Position | Team Name | Score |
1st | The BDSM’s | 58 |
2nd | SOMA | 38 |
3rd | Traci. | 28.5 |
Q1) Danny Boyle won Best Director, this year for directing “Slumdog Millionaire”; who wrote the novel it’s based on?
A1) Vikas Swarup
Q2) How many awards DID that Danny Boyle directed film get, in total?
A2) 8; – including Best Director, Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay
Q3) Ron Howard was nominated for Best Director, and lost to Danny Boyle. For which film was Ron Howard nominated?
A3) “Frost/Nixon”
Q4) Exactly how many nominations did “The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button” get, for this year’s Oscars?
A4) 13
Q5) “Wall•E” won Best Animated Feature film, this year; – which company made “Wall•E”?
A5) Pixar.
Q6) Kate Winslet finally won an Oscar, for Best Actress, in “The Reader”. She mentioned a bottle of what, in her acceptance speech?
A6) Shampoo.
Q7) Penelope Cruz won the Best Supporting Actress award; – for which film?
A7) “Vicky Christina Barcelona”
Q8) Sean Penn won the Best Actor gong; — for his performance in which film?
A8) “Milk”
Q9) Who else was heavily tipped for the Best Actor gong, for his role in “The Wrestler”?
A9) Mickey Rourke
Q10) Heath Leadger got the Best Supporting Actor this year for his performance as the Joker, in “Dark Knight”; - who was the only other actor to get a posthumous Oscar?
A10) Peter Finch, for his role in “Network”, in 1976
ROUND ONE: – GENERAL KNOWLEDGE.
Q1) In which African country is the city of Durban?
A1) South Africa
Q2) What musical note is written in the space above the bottom line of the Treble clef?
Q2) F
Q3) In which country of the UK was Tony Blair when the 7/7 attacks took place?
A3) Scotland. (At the G8 conference, in Gleneagles)
Q4) What is East Pakistan now known as?
A4) Bangladesh.
Q5) Packhams Triumph & Conference are types of what?
A5) Pears.
Q6) According to various newspaper reports about his diary, Prince Charles considers himself to be a political what?
A6) Dissident.
Q7) What’s the name of Sharon and Ozzy’s eldest daughter?
A7) Aimee
Q8) In heraldry, what colour is Gules?
A8) Red.
Q9) The Dunmow Flitch is awarded to the UK’s happiest Newlyweds. A Flitch is a side of what?
A9) A side of bacon.
Q10) Which modern brass instrument was developed from the sackbut; – the trombone, the trumpet, or the saxophone?
A10) The trombone.
ROUND TWO: – SENSES WORKING OVERTIME.
Q11) Which part of the eye contains light-sensitive cells?
A11) The retina
Q12) Which part of the eye gives its colour?
A12) The iris
Q13) Which composer wrote much of his finest music when he was deaf?
A13) Ludwig van Beethoven
Q14) Which sense does the Venus Flytrap use to capture it’s prey?
A14) Touch
Q15) And which part of the eye gets smaller when the lights go on?
A15) Pupil
Q16) Are the semi-circular canals in the eye, the nose, or the ear?
A16) The ear
Q17) Olfactory nerves are responsible for which of the senses?
A17) Smell
Q18) How many basic tastes can the human tongue distinguish?
A18) Four
Q19) What is the medical term for not being able to smell?
A19) Anosmia
Q20) Which nerve carries information from the eye to the brain?
A20) The optic nerve
ROUND THREE: – MUSIC AND LIGHTS
Q21) Which boy band had a 2003 No 1 with “Mandy”?
A21) Westlife
Q22) What musical instrument was patented by Anthony Faas of Philadelphia in 1854; – The accordion, the saxophone, or the Moog organ?
A22) The accordion.
Q23) Buddy Holly classic, “Peggy Sue”, was named after the girlfriend of which member of the Crickets; – Buddy Holly, himself, the bass player, or the guitarist?
A23) The drummer
Q24) The word gamelan refers to a type of music from where; – Indonesia, Africa, or South America?
A24) Indonesia
Q25) Which Beatles song was the first to be seen and heard around the world on satellite TV?
A25) “All You Need Is Love”.
Q26) What was the Spice Girls’ debut single?
A26) “Wannabe”.
Q27) Which guitarist has the nicknames God and Slowhand?
A27) Eric Clapton
Q28) Rapper DMX’s real name is Earl … what?
A28) Simmons
Q29) Which bird gave Fleetwood Mac a No 1 instrumental?
A29) “Albatross”*
Q30) Which very French dance comes from “Orpheus in the Underworld”?
A30) The Can-can
ROUND FOUR: – SPORTING CHANCES.
Q31) Who was the 1st female competitor excused a sex test at the 1976 Olympics?
A31) Princess Anne.
Q32) Nigel Pearson was the skipper of the 1997 FA Cup Final team; – which team was it?
A32) Middlesborough.
Q33) What was the 1st Grand Slam title won by Kim Clijsters?
A33) The US Open.
Q34) Which Italian said he couldn’t “understand a word Dennis Wise is saying”?
A34) Gianfranco Zola.
Q35) In which city did football legend George Best die?
A35) London.
Q36) Gabriela Sabatini comes from which country?
A36) Argentina.
Q37) The Vince Lombardi Trophy is awarded in which sport?
A37) American Football.
Q38) Eric Cantona joined Manchester United from which club?
A38) Leeds.
Q39) In which Spanish city were the 1992 Olympics held?
A39) Barcelona.
Q40) How many attempts at the target do you get per game of Curling?
A40) Two
ROUND FIVE: – IN THE GARDEN.
Q41) French, runner, or broad. What kind of vegetable are we talking about?
A41) Beans
Q42) Hybrid tea, Floribunda and American Beauty are all types of which flower?
A42) Rose.
Q43) Coxs Orange Pippin, Bramley, & Granny Smith, are types of what fruit?
A43) Apples.
Q44) If you grew a box, in your garden, what have you just grown?
A44) A hedge.
Q45) Which heap provides fertiliser, for the garden?
A45) The compost heap.
Q46) What are tulip’s grown from; – bulbs or seeds?
A46) Bulbs
Q47) Culinary herbs are usually grown for what?
A47) Cooking/eating.
Q48) What do secateurs do?
A48) Cut.
Q49) What piece of garden equipment can be rotary, or hover?
A49) The lawn mower.
Q50) What is a plant’s foliage?
A50) Its leaves
ROUND SIX: – GENERAL IGNORANCE.
Q51) Who is the longest serving member of the Privy Council?
A51) The Duke of Edinburgh (appointed in 1951)
Q52) What is the meaning of the word Hypocaust; – Annihilation of a town by flood, mass inoculation, or underfloor heating.
A52) Underfloor heating.
Q53) What is the collective name for the 9 handmaidens of Odin?
A53) Valkyries.
Q54) Which North African seaport’s name is Spanish for white house?
A54) Casablanca
Q55) Which is the only vowel on a standard keyboard that is not on the top line of letters?
A55) A
Q56) What's the worlds most popular Non Alcoholic Drink?
A56) Coffee
Q57) Which castle is on the island of Anglesey?
A57) Beaumaris
Q58) In the USA, what film is celebrated on the 2nd of February?
A58) Groundhog Day
Q59) Westminster Abbey is dedicated to which saint?
A59) Saint Peter. (It’s formally called the Abbey Church of Saint Peter, Westminster.)
Q60) The Bigbellied Seahorse has been found to be the most promiscuous species of seahorse. But it lives off the coast of which country?
A60) Australia
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