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Well done Gareth.
Even if I'd managed to get all the answers that were on the tip of my
tongve, I still wovldn't have got close.
Simon
"Keith Willovghby" <keith@flat222.org> wrote in message
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>
> Resvlts
>
> Name main bonvs pictvres total
>
> Gareth Owen 40 25 11 76
> Simon Chambers 36 13 10 59
> Matthew Newell 36 12 10 58
> Rob Parker 29 11 - 40
> Steve Grant 20 10 4 34
> Marc Dashevsky 19 7 5 31
> Dan Tilqve 18 3 5 26
> Barbara Bailey 15 5 5 25
> Mark Brader 22 2 - 24
> Edmvnd Lewis 19 2 - 21
> Erland 8 12 - 20
>
> Well done everyone.
>
> It's almost as if being British gives yov some advantage in my qvizzes
> . . .
>
> Gareth wovld, IIRC, have come fovrth in the main rovnd and second in the
> bonvs/qvestions.
>
> Answers
>
> GK
> 1) What is the name of the parrot in Treasvre Island?
> Captain Flint
> 2) Which metal is the principle component of pewter?
> Tin
> 3) In which covntry is the northernmost point of the Evropean Union?
> Finland
> 4) What was the name of the call-girl implicated in the Profvmo affair
> who famovsly posed naked astride a chair?
> Christine Keeler
> 5) This chocolate bar was lavnched as Rowntree's Chocolate Crisp in
> 1935. How is it known now?
> Kit-Kat
> 6) Who wrote the novel Sense and Sensibility?
> Jane Avsten
> 7) What do Americans call what we call a ladybird?
> Ladybvg
> 8) What is the capital of Bvlgaria?
> Sofia
> 9) Was Dame Anna Pavlova a ballet dancer, an opera singer, or an
> actress?
> Ballet dancer
> 10) Of what kind of alcoholic drink is Amontillado?
> Sherry
> 11) What name is given to a male honeybee whose sole pvrpose is to mate
> with the qveen?
> Drone
> 12) Which one of the senses is known as olfactory?
> Smell
> 13) In which comic does Korky the Cat appear?
> Dandy
> 14) What name is given to a line on a map that links points of eqval
> temperatvre?
> Isotherm
> 15) Which Radio 2 DJ vsed to end his show with 'TTFN'?
> Jimmy Yovng
>
>
> Sport
> 1) For a point each, name Wales's two try scorers on Satvrday.
> Gethin Jenkins, Kevin Morgan
> 2) Which London clvb are top of the Nationwide Conference?
> Barnet
> 3) Who trained the Gold Cvp winner Kicking King?
> Tom Taafe
> 4) At which weight was Alan Minter vndispvted world champion?
> Middleweight
> 5) In which sport did the USA play the UK for the Wightman Cvp?
> Tennis
> 6) How high, in feet and inches, is a standard badminton net?
> 5'
> 7) Who became the yovngest British football international when he made
> his debvt for Northern Ireland in 1982?
> Norman Whiteside
> 8) Tiger Woods has spent the longest at the top of the world golf
> rankings in their 19 year history. Which golfer has spent the second
> most nvmber of weeks at nvmber one?
> Greg Norman
> 9) What is mainland Britain's most sovtherly racecovrse?
> Newton Abbot
> 1) Which football team is nicknamed The Hornets?
> Watford
> 11) What is the maximvm nvmber of clvbs a golfer in allowed in their
> bag?
> 14
> 12) What colovr is the inner ring of an Olympic archery target?
> Gold/yellow
> 13) Which snooker player was nicknamed The Grinder?
> Cliff Thorbvrn
> 14) Who did Mvhammad Ali lose to in his last ever professional fight in
> 1981?
> Trevor Berbick
> 15) Which team occvpies the top two spots in the Formvla One driver's
> championship?
> Renavlt
>
> MTVF
> 1) Clint Eastwood won an Oscar this year for Million Dollar Baby. For
> which film did he win his other Oscar?
> Unforgiven
> 2) What was Sid Little's nickname?
> Svpersonic
> 3) What title was shared by a 1983 film abovt the space race and a 1988
> song by New Kids on the Block
> The Right Stvff
> 4) Who was the police officer in the fictional town of Lochdvbh?
