LANCASTER CITY QUIZ LEAGUE WEEK 22 MONDAY 7 APRIL 2014 Quiz set by Lancaster Railway Club
Minimum required answer is in bold and underlined. Surnames are acceptable in all cases.
As this is the last league fixture, we wish you all a good summer!
Round 1: Born in Preston Saturday 5 April would have been the late Sir Tom Finney’s 92nd birthday. To mark the occasion, identify some more famous Prestonians.
1a Actor, 1935-2007. Played Mr Humphries in the BBC sitcom “Are you being Served”. John INMAN
1b Actor, born 1935. Played landlord of The Rovers Return, Alec Gilroy, in Coronation Street. Roy BARRACLOUGH
2a Classical contralto, 1912 -1953. Much loved for her recordings of Handel, Bach and Mahler but also, her interpretation of English folksongs, most famously “Blow The Wind Southerly”. Kathleen FERRIER
2b Musician, 1922-1978. “The Man with the Golden Trumpet”. Had No 1s in Dec 1953 with “Oh, Mein Papa” and in Apr 1955 with “Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White”. Eddie CALVERT
3a Sometime actor and TV presenter. First made his name as Steven Taylor, a time-travelling companion of Dr Who in 1965/66 before becoming a regular presenter of BBC’s Blue Peter. Peter PURVES
3b Born 1980, singer with Brit Award-winning group Liberty X. Cricketer Kevin Pietersen’s other half. (Mrs Pietersen will not be accepted!) Jessica TAYLOR
4a Film-maker and animator, born 1958, creator of Wallace and Gromit. Nick PARK
4b Lancashire and England cricketer, born 1977, ambassador for the big man’s fashion brand, Jacamo. Andrew FLINTOFF Spares i Cotton industry entrepreneur, 1732-1792, invented the Water Frame. Richard ARKWRIGHT ii Poet,1874-1958, known as “The Bard of the Yukon” after his ballads about life on the Canadian frontier, most famously “The Shooting of Dan McGrew” Robert SERVICE
Round 2 : Television Police Serials
1a Which police series had the theme music “An Ordinary Copper”? DIXON OF DOCK GREEN
1b Similarly, which series had the theme tune “Eye Level”? VAN DER VALK
2a Who played the title role in the 1980’s series Remington Steele? Pierce BROSNAN
2b In the 1970’s series Police Woman, starring Angie Dickinson , Sgt Suzanne Anderson was known by which nickname? PEPPER Anderson
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3a What was the occupation of Private Detective Eddie Shoestring? RADIO PRESENTER (accept COMPUTER EXPERT, his former job until a nervous breakdown)
3b When Trevor Eve, star of Shoestring, chose not to return to the role after 2 series, the same BBC production team created another detective returning to work after a bad period in his life. Name that detective. Jim BERGERAC
4a Which ITV series starred Jill Gascoigne and broadcast between 1980 and 1984 was the first series to feature a female detective as its leading character THE GENTLE TOUCH
4b Name the prequel to the long-running Inspector Morse series, starring Shaun Evans in the title role, which was first broadcast in 2012. ENDEAVOUR
Spares i Which detective has been played on TV by Rupert Davies and Michael Gambon? MAIGRET ii Which series was set in Seaport and Newtown? Z CARS
Round 3 - Sport
1a Which Football League club, the oldest professional club in the World and founder members of the League in 1888, has the dubious distinction of having been relegated more times than any other League side (15 times)? NOTTS COUNTY
1b How did the Sheffield Utd footballer Brian Deane make history when he scored after 5 minutes against Manchester Utd on 15 August 1992? VERY FIRST PREMIER LEAGUE GOAL
2a Which Surrey and England cricketer (1882-1963), nicknamed “The Master”, is the leading run- scorer and century-maker in First Class cricket history? (61,760 runs & 199 centuries) Jack HOBBS
2b Which Yorkshire cricketer (1916-1990) holds the record for the highest individual score in a Test match for England? (364 vs Australia in 1938) Len HUTTON
3a In UK horseracing there are 5 Classic races on the Flat. Name 3 of them, 1 pt each (All 3 required for a pass) 1000 GUINEAS, 2000 GUINEAS, DERBY,OAKS, ST LEGER
3b These 5 Classic races are held on 3 different racecourses. Name the racecourses. 1 pt for each (All 3 required for a pass) NEWMARKET(1000 & 2000 Guineas), EPSOM(Derby, Oaks), DONCASTER(St Leger)
4a Which boxer, nicknamed “The Blackpool Rock”, twice challenged for the World Heavyweight Championship, losing to Floyd Patterson in 1959 and to Muhammad Ali in 1966? Brian LONDON
4b Which boxer, nicknamed “The Leamington Licker”(!), caused a sensation when he outpointed the legendary “Sugar” Ray Robinson to become World Middleweight Champion in 1951. He lost the return fight 64 days later. Randolph TURPIN
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Spares i Who won the High Jump Gold medal at the 1968 Olympics and established a style (bearing his name) which is still the principle method used today? Dick FOSBURY ii If the Summer Olympic games of 1940 had taken place what would have been the host city? TOKYO (Accept HELSINKI, which was awarded the Games in July 1938 when Japan forfeited them)
Round 4 – Thank You, Mr Hargreaves Identify the Mr Men characters. Answers must be exact. 1a Letter G MR TICKLE 1b Letter D MR BUMP 2a Letter J MR NOISY 2b Letter I MR LAZY 3a Letter E MR GREEDY 3b Letter H MR TALL 4a Letter A MR CLEVER 4b Letter B MR GRUMPY Spares i Letter F MR SILLY ii Letter C MR JELLY
Round 5 – Theatre and Musicals
