WITHQUIZ The Withington Pub Quiz League ALBERT CLUB QUIZZES GK theme - Odds and Evens - Questions & Answers |
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WQ Archive | Comments | Question papers |
Date of compilation | Title | Description | Links |
24/09/2007 | Odds and Evens | Each answer contains the words ‘odd’ or ‘even’ depending on the number of the question. | |
1. |
In 1989 in reference to whom did lawyer George Carman famously say: "Some accountants are comedians, but comedians are never accountants"? |
Ken Dodd |
2. |
In the 1958 film what is it that Rossano Brazzi is singing directly into Mitzi Gaynor's ear? |
"Some Enchanted Evening" |
3. |
Who is actress Kate Hardie’s famous Rochdale-born comedian father? |
Bill Oddie |
4. |
Sleaford, Stamford and Grantham lie in which traditional district of eastern England? |
Kesteven |
5. |
What was most famously advertised by Melanie Sykes? |
Boddington’s Beer |
6. |
What was formed on April 18th 2005 by merging 2 large Government agencies? |
HM Revenue & Customs |
7. |
Which actor has played TV characters named Tucker, Fowler and Kent? |
Todd Carty |
8. |
Who wrote the books The Wrong Box and (appropriately) Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes? |
Robert Louis Stevenson |
9. |
What took place near the village of Branxton in Northumberland on September 9th 1513? |
Battle of Flodden Field |
10. |
In what year was the Act of Union passed by both English and Scottish Parliaments thus forming the Kingdom of Great Britain? |
1707 (Seventeen hundred and seven) |