QUIZ ME HARDER

2006-10-17T21:16:00.000Z

1. How many potential contestants are in the line-up at the beginning of a game of Deal Or No Deal?
2. Which three countries make up the Benelux group?
3. What kind of animal was the children's character Babar?
4. What was banned from the London Underground in 1984?
5. Who played Dr Pete Venkman in the Ghostbusters movies?

2006-10-16T21:13:00.000Z

1. What do frogs have in their mouths that toads do not?
2. What does the word 'karaoke' mean when translated into English?
3. Paul Hewson is the real name of which rock vocalist?
4. In traditional bingo calling, what number is a 'Dirty Gertie'?
5. What is the Welsh name for Wales?

2006-10-13T21:06:00.000Z

1. Which fictional character has been played on film by Laurence Olivier and Ralph Fiennes?
2. Cliff Barnes was a character in which 1980s soap opera?
3. The US Presidential Election is held once every how many years?
4. Which video game character was nearly called "Jump Man"?
5. How many multiple choice trivia questions must a contestant answer correctly to win the jackpot on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?

2006-10-12T21:03:00.000Z

1. Who is Pamela Anderson currently married to?
2. Who composed the opera Aida?
3. What is the full name of Scary Spice?
4. In which country were the 1972 Summer Olympic Games held?
5. What was the sinister nickname of Peter Sutcliffe?

2006-10-11T20:56:00.000Z

1. How was Edward Teach better known (and feared)?
2. In which sport would two teams from Lancashire called Warriors and Reds face each other?
3. Which channel was the third to commence broadcast in Britain?
4. If S is Sierra and T is Tango, what is O?
5. In the Star Wars film series, what kind of creature was Chewbacca?

2006-10-10T20:52:00.000Z

1. How many children did Queen Victoria have?
2. Steveland Judkins Morris was the original name of which US musician?
3. In the Bible, who lived in the belly of a great fish?
4. Which common mammal makes its home in a drey?
5. Who wrote the novella Breakfast at Tiffany's?

2006-10-09T20:45:00.000Z

1. What does an alopecia sufferer lose?
2. In political history, who were given full voting rights by the 19th Amendment to the Constitution?
3. Who narrates Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes mysteries?
4. What is the name of the BBC Children in Need bear?
5. Which Coronation Street barmaid is played by Beverley Callard?

2006-10-06T20:40:00.000Z

1. Which city will host the 2008 Summer Olympic Games?
2. Paricutin and Popocatapetl are both volcanoes in which country?
3. What Italian liqueur is flavoured with apricot and almond?
4. Which actor and director was born Allen Stewart Konigsberg?
5. Which duo recorded the soundtrack to the movie The Graduate?

2006-10-05T20:34:00.000Z

1. Who won an Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role in Girl, Interrupted?
2. The Great Slave Lake is in which Commonwealth country?
3. Prince Siddhartha Gautama founded which religion around 500 years BC?
4. Which band had a 2006 hit single with Monster?
5. Who wrote the novella on which the Stanley Kubrick movie A Clockwork Orange was based?

2006-10-04T22:05:00.000Z

1. In 1999 at the age of 53 who became the oldest female vocalist to do so when her band reached the number one spot in the UK charts?
2. Who is the patron saint of lovers?
3. The Solent separates which island from mainland Britain?
4. What is the proper medical name for the collar bone?
5. Which Lancashire club won the first two English football league championships in 1889 and 1890?

2006-10-03T22:00:00.000Z

1. Dick Grayson was the real name of which sidekick to a comic strip superhero?
2. Which British public school was founded by King Henry VI?
3. According to tradition, kissing what bestows the kisser with tremendous powers of speech and persuasion?
4. Which artist has exhibited a tent embroidered with the names of everybody she'd ever slept with?
5. Which wild flowers takes its name from the French for 'lion's tooth'?

2006-10-02T11:49:00.000Z

1. How many people sit on a Scottish jury?
2. Who played the character Ripley in the Alien movies?
3. What city is the capital of Turkey?
4. What kind of creature is a marlin?
5. In history, who crowned Napoleon Bonaparte as Emperor of France in 1804?

2006-09-29T11:45:00.000Z

1. How many players on a Rugby League team?
2. Who did Colonel von Stauffen plot to assassinate in 1944?
3. The Bill Bryson travelogue Notes from a Small Island is about which country?
4. Traditionally, athletes from which country lead the parade at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games?
5. Which punk band was the subject of the film The Filth & The Fury?

2006-09-28T11:43:00.000Z

1. About which queen did Shakespeare write these words: "Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety"?
2. Whose gang included Chooch, Brain, Fancy and Benny the Ball?
3. To which island group does Herm belong?
4. A campanile is a tower usually constucted to house what?
5. Which Teletubby rides a scooter?

2006-09-27T11:39:00.000Z

1. In which European country is the resort of Antibes?
2. Which band had a 1985 hit with The Power of Love, which featured on the soundtrack of the Michael J Fox movie Back to the Future?
3. The male and female of which animal are properly called Jack and Jenny?
4. What name is given to a first-year student at an American university?
5. Mork and Mindy was a spin-off from which long-running sitcom?

2006-09-26T11:36:00.000Z

1. What does the organisation Gideons International usually leave in hotel rooms?
2. According to the proverb. what is the sincerest form of flattery?
3. What is the unit of measurement which describes the loudness of sound?
4. Marti Pellow was the lead singer of which Scottish band?
5. How many films were made in the Rocky series starring Sylvester Stallone?

