DPQL 28 March 2018

Questions for Wednesday, 28th March, 2018. Set by: Arnhem Quiz Services. 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. In the event of any problem, three spare questions can be found on the final sheet. When you are ready to start reading the questions, proceed to the next page Press Page Up or Page Down to move between rounds (or half-rounds for team questions) Individual Round 1 Click here to enter text. 1. In which English city did Theresa May give a speech about education on February 19th? DERBY 2. In what year did England win the men’s World Cup at rugby union? 2003 3. What eight-letter word means the spread of any people from their original homeland, DIASPORA especially that of the Jews beyond Israel? 4. In recent years, what (specific) drink has been used instead of beer to make ‘Jagerbombs’? RED BULL 5. What type of weather phenomenon is apparently very rare in Hampshire, Hertford, and HURRICANES Hereford? 6. Mr. Birdseye is considered to be the founder of the modern frozen food industry. What was CLARENCE his first name? 7. Two countries share land borders with Venezuela and Suriname. Which is the smaller of the GUYANA (Brazil is the larger one) two? 8. What were the first names of the famous aviators the Wright brothers? ORVILLE and WILBUR 9. In a 1996 film, what part was Glenn Close playing that involved her having black-and-white CRUELLA DE VIL hair? 10. In what year did Henry VII defeat Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth Field? 1485 Team Round 2 1. ENGLISH GEOGRAPHY. Click here to enter rubric. a) What is the largest castle in England? WINDSOR Castle b) Which lake is immediately south of the town of Keswick? DERWENT WATER c) In which county can you find the small market towns of Aylsham, Harleston, and Holt? NORFOLK 2. PLAYING CARDS. Click here to enter rubric. a) A two-handed Bezique deck contains how many cards? 64 b) Who is the most famous person to allegedly have had the poker hand of two pairs (black eights WILD BILL HICKOK and black aces)? c) In Bridge, what does it mean to ‘be vulnerable’? ONE GAME UP in a rubber. 3. MUSIC – NOWHERE. Click here to enter rubric. a) ‘Road to Nowhere’ was a 1985 Top 10 hit for whom? TALKING HEADS b) “… And one more leading nowhere, just for show,” sang Topol. One more what? STAIRCASE c) Released in December 1965, which Beatles L.P./album included the track ‘Nowhere Man’? RUBBER SOUL 4. CRYPTIC BRITISH PLACE NAMES. Solve the clues to get the name of a British town or city. a) Dance, everybody. WALSALL b) Mum is in good health. MOTHERWELL c) Kiwi chess piece. (Two words.) BISHOP AUCKLAND Team Round 2 (Continued) 5. TODAY’S THE DAY. a) Which Welsh politician was born on this day in 1942? NEIL KINNOCK b) Born in 1921, who was the Anglo-Swiss actor, director, producer and screenwriter who died on PETER USTINOV this day in 2004? c) In 1566, the foundation stone of which European capital was laid on this day by Jean Parisot de VALLETTA Valette? 6. BRITISH HISTORY. Click here to enter rubric. a) Living from c.1172-1240, who was the Prince of Gwynedd who became de facto ruler over most LLYWELYN (the Great) of Wales, dominating it for 45 years? b) Give either of the complete years that Roy Jenkins was Chancellor of the Exchequer. 1968 or 1969 c) In 1731, what part of Captain Robert Jenkins’ anatomy became of great national importance? (His left) EAR 7. LITERATURE – OPENING LINES. One novel, one play, one poem. a) Which 1859 novel begins – “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times”? A TALE OF TWO CITIES b) “Now, fair Hippolyta, our nuptial hour / Draws on apace.” The opening line of which A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM Shakespeare comedy? c) “I must go down to the seas again …”. What are the next seven words of Masefield’s ‘Sea TO THE LONELY SEA AND THE SKY Fever’? 8. TELEVISION. One modern, one retro, and one in-between. a) Six-year-old Max Vento played the central character in which BBC series, that began in March THE A WORD 2016? b) In ‘The Addams Family’, Gomez’s hobby was blowing up what? MODEL/TOY TRAINS c) Who played the part of Nellie Boswell in ‘Bread’? JEAN BOHT Individual Round 3 Click here to enter text. 1. Dying in December 2016, whose actual age will possibly remain a mystery, as she appeared to ZSA ZSA GABOR have lied about her age to several of her husbands? 