Stoneway Guest House Quiz 12

Please do not use the internet and cheat.

Section 1

Match the Prime Ministers to their date in office.

CLEMENT ATLEE 1945-51 1830-34 EARL GREY 1830-34 1834-35 EDWARD HEATH 1970-74 1852-55 HAROLD MCMILLAN 1957-63 1937-40 HAROLD WILSON 1964-70 1940-45 JAMES CALLAGHAN 1976-79 1945-51 MARGARET THATCHER 1979-1990 1957-63 NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN 1937-40 1963-64 SIR ALEX DOUGLAS HOME 1963-64 1964-70 SIR ROBERT PEEL 1834-35 1970-74 1976-79 1979-90

Section 2 Landmarks

1. The official name of the tower in which Big Ben is located was originally the Clock Tower, but what was it was renamed in 2012? Elizabeth Tower

2. In a letter in 1754 by English antiquary William Stukeley, about which landmark did he write 'could be seen from the moon'? Great Wall of China

3. Name the large unfinished Roman Catholic church in Barcelona, designed by architect Antoni Gaudí? Sagrada Familia

4. Which bronze statue by Edvard Eriksen, can be seen on a rock by the waterside at the Langelinie promenade in Copenhagen? Little Mermaid

5. The Taj Mahal is an ivory-white marble mausoleum on the Yamuna river, in the Indian city of Agra, what is the meaning of 'taj mahal' in English? Crown of the Palace

6. Which world famous landmark celebrated its 100th anniversary in 1989? Eiffel Tower

7. The Colosseum (or Colosseo) is an oval amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome; what alternative name is it often called? Flavian Amphitheatre

8. Which iconic landmark was originally created in 1923 as an advertisement for a local real estate development? Hollywood sign

9. In the 1985 comedy film National Lampoon's European Vacation, Clark Griswold backs his car into which iconic landmark? Stonehenge

10. If Southwark is to the south side of Tower Bridge, which London borough is to the north side? Tower Hamlets

Section 3

What of the following animals have the most bones? List them from most bones to least bones.

Dog

Cat

Human

Section 4 Link

All the following answers have a link. Can you name the link?

1. Which group of professionals belong to the NUT? Teachers 2. Which term is used to describe Commonwealth Ambassadors to another? High Commissioner 3. What was the name of the double edged broadsword used by Scottish clansmen? Claymore 4. What is the capital city of the Ukon region of Canada? White horse 5. Idiophones are a type of instrument found in churches. What are idiophones? Bells

What is the link? Whiskey

Section 5 -British TV and Film

1. What was the first game show shown on Channel 4? Countdown

2. Which girl group performed during the opening minutes of Channel 5’s launch in 1997 in the UK? The spice girls 3. In what year did Coronation Street first air on ITV? 1960 4. What is the name of the prison in the popular BBC sitcom Porridge starring Ronnie Barker? HMP Slade 5. What is the name of Miranda Hart’s best friend in her hit sitcom? Stevie 6. What is the name of the spell used by Ron and Hermoine in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone to make their feathers fly? Wingardium Leviosa

7. The Imitation Game is a biopic based on which twentieth century figure? Alan Turin

8. Which Alfred Hitchcock film starred Grace Kelly as Lisa Carol Fremont? Rear Window

9. What was Orlando Bloom’s first film role? He played a young prostitute in Oscar Wilde biopic Wilde

10. Emma Thompson made the nation cry in Love Actually – she thought her husband had bought her a necklace, but instead she received an album by which artist? Joni Mitchell

Section 6 True or False

1. Blood Group O is the most common blood group in the UK. True 2. William Caxton invented the printing press. False 3. Vulcanised rubber invented by Mr Pirelli. False 4. The Suez canal has 6 locks? False 5. Martensite is a form of lacework. False

Section 7 - General Knowledge

1. What is fifteen percent of two thousand? 300

2. In which country was the renowned cricketer Brian Lara born? Trinidad and Tobago

3. Which metal has the chemical symbol Pb? Lead

4. Tobermory is the capital of which Scottish island? Mull

5. How many football matches were played in total in the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia? 64

6. What is the name of the machine, commonly referred to as a ‘lie detector’, which measures reactions such as blood pressure, pulse and respiration of an individual in response to questions asked? Polygraph

7. Which author created the character Paddington Bear? Michael Bond

8. Which artist painted “Lobster Telephone” in 1936? Salvador Dali

9. In which ‘James Bond’ film did Daniel Craig first play the starring role? Casino Royale (2006)

10. Which word can come after ‘dream’, ‘steam’ and ‘life’ to form other words? Boat

Section 8 – Who am I ?

I was born in Ulm, in Germany, in 1876. In 1895 I moved to Switzerland to study and in 1921 I won the Nobel Prize for Physics. I emigrated to the USA in 1933.

Albert Einstein.