2006-09-25T11:33:00.000Z

1. Which fictional pirate was captain of the Jolly Roger?
2. In the Winter Olympics, what two activities make up the biathlon?
3. Of which country is Budapest the capital?
4. Which two actors cross-dressed in the 1959 movie Some Like It Hot?
5. In the animal kingdom, 'simba' is the Swahili word for which wild creature?

2006-09-22T15:13:00.000Z

1. In which city was Tony Blair born?
2. Who released the 1966 album Blonde on Blonde?
3. What is the more commonly used name for the visual defect Daltonism?
4. Which was the third channel to start broadcasting in Britain?
5. Which European country abolished its monarchy after a 1946 referendum?

2006-09-21T15:10:00.000Z

1. Ailurophobia is the fear of which domestic animal?
2. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy author Douglas Adams was the first person in the UK to purchase a personal computer manufactured by which company?
3. Which British author is about to be portrayed on film by the American actress Renee Zellweger?
4. Richard O'Brien and Ed TudorPole were both presenters of which Channel 4 game show?
5. What is the specific link between James Dean, Grace Kelly and Marc Bolan?

2006-09-20T15:03:00.000Z

1. During the Second World War, due to a shortage of metal what were Oscar statuettes made of?
2. Which Oscar-winner directed one of the first ever Colombo adventures starring Peter Falk?
3. Why was Pope Pius IX technically a better pope than his predecessor Gregory XVI?
4. What kind of stage variety act takes its name from the Latin for "speaking from the belly"?
5. How many players on a women's lacrosse team?

Here, have some more questions.

2006-09-19T10:06:00.000Z

1. To which animal family do the badger and the wolverine belong?
2. On Saturday evening television, which fictional village was the location of Noel's House party?
3. With which band did Paul Weller achieve his first UK number one single?
4. By which name was Shirley Crabtree better known in the wrestling ring?
5. Which comic features the exploits of Roger the Dodger and Minnie the Minx?

Happy Monday

2006-09-18T10:02:00.000Z

1. The Bay of Pigs incident was a 1961 US-backed attempted invasion of which of the Antilles?
2. What is Tony Blair's full name (including middle names)?
3. What was the name adopted by the Irish singer Sinead O'Connor when she was "ordained" as a priest?
4. Musically, what was the surname of Chicogo brothers Jake and Elwood?
5. Which chemical element has the atomic number 4 and is represented by the symbol Be?

I know they're not too difficult...

2006-09-15T09:57:00.000Z

...but stop whining, I'm saving the toughies.

1. Chiromancy is an alternative name for what form of fortune telling?
2. What were the first names of the Charlton brothers who were part of the World Cup winning England side in 1966?
3. What is the most commonly spoken and most commonly written word in the English language?
4. "Any Dream Will Do", released as a single by former Neighbours star Jason Donovan, is taken from which Lloyd Webber stage musical?
5. Hokkaido, Honshu and Shikoku are the main islands making up which country?

And we're back

2006-09-14T21:40:00.000Z

Alright, you win. Here are some questions. I'm taking the pressure off; only 5 a day for the foreseeable future (like fruit and veg).

1. In which movie is the Statue of Liberty brought to life using pink slime and a cassette of Jackie Wilson?
2. By population, which country is the largest Islamic state in the world?
3. Which rock group released the albums Sheer Heart Attack and Innuendo?
4. Which Grand Slam tennis championship was first held in 1877?
5. In ancient myth, who was the better known sister of Euryale and Sthena?

Which multinational company's headquarters is situated in Battle Creek, Michigan?

2006-07-24T20:41:00.000Z

1. In which year was the Berlin Wall erected?

2. By what nickname was murderer Albert de Salvo known?

3. In the U.S.A., what is known as a "billfold"?

4. Which pop group took its name from its financial state in 1977?

5. At which sporting venue would you find the Radcliffe Road End?

6. Which explorer drowned in 1806, whilst leading his second expedition up the Niger river?

7. What nationality was the ballerina Alicia Markova?

8. In which harbour was the battleship H.M.S. Royal Oak sunk during World War Two?

9. Which ancient king famously said 'Another such victory and we are done for'?

10. Which business people might use a 'Millers Guide'?

Dr David Bruce Banner is the alter ego of which comic character?

2006-07-20T20:36:00.000Z

1. What was the tallest building in the world in 1930, beaten the following year by the completion of the Empire State Building?

2. Charley Boorman and which other actor went “the long way round” on a 20,000 mile trip around the world by motorbike?

3. Which seventeenth century leader reputedly told his troops to "Put your trust in God and keep your powder dry"?

4. In which thoroughfare, in Edinburgh, is the Scott Monument?

5. In Greek mythology what was the name of the Ferryman who crossed the Styx?

6. Which musical won the Oscar for Best Picture in 1961?

7. Which 19th century French artist painted 'Bathers at Asnieres'?

8. In Spain, Paradores are owned by the state, what are they?

9. What kind of creature is a booby?

10. In which film did Greta Garbo say "I want to be alone"?

In the song composed by Jim Connell, which line follows, “Though cowards flinch, and traitors sneer”?

2006-07-19T20:20:00.000Z

1. For which Football League side was Alan Ball playing at the time of the 1966 World Cup Final?

2. The iron content of which vegetable was, for years, overstated due to the incorrect placement of a decimal point in U.S. Government's food tables?

