Wednesday 18 February 2009

Oh, well, here’s hoping …

As you’ve probably realised, it’s been a bad week.   With the net result that I’ll be doing the Valentine Quiz that I should have done at the Hutton on Thursday just, tomorrow night.   You can preview the actually questions, here and here,  but here’s the preview of the table round, again …

Q1) Stigmataphilia means you’re aroused by … what?


Q2) Hybristophilia means you like … relationships … with who?


Q3) Gynemimetophila means that you’ve a thing for what, female impersonators, gynaecologists or female nurses?


Q4) Teleiophilia is a sexual interest in who?


Q5) OK, now how about podophilia?


And, while I’m at it, I post up the set I didn’t use last night.    Means I won’t be using it at The King Harold, but, in case people need it …

ROUND ONE: –  GENERAL KNOWLEDGE.


Q1) Dick Cheney, & Donald Rumsfeld were originally in which US President’s government?

A1) Gerald Ford’s.


Q2) Where in the human body is the Scapula?

Q2) The shoulder.  (It’s the shoulder blade.)


Q3) Started in 1850, what where the Children’s Temperance Societies called?

A3) Bands of Hope.


Q4) What word can go before ‘turnover’, and after ‘pine’?

A4) Apple.


Q5) Which novelist wrote “The Shining”?

A5) Stephen King.


Q6) Ronaldsway Airport is on which Isle?

A6) The Isle of Mann.


Q7) Which Earl was brother to the late Princess of Wales?

A7) Earl Spencer.


Q8) Which actor married Melanie Griffiths twice?

A8) Don Johnson.


Q9) A Turk’s head is a type of what; – knot, cabbage, or bedknob?

A9) A knot.


Q10) Instead of Irish jokes, many rock musicians tell jokes about which type of musician?

A10) Drummers.





ROUND TWO: – ROUND BRITAIN.


Q11) Which sea separates St George’s Channel, from the North Channel?

A11) The Irish Sea


Q12) Which Channel Island is famous for having no cars?

A12) Sark.


Q13) Which Roman Road shares its name with a type of fur?

A13) Ermine Street.


Q14) The Cathedral Church of Saint Michael was consecrated in 1962.  In which English city is it?

A14) Coventry.


Q15) Which port was the birthplace of both Charles Dickens, and Isambard Kingdom Brunel?

A15) Portsmouth.


Q16) From which city does the Halle Orchestra come from?

A16) Manchester.


Q17) What is the main range of hills, in Gloucestershire?

A17) The Cotswolds.


Q18) Which palace is the official residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury?

A18) Lambeth Palace.


Q19) True or False;  Robert The Bruce was the 2nd Scottish king to be called Robert.

A19) False.   He was actually Robert the 1st.


Q20) The US Embassy to Britain is in which London square?

A20) Grovenor Square





ROUND THREE: –  THE LIVING WORLD.


Q21) The RSPB was founded to prevent feathers being used in what?

A21) Hats.


Q22) The Red Mullet is also known as which kind of fish; – the Goat Fish, the Dog Fish, or the Whale Shark?

A22) The Goat Fish.


Q23) Demosponges are the world’s largest group of which marine life-forms?

A23) Sponges.


Q24) Which Central American country does the Axoltl come from?

A24) Mexico.


Q25) What’s the world’s largest eagle?

A25) The Harpy Eagle.


Q26) The New World vulture has it, the Old World vulture doesn’t; - what sense are we talking about?

A26) The sense of Smell.


Q27) Sea Whips & Sea Fans are types of what; – corals, sponges, or sea-slugs?

A27) Corals.


Q28) What fish is known as Rock salmon, when sold as food?

A28) Dogfish.


Q29) The cassowary, and the Emu are both native to which country?

A29) Australia.


Q30) Where does the blenny live, on the seabed, underground, or on the moon?

A30) On the seabed.





ROUND FOUR: –  AT THE MOVIES.


Q31) Complete the title of this 1983 Oscar winning film; “Terms Of…” what?

A31) Terms of Endearment


Q32) Who directed the films “Raging Bull” and “Taxi Driver”?

A32) Martin Scorcese


Q33) Who starred with Steve Martin and Martin Short in the 1986 comedy, “The Three Amigo’s”?

A33) Chevy Chase


Q34) Which Kate is the daughter of Goldie Hawn?

A34) Kate Hudson


Q35) In which thriller did Kevin Spacey play the character Roger ‘Verbal’ Kint?

A35) The  Usual Suspects


Q36) In which film was Dustin Hoffman 121 years old?

A36) Little Big Man


Q37) After a recent survey, ‘Little Nellie, from “You Only Live Twice” has been named by viewers as the best James Bond gadget, but what was ‘Little Nellie’?

A37) A miniature helicopter


Q38) In the 1966 film “Fantastic Voyage”, what is injected into a sick man; – a medical team, a mini-submarine, or both?

A38) Both


Q39) Complete the title of this 2004 film; “Sky Captain And The…” what?

A39) Sky Captain & The World of Tomorrow


Q40) Name either of the two principal actors in the film, “Kevin and Perry Go Large”?   (Two points for both).

A40) Harry Enfield & Kathy Burke





ROUND FIVE: –  MUSIC AND LIGHTS.


Q41) Stay Another Day” was a christmas hit for which boy-band?

A41) East 17


Q42) Which rock legend had a hit with a cover of Bob Marley song, “I Shot The Sheriff”?

A42) Eric Clapton.


Q43) What 1980 single provided the biggest hit for the Police?

A43) Don’t Stand So Close to Me.


Q44) Who’s 1st million selling American hit was called “Please, Please, Please”?

A44) James Brown.


Q45) Ian Anderson was the lead singer of which prog rock band?

A45) Jethro Tull.


Q46) Grace Mendosa was the real name of which Jamaican born singer?

A46) Grace Jones.


Q47) Inga Marchand is the real name of which US rapper?

A47) Foxy Brown.


Q48) Which band holds the record for the most sessions recorded for John Peel?

A48) The Fall.   (24.)


Q49) What was the 1st, last, and only number 1, for The Pretenders?

A49) Brass In Pocket.


Q50) Which former member of Squeeze now has his own Rhythm and Blues Orchestra?

A50) Jools Holland





ROUND SIX: – GENERAL IGNORANCE.


Q51) What name is given to the Japanese art of paper-folding?

A51) Origami


Q52) Which motorway links London to Cambridge?

A52) M11.


Q53) What does a catholic call the string of beads used for praying?

A53) A rosary.


Q54) General Augusto Pinochet was the former dictator of which South American country?

A54) Chile.


Q55) According to the Chinese calendar, 2005 was the Year of the what?

A55) Rooster.


Q56) Swedish cars display which international registration mark?

A56) S.


Q57) Complete the title of Leonardo’s painting; - The Last … ?

A57) Supper.


Q58) In the Bible, who ordered the crucifixion of Jesus?

A58) Pontius Pilate.


Q59) Lombardy, Sicily, and Tuscany are parts of which European country?

A59) Italy.


Q60) According to the old proverb, what blows no good?

A60) An ill wind.


Number sixty-eight in a series of of seventy-two, I should add.

Enjoy.

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