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CONSTABLE QUIZ LEAGUE / Week 14
ROUND 1 – RECENT NEWS
1 / WHICH TWO BARCELONA FOOTBALLERS WERE INVOLVED IN THE CONTROVERSIAL PENALTY KICK RECENTLY / LIONEL MESSI AND LOUIS SUAREZ
2 / WHICH FORMER OLYMPIC CHAMPION CYCLIST CAME DOWN TO EARTH WITH A BUMP AT FAKENHAM RACES RECENTLY / VICTORIA PENDLETON
3 / ENGLANDS CRICKETERS ARE NEARING THE END OF A SERIES OF MATCHES IN WHICH COUNTRY / SOUTH AFRICA
1 / WHO RECENTLY CONDEMNED DONALD TRUMP AS “NOT A CHRISTIAN” / POPE FRANCIS (ACCEPT THE POPE)
2 / WHICH ROAD BRIDGE HAS BEEN FULLY OPENED AFTER AN 11 WEEK REPAIR OPERATION / FORTH ROAD BRIDGE
3 / WHICH REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL FROM A WELL KNOWN POLITICAL DYNASTY HAS WITHDRAWN FROM THE RACE TO BECOME REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE / JEB BUSH
1 / WHAT IS THE “HAIRY PANIC” THAT HAS BEEN AFFECTING PARTS OF AUSTRALIA / TUMBLEWEED
2 / WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE CYCLONE THAT CAUSED DEVASTATION TO FIJI RECENTLY / WINSTON
3 / A SCULPTURE CALLED ‘THE KISS’ BY SOPHIE RYDER HAS HAD TO BE MOVED FROM THE PATH LEADING TO WHICH CATHEDRAL / SALISBURY
ROUND 2 – INDOOR SPORTS & GAMES
1 / HOW MANY BALLS ARE ON THE TABLE AT THE START OF A GAME OF SNOOKER / 22
2 / IN WHICH INDOOR GAME WOULD YOU USE A SQUIDGER / TIDDLYWINKS
3 / WHAT IS THE 2ND HIGHEST CHECKOUT IN A GAME OF DARTS / 167
1 / WHICH 2 CHESS PIECES ARE USED IN A CASTLING MOVE / KING & ROOK
2 / IN THE GAME OF CLUEDO WHICH OF THE ROOMS COMES LAST ALPHABETICALLY / STUDY
3 / WHICH 3 WEAPONS ARE USED IN MODERN FENCING / FOIL, EPEE, SABRE (MUST GET ALL 3)
1 / HOW MANY PLAYING CARDS ARE USED IN A GAME OF CANASTA / 108 (2 PACKS + 4 JOKERS)
2 / WHICH TABLE TOP GAME IS DERIVED FROM THE LATIN NAME OF A BIRD OF PREY / SUBBUTEO (FALCO SUBBUTEO)
3 / WHAT IS THE ONLY UK MONOPOLY PROPERTY WHICH CONTAINS ALL OF THE 6 DIFFERENT LETTERS OF THE WORD MONOPOLY IN ITS NAME / ELECTRIC COMPANY
ROUND 3 – CRYPTIC CONFECTIONARY (IDENTIFY THE CONFECTIONARY FROM THE FOLLOWING CRYPTIC CLUES)
1 / BIG CATS DRINK HERE / LION BAR
2 / TOOTHLESS DRINK / WINE GUMS
3 / SUBJECT MATTER / TOPIC
1 / NUTTY PUNISHMENT / WALNUT WHIP
2 / TEDDY BEARS LIKE THEM / PICNIC
3 / REWARD FOR CAPTURE OF A FELON / BOUNTY
1 / SWEET TOOTH CLEANER / CANDY FLOSS
2 / INSECTS CAN’T SING / HUMBUGS
3 / FALLEN FRUIT / PEAR DROPS
ROUND 4 – MUSIC (WHICH ACTS HAD NO. 1 HITS IN THE UK WITH THE FOLLOWING INSTRUMENTALS)
1 / ‘O MEIN PAPA’ IN 1954 / EDDIE CALVERT
2 / ‘HOOTS MON’ IN 1958 / LORD ROCKINGHAMS XI
3 / ‘SIDE SADDLE’ IN 1959 / RUSS CONWAY
1 / ‘APACHE’ IN 1960 / THE SHADOWS
2 / ‘TELSTAR’ IN 1962 / THE TORNADOS
3 / ‘DIAMONDS’ IN 1962 / JET HARRIS & TONY MEEHAN
1 / ‘ALBATROSS’ IN 1969 / FLEETWOOD MAC
2 / ‘EYE LEVEL’ IN 1973 / SIMON PARK ORCHESTRA
3 / ‘FLAT BEAT’ IN 1999 / MR OIZO
ROUND 5 - MIX & MATCH
QUESTION MASTER PLEASE HAND OUT MIX & MATCH SHEETS TO EACH TEAM - 2 PER TEAM
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
WRITTEN ROUND 1
REVERSE ORDER
ROUND 6 – ‘MARTINS ON THE SCREEN’
3 / WHO PLAYED BILBO BAGGINS IN PETER JACKSONS THE HOBBIT FILM / MARTIN FREEMAN