3. Which book and film hero lives in Little Whinging, Surrey?

4. Who said, "I realise that patriotism is not enough, I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone.", words enscribed on the statue erected in her honour?

5. Bizet's opera 'Carmen' is set in which Spanish city?

6. Hawley Harvey were the forenames of which infamous murderer?

7. Who wrote the novel 'The Constant Gardener', on which the 2005 Ralph Fiennes movie was based?

8. Grenadine is a liqueur made from which fruit?

9. Which journalist, sacked by the Sunday Express, left the Guardian for the Times in January 2004?

10. Bechuanaland is the former name of which country?

In Scottish law, a verdict can be guilty, not guilty and what else?

2006-07-18T11:01:00.000Z

1. Who wrote The School For Scandal?

2. Who wrote a series of mock self-help books on “Lifemanship”, which were adapted into the 1960 film School For Scoundrels, starring Ian Carmichael and Terry-Thomas?

3. How many rivers are there in Saudi Arabia?

4. The origins of the Co-Op supermarket chain lie in which Lancashire town?

5. Which rock star has the nickname 'Slowhand'?

6. Which poet was the father-in-law of the inventor Charles Babbage?

7. Who murdered David Blakely in 1955?

8. The Greek philosopher Chrysippus, is believed to have died how, whilst watching his drunken donkey attempt to eat figs?

9. Walker Smith was the real name of which boxer?

10. Which TV character had a secretary called Sly?

In which garden was Jesus betrayed by Judas Iscariot?

2006-07-17T17:24:00.000Z

1. In which Irish province would one find the counties of Roscommon, Leitrim and Mayo?

2. What sort of creature is a pochard?

3. Who became the first Prime Minister of Tanganyika in 1961?

4. Which chemical element is named after a district of Thessaly?

5. On which river is the city of Mandalay situated?

6. To which instrument does an orchestra normally tune?

7. Who succeeded Clement Attlee as leader of the Labour Party?

8. The name of what type of book comes from the Greek meaning "circle of knowledge"?

9. Who was the top goalscorer at the 2004 European Football Championships held in

Portugal

?

10. Which is the highest summit in the Brecon Beacons?

Friday Special: Roald Dahl

2006-07-14T20:10:00.000Z

1. When Dahl was born in 1916, his parents chose to name their son after which Norwegian national hero?

2. In which of the armed services did Dahl serve during the Second World War?

3. Dahl’s first wife Patricia Neal won a Best Actress Oscar for her role in which 1963 Paul Newman movie?

4. In which English county are both the Roald Dahl Children’s Gallery and the Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre, the latter being opened in 2005 in the town in which Dahl lived for many years?

5. Dahl enjoyed success as a movie scriptwriter when in the 1960s he adapted two very different stories by which author?

6. Sponge and Spiker are the aunts of which Dahl character?

7. What is the Big Friendly Giant’s favourite drink?

8. In Danny, Champion of the World, where do Danny and his father live?

9. What is Esio Trot?

10. In which European city would you find a square named Roald Dahls Plass?

Bonus: Sing the theme tune from Tales of the Unexpected, based on Dahl’s short stories.

The copyright to which song by Mildred and Patty Hill is currently owned by Warner Communications and is scheduled to expire in 2021?

2006-07-13T13:11:00.000Z

1. Which band’s debut hit was the 1996 hit Mmmbop?

2. Which company manufactures the Almera car?

3. Derived from the Greek for ‘cold drop’, what is the study of the arrangement of atoms in a solid?

4. What type of bridge, invented by civil servant, comes in pre-fabricated sections and can be constructed at great speed by military personnel as required?

5. Which countries shared the Rugby Five Nations championship in 1973?

6. Which Swede won the Australian Open Tennis title in 1983, 84 and 87, either side of two wins by his compatriot Stefan Edberg?

7. Which painting by van Gogh was sold at Christie’s (New York) in 1990 to Japanese Ryoei Saito for $82.5m?

8. What was the real surname of Italian painter Michelangelo Caravaggio?

9. Kerosene is also known by what name?

10. Where is the Scottish Grand National held?

Who was the first king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland?

2006-07-12T21:51:00.000Z

1. Soubirous was the surname of which saint, canonized in 1933?

2. Which board game involves guessing a combination of four coloured pegs secretly selected by one’s opponent?

3. Lyra Belacqua is a heroine created by which writer?

4. Plants of which genus, otherwise known as urtica, are used to wrap the distinctive Cornish cheese known as Yarg?

5. Which first-century artefact was broken by a drunk in 1845, although it has since been restored?

6. Who won seven gold medals at the 1972 Munich Olympics?

7. Which railway station claims to be ‘Europe’s busiest’ and has 16 active platforms, platform number one having been withdrawn from service?

8. Which baseball team was at the centre of the 'Black Sox' bribery scandal of 1919?

9. What is the common name for dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane?

10. What can be spiral, elliptical or lenticular?

According to the slogan which lager is 'probably the best lager in the world'?

2006-07-11T19:47:00.000Z

1. At which racecourse is the Irish Grand National run?

2. The Scottish playwright Sharman Macdonald is the mother of which Oscar-nominated actress, currently in multiplexes everywhere?

