ROUND 1-4 - Bingo Quiz

Choose your question by selecting a number

1.

Which Liberal Democrat MP was runner up to Menzies Campbell in the recent election for the leadership of the party?

2.

On whose novel is the film The Constant Gardener based?

3.

If dogs are canine, cows bovine and pigs porcine, what are goats?

4.

From the following definitions, name the 3 words that appear consecutively in the dictionary:

(a) a hard, fine-grained dark volcanic rock,

(b) a device that counterbalances so that when one end is lowered, the other is raised,

(c) a foundation or fundamental ingredient.

5.

On 22 December 2005, eight months after Charles and Camilla, which other well known couple ‘got hitched’ at Windsor Town Hall?

6.

In India, what is an ayah?

7.

Which actress has recently played both Queen Elizabeth I and Queen Elizabeth II on TV?

8.

Setanta was the boyhood name of which legendary Irish hero?

9.

The 2006 Winter Olympics have just been held in Turin, Italy.  Which city are they scheduled for in 2010?

10.

What are Dexter and Charolais types of?

11.

In which German city will the England Football Team be based at the start of the 2006 World Cup?

12.

Which of the Apostles was sometimes called Nathaniel?

13.

Name the husband of Culture Secretary, Tessa Jowell, who has been accused of taking bribes from the Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi.

14.

Which Arsenal Old Boy has been employed by Arsène Wenger as motivator and guru to the team?

15.

According to the so-called 12th century Prophecies of St. Malachy, which prominent world figure is ‘Gloria Olivae’?

16.

Who or what are ‘Box and Cox’?

17.

Which composer was given the Greek middle name Theophilus at birth but later changed it to its Latin form?  (middle name and surname required please)

18.

The film Goodnight and Good Luck is based on the real life story of which American newsman who challenged Senator McCarthy’s anti-Communist witch hunts in the 1950s?

19.

At the recent Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia, which country finished fourth in the medals table after Australia, England and Canada?

20.

From the following definitions name these 3 words that are consecutive in the dictionary:

(a) a European flatfish

(b) a fine, powdery substance

(c) to grow well or luxuriously

21.

In Greek mythology, Jason and the Argonauts sailed to the land of Colchis by the Black Sea to obtain the fabled Golden Fleece.  Which modern country is thought by many scholars and archaeologists to be the site of Colchis?

22.

Which famous novel opens with a ball at the house of Anna Scherer?

23.

Which playing card, is traditionally called ‘The Curse of Scotland’?

24.

Which British soccer club won nine successive League Championships between 1966 and 1974?

25.

Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her 80th birthday on April 21st (hurrah, hurrah, we hear you shout).  Only two other British monarchs have reached this grand old age.  Queen Victoria was one.  Name the other.

26.

Harry Whittington, a 78-year old lawyer from Austin Texas made the news headlines recently after suffering a mild heart attack.  What made him so newsworthy?

27.

Of what is tocophobia the fear?

28.

In the recent BBC TV series, Rome, which actor played the part of Julius Caesar?

29.

A short story by E Annie Proulx was the basis for which critically acclaimed film of 2005?

30.

The 2006 Commonwealth Games have just been held in Melbourne, Australia.  Which city will host them in 2010?

31.

Which famous 19th century Briton was said to have discouraged Queen Victoria from visiting his deathbed, telling his friends: “She will only want me to take a message to Albert!”

32.

Which Emperor is buried in the crypt of a Benedictine Abbey in Farnborough, Hampshire?

ROUND 5 - 'Around Britain'

1.

Name this folk song:

“But the sea is wide and I can’t cross over, nor do I have the wings to fly….”

2.

Jabez Clegg is the hero of which novel?

3.

Who wrote the songs: Respect and I’ve Been Loving You Too Long?

4.

What was the name of the mechanical dog in the Wallace and Gromit film, A Close Shave?

5.

From which book does this quote come:

“They made us many promises - more than I can remember - but they never kept any of them but one……...they promised to take our land and they took it”?

6.

Which famous soldier was second in command to Robert the Bruce at the Battle of Bannockburn, striking special fear into the hearts of the English?

7.

Which island was being described in this poem by Sir Walter Scott:

“For with the flow and ebb,

Its style varies from continent to isle,

Dry shod over sands twice every day,

The Pilgrims to the shrine find way.”?

8.

Who played the psychopathic character, Begby, in the film Trainspotting?

ROUND 6 - Hidden theme

Each team has a separate theme – but the two themes are closely related

1.

Who completed the comedy TV Three Of A Kind trio alongside Lenny Henry and Tracey Ullmann?

2.

