Round 4: Pot Luck
- What is the slang term for £500 or $500?
- Which British poet wrote the words for the hymn ‘Jerusalem’?
- What kind of animal did Glenn Close pop in a cooking pot in
Fatal Attraction
?
- In which television comedy series did Craig Charles play crewman David Lister?
- Which is the highest mountain in England?
- In films of which Terence Rattigan play did Michael Redrave star in 1951 and Albert Finney in 1994?
- What was the name of the venue in Liverpool that became particularly associated with the Beatles in their early years?
- Which Italian hero had a biscuit named after him?
- Which popular television series set in a fictional Irish village in County Kerry ended in 2001?
- Where is the Ideal Home Show held each year?
Jackpot
In 1891 Frenchman Sylvain Dornon walked from Paris to Moscow on stilts – how far did he travel?
Quiz 16
Round 1: Pot Luck
- In Greek mythology, what was the name of the three-headed dog that guarded the entrance to Hades?
- How many people are there in a baseball team?
- Who sang about ‘Grandad’ in 1970?
- What is the name of the wine bar frequented by fictional barrister Horace Rumpole?
- The British Museum is the oldest museum in Britain – true or false?
- What is an akousticophobic afraid of?
- In which year did Britain recognise American independence – 1776, 1783 or 1812?
- What is the name of the long-running court case in
Bleak House
by Charles Dickens?
- In fencing, which is the heaviest – a foil, an épée or a sabre?
- Which British athlete broke three world records in 41 days in 1979?
Round 2: Deep Waters
- In which sea did the Battle of Jutland take place?
- Which is the largest lake in England?
- In which sea is Martinique situated?
- Which seaweed-strewn sea lies south of Bermuda?
- Alongside Huron, Ontario, Michigan and Erie, which is the other Great Lake?
- What do the initials SCUBA stand for?
- Who set stories in the town of Lake Wobegon?
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- In which continent would you find Lake Volta?
- Whereabouts is St George’s Channel?
- What was the sea area Fitzroy called until 2002?
Half-time teaser
How many islands are there in Indonesia?
Round 3: Famous Families
- Which film actor’s daughter is actress Angelina Jolie?
- Which
Star Wars
actress is the daughter of Debbie Reynolds?
- Indira Gandhi was the daughter of Mahatma Gandhi – true or false?
- How are Tippi Hedren and Melanie Griffith related?
- How was Franz Liszt related to Richard Wagner?
- Who is singer Norah Jones’s famous father?
- How are Margaret Drabble and A. S. Byatt related?
- Who is the mother of British actress Joely Richardson?
- Which actress is the daughter of actress Maureen O’Sullivan?
- Which famous couple had a daughter called Horatia?
Round 4: Pot Luck
- What title was bestowed upon the eldest son of a French king?
- Which instrument did Glenn Miller play?
- Operation Dynamo involved the evacuation of Allied troops from where?
- What would you keep in a binnacle?
- What is the maximum number of clubs a golfer is allowed?
- Who wrote ‘I’m a believer’?
- What name was given by US troops to the woman who made Japanese propaganda broadcasts in English during World War II?
- Where does the Scottish Grand National take place?
- Which organisation was founded by the Reverend Chad Varah in 1953?
- What is a black bottom, a cakewalk or a hay?
Jackpot
What name is given to the circular target area in curling?
Quiz 17
Round 1: Pot Luck
- Of which African country is Nairobi the capital city?
- What is the name of the fashion-obsessed villainess in
101 Dalmations
?
- Which great jazz saxophonist who died in 1955 had the nickname ‘Bird’?
- Which English poet had the second name Bysshe?
- In which role did Jane Fonda star as a blonde space voyager in 1967?
- Which Rodgers and Hammerstein musical was dismissed in 1943 with the words ‘No legs, no jokes, no chance’?
- Who designed the Lloyd’s building in London?
- Where did Bow Wow Wow go wild in 1982?
- On which island near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, did a serious nuclear accident take place on 28 March 1979?
