Withington Pub Quiz League - questions 22/05/13

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ROUND 1
5 consecutive answers are linked in some way

1.

Name the five actors that have made the most appearances in Carry On films.

2.

Last month it was announced that from 2016 which former British Prime Minister will replace Elizabeth Fry on newly-issued £5 notes?

3.

Which tree with the scientific name Taxus baccata has toxic leaves, was traditionally used in the manufacture of longbows, is particularly associated with churchyards and has been in the news a lot recently?

4.

Earlier this year the property website Rightmove announced the results of a survey into the happiest place to live in Britain. Which town in North Yorkshire came first, beating Stockport into second place?

5.

Whose Letter from America ran for almost fifty eight years on Radio 4?

6.

Who, with Dave Myers, makes up the TV cooking partnership known as the Hairy Bikers?

7.

What was the title of the 1980 television drama-documentary that damaged trade relations between Saudi Arabia and those western countries in which it was broadcast?

8.

The largest city in Maine and the largest city in Oregon share which name?

9.

This controversial MP was born in 1896 and died in 1980. He represented the constituencies of Harrow and then Smethwick and held the post of Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster from 1929–30. Officially titled Sixth Baronet of Ancoats, how was he better known?

10.
Which English scientist, born near Cockermouth in 1766, has given his name to various buildings, scholarships and prizes associated with educational establishments in Manchester as well as a division of the Royal Society of Chemistry and a crater on the moon?

11.

On this day in 1455 during the Wars of the Roses King Henry VI was captured by his Yorkist opponents following a battle in which town in modern-day Hertfordshire?

12.

Which former England cricketer became known as 'The King of Spain', after a batch of commemorative mugs was produced for his testimonial year in 2000 containing an erroneous letter ‘a’?

13.

In 1567 in Edinburgh, who married her third husband, the man widely believed to be responsible for the murder of her second husband, Lord Darnley?

14.

When an air bag is deployed in a car, which gas is used to fill the bag?

15.

What was the title of the six-minute, silent cartoon in which Mickey Mouse made his screen debut to a test audience in 1928? Although judged a failure it paved the way for the successful release later that year of Mickey’s first sound cartoon, Steamboat Willie?

16.
The musical Fiddler on the Roof takes its name from a painting by which Russian artist?

17.

In the original Star Wars film (Episode IV: A New Hope), who provided the voice of Darth Vader?

18.

How did Glamorous Glennis make the news in October 1947?

19.

Which best-selling British writer was born in County Durham in 1906, sold over 100 million books under her own name and also wrote using the pen names Katie McMullen and Catherine Marchant?

20.

Which company founded in Minnesota in 1902 has numerous products, but is probably best known for Scotch Tape and Post-it Notes?

21.

In the 1961 film version of West Side Story the character Bernardo Nuñez, played by George Chakiris, was the leader of which gang?

22.

The so-called Auld Alliance was a treaty signed at the end of the thirteenth century by Scotland and which other country?

23.

Which Nobel Physics Laureate died in 1906 when he was run over by a horse-drawn cart in Paris?

24.
Richard Griffiths, who sadly passed away in March this year, played Uncle Monty in which cult 1980s film?

25.

According to the title of a 1988 chart hit by A Tribe of Toffs, who ‘is a weatherman’?

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ROUND 2
5 consecutive answers are linked in some way

1.

Name the five most populous cities in Spain.

2.

Steve Coogan's character Alan Partridge has two children. What are their names?

3.
He was Prime Minister at the outbreak of World War II and his two terms in office make him the longest-serving Premier in the country’s history, with over 18 years service. Who was this Australian politician?

4.

Canadian actor Joseph Wiseman is probably best known for playing the title role in which James Bond film?

5.

In the French Revolutionary Calendar that was used from 1793 to 1805, how many days were there in a week?

6.

This pseudoscience was popularised in the early twentieth century by American doctors William Fitzgerald and Edwin Bowers. Although unproven, practitioners claim it may be used to bring about healing by applying pressure to points in the feet or hands that correspond to affected parts in other areas of the body. How is this technique commonly known?