3. Complete the title of Joe Rosenthal’s iconic war photograph: Raising the Flag on…

4. Which Caribbean island is divided into three counties – Surrey, Middlesex and Cornwall?

5. First demonstrated in 1783, the Montgolfière was the earliest known example of what mode of transport?

6. Which fictional detective was born in Spa in 1885?

7. Which player did Zinedine Zidane headbutt during this year’s World Cup final, leading to his sending-off?

8. What is the state capital of Minnesota?

9. In which country did Toussaint l’Ouverture lead the slaves’ revolt in 1791?

10. In which British city is the University of Abertay located?

Who was the most famous wife (and tamer) of Sultan Shahriyar?

2006-07-10T22:28:00.000Z

1 What was the name of Jaroslav Hasek’s “Good Soldier”?

2 Necrosis of the mandible, more commonly known as ‘phossy jaw’, was a hazard for 19^th and early 20^th century workers manufacturing what?

3 “A robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to any harm” is the first rule of robotics as devised by which writer?

4 In legend Brutus, grandson of Aeneas of Troy, founded which country?

5 What would I be doing if I were lapidating you?

6 How do we better know the daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, collectively?

7 Whose brought to an end their defence of the Masada with a mass suicide, in the Old Testament?

8 Who is the only Peruvian to have won a Wimbledon singles title?

9 What was the first show performed at the Savoy Theatre?

10 Sir Bertilak de Hautdesert was better known by what sobriquet?

Friday Special: Quotation Quiz

2006-07-07T00:24:00.000Z

1. Who in 1989 said, “If this is justice, I’m a banana”?

2. According to Lady Caroline Lamb (and she should know), who was “mad, bad, and dangerous to know?

3. Which star ended his final press conference with the words, “I hope I haven’t bored you”?

4. Which ‘industry’ did George Orwell describe as, “the rattling of a stick inside a swill bucket”?

5. Who said this? “When I look back, the fondest memory I have is not really of the Goons. It is of a girl called Julia with enormous breasts.”

6. According to actor and artist Crispin Glover, who has “wafted his putrid stench upon our culture, a culture he helped homogenize and propagandize”?

7. ‘Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink ...’ what, according to Samuel Johnson?

8. Who in the 19th century wrote, “I am a Scotsman, therefore I had to fight my way into the world?”

9. Who did Edwina Currie once describe as "a great big hard-boiled prat”, and Angela Carter as “a clever fool”?

10. Complete this quote from G K Chesterton about Women’s Lib: ‘Twenty million young women rose to their feet with the cry “We will not be dictated to,” and promptly became…'

Antipholus and Dromio are characters in which Shakespeare play?

2006-07-06T23:20:00.000Z

1. Who was the last British Prime Minister before Tony Blair not born in England?

2. Which halogen gas takes its name from the Greek for 'green'?

3. Which Sea separates the islands of Corsica and Sicily from mainland Italy?

4. What kind of creature was a Smilodon, a prehistoric creature found in the Americas?

5. Which actor played the role of Monsieur Alphonse, the local undertaker, in the TV comedy series, "Allo, 'Allo"?

6. Which Beatles song contains the lines, 'Friday Night arrives without a suitcase, Sunday morning creeping like a nun'?

7. Who was the first woman to appear naked on the cover of Radio Times?

8. Which 2001 film was mostly set in Bletchley Park, Buckinghamshire?

9. Which children's literary character was the most famous created by Astrid Lindgren

10. Who wrote 'Mrs DeWynter', an imagined sequel to 'Rebecca'?

Which is the UK's oldest Sunday newspaper?

2006-07-05T00:43:00.000Z

1. 'My Sweet Lord' by George Harrison was judged to have been plagiarised from the song 'He's So Fine' by which group?

2. Which Leeds player was PFA Young Player of the Year in 2000?

3. Who was the wife of William the Conqueror?

4. Tom Sharpe's "Grantchester Grind" was a sequel to which novel?

5. Wallace Carothers and the DuPont Company developed what in 1935?

6. Saffron is a species of which bulbous plant?

7. Which US animation company produced "Top Cat" and "The Jetsons"?

8. The BCG vaccine is used to combat which illness?

9. What name is given to the brightly coloured fold of skin that hangs from the throat of a turkey?

10. In which country was Sonia Gandhi born?

US presidents John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and James Monroe all died on which day of the year?

2006-07-04T21:27:00.000Z

1. Who was the only American president to serve two non-consecutive terms of office?

2. Whose pendulum demonstrates the Earth's rotation?

3. Who joined Nottingham Forest from Cobh Ramblers in 1989 for £47,000?

4. Which organisation has the website www.le.ac.uk?

5. Which Californian band were formerly known as the Pendletones?

6. What is measured in skeins, hanks and spindles?

7. What is the name given to the ‘tilting’ trains used by Virgin on the West Coast Mainline?

8. In 1974 and 1978 the hosts both won the World Cup. Which team lost in both finals?

9. Which software company devised Javascript?

10. Baily's Beads can be seen during what?

Who was born Cherilyn LaPierre Sarkisian in 1946?

2006-07-03T11:35:00.000Z

1) In which sport would competitors wear a 'mawashi'?

2) What sort of substance is 'saccharomyces carlsbergensis'?

3) St Salvator’s and St Leonard’s are the two chapels belonging to which British university?

4) Which London club won the 1988 FA Cup Final?

5) Which infamous lover did Donald Sutherland play in a 1976 Fellini film?