What was the name of the remote farmhouse at which reclusive farmer Tony Martin shot and killed an intruder in 1999?

3.

Which football league side plays at the Causeway Stadium?

4.

Who captained the Nautilus in Jules Verne’s classic 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea?

5.

In Harper Lee’s 1962 novel To Kill A Mockingbird the young narrator returns from a school Halloween party in her fancy dress costume when she is attacked by Bob Ewell.  As what was she dressed?

6.

The north coast of Africa between Morocco and Libya was known by what name from the time of the Crusades until the 19th century?

7.

What was the full name of the comedy partner of Dan Rowan in the popular TV series of the 1960s and 1970s?

8.

What was the family name of the aristocratic owners of Brideshead Castle in Evelyn Waugh’s 1945 novel Brideshead Revisited?

ROUND 7 - Hidden theme

1.

Who recently won the Best Actor Oscar for playing the title role in the film, Capote? (full name required, please)

2.

Which actress plays the part of Deidre Barlow in Coronation Street?

3.

Which politician was once described by Ann Widdecombe as having “something of the night about him”?

4.

Fill in the missing name from this list: Polly Nicholls, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, ------------ , Mary Kelly.

5.

In golfing terms, give the simplest definition of a birdie.

6.

Once a kingdom in its own right, of which region in Spain is Zaragoza the capital?

7.

Name the hard-hitting female detective in the TV series Prime Suspect created by Lynda La Plante and played by Helen Mirren.

8.

Which small town in north-west Germany, near the border with Holland, has a castle called the Schwanenberg (Swan’s Castle) which was the setting for Wagner’s romantic opera Lohengrin?

ROUND 8 - 'Wordplay (or Semantics for Pedants!)'

1.

The name of which Irish county might mistakenly be translated into Latin as 'Quercus Sober'?

2.

Translate the word Bosphorus into English to give the name of an English city.

3.

What does the formation of these 3 words have in common: Pianoforte, Hermaphrodite and Chiaroscuro?

4.

Which English word, derived from the Greek word for time, was originally used by university students to denote a long standing friend, and is now used generally to describe a close but slightly unsavoury associate?

5.

‘Cricket Shot’ is an anagram of the surname of which English batsman?

6.

Identify the groundbreaking theatrical play from the ‘dingbat’ expression ‘ankoolger’.

7.

What popular 1978 Hollywood film was released in France as Gummina, as Brilliantino in Italy, and as Vaselina in Mexico?

8.

A Lallans (or Lowland Scots) speaker might wear ‘Galluses’.  What are ‘Galluses’?

1.

In which work of fiction would you be able to order a cocktail called ‘A Pan-Galactic Gargle-Blaster’?

2.

Antofagasta is a large port in the north of which country?

3.

1n sport, what does the acronym LOCOG stand for?

4.

In French politics, what position does Dominique de Villepin currently hold?

5.

Which Queen of England was the only one never to set foot in England?

6.

Which school of philosophy was founded in Athens by Zeno?

7.

The actress Lynne Perrie died recently.  What part did she play in Coronation Street for 15 years until 1994?

8.

‘Isca Dumnoniorum’ was the Roman name for which modern English city?

ROUND 1-4 - Bingo Quiz

Choose your question by selecting a number

1.

Which Liberal Democrat MP was runner up to Menzies Campbell in the recent election for the leadership of the party?

Chris Huhne

2.

On whose novel is the film The Constant Gardener based?

John Le Carré

3.

If dogs are canine, cows bovine and pigs porcine, what are goats?

Caprine

4.

From the following definitions, name the 3 words that appear consecutively in the dictionary:

(a) a hard, fine-grained dark volcanic rock,

(b) a device that counterbalances so that when one end is lowered, the other is raised,

(c) a foundation or fundamental ingredient.

Basalt,

Bascule,

Base

5.

On 22 December 2005, eight months after Charles and Camilla, which other well known couple ‘got hitched’ at Windsor Town Hall?

Elton John and David Furnish

6.

In India, what is an ayah?

A nurse or maid

7.

Which actress has recently played both Queen Elizabeth I and Queen Elizabeth II on TV?

Helen Mirren

8.

Setanta was the boyhood name of which legendary Irish hero?

Cuchulainn

(Coo-cull-inn)

9.

The 2006 Winter Olympics have just been held in Turin, Italy.  Which city are they scheduled for in 2010?

Vancouver

(Canada)

10.

What are Dexter and Charolais types of?

Cattle

11.

In which German city will the England Football Team be based at the start of the 2006 World Cup?

Baden Baden

12.

Which of the Apostles was sometimes called Nathaniel?

