March 2nd 1998

General Knowledge/Current Affairs

1 What breed of dog is Scooby Doo?  
2 What does the DC stand for in Washington DC?  
3 What was the name of the butler in the Addams Family?  
4 Before it became British Airways, what did BOAC stand for?  
5 Which author, better known for spy thrillers, wrote Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?  
6 Why did Naomi Crouch say last week that "It’s a strange feeling thinking of people walking up my body for years to come"?  
7 Which radio station used to broadcast on 208m Medium Wave?  
8 Whose holiday home is Castel Gandolfo?  
9 Who recently fforgot to renew their tax disk?  
10 Which Hollywood star was Carrie Fisher’s mother?  
11 Which of Britain's major supermarkets is an American import?  
12 Which English city’s cathedral has a glass cylinder, with 16 pinnacles, representing a crown of thorns?  
13 Is a GUSHET Scottish for a) A water sprinkler, b) a seam, c) a triangular piece of land, or d) A babble  
14 What does the M stand for in MCC?  
1515 In which 1972 movie was an ocean liner engulfed by a tidal wave?  
16 The character Basildon Bond was created by which TV Comedian?  
17 In which year were pubs first allowed to open all day on Sunday?  
18 According to statistics, which is the most popular town in Britain, with only 115 people leaving it last year?  
19 What was Britain’s first colour daily newspaper?  
20 Which TV and film character is associated with the line "Live long and prosper"?  
21 What’s the most popular name for a house in this country, according to the Halifax?  
22 How many numbered slots are there on a British Roulette wheel?  
23 What’s the only country in Asia to lie on the Equator?  
24 What is the only animal to sleep regularly on its back?  
25 In which British city is the Royal Mile?  

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Round 2

Sport, movies, crime and punishment, 70’s music

1 Which country won the first ever soccer world cup?  
2 Bob Nudd is English world champion in which sport?  
3 Who was Steve Redgrave’s rowing partner when he won the first of his 3 coxless pairs Gold Medals?  
4 Whic football team scored the first ever "Golden Goal" to win a major international soccer final?  
5 Who became Britain’s first judo world champion in 1981?  
6 Who won the Gold Medal for Canada in the Super-heavyweight boxing in the 1988 Olympics?  
7 Who became the first non-European to win the Tour de France in 1986  
8 Which county won the cricket county championships in 1983, 1984, 1986, 1991 and 1992?  
9 Which snooker player said of 2 piece cues "Alex Higgins hasn’t got one because they don’t come with instructions"?  
10 Who succeeded Bob Paisley as Liverpool manager in 1983?  
11 In which Elvis film did he sing "Wooden Heart"?  
12 What was the name of the short dumpy robot in Star Wars?  
13 Which 1995 film featured a talking duck called Ferdinand who was desperate to be a cockerel?  
14 In which 1989 film did Meg Ryan fake an orgasm in a restaurant?  
15 What type of large fruit features in a 1996 film from a Roald Dahl story?  
16 Which member of the royal family survived a failed kidnap attempt by a gunman in 1974  
17 In which African country was British woman Julie Ward murdered in a game park?  
18 Who was the last woman to be hanged in Britain?  
19 Who was hanged for the murder of Michael Gregsten in 1962 at Deadman’s Hill?  
20 Who was the nurse convicted in 1993 of killing 4 children in a Grantham hospital?  
21 Which rock band never released a single single, but had 8 consecutive no.1 albums between 1969 and 1979?  
22 With which group was Ozzy Ozbourne lead singer?  
23 Who reckoned that You can get it if you really want it in 1970  
24 Who was gonna make you a star in 1974?  
25 Who was the creator and manager of the Sex Pistols?  

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