So all you who couldn’t attend can share the joys.
To enjoy the full experience, you need to be semi-drunk, stuffed on sugar and frantically trying to get all the questions in in half-an-hour
7 rounds
The One & Only
1.Which is the only animal that can see both ultraviolet and infra red?Goldfish
2.Which is the only country whose flag doesn’t contain a color of the Olympic rings?
Qatar(and as I have been told Latvia)
3.Which is the only bone in the body not connected to any other?Hyoid
4.Which is the only letter that doesn’t appear in the name of a state of the US?Q
5.Which is the only Monopoly property to lie south of the River Thames?Old Kent Road
6.Who is the only white person to have had a UK #1 on the Tamla Motown label?Charlene
7.Which is the only US city to have a royal palace?Honolulu
8.Who is the only person to find their own name on the winners’envelope at the Oscars?Irving Berlin
9.Where did Man visit for the only time in 1960 for a period of just 20 minutes? The Challenger Deep.The Marianas Trench.They found some 1920s-style death rays
10.What was Ali Bennaceur the only person not to see on 22 Jun 1986 in Mexico?
The Hand of God goal
All Singing All Dancing
1.Which song was a UK #1 hit in 1991,1992 and 1993?Days of our Lives
2.Which singer wrote the English lyrics to My Way?Paul Anka
3.From which country did the first Miss World come?Sweden
4.In which 2 cities did Live Aid take place?London,Philadelphia
5.Which band in a 20 year career had 2 #1s and a #2,with virtually a different band line-up for each song?England World Cup Squad
6.In which year did Les Miserables open on Broadway?1987
7.Wings won the very first Best Film Oscar in 1927.What else was unique about it?
Only silent film to win an Oscar
8.Which US landmark was originally known as Cahuenga Valley?Hollywood
9.Not counting special awards,who is the youngest person to have won an Oscar?Tatum O’Neal
10.Which 3 bands that had a UK #1 share their names exactly with cities?
Chicago,Berlin & Dunblane
The Sporting Life
1.Which teams go first and last in the Olympic procession?Greece & host country
2.In which sport are your balls yellow in warm conditions and blue if it’s cold?Squash
3.In which sport would you use a rover that is a different color to other pieces of equipment?Croquet
4.Medals are awarded for 1st-3rd in the Olympics.What is given for 4th-8th place?Certificates
5.In which year were the Winter Olympics notheld-1992,1994,1996 or 1998?1996
6.Which two Scottish football league teams are named after the nicknames of the cities where they play?Hearts,Queen of the South
7.In which game would you find characters,bamboos and circles?Mahjongg
8.Which Brazilian superstar debuted last week for Northern League club Garforth Town?Socrates
9.Which 14-mile track was used for the last time for Formula 1 in 1976 as it was deemed too dangerous?Nurburgring
10.Where will the 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics be held?Turin,Vancouver
Brainwhirrers(the very hard round!)
1.What completes this sequence and why?..3,3,5,4,4,3,7…oops,that 7 should be 5…the next number is 5…they are the number of letters in the first eight numbers…ONE,TWO,THREE…etc
2.What links Charlotte in 1814,Corinne in 1818,Kate in 1852,Elizabeth in 1871 and Hannah in 1880?Derby winners
3.Who is being described here?
'The youngest of 3 sisters,her father was an air steward.In 1980 she married her high school sweetheart.Her first proper TV appearance was in 1989,when she was
shown attending her children’s school Christmas concert.A conviction for shoplifting bourbon did not affect her career,as she got a star role in an adaptation of A Streetcar Named Desire and is also gifted artistically.'Marge Simpson
4.It was first marketed as Dr.Haas’Catamenial Device. What is it now known as?Tampax
5.What did this sequence refer to?1952 1,1958 1,1960 1,1962 1,1969 1,1973 4,1980 2,1981 1,1982 2,1983 1,1984 2,1985 1,1987 1,1989 4,1991 6,1992 1,1993 3,1994 4,1995 11,1996 19,1997 21,1998 27,1999 33,2000 41,2001 29,2002 30,2003 22,2004 27(so far)Number of UK #1s that have gone straight in at the #1 spot
6.Whose boobs were first fondled on 15 Jul 1981 and then again on 9 Aug 1981 as recorded by the perpetrator?Pandora Braithwaite
7.‘It is so likely to happen that this week,bookies announced they were no longer taking bets on it happening’.What is it?Band Aid being Christmas #1
8.Not using slang name ten parts of the body with just three letters in.arm,eye,ear,leg,toe,rib,gum,lip,jaw,hip
9.What links these & which is the odd one:syndrome, pea, diet, match, wall, pride
they can all have a city added to them to make a phrase-Stockholm Syndrome,split pea,Oslo diet,Paris Match,Berlin Wall,London Pride.Split is the only one that’s not a capital
10.Name five 8-letter words that only contain one vowelseveral available-rhythmic,cyclists,crystals,blackfly,strength,scratchy,stretchy
Where in the World?
1.Where was Captain Corelli’s Mandolin set?Greece
2.Which is England’s smallest county?Rutland
3.Where did Jesus live during the 3 years of his ministry?Capernaum
4.Which country’s name in its native language means ‘The Saviour’?El Salvador
5.Which English county shares a border with just one other?Cornwall
6.Who was the last prison to be held in the Tower of London?Rudolf Hess
7.Which country does port originate from?Portugal
8.To the nearest 5,how many countries are south of the Equator?35
9.Which island group’s flag is a white St.Andrews cross on a light blue background?Shetlands
10.Put these countries in order N-S:Estonia,Iceland,Liechtenstein,Lithuania,Malta, Macedonia,Netherlands,SloveniaIce,Est,Lit,Net,Liec,Slov,Mac,Malt
Sponsors & Videos
Who sponsors these programs(may vary depending on channel)
1.Friends 2.Malcolm in the Middle 3.Simpsons 4.Coronation St. 5.Grand Prix
1.Jacob’s Creek 2.Urbz 3.Pizza Hut/Domino’s 4.Cadbury’s 5.Daily Telegraph
Which 80s music videos do these scenes come from?
6.A mid-air plane collision,followed by a fairground scenelos Lobos-la Bamba
7.A ‘woman’ doing the Hoovering,whilst her ‘daughter’ is at the kitchen sinkQueen-I Want To Break Free
8.A flashback of a family walk on the beach,then a drive past an oil refineryBluebells-Young at Heart
9.Johnnie Ray arriving by plane,surrounded by fansDexy’s Midnight Runners-Come On Eileen
10.A young girl is sitting in a cafe reading a comic strip about a car racea-ha-Take On Me
A Life of Leisure
1.Billy West and Katey Sagal provide the voices for which animated comedy?Futurama
2.From which city did the first US radio station broadcast?Philadelphia
3.In which novel would you find Malta,Quebec,Woolwich and the Jellyby family?Bleak House
4.The first scented advert appeared on telly in 1997.What did it advertise?**Gin **
5.Which TV game show host was born with the Christian names Newton Edward?Paul Daniels
6.Which trendy accessory did Edward Craven Walker invent?Lava Lamp
7.Which book begins ‘3 May Bistriz.We left Munich at 8.33 on May 1,arriving at Vienna the next morning. We should have arrived at 6.46, but the train was an hour late’?Dracula
8.Which future TV star was chosen to join Bruce Springsteen on the stage in his Dancing in the Dark video?Courteney Cox
9.Which classic board game celebrates its 25th anniversary of production this month?Trivial Pursuit
10.What after 40 years was revealed last year to have all been a dream?Crossroads
Best of luck.
The quizmaster is susceptible to bribery