7.
On children’s television in the 1970s, how were Billie, Sticks, Scooper, Spring, Tiger, Brains and Doughnut collectively known?

8.

Which company’s website has the address www.diy.com?

9.

Composed by Pete Moore in 1968, the very well-known theme tune Asteroid is associated with which advertising company?

10.

Which term, used nowadays to describe an intellectual atmosphere isolated from the usual concerns of everyday life, first appeared as an expression of purity in the Song of Solomon in the Old Testament?

11.
In the notorious film The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, what is the name of main antagonist who wears a mask made from human skin?

12.

Which EastEnders villain has been played since 1985 by John Altman?

13.

Which is the largest country in the world with only one time zone?

14.

Which collective noun, derived from the Latin for ‘come together’ and usually referring to a group of thirteen, was first used in its present sense at the trial of Isobel Gowdie in 1662?

15.
One of the best-known characters in video game history, the Italian plumber Mario first appeared in which early 1980s game, in which he was known as ‘Jumpman’?

16.

A Scottish mountain of 3,000 feet or higher may be called a Munro. What corresponding term is given to the more than 2000 hills of the British Isles (including 176 in England) that have a relative height of at least 150 metres?

17.

Which BBC Radio 4 comedy show receives regular correspondence from ‘Mrs Trellis of North Wales’?

18.
Starting on Friday, Manchester Rugby Club in Cheadle Hulme will host 'three days of liberation, music and performing arts' featuring acts such as The Undertones, Spear of Destiny, The Beat and The Men They Couldn't Hang. Which influential British musician and singer, who died aged 50 in 2002, does this annual festival commemorate?

19.

Which four-word phrase connects a famous former pupil of Withington Girls’ School, a 1987 British film set in a seaside resort during the 1950s and two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl year after year?

20.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is currently living in the London Embassy of which South American country?

21.

What was the title of Siouxsie and the Banshees debut UK single, a song inspired by a Chinese takeaway in Chislehurst, London?

22.

Which London-based brewery's beers include Organic Honey Dew, Bengal Lancer and Chiswick Bitter?

23.

In 1997 who became the only non-European to win the Formula One World Drivers’ Championship since Ayrton Senna in 1991?

24.

Which Pulitzer Prize-winning play of 1947 features the famous line: "I have always depended on the kindness of strangers"?

25.
Which Swedish city hosted the Eurovision Song Contest last weekend?

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ROUND 3
5 consecutive answers are linked in some way

1.

Who?

2.

When (date/month/year)?

3.

Who?

4.

Which football club?

5.

Who?

6.

Who?

7.

Who?

8.

Which river?

9.

Who?

10.

Who?

11.

Who?

12.

Who?

13.

Who?

14.

When (date/month/year)?

15.

Which famous sporting venue?

16.

Who?

17.

Which city?

18.

Who?

19.

Who?

20.

Which country (in green)?

21.

When (date/month/year)?

22.

Who?

23.

Who?

24.

Four albums by which band?

25.

When (date/month/year)?

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ROUND 4
5 consecutive answers are linked in some way

1.

Name the five different football teams that have beaten an English team in a European Cup or Champions League final.

2.

Which former England Rugby Union captain married Zara Phillips in 2011?

3.

What was the name of the Soho nightclub opened by comedian Peter Cook in 1961 and which closed three years later?

4.

In 1991 who became France’s first female Prime Minister?

5.

One of his first crimes against television was the UK soap Crossroads. Not satisfied with this, he returned to his native Australia in 1973, joined the Reg Grundy Organisation and went on to create The Young Doctors, Sons and Daughters, Prisoner Cell Block H and, most famously, Neighbours. Who is this TV producer?

6.

Based loosely on the exploits of the real-life British World War II agent Nancy Wake, which 2001 film starring Cate Blanchett takes its plot from a novel by Sebastian Faulks and tells the story of a Scotswoman’s involvement with the French Resistance?

