Questions for Wednesday, 28th November 2018

Set by: DWT

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 All answers contain the name of a bird

1. Which character was played by Jodie Foster in Silence of the Lambs? Clarice Starling

2. By what name is super villain Oswald Cobblepot better known? The Penguin

3. ‘The day my Grandmother exploded’ is the first line of which novel? The Crow Road

4. Which organisation was the enemy of ‘The Man from UNCLE’? THRUSH

5. Nurse Ratched, also known as ‘big nurse’ is a main character in which novel? One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

6. Which Celebrity Masterchef winner played in Eastenders? John Partridge

7. Who won a ‘best supporting’ Oscar for his role in ‘Good Will Hunting? Robin Williams

8. Who won the World snooker Championship in 1991? John Parrott

9. In which film is Mel Gibson the voice of Rocky the rooster? Chicken Run

10. Which 1976 film covers a plot by the Germans to kidnap or murder Winston Churchill? The Eagle has Landed

Team Round 2 1. Films Give the surname of these eponymous film characters a) Luke, in ‘COOL HAND LUKE’ JACKSON

b) Brian, in ‘LIFE OF BRIAN’ COHEN

c) Harry, in ‘DIRTY HARRY’ CALLAHAN

2. Quotations Who said? a) “Oi’ll give it foive”, on Thank Your Lucky Stars. JANICE NICHOLLS

b) “Well he would say that, wouldn’t he?” MANDY RICE DAVIES

c) “Peace begins with a smile” MOTHER THERESA

3. CHILDREN’S T.V. Click here to enter rubric. a) In which village is Fireman Sam set? PONTYPANDY

b) On which island is Thomas the tank engine set? SODOR

c) Where are Koko, Wilson and Brewster trainees? CHUGGINGTON

4. Sport Click here to enter rubric. a) Who was the first National Hunt Jockey to ride 1,000 career winners? STAN MELLOR

b) Who was the first cricketer to pass 10,000 test match runs? SUNIL GAVASKAR

c) Which footballer was the first to be sold by a British club for more than £100,000? DENIS LAW Team Round 2 (Continued) 5. Literature In which books do these characters appear? a) Daisy Buchanan and Nick Carraway THE GREAT GATSBY

b) Susan Henchard and Lucetta Templeman THE MAYOR OF CASTERBRIDGE

c) Jo Gargery and Philip Pirrip GREAT EXPECTATIONS

6. Taglines Which companies or products use/used the following taglines a) There are some things money can’t buy MASTERCARD

b) Simply clever SKODA

c) Every Little Helps TESCO

7. Pop 2000s Click here to enter rubric. a) “Ruby” was a hit in 2007 for which ? KAISER CHIEFS

b) Alex Kapranos is the lead singer with which indie rock band? FRANZ FERDINAND

c) Which band were the first to appear at the Live 8 concert in 2005? U2 (alongside Paul McCartney)

8. Agony Aunts In which daily newspaper do the following appear? a) Deirdre Sanders THE SUN

b) Mariella Frostrup THE GUARDIAN

c) Virginia Ironside THE INDEPENDENT (online) Individual Round 3 Mixed colours - All answers contain either ‘Green’ or ‘White’

1. What is the name of Liam Gallagher’s clothing line? PRETTY GREEN

2. In which Stephen King serialised novel does the character John Coffey appear? THE GREEN MILE

3. Who wrote the novel ‘The Once and Future King’? T. H. WHITE

4. Who was the first gameshow host to use the ‘clapometer’? HUGHIE GREEN

5. A nice day for what? According to Billy Idol. A WHITE WEDDING

6. In 2017, Marcus Rashford was the last player to score at which football ground? WHITE HART LANE

7. Detective Sergeant Andy Crawford featured in which TV police series? DIXON OF DOCK GREEN

8. Which singer was known as the ‘Walrus of Love’? BARRY WHITE

9. What is the international symbol for mental health awareness? GREEN RIBBON

10. Which rock band features lead vocalist and guitarist Billy Joe Armstrong? GREEN DAY

Team Round 4 1. Record Producers Name the Record Producers a) Which Producer was famous for his “Wall of Sound”? PHIL SPECTOR

b) Which Producer, known as “Q”, had a hit with “Razzamatazz” in 1981? QUINCY JONES

c) Who Produced Amy Winehouse’s “Back to Black”?

