BINGO QUIZ

Choose you own question from 1 to 70

1.

What government position did Clare Short hold last year when she resigned over Iraq?

2.

Who famously “got on his bike” to look for work?

3.

Who won the first TV series of Strictly Come Dancing and is co-presenting the current series?

4.

Name the legendary former manager of Tottenham Hotspur, the first football manager to achieve both the league and cup double in 1961, who died recently.

5.

Which seducer first appeared in Nicholas Rowe’s play The Fair Penitent?

6.

Of which Pacific country is Papeete the capital?

7.

What was Pink Floyd’s only ever No.1 hit record?

8.

From which European language do we derive our word marmalade?

9.

Who was the first English king to officially assume the title 'King of Ireland'?

10.

In January 2005, the Huygens probe will (hopefully) land on the largest moon of the planet Saturn, the first time a man-made spacecraft will land on a world of the outer solar system.  What is the name of this moon?

11.

What word can be all of the following: an activity, a small horse, a bird of prey?

12.

To within plus or minus ten years in which year was the Spanish Inquisition finally abolished?

13.

Apparently, when he was just five years old, Shadow Defence Secretary, Nicholas Soames, walked into his grandfather’s bedroom and asked him: “Grandpa, is it true you are the greatest man in the world”, “Yes I am” replied Grandpa, “now bugger off!!”.  Who was Grandpa?

14.

Who stars as J M Barrie in the recently released film Finding Neverland?

15.

If you ordered 'cuisses de grenouilles' in an upmarket restaurant, what would you be getting?

16.

What does an uxoriphobe hate?

17.

What name was given by the ancient Romans to that class of citizens who were only capable of serving the state by producing children?

18.

Which poet and author wrote two critically acclaimed memoirs of his parents entitled: When Did You Last See Your Father? and Things My Mother Never Told Me?

19.

What is the only word in regular use in English which contains three consecutive sets of double letters?

20.

'Acker' is a West Country slang word for mate.  So what is Acker Bilk’s real first name?

21.

Russia, Canada, China, and the United States.  Which country is next in the sequence?

22.

Name the country from the clues in the pictures below.

23.

Who wrote Embraces’ hit song Gravity which is currently in the charts?

24.

Juan Luis Barroso has been in the news a bit recently.  Who is he?

25.

Both Letizia Ortiz and Mary Donaldson made international news headlines in May this year.  What did they do?

26.

According to Colin Dexter why did Inspector Morse’s father name his son Endeavour?

27.

It’s an old joke that “a man is only as good as the woman he feels” but who said it first?

28.

On which street would you have found Manchester’s Town Hall prior to 1868?

29.

How is epistaxis more commonly known?

30.

Come Friday this week, no doubt a lot of us will again be burning in effigy poor old Guy Fawkes for attempting a rather radical solution to the problem of Parliamentary reform - but 'Guy' was just the English way of pronouncing his actual first name.  What was it?

31.

Let’s play Jeopardy.  If Louis Armstrong’s answer was “Man, if you gotta ask, you’ll never know”, what was the question?

32.

Of which Middle Eastern country is Manama the capital?

33.

Which Anglican archbishop is known as The Primate of England?

34.

Which British city was struck by a typhoid epidemic in 1964?

35.

In 1989 which establishment adopted the publicity slogan 'a nice caff with quite a nice Museum attached'?

36.

A carcajou is the alternative name for this animal.  What is its more familiar name?

37.

Which of the four New Testament Gospel writers (i.e. Matthew, Mark, Luke and John) was not actually Jewish?

38.

The first ten amendments to the US constitution are collectively known by what name?

39.

Name the country from the clues in the pictures below.

40.

Which militant Trade Union leader was asked by Harold Wilson in 1967 to “Get your tanks of my lawn”?

41.

In the remake of the classic 1960s film Alfie, starring Jude Law which actress plays Alfie’s 'older woman'?

42.

Which of the 50 states of the USA was once an independent kingdom?

43.

Sandra Paul was a well known model in the 1960s.  She has been married four times.  Her fourth husband is quite well known in Britain today.  Who is he?

44.

Which poem by George Meredith was set to music by Ralph Vaughan Williams?