7.

On this day in 1960 which country suffered an earthquake measuring 9.5 on the Richter scale? It is the most powerful earthquake ever recorded and the resulting tsunami reached a height of over 80 feet locally and over 30 feet more than 6000 miles away.

8.

Name this city in Florida. It is home to the largest collection outside Europe of the works of Salvador Dali and shares its name with the second-largest city in Russia?

9.

Who was the star of six, sequential BBC television series, the last of which was There’s A Lot Of It About in 1982?

10.

Which local band will release their debut album in September and have recently had a UK Top 20 hit with the single Chocolate? The lead singer is Matt Healy, the son of actors Denise Welch and Tim Healy.

11.

What is the name of the actor who played the hotel and then petrol station worker Michael in I’m Alan Partridge and who provides the voice of Aleksandr in the Compare the Meerkat adverts?

12.

A 1958 novel, written by an American author whose other works include Miriam and In Cold Blood, was adapted in 1961 into a highly successful romantic comedy, directed by Blake Edwards. In early drafts of the book the lead female character was called Connie Gustafson. To what was this name changed in both the final version of the book and the film?

13.

What can be a projectile, an English river or a technique used in sewing which allows a garment to be adjusted to fit the wearer's shape?

14.

What is the name of the former doctor who was ‘struck off’ in 2010 after his research suggesting a link between the MMR vaccine and autism was found to be fraudulent?

15.

Nine-year-old Ugenia Lavender is the central character in a series of children’s books by which former Spice Girl?

16.

Lloyd Embley is the editor of which UK national newspaper?

17.

What is the name of the 25-acre park at the southern end of Manhattan? It takes its name from the defensive military installations that were to be found there during the city’s early history.

18.

What name that describes the illegal transportation of alcohol, particularly during the era of prohibition in the USA, is also a term used to describe the making and distribution of unauthorised recordings of live musical performances?

19.

In the TV sitcom Porridge and its sequel Going Straight, which actress played Fletcher’s daughter Ingrid? She also appeared more recently as Danny Baldwin’s mother in Coronation Street.

20.

In the RAF which rank comes between a Squadron Leader and a Group Captain?

21.

Which US state is the birthplace of Bette Midler, Nicole Kidman and Barack Obama?

22.

Which activity is central to the films Blindsight, Five Days One Summer and Touching the Void?

23.

In which town or city was UKIP leader Nigel Farage rescued from a pub by police last week, after being besieged by demonstrators?

24.

The American version of the TV series Shameless is set in which city?

25.

Which title is shared by a track on The Beatles Abbey Road album, a 1978 black comedy film starring Burt Reynolds and Dom DeLuise and a World War I poem by Wilfred Owen?

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ROUND 1
5 consecutive answers are linked in some way

1.

Name the five actors that have made the most appearances in Carry On films.

Kenneth Williams, Joan Sims, Charles Hawtrey, Sid James and Kenneth Connor

2.

Last month it was announced that from 2016 which former British Prime Minister will replace Elizabeth Fry on newly-issued £5 notes?

Winston Churchill

3.

Which tree with the scientific name Taxus baccata has toxic leaves, was traditionally used in the manufacture of longbows, is particularly associated with churchyards and has been in the news a lot recently?

Yew

4.

Earlier this year the property website Rightmove announced the results of a survey into the happiest place to live in Britain. Which town in North Yorkshire came first, beating Stockport into second place?

Harrogate

(Withington failed to trouble the scorers)

5.

Whose Letter from America ran for almost fifty eight years on Radio 4?

Alistair Cooke

6.

Who, with Dave Myers, makes up the TV cooking partnership known as the Hairy Bikers?

Simon King

7.

What was the title of the 1980 television drama-documentary that damaged trade relations between Saudi Arabia and those western countries in which it was broadcast?

Death of a Princess

8.

The largest city in Maine and the largest city in Oregon share which name?

Portland

9.

