Round One – General knowledge

  1. Which four letter word can go after blood, merchant, river and bottle to make four new phrases? Bank
  2. Which U. S. state is nicknamed the Everglade State as well as the Sunshine State? Florida
  3. What does a somnambulist do when asleep? Sleepwalk
  4. In which novel do Captain Ahab and Ishmael sail on The Pequod? Moby Dick or The Whale
  5. What is the name of the large sandstone rock formation in Australia’s Northern Territory? Ayers Rock or Uluru
  6. Which Paris cabaret theatre takes its name from the French for ‘red mill’? Moulin Rouge (has a windmill at front)
  7. A nanny goes to work for the Banks’ family in London. Which character starred in the series of books and a film. Mary Poppins
  8. Which board game has one hundred tiles played on two hundred and twenty five squares? Scrabble
  9. CR are the international vehicle identification letters for which Central American country? Costa Rica
  10. Name the year: Tony Blair is British Prime Minister, Barak Obama is elected Senator from Illinois, Liverpool win the U. E. F. A. Champions League on penalties after being three nil down at half time.At the Oscars ceremony this year ‘Million Dollar Baby’ wins Best Picture and Best Director.Prince Charles marries Camilla Parker Bowles one week after the death of Pope John Paul II. 2005

Round Three – Numbers2, 8, 6, 10, 4, 7, 9, 1, 3, 5

  1. How many fences are jumped only once in the Grand National Steeplechase? TWO – the Chair and the Water Jump – sixteen fences, fourteen are jumped twice
  2. How many humans were there on Noah’s Ark? EIGHT Noah, Ham, Shem, Japheth and their wives (2 by 2)
  3. British bingo number nicknames: what number was Tom Mix? SIX
  4. How many pounds do you win for three numbers in the National Lottery? TEN
  5. How many suits in a pack of playing cards? FOUR
  6. What was the name of the 1995 film that starred Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt, Gwyneth Paltrow and Kevin Spacey? SEVEN
  7. How many U. S. states have a double consecutive letter in its name e. g. Mississippi double ‘e’? NINE Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Tennessee
  8. Denmark has land borders with how many countries? ONE - Germany
  9. How many U. S. Presidents have been called George? THREE – Washington, Bush Senior and Bush Junior
  10. How many rings are there on the Olympic flag? FIVE

Round Five – Doubles

  1. What are the two largest muscles in the human upper arm (shoulder – elbow)? Biceps brachii and triceps brachii
  2. Which two English counties have land borders with Scotland? Cumbria and Northumberland
  3. Which two Spanish football teams have won La Liga most times? Real Madrid 31 and Barcelona 21 to 2011
  4. Which two TV programmes take their name from George Orwell’s novel ‘1984’? Room 101 and Big Brother (not Film 1984)
  5. Name two of the three films in which Tom Hanks has starred with Meg Ryan films. ‘Joe versus the Volcano’ 1990, ‘Sleepless in Seattle’ 1993 and ‘You’ve Got Mail’ 1998
  6. What are the two main colours of the flag of Spain? Red and yellow
  7. What were the first names of the seventeenth century Cromwell’s – first and second Lord Protectors of England, Scotland and Ireland? Oliver (1653 – 1658 d aged 59) and third son Richard (1658 – 1659 d 1712 aged 85)
  8. Name the Greek and Roman gods of the sea. Poseidon and Neptune
  9. Marie Curie won two Nobel prizes for categories? Chemistry and physics (Physiology or Medicine, Literature, Peace and Economic Science)
  10. Which two continents are separated by the Dardanelles? Europe and Asia

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