6) Employed as the cook for the Planet Express delivery company, he reads circuit diagram ‘porn’ and has been described as (amongst other things) an "alcoholic, whore-mongering, chain-smoking gambler”. Who is this fictional character?

7) Which US president was in office throughout World War One?

8) Which band’ s 2003 debut album was titled Whip It On?

9)What is Bryant and May’s best known product?

10) How many lines are there in a quatrain?

An extra-big super King Lizard of a special quiz

2006-06-30T18:44:00.000Z

1. Dinosaurs lived on earth during three geologic periods – the Triassic,
Jurassic and which other, lasting from 135 million years to 65 million years
ago?

2. Relatives of dinosaurs, ichthyosaurs and plesiosaurs inhabited what sort
of environment?

3. Which herbivorous dinosaur from the Jurassic period, which derives its
name from the Greek for ‘double beam’, had fifteen hollow vertebrae
supporting a remarkably long neck?

4. Which dinosaur, characterised by a double row of kite-shaped plates
running down its back also had a cluster of spikes of bone covered with horn
known as a thagomizer which it used to defend itself by lashing out at
predators?

5. The iguanodon from the suborder ornithopoda takes its name from the
English word ‘iguana’ and the Greek word odontos, referring to which part of
the animal’s anatomy, the first example of which was found in a field in
West Sussex in 1922?

6. The bones of small Cretaceous period dinosaurs have been found preserved
on which continent, which in the modern era would be too cold to sustain a
habitat for dinosaurs?

7. What word beginning with the letter ‘s’and derived from the Latin for
‘shield’ means a plate or lump of bone buried in the skin for extra
protection?

8. Which small and agile dinosaur from the suborder theropoda which lived
during the late Cretaceous period had large sickle-shaped claws, about
eighty blade-like teeth and almost certainly had a body partly covered in
feathers, leading to some experts to retrospectively classify it as a type
of bird?

9. Carnivores ate meat, herbivores ate plants. What word is used to describe
those dinosaurs which ate both meat and plants?

10. No one is certain why about 65 million years ago the dinosaurs became
extinct, though one theory suggests that it was a giant dust cloud which
circled the entire globe and blocked out the sun. What caused this dust
cloud?

11. Which sauropodomorph, a partial skeleton of which was found in New
Mexico in 1979, was the longest of all dinosaurs, measuring up to 53 metres
long from snout to tail?

12. The deinonychus of the Cretaceous period, roughly 3-4 metres long and
living on a diet of herbivorous dinosaurs was characterised by two
distinctive features. One was a striped body like that of a tiger which
helped it to camouflage itself in woodland; the other was which notable
feature on its feet?

13. The Troodon formosus, an intelligent feathered dinosaur from the late
Cretaceous period, shared which feature with today’s galago or bushbaby,
which would have helped it with night vision and depth perception?

14. What ‘p’ is the study of the developing history of life on Earth, of
ancient plants and animals based on fossils?

15. Which enormous dinosaur of the therapoda group with a large head and
bonecrushing teeth was in an academic paper of 1994 suggested by famous US
palaeontologist Jack Horner to have been exclusively a scavenger owing to
its tiny arms and eyes, bonecrushing teeth and slow speed?

The mother of the Monkees' Mike Nesmith invented which aid to secretaries?

2006-06-29T17:29:00.000Z

1) Carly Simon is the daughter of one of the founders of which publishing house?

2) Bach's 'Air on a G string' was used to advertise which cigar brand on British television?

3) How long is a marathon?

4) Italy beat which Eastern European nation in 1938 to retain the World Cup?

5) The Scoville chart measures the heat of what?

6) Which Football League club was formerly known as Christ Church?

7) Who would be the victim of an uxoricide?

8) Which culinary technique refers to cooking in water just below its boiling point?

9) Where would you find the Mount of Venus and the Plain of Mars?

10) Michelle Phillips was one of the four members of which 1960s American folk rock group?

An icosahedron has how many sides?

2006-06-28T20:30:00.000Z

1) Igor Sikorsky is associated with which technological innovation?

2) Which American football team’s helmet is decorated with the stripes of a tiger?

3) Which literary character lives in Stowey House Care Home (later renamed Cliffside) and has been portrayed on screen by Dani Harmer?

4) If I were tuning in my radio, on which two medium wave frequencies could I pick up Radio Five Live?

5) Which Neoclassical French artist born in 1748 painted “The Death of Marat”?

6) Who compiles the Pears Ultimate Quiz Companion?

7) What was Roger Moore's last Bond film?

8) What was launched in 1935 as Rowntree's Chocolate Crisp?

9) If I were American, to avoid incriminating myself which Amendment would I plead?

10) In cockney rhyming slang what is a Lady Godiva?

What was the nationality of astronomer Nicholas Copernicus?

2006-06-27T14:14:00.000Z

1) Legally speaking, what is the ABA, which has its headquarters at 321 North Clark Street in Chicago, Illinois?

2) Who was the father of Britney Spears's first child Sean Preston?

3) Which actor from the BBC drama series Spooks starred as Mr Darcy in the 2005 film adaptation of Pride and Prejudice?

4) What is the common name for lysergic acid diethylamide?

5) Which Spaniard led the conquest of the Inca Empire in the 16th century?

6) The presence of glauconite in certain areas of sand to be found on the ocean floor turns the sand which colour?

7) Used by locals to describe the entire island, what do we call the part of Borneo occupied by Indonesia?

