September 22nd 1997

Round 1 - General Knowledge/Current Affairs

1 Whose biography of the Royal family has caused a stir?  
2 Anna Ford said on Today last week that "He does seem rather a shit" – Who was she talking about?  
3 Who was the first man to fly the English Channel?  
4 Is a PARAPH a) a Persian official, b) a minor angel, c) the flourish after a signature, or d) a paragraph containing one sentence?  
5 Who wrote Pride & Prejudice?  
6 In which sea is the Dogger Bank?  
7 What do the French call the English Channel (other than ours!)?  
8 What motorway runs from the M56 to Chester?  
9 Bottled water has been described as the biggest con of the century – on average how many times more expensive is it than tap water?  
10 A sphygmomanometer measures blood pressure – spell it!  
11 How many runways does Gatwick airport have?  
12 If you bought both utilities on the Monopoly board, how much would you have paid?  
13 Who is the new male presenter of Tomorrow’s World?  
14 Does HOUSEL mean a) to give communion to, b) A wading bird, c) a poor dwelling, or d) a groove in ship’s planking?  
15 You could use your pin to get money from your bank – what does PIN stand for?  
16 Which car manufacturer makes the Tigra?  
17 What’s the first name of William Hague’s fiancee?  
18 Where would you find swords, pentangles and cups?  
19 What kind of weapon is the Royal Navy's Oerlikon?  
20 What is the world's most expensive spice?  
21 Tuscany is a major wine producing region of which country?  
22 Which planet other than Mercury does not have moons?  
23 What are the names for a male and female swan?  
24 Which comedy pair were the subject of last night’s Omnibus?  
25 Who wrote the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings?  

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 Round 2

Films, Sport, breeds of animals, children of the famous & infamous.

1 For which film did Humphrey Bogart win his Oscar?  
2 Who played Caesar in Cleopatra alongside Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton?  
3 Who was the Ugly in the Good, the Bad and the Ugly?  
4 What was unusual about Arnold Schwarzenegger’s appearance in the film Junior?  
5 Which film star’s autobiography was aptly called Tall, Dark and Gruesome?  
6 Which team was the first to achieve the FA League Champion & FA Cup double this century?  
7 How many world championship points has Damon Hill gained this year?  
8 The Whitbread Round the world yacht race started yesterday – where is it’s first stop?  
9 Who in 1970 became the first Briton for 50 years to win the US Open?  
10 When Trevor Francis moved to Nottingham Forest in 1976, he was the first £2 million transfer – from where?  
11 What County Cricket Club has a prancing horse above the word Invicta as it’s badge?  
12 In which year was the Ryder Cup first contested?  
13 Which sport do the Worthing Bears play?  
14 Leicester, Toulouse, Leinster and Milan are in Pool 1 of the Heineken Cup playing what sport?  
15 In which sport are Wing Attack and Wing Defence playing positions?  
16 What sort of animal is a Lippizaner?  
17 Wyandottes and Plymouth Rock are breeds of which creature?  
18 Chester White is a breed of which creature?  
19 Corriedale and Cheviot are breeds of which creature?  
20 Archangel and Havana Brown are types of what?  
21 Whose children were Caroline, Albert and Stephanie?  
22 What’s the name of Cher’s lesbian daughter?  
23 Who is Debbie Reynolds’s actress daughter?  
24 What is the name of John Lennon’s son by Yoko Ono?  
25 What’s the name of ex-minister Cecil Parkinson’s illegitimate daughter?  

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