September 29th 1997

General Knowledge/Current Affairs

1 How many times has the number 44 appeared in National Lottery draws (Inc Bonus)  
2 Where would you find an aileron?  
3 Tesco has it’s Loyalty card, but what shop has an Advantage Card?  
4 25 years either way – How old was Methuselah when he died?  
5 In which city is the biggest football stadium in the world?  
6 What are known as the Devil’s bones?  
7 What is pastrami?  
8 Who solved the murder in Agatha Christie’s Death on the Nile?  
9 Who last week rescued the top fashion designer Elizabeth Emmanuel from bankruptcy?  
10 Is a GILLAROO a) Australian slang for a Gila Monster, b) Australian slang for an old woman? C) an Irish Trout, or d) Irish version of the american Good old Boy?  
11 In which town is the Labour Conference being held?  
12 Which European country has had the most battles fought in it?  
13 Which author is famous for thrillers set in the world of horse-racing?  
14 What’s the proper name for male and female ferrets?  
15 What was Bing Crosby’s real first name?  
16 What colour is a Topaz?  
17 In which war was the Tet offensive?  
18 In which fictional town was Dad’s Army set?  
19 The Japanese company Nomura owns more what in Britain than any other company?  
20 What’s the proper name of the new world speed record breaking car – who drove it, and how fast?  
21 From what wood are cricket bats usually made?  
22 What is the only food of the giant panda?  
23 What disability does Susan Hampshire suffer from and campaign for?  
24 In which film does Paul Newman eat 50 hard boiled eggs for a bet?  
25 How many Gills are there in a pint?  

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Round 2

Ologies, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, This Weekend’s Sport, Pop Music

1 What ology is the study of poisons?  
2 Speleology is the study of what?  
3 If you were a cryptologist what would you study?  
4 What ology is the study of birds?  
5 Mycology is the study of what?  
6 Yesterday, in 1934, the actress Camill Javal was born – how is she better known?  
7 Simon & Yasmin Le Bon’s daughter was 6 yesterday – what’s her name?  
8 What important event in British History took place yesterday many many years ago?  
9 What famous British hero was born today in 1758, and later in life spent more than half his wages on brandy?  
10 Which pope died today in 1978?  
11 Which country and rock singer is 62 today – he was famous for marrying his cousin!  
12 In 1991,who won the Ryder cup with the exact same score as yesterday – 14.5/13.5?  
13 Today in 1963, which British group started its first British tour accompanying the Everly Bros and Bo Diddley?  
14 Tomorrow, Angeline Brown, Burt Bacharach’s ex wife is 66 – how is she better known?  
15 Tomorrow in 1955 a 24 year old actor died in a car crash _ who was he?  
16 Where will the next Ryder Cup be held?  
17 Manchester Storm managed a draw against whom to stay top of their Group A in the Benson & Hedges Cup?  
18 Which team is top of the Nationwide 3nd division?  
19 Round one of the Swalec cup was contested at the weekend – what sport?  
20 Who is Lennox Lewis fighting in the WBC heavyweight championship on Saturday?  
21 Who recorded the album Eat to the Beat?  
22 What was the nationality of Aneka who had a hit with Japanese Boy?  
23 Who had a 1985 hit with I want to know what love is?  
24 Full title please of that dreadful one-hit wonder by St Winifred’s School Choir?  
25 Who were Pal, Mags and Morgen?  

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