45.

How are fish or shellfish cooked in the Japanese dish known as tempura?

46.

Which ruler of England was popularly known as 'Tumbledown Dick'?

47.

Princess Morgana got her man and lived happily ever after but Marian Crane came to a sudden and soggy end.  Which recently deceased American actress, linked these two roles?

48.

Which playwright wrote A Long Day's Journey Into Night?

49.

Name the four European capital cities that stand on the River Danube.

50.

What surname is shared by a much capped Republic of Ireland footballer and a prominent Soviet civil rights campaigner born in 1923?

51.

Who, when told the reason he had lost the Labour party leadership was because he was so rude to people when drunk, replied: “What makes them think I’m rude to them because I’m drunk”?

52.

King George II, Empress Catherine the Great, Sir Winston Churchill, novelist Evelyn Waugh….. who is the odd one out and why?

53.

Which bird’s name derives from the Latin word 'butitaurus', meaning a 'bird that bellows like an ox'?

54.

Across Asia On The Cheap was the first in which series of travel guides?

55.

What is the literal translation of the Gaelic word Sassenach?

56.

Who had top ten hits in the 1980s with Stepping Out and It’s Different For Girls?

57.

Managerially speaking, what is the connection between: Lazio, Fulham, Chelsea and Spurs?

58.

Name the country from the clues in the pictures below.

59.

Which Lancashire town has a name derived from the old English words for 'the settlement where acorns are found'?

60.

The remake of the 1960s classic film Alfie is set in New York this time rather than in London (how typical!).  But in which city were the scenes for the film actually shot?

61.

Which two well known former British politicians and former European commissioners have just been appointed to the House of Lords by Tony Blair?

62.

“My Mum used to be a Dad” is the opening line in which modern opera?

63.

What was flown for the first time on July 4 1960?

64.

Which hero of exploration said to his wife on leaving home for the last time: “See that the boy becomes interested in natural history”?

65.

Name the country from the clues in the pictures below.

66.

What did Russell Crowe, Juliette Lewis, William Shatner and Minnie Driver all do in 2004?

67.

If this season’s football Premiership were to be settled alphabetically (and it might), which three teams would be relegated?

68.

Name these three consecutive entries in Chambers’ biographical dictionary:

(a) Flemish painter born in 1577,

(b) Hungarian inventor and puzzle maker,

(c) Polish born American pianist born in 1888?

69.

Who has just published a historical novel called The Serpent and the Moon set in sixteenth century France and based on the love affairs and political intrigues between King Henri Il of France, his wife Catherine de Medici and his mistress Diane de Poitiers?

70.

What connects John Robert Ravenscroft with actress Diana Rigg?

BINGO QUIZ

Choose you own question from 1 to 70

1.

What government position did Clare Short hold last year when she resigned over Iraq?

International Development Secretary

2.

Who famously “got on his bike” to look for work?

Norman Tebbit’s father

3.

Who won the first TV series of Strictly Come Dancing and is co-presenting the current series?

Natasha Kaplinsky

4.

Name the legendary former manager of Tottenham Hotspur, the first football manager to achieve both the league and cup double in 1961, who died recently.

Bill Nicholson

5.

Which seducer first appeared in Nicholas Rowe’s play The Fair Penitent?

Lothario

6.

Of which Pacific country is Papeete the capital?

Tahiti

7.

What was Pink Floyd’s only ever No.1 hit record?

Another Brick In The Wall

8.

From which European language do we derive our word marmalade?

Portuguese

9.

Who was the first English king to officially assume the title 'King of Ireland'?

Henry the Eighth

10.

In January 2005, the Huygens probe will (hopefully) land on the largest moon of the planet Saturn, the first time a man-made spacecraft will land on a world of the outer solar system.  What is the name of this moon?

Titan

11.

What word can be all of the following: an activity, a small horse, a bird of prey?

Hobby

12.

To within plus or minus ten years in which year was the Spanish Inquisition finally abolished?

1834

(accept any year from 1824-1844)

13.

