Red Lion Cottage East Bergholt Suffolk 21st October 2009

Red Lion Cottage
East Bergholt
Suffolk
21st October 2009
Quizmeisters:
☯ The Dicky “A”
☯ Dedham sports & social club
☯ Hare & Hounds
Constable quiz league week 4 – 25th October 2009
As well as this covering letter, you should have received:
☯ Eight pages of questions & answers
☯ Three copies of a “Mix & Match” hand-out
☯ Three copies of a “Top Ten” hand-out printed in black & white
☯ Three copies of the same “Top Ten” hand-out but (hopefully) printed in
colour
Please check you have everything. If anything missing then you should be
able to contact me on quiz night on my home phone-number 01206-298888.
Do please try and enjoy the quiz!
Ch.
Charlie Stannett
CONSTABLE QUIZ LEAGUE – WEEK 4
ROUND 1 – Current Affairs
1 Which “Frome Flyer” became a world champion last
weekend? NB – “Frome” rhymes with “Zoom” and “Vroom”.
2 Which gymnast won the second world title of her career at the
O2 arena last weekend?
3 Which Suffolk-born lady recently won her 3rd Ironman
triathlon world championship?
1
2
3
1
2
3
Name the be-knighted former TV & Radio presenter, author &
campaigner whose death at a nursing home in Salisbury, aged
80, was announced on Monday.
Which newspaper generated over 20,000 complaints to the
Press Complaints Commission?
Who have the Republic of Ireland been drawn against in their
World Cup play-off?
According to the news on Tuesday, where does the fattest man
in England – possibly the world - live?
Which two prisons were accused of switching prisoners to fool
inspectors?
Which 60s TV series theme music did Vic Mizzy write, the
tune being reprised in the 1990’s films based on the series?
Set by The Original King’s Head
(Accept no substitute) ©
(Jenson) Button
(Beth) Tweddle
(Chrissie) Wellington
Sir Ludovic Kennedy
The Daily Mail (an article about
Stephen Gately’s death)
France
Ipswich
Pentonville & Wandsworth.
(when this was written, Brixton was
also beginning to be implicated)
the Addams Family
ROUND 2 – please do NOT announce the theme of this round until after question 1
1
The Archers
2
3
What long-running radio soap is broadcast on Radio 4 every
evening after the 7 o’clock news?
In which fictional village is the Archers set?
In which fictional county is Ambridge?
1
2
3
What is the name of the Ambridge pub?
What is the name of the hotel?
What is the name of the Archers’ main farm?
The Bull
Grey Gables
Brookfield
1
2
3
Why did the marriage between Alan and Usha raise eyebrows?
What’s the relationship between Kenton & Shula?
What is Eddy & Clarie’s family name?
He’s a vicar, she’s hindu
(twin) brother & sister
Grundy
Ambridge
Borsetshire
Page 1 of 8
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ROUND 3 – Two out of three ain’t bad
Each question requires THREE answers
If a team answers two correctly then award one point but do not say which two answers were correct before
passing on for a bonus.
If the question does get passed on, all three correct answers must be given to earn the bonus.
1
2
3
What were the names of the tunnels in The Great Escape
What were the names of Donald Duck’s nephews?
Name Homer Simpson’s three children.
Tom, Dick & Harry
Huey, Dewey & Louie
Bart, Lisa & Maggie
1
2
3
What are the colours of the flag of the Russian Federation?
What are the colours of the flag of Argentina?
What are the colours of the flag of Cuba?
(Mid-)Blue,white, red
(Light) Blue, white, yellow
Red, white & blue
1
Who were the three main members of the band “The Police”?
2
Who were the three elder Marx Brothers, and the core of the
act
3
Which three actresses took starring roles in the Avengers
opposite Patrick Macnee?
Sting (also known as Gordon
Sumner);
(Andy) Summers & (Stewart)
Copeland
Chico, Harpo & Groucho. (Gummo
didn’t appear in any films, Zeppo
only appeared in a few.)
(Honor) Blackman, (Diana) Rigg;
(Linda) Thorson.
(Not Lumley – she was in the New
Avengers.)
ROUND 4 – OPENING LINES FROM BOOKS.
One point for the book title; one point for the author.
If either/both answered incorrectly, then still pass on for a bonus point but both must be given correctly
for the bonus.
