dropped four hydrogen bombs on southern Spain – true or false?
- What disastrous fate befell Peter Rabbit’s father?
- By what make of missile were the
Coventry
and the
Sheffield
sunk during the Falklands War?
- What German word refers to the taking of pleasure in the misfortunes of others?
Round 4: Pot Luck
- Which famous cricketer first completed the double of 1,000 runs and 100 wickets in a season?
- Which US political party is often referred to as ‘the Grand Old Party’?
- In which county is the RAF base Biggin Hill?
- Which author invented the name Wendy?
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- Which two races constitute racing’s ‘spring double’?
- What name is given to a flat-bottomed Chinese sailing vessel?
- Which American became the first non-European to win the Tour de France?
- What is ‘Magic’ Johnson’s real first name?
- In the Royal Navy, which rank is senior – Captain or Commodore?
- In which part of a castle would you find an oubliette?
Jackpot
Which German city is known as ‘the Florence of the Elbe’?
Quiz 83
Round 1: Pot Luck
- What was the name of the Underworld in Norse mythology?
- Which prime minister was known as ‘Sunny Jim’?
- In which sphere was Binkie Beaumont a prominent figure – aircraft manufacture, ice-skating or the theatre?
- The elephant is the only animal with four knees – true or false?
- Who, in the eighteenth century, made a series of famous paintings entitled
The Rake’s Progress
?
- Who sang about ‘another suitcase in another hall’ in 1997?
- What treasure does Harrison Ford seek in the first of the
Indiana Jones
films?
- Which politician was once described by Labour MP Michael Foot as ‘a semi-trained polecat’?
- A nautical mile is shorter than a terrestrial mile – true or false?
- How many hoops do you need to play a game of croquet?
Round 2: Kings and Queens
- Which English king was shot by an arrow while hunting in the New Forest?
- Who played the king in Alexander Korda’s 1933 film
The Private Life of Henry VIII
?
- Which monarch has been played by Flora Robson, Glenda Jackson, Miranda Richardson and Cate Blanchett?
- Who was the father of George V?
- What kind of sporting accident is popularly supposed to have led to the death of Frederick Louis, eldest son of George II, in 1751?
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- Which English queen was born with six fingers on one hand?
- Which English king as an adult was just four feet nine inches (1.4 metres) tall?
- Which English king died after being shot by an arrow while besieging a castle in France?
- Which King had a dream in 1963?
- Which group had a hit with ‘Kings of the wild frontier’?
Half-time teaser
A Fender-Stratocaster guitar signed by Paul McCartney, Brian May, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Keith Richards and others and sold for charity in 2005 became the most expensive guitar ever bought – how much did it go for?
Round 3: Hollywood Hunks
- Which Hollywood star was nicknamed ‘the Hunk’?
- By what name did Hollywood actor Bernard Schwartz become famous?
- Which European actor earned the nickname ‘the Austrian Oak’ for his wooden acting performances?
- Which James Bond actor worked as a milkman and coffin polisher before finding work as an actor?
- Which Hollywood hunk had a renowned cabaret singer for an aunt?
- Which Hollywood leading man had a chart hit in 1987 with ‘Respect yourself’?
- Who was offered shelter by an Avon lady in
Edward Scissorhands
?
- Which Hollywood hunk made his last major appearance in
Field of Dreams
in 1989?
- Which Hollywood hunk once admitted that he developed his distinctive vocal delivery from study of the breathy whispering of Marilyn Monroe?
- Which Hollywood hunk has also spent time as frontman with the rock bands 30 Odd Foot of Grunts and The Ordinary Fear of God?
Round 4: Pot Luck
- Which product is ‘soft, strong and very long’?
- In 1986, what was replaced by a red rose as the symbol of the Labour Party?
- Which 1960s pop group was led by the Davies brothers?
- In World War II, what was the LRDG?
- Which outlaw has been played in the cinema by Mick Jagger and Heath Ledger?
- In business jargon, what does the acronym ‘glam’ stand for?
- Where would you find a jib?
- To what rank did Adolf Hitler rise in World War I?
- The name of the man with the longest beard in the heavily bearded US band ZZ Top is Frank Beard – true or false?
- Who plays Hagrid in the Harry Potter films?
Jackpot
Who founded the celebrated Ballets Russes in 1909?
Quiz 84
Round 1: Pot Luck
- On which river does Liverpool stand?
- At which bar does Homer Simpson drink?
- A porpoise is larger than a dolphin – true or false?
- Oxides of which two chemicals create acid rain?
- Which part of London was terrorised by Jack the Ripper in 1888?
- What is a coney?
- Who was the first athlete to hold the Olympic, World and Commonwealth titles and the world record simultaneously?
- Who had a UK number one in 1999 with ‘When you say nothing at all’?
- What began at Fort Sumter in 1861?
- What name was given to football’s League Cup when it was sponsored for the first time in 1982?
Round 2: The 1950s
- Who seized power in Cuba on 1 January 1959?
- What was Genevieve in the 1953 film of the same name?
- Who was the woman whose refusal to give up her seat led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1955?
- Which magazine was founded by Hugh Hefner in 1953?
- In which country were the Mau-Mau active in the 1950s?
- What name came to be applied to the youth of 1950s America, as described in the books of Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg and William Burroughs?
- Who scored an FA Cup hat trick during the so-called ‘Matthews Final’ of 1953?
- How did controversial US artist Jackson Pollock die in 1956?
- Which working-class cartoon character, never without his cap, made his first appearance in the
Daily Mirror
in 1957?
- Who wrote a song about blue suede shoes in 1956?
Half-time teaser
When the Marcos regime was overthrown in 1986, how many handbags belonging to Imelda Marcos were discovered?
Round 3: Before They Were Famous
- By what name did Farrokh Bulsara become well known?
- Which English football league club originally played as Small Heath Alliance?
- Which political leader did his war service on PT 109?
- Which member of the Rolling Stones was born William Perks?
- Which famous French artist worked as a labourer on the Panama Canal?
- Which US president was famously born in a log cabin?
- Which English novelist worked as a child in a boot-blacking factory?
- Which Lancashire-born comedian served as Charlie Chaplin’s understudy as a young man?
- The Spitfire fighter plane might have been called the Shrew – true or false?
- Who predicted that in the future everyone would be famous for 15 minutes?