2. PRIME MINISTERS WHO WAS PRIME MINISTER AT THE TIME OF: a) The beginning of the 19th Century? WILLIAM PITT THE YOUNGER

b) The accession to the throne of Queen Victoria? VISCOUNT OR LORD MELBOURNE Or William Lamb c) The end of the 19th Century? MARQUESS OR LORD SALISBURY Or Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 3. SPORT 2018 Click here to enter rubric. a) Who scored the winning goal in the 2018 F.A. Cup Final? EDEN HAZARD

b) Who won the women’s US Tennis Open? NAOMI OSAKA

c) Which team won the 6 Nations Championship? IRELAND

4. FOOTBALL TERMS ALL ANSWERS CONTAIN TERMS USED IN FOOTBALL a) Which novella, by Mary Hayley Bell, was adapted as a musical by ? WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND

b) For which newspaper did Woodward and Bernstein work at the time of Watergate? THE WASHINGTON POST

c) Arthur Wynne is credited as being the inventor of what, in 1913? THE CROSSWORD Team Round 4 (Continued) 5. World war 2 Click here to enter rubric. a) What was operation Barbarossa? THE GERMAN INVASION OF RUSSIA b) Who was the ’s Deputy Prime Minister from 1942 till 1945? CLEMENT ATTLEE

c) Who became Fuhrer upon the death of Hitler in 1945? (Admiral Karl) DONITZ

6. Geography Click here to enter rubric. a) Which is the only country with a coastline on both the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf? SAUDI ARABIA

b) At 2,277 feet Mount Borange is the highest point in which European country? BELGIUM

c) In area, Alaska, Texas and California are the three largest US states. Which is the fourth largest? MONTANA

7. Queens To which kings were the following married? a) Marie Antoinette LOUIS XVI

b) Catherine of Braganza CHARLES II

c) Mary, Queen of Scots (first marriage) FRANCIS II (of France)

8. SNAKES ALL ANSWERS CONTAIN THE NAMES OF SNAKES a) ‘In a Broken Dream’, with , was a hit for which band? PYTHON LEE JACKSON

b) Who was Principal Conductor for the Berlin Philharmonic from 2002 to 2018? SIMON RATTLE

c) What was the name given to Democrats in the Northern States who opposed the American Civil COPPPERHEADS War and wanted peace with the South? (Second Half) Individual Round 5 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

1. What is a barista? SOMEONE WHO SERVES COFFEE

2. In the Netflix series “The Crown”, which former Dr Who plays Prince Phillip? MATT SMITH

3. In the Bible, who was the youngest son of Jacob? BENJAMIN

4. What is the name of the train in “The Night Garden”? THE NINKY NONK

5. For which newspaper was Stanley working when he “found” Livingstone? NEW YORK HERALD

6. Which car manufacturer makes the “Lexus”? TOYOTA

7. Which had new written for Princess Diana’s funeral? CANDLE IN THE WIND

8. Which Scottish premiership football club is based in Perth? ST. JOHNSTONE

9. What is the American equivalent of an estate agent? REALTOR

10. Who married the fictional character Dora Spenlow? DAVID COPPERFIELD

Team Round 6 1. OBITUARIES Whose death are they talking about? a) Said by John Cleese in 2002: “the great God of us all” SPIKE MILLIGAN

b) Said by Dennis Healey, 1995 as “having no political principle or sense of direction”. HAROLD WILSON

c) Said by The Times newspaper, “there never was an individual less regretted by his fellow GEORGE IV creature than this deceased king”. 2. THE WARS OF THE ROSES Click here to enter rubric. a) Which king was the husband of Margaret of Anjou? HENRY VI

b) What was the surname of ‘the kingmaker’ – Richard, Earl of Earwick? NEVILLE

c) Which battle fought on March 29th 1461, was the bloodiest of the wars? TOWTON

3. MONTY PYTHON Click here to enter rubric. a) In “the parrot sketch”, what was claimed to be a palindrome of Bolton? IPSWICH

b) Name either of Cardinal Ximenez’s assistants in the ‘Spanish Inquisition’ sketch? CARDINAL BIGGLES OR CARDINAL FANG c) Harry “snapper” Organs pursued which brothers? THE PIRANHAS (Doug and Dinsdale) 4. WHO PRECEDED Click here to enter rubric. a) George I as monarch of Great Britain. QUEEN ANNE

b) Jeff Stelling as host of countdown. DES O’CONNOR

c) George Osborne as chancellor of the exchequer. ALISTAIR DARLING Team Round 6 (Continued) 5. EUROVISION Click here to enter rubric. a) Netta Barzilai won in 2018 representing which Country? ISRAEL

b) What did Lulu sing when she tied for first place in 1969? BOOM BANG A BANG

c) Who won representing Germany with “A Little Peace” in 1982? NICOLE

6. from the shows Which Musical do they come from? a) “Everything’s Coming Up Roses” GYPSY

b) “I Got Life” HAIR

c) “Cell Block Tango”

