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Written by Jim Ackroyd
Round 1 -
General Knowledge questions.
1) The name of which popular edible product means 'twice
cooked'? biscuit
2) What is the lifespan of a biennial plant? two years
3) What is the dot over a lower case i or j called? tittle
4) Which M can precede ship, Russia and board? mother
5) What is a 'billets-doux' in English? love letter
6) 'Lupine' relates to which animal? wolf
7) What does a philographist collect? autographs
8) A polliwog is an old English dialect word for which creature?
tadpole
9) What are the plastic horns popular at football matches in South
Africa called? vuvuzelas
10) What is the name given to a word or sentence which reads the
same forwards and backwards? palindrome
11) Which is the nearest prime number to 20? 19
12) What type of acid is secreted by red ants & stinging nettles?
formic acid
13) Which M is the Greek God of dreams? Morpheus
14) Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia go together to from what?
The Pacific Islands
15) Who wrote the musical 'Oliver', which was based on Charles
Dickens novel Oliver Twist? Lionel Bart
16) Which country gave diplomatic asylum to Wikileaks founder Julian
Assange in 2012? Ecuador
17) 'Anna Kournikova', 'Michelangelo', 'iloveyou', and 'Melissa' are
all examples of what? computer viruses
18) Which well known sports commentator wrote an autobiography
entitled 'Unless I'm Very Much Mistaken'? Murray Walker
19) The Daiquiri cocktail was named after a village on which island?
Cuba
20) What was Belize called until 1973? British Honduras
Round 2. Food and Drink
1) What type of alcoholic drink is barley wine? beer
2) What nationality was the well known food writer and critic Egon
Ronay? Hungarian
3) What type of fruit is a Comice? pear
4) What is the name of the biscuit baked in a looped knot and often
glazed with salt? pretzel
5) Damper is traditional soda bread originating in which country?
Australia
6) Which tea blend is said to be named after a 19th century British
Prime Minister? Earl Grey
7) A cottage pie is traditionally made with which meat? minced beef
8) What popular cake gets its name from the French word for
lightning? Eclair
9) Which Benedictine Monk made important contributions to the art of
making Champagne? Dom Perignon
10) What 'cake' is flat, round and made of liquorice? Pontefract
Cake
Round 3: Film and TV
1) Mr Grainger, Mr Humphries and Captain Peacock are all characters
in which television series? Are You Being Served?
2) Who directed the 1969 film 'Women In Love', starring Oliver Reed
and Alan Bates? Ken Russell
3) 'The Entertainer' by Scott Joplin is the theme for which 1973
film? The Sting
4) Tom, Barbara, Jerry and Margo are all characters in which 1970's
UK television sitcom? The Good Life
5) The 'Travel Bookshop' in North London served as a location for
what successful 1999 film? Notting Hill
6) In which film is there a computer called 'Mother'? Alien
7) Who directed the 1982 film 'Gandhi'? Richard Attenborough
8) Who was Marilyn Monroe's co-star in the film 'Gentlemen Prefer
Blondes'? Jane Russell
9) On UK TV what does the abbreviation 'TOWIE' stand for? The Only
Way Is Essex
10) Which 1979 comedy film contains the line 'He's not the Messiah,
he's a very naughty boy'? Monty Python's Life of Brian
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