The Mason's Arms Tuesday night Quiz - 11th May 1999
Round 1 General Knowledge/Current Affairs
1 | What colour is Noddy's hat? | Blue |
2 | What as of last week lasts 15 minutes more, but costs £4 more? | The Driving Test |
3 | If your birthday was January 30th, what birthsign would you have? | Aquarius |
4 | Who received the Best Actress award at last weekend's Bafta TV awards? | Thora Hird |
5 | Who plays Ken Barlowe in Coronation Street? | William Roach |
6 | Who is MP for the High Peak? | Tom Levitt |
7 | What's the name of Israel's infamous secret service? | Mossad |
8 | Which mountaineer has been found after 75 years? | Mallory |
9 | Manchester Poly was renamed a few years ago, and it's now known by the initials MMU - what do they stand for? | Manchester Metropolitan University |
10 | How old was the Pharoah Tutankhamen when he died? | 18 |
11 | Where was tennis player Martina Navratilova born? | Czechoslovakia |
12 | What type of creature is an Appaloosa? | A horse |
13 | Which bone in the body is the most often broken? | Collarbone |
14 | On which river does Bristol stand? | The Avon |
15 | What instrument did jazz player Louis Armstrong play? | Trumpet |
16 | Which planet is 5th from the Sun? | Jupiter |
17 | What links William Hague and Bill Clinton? | Both have the same middle name |
18 | The word is GOGLET - does it mean a) A good luck charm, b) another name for the nightingale, c) a long-necked water carrier, or d) a special stitch in embroidery, now out of fashion? | C |
19 | Who wrote the children's book James and the Giant Peach? | Roahld Dahl |
20 | How did Andrea O'Neill pay out on a losing bet last week? | By stripping on the aircraft on which she was a flight attendant |
21 | What did my true love bring me on the 7th day of Christmas? | 7 Swans a swimming |
22 | What is the capital of Serbia? | Belgrade |
23 | What's the name of the dog in the Perishers strip cartoon? | Boot |
24 | In which year was the NHS set up? | 1948 |
25 | Which comic book hero lived on a diet of cow pie? | Desperate Dan |
Round 2
Sport, Madonna, Alternatives
1 | In the last financial year, what was Manchester United's profit to the nearest million pounds? | £27 million |
2 | How many teams are taking part in this year's cricket world cup? | 12 |
3 | What is unique about this year's Cup Final? | It's the first time two United's have played for the Cup! |
4 | For which Formula 1 team does David Coulthard drive? | McLaren |
5 | Which creature is the fastest sporting animal? | The racing pigeon - has been clocked at over 100mph |
6 | How many players are there in a water polo team? | 7 |
7 | Which sport was invented as a diversion for wet weekends in the 1880s, and first played with balls made from champagne corks and bats from cigar box lids? | Table Tennis |
8 | What golfing competition is held every 2 years between the USA and the UK? | The Walker Cup |
9 | Which of these was not an Olympic sport at the Paris Olympics of 1900 - Cycling, Boxing, Croquet or Golf? | Boxing |
10 | True or false - the top and bottom teams of the 3rd division have higher league points than the top and bottom of the Premiership? | True |
11 | Between 1985 and 1989 Madonna had 7 No 1 hits - for the next 5 answers - name 5 of them. | Pick 5 from: - Into the Groove, Papa don't Preach |
12 | True Blue | |
13 | La Isla Bonita | |
14 | Who's that Girl | |
15 | Like a Prayer, Vogue | |
16 | The Ardennes campaign of December 1944 is better known as which battle? | Battle of the Bulge |
17 | An unproduced play Everybody comes to Rick's was made into a famous film - what was the film called? | Casablanca |
18 | The Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratory in Cheshire is better known as - ? | Jodrell Bank |
19 | The Love Apple is another name for what? | Tomato |
20 | Mother's Ruin is another name for what? | Gin |
21 | The Sunday before Easter is better known as what? | Palm Sunday |
22 | Who was The Face that Launched a Thousand Ships? | Helen of Troy |
23 | Who was once referred to as The Thinking Man's Crumpet? | Joan Bakewell |
24 | William Pratt was a famous Hollywood actor - how was he better known? | Boris Karloff |
25 | Known to the Romans as Eboracum, how do we know it today? | York |