General Knowledge #10

1. Name the world's largest Mobile phone company
2. Who was the last act onstage at 1999’s Netaid event?
3. To date how many official Bond films have been produced?
4. Which president is on the US One Dollar Bill?
5. What nickname was given to the stock market crash that began 19th October 1987?
6. What was the principal language of Ancient Rome?
7. Natural rubber usually comes from which source?
8. Which country was called Siam until1939?
9. Which country is nearest to the island of Jersey?
10. In "Are You Being Served?" Whose catchphrase was "I'm Free!"?
11. Which sea laps the east coast of Scotland?
12. What colour is the result of mixing red and yellow?
13. What name is given to the tracks on which Bulldozers run?
14. From which country does Tequila originate?
15. How many oars are used to propel a gondola?
    

For the answers, swipe below:

1. Vodaphone
2. Robbie Williams
3. 21
4. Washington
5. Black Wednesday
6. Latin
7. Trees
8. Thialand
9. France
10. Mr. Humphries
11. North
12. Orange
13. Caterpillar
14. Mexico
15. One

BW Debut: Park Bar, Cheltenham 19/11/00

General Knowledge #9

1. In which country was Mel Gibson born?
2. Which Spice Girl teamed up with Brian Adams for When Your Gone?
3. Who made number one with Breakfast At Tiffany's?
4. Which sporting event was featured in the first ever TV outside broadcast?
5. East Pakistan has become known as what?
6. Who was Prime Minister when England won the world cup?
7. Luxor International Airport is in which country?
8. Which was the second city to be hit by the Atomic Bomb in WW2
9. In Star Trek Mr. Spock comes from which planet?
10. Who wrote the Just So stories?
11. In which year was the Hubble space telescope launched?
12. What do the letters HMV stand for?
13. How many caps did Pele win for Brazil?
14. What acronym describes he type of sleep associated with dreaming?
15. What is the world's fastest moving land mammal?
    

For the answers, swipe below:

1. USA
2. Mel C
3. Deep Blue Something
4. The Derby
5. Bangladesh
6. Harold Wilson
7. Egypt
8. Nagasaki
9. Vulcan
10. Rudyard Kipling
11. 1990
12. His Master's Voice
13. 111 Caps
14. REM
15. The Cheetah

BW Debut: Park Bar, Cheltenham 05/11/00

General Knowledge #8

1. What cordless advancement to television technology was invented by Robert Adler in the 1950’s?
2. How long was the American Civil war fought for? 4 or 14 years?
3. Which Chancellor commissioned a new budget box from the Rosyth Shipyard in 1997?
4. What is a scientist that studies earthquakes?
5. According to the proverb ‘Still waters run…’ what?
6. In the nursery rhyme which bridge is falling down?
7. What is another name for open weave tights and stockings?
8. In darts what would you score if you threw a double 20, double 15 and a 2?
9. In cockney rhyming slang what is a Mother Hubbard?
10. Which Lord disappeared in 1974 under the suspicion of murder?
11. Which famous escapologist was born Ehrich Weiss?
12. Which government department is responsible for assessment and collection of Income Tax?
13. Which transport system was first opened to the public in New York City in 1904?
14. Which design company whose first outlet opened in Florence in 1921 has a logo consisting of a double ‘G’
15. When facing forwards what is the left hand side of a ship called?
    

For the answers, swipe below:

1. Remote Control
2. 4 Years. (1861 – 1865)
3. Gordon Brown
4. Seismologist
5. Deep
6. London Bridge
7. Fishnets
8. 72
9. Cupboard
10. Lord Lucan
11. Harry Houdini
12. Inland Revenue
13. Subway (Underground)
14. Gucci
15. Port

BW Debut: FCH Bar, Cheltenham 13/12/01

General Knowledge #7

1. How many hours are there in a week?
2. Which sense does Olfactory relate to?
3. What is the term for a type of tree that annually sheds it's leaves?
4. How many games did it take Jimmy Greaves to score his 351st goal
5. Who founded the scouts' movement?
6. Who discovered the tomb of King Tutenkhamun?
7. The teeth of a rodent never stop growing - True or false?
8. Who was the first man to run a mile in under 4 minutes?
9. In which year did the great fire of London take place?
10. When dried what do we call plums?
11. What do we call a young elephant?
12. In which year did the IRA try to assassinate Margaret Thatcher by bombing the Grand Hotel in Brighton?
13. On which river is Bristol situated?
14. What does the Kalvin scale measure?
15. In which village is Postman Pat set?