8) Which dog of African origin is famous for its tightly curled tail, avoidance of water and reluctance to bark?

9) What metal is produced in the Bessemer process?

10) What is the smallest prime number?

Who was arrested after urinating on The Alamo in 1982?

2006-06-26T17:03:00.000Z

1) Which Sam Peckinpah film was based on the novel ‘The Siege of Trencher’s Farm’ by Gordon Williams?

2) In 1999 the artists Jian Jun Xi and Yuan Cai sabotaged whose work which had been shortlisted for the Turner Prize?

3) What does HTTP stand for?

4) Andreas Cornelius van Kujik was the real name of which rock star manager?

5) How many innings does each team have in a baseball match?

6) In the 1992-3 Premiership season Oldham Athletic stayed up on goal difference at the expense of which side, whose squad included Stan Collymore, Gareth Southgate and Nigel Martyn?

7) The word 'caviar' derives from the word for 'fish eggs' in which language?

8) What is the location of the United States Military Academy?

9) Where would I find an I.S.B.N. number?

10) Which piece of gaming equipment was required to play classic Nintendo game Duck Hunt?

Some sad woman really likes Star Wars so these are by special request – don’t blame me.

2006-06-23T12:23:00.000Z

1) What full title is given to the first of the Star Wars films released in
US cinemas on 25th May, 1977?

2) Hailing from Kashyyyk, a planet characterised by thick forests and
jungles and sometimes known as Planet C, what sort of alien creature is
Chewbacca?

3) Finse in south-western Norway was used as the filming location for scenes
featuring which icy planet, the sixth of a planetary system of the same name
and the setting for the Rebel Alliance headquarters after their victory at
the Battle of Yavin?

4) What is the name of Anakin Skywalker’s wife who dies in childbirth whilst
bearing the twins Luke and Leia?

5) What name is taken by Darth Sidious in his alter-ego as his Imperial
Majesty, the Emperor of the Galactic Empire?

6) What does Obi-Wan Kenobi describe as "An energy field created by all
living things. It surrounds us, penetrates us, and binds the galaxy
together."

7) Specifically what sort of competition is won by a young Anakin Skywalker
in Episode I: The Phantom Menace in order to win his freedom?

8) What is the name of the renegade Jedi Master who turns to the dark side
and becomes the apprentice of Darth Sidious? He is eventually betrayed by
his master and decapitated by Anakin Skywalker with a pair of light sabers.

9) Which character, in the Italian version of the films, appears to viewers to be speaking in a form of Sardinian dialect thanks to their unusual speech pattern?

10) Peter Serafinowicz, better known for his comedy roles in such projects as Shaun of the Dead, Look around You and Hardware, provided the voice of which character who only appeared in one film?

How many moons orbit the planet Mars?

2006-06-22T16:37:00.000Z

1) Which word comes from the Arabic for ‘commander of the sea’?

2) Who might use measures known as ‘ems’ and ‘ens’?

3) Who wrote the James Bond theme as used in the movie series?

4) Who was the first foreign manager of an English football team to win the FA Cup?

5) Which ancient port served the city of Rome?

6) In Germany, what four letters are the equivalent of PLC after a company name?

7) Which medical device was invented by Frenchman René Laënnec in 1816?

8) In cricket who are the Dynamos?

9) In the sixties singer Tom Jones had an affair with which member of the Supremes?

10) 'Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.' Where are those words inscribed?

How is Brazilian footballer Marcos Evangelista de Moraes better known?

2006-06-21T08:32:00.000Z

1) Which member of the cat family has non-retractable claws?

2) Which country won the 1975 Eurovision Song Contest with Ding Ding Dong?

3) What is the name of the building which has been the official Paris residence of the French President since 1853?

4) Which 1969 movie starred Barbra Streisand and Michael Crawford?

5) Jodrell Bank radio observatory is in which county?

6) Who is buried with her husband Abélard in Père Lachaise cemetery, Paris?

7) In the TV sitcom Open All Hours, Granville is convinced his father is of what nationality?

8) In Peter Pan, how is Tinkerbell saved from death after she drinks the hero’s poisoned medicine?

9) Which city’s university comprises two colleges – King’s, founded in 1494, and Marischal, founded 1593?

10) In which city was Mozart’s Don Giovanni premiered in 1787?

Who walked a tightrope across Niagara Falls in 1859?

2006-06-20T23:51:00.000Z

1) What was the Hippophagic Society founded in the 17^th century to popularise?

2) What is the date of the Queen’s real birthday?

3) Who died while making the second series of Auf Wiedersehen, Pet?

4) What is pedology?

5) At which public school did the original members of Genesis meet?

6) Into which lake was King Arthur’s sword Excalibur thrown, according to legend?

7) George Raft and Hedy Lamarr were supposedly the first choice actors to play which roles in which famous movie?

8) What was Calamity Jane’s real name?

9) Who died when, after being sent to Delphi by the King of Lydia, mocked the Oracle and was flung over a cliff by Delphians for his heresy?

10) Which modern sport can be traced back to the similar ancient games of Pok Ta Pok and Ollimalitzli?

Who was the lead singer of the band Hot Chocolate?

2006-06-19T18:25:00.000Z

1) Who was Governor of Britain from 78-85 AD and had a history of his life penned by his son-in-law Tacitus?

2) Who were the parents of Achilles?

