March 16th 1998
General Knowledge/Current Events
1 | What is measured on the Beaufort Scale? | Winds |
2 | Which creatures live in a formicary or formicarium? | Ants |
3 | Who is the chairman of Manchester City? | David Bernstein |
4 | Which bandleader died in an air crash over the English Channel in World War II? | Glenn Miller |
5 | Which British TV program was attacked at an International conference for not addressing issues as seriously as it should? | Teletubbies |
6 | Which 2 letters are worth 10 points in Scrabble? | Q & Z |
7 | The Gurkhas are famous for the large knives that they carry What are they called? | Kukri |
8 | Who said after his 4th divorce last week that he was going to find a woman who hates him and give her a million pounds to cut out the middle man? | Jim Davison |
9 | Before decimialisation how many old pennies made a florin? | 24 |
10 | What is the name of Italys state airline? | Alitalia |
11 | How much is a years car tax before the chancellor puts it up tomorrow? | £150 |
12 | Which London tube line is coloured green on an underground map? | District |
13 | Is a NOPPIT a) A Yorkshire simpleton, b) Stone carvings on a church spire, c) A Libyan prostitute or d) The old english word for the claw part of a hammer head? | A |
14 | What was Beethovens first name? | Ludwig |
15 | Which is the furthest planet that can be seen with the naked eye? | Saturn |
16 | What is the official record of proceedings in parliament called? | Hansard |
17 | What kind of furniture is a Davenport? | A writing desk |
18 | Which is the oldest British royal residence still in use? | Windsor Castle |
19 | Who invented the telephone? | Alexander Graham Bell |
20 | In which year did Iraq invade Kuwait? | 1990 |
21 | What does a herpetologist study? | Snakes and reptiles |
22 | What are the small cubes of toast sprinkled on soup called? | Croutons |
23 | Where was Superman born? | Krypton |
24 | Which American state was named after Queen Elizabeth I? | Virginia |
25 | What musical told the story of a Scottish village that appears once every hundred years? | Brigadoon |
Round 2
Islands, Quotations, going for goal, Pop
1 | To which European country does the island of Madeira belong? | Portugal |
2 | What are the inhabitants of Sardinia called? | Sards |
3 | The tallest volcano in Europe, Mount Etna is on which island? | Sicily |
4 | Which Pacific island was discovered by Captain Cook in December 1777? | Christmas Island |
5 | The island of Zealand is part of which country? | Denmark |
6 | What was Woody Allen referring to when he said "It was the most fun I ever had without laughing"? | Sex |
7 | What film ends with the line "Tomorrow is another day"? | Gone with the wind |
8 | Karl Marx said that the workers had nothing to lose but their what? | Chains |
9 | From which Shakespeare play does the line "A Horse A horse, my kingdom for a horse" come? | Richard III |
10 | Who, in which TV series, regularly told us that "I didnt get where I am today without....."? | CJ in Reggie Perrin |
11 | Which country reached the soccer world cup final in 1974 and 1978, and lost both times? | Holland |
12 | Who comes next Shearer, Platt, Pearce, Gascoigne, Sheringham? | Gareth Southgate (Penalty takers against Germany in Euro96) |
13 | Who in 1995 became the first non-European to win the European footballer of the year award? | George Weah from Liberia playing for AC Milan |
14 | Who in 1994 became the first non-Scot to get the Scottish footballer of the year award? | Tony Hately |
15 | Which veteran striker led the First Division League scorers in 1995-6? | John Aldridge Tranmere Rovers |
16 | How many England caps did Bobby Charlton get? | 108 |
17 | Which club won the Vauxhall conference by 9 clear points, but still didnt make the Football League? | Stevenage Borough |
18 | In which year did both Wales and Northern Ireland make the last eight of the World Cup finals? | 1958 |
19 | In 1996 there were 2 Nigerian international strikers playing in the Premier League name either? | Efan Ekoku and Daniel Amokachi |
20 | From where did Arsenal obtain manager Arsene Wenger? | Japan |
21 | Van der Valks theme tune Eye Level was played by who? | Simon Park Orchestra |
22 | Who had a 1962 hit with Nut Rocker? | B.Bumble and the Stingers |
23 | What was Lieutenant Pigeons only hit? | Mouldy old Dough |
24 | Who had a hit in the 50s with "Hoots Mon"? | Lord Rockingham 11. |
25 | Whose backing group had their own hit with Telstar? | Billy Fury |