2 / NAME THE ACTOR BORN RAMON ESTEVEZ IN 1940 / MARTIN SHEEN
1 / ACTOR WHO PARTNERED JERRY LEWIS IN 17 COMEDY FILMS / DEAN MARTIN
3 / NAME THE DIRECTOR OF THE FILMS ‘TAXI DRIVER AND ‘RAGING BULL’ / MARTIN SCORSESE
2 / NAME THE ACTOR WHO PLAYED INSPECTOR CLOUSEAU IN THE 2006 FILM ‘THE PINK PANTHER’ / STEVE MARTIN
1 / NAME THE BRITISH ACTOR BEST KNOWN FOR PORTRAYING MARTIN ELLINGHAM / MARTIN CLUNES
3 / NAME THE CHARACTER PLAYED BY MEL GIBSON IN THE LETHEL WEAPON FILMS / MARTIN RIGGS
/ MARTIN RIGGS
2 / NAME THE ACTRESS MOTHER OF LARRY HAGMAN / MARY MARTIN
1 / NAME THE ACTOR WHO PLAYED COMMANDER JOHN KOENIG IN SPACE 1999 / MARTIN LANDAU
ROUND 7 – HISTORY
3 / IN 1811 THE BRITISH WORKERS WHO DESTROYED NEWLY INTRODUCED TEXTILE MACHINERY WERE KNOWN AS WHAT / LUDDITES
2 / IN 1822 WHICH MODERN DAY WEST AFRICAN COUNTRY WAS FOUNDED AS A HOMELAND FOR FREED U S SLAVES / LIBERIA
1 / IN 1839-42 THE FIRST OF MANY WARS WITH CHINA WERE FOUGHT, WHAT DID THESE WARS BECOME KNOWN AS / THE OPIUM WARS
3 / IN 1510 WHICH EUROPEAN COUNTRY INVADED THE INDIAN STATE OF GOA AND ESTABLISHED A COLONY / PORTUGAL
2 / IN 1607 WHICH MODERN DAY U S STATE BECAME THE FIRST BRITISH COLONY IN NORTH AMERICA / VIRGINIA
1 / IN 1690 WILLIAM III’s FORCES DEFEATED JAMES II FORCES IN IRELAND HOW IS THIS BATTLE KNOWN / BATTLE OF THE BOYNE
3 / IN WHICH YEAR DID THE EAST GERMAN GOVERNMENT BEGIN BUILDING THE BERLIN WALL / 1961
2 / IN WHICH YEAR DID THE SIX DAY WAR BETWEEN ISRAEL AND EGYPT AND HER ALLIES TAKE PLACE / 1967
1 / IN WHICH YEAR DID US PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON RESIGN UNDER THREAT OF IMPEACHMENT / 1974
ROUND 8 – GROUPS OF FIVE (NAME THE FIFTH IN EACH GROUP)
3 / LEVITICUS, GENESIS, EXODUS, DEUTERONOMY / NUMBERS
2 / OMAHA, GOLD, UTAH, SWORD / JUNO
1 / CHICO, HARPO, GROUCHO, ZEPPO / GUMMO
3 / DEAN MARTIN, SAMMY DAVIS JNR, FRANK SINATRA, PETER LAWFORD / JOEY BISHOP
2 / CHERYL, KIMBERLEY, NADINE, NICOLA / SARAH (GIRLS ALOUD)
1 / EQUESTRIAN, SHOOTING, SWIMMING, CROSS COUNTRY / FENCING
3 / CHLORINE, FLUORINE, IODINE, BROMINE / ASTATINE (HALOGENS)
2 / CHARLIE BUCKET, AUGUSTUS GLOOP, MIKE TEAVEE, VIOLET BEAUREGARDE / VERUCA SALT (CHARACTERS IN CHARLIE & THE CHOC. FACTORY)
1 / DOVER, NEW ROMNEY, HASTINGS, HYTHE / SANDWICH (ORIGINAL CINQUE PORTS)
ROUND 9 – SEA CROSSINGS (NAME THE BODY OF WATER CROSSED IN THE FOLLOWING SEA JOURNEYS
Please Note:- The 9 answers include 6 seas, 1 gulf, 1 channel and 1 firth)
3 / SEVASTOPOL TO TRABZON TURKEY / THE BLACK SEA
2 / STOCKHOLM TO RIGA / THE BALTIC SEA
1 / SYDNEY TO WELLINGTON / THE TASMAN SEA
3 / MOGADISHU TO MUMBAI / THE ARABIAN SEA
2 / CAGLIARY TO NAPLES / THE TYRRHENIAN SEA
1 / JOHN O’GROATS TO THE ORKNEYS / THE PENTLAND FIRTH
3 / LAGOS TO LIBREVILLE / THE GULF OF GUINEA
2 / KAMCHATKA PENINSULAR TO SAKHALIN ISLAND / THE SEA OF OKHOTSK
1 / MAPUTO TO MADAGASCAR /

SPARES

1 / WHAT INDOOR SPORT IS PLAYED ON A SURFACE 9’ X 5’ / TABLE TENNIS
2 / CRYPTIC CONFECTIONARY – NORMAN WATTS IN A HELICOPTER / CURLY WURLY
3 / NAME THE CAR MANUFACTURER FAVOURED BY JAMES BOND / ASTON MARTIN
4 / MUSIC – ‘ANIMALS’ IN 2013 / MARTIN GARRIX
5 / WHOSE HORSE WAS NAMED SCOUT / TONTO

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