Questions for Wednesday, February 5th. Set by: Roger Springthorpe
Question Reader: All parts of the answer shown in Bold Face are required. Parts shown in ordinary type are not essential, but if given incorrectly will mean that the answer is wrong; for example, if the answer shown is “Tom Watson”, “Watson” would be a correct answer, but “John Watson” would be incorrect. Parts shown in italics are purely explanatory and are not required. If the answer offered is incomplete (for example, “Roosevelt” for “Theodore Roosevelt”), you may, at your discretion, ask the person answering to expand the answer.
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Individual Round 1 Each answer contains a word relating to age
1. By what name was the Wild West outlaw Harry Alonzo Longabaugh more famously known? The Sundance Kid
2. Which 449 feet high stack of red sandstone on the Orkneys archipelago was not climbed Old Man of Hoy until 1966? 3. What was the first and only UK number one single for the American group Gary Puckett Young Girl and the Union Gap?
4. In the Marvel comics and the Marvel films, what title is given to the mentor of the sorcerer The Ancient One (aka The Master, The supreme Doctor Strange? High Lama, The Mystic, The Spirit Leopard) 5. Which portrait by Thomas Gainsborough, finished in 1770, is believed to be that of The Blue Boy Jonathan Buttle, son of a wealthy hardware merchant? 6. The berries of which plant of the genus Sambucus is used to make a tea, syrup, a port or a Elderberry wine? 7. In the movies what is the actual true name of Indiana Jones? Henry (Walton) Jones Junior
8. Who became Britain’s youngest Prime Minister at the age of only 24? Pitt the Younger
9. The controversial comedy-drama Jojo Rabbit features a young member of which Hitler Youth (aka Hitlerjugend) organisation, which first appeared in the thirties? 10. What is the more commonly used name for the diminutive nocturnal primate Galago, Bush Baby (nagapie is a lesser- which are native to continental Africa? used name)
Team Round 2 1. Saxon place names What do these suffixes indicate in places of Saxon origin? a) …ham Village
b) …bury Fortified place
c) …ney Island
2. Music in Christmas TV adverts Which products were advertised on Christmas TV using this music in 2019? a) “Let Me Entertain You” by Robbie Williams? Aldi
b) “All I Want for Christmas is You” by Maria Carey? Walkers Crisps
c) “Can’t Fight This Feeling” by Dan Smith of Bastille? John Lewis/Waitrose
3. Detective writers Who created these detectives a) Agatha Raisin. M.C. Beaton
b) Nero Wolfe. Rex Stout
c) Tommy and Tuppence Beresford. Agatha Christie
4. What connects What connects the answers to three clues a) The presenter of the first BBC National Lottery programme, the Manchester United player Noel (Edmonds, Cantwell and who went on to manage Coventry and Peterborough, and a British Bake off regular? Fielding) b) Which battle connects the greatest Greek Hero of the Trojan War, the wash product said to Battle of the River Plate (Ships clean like a white tornado, and the county town of Devon? Achilles, Ajax and Exeter) c) What surname connects the first telephone call, half a famous crime fighting duo, and a Watson (Bell’s assistant, Dr. star of the Harry Potter film franchise? Watson and Emma Watson) Team Round 2 (Continued) 5. Food a) Turophiles are aficionados of which food? Cheese
b) Which foodstuff is referred to as the stinking rose? Garlic
c) Which meat is used in moussaka? Lamb
6. Science a) In an optical system what name is given to how strongly the system converges or diverges Focal Length light? b) What is the SI unit of capacitance? Farad
c) Speed is the term used to refer to the rate at which an object covers distance. What term is Velocity used for the rate an object covers distance in a specific direction? 7. Golf 2019 a) Where was the 2019 Open held? Portrush
b) In which month of 2019 did Tiger Woods win the Masters? April
c) Who won his first major title at the US Open in 2019? Gary Woodland
8. Name the year Name the year from the clues a) Last man to date walked on the Moon, VAT began in Britain, ‘Last of the Summer Wine’ 1973 began its first TV series? b) The Sinclair C5 was launched, ‘EastEnders’ debuted, Live Aid raises over £50,000,000 for 1985 famine relief? c) BBC journalist Martin Bell announces he is standing for Parliament, the first Harry Potter 1997 book is published, ‘Midsomer Murders’ begins? Individual Round 3 Part of each answer might be seen by the sea
1. Now recognised as the first American currency, from what was the wampum used by Shells Native Americans made? 2. What was the name of the bumbling British spy posing as a gendarme in the TV series Crabtree “Allo, Allo”? 3. What is the nickname of Grimsby F.C.? The Mariners
4. One of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world, what type of building was the Pharos of Lighthouse Alexandria? 5. Peter Ostrum and Freddie Highmore both played which very lucky schoolboy in films made Charlie Bucket in 1971 and 2006? 6. Who was the last act to win Eurovision for Great Britain? Katrina and the Waves
