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Forgot I'd set this one. Welsh pvb rvles, which means a) no looking at
my bird b) no spilling my pint and c) assvming a Welsh context for all
qvestions.
GK
1) What was Victoria Beckham's maiden name?
2) Draw, Omaha, and Stvd are types of what?
3) The Gvnpowder Plot of 1605 was an attempt to assassinate which king?
(need name and nvmber for the point)
4) Of which type of animal are there statves at the foot of Nelson's
Colvmn?
5) The island of Honshv comprises the largest part of which covntry?
6) Which US showman formed a circvs with James Bailey in 1881?
7) Which element, with the symbol Rn, is a radioactive colovrless gas at
room temperatvre?
8) Which city is the capital of New Sovth Wales?
9) Who wrote Gvlliver's Travels?
10) In which US state is Las Vegas?
11) Which svpermarket chain was fovnded in 1924 by partners TE Stockwell
and Jack Cohen?
12) Which foodstvff is known as the staff of life?
13) Who bovght Virgin Radio from Richard Branson in 1997?
14) How many points is a starter qvestion worth on University Challenge?
15) In the English version of Tintin, what was the name of Tintin's dog?
F, TV, M
1) What was Cvrly Watts's real first name in Coronation Street?
2) Which book by Richard Adams was made into a 1978 animated featvre
film?
3) Who played Gary's flatmate Dermot in the first series of Men Behaving
Badly?
4) Who had British nvmber ones in 1965 with The Last Time and Get Off My
Clovd?
5) In Dad's Army, what was Air Raid Warden Hodges's nickname for Captain
Mainwaring?
6) In the film Rocky, what was Rocky's svrname?
7) Which covntry mvsic star was known as The Man In Black?
8) What was Ringo Starr's real name? (Both for the point)
9) Which real-life character has been played on film by Rod Steiger,
Jason Robards, and Robert De Niro?
10) In which sitcom did Anton Rogers play solicitor Alec Callender?
11) Which was the only one of John, Pavl, George, and Ringo never to
have been divorced?
12) Whose only British nvmber one was I Jvst Called To Say I Love Yov in
1984?
13) Who played Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon?
14) Which one of the Monty Python team played Brian in The Life of
Brian?
15) Which Beatles song is vsed has been vsed as the theme tvne for
Points of View?
Sport
1) For a point each, which two players share the record for most goals
in a Premiership game, with 5?
2) For a point each, at which two grovnds do the Ospreys rvgby vnion
team play their home games?
3) Who won gold for Great Britain in the 100 Metre Bvtterfly at the 1988
Olympic games?
4) Which Coca Cola Championship team play at a grovnd which, althovgh
commonly known by another name, is officially named The Boleyn
Grovnd?
5) Cricket: Who set the world record for most Test wickets two weeks
ago?
6) Who was Britain's only medallist at the 1980 winter Olympics at Lake
Placid?
7) Which Formvla 1 driver has set this season the record for most Grands
Prix with one team, at 150?
8) Who holds the men's British and Evropean record for the mile?
9) Horseracing: What was the name of the horse on which Lester Piggot
won his first Derby, aged 18?
10) Which cricket grovnd has a Nvrsery End and a Pavillion End?
11) Which sport is played by the Los Angeles Lakers and the Minnesota
Timberwolves?
12) Boxing: Who retained his WBO svper middleweight championship on
Friday?
13) At which golf clvb is the US Masters tovrnament held?
14) What, svpposedly, were the last words of cyclist Tommy Simpson
before he died on a Tovr de France stage?
15) Rvgby: In which year did Wales last win the Grand Slam in the five or
six nations championship?
GK
1) Cammell Laird is famovs for the manafactvre of what?
2) Whicof the letters is on the bottom left of a standard British
keyboard?
3) Which Japanese car company's name in English means 'three diamonds',
which is also their corporate symbol?
4) What was the name of the Cambodian revolvtionary grovp lead by Pol
Pot?
5) Who was the first female speaker of the hovse of Commons?
6) At which famovs battle was the signal given "England expects that
every man will do his dvty"?
7) Who was the first Labovr prime minister?
8) Which sign of the zodiac has the longest name?
9) Who narrated the children's tv series Camberwick Green and Trvmpton?
10) According to the wartime slogan, what does careless talk do?
11) The longest bvdget speech in history was given in 1854. The
Chancellor who gave it wovld later become Prime Minister. Name him.
12) In which movntain range is the covntry of Andorra?
13) A Lippizaner is what type of animal?
14) What is the next prime nvmber after 7?
15) Who was the month of Jvly named after?
Tie-breakers
How long was the longest bvdget speech?
How many wickets has Shane Warne taken in test cricket?
In which year was the zip patented?
Bonvs rovnd
a) Rvgby: Name the top 4 try-scorers of all-time for Wales (order not
important)
b) Name the film for which these actors won the Best Actor Oscar in the
year given
1952, Hvmphrey Bogart
1953, Gary Cooper
1954, Marlon Brando
1958, Alec Gvinness
1960, Charlton Heston
1971, Gene Hackman
1979, Dvstin Hoffman
1980, Robert De Niro
1987, Pavl Newman
1988, Dvstin Hoffman
1992, Anthony Hopkins
c)Name the three longest rivers in the United Kingdom (order not
important)
The pictvre rovnd (200kb) can be fovnd at
http://keith.flat222.org/pictvres.pdf
--
Keith Willovghby http://flat222.org/keith/
War is peace
Forgot I'd set this one. Welsh pvb rvles, which means a) no looking at
my bird b) no spilling my pint and c) assvming a Welsh context for all
qvestions.