1
2
3
“Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again”
“Call me Ishmael”
“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in
possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife”
Rebecca – Daphne du Maurier
Moby Dick – Hermann Melville
Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen
1
“It was a bright cold day in April & the clocks were striking
13”
“Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or
whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages
must show”.
“It was a pleasure to burn”
1984 – George Orwell
2
3
David Copperfield – Charles
Dickens
Fahrenheit 451 – Ray Bradbury
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1
2
3
“Someone must have been telling lies about Joseph.K, for one
morning, without having done anything truly wrong, he was
arrested”
“Mother died today. Or maybe yesterday, I don’t know”
“It was love at first sight”
The trial – Franz Kafka
The Outsider – Albert Camus
Catch 22 – Joseph Heller
ROUND 5 – MIX AND MATCH
Question master please hand out Mix and Match sheets to each team.
The answers are:
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
(Charles Frederick) Otis
(Ian Donald Calvin Euclid) “Dweezil”
Lisa Marie
Chifundo "Mercy" James
Duncan
Zak
Fifi Trixibelle
Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily
9 Jonathan
10 Samuel
Bryan Ferry
Frank Zappa
Elvis Presley
Madonna
David Bowie (Duncan Jones)
Ringo Starr
Bob Geldof (& Paula Yates)
Michael Hutchence (also & Paula
Yates)
Tim Yeo
Prunella Scales (& Tim West)
Round 6 - GENERAL KNOWLEDGE -WRITTEN ROUND 1
1.
2.
3.
4.
Which east anglian university is to award honorary doctorates
to gardener Beth Chato and Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour?
Which two brothers were the original authors of the Guinness
Book of records?
7.
Which country owns the Galapagos Islands?
In which year did Roger Bannister first break the four-minute
mile?
Bannister’s pacer that day went on eventually to begin the
London Marathon as we know it today. What was his name?
Who ran their first London marathon in 2002 in a record time
of 2:18:55?
In which city was Pablo Picasso born?
8.
In which country was Bacardi Rum first produced?
5.
6.
9.
What was the nickname of the unsuccessful Hughes H-4
Hercules heavy transport flying boat?
10. What name has been given to the next generation of space
launch vehicles which NASA are using to replace the Shuttle?
11. What temperature is the same in both Centigrade and
Anglia Ruskin (University)
Norris & Ross McWhirter
(1 point for each – 1 point for just
the surname)
Ecuador
1954
Chris Brasher
Paula Radcliffe
Málaga (Andalusian region of
Spain)
Cuba
(Now headquartered in Bermuda)
the Spruce Goose
Ares
Minus 40.
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12.
13.
14.
15.
Fahrenheit?
Which singer played Pedro Jiminez in the Dirty Dozen
What is TRIS-KAI-DEK-A-PHOBIA?
Which company produces the Les Paul and Flying V models?
In English, which is the smallest natural number with seven
letters in its spelled name.
Trini Lopez
The fear of the number 13
Gibson
Fifteen
Why did the chicken cross the road?
To get to the other side.
Why did the pervert cross the road?
He was still having his way with the chicken.
Why did the hedgehog cross the road?
To see his flat mate.
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HALF TIME – REVERSE ORDER
ROUND 7 – Ubiquitous “lyrics” round
The first set of three are George Harrison compositions; the second three are Bob Dylan’s; the final three are
Frankie Goes To Hollywood hits.
3
2
1
3
2
1
3
2
1
I don’t want to leave her now, you know I believe and how
It's been a long cold lonely winter, little darling, it feels like
years since it's been here.
Let me tell you how it will be. There's one for you, nineteen
for me
Something
Here comes the sun
Play a song for me in the jingle jangle morning - I'll come
followin' you.
Some people exist before they're allowed to be free
Stay with your man awhile until the break of day, let me see
you make him smile. His clothes are dirty but his hands are
clean, And you're the best thing that he's ever seen
Mr Tambourine Man
When you want to come, Come-oh oh oh. But shoot it in the
right direction, Make making it your intention-ooh yeah
We got the bomb, We got the bomb-yeah. Sock it to me
(biscuits-now). Are we living in a land Where sex and horror
are the new Gods?