This controversial MP was born in 1896 and died in 1980. He represented the constituencies of Harrow and then Smethwick and held the post of Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster from 1929–30. Officially titled Sixth Baronet of Ancoats, how was he better known?

Oswald Mosley

10.
Which English scientist, born near Cockermouth in 1766, has given his name to various buildings, scholarships and prizes associated with educational establishments in Manchester as well as a division of the Royal Society of Chemistry and a crater on the moon? John Dalton

11.

On this day in 1455 during the Wars of the Roses King Henry VI was captured by his Yorkist opponents following a battle in which town in modern-day Hertfordshire?

St Albans

12.

Which former England cricketer became known as 'The King of Spain', after a batch of commemorative mugs was produced for his testimonial year in 2000 containing an erroneous letter ‘a’?

Ashley Giles

13.

In 1567 in Edinburgh, who married her third husband, the man widely believed to be responsible for the murder of her second husband, Lord Darnley?

Mary, Queen of Scots

14.

When an air bag is deployed in a car, which gas is used to fill the bag?

Nitrogen

15.

What was the title of the six-minute, silent cartoon in which Mickey Mouse made his screen debut to a test audience in 1928? Although judged a failure it paved the way for the successful release later that year of Mickey’s first sound cartoon, Steamboat Willie?

Plane Crazy

16.
The musical Fiddler on the Roof takes its name from a painting by which Russian artist? Marc Chagall

17.

In the original Star Wars film (Episode IV: A New Hope), who provided the voice of Darth Vader?

James Earl Jones

18.

How did Glamorous Glennis make the news in October 1947?

It was the nickname of the Bell X-1 aircraft in which Chuck Yeager become the first man to fly supersonically

19.

Which best-selling British writer was born in County Durham in 1906, sold over 100 million books under her own name and also wrote using the pen names Katie McMullen and Catherine Marchant?

Catherine Cookson

20.

Which company founded in Minnesota in 1902 has numerous products, but is probably best known for Scotch Tape and Post-it Notes?

3M

21.

In the 1961 film version of West Side Story the character Bernardo Nuñez, played by George Chakiris, was the leader of which gang?

The Sharks

22.

The so-called Auld Alliance was a treaty signed at the end of the thirteenth century by Scotland and which other country?

France

23.

Which Nobel Physics Laureate died in 1906 when he was run over by a horse-drawn cart in Paris?

Pierre Curie

24.
Richard Griffiths, who sadly passed away in March this year, played Uncle Monty in which cult 1980s film? Withnail and I

25.

According to the title of a 1988 chart hit by A Tribe of Toffs, who ‘is a weatherman’?

John Kettley

Answers 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 all contain the name of a street in Central Manchester

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ROUND 2
5 consecutive answers are linked in some way

1.

Name the five most populous cities in Spain.

Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Seville, Zaragoza

2.

Steve Coogan's character Alan Partridge has two children. What are their names?

Denise and Fernando

3.
He was Prime Minister at the outbreak of World War II and his two terms in office make him the longest-serving Premier in the country’s history, with over 18 years service. Who was this Australian politician? Robert Menzies

4.

Canadian actor Joseph Wiseman is probably best known for playing the title role in which James Bond film?

Doctor No

5.

In the French Revolutionary Calendar that was used from 1793 to 1805, how many days were there in a week?

Ten

6.

This pseudoscience was popularised in the early twentieth century by American doctors William Fitzgerald and Edwin Bowers. Although unproven, practitioners claim it may be used to bring about healing by applying pressure to points in the feet or hands that correspond to affected parts in other areas of the body. How is this technique commonly known?

Reflexology

7.
On children’s television in the 1970s, how were Billie, Sticks, Scooper, Spring, Tiger, Brains and Doughnut collectively known? The Double Deckers

8.

Which company’s website has the address www.diy.com?

B&Q

9.

Composed by Pete Moore in 1968, the very well-known theme tune Asteroid is associated with which advertising company?

Pearl & Dean

10.