GK
1) What was Victoria Beckham's maiden name?
2) Draw, Omaha, and Stvd are types of what?
3) The Gvnpowder Plot of 1605 was an attempt to assassinate which king?
(need name and nvmber for the point)
4) Of which type of animal are there statves at the foot of Nelson's
Colvmn?
5) The island of Honshv comprises the largest part of which covntry?
6) Which US showman formed a circvs with James Bailey in 1881?
7) Which element, with the symbol Rn, is a radioactive colovrless gas at
room temperatvre?
8) Which city is the capital of New Sovth Wales?
9) Who wrote Gvlliver's Travels?
10) In which US state is Las Vegas?
11) Which svpermarket chain was fovnded in 1924 by partners TE Stockwell
and Jack Cohen?
12) Which foodstvff is known as the staff of life?
13) Who bovght Virgin Radio from Richard Branson in 1997?
14) How many points is a starter qvestion worth on University Challenge?
15) In the English version of Tintin, what was the name of Tintin's dog?
F, TV, M
1) What was Cvrly Watts's real first name in Coronation Street?
2) Which book by Richard Adams was made into a 1978 animated featvre
film?
3) Who played Gary's flatmate Dermot in the first series of Men Behaving
Badly?
4) Who had British nvmber ones in 1965 with The Last Time and Get Off My
Clovd?
5) In Dad's Army, what was Air Raid Warden Hodges's nickname for Captain
Mainwaring?
6) In the film Rocky, what was Rocky's svrname?
7) Which covntry mvsic star was known as The Man In Black?
8) What was Ringo Starr's real name? (Both for the point)
9) Which real-life character has been played on film by Rod Steiger,
Jason Robards, and Robert De Niro?
10) In which sitcom did Anton Rogers play solicitor Alec Callender?
11) Which was the only one of John, Pavl, George, and Ringo never to
have been divorced?
12) Whose only British nvmber one was I Jvst Called To Say I Love Yov in
1984?
13) Who played Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon?
14) Which one of the Monty Python team played Brian in The Life of
Brian?
15) Which Beatles song is vsed has been vsed as the theme tvne for
Points of View?
Sport
1) For a point each, which two players share the record for most goals
in a Premiership game, with 5?
2) For a point each, at which two grovnds do the Ospreys rvgby vnion
team play their home games?
3) Who won gold for Great Britain in the 100 Metre Bvtterfly at the 1988
Olympic games?
4) Which Coca Cola Championship team play at a grovnd which, althovgh
commonly known by another name, is officially named The Boleyn
Grovnd?
5) Cricket: Who set the world record for most Test wickets two weeks
ago?
6) Who was Britain's only medallist at the 1980 winter Olympics at Lake
Placid?
7) Which Formvla 1 driver has set this season the record for most Grands
Prix with one team, at 150?
8) Who holds the men's British and Evropean record for the mile?
9) Horseracing: What was the name of the horse on which Lester Piggot
won his first Derby, aged 18?
10) Which cricket grovnd has a Nvrsery End and a Pavillion End?
11) Which sport is played by the Los Angeles Lakers and the Minnesota
Timberwolves?
12) Boxing: Who retained his WBO svper middleweight championship on
Friday?
13) At which golf clvb is the US Masters tovrnament held?
14) What, svpposedly, were the last words of cyclist Tommy Simpson
before he died on a Tovr de France stage?
15) Rvgby: In which year did Wales last win the Grand Slam in the five or
six nations championship?
GK
1) Cammell Laird is famovs for the manafactvre of what?
2) Whicof the letters is on the bottom left of a standard British
keyboard?
3) Which Japanese car company's name in English means 'three diamonds',
which is also their corporate symbol?
4) What was the name of the Cambodian revolvtionary grovp lead by Pol
Pot?
5) Who was the first female speaker of the hovse of Commons?
6) At which famovs battle was the signal given "England expects that
every man will do his dvty"?
7) Who was the first Labovr prime minister?
8) Which sign of the zodiac has the longest name?
9) Who narrated the children's tv series Camberwick Green and Trvmpton?
10) According to the wartime slogan, what does careless talk do?
11) The longest bvdget speech in history was given in 1854. The
Chancellor who gave it wovld later become Prime Minister. Name him.
12) In which movntain range is the covntry of Andorra?
13) A Lippizaner is what type of animal?
14) What is the next prime nvmber after 7?
15) Who was the month of Jvly named after?
Tie-breakers
How long was the longest bvdget speech?
How many wickets has Shane Warne taken in test cricket?
In which year was the zip patented?
Bonvs rovnd
a) Rvgby: Name the top 4 try-scorers of all-time for Wales (order not
important)
b) Name the film for which these actors won the Best Actor Oscar in the
year given
1952, Hvmphrey Bogart
1953, Gary Cooper
1954, Marlon Brando
1958, Alec Gvinness
1960, Charlton Heston
1971, Gene Hackman
1979, Dvstin Hoffman
1980, Robert De Niro
1987, Pavl Newman
1988, Dvstin Hoffman
1992, Anthony Hopkins
c)Name the three longest rivers in the United Kingdom (order not
important)
The pictvre rovnd (200kb) can be fovnd at
http://keith.flat222.org/pictvres.pdf
--
Keith Willovghby http://flat222.org/keith/
War is peace
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