- What is the popular name for a fruit machine operated by the pulling of an arm or lever?
Round 2: Horses
- What was the name of Alexander the Great’s horse?
- Who rode to York on a horse called Black Bess?
- What was the name of the horse ridden by the Duke of Wellington at Waterloo?
- Which British artist born in 1724 was especially admired for his paintings of horses?
- Who played Colin ‘Trigger’ Ball in the television sitcom
Only Fools and Horses
?
- What was the name of the racehorse that won the Cheltenham Gold Cup three years in a row in the years 1964 to 1966?
- What was the name of the horse ridden by Don Quixote?
- What was the name of the Lone Ranger’s horse?
- Who had a ‘horse with no name’ in 1972?
- What kind of animal is a devil’s coach-horse?
Half-time teaser
What is the height (in feet) of the Angel Falls in Venezuela?
Round 3: Movies
- Who starred in the films
Easy Street
and
The Kid
?
- Who directed
Lawrence of Arabia
?
- Which 1969 film revolves around a Chicago dance marathon with a $1,500 cash prize?
- For which film did Anton Karas write the ‘Harry Lime theme’?
- Who played the lead role in the 1977 film
Jesus of Nazareth
?
- Who made his final appearance in
The Shootist
?
- Whose Hollywood screen test contained the memorable remarks ‘can’t act, slightly bald … can dance a little’?
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- In which film did Russell Crowe play Royal Navy captain Jack Aubrey?
- Who is the only person to have won a posthumous Best Actor Oscar?
- Which film starring Kris Kristofferson entered movie legend in 1980 for losing more than any other film ever made?
Round 4: Pot Luck
- Which aeroplane that came into service in 1976 flew its last flight in 2003?
- In which museum can you see the
Mona Lisa
?
- At what gathering in
AD
664 was the dating of Easter finally settled in the English church?
- What is the secret identity of Billy Batson?
- Which US comedienne starred in the long-running sitcom
Roseanne
?
- Which Scottish footballer has won the most caps playing for his country?
- Which of the following is an island – Liberia, Madagascar or Sierra Leone?
- What was the name of the
Doctor Who
assistant played by Billie Piper?
- Winston Churchill’s mother was one-eighth Chinese – true or false?
- In text messaging, what do the initials GAL stand for?
Jackpot
What was the first synthetic polymer, introduced in 1909, called?
Quiz 18
Round 1: Pot Luck
- Which mythological hero was spared by a lion after he had taken a thorn out of its paw?
- Of which country is Colombo the capital?
- What did Harriet Tubman campaign against?
- Which part of a rabbit is its scut?
- Which bibulous Glaswegian was played on television from the late 1980s by Gregor Fisher?
- Phil Lynott was lead singer with which band?
- Who, in 1991, became the first President of the Russian Federation?
- How many bottles are there in a magnum?
- How many gates does the Thames Barrier have – six, eight or ten?
- What is the southernmost tip of South America called?
Round 2: Worship Around the World
- In which religion is the Tibetan Book of the Dead a revered text?
- What is the name of the holy book of Islam?
- Shiva is the destroyer and creator of life in which religion?
- What signals the election of a new pope?
- The I Ching is a sacred text in which religion?
- What is the name given to Islamic law?
- Which religious organisation was founded in Boston by Mary Baker Eddy in 1879?
- Which is the motto of the Salvation Army – ‘God and grace’, ‘Blood and fire’ or ‘Jam and Jerusalem’?
- In which religion is the Torah a sacred text?
- Which religious organisation was founded by Sun Myung Moon in 1954?
Half-time teaser
How many inches were there in a biblical cubit?
Round 3: Whiffy Wonders
- Which small black-and-white mammal defends itself by emitting an unbearable smell?
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- Birds have a better sense of smell than most mammals – true or false?
- In 1858 the smell coming from sewage in the River Thames led to that year being labelled The Year of the Great – what?
- Which perfume house makes perfumes called Opium, Paris and Rive Gauche?