Bartholomew

13.

Name the husband of Culture Secretary, Tessa Jowell, who has been accused of taking bribes from the Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi.

David Mills

14.

Which Arsenal Old Boy has been employed by Arsène Wenger as motivator and guru to the team?

Martin Keown

15.

According to the so-called 12th century Prophecies of St. Malachy, which prominent world figure is ‘Gloria Olivae’?

Pope Benedict XVI

(‘Glory of the Olives’ – St Malachy is supposed to have had a vision of all future popes and gave each of them a cryptic Latin description)

16.

Who or what are ‘Box and Cox’?

Two people who live in the same house but never meet – or two people who share a stage role so never meet on stage

17.

Which composer was given the Greek middle name Theophilus at birth but later changed it to its Latin form?  (middle name and surname required please)

(Wolfgang) Amadeus Mozart

18.

The film Goodnight and Good Luck is based on the real life story of which American newsman who challenged Senator McCarthy’s anti-Communist witch hunts in the 1950s?

Ed Murrow

19.

At the recent Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia, which country finished fourth in the medals table after Australia, England and Canada?

India

20.

From the following definitions name these 3 words that are consecutive in the dictionary:

(a) a European flatfish

(b) a fine, powdery substance

(c) to grow well or luxuriously

Flounder,

Flour,

Flourish

21.

In Greek mythology, Jason and the Argonauts sailed to the land of Colchis by the Black Sea to obtain the fabled Golden Fleece.  Which modern country is thought by many scholars and archaeologists to be the site of Colchis?

Georgia

22.

Which famous novel opens with a ball at the house of Anna Scherer?

War and Peace

23.

Which playing card, is traditionally called ‘The Curse of Scotland’?

The Nine of Diamonds

(supposedly because the Duke of Cumberland wrote the order: 'No Quarter' on it after the battle of Culloden in 1746)

24.

Which British soccer club won nine successive League Championships between 1966 and 1974?

(Glasgow) Celtic

25.

Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her 80th birthday on April 21st (hurrah, hurrah, we hear you shout).  Only two other British monarchs have reached this grand old age.  Queen Victoria was one.  Name the other.

King George III

26.

Harry Whittington, a 78-year old lawyer from Austin Texas made the news headlines recently after suffering a mild heart attack.  What made him so newsworthy?

His heart attack was caused by being shot in the chest with buckshot from the gun of his friend, US Vice President, Dick Cheney

(...who apparently mistook him for an overgrown, presumably mutant, quail!!

27

Of what is tocophobia the fear?

Childbirth

28.

In the recent BBC TV series, Rome, which actor played the part of Julius Caesar?

Ciaran Hinds

29.

A short story by E Annie Proulx was the basis for which critically acclaimed film of 2005?

Brokeback Mountain

30.

The 2006 Commonwealth Games have just been held in Melbourne, Australia.  Which city will host them in 2010?

Delhi (India)

31.

Which famous 19th century Briton was said to have discouraged Queen Victoria from visiting his deathbed, telling his friends: “She will only want me to take a message to Albert!”

Benjamin Disraeli

32.

Which Emperor is buried in the crypt of a Benedictine Abbey in Farnborough, Hampshire?

Napoleon III

(former Emperor of the French)

ROUND 5 - 'Around Britain'

1

Name this folk song:

“But the sea is wide and I can’t cross over, nor do I have the wings to fly….”

Carrickfergus

(“I wish I was in.......”)

2.

Jabez Clegg is the hero of which novel?

The Manchester Man

3.

Who wrote the songs: Respect and I’ve Been Loving You Too Long?

Otis Redding

(Reading)

4.

What was the name of the mechanical dog in the Wallace and Gromit film, A Close Shave?

Preston

5.

From which book does this quote come:

“They made us many promises - more than I can remember - but they never kept any of them but one……...they promised to take our land and they took it”?

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

6.

Which famous soldier was second in command to Robert the Bruce at the Battle of Bannockburn, striking special fear into the hearts of the English?

Sir James Douglas

(or ‘The Black Douglas’)

7.

Which island was being described in this poem by Sir Walter Scott:

“For with the flow and ebb,

Its style varies from continent to isle,

Dry shod over sands twice every day,

The Pilgrims to the shrine find way.”?

Lindisfarne

(Holy Island)

8.

Who played the psychopathic character, Begby, in the film Trainspotting?

Robert Carlyle

(Carlisle)

1

Who completed the comedy TV Three Of A Kind trio alongside Lenny Henry and Tracey Ullmann?

David Copperfield

2.

