December 22nd 1997

General Knowledge/Current Events

1 A point for each measurement – if Barbie was blown up to full size, what would her vital statistics be?  
2 Sepp Blatter, boss of FIFA suggested what to remove aggression from top-level soccer?  
3 What round the world yachtsman spent 5 days in the upturned hull of his yacht?  
4 Who, controversially said of the hysteria over Diana’s death – "What’s the problem? The woman’s dead. Shut up. Get over it – it’s not going to change anything"?  
5 Talking of that funeral – to the nearest 250,000 – how many copies of Candle in the Wind II were sold?  
6 How is David Daniel Hooper better known?  
7 What links Newcastle FC and Have I got news for you?  
8 Who was voted this year’s sexiest woman by Radio Times readers?  
9 How old was Jeanne Calmet, the world’s oldest living woman, when she died in August?  
10 Which Teletubby did Dave Thompson play – the one who was fired?  
11 Who said last year "I hate being called saintly. I want to dive into the showers with the footballers one day and put an end to all that saintly business" – was it a) Paul Gascoigne, b) Paula Yates, c) Delia Smith, d) Anne Widdecombe MP, or e) Glenn Hoddle?  
12 Which Comic was declared the best British comic of all time this year?  
13 What song did Candle in the Wind take over as best-selling single in the world ever?  
14 Which leader bowed out of public life in Manchester this weekend?  
15 In which round did Prince Nazeem beat Kevin Kelley on Friday night?  
16 In a survey of foreign tourists in France, it was found that the Germans and the British loved France, but would rather it did not have so many what there?  
17 According to the British Tourist Authority, what is now Britain’s National dish?  
18 What did Brian Clegg, a retired British Gas worker buy for £3000 this year?  
19 Who said of his frequent visits to Windsor Castle, "It’s perfectly natural for 2 local queens to get together for a chin-wag"?  
20 According to his divorce case, Clint Eastwood’s ex-wife knew when he wanted sex, because he asked her if sh had flossed her teeth – Who was she?  
21 After this weekend’s football matches, how many points would Manchester City need to be top of the 1st division?  
22 Where did the Pathfinder boldly go this year?  
23 Which of these three albums sold the fewest copies in Britain in the first week of release a) Oasis’s Be Here and Now,. The Verve’s Urban Hymns, or c) The Spice Girls Spiceworld?  
24 William Hague and Bill Clinton share the same middle name – what is it?  
25 Who said "I’ve had nips and tucks, my eyes done, boobs jacked up but nothing really drastic?" A) Ivana Trump, B) Twiggy, C)Dolly Parton or d) The Duchess of York?  

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Round 2

25 on Christmas – apologies for the Non-PC Cracker Jokes!

1 How many gold rings did I give my true love on all of the 12 days of Christmas?  
2 Gaudete Christus est natus comes from a Christmas hit by which group?  
3 The German Christmas song Tannebaum is translated into English as what?  
4 According to a calculation made last week, how many visits does Santa Claus have to make to children’s houses per second if he is to go to them all in the 31 hours allotted to him?  
5 Coca Cola made our modern Father Christmas for an advertising campaign – prior to that, what colour robes did he wear?  
6 What Carol traditionally opens the festival of 9 lessons and Carols from King’s College Cambridge?  
7 On which day do the Russians celebrate Christmas?  
8 Who was Emperor of Rome at the time of the original Christmas?  
9 According to all the evidence, the original Christmas in Bethlehem was not on the year between 1 BC and 1 AD – when was it?  
10 What was the name of Scrooge’s clerk in a Christmas Carol?  
11 Spot the Christmas Song!

At Christmastime it's hard, but when you're having fun There's a world outside your window

 
12 A silent wish sails the seven seas The winds of change whisper in the trees.  
13 Got on a lucky one Came in eighteen to one I've got a feeling This year's for me and you So happy Christmas I love you baby  
14 For rich and for poor ones   The world is so wrong   And so happy Christmas   
15 Let the Christmas spirit ring Later we'll have some pumpkin pie And we'll do some caroling.  
16 How can you tell that a Christmas Card is from a leper?  
17 Which is the odd one out Wife, meat, eggs or a blowjob?  
18 How do you make the Spice Girls laugh on Christmas Day?  
19 Why don’t Essex girls use vibrators?  
20 What’s long and hard that a Polish bride gets on her wedding day?  
21 In what year were the Romanian President Ceauscesceau and his wife shot on Christmas day?  
22 Which King of England was crowned on Christmas day?  
23 In 1968, one of the Apollo Moon missions orbited the moon on Christmas day – Which one?  
24 On Christmas day 1967, Paul McCartney announced his engagement to who?  
25 What was the last Christmas No 1 of the 1970’s?  

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