Apparently, when he was just five years old, Shadow Defence Secretary, Nicholas Soames, walked into his grandfather’s bedroom and asked him: “Grandpa, is it true you are the greatest man in the world”, “Yes I am” replied Grandpa, “now bugger off!!”.  Who was Grandpa?

Winston Churchill

14.

Who stars as J M Barrie in the recently released film Finding Neverland?

Johnny Depp

15.

If you ordered 'cuisses de grenouilles' in an upmarket restaurant, what would you be getting?

Frogs’ legs

16.

What does an uxoriphobe hate?

His wife!

17.

What name was given by the ancient Romans to that class of citizens who were only capable of serving the state by producing children?

The Proletariate

18.

Which poet and author wrote two critically acclaimed memoirs of his parents entitled: When Did You Last See Your Father? and Things My Mother Never Told Me?

Blake Morrison

19.

What is the only word in regular use in English which contains three consecutive sets of double letters?

Book-keeping

20.

'Acker' is a West Country slang word for mate.  So what is Acker Bilk’s real first name?

Bernard

21.

Russia, Canada, China, and the United States.  Which country is next in the sequence?

Brazil

(in order of land area)

22.

Name the country from the clues in the pictures below.

Djibouti

(Gee – Boot – Tee)

23.

Who wrote Embraces’ hit song Gravity which is currently in the charts?

Chris Martin

(of Coldplay)

24.

Juan Luis Barroso has been in the news a bit recently.  Who is he?

The new Head of the European Commission

25.

Both Letizia Ortiz and Mary Donaldson made international news headlines in May this year.  What did they do?

Letizia married the heir to the throne of Spain (Crown Prince Felipe) and Mary married the heir to the throne of Denmark (Crown Prince Frederik)

26.

According to Colin Dexter why did Inspector Morse’s father name his son Endeavour?

Because of his admiration for Captain Cook whose ship bore that name

27.

It’s an old joke that “a man is only as good as the woman he feels” but who said it first?

Groucho Marx

28.

On which street would you have found Manchester’s Town Hall prior to 1868?

King Street

29.

How is epistaxis more commonly known?

Nosebleed

30.

Come Friday this week, no doubt a lot of us will again be burning in effigy poor old Guy Fawkes for attempting a rather radical solution to the problem of Parliamentary reform - but 'Guy' was just the English way of pronouncing his actual first name.  What was it?

Guido

(which was how he signed his confession)

31.

Let’s play Jeopardy.  If Louis Armstrong’s answer was “Man, if you gotta ask, you’ll never know”, what was the question?

“What is Jazz?”

32.

Of which Middle Eastern country is Manama the capital?

Bahrain

33.

Which Anglican archbishop is known as The Primate of England?

The Archbishop of York

(NOT Canterbury – who is the Primate of ALL England - the titles were bestowed by a medieval Pope to try settle a rivalry between the two)

34.

Which British city was struck by a typhoid epidemic in 1964?

Aberdeen

35.

In 1989 which establishment adopted the publicity slogan 'a nice caff with quite a nice Museum attached'?

The Victoria and Albert Museum

36.

A carcajou is the alternative name for this animal.  What is its more familiar name?

Wolverine

37.

Which of the four New Testament Gospel writers (i.e. Matthew, Mark, Luke and John) was not actually Jewish?

Luke

(he was Greek)

38.

The first ten amendments to the US constitution are collectively known by what name?

The Bill of Rights

39.

Name the country from the clues in the pictures below.

Angola

(Anne – Goal – A)

40.

Which militant Trade Union leader was asked by Harold Wilson in 1967 to “Get your tanks of my lawn”?

Hugh Scanlon

41.

In the remake of the classic 1960s film Alfie, starring Jude Law which actress plays Alfie’s 'older woman'?

Susan Sarandon

42.

Which of the 50 states of the USA was once an independent kingdom?

Hawaii

43.

Sandra Paul was a well known model in the 1960s.  She has been married four times.  Her fourth husband is quite well known in Britain today.  Who is he?

Michael Howard

(you know, the latest Tory leader – OK maybe not THAT well known!)

44.

Which poem by George Meredith was set to music by Ralph Vaughan Williams?

The Lark Ascending

45.