What was the name of the remote farmhouse at which reclusive farmer Tony Martin shot and killed an intruder in 1999?

Bleak House

3.

Which football league side plays at the Causeway Stadium?

Wycombe Wanderers

4.

Who captained the Nautilus in Jules Verne’s classic 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea?

Captain Nemo

5.

In Harper Lee’s 1962 novel To Kill A Mockingbird the young narrator returns from a school Halloween party in her fancy dress costume when she is attacked by Bob Ewell.  As what was she dressed?

A ham

6.

The north coast of Africa between Morocco and Libya was known by what name from the time of the Crusades until the 19th century?

The Barbary Coast

7.

What was the full name of the comedy partner of Dan Rowan in the popular TV series of the 1960s and 1970s?

Dick Martin

8.

What was the family name of the aristocratic owners of Brideshead Castle in Evelyn Waugh’s 1945 novel Brideshead Revisited?

Flyte

Theme: Dickens’ novels, David Copperfield and Bleak House....

Answers 3, 5 & 7 refer to the characters: Mr. Wickham, Ham Pegotty and Mr. Dick from David Copperfield....

Answers 4, 6 & 8 refer to the characters: Mr Nemo (the scrivener), Miss Barbary (aka Lady Dedlock) and Miss Flite from Bleak House

ROUND 7 - Hidden theme

1.

Who recently won the Best Actor Oscar for playing the title role in the film, Capote? (full name required, please)

Philip Seymour Hoffmann

2.

Which actress plays the part of Deidre Barlow in Coronation Street?

Anne Kirkbride

3.

Which politician was once described by Ann Widdecombe as having “something of the night about him”?

Michael Howard

4.

Fill in the missing name from this list: Polly Nicholls, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, ------------ , Mary Kelly.

Catherine Eddowes

(they are the five named victims of Jack the Ripper)

5.

In golfing terms, give the simplest definition of a birdie.

A score on an individual hole that is one stroke below par

(any variation on this will do so long as it contains the phrase 'one stroke below par')

6.

Once a kingdom in its own right, of which region in Spain is Zaragoza the capital?

Aragon

7.

Name the hard-hitting female detective in the TV series Prime Suspect created by Lynda La Plante and played by Helen Mirren.

Jane Tennyson

8.

Which small town in north-west Germany, near the border with Holland, has a castle called the Schwanenberg (Swan’s Castle) which was the setting for Wagner’s romantic opera Lohengrin?

Cleves or Kleve

Theme: Each answer contains the first name, surname or title of one of Henry VIII's wives

ROUND 8 - 'Wordplay (or Semantics for Pedants!)'

1.

The name of which Irish county might mistakenly be translated into Latin as 'Quercus Sober'?

Cork

2.

Translate the word Bosphorus into English to give the name of an English city.

Oxford

3.

What does the formation of these 3 words have in common: Pianoforte, Hermaphrodite and Chiaroscuro?

Each is formed by running together two opposites

(i.e. Soft/Strong, Hermes/ Aphrodite and Light/Dark)

4.

Which English word, derived from the Greek word for time, was originally used by university students to denote a long standing friend, and is now used generally to describe a close but slightly unsavoury associate?

Crony

5.

‘Cricket Shot’ is an anagram of the surname of which English batsman?

Trescothick

6.

Identify the groundbreaking theatrical play from the ‘dingbat’ expression ‘ankoolger’.

Look Back in Anger

7.

What popular 1978 Hollywood film was released in France as Gummina, as Brilliantino in Italy, and as Vaselina in Mexico?

Grease

8.

A Lallans (or Lowland Scots) speaker might wear ‘Galluses’.  What are ‘Galluses’?

Braces

(for keeping yer kecks up!)

1.

In which work of fiction would you be able to order a cocktail called ‘A Pan-Galactic Gargle-Blaster’?

The Hitchhikers’ Guide to the Galaxy

(by Douglas Addams)

2.

Antofagasta is a large port in the north of which country?

Chile

3.

1n sport, what does the acronym LOCOG stand for?

London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games

(recently established following the award of the 2012 Olympic Games to London)

4.

In French politics, what position does Dominique de Villepin currently hold?

Prime Minister

5.

Which Queen of England was the only one never to set foot in England?

Berengaria of Navarre or just Berengaria

(wife of Richard the Lionheart, who never came here much either)

6.

Which school of philosophy was founded in Athens by Zeno?

Stoicism or The Stoics

7.

The actress Lynne Perrie died recently.  What part did she play in Coronation Street for 15 years until 1994?

Ivy Tilsley

8.

‘Isca Dumnoniorum’ was the Roman name for which modern English city?

Exeter

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