3) What was the name of Oscar-winning actress Olivia de Havilland’s Oscar-winning actress sister?

4) In which year did Coronation Street commence broadcast?

5) In theatre, how are Valentine and Proteus better known?

6) What was abolished by Act of Parliament in 1833?

7) Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis created the Kazaa peer-to-peer filesharing network, but what was their next (and more profitable) creation?

8) In American Football, how many points is a touchdown worth?

9) With what is the Belgian beer Kriek flavoured?

10) Which Swiss-born naturalist and Harvard professor, having a zoology museum at the university named in his honour, put forward the theory that Europe was once covered in ice?

Shut your north and south.

2006-06-16T11:24:00.000Z

Yep, it’s a Lahndan special.

1. On a scaffold erected outside which Whitehall building was Charles I executed in 1649?

2. Which line on the London Underground was nicknamed The Twopenny Tube when it opened in 1900?

3: Which London theatre “never closed” during the Second World War?

4 What kind of establishment first opened in London in 1652 (now you seemingly can’t move for ‘em)?

5. In which park is London Zoo?

6. In which district of London did “Jack the Ripper” (in)famously carry out at least five murders in 1888?

7. In which street did the infamous Sweeney Todd live and operate?

8. Which London piazza was laid out as “an estate for gentlemen” and completed in 1638 by Inigo Jones?

9. The famous ‘London Stone’ is can now be seen in the wall of what kind of shop on Cannon Street?

10. Where in London is Karl Marx buried?

In which seaside town was the comedy series Fawlty Towers set?

2006-06-15T15:50:00.000Z

1. Who piloted the H4 Hercules, also known as the Spruce Goose, on its only flight in 1947?

2. What nationality was Madame Tussaud?

3. What was notable about the 1964 movie Incubus starring William Shatner?

4. If I suffered from musophobia, what would I fear?

5. Which woman won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979?

6. Who wrote the opera Fidelio, which tells of Leonore’s attempt to rescue her political prisoner husband?

7. Which musical star was born Julia Wells in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey on 1^st October 1935?

8. Epistaxis is the proper medical term for which symptom or complaint, often claimed to have been the cause of Attila the Hun’s death?

9. Which UK port has four tides daily, rather than the usual two?

10. Which comedy series began life as 1962 Comedy Playhouse episode entitled The Offer?

Who was born William Claude Dukinfield in 1879?

2006-06-14T17:17:00.000Z

1. The distance of which race was only standardised in 1924?

2. According to Dante, what is written above the gates of Hell?

3. What was formed at Bloemfontein in 1912 and made illegal in 1961?

4. In which city was the composer Mozart born in 1756?

5. In which year was the last judicial hanging in Great Britain carried out?

6. Which country was banned by FIFA from competing in the 1990 World Cup finals after they fielded over-age players in the 1988 World Youth Championships?

7. How many characters did Alec Guinness play in the 1949 film Kind Hearts and Coronets?

8. Which Roman emperor instigated the building of Rome’s Colosseum in 72 AD?

9. Who had a British Number One hit in 1974 with She?

10. What is the state capital of Florida?

In which year did ITV begin broadcasting?

2006-06-13T12:05:00.000Z

1. What is Paul McCartney’s given first name? (Clue: it isn’t Paul)

2. Other than prize money, what does the winner of the US Masters golf championship receive?

3. Who composed the light opera The Merry Widow?

4. In legend, who was the son of Zeus and Europa who became King of Crete?

5. Which species of big cat is more commonly known as the snow leopard?

6. Where were the Macdonalds massacred by the Campbells?

7. By what name are Rontgen Rays better known?

8. The movie version of which Frank Loesser musical starred Jean Simmons and Marlon Brando?

9. What are the names of Prince Charles’ four nieces?

10. What name is given to goods thrown overboard to lighten a sinking ship?

In which European country is the town of Plovdiv?

2006-06-12T18:05:00.000Z

1. Arran Pilot, Home Guard and Ulster Prince are all types of which vegetable?

2. Who called Rodney ‘Dave’ in the TV sitcom Only Fools and Horses?

3. How many people with the surname Davis have been world snooker champion?

4. Who invented the hovercraft in 1959?

5. What did Ian Fleming describe as “dangerous at both ends and uncomfortable in the middle”?

6. What does NASA stand for?

7. What travels by conduction, convection and radiation?

8. Which Indonesian island is also known as Kalimantan?

9. Which PG Wodehouse character had the first name Reginald?

10. What is the capital of Australia’s Northern Territory?

By popular demand....a World Cup special

2006-06-09T18:43:00.000Z

1. With a tally of 13, which player holds the record for most goals scored in a single World Cup finals?

2. In which year was the first clean sheet kept in a World Cup Final?

3 .Name three top ten hit singles released to support England in a World Cup or European Championship (officially or unofficially) on which Keith Allen has a co-writing credit.

4. Who provided the voice of World Cup icon Pickles the dog in a recent ITV biopic?

5. And what breed was the real Pickles?

6. What kind of creature was Footix, the official World Cup Mascot for the 1998 World Cup?

7. Who is the oldest player to have won the World Cup?

8. Who receives the Yashin Award at the end of the tournament?

9. The current trophy is due to be ‘retired’ in 2038. Why?

10. Which Boltonian commentator came up with classic line “they think it’s all over….it is now!"?

What was the German Republic called between 1919 and 1933?