- What kind of plant is a stinkhorn?
- Which perfume was first made in 1768 in response to a Russian count’s challenge to recreate the smell of old leather?
- What does hydrogen sulphide smell like?
- What, according to Shakespeare’s Juliet, would smell as sweet by any other name?
- The titan arum is said to be the world’s smelliest plant – what does it smell of?
- Which song title did Cliff Richard use for the name of his first perfume?
Round 4: Pot Luck
- The modern A5 follows the route of which Roman road?
- Which author wrote such books as
Jolly Super, Jolly Marsupial
and
Riders
?
- Which active volcano overlooks the city of Naples in Italy?
- What name was given to the boundary between the former slave states of the southern USA and the northern states?
- Who played the suburban witch Samantha Stephens in the 1960s US sitcom
Bewitched
?
- What kind of animal was Beatrix Potter’s Mrs Tiggywinkle?
- Which football team plays at the Bernabeu Stadium?
- Who won an Oscar in 1997 for her performance in
Fargo
?
- What distinction did Jim Clark and Jochen Rindt share as Formula One world champions?
- Which is the shortest of Shakespeare’s plays?
Jackpot
What was the name of Joanna Lumley’s character in
Absolutely Fabulous
?
Quiz 19
Round 1: Pot Luck
- Which of the four Beatles was the youngest?
- Where is Camp X-Ray?
- Who became leader of the Labour Party in 1980?
- Where might you find the Great Red Spot?
- How many feet are there in a fathom?
- Which sport did James I of Scotland ban in 1424, finding it too ‘rough and violent’?
- Which oceans are linked by the Panama Canal?
- To which country did the Hebrides belong until 1266?
- Which former leader of the Irgun military organisation later became prime minister of Israel?
- Which US president chose politics over a career in American football playing for the Detroit Lions and the Green Bay Packers?
Round 2: Space
- Which planet in the solar system is nearest to the Sun?
- What was the name of the world’s first artificial satellite?
- Which planetary body officially lost planetary status in 2006?
- Which British space probe came to grief landing on Mars on 25 December 2003?
- Which book about the origins of the universe proved an unexpected bestseller in 1988?
- What is the name of the malfunctioning computer in the 1968 film
2001: A Space Odyssey
?
- Which spacecraft suffered a major malfunction on its way to the moon in 1970?
- What was the name of the dog that in 1957 became the first mammal in space?
- Which US space shuttle exploded on 28 January 1986?
- Around which planet do Deimos and Phobos revolve?
Half-time Teaser
How deep (in feet) is the Marianas Trench in the Pacific Ocean?
Round 3: Pop Music
- Who was ‘alone again (naturally)’ in 1972?
- Which one of the Bee Gees died in 2003?
- With which hit did the Verve enter the UK charts at number two in 1997?
- Who had a brand new piece of agricultural equipment in 1976?
- Who wanted you to stand a little further away in 1980?
- Who was writing ‘love letters in the sand’ in 1957?
- In 1980, the Undertones had a hit with a song about a close relation – was it ‘my perfect sister’, ‘my perfect cousin’ or ‘my perfect brother’?
- Who had hits with ‘Really saying something’, ‘Robert De Niro’s waiting’ and ‘Shy boy’?
- Who released an album called
Blondes Have More Fun
?
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- What nationality are the pop group Franz Ferdinand?
Round 4: Pot Luck
- Apart from Bolivia, which is the only country in South America with no coastline?
- Who was the last wife of Henry VIII?
- What was Gavin Maxwell’s 1960 novel about the lives of two otters on the west coast of Scotland?
- Who was dubbed ‘the thinking man’s crumpet’ in the 1960s?
- What is the chemical name for rust?
- What connects Saratoga, Brandywine and Yorktown?
- Which apostle was a collector of taxes?
- How many players are there in a Gaelic football team?
- Which part of Britain was the first to give women the vote?
- In which year were pound notes replaced with pound coins?