Swipe below for the answers:

1. 168
2. Smell
3. Deciduous
4. 500
5. Lord Robert Bayden Powell
6. Howard Carter
7. True
8. Roger Bannister
9. 1666
10. Prunes
11. A Calf
12. 1984
13. Avon
14. Temperature
15. Greendale

BW Debut: FCH Bar, Cheltenham, 26/10/00

General Knowledge #6

1. Which actor is father of actress Jamie Lee Curtis?
2. Arnold Schwarzenegger married the niece of which American president?
3. Which Star Wars actor was voted Film star of the century in 1994?
4. In which city did Steve McQueen Race through in the film Bullitt?
5. In which chapel did Edward & Sophie Rhys-Jones get married?
6. A car with a letter 'S' sticker on it comes from which country?
7. What type of beer is served in the Rover's Return?
8. Marion Morrison became famous under which name?
9. Who lost part of his ear to Mike Tyson in 1997?
10. Which famous magazine was started by Alexander Graham Bell?
11. Which soccer team did Ian Botham play for?
12. What did the Q originally stand for in the magazine GQ?
13. Which spoof crime series was a spin off from Jasper Carrot’s Canned Carrot?
14. Who wrote The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe?
15. How many years does it take to paint the Fourth Railway Bridge from end-to-end?
    

For the answers, swipe below:

1. Tony Curtis
2. John F. Kennedy
3. Harrison Ford
4. San Fransisco
5. St. Georges
6. Sweeden
7. Newtown & Ridley
8. John Wayne
9. Evander Holyfield
10. National Geographic
11. Scunthorpe
12. Quarterly
13. The Detectives
14. C.S. Lewis
15. Fou

BW Debut: Park Bar, Cheltenham 15/10/00.

Entertainment #1

1. Who was the original host of BBC’s Robot Wars?
2. Name the actor who played Rowan Atkinson's Blackadder sidekick.
3. What is the name of Adrian Mole's girlfriend?
4. Name the DIY show featured in Home Improvement
5. What was thrown at Daphne & Celeste during Reading 2000?
6. Who narrated the cartoon ‘Stoppit & Tidyup’?
7. Who played Valentino in Goldeneye & The World Is Not Enough?
8. Name Robbie Williams original writing partner.
9. Which of Disney's seven Dwarves wore glasses?
10. Which half of Laurel & Hardy was born in England?
    

Swipe below for the answers:

1. Jeremy Clarkson
2. Tony Robinson
3. Pandora
4. Tool Time
5. Bottles of urine
6. Terry Wogan
7. Robbie Coltrane
8. Guy Chambers
9. Doc
10. Stan Laurel

General Knowledge #5

1. A 20th Wedding Anniversary is associated with gifts made of which material?
2. What is the largest desert in the world?
3. In cockney rhyming slang what does the frog and toad refer to?
4. If a car had a sticker with the letter 'E' on it which country is it from?
5. In which year did Margaret Thatcher resign?
6. Who wrote The Ugly Duckling?
7. Who sailed around the world in The Golden Hind?
8. In Einstein’s equation E=MC2 what does the letter C refer to?
9. What is the study of Earthquakes called?
10. What is the name of the Rabbit in Winnie The Pooh?
11. In which year did the Cuban missile crises take place?
12. What does a cartographer draw?
13. What type of food is Gazpacho?
14. Who played the mermaid in Splash?
15. In which decade did Kellogg’s launch Rice Crispies?

For the answers, swipe below:

1. China
2. Sahara
3. Road
4. Spain
5. 1990
6. Hans Christian Anderson
7. Sir Francis Drake
8. The speed of light
9. Seismology
10. Rabbit
11. 1962
12. Maps
13. A soup
14. Darryl Hannah
15. 1920's

BW Debut: FCH Bar, Cheltenham 19/10/00.