Quiz-Quiz, Bang-Bang

You know, Joe, Len, and I are seriously starting to worry about Charley, we really are!   We had a quiet night at the King Harold’s quiz, tonight, and that’s in part, due to the advertising Charley was putting up about the ol’ gaffs fireworks do, tomorrow night.   Or later this evening, I should say.   Which sounds like fun – it’s a shame I’m working, I’d’ve not minded going along to that, but there we go.

Either way, Charley’s efforts at painting a rocket got her a mild bit of teasing, bless her; – that was one mildly phallic looking rocket she painted up, so you can imagine the good natured poking she was getting.

Which sounds even worse, now I mention it …

But either way, moving rapidly along, I think I managed to use designated git of a quiz tonight.   Points-wise, as you’d possibly by now expect, John and Roger came in first, with 56 points, the Bumblers in 2nd, with 50 points, and Joe in 3rd, with 49.   Which just shows you how close it can be, some nights.   We also had Justin, one of the Harold’s regulars, landed up with a tee-shirt.   He told me afterwards he was rather pleased about that; – he’d actually walked away with a prize, even though it was only a booby prize tee-shirt!

And as for the quiz itself …

Phew!

Bit of a rough one, from where I’m sitting, and I’m glad I managed to do some on the fly editing of the blessed thing, because, in the form I had printed, it could’ve got me lynched!!

The amount of times, over the years, that I’ve altered, edited, and done major surgery to a given quiz is unbelievable!

But, anyway, here’s tonight’s.   Enjoy!

ROUND ONE.   GENERAL KNOWLEDGE.

Q1) The largest Greek population, outside Greece, is in which New York Borough; – Queens, Manhatten, or the Bronx?

A1) Queens.

Q2) What word can go after “bottle” & before “manager”?

Q2) “Bank.”

Q3) In which British institution did Karl Marx write “Das Capital”?

A3) The British Musuem.

Q4) What was the name of the family, in “The Beverly Hillbillies”?

A4) Clampett.

Q5) Where on the body might a cataract appear?

A5) An eye.

Q6) Who did Bianca de Macias marry, in 1971?

A6) Mick Jagger

Q7) What word describes linking computers together?

A7) Networking.

Q8) In printing and editing, what do the initials UC stand for?

A8) Upper Case.

Q9) Cob is the name given to the young of which bird?

A9) The Swan.

Q10) Trumpets and cornets belong to which group of musical instruments?

A10) Brass

ROUND TWO.   SPORTING CHANCES.

Q11) Græme Le Saux was born in which Islands?

A11) The Channel Islands

Q12) Which London based sporting event did Dionico Ceron win for 3 years in a   row?

A12) The London Marathon.

Q13) At which US sports event did Janet Jackson famously suffer a wardrobe malfunction?

A13) The Superbowl.

Q14) In which sport do participants wear sheepskin nosebands?

A14) Horse–Racing

Q15) How many league goals did Bobby Charlton score for Manchester United?

A15) 199

Q16) Which football club plays at the Riverside Stadium?

A16) Middlesbrough

 Q17) With which sport do you associate TV commentator, Julian Wilson?

A17) Horse–racing.

 Q18) Steve Bloomer is associated with which sport?

A18) Football.

 Q19) On what surface is curling played?

A19) Ice.

 Q20) After which horny animal is the Leeds Rugby Super League team named?

A20) Rhinos.

ROUND THREE.   AT THE MOVIES.

Q21) Who played the title role in the film “Spartacus”?

A21) Kirk Douglas

Q22) David Lean’s film was about a passage to which country?

A22) India

Q23) Who, in “The Jungle Book”, is the king of the swingers?

A23) King Louie.

Q24) Which James Bond Theme did Tina Turner sing?

A24) “Goldeneye.”

Q25) Which actress appears both in “The Beloved”, and “The Colour Purple”?

A25) Oprah Winfrey

Q26) Who was the first black male actor to win an Oscar?

A26) Sidney Poitier

Q27) Thomas Mapother 4th is the real name of which film star?

A27) Tom Cruise

Q28) WhAncient Greek theatre gives its name to a chain of cinemas?

A28) Odeon

Q29) Which “Matrix” character is played by Carrie Anne Moss

A29) Trinity

Q30) Who were Mack Sennett’s most famous creations?

A30) The Keystone Cops

ROUND FOUR.   BLINDED WITH SCIENCE.

Q31) Bluetooth is named after a king of which country?

A31) Denmark; – he was Harald the 1st of Denmark, & unified them with Sweden & Norway, which is why the makers of Bluetooth used it as a name.

Q32) Which organic chemical was 1st used as an anaesthetic in 1846; – ether or alcohol?

A32) Ether

Q33) 12.5% can also be expressed as which fraction; – 1/6th,  1/8th, or 1/10th?

A33)  1/8th

Q34) Ores are minerals that contain what?

A34) Metals.

Q35) The Solar System’s 10th planet is Sedna; – it’s named after a goddess from which North American tribe?

A35) The Inuit

Q36) Deoxyribonucleic acid is more commonly known by what initials?

A36) DNA.

Q37) Which body part has an enamel coating?

A37) The teeth.

Q38) William Tainton was the 1st person on what?

A38) TV.  (J. L. Baird used him as his 1st human guinea pig.)

Q39) At what temperature Celsius does Hydrogen Hydroxide freeze?

A39) 0˚ Degrees Celsius.  (It’s the other name for water.)

Q40) What’s the main ingredient of glass, sand, putty, or cheese?

A40) Sand.

ROUND FIVE.   GREEN AND SCALY.

Q41) How many horns did the triceratops have?

A41) Three

Q42) What kind of animals were the first vertebrates; – crabs, fish, or worms?

A42) Fish

Q43) What is the study of fossils called

A43) Palæontology

Q44) Which dinosaur had a name that meant Great King lizard?

A44) Tyrannosaurus Rex

Q45) What was the huge, now extinct tiger noted for its teeth?

A45) Sabre toothed tiger

Q46) The Diplodocus had the longest … what?

A46) It had the longest tail

Q47) What sort of creature was the coelacanth?

A47) A fish

Q48) Kieselguhr is fossilised plankton; – is it used for polishing or making of dynamite?

A48) Both

Q49) What was the prehistoric equivalent of today’s elephant?

A49) Mammoth or mastodon

Q50) The Brachiosaurus was what; – the world’s heaviest, or the world’s lightest dinosaur?

A50) Heaviest

ROUND SIX.   GENERAL KNOWLE IGNORANCE.

Q51) Who became PM, without being elected; – Harold McMillan, James Callahan, or John Major?

A51) All three of them

Q52) What’s the UK’s fastest currently active steam loco?

A52) The Mallard

Q53) Which group of agaents does ABTA represent?

A53) Travel Agents

Q54) What is the name of the world’s second-highest mountain?

A54) K2

Q55) Who had a sword called Excalibur?

A55) King Arthur

Q56) Which international pressure group has as its symbol a candle wrapped in barbed wire?

A56) Amnesty International.

Q57) Which British politician became known as ‘…the Quiet Man’?

A57) lain Duncan Smith.

Q58) David Morgan of Burford has the world's largest collection of traffic cones; – how many different cones does he have; –117, 127, 0r 137?

A58) 137

Q59) What kind of building is a campanile?

A59) A bell-tower.

Q60) In which long-running series are David, Ruth and Eddie central characters?

A60) “The Archers.”