Feels like fire, I'm so in love with you. Dreams are like angels,
They keep bad at bay.
Taxman
Blowin’ in the wind
Lay, Lady, Lay
Relax
Two tribes
The Power of Love
ROUND 8 – Drink Geography
3
2
1
Which country is home to Beaune (pronounced “BONE”)
wine?
Which country is home to White Laguna wine?
Which country is home to Tokay wine?
3
In which county are Badger beers brewed?
France
Italy
Hungary
Dorset
(Hall & Woodhouse, Blandford St.
Mary)
2 In which county does Hook Norton beer originate?
Oxfordshire/Oxon
1 Which county does Sharp’s Doom Bar bitter come from?
Cornwall
(Doom Bar is a sand bank just off
Padstow & Rock)
The scotchwhisky.net website distinguishes between six geographical variants of malt whisky:
Speyside, Highland, Islay, Island, Lowland, and Cambeltown. For the next three questions, identify
which of these areas the whisky comes from.
3 Highland Park
Island (Orkney)
2 Glenmorangie
Highland (Tain, Ross-shire)
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1
Macallan
Speyside
(Craigellachie, Banffshire)
ROUND 9 – Fascinating Flora
3
2
1
Which leaf appear on the Canadian flag?
The Colorado beetle attacks which common plant?
Which pigment makes leaves green?
Maple
Potato
Chlorophyll
3
2
1
What is the alternative name for mountain ash?
What is the fossilised resin of pine tress called?
What is the fastest growing plant?
Rowan
Amber
Bamboo
3
2
1
Copra is the name for which dried tropical nut?
Which edible plant is picked from salt marshes?
What is the world’s TALLEST species of tree?
Coconut
Samphire
Douglas Fir
ROUND 10 – Film quotations
3
2
1
“Well, nobody’s perfect!”
“I see dead people”
“I’ll have what she’s having”
Some like it hot
The Sixth Sense
When Harry met Sally
3
"Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!"
Dr Strangelove
2
1
“I am big, it’s the pictures that got small”
“We rob banks”
Sunset Boulevard
Bonnie & Clyde
3
“A boy’s best friend is his mother”
Psycho
2
“ We want the finest wines available to humanity. And we
want them here, and we want them now!”
“Honey, there's a spider in your bathroom the size of a Buick.”
Withnail & I
1
Annie Hall
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ROUND 11 - THE TOP TEN ROUND.
This time it’s identify these ten news/weather people – PLEASE HAND OUT THE PAPERS.
1
Reginald
Bosanquet
5
Natasha
Kaplinsky
6
Kenneth
Kendall
2
Michael
Buerk
3
Alan
Dedicoat
7
(Sir)
Trevor
McDonald
Anna
Ford
8
Angela
Rippon
4
9
Kate
Silverton
10
Julie
Reinger
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE – WRITTEN ROUND 2
Usual rules apply. The answers to questions 6-14 contain a connection which is answer no. 15.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Which was the first James Bond film to feature Roger Moore
in the title role?
Why is The Monument to the Great Fire of London 202 feet
high?
How is the ratio between the circumference and diameter of a
circle better known?
If it is called “rust” on iron, what’s it called on copper?
What breed is Bo Obama?
Live and Let Die
That’s how far it is from the site of
the shop in Pudding Lane where the
fire started.
Pi
Verdigris
Portugese water dog
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Here come the connections questions...
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
What was the advertising slogan used during the privatisation
of British Gas?
Which famous fell-walker’s routes have recently been repopularised on TV by Julia Bradbury?
Which stately pile was used as the setting for “Brideshead
Revisited”?
Which mundane saloon car replaced the Morris 1000 before
itself being replaced by the Morris Ital?
Who was the only wife of Henry VIII to die normally whilst
married to him?
Who is leader of the Liberal Democrats?
Who resigned as leader of the SDP when its members voted to
merge with the Liberals?
Who wrote a comic play about “The Importance of Being
Earnest”?
Which small Yorkshire town, on the confluence of the Holme
and Ribble rivers, was well-known for film-making in the
early 1900’s, at a time when, according to wikipedia, the
“West Yorkshire film industry surpassed that of Hollywood in
terms of productivity and originality.”
