The Night’s Gig

I think I’ve decided; – I hate nights like this one.   We had three teams in, tonight, and it’s heartbreaking, for me, to see it this quiet!

I’m stubborn enough to keep going, even with a minimal audience; - but it’s very dispiriting, none-the-less.

Which left the one new team we had in looking very unimpressed, and the Bonus pot looking very puny

However, on the upside, the bonus pot has gone up; – it’s now at £7•75.   Small, compared to the Hutton’s, last week’s, but better than at the start.   And that was off the back of this question.

“What’s the successor to the Independent Television Commission, and in which year of this century did it go into operation?”

Obviously, the answer is Ofcom, in 2003; – which nobody got …

As another upside upside, George –the trainee assistant manager, there– has volunteered to chalk the Harold’s A-Board, for next week.   Which is something of a relief.

I’ve always believed that I do the best I can, with the resources available to me.

However, it helps if each venue also tries to much my effort’s.   And simple little things like putting up an ad on exterior A-boards can help so much, I’ve noticed.   I know Sue at the Hutton is planning to, as soon as she has the chance, so it’s nice to know that someone at the King Harold is planning to do the same, there.

Anyway, here’s tonight’s question; – Set sixty one, in a series of Sixty-four, I should add …

ROUND ONE: –  GENERAL KNOWLEDGE.

Q1) Which sea is north of Turkey?

A1) The Black Sea.

Q2) What colour are the flowers of the Saint John’s Wort?

Q2) Yellow?

Q3) Anton Segovia was associated with which stringed instrument?

A3) The guitar.

Q4) Cold meat & cold potatoes are the two main ingredients of which dish?

A4) Bubble & Squeak.

Q5) Which king is supposed to have hidden in a tree after the Battle of Worcester?

A5) Charles the 2nd.

Q6) Heriot Watt University is in which Scottish City?

A6) Edinburgh.

Q7) What does a theodolite measure?

A7) Angles

Q8) Which poisonous gas is given off from a car’s exhaust pipe?

A8) Carbon monoxide

Q9) Which motorway goes from east to west, across the Pennines?

A9) The M62

Q10) Workers, drones, and queens are varieties of which insect?

A10) Bees

ROUND TWO: – BLINDED WITH SCIENCE.

Q11) In which Lancashire town was the first test tube baby born in 1978?

A11) Oldham.   (Louise Brown)

Q12) In which country did the study of geometry originate?

A12) Egypt

Q13) When was chewing-gum first patented -1869, 1899 or 1919?

A13) 1869.   People chewed gum long before this, as far back as the ancient Greeks.   According to scientists, people who chew gum while performing memory tests (such as quizzes) score significantly higher than those who do not.

Q14) Oxides of two chemicals create acid rain: – name either.

A14) Nitrogen and sulphur

Q15) Which letter is positioned between F and H on a computer keyboard?

A15) G

Q16) What is thanatology the scientific study of; – death, old age, or taxes?

A16) Death

Q17) The vernal equinox marks the end of which season, in the northern hemisphere?

A17) Winter

Q18) What does the mathematical symbol comprising a triangle of three dots mean?

A18) Therefore

Q19) Soyuz was the name of a Russian spacecraft, but what does the name mean; – union, league, or flight?

A19) Union

Q20) Bright’s disease affects which organs of the body; – the liver, the kidneys, or the  spleen?

A20) Kidneys

ROUND THREE: –  AT THE MOVIES.

Q21) Which song did Doris Day sing in three different films?

A21) “Que Sera, Sera”

Q22) Alan Alda was the only actor to appear in the film, and TV version of which comedy?

A22) “M•A•S•H”  He played Hawkeye Pierce.

Q23) In the “Star Wars” series, what sort of creature was Chewbacca

A23) A Wookie

Q24) Film actor Ronald Moodnick is better known as which cast-member of the film “Oliver”?

A24) Ron Moody.

Q25) Which Disney character sang ‘…some day my Prince will come’?