Which term, used nowadays to describe an intellectual atmosphere isolated from the usual concerns of everyday life, first appeared as an expression of purity in the Song of Solomon in the Old Testament?

Ivory tower

11.
In the notorious film The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, what is the name of main antagonist who wears a mask made from human skin? Leatherface

12.

Which EastEnders villain has been played since 1985 by John Altman?

Nick Cotton

13.

Which is the largest country in the world with only one time zone?

China

14.

Which collective noun, derived from the Latin for ‘come together’ and usually referring to a group of thirteen, was first used in its present sense at the trial of Isobel Gowdie in 1662?

Coven

15.
One of the best-known characters in video game history, the Italian plumber Mario first appeared in which early 1980s game, in which he was known as ‘Jumpman’? Donkey Kong

16.

A Scottish mountain of 3,000 feet or higher may be called a Munro. What corresponding term is given to the more than 2000 hills of the British Isles (including 176 in England) that have a relative height of at least 150 metres?

Marilyn

17.

Which BBC Radio 4 comedy show receives regular correspondence from ‘Mrs Trellis of North Wales’?

I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue

18.
Starting on Friday, Manchester Rugby Club in Cheadle Hulme will host 'three days of liberation, music and performing arts' featuring acts such as The Undertones, Spear of Destiny, The Beat and The Men They Couldn't Hang. Which influential British musician and singer, who died aged 50 in 2002, does this annual festival commemorate? Joe Strummer

19.

Which four-word phrase connects a famous former pupil of Withington Girls’ School, a 1987 British film set in a seaside resort during the 1950s and two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl year after year?

Wish You Were Here

20.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is currently living in the London Embassy of which South American country?

Ecuador

21.

What was the title of Siouxsie and the Banshees debut UK single, a song inspired by a Chinese takeaway in Chislehurst, London?

Hong Kong Garden

22.

Which London-based brewery's beers include Organic Honey Dew, Bengal Lancer and Chiswick Bitter?

Fuller's

23.

In 1997 who became the only non-European to win the Formula One World Drivers’ Championship since Ayrton Senna in 1991?

Jacques Villeneuve

24.

Which Pulitzer Prize-winning play of 1947 features the famous line: "I have always depended on the kindness of strangers"?

A Streetcar Named Desire

25.
Which Swedish city hosted the Eurovision Song Contest last weekend? Malmo

Answers 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 all contain the name of a traditional wedding anniversary gift

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ROUND 3
5 consecutive answers are linked in some way

1.

Who?

Christopher Hitchens

2.

When (date/month/year)?

13 July 1985

3.

Who?

Mary Berry

4.

Which football club?

Borussia Dortmund

5.

Who?

Joe Black

6.

Who?

Alan Green

7.

Who?

Dan Brown

8.

Which river?

Mekong River

9.

Who?

Marco Pierre White

10.

Who?

Jeremy Clarkson

11.

Who?

Shirley Bassey

12.

Who?

Henry Kissinger

13.

Who?

June Whitfield

14.

When (date/month/year)?

29 May 1953

15.

Which famous sporting venue?

Lords

16.

Who?

Bruno Mars

17.

Which city?

Dubai

18.

Who?

Liam Gallagher

19.

Who?

also Liam Gallagher

(remember kids, just say 'no')

20.

Which country (in green)?

Bolivia

21.

When (date/month/year)?

6 September 1997

22.

Who?

David Moyes

23.

Who?

Julia Gillard

(Prime Minister of Australia)

24.

Four albums by which band?

New Order

(Power, Corruption & Lies; Brotherhood; Technique; Get Ready)

25.

When (date/month/year)?

30 July 1966

Answers 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 are all people who attended Margaret Thatcher's funeral

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ROUND 4
5 consecutive answers are linked in some way

1.

Name the five different football teams that have beaten an English team in a European Cup or Champions League final.

Bayern Munich (Leeds 1975);

Juventus (Liverpool 1985);

Barcelona (Arsenal 2006, Utd 2009 & 2011);

Milan (Liverpool 2007);

Man Utd (Chelsea 2008)

2.

