October 13th 1997

General Knowledge/Current Events

1 Who was Italy’s goalkeeper during an overhyped football match at the weekend?  
2 Who said of who last week that ‘his talent was nothing more than writing songs for dead blondes’ which earned the retort that he looked like a monkey with arthritis?  
3 What nationality is golfer Vijay Singh who won at Wentworth last week?  
4 Which movie superstar was born in 'UFO country' ie Roswell, New Mexico?  
5 Who apparently needed to buy some new socks last week?  
6 Whose cat is called Socks?  
7 What is the Queen’s birthsign?  
8 Who was the British astronaut who came back a day late last week?  
9 Which European football club (soccer) sacked its manager earlier this year after they lost 3 games in a row, for the first time since the 1957/58 season?  
10 What is on the other side of Elton John’s Candle in the Wind ’97?  
11 Is a TIKTIRI a) A snake-charmers pipe, b) A Sikh dagger, c) A palace in Istanbul, or d) An Egyptian Hookah?  
12 What are Thistle, Ninian, Beryl and Piper?  
13 Which 70/80’s supergroup were originally called Hotlegs?  
14 Apart from pimps, who will now benefit from prostitution?  
15 Where would you see Richard Richard and Edward Hitler?  
16 What was the first program to be shown on Channel 4?  
17 Name the people who are said to become the Richard and Judy of Breakfast radio?  
18 Which team surprisingly won the bronze medal at the 1992 Olympics for soccer?  
19 What car does James Bond drive in Goldeneye?  
20 What were the names of the hecklers in the Muppet Show?  
21 According to the new souvenir World Cup Monopoly game, which team has Mayfair’s position and which Old Kent Road?  
22 What is Superman’s real name ? – Not Clark Kent’s!  
23 What’s the proper name for the kneecap?  
24 What is the world’s most expensive spice?  
25 To which country did Indonesia once belong?  

Back to Base!

Round 2

Lyrics, Fishes, TV Comedy and MPs.

1 From which song do the following lyrics come?
Maybe tomorrow a new romance -
 
2 She gets up and pours herself a strong one And stares out at the stars up in the sky  
3 And the old man playing chinese checkers by the tree  
4 All your kisses still taste sweet I hate that sadness in your eyes  
5 I've lived to be The very best I want it all No time for less  
6 Hey girl what you're doing down there  
7 You think my love's nowhere You think I just don't care Are you kidding baby?  
8 You can tell your ma I moved to Arkansas You can tell your dog to bite my leg  
9 And Harry doesn't mind if he doesn't make the scene

He's got a daytime job he's doing alright

 
10 Some days it don't come easy Some days it don't come hard Some days it don't come at all  
11 What creature uses ink as a defence mechanism?  
12 What is the biggest fish?  
13 What male sea creature apparently gives birth to its young?  
14 What is the more common name for the fish hawk?  
15 What type of shark was the hero of Jaws?  
16 Which British comedy hit of the nineties has been sold to 82 countries and is also shown on 50 international airlines?  
17 What was the name of the MP played by Rik Mayall?  
18 What firm did Reginald Perrin work for?  
19 What drink did Leonard Rossiter and Joan Collins advertise?  
20 Who played Mildred in George and Mildred?  
21 Which Oscar Winner became MP for Hampstead?  
22 Which MP is famous for keeping newts?  
23 Which ex-MP started his writing career to pay off his debts?  
24 Which ex-war correspondent is now an MP?  
25 Who links Tony Blair and Warren Mitchell?  

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