A25) Snow White

Q26) Which British actor provided the voice of the evil Scar in Disney’s “The Lion King”?

A26) Jeremy Irons

Q27) “Susi und Strolch” and “La Belle et le Clochard” were, respectively, the German & French title of which Disney film?

A27) “Lady and the Tramp”

Q28) In which Walt Disney classic would you find the three fairies Flora, Fauna and Merryweather?

A28) “Sleeping Beauty”

Q29) Which cartoon bird  made his cinematic debut in “Walky Talky Hawky” in 1946?

A29) Foghorn Leghorn (full name Foghorn J. Leghorn).

Q30) Which British star married the former Miss Guyana in 1973?

A30) Michael Caine.

ROUND FOUR: –  SPORTING CHANCES.

Q31) Which Martina was Wimbledon’s most successful women’s champion?

A31) Martina Navratilova.

Q32) Sir I. V. A Richards was better known as which West Indies cricketer?

A32) Viv Richards (Isaac Vivian Alexander)

Q33) Was Kristina Egerszegi cold, or wet, when won her 5 Olympic Gold medals?

A33) Wet: – she was a swimmer.

Q34) Jack Dempsey was a heavyweight … what?

A34) Boxer.

Q35) Which Steve was knighted, after the 2000 Olympics?

A35) Steve Redgrave.

Q36) How often is the Epsom Derby held?

A36) Annually.

Q37) What shape is a dartboard?

A37) Circular.

Q38) In what colour shirts do India play floodlit matches?

A38) Blue.

Q39) In which decade was the Rugby League World Cup 1st held; – the 50’s,60’s or 70’s?

A39) The 1950’s

Q40) Glen Hoddle finished his playing career with which club?

A40) Chelsea.

ROUND FIVE: –  THE WRITTEN WORD.

Q41) What egg-shaped nursery-rhyme character appears in “Alice Through The Looking Glass”?

A41) Humpty Dumpty.

Q42) What was the 2nd book, in Terry Pratchett’s discworld series?

A42) “The Light Fantastic.”

Q43) Mrs Beeton famously wrote about cookery.   What was her 1st name; – Isabella,  Arabella, or Bella Donna?

A43) Isabella.

Q44) Are Penguin books paperbacks, or hardbacks?

A44) Paperbacks.

Q45) Three of the four Gospels are known as Synoptic.   Name one of them.

A45) Matthew, Mark, Or Luke.

Q46) Who wrote “The Tale of Peter Rabbit”?

A46) Beatrix Potter.

Q47) The Muslim Holy Book is called The Qu’ran; - what is ‘Qu’ran’ the Arabic word for?

A47) Recite.

Q48) In which year of the 1880’s was the 1st Sherlock Holmes story published?

A48) 1887

Q49) In which French city did Oscar Wilde die?

A49) Paris

Q50) What blinded most of the characters in the “Day of the Triffids”; – a comet, an explosion, or poisoned tap water?

A50) A comet

ROUND SIX: – GENERAL KNOWLE IGNORANCE.

Q51) In 2005, what type of Russian vessel was trapped off the Kamchatka peninsular?

A51) A submarine.

Q52) What kind of garment is a montero?

A52) A cap.

Q53) According to the old proverb, what is the road to hell paved with?

A53) Good intentions.

Q54) Who wrote “The Bald Prima Donna”; – Eugene Ionesco, Seamus Heaney, or Harold Pinter?

A54) Eugene Ionesco

Q55) Which biblical figure had a coat of many colours?

A55) Joseph.

Q56) What word can follow ‘band’, ‘mass’, & ‘pass’?

A56) ‘Age.’  (Bandage massage, passage.)

Q57) In February of 2006, Marks & Spenser started selling a red version of which fruit?

A57) Bananas

Q58) If it’s 12 noon GMT, what time is it in Oslo?

A58) 01:00 PM

Q59) How many wives are you allowed, under Sharia law?

A59) Four.

Q60) In which London Park would you ride along Rotten Row?

A60) Hyde Park.

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