And the connection is ……
“If you see Sid, tell him”
(Alfred) Wainwright
Castle Howard
(Morris) Marina
(Jane) Seymour
(Nick )Clegg
(David) Owen
(Oscar) Wilde
Holmfirth
“Last of the Summer Wine”
Sid (Sid’s Café), Auntie Wainwright, Howard, Marina, Seymour & Clegg are characters;
(Bill) Owen & (Brian) Wilde are actors (played Compo & Foggy); and it’s set in Holmfirth.
SPARES
1.
2.
3.
4.
Which book begins “The Mole had been working very hard all
the morning, spring-cleaning his little home.”
Spare “connections” question:
When a foreign irritant slips into an oyster between its mantle
and shell, the oyster reacts by covering up the irritant with
layers of the same nacre substance that is used to create the
shell. What does this process eventually form?
What is the invasive plant “POLYGONUM CUSPIDATUM “
more commonly known as?
If the child is “Sunday”, which locally known gent is the
father?
The Wind in the Willows (1pt)
Kenneth Grahame (1pt)
A pearl
(Pearl is the name of Howard’s wife
in Last of the Summer Wine)
Japanese Knotweed
Iain Moffat
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CONSTABLE QUIZ LEAGUE – MIX & MATCH ROUND
CHILDREN & THEIR PARENTS
1. (CHARLES FREDERICK) OTIS
TIM YEO
2. (IAN DONALD CALVIN EUCLID)
“DWEEZIL”
RINGO STARR
3. LISA MARIE
PRUNELLA SCALES
4. CHIFUNDO "MERCY" JAMES
MICHAEL HUTCHENCE
5. DUNCAN
MADONNA
6. ZAK
FRANK ZAPPA
7. FIFI TRIXIBELLE
ELVIS PRESLEY
8. HEAVENLY HIRAANI TIGER LILY
DAVID BOWIE
9. JONATHAN
BRYAN FERRY
10. SAMUEL
BOB GELDOF
CONSTABLE QUIZ LEAGUE – MIX & MATCH ROUND
CHILDREN & THEIR PARENTS
1. (CHARLES FREDERICK) OTIS
TIM YEO
2. (IAN DONALD CALVIN EUCLID)
“DWEEZIL”
RINGO STARR
3. LISA MARIE
PRUNELLA SCALES
4. CHIFUNDO "MERCY" JAMES
MICHAEL HUTCHENCE
5. DUNCAN
MADONNA
6. ZAK
FRANK ZAPPA
7. FIFI TRIXIBELLE
ELVIS PRESLEY
8. HEAVENLY HIRAANI TIGER LILY
DAVID BOWIE
9. JONATHAN
BRYAN FERRY
10. SAMUEL
BOB GELDOF
CONSTABLE QUIZ LEAGUE – MIX & MATCH ROUND
CHILDREN & THEIR PARENTS
1. (CHARLES FREDERICK) OTIS
TIM YEO
2. (IAN DONALD CALVIN EUCLID)
“DWEEZIL”
RINGO STARR
3. LISA MARIE
PRUNELLA SCALES
4. CHIFUNDO "MERCY" JAMES
MICHAEL HUTCHENCE
5. DUNCAN
MADONNA
6. ZAK
FRANK ZAPPA
7. FIFI TRIXIBELLE
ELVIS PRESLEY
8. HEAVENLY HIRAANI TIGER LILY
DAVID BOWIE
9. JONATHAN
BRYAN FERRY
10. SAMUEL
BOB GELDOF
Constable Quiz League 2009/10 week 4 – “Top Ten”
For a change, identify these ten British newsreaders & newscasters, & one weather girl.
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Constable Quiz League 2009/10 week 4 – “Top Ten”
For a change, identify these ten British newsreaders & newscasters, & one weather girl.
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Constable Quiz League 2009/10 week 4 – “Top Ten”
For a change, identify these ten British newsreaders & newscasters, & one weather girl.
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Constable Quiz League 2009/10 week 4 – “Top Ten”
For a change, identify these ten British newsreaders & newscasters, & one weather girl.
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Constable Quiz League 2009/10 week 4 – “Top Ten”
For a change, identify these ten British newsreaders & newscasters, & one weather girl.
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Constable Quiz League 2009/10 week 4 – “Top Ten”
For a change, identify these ten British newsreaders & newscasters, & one weather girl.
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