March 9th 1998

General Knowledge/Current Events

1 What instrument do you use to measure atmospheric pressure?  
2 What girl’s name was invented by J.M.Barrie, and is still used today?  
3 What’s the name of the new Ford car – replacing the Escort?  
4 How many Carry on films were made?  
5 Which country has the most international borders?  
6 Who is the manager of Glossop North End?  
7 The middle five letters of a 9 letter word spell SHONE – what’s the word?  
8 What sign of the Zodiac is represented by a goat?  
9 Which airline’s plane had a leak at Manchester yesterday?  
10 Which organisation’s motto is Be prepared?  
11 Is NAMAQUA a) A ancient king of the Hittites, b) A Mineral drink sold in Egypt, c) Geronomino’s father or d) An African Dove?  
12 Who wrote Dracula?  
13 Which footballer is complaining that he has been called a ‘coon’?  
14 If Friday’s child is loving and giving, what is Wednesday’s child?  
15 Which charity has recently asked Mick Jagger to represent them?  
16 What was the first British car to sell a million?  
17 What did Hale and Pace both do for a living before becoming TV stars?  
18 Who played the battered runaway wife in Sleeping with the Enemy?  
19 Which of Beethoven’s symphonies is also known as the Choral Symphony?  
20 Which Prime Minister awarded MBEs to the Beatles?  
21 Who lit the Olympic flame at the Atlanta Olympics?  
22 Who was Labour leader before Tony Blair?  
23 Who played Robin in the long running Batman TV series?  
24 Which famous divorcee did Tim Laurence marry in 1992?  
25 In which children’s TV show could you see Bungle and George?  

Back to Base!

Round 2

The Olympics, Sounds of the Sixties, Cocktails, and Affairs of the Heart!

1 Name 2 of the 3 cities that have held the Olympic Games twice this century?  
2 Which Manchester United Manager managed Great Britain’s soccer team in the 1948 Olympics?  
3 Which small Norwegian town hosted the 1994 Winter Olympics?  
4 Which French athlete won both the women’s 200 and 400metre Gold medals at Atlanta in 1996?  
5 Which future world heavyweight boxing champion won an Olympic gold in Mexico in 1968?  
6 In 1967, who first skipped the light fandango?  
7 According to Leonard Cohen in 1968, who feeds you tea and oranges that come all the way from China?  
8 In 1961, who encouraged us to Jump the Broomstick?  
9 The original Supremes consisted of Diane Ross, Florence Ballard and which other singer?  
10 In the years 1964 to 1966, only 3 acts made No 1 in the album charts: The Beatles and the Stones were 2, who or what were 3rd?  
11 What is a Black Velvet?  
12 What makes up a Screwdriver?  
13 A Cuba Libre consist of what?  
14 What’s a Buck’s Fizz?  
15 What are the 3 ingredients of a Harvey Wallbanger?  
16 Which actress was the devoted wife of Humphrey Bogart, and nursed him through cancer?  
17 Which tennis player has had affairs with Barbra Streisand and Brooke Shields?  
18 Sarah Ferguson had her royal toes sucked by who?  
19 Who sucked David Mellor’s toes?  
20 Which Hollywood star had a celebrated affair with Madonna before marrying Annette Bening?  
21 Who married model Victoria Lockwood, and later admitted to sleeping with cartoonist Sally Ann Lasson?  
22 Who married Bruce Willis, and appeared nude and pregnant on the cover of Vanity Fair?  
23 Which actress was the long-standing lover of Spencer Tracy?  
24 Who gave birth to Cecil Parkinson’s love child?  
25 Which well preserved English actress was first married to Antony Newley?  

Back to Base!

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