Which former England Rugby Union captain married Zara Phillips in 2011?

Mike Tindall

3.

What was the name of the Soho nightclub opened by comedian Peter Cook in 1961 and which closed three years later?

The Establishment

4.

In 1991 who became France’s first female Prime Minister?
Édith Cresson

5.

One of his first crimes against television was the UK soap Crossroads. Not satisfied with this, he returned to his native Australia in 1973, joined the Reg Grundy Organisation and went on to create The Young Doctors, Sons and Daughters, Prisoner Cell Block H and, most famously, Neighbours. Who is this TV producer?
Reg Watson

6.

Based loosely on the exploits of the real-life British World War II agent Nancy Wake, which 2001 film starring Cate Blanchett takes its plot from a novel by Sebastian Faulks and tells the story of a Scotswoman’s involvement with the French Resistance?
Charlotte Gray

7.

On this day in 1960 which country suffered an earthquake measuring 9.5 on the Richter scale? It is the most powerful earthquake ever recorded and the resulting tsunami reached a height of over 80 feet locally and over 30 feet more than 6000 miles away.

Chile

8.

Name this city in Florida. It is home to the largest collection outside Europe of the works of Salvador Dali and shares its name with the second-largest city in Russia?

Saint Petersburg

9.

Who was the star of six, sequential BBC television series, the last of which was There’s A Lot Of It About in 1982?

Spike Milligan

10.

Which local band will release their debut album in September and have recently had a UK Top 20 hit with the single Chocolate? The lead singer is Matt Healy, the son of actors Denise Welch and Tim Healy.

The 1975

11.

What is the name of the actor who played the hotel and then petrol station worker Michael in I’m Alan Partridge and who provides the voice of Aleksandr in the Compare the Meerkat adverts?

Simon Greenall

12.

A 1958 novel, written by an American author whose other works include Miriam and In Cold Blood, was adapted in 1961 into a highly successful romantic comedy, directed by Blake Edwards. In early drafts of the book the lead female character was called Connie Gustafson. To what was this name changed in both the final version of the book and the film?

Holly Golightly
(in Breakfast at Tiffany's)

13.

What can be a projectile, an English river or a technique used in sewing which allows a garment to be adjusted to fit the wearer's shape?

Dart

14.

What is the name of the former doctor who was ‘struck off’ in 2010 after his research suggesting a link between the MMR vaccine and autism was found to be fraudulent?

Andrew Wakefield

15.

Nine-year-old Ugenia Lavender is the central character in a series of children’s books by which former Spice Girl?

Geri Halliwell

16.

Lloyd Embley is the editor of which UK national newspaper?

The Mirror

17.

What is the name of the 25-acre park at the southern end of Manhattan? It takes its name from the defensive military installations that were to be found there during the city’s early history.

Battery Park

18.

What name that describes the illegal transportation of alcohol, particularly during the era of prohibition in the USA, is also a term used to describe the making and distribution of unauthorised recordings of live musical performances?

Bootlegging

19.

In the TV sitcom Porridge and its sequel Going Straight, which actress played Fletcher’s daughter Ingrid? She also appeared more recently as Danny Baldwin’s mother in Coronation Street.

Patricia Brake

20.

In the RAF which rank comes between a Squadron Leader and a Group Captain?

Wing Commander

21.

Which US state is the birthplace of Bette Midler, Nicole Kidman and Barack Obama?

Hawaii

22.

Which activity is central to the films Blindsight, Five Days One Summer and Touching the Void?

Mountaineering

23.

In which town or city was UKIP leader Nigel Farage rescued from a pub by police last week, after being besieged by demonstrators?

Edinburgh

24.

The American version of the TV series Shameless is set in which city?

Chicago

25.

Which title is shared by a track on The Beatles Abbey Road album, a 1978 black comedy film starring Burt Reynolds and Dom DeLuise and a World War I poem by Wilfred Owen?

The End

Answers 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 all contain the name of a part of a car

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