2. What is the first name of Miss Sly, the six-year-old Swindon girl who is the star of the Oscar- MAISIE winning short film, ‘The Silent Child’? 3. On March 5th, the Russian double agent Sergei Skripal was poisoned in Salisbury, along with his YULIA daughter. What is her name? 4. What was the middle name of former UK Prime Minister William Gladstone? EWART 5. There are many different varieties of Lego bricks, but there is one design that is the oldest as EIGHT well as the most common. How many studs does it have? 6. In what year did Victoria become Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland? 1837 7. What is the more common name for the nutria, or river rat? COYPU 8. What was the two-word name of the villains in the film ‘Yellow Submarine’? BLUE MEANIES 9. What is the Cockney rhyming slang for ‘boots’? DAISY ROOTS / DAISIES 10. Fistral Beach, the venue for several major international surfing competitions, is half a mile NEWQUAY from which Cornish town? Team Round 4 1. ‘YOU’RE IN THE ARMY NOW’. Click here to enter rubric. a) What was the name of the former British Army major who famously cheated on ‘Who Wants to CHARLES INGRAM Be A Millionaire’ in 2001? b) Born in London in 1954, what stage name was adopted by Ray(mond) Burns? CAPTAIN SENSIBLE c) Major Joseph Bagstock is a conceited, retired, army officer in which Dickens novel, which also DOMBEY AND SON features Florence, Captain Cuttle, and the Toodles? 2. ‘DEAD OR ALIVE’. Click here to enter rubric. a) What is the name of ventriloquist Jeff Dunham’s puppet, supposedly a dead terrorist? ACHMED b) Who plays the title character in the 2004 film, ‘Shaun of the Dead’? SIMON PEGG c) Often misquoted, who told a young reporter in 1897: “… the report of my death has been MARK TWAIN grossly exaggerated”? 3. ‘DAYS’. Click here to enter rubric. a) Thereza Bazar was one half of a reasonably-successful pop group of the 80s. Who was the DAVID VAN DAY (Dollar) other? b) Born in 1955, what is the first name of Mr. Day, former goalkeeper at West Ham, Aston Villa, MERVYN Leeds, and other clubs? c) Who was Poet Laureate of the UK from 1968 until 1972? CECIL DAY-LEWIS 4. ‘ALONE AGAIN (NATURALLY)’. Click here to enter rubric. a) In a radio series, and later on television, who was the only one of six Texas Rangers to survive The LONE RANGER after they were ambushed by a band of outlaws? b) Who topped the charts with ‘Only the Lonely’ in 1960? ROY ORBISON c) Who wrote the 1959 short story ‘The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner’? ALAN SILLITOE Team Round 4 (Continued) 5. ‘I’M STILL WAITING’. Click here to enter rubric. a) What three-word phrase do Americans often use for ‘to queue’? WAIT IN LINE b) In what 1953 play does the title character not appear in person? WAITING FOR GODOT c) To within one year, how many years was Greyfriars Bobby said to have waited for his dead FOURTEEN master before he himself died? 6. ‘GOING UNDERGROUND’. Click here to enter rubric. a) Sometimes given as ‘company’ or ‘movement’, what is the more usual collective noun for A LABOUR moles? b) Which London Underground line includes the world’s oldest section of deep-level tube tunnel NORTHERN Line (opened 1890)? c) In 2010, in what South American country did 33 miners spend 69 days underground after a CHILE cave-in? 7. ‘SONG FOR GUY’. Click here to enter rubric. a) Most of the ‘Gunpowder Plot’ conspirators were hung, drawn, and quartered – but Guy Fawkes JUMPED (or fell) while CLIMBING died from a broken neck. How? SCAFFOLD LADDER b) What 1815 novel by Sir Walter Scott was subtitled ‘The Astrologer’? GUY MANNERING c) What rank was Guy Gibson, the first commanding officer of the RAF’s No.617 squadron? WING COMMANDER 8. ‘MAMA MIA’. Click here to enter rubric. a) Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-97) had a daughter who wrote an 1818 novel subtitled ‘The Modern MARY SHELLEY Prometheus’. What was her name? b) Once famous for also being on television, who is the mother of TV presenter Mark Durden- JUDITH CHALMERS Smith? c) Who is the mother of the American actress Kate Hudson? GOLDIE HAWN (Second Half) Individual Round 5 Theme: Blockbusters Gold Run.

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