March 22nd 1998

General Knowledge/Current Events

1 Which school does Bart Simpson attend?  
2 Which company sponsors the London Marathon?  
3 How many Oscar nominations did Titanic achieve?  
4 Channel 5 has been running for a year now – what percentage of the population can now see it (Other than on Cable)  
5 Who were Mrs Merton’s feuding guests on Friday night?  
6 What is the more common term for myopia?  
7 Which Asian countries have the won as their currency?  
8 Where on his suit of armour, would a knight have his beaver?  
9 What is Lord Snowdon’s real name?  
10 From which country do Daewoo cars originate?  
11 Which pre-decimal coin was worth 15p?  
12 In how many of the world’s countries do cars drive on the left?  
13 What element has the chemical symbol Ag?  
14 What was abolished in 1988 when it cost 37pence?  
15 What’s the name of the day before Ash Wednesday?  
16 To which country do the Faroe Islands belong?  
17 What do the initials RNIB stand for?  
18 What is Crocodile Dundee’s first name?  
19 What is the British Actors Union called?  
20 What’s the total value of all the balls on the table at the start of a snooker game?  
21 What 3 colours appear on the flag of Ireland?  
22 Snow is the slang term for which illegal drug?  
23 In which month of 1994 did the National Lottery start?  
24 On a clothing label, which symbol means that the garment should only be dry cleaned?  
25 Other than a Ford car, KA means either a) Nigerian for 5, b) The Greek letter K, c) A Vietnamese witch doctor, or d) The Egyptian version of the Soul?  

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Round 2

The Animal Kingdom, Kids Stuff, Sport, Pop

1 What is the main food of the aardvark?  
2 What’s a young kangaroo called?  
3 Which animal has a name which when translated means river horse?  
4 Which mammal gives birth to the largest baby?  
5 What does a mole eat mainly?  
6 What was the surname of Wendy and her brothers in Peter Pan?  
7 In which pantomime does Widow Twankey appear?  
8 In Enid Blyton’s Famous Five stories, how many boys and how many girls were there?  
9 Which of the 7 Dwarves didn’t have a beard?  
10 What was the name of Dorothy’s dog in the Wizard of Oz?  
11 What’s the name of Crewe Alexandra’s ground?  
12 Which university won the women’s boat race this weekend?  
13 Who was the first Englishman to take 300 test wickets?  
14 What colour shirts do Nottingham Forest play in at home?  
15 Which country did Britain beat to get Olympic Gold in hockey in Seoul in 1988?  
16 How many pieces does a draughts player start with?  
17 Who was the most recent British Athlete to be simultaneously World, Olympic, European and Commonwealth champion in his event?  
18 Who did Steve Davis defeat in his first World Championship snooker final in 1981?  
19 Who was the first European to win the US Masters?  
20 What was Billie Jean King’s maiden name?  
21 Which group had a hit with Rag Doll in 1964?  
22 What was Blur’s first No 1 of 1997?  
23 Who was Dear according to Siouxie and the Banshees?  
24 Which Small Faces song asks "What did you do there"?  
25 Whose first album was called "All I want to do"?  

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