The Mason's Arms Tuesday night Quiz - 11th May 1999

Round 1 – General Knowledge/Current Affairs

1 What colour is Noddy's hat?  
2 What as of last week lasts 15 minutes more, but costs £4 more?  
3 If your birthday was January 30th, what birthsign would you have?  
4 Who received the Best Actress award at last weekend's Bafta TV awards?  
5 Who plays Ken Barlowe in Coronation Street?  
6 Who is MP for the High Peak?  
7 What's the name of Israel's infamous secret service?  
8 Which mountaineer has been found after 75 years?  
9 Manchester Poly was renamed a few years ago, and it's now known by the initials MMU - what do they stand for?  
10 How old was the Pharoah Tutankhamen when he died?  
11 Where was tennis player Martina Navratilova born?  
12 What type of creature is an Appaloosa?  
13 Which bone in the body is the most often broken?  
14 On which river does Bristol stand?  
15 What instrument did jazz player Louis Armstrong play?  
16 Which planet is 5th from the Sun?  
17 What links William Hague and Bill Clinton?  
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?  
19 Who wrote the children's book James and the Giant Peach?  
20 How did Andrea O'Neill pay out on a losing bet last week?  
21 What did my true love bring me on the 7th day of Christmas?  
22 What is the capital of Serbia?  
23 What's the name of the dog in the Perishers strip cartoon?  
24 In which year was the NHS set up?  
25 Which comic book hero lived on a diet of cow pie?  

 

Round 2

Sport, Madonna, Alternatives

1 In the last financial year, what was Manchester United's profit to the nearest million pounds?  
2 How many teams are taking part in this year's cricket world cup?  
3 What is unique about this year's Cup Final?  
4 For which Formula 1 team does David Coulthard drive?  
5 Which creature is the fastest sporting animal?  
6 How many players are there in a water polo team?  
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?  
8 What golfing competition is held every 2 years between the USA and the UK?  
9 Which of these was not an Olympic sport at the Paris Olympics of 1900 - Cycling, Boxing, Croquet or Golf?  
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?  
11 Between 1985 and 1989 Madonna had 7 No 1 hits - for the next 5 answers - name 5 of them.  
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16 The Ardennes campaign of December 1944 is better known as which battle?  
17 An unproduced play Everybody comes to Rick's was made into a famous film - what was the film called?  
18 The Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratory in Cheshire is better known as - ?  
19 The Love Apple is another name for what?  
20 Mother's Ruin is another name for what?  
21 The Sunday before Easter is better known as what?  
22 Who was The Face that Launched a Thousand Ships?  
23 Who was once referred to as The Thinking Man's Crumpet?  
24 William Pratt was a famous Hollywood actor - how was he better known?  
25 Known to the Romans as Eboracum, how do we know it today?  

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