How are fish or shellfish cooked in the Japanese dish known as tempura?

Fried in batter

46.

Which ruler of England was popularly known as 'Tumbledown Dick'?

Richard Cromwell

(who 'tumbled down' to make way for the restoration of King Charles II)

47.

Princess Morgana got her man and lived happily ever after but Marian Crane came to a sudden and soggy end.  Which recently deceased American actress, linked these two roles?

Janet Leigh

(who played Princess Morgana in the 1958 film The Vikings and Marian Crane in the 1960 Hitchcock thriller Psycho)

48.

Which playwright wrote A Long Day's Journey Into Night?

Eugene O’Neill

49.

Name the four European capital cities that stand on the River Danube.

Vienna, Budapest, Bratislava, Belgrade

50.

What surname is shared by a much capped Republic of Ireland footballer and a prominent Soviet civil rights campaigner born in 1923?

Bonner

(Pat and Yelena)

51.

Who, when told the reason he had lost the Labour party leadership was because he was so rude to people when drunk, replied: “What makes them think I’m rude to them because I’m drunk”?

(The late Lord) George Brown

52.

King George II, Empress Catherine the Great, Sir Winston Churchill, novelist Evelyn Waugh….. who is the odd one out and why?

Winston Churchill - the other three all died in the lavatory, Winston was born in one

(actually a ladies’ cloakroom in Blenheim Palace)

53.

Which bird’s name derives from the Latin word 'butitaurus', meaning a 'bird that bellows like an ox'?

The Bittern

54.

Across Asia On The Cheap was the first in which series of travel guides?

The Lonely Planet series

55.

What is the literal translation of the Gaelic word Sassenach?

Saxon

56.

Who had top ten hits in the 1980s with Stepping Out and It’s Different For Girls?

Joe Jackson

57.

Managerially speaking, what is the connection between: Lazio, Fulham, Chelsea and Spurs?

It was at each of these clubs that the last four England managers were employed just prior to them taking up the England role

(Eriksson, Keegan, Hoddle and Venables)

58.

Name the country from the clues in the pictures below.

Mozambique

(Mow – Sam – Beak)

59.

Which Lancashire town has a name derived from the old English words for 'the settlement where acorns are found'?

Accrington

60.

The remake of the 1960s classic film Alfie is set in New York this time rather than in London (how typical!).  But in which city were the scenes for the film actually shot?

Our own dear Manchester!

61.

Which two well known former British politicians and former European commissioners have just been appointed to the House of Lords by Tony Blair?

Neil Kinnock

(former Labour party leader)

and Chris Patten

(last British governor of Hong Kong)

62.

“My Mum used to be a Dad” is the opening line in which modern opera?

Jerry Springer – the Opera

63.

What was flown for the first time on July 4 1960?

The USA flag with the full 50 stars

(Alaska and Hawaii became the last two states to join the union the previous year)

64.

Which hero of exploration said to his wife on leaving home for the last time: “See that the boy becomes interested in natural history”?

Robert Falcon Scott

(father of naturalist Sir Peter Scott)

65.

Name the country from the clues in the pictures below.

Benin

(Ben – In)

66.

What did Russell Crowe, Juliette Lewis, William Shatner and Minnie Driver all do in 2004?

Released albums

67.

If this season’s football Premiership were to be settled alphabetically (and it might), which three teams would be relegated?

Southampton, Tottenham and West Bromwich

68.

Name these three consecutive entries in Chambers’ biographical dictionary:

(a) Flemish painter born in 1577,

(b) Hungarian inventor and puzzle maker,

(c) Polish born American pianist born in 1888?

Rubens (Peter Paul),

Rubik (Erno) and

Rubinstein (Arthur)

69.

Who has just published a historical novel called The Serpent and the Moon set in sixteenth century France and based on the love affairs and political intrigues between King Henri Il of France, his wife Catherine de Medici and his mistress Diane de Poitiers?

Princess Michael of Kent

(that well known royal writer!)

70.

What connects John Robert Ravenscroft with actress Diana Rigg?

The surname Peel

(John Ravenscroft became DJ John Peel and Diana Rigg played Emma Peel in the 1960s TV series The Avengers)