1 |
What was the name of the wooden
woodpecker in Bagpuss? |
Professor Yaffle |
2 |
Who was the first prime minister
to serve under the present queen? |
Winston Churchill |
3 |
Talking of prime ministers
where was Margaret Thatcher born? |
Grantham |
4 |
If you were travelling from
Birmingham to Bristol, what motorway would you take? |
M5 |
5 |
The word is CRANNOG is it
a) a the Cornish word for a Cornish pasty, b) A Scottish chimney, c) a Welsh well, or d)
an ancient Irish lake dwelling? |
D |
6 |
In the new National Lottery game,
you have to pick 5 numbers from how many, and 1 number from another set how many in
each set? |
35/14 |
7 |
One of the complaints about John
Majors sons wedding was that the guests had to pay for their own drinks
point each how much did a bottle of Bud cost, and how much for a gin and tonic at
the Dorchester? |
£4.50 / £7.80 |
8 |
Which football team play at
Spotland? |
Rochdale |
9 |
The new dialling code number for
London as of last week is what? |
020 |
10 |
The inventor of the Hovercraft
died last week who was he? |
Christopher Cockerel |
11 |
Which game was invented first
Monopoly or Scrabble? |
Monopoly |
12 |
What is unusual about the Basenji
breed of dog? |
Doesnt bark |
13 |
2 points for spot on, 1 for a
year either way in which year was the first manned spaceflight? |
1961 |
14 |
Which airport has Manchester
airport just bought? |
Humberside |
15 |
Which cartoon cat chases Tweety
Pie? |
Sylvester |
16 |
Which film marked the acting
debut of Vinnie Jones? |
Lock, Stock and 2 Smoking Barrels |
17 |
Which Blue Peter presenter was
fired for snorting cocaine? |
Richard Bacon |
18 |
Which group, who were much more
famous later, were called Johnny and the Moondogs in 1959? |
The Beatles |
19 |
Whats the name of the ride
with the vertical drop at Alton Towers? |
Oblivion |
20 |
Whats the name of the
Russian space station that has been up there for 12 years? |
Mir |
21 |
In what borough of London is the
Millennium dome? |
Greenwich |
22 |
The BBC launched a new channel
last week only on digital unfortunately what is it called? Extra
points if you know the other 3 channels? |
BBC Knowledge, BBC Choice, BBC
News 24, BBC Parliament |
23 |
Whats the name of the pass
that links Castleton to the road to Chapel-en-le-Frith? |
Wynatts Pass |
24 |
What colour is a female
blackbird? |
Brown |
25 |
To the nearest 3 million miles,
how far is the Earth from the Sun? |
93 million |
1 |
You are in the country called
Lusitania by the Romans and spending Escudos Where are you? |
Portugal |
2 |
You are in a capital city,
spending francs and have just seen a statue of a little boy urinating in a fountain
-where are you? |
Brussels |
3 |
Youre in the capital city
of a country where FARSI is the main language, and you changed your money into Rials
where are you? |
Tehran |
4 |
Youre in an English town,
which has a van named after it, and where Glenn Miller played his last concert
where? |
Bedford |
5 |
Youre in an American city
and have just eaten Cajun food in a street that looks French where are you? |
New Orleans |
6 |
Andre Agassi made tennis history
by being the fifth man to win all 4 grand slams point each for any of the other
four |
Rod Laver, Roy Emerson, Donald
Budge and Fred Perry |
7 |
Where will the French Derby be
run this week? |
Chantilly |
8 |
Only one team in the Euro 2000
play offs has a 100% winning record which one? |
Czech Republic 6/6 Group 9 |
9 |
50/50 shot which of the
Manchester teams was first to win the FA Cup? |
City in 1904, United in 1909 |
10 |
Who is the captain of the
Pakistan Cricket team? |
Wazim Akram |
11 |
Which actor played Rodney in Only
Fools and Horses? |
Nicholas Lyndhurst |
12 |
Who were the stars of the tv
series Bottom? |
Rik Mayall/Ade Edmundson |
13 |
Who played Pamela Ewing in
Dallas? |
Victoria Principle |
14 |
What was the name of Dr.
Whos dog? |
K9 |
15 |
Who plays Auntie Wainright in
Last of the Summer Wine? |
Jean Alexander/Hilda Ogden |
16 |
Vicky Entwistle plays who in
Coronation Street? |
Janice Battersby |
17 |
What was the name of Julian
Clarys dog that sadly died last week? |
Fanny the Wonder Dog |
18 |
Who plays Frazier in Frazier and
Cheers? |
Kelsey Grammar |
19 |
In Dads Army, which actor
played Sergeant Wilson? |
John le Mesurier |
20 |
Which actor linked Last of the
Summer Wine and Porridge? |
Brian Wilde (Mr Barraclough/Foggy
Dewhurst) |
21 |
Whats the name of the
actors trade union? |
Equity |
22 |
SOGAT is (or was) a union for
which industry? |
Press/Printing |
23 |
Many people who work for BT are
members of the CWU what does it stand for? |
Communication Workers Union |
24 |
If you were a member of UNISON,
in what area would you work? |
Local authority, health service. |
25 |
Unifi is the newest trade union
launched on 18th May when 3 trade unions merged which industry
does it represent? |
Banking - it's a merger between
the NatWest union, Barclay's union and BIFU |