2006-06-08T17:18:00.000Z

Historical doings. Enjoy. I'll chat more over the weekend, but as it is I've still got 12 miles of St George Cross bunting to string about in preparation for Saturday.

1. The General Strike of 1926 was called in support of which union?

2. In which month and year did decimalisation take place in the UK?

3. How many years did the American Civil War last?

4. Which country did Russia invade in 1956?

5. Which Roman Emperor was the son of Marcus Aurelius and ruled from 180-192 AD?

6. Who was the last Stuart monarch?

7. What was the name of Christopher Columbus’ flagship?

8. Who was the world’s second female prime minister?

9. Which Scottish king died of leprosy?

10. Who was the first British Prime Minister to occupy 10 Downing Street?

The name of which disease literally means 'bad air'?

2006-06-07T11:34:00.000Z

1. According to the saying, what is paved with good intentions?

2. In which year was the death penalty abolished in the United Kingdom?

3. In chess, what is the name for checkmate in two moves?

4. In a sloth race, which type of sloth should you put your money one (i.e. which is faster?): the two-toed or the three-toed variety?

5. Who succeeded General de Gaulle as President of France in 1969?

6. In cricket, who was the first bowler to take 300 Test wickets for England?

7. Who was Lady Chatterley’s lover?

8. What was the first name of the Second War War commander Rommel?

9. In TV, what was the former name of the eponymous soap village Emmerdale?

10. What does the Welsh word ‘Heddlu’ mean in English?

Vaduz is the capital of where?

2006-06-06T17:27:00.000Z

Let's get geographical:

What is the second largest island in the Mediterranean Sea?

In which Indian city is the Taj Mahal?

What cost £46,000 when it was built in London in 1840?

The capital of which Commonwealth island republic is Port Louis?

Which town is the administrative centre of Buckinghamshire?

The highest point in which country is the Zugspitze at 2962 metres?

Which country’s web domains end .tv?

What would be my nationality if my anthem was ‘Jana Gana Rana’?

What is the capital city of the nation which won the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest?

On which island would you visit the ruins of the Palace of Knossos?

Which BBC soap was axed in 1993 after one year on air?

2006-06-05T07:08:00.000Z

Entertainment-type topics tonight. Don't expect too much chatter - just counting the cost of another weekend (17 broken pint glasses, two smashed bar stools).

In the radio comedy series Dead Ringers, which announcer and newsreader is known as “the daddy of radio 4”?
Who won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role in the 1988 movie A Fish Called Wanda?
John Drake was the title character in which 1960s secret agent adventure series?
Which amateur sleuth resides in Cabot Cove?
Which respected director made the 1980 movie Popeye with Robin Williams?
In the movie Roxanne, what is the profession of C.D. Bales (played by Steve Martin)?
In which street could you buy bread from Diggory’s and sausages from Elliot and Son?
You’ll Have Had Your Tea is a spin-off from which popular Radio 4 programme?
On TV, which presenter threatens to make you 10 Years Younger?
In Eastenders, how did Tiffany Mitchell (played by Martine McCutcheon) die?

How many players are there in a basketball team?

2006-06-02T11:36:00.000Z

So, you got 10 out of 10 yesterday? What do you want, a prize?

Oh, you do. I'll think about slipping you a half, but don't tell everyone or they'll all want one.

We've had some chunnering from the blokes at the bar, so tonight it's all about sport.

Which player, with opening odds of 1000-1 to win the tournament, beat Raymond Barneveld in the final of the BDO World Darts Championship in 2005?
What was the host town for the 1992 Winter Olympics?
In which year was the Football league founded?
Which sport or activity is overseen by the ruling body TWIF?
Which American Triple Crown horserace is usually contested at Churchill Downs in Louisville?
In which US state would I be if I were watching the Ravens play at home in the NFL?
What sport is played on a singles court 44 ft by 17 ft?
Which unfavoured side won the rugby league Challenge cup in 1998?
England cricketer Monty Panesar plays for which county?
Which two athletes currently jointly hold the world 100m record?

Which poet wrote "The Darkling Thrush"?

2006-06-01T10:57:00.000Z

Good evening, ladies and gentlemen (and other reprobates), and welcome to tonight's quiz. Charge your glasses and we'll get on with it.

Right, tonight's round is themed around literature. Remember, we don't do spelling, so if it looks there or thereabouts, it gets the point. We're not playing for the town hall clock.

1. Who won the Booker Prize with "The God of Small Things"?

2. Which prolific author's first job was sticking labels onto jars of polish?

3. Which form of poem was first championed by Thomas Wyatt in the 1500s?

4. Izaak Walton's most famous work is on which subject?

5. What is the name of the main character in Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code, as played by Tom Hanks in the 2006 movie?

6. In Lemony Snicket's "A Series of Unfortunate Events", Violet, Klaus and Sunny Baudelaire are menaced by which sinister character?

7. Leo Colston is given which sobriquet in the title of a 1953 novel?

8. Which Defoe heroine is described thusly?: born in Newgate, and during a life of continu'd Variety for Threescore Years, besides her Childhood, was Twelve Year a Whore, five times a Wife (whereof once to her own brother), Twelve Year a Thief, Eight Year a Transported Felon in Virginia, at last grew Rich, liv'd Honest and died a Penitent.

9. Name two characters in Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" who make romantic declarations to Elizabeth Bennett and whom she rejects immediately.

10. Which poet was married to Harriet Westbrook?