March 16th 1998

General Knowledge/Current Events

1 What is measured on the Beaufort Scale?  
2 Which creatures live in a formicary or formicarium?  
3 Who is the chairman of Manchester City?  
4 Which bandleader died in an air crash over the English Channel in World War II?  
5 Which British TV program was attacked at an International conference for not addressing issues as seriously as it should?  
6 Which 2 letters are worth 10 points in Scrabble?  
7 The Gurkhas are famous for the large knives that they carry – What are they called?  
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?  
9 Before decimialisation how many old pennies made a florin?  
10 What is the name of Italy’s state airline?  
11 How much is a year’s car tax – before the chancellor puts it up tomorrow?  
12 Which London tube line is coloured green on an underground map?  
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?  
14 What was Beethoven’s first name?  
15 Which is the furthest planet that can be seen with the naked eye?  
16 What is the official record of proceedings in parliament called?  
17 What kind of furniture is a Davenport?  
18 Which is the oldest British royal residence still in use?  
19 Who invented the telephone?  
20 In which year did Iraq invade Kuwait?  
21 What does a herpetologist study?  
22 What are the small cubes of toast sprinkled on soup called?  
23 Where was Superman born?  
24 Which American state was named after Queen Elizabeth I?  
25 What musical told the story of a Scottish village that appears once every hundred years?  

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Round 2

Islands, Quotations, going for goal, Pop

1 To which European country does the island of Madeira belong?  
2 What are the inhabitants of Sardinia called?  
3 The tallest volcano in Europe, Mount Etna is on which island?  
4 Which Pacific island was discovered by Captain Cook in December 1777?  
5 The island of Zealand is part of which country?  
6 What was Woody Allen referring to when he said "It was the most fun I ever had without laughing"?  
7 What film ends with the line "Tomorrow is another day"?  
8 Karl Marx said that the workers had nothing to lose but their what?  
9 From which Shakespeare play does the line "A Horse A horse, my kingdom for a horse" come?  
10 Who, in which TV series, regularly told us that "I didn’t get where I am today without....."?  
11 Which country reached the soccer world cup final in 1974 and 1978, and lost both times?  
12 Who comes next – Shearer, Platt, Pearce, Gascoigne, Sheringham?  
13 Who in 1995 became the first non-European to win the European footballer of the year award?  
14 Who in 1994 became the first non-Scot to get the Scottish footballer of the year award?  
15 Which veteran striker led the First Division League scorers in 1995-6?  
16 How many England caps did Bobby Charlton get?  
17 Which club won the Vauxhall conference by 9 clear points, but still didn’t make the Football League?  
18 In which year did both Wales and Northern Ireland make the last eight of the World Cup finals?  
19 In 1996 there were 2 Nigerian international strikers playing in the Premier League – name either?  
20 From where did Arsenal obtain manager Arsene Wenger?  
21 Van der Valk’s theme tune Eye Level was played by who?  
22 Who had a 1962 hit with Nut Rocker?  
23 What was Lieutenant Pigeon’s only hit?  
24 Who had a hit in the 50’s with "Hoots Mon"?  
25 Whose backing group had their own hit with Telstar?  

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