7. CURRENT AFFAIRS IN THE NEWS OCTOBER/ NOVEMBER 2018 a) Ross Edgley completed what endurance feat on November 4th? SWAM AROUND BRITAIN

b) Tracey Crouch resigned following The Budget, what position did she hold? MINISTER FOR SPORT, Civil Society and Loneliness c) Which country won the Doddie Weir Trophy on November 3rd? WALES (name given to Wales v Scotland rugby union match) 8. ARMY RANKS Click here to enter rubric. a) What was Don Van Vliet’s stage name? CAPTAIN BEEFHEART

b) In the Dav Pilkey novel, who was the imagined superhero of George Beard and Harold Hutchins? CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS

c) In Dr Who, Nicholas Courtney played which Army officer? BRIGADIER LETHBRIDGE STEWART Individual Round 7 ALL QUESTIONS (OR ANSWERS) CONTAIN A METHOD OF TRANSPORT

1. What was the original name of the Island of Tasmania? VAN DIEMEN’S LAND

2. Which late seventies TV series featured Jack Ford and the Seaton family? WHEN THE BOAT COMES IN

3. Which rugby player’s nickname was ‘Chariots’? MARTIN OFFIAH

4. In which TV programme do John and Kayleigh go to work? CAR SHARE

5. Who wrote the hit song ‘Leaving on a Jet Plane?’ JOHN DENVER

6. Twelve-year-old Jodie Foster played a prostitute in which film? TAXI DRIVER

7. What is the name of the helicopter used to transport the President of the USA? MARINE ONE

8. Hazel and Fiver feature in which famous novel? WATERSHIP DOWN

9. Ward Bond played Major Seth Adams in which TV series? WAGON TRAIN

10. In the musical ‘Oklahoma’, what has ‘isinglass curtains that roll right down, in case there’s a THE SURREY WITH THE FRINGE change in the weather’? ON TOP

Team Round 8 1. NICKNAMES WHAT WAS THE REAL NAME OF: a) The ruler known as ‘The Scourge of God’? ATILLA THE HUN

b) The footballer called ‘Der Bomber’? GERD MULLER

c) Basketball player called ‘The Stilt’? WILT CHAMBERLAIN

2. ASTROLOGY What would be your star sign if you were born - a) On St David’s Day PISCES

b) On St George’s Day TAURUS

c) On St Andrews Day SAGITTARIUS

3. POETRY WHO WROTE THESE FIRST LINES? a) “Oh, to be in England now that April’s there.” ROBERT BROWNING

b) “Because I could not stop for Death, he kindly stopped for me.” EMILY DICKINSON

c) “She walks in beauty like the night.” LORD BYRON

4. THE SCIENCES Click here to enter rubric. a) Chemistry - what is produced by the Haber process? AMMONIA

b) Physics – what is the SI unit of electrical inductance? HENRY

c) Biology - what type of creature is a Belgian Blue? COW Team Round 8 (Continued) 5. CRIME WRITERS Which author created these characters? :- a) John Rebus. IAN RANKIN

b) Chief Inspector Wexford. RUTH RENDALL

c) Detective Inspector Tom Thorne. MARK BILLINGHAM

6. TV DOGS IN WHICH TV PROGRAMME DO THE FOLLOWING DOGS APPEAR? a) Marshall, Rubble and Skye. PAW PATROL

b) Lady Di. EASTENDERS

c) David the Yorkshire terrier.

7. BANKING/ FINANCE BBREVIATIONS What do they stand for? a) APR? ANNUAL PERECNTAGE RATE

b) POS? POINT OF SALE

c) CHAPS? CLEARING HOUSE AUTOMATED PAYMENT SYSTEM 8. RECENT HISTORY Click here to enter rubric. a) How is the ’Affordable Care Act’ better known? OBAMACARE

b) In 2004/2005, in which country did the ‘Orange Revolution’ take place? UKRAINE

c) In 2008, which country was devastated by the Nargis Cyclone? MYANMAR or Burma Beer Round Click here to enter rubric. 1. Click here to enter title. Click here to enter rubric. a) Which member of One Direction released “Sign of the Times” in 2017? HARRY STYLES

b) How was Burkina Faso formerly known? UPPER VOLTA

c) In which book did Arthur Dent first appear? HITCH HIKERS GUIDE TO THE GALAXY 2. a) From which Irish city did the girl in Ed Sheeran’s 2017 song come? GALWAY

b) How was Cambodia formerly known? KAMPUCHEA

c) In which book did Arya Stark first appear? A GAME OF THRONES

Spare Questions

1. Which is the only country to sport the Bible on its national flag? DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

2. Who holds the record for most goals in a single FIFA World Cup with 13 in 6 matches? JUST FONTAINE

3. Natty Bumppo is the real name of which literary character? HAWKEYE