1a “Ol’ Man River” is a song in which musical? SHOWBOAT
1b In which musical does the song “You’ll never Walk Alone” appear? CAROUSEL
2a Who played the role of Alex in the original West End production of Aspects of Love (1989)? Michael BALL
2b Who played the role of the narrator Ché in the original West End production of Evita (1978)? David ESSEX
3a Which 1959 musical features a heroine who is a striptease artist? GYPSY
3b Name the thoroughfare which intersects Broadway in the heart of New York and which gave its name to a 1980 musical. 42ND STREET
4a Which theatre award is named after the American actor and director Antoinette Perry? TONY award 4b What is the British equivalent of a Tony? Laurence OLIVIER award
Spares i Who played Eliza Doolittle in both the original Broadway production (1956) and the original London production (1958) of My Fair Lady? Julie ANDREWS ii Who won her only Academy Award for her portrayal of Sally Bowles in Cabaret? Liza MINNELLI
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Round 6 – Food and Drink
1a A zucchini is also known as what? COURGETTE
1b Similarly, a scallion is also known as what? SPRING ONION or SALAD ONION
2a What is the name of the Scottish Soup whose main ingredient is smoked haddock? CULLEN SKINK
2b Which traditional Scottish pudding includes raspberries, cream, honey and oats as its main ingredients? CRANACHAN
3a Which herbal liqueur, invented by a French wine merchant, despite its claims that it was distilled at a historic Normandy abbey, enjoys great popularity in East Lancashire, having been introduced to the area by soldiers returning from the Great War? BENEDICTINE
3b Which Scottish mix of malt whisky, honey and herbs advertises itself as Prince Charles Edward Stuart’s liqueur, the legend being that Bonnie Prince Charlie fled to Skye with the prized recipe after the battle of Culloden? DRAMBUIE
4a Crème de cassis is a liqueur of which fruit? BLACKCURRANT
4b Cointreau is a liqueur flavoured with which fruit? ORANGE
Spares i Which fruit is the base ingredient for guacamole? AVOCADO ii 3 grape varieties are traditionally used in the production of Champagne, used either individually or blended. Name 1 of them. PINOT NOIR, PINOT MEUNIER,CHARDONNAY
Round 7 – Gathering Dust in Oxfam- a round on old books seen this year in Oxfam’s second hand bookshop
1a What was the subject matter of the American journalist John Read’s 1919 book “Ten Days that shook the World”? OCTOBER REVOLUTION 1917 (accept BOLSHEVIK REVOLUTION or RUSSIAN REVOLUTION)
1b The 1979 bestseller “The Climate of Treason” by the investigative journalist Andrew Boyle unmasked which art historian as the Fourth Man in the Cambridge Spy Ring? Anthony BLUNT
2a Whose 1960 autobiography “Summoned by Bells” was written in blank verse rather than prose? John BETJEMAN
2b Which Englishman (1874-1965), winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1953, wrote over 40 books in his lifetime but just one novel. “Savrola”, published in 1900? Winston CHURCHILL
3a In a 1981 bestseller the author and illustrator Simon Bond found 101 uses for what? A DEAD CAT
3b “Man’s Best Friend”, the first of the Wicked Willie series by the author Peter Mayle and the illustrator Gray Joliffe, was a bestseller in 1984. Who or what was Wicked Willie? A talking PENIS
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4a Which Penguin paperback sold out its first ever British print run of 200,000 copies within hours of publication on 10th November 1960? LADY CHATTERLEY’S LOVER D H Lawrence
4b Which novel of 1818 has the alternative title “The Modern Prometheus”? FRANKENSTEIN
Spares i Which perennial bestseller was conceived during a shooting party in Ireland in 1951 and was first published in 1955? It is the bestselling copyrighted book of all time. GUINNESS BOOK OF RECORDS (since 2001, GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS) ii “My Four and a Half years of Struggle against Lies, Stupidity and Cowardice” was the original title of which book (later a bestseller) published in Germany in 1925? The publisher suggested a shorter title. Name the book. MEIN KAMPF or MY STRUGGLE Adolf Hitler
Round 8 – General
1a By what name do we better know the New Yorker Stefani Germanotta? LADY GAGA
1b Similarly, by what name do we better know the bestselling novelist Erika Leonard? E L JAMES(50 Shades of Grey)
2a During the Second World War, 3 capital cities of belligerent European nations were never occupied by force. London and Moscow were two. Name the third. HELSINKI
2b What is the name of the gesture, said to be an inverted Nazi salute, which was controversially performed by the former West Brom footballer, Nicholas Anelka in December 2013? QUENELLE
3a “Either that wallpaper goes, or I do” are said to be the last dying words of which writer in 1900? Oscar WILDE
3b “Better to burn out, than to fade away”, words taken from a song by Neil Young, were found on the suicide note of which grunge musician in 1994? Kurt COBAIN
4a According to the Book of Revelation what will be the site of the last battle at the end of days? ARMAGEDDON 4b What is the opening line of Psalm 23? THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD, I SHALL NOT WANT Spares i What motto is borne on the coat of arms of Lancaster City Council? LUCK TO LOYNE ii How does the Morecambe town motto read? BEAUTY SURROUNDS, HEALTH ABOUNDS
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