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Written by Jim Ackroyd

Round 1. General Knowledge

1. Who became president of the Philippines in February 1986? - Cory Aquino
2. Which novelist wrote 'The Guns of Vavarone? - Alistair McLean
3. Who was born first Bob Hope or Bing Crosby? - Bob Hope
4. Which country's intelligence agency is called Mossad? - Israel
5. In what country is 'The road to Mandalay'? - Burma
6. How many O's are in a standard game of scrabble? - 8
7. In which state is Las Vegas? - Nevada
8. What is kept in a binnacle (on a ship)? - Ships compass
9. In which ocean is the Java Trench? - Indian
10. Which tennis player was stabbed during a tournament in Hamburg in 1993? - Monica Seles
11. Who is actress Joely Richardson's famous mother? - Vanessa Redgrave
12. Which of, Charles Dickens novels, is set during the French Revolution? - A Tale of Two Cities
13. In what 2003 film did comic actor 'Mike Myers' star? - The Cat in the Hat
14. What is phobophobia? - Fear of fears!
15. What name is given to inhabitants of The Orkney Islands? - Orcadian
16. Which ocean and sea are connected by the Caledonian Canal? - Atlantic Ocean and North Sea
17. Which Pope was shot in 1981? - Pope John Paul II
18. In computer parlance, how many bytes are there in a kilobyte? - 1.024
19. Which sport plays in the annual 'Superbowl'? - American Football
20. Within which continent would you find no capital cities? - Antarctica
21. The constellation 'Cygnus' is commonly known as what? - The Northern Cross
22. How many different wives did actor Richard Burton have during his life? - Four
23. Which TV pathologist spent a lot of his time in 'Danny's Bar? - Quincy
24. In which year did Cape Canaveral become Cape Kennedy? - 1963
25. In the nursery rhyme, 'Polly puts the kettle on' but who took it off? - Suky

Round 2 - TV and Film

1. How were Leonard, Arthur, Julius, and Herbert better known together in films?
   The Marx Brothers (Chico, Harpo, Groucho, and Zeppo)

2. In which 1968 film, based on an Ian Fleming book, is the main female character called 'Truly Scrumptious'?
   Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

3. Who plays Hagrid in the Harry Potter films?
   Robbie Coltrane

4. Which car was used as a time machine in the 'Back to the Future' films?
   A DeLorean

5. "They Call Me Mister Tibbs" is the sequel to which film?
   In the Heat of the Night

6. Which two US presidents has Anthony Hopkins played in film?
   John Quincy Adams in "Amistad" and Richard Nixon in "Nixon"

7. For which film did Bryan Adams write "(Everything I do) I do it for you"?
   'Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves', in 1991

8. In John Carpenter's film (and Stephen King's novel) 'Christine', who or what was Christine?
   A red and white 1958 Plymouth Fury

9. In the film "Summer Holiday" with Cliff Richard, where do they drive their bus to?
   Greece

10. Which Bob Dylan song was written for the film 'Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid'?
    Knocking on Heaven's Door

11. Which Canadian actor who first starred in 'Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure' has a Hawaiian first name which means 'the coldness'?
    Keanu Reeves

12. Which film director married Ingrid Bergman in 1950?
    Roberto Rosellini

13. What is the name of the scientist who produces James Bond's gadgets?
    Major Boothroyd, known as 'Q'

14. Melvin Kaminsky is married to Anna Maria Italiano. Who are they better known as?
    Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft

15. What age is dawning in 'Hair'?
    The Age of Aquarius

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