7. Which presenter had a 60-year career with the BBC on such programmes as ‘Tonight’ on TV Cliff Michelmore and ‘Two Way Family Favourites’ on the radio? 8. Which book by George Orwell tells of industrial life in the Midlands, and the poverty in the The Road to Wigan Pier north that drove people to risk their lives in the mines? 9. Which sophisticated criminal has George Clooney played three times on film? Danny Ocean
10. How is 3, South Quay Discovery dock east, London more famously known? Canary Wharf
Team Round 4 1. Football a) Who was the first English defender to move between two English clubs for a transfer fee Rio Ferdinand (Leeds to Man. thought to be over £30,000,000, in 2002? Utd.) b) Which Liverpool player won the P.F.A. Player of the Year award in season 2018-2019? Virgil Van Dijk
c) Which Premier League ground has the smallest capacity? Dean Court (AFC Bournemouth)
2. Boxing films a) Who won the Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal of middleweight boxing champion Jake Robert de Niro LaMotta in the film “Raging Bull”? b) Which Oscar winner played James Jeffries in the Ron Howard film “Cinderella Man”? Russell Crowe
c) When Elvis Presley played the title role in “Kid Galahad”, which future Hollywood Charles Bronson superstar played his cornerman? 3. Common Latin words in English a) Which commonly used Latin word of five letters means “elsewhere”? Alibi
b) Which commonly used Latin word of nine letters means ‘spontaneous’ or ‘without Impromptu preparation’? c) Which commonly used Latin word of six letters means the ability to make good Acumen judgements? 4. Ventriloquists dummies Which ventriloquist do you associate with these dummies a) Lamb Chop Shari Lewis
b) Archie Andrews Peter Brough
c) Lenny the Lion Terry Hall Team Round 4 (Continued) 5. Cocktails a) Which renowned novelist, a legendary drinker, invented the cocktail “Death in the Ernest Hemingway Afternoon”? b) Which cocktail was alleged to have been invented at a party given by Jenny Churchill to Manhattan celebrate the re-election of the Governor of New York? c) Which cocktail is alleged to have gotten its name because it was invented for an American Harvey Wallbanger surfer who constantly got so drunk he could not see and crashed into things? 6. Bridges a) What does the Mathematical Bridge cross? River Cam
b) What does the Rialto Bridge cross? Grand Canal, Venice
c) What does the Ha’penny Bridge cross? River Liffey
7. Mythological birds a) Which Norse god had ravens whose names translate into English as “thought” and Odin “wisdom”? b) In the tales of which hero did the gigantic rocs, the birds big enough to carry off an Sinbad the Sailor elephant, first appear? c) What was the name of the mortal woman who Zeus seduced in the form of a swan? Leda
8. Nature a) What are young bats called? Pups
b) An ophidiophobic person has a morbid fear of which creatures? Snakes
c) What type of animal is a fennec? (Desert) Fox
(Second Half) Individual Round 5 Every answer contains black or white
1. Dylan Moran and Bill Bailey played the owner and sole employee of which shop in a Black Books Channel 4 comedy? 2. What is the state capital of The Yukon in Canada? Whitehorse
3. What was begun in 1792, but not finished until 1817 after British troops set it on fire in White House 1814? 4. Which official is responsible in the British Parliament for allowing access into and out of the Accept Black rod or Gentleman House of Lords? Usher of the Black Rod 5. Who was Harry Potter’s godfather? Sirius Black
6. What was the title of the 1992 film about basketball starring Wesley Snipes and Woody White Men Can’t Jump Harrelson? 7. Who was the first American astronaut to perform a spacewalk? Ed White
8. Which novel by Wilkie Collins, along with his novel The Moonstone, is regarded as one of The Woman in White the first works of detective fiction? 9. What name in the USA is given to the day Americans regard as the beginning of the Black Friday Christmas shopping season? 10. According to the Goodies who was the Queen of Northern Soul? Black Pudding Bertha
Team Round 6 1. Classical composers What were the first names of these composers? a) Rimsky-Korsakov Nicolai
b) Borodin Alexander
c) Stravinsky Igor
2. Car models Which car manufacturer makes these models? a) Mokka Vauxhall
b) Modus Renault
c) Berlingo Citreon
3. History – Unpopular Kings a) Against which king did Wat Tyler lead the Peasants’ Revolt? Richard II
b) Against which king did Simon de Montfort lead the barons in the uprising that became the Henry III Barons’ War? c) Which king and his brother were the intended victims of the Rye House plot? Charles II
4. Nazi War Criminals a) Who was working for Mercedes Benz in Argentina before he was kidnapped by Mossad, Adolf Eichmann brought to Israel and put on trial for crimes against humanity? b) Who was known as “The Butcher of Lyon” and after being extradited from Bolivia was put Klaus Barbie on trial for crimes against humanity in France? c) Known as the Angel of death, which Nazi War Criminal had a bounty of 35 million dollars on Josef Mengele his head, although he was never caught and died while swimming in Brazil? Team Round 6 (Continued) 5. TV writers Which teams of writers created these comedies a) ‘Allo ‘Allo Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft
b) Porridge Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais c) The Good Life John Esmonde and Bob Larbey
6. Geography a) Which is the largest landlocked country in south America? Bolivia
b) Which city is the capital city of Zambia? Lusaka
c) In which country is K2 the highest peak? Pakistan
7. American presidential nicknames Which American politicians had these nicknames a) The Great Emancipator? Abraham Lincoln
b) Old Hickory Andrew Jackson
c) The Comeback Kid Bill Clinton
8. The human body a) How is the laryngeal prominence more commonly known? Adam’s Apple
b) Which gland in the human body is often referred to as the master gland? Pituitary
c) The great saphenous is the longest what in the human body? Vein Individual Round 7. All answers contain something that might be seen down on the farm
1. After the style worn by pupils of a famous educational establishment, what name was given to Eton Crop the shortest bob hairstyle for women which originated in America in the Twenties? 2. Who was the Labour MP for Blackburn from 1979 to 2015 who served in the Cabinet under Jack Straw Tony Blair and Gordon Brown? 3. Which ex-member of a successful boy band topped the UK singles charts with “Sign of the Harry Styles Times” in 2017? 4. Who described Lord Byron as “Bad, Mad and Dangerous to know”? Lady Caroline Lamb
5. Which Hollywood legend, when found looking through the Bible shortly before his death, W.C. Fields claimed to be “Looking for a loophole”? 6. Which Essex schoolboy became the youngest British table tennis champion in 1963 and Accept George or Chester remained British No. 1 until the end of the seventies? Barnes 7. Which comedian who made his first film “Boys Will Be Boys” playing a school headmaster, Will Hay was a fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and had an asteroid named after him? 8. Which British author wrote the horror classics “The Devil Rides Out” and “To the Devil a Dennis Wheatley Daughter”? 9. What connects English rulers from 1272-1307, 1307-1327, 1327-1377, 1461-1470, 1471- All King Edwards 1483, 1483-1483, 1547-1553, 1901-1910 and 1936-1936? 10. Which of her three companions in The Wizard of Oz does Dorothy meet first? Scarecrow
Team Round 8 1. Astronomy a) What is the visible surface of the sun called? Photosphere
b) The highest mountain on the moon is named after which Dutch astronomer? Christiaan Huygens
c) Which erroneous theory about Mars was first put forward by the Italian astronomer Canals on Mars Giovanni Schiaparelli in 1877? 2. Double Number Ones These records have been number one for two different acts. Name both a) “With a little help from my friends”. Joe Cocker Wet Wet Wet b) “I Got You Babe”. Sonny and Cher UB40 (With Chrissie Hynde) c) “This Ole House”. Rosemary Clooney Shakin Stevens 3. Mottos Which organisations have these mottos a) My word is my bond. Stock Exchange
b) Lend a hand. The Brownies
c) For Home and Country. Women’s Institute
4. Board Games a) Which board game has a map of the world divided into 42 territories? Risk
b) Which horse racing game is played on a double-sided game with each side depicting one Totopoly half of the game? c) Which character did Doctor Orchid replace in the standard Cluedo game in the first Mrs. White change to its cast since 1949? Team Round 8 (Continued) 5. Fictional Schools a) At which school did Miss Jean Brodie teach? Marcia Blaine Girls’ school
b) Who was Billy Bunter’s form teacher at Greyfriars? Mr Quelch
c) In which series of books did Miss Cackle’s academy for Witches appear? The Worst Witch
6. Christian Martyrs a) Who was the first British martyr? Saint Alban
b) Who was the first martyr of the Christian Church? Saint Stephen
c) Where was Saint Peter crucified? Rome (his namesake Basilica)
7. Sevens on the screen a) In the first Magnificent Seven film how many of them survived to the end of the Film? Three (Chris, vin and Chico)
b) As played by Howard Keel, what is the first name of the oldest Pottifer brother in Seven Adam Brides for Seven Brothers? c) The 1950 film Seven Days to Noon is about a hunt for what in London? Atomic Bomb
8. Sweets a) What sweet has been advertised by an animal called Peppy since 1932? Glacier Mints (He is the polar bear) b) Which sweets involved Desperation, Pacification, Expectation, Acclamation and Fry’s Five Boys Realization? c) Which chocolate manufacturer advertised with the slogan “Do you dream in Chocolate”? Lindt Beer Round
1. Title a) Who was the first Spanish born actress to win a Best Actress Oscar? Penelope Cruz
b) Which American President took the USA into the Vietnam War? Dwight Eisenhower
c) Which is the longest river in Scotland after the Tay? Spey
2. Title a) Who was the first Spanish born actor to win a Best Actor Oscar? Javier Bardem
b) Which American President took the last American troops out of Vietnam? Gerald Ford
c) Which is the longest river wholly in England after the Thames? Trent
Spare Questions
1. Strawberry tongue is a symptom of which disease? Scarlet Fever
2. What is the capital of Fiji? Suva
3. Who was assassinated on September 6, 1901 in Buffalo, New York? President McKinley