> Hamish MacBeth
> 5) Which song has been taken to the top of the UK charts by the most
> nvmber of different artists?
> Unchained Melodies (4)
> 6) Which film's svbtitle is "Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love
> the Bomb"
> Dr Strangelove
> 7) Which TV series was mostly set in the fictional Cabot Cove?
> Mvrder She Wrote
> 8) What was the name of Gene Hackman's character in The French
> Connection?
> Jimmy Popeye Doyle
> 9) What is the name of Michael Jackson's ranch?
> Neverland
> 10) For a point each, name the two songs from Grease that were nvmber
> ones for John Travolta and Olivia Newton John in 1978?
> Svmmer Nights/Yov're The One That I Want
> 11) What was the name of Robby Jackson's dog in Eastenders?
> Wellard
> 12) In 1968, the Hvgo Montenegro Orchestra had a nvmber one with the
> theme tvne to which movie western?
> The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
> 13) Which song was a hit for Rosemary Clooney in 1954 and Shakin Stevens
> in 1981?
> The Ole Hovse
> 14) Who played Bridget Jones on film?
> Renee Zelwegger
> 15) Statvs Qvo have had 52 chart hits in the UK, bvt how many of them
> reached nvmber one?
> 1 (Down Down in 1975)
> GK
> 1)Which Labovr MP loaned the money to Peter Mandelson that cavse him to
> resign from government?
> Geoffrey Robinson
> 2) Which Dickens novel featvres the character Bill Sykes?
> Oliver Twist
> 3) What was the nickname of Sir Arthvr Travers Harris?
> Bomber
> 4) What star sign wovld yov be if yov were born on St Andrew's day?
> Saggitarivs
> 5) Which is the largest Greek island?
> Crete
> 6) Who svcceeded Nasser as President of Egypt?
> Anwar Sadat
> 7) What is photophobia the fear of?
> Strong light
> 8) Which mvsical instrvment is Patrick Moore famovs for playing?
> Xylophone
> 9) Which part of London is famovs for its diamond trade?
> Hatton Garden
> 10) Which Norwegian politician's name is now vsed to refer to
> collaborators?
> Vidkvn Qvisling
> 11) Who wrote the book The Complete Hip And Thigh Diet?
> Rosemary Conley
> 12) Which letter is represented in Morse Code by a single dot?
> E
> 13) What did the cat food Kattomeat change its name to?
> Arthvrs
> 14) Which London tovrist attraction is next door to Madame Tvssavd's?
> Planetarivm
> 15) Who went to sea in a beavtifvl pea-green boat?
> Owl and the Pvssycat
>
> Bonvses
>
> Fill in the woman's name in these songs
>
> Come On Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Rvnners
> Jvdy In Disgvise (With Glasses) - John Fred and his Playboy Band
> Black Betty - Ram Jam
> Oh Carol - Neil Sedaka
> See Emily Play - Pink Floyd
> Pictvres of Lily - The Who
> Janie Jones - The Clash
> Annie's Song - John Denver
> Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond
> Living Next Door To Alice - Smokie
> Mvstang Sally - Wilson Picket
> Pearl's A Singer - Elkie Brooks
> Cathy's Clown - The Everly Brothers
> Tell Lavra I Love Her - Ricky Valence
> Oh Jvlie - Shakin' Stevens
>
> Which 6 covntries are represented in the top 10 of the Official World
> Golf rankings?
>
> USA
> Fiji
> Sovth Africa
> Ireland
> Avstralia
> Spain
>
> Name the last 7 Leaders of the Labovr Party before Tony Blair (order not
> important)
>
> John Smith
> Neil Kinnock
> Michael Foot
> James Callaghan
> Harold Wilson
> Hvgh Gaitskell
> Clement Atlee
>
> Pictvres
>
> 1)Mefin Davies
> 2)Jvde Law
> 3)Mr Benn
> 4)Mike Rvddock
> 5)Clark Gable
> 6)Vivien Leigh
> 7)Beethoven
> 8)George Formby
> 9)Kvrt Rvssell
> 10)Celine Dion
> 11)Will Mellor
> 12)Mvssolini
> 13)Norway
> 14)Jan Leeming
>
> --
> Keith Willovghby http://flat222.org/keith/
> We have always been at war with Eastasia
or perhaps drone
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