TWTWTWT # 1

Due to unforeseen circumstance... Leon leaving the quiz at home... last week's Bar Wars missed the usual That Was The Week That Wars round - so for the completists out there here's the round that never was...

TWTWTW | TGS0236 | 5th October 2008

1. Which DJ had 24-hour webcams in his flat allowing fans to watch him all week?
   
2. Timmy Mallett, Geoffrey Hayes from Rainbow and Funhouse's Pat Sharp have been drafted in for whose latest advert?
3. Which organisation has been using Facebook to hunt for potential recruits?
4. Who has returned to the cabinet as business secretary under Gordon Brown?
5. Which singer has had to cancel gigs on her current US tour after suffering a mystery illness this week?
6. Which University became the subject of debate after its students were found undertaking initiation ceremonies featuring Nazi styled officers?
7. Which ocean liner is currently sailing on its farewell tour and today docked in Belfast?
8. Who defeated Tottenham 1-0 at White Heart Lane today?
9. It was revealed that JK Rowling makes how much money every second?
10. How many charges of armed robbery, kidnap & assault was OJ Simpson found guilty of this week?
11. Who officially started the Northern Run today?
12. On this day in 1991 the first tournament in which sport ever to be held outside of Japan was staged in the Albert Hall?

 Answers: Swipe Below

1. Scott Mills
2. Monster Munch
3. MI6
4. Peter Mandelson
5. Janet Jackson
6. University Of Gloucestershire (and Bar Wars birthplace!)
7. QE2
8. Hull
9. £5
10. 12
11. Tony Blair (with Olympic swimmer Rebecca Adlington, Olympic cyclist Chris Hoy and Paralympian swimmer Ellie Simmons)
12. Sumo Wrestling

General Knowledge # 23

1. In which decade did Dennis The Menace start his menacing?
   
2. What is Angus Deayton's real first name?
   
3. What was the name of the TV profile of Elton John made by his partner David Furnish
   
4. In which year were both sides of the Channel Tunnel finally linked?
   
5. Whose face appeared on a banknote for the first time in 1999?
   
6. In which county is Alton Towers?
   
7. In which city did the original Wallace & Gromit models get lost in 1996?
   
8. What was George Michael's first solo number one?
   
9. What is the name of the space ship in the film, Alien?
   
10.  Which Blue Peter presenter took over from Sean Maguire playing Marty in the BBC TV series Dangerfield?
    
11. On a computer keyboard which letter is between T & U?
    
12. What does the S stand for in GCSE?
    
13. Name the Children In Need Mascot
    
14. What is Lily Savage's 'daughter' called?
    
15. Who came on when Gary Lineker was controversially substituted in his last international?
    

 For the answers, swipe below:

1. 50's
   
2. Gordon
   
3. Tantrum's & Tiaras
   
4. 1990
   
5. Edward Elgar
   
6. Staffordshire
   
7. New York
   
8. Careless Whisper
   
9. Nostromo
   
10. Tim Vincent
    
11. Y
    
12. Secondary
    
13. Pudsey
    
14. Bunty
    
15. Alan Smith
    

BW Debut: Park Bar, Cheltenham 5/11/00

General Knowledge #22

1. Which American computer company developed the first word processor in 1965?
2. How many days after Halloween is Bonfire Night?
   
3. Who was replaced as German Chancellor in 1998 after 16 years in power?
   
4. If a female pig is called a sow, what is a male pig?
   
5. What is the last letter of the Greek alphabet?
   
6. Which Mediterranean country’s flag shows a gold map of an island with two Olive branches underneath?                                                         
   
7. Bracken is a variety of which type of plant?
   
8. The Adi Granth is the holy book of which religion?
   
9. Which comedy duo’s fan club is named ‘Sons of the desert’?
   
10.  What is the common name for the Abominable Snowman?
    
11. Which series of novels about a family was written by John Galsworthy?
    
12.  What did the American Earl Tupper invent?
    
13.  What were first installed on 21 dangerous roads in West London in October 1992?
    
14.  Which German city, firebombed in 1945, is associated with fine porcelain?
    
15.  Which early comedy film star died on Xmas Day 1977?

For the answers, swipe below:

1. IBM
   
2. 5 Days
   
3. Helmut Khol
   
4. Boar
   
5. Omega
   
6. Cyprus
   
7. Fern
   
8. Sikhism
   
9. Laurel & Hardy
   
10. Yeti
    
11. The Forsythe Saga
    
12. Tupperware
    
13. Speed Cameras
    
14. Dresden
    
15. Charlie Chaplin

BW Debut: Park Bar, Cheltenham 16/12/01

Entertainment #2

1. What did Zoe Ball name her first son with Fatboy Slim?
2. Which Hollywood star appeared in the Last Fast Show ever?
3. Who hosted the 2001 Brit Awards?
4. In which 1985 movie did OAP's find a fountain of youth?
5. What did Christian Slater conduct with a vampire?
6. According to Aha what always shone on TV?
7. Name Tom Cruise’s wife.
8. Who replaces Jodie Foster as female lead in Hannibal?
9. In which city was TV series Fame set?
10. Who played the perverted traffic-controlling professor in The Italian Job?
    

For the answers, swipe below:

1. Woody Cook
2. Johnny Depp
3. Ant & Dec
4. Cocoon
5. An interview.
6. The sun
7. Katie Holmes
8. Julianne Moore
9. New York
10. Benny Hill

General Knowledge #21

1. In which country is Transylvania, home of Vampires?
2. For what is the booker prize awarded?
3. How many squares are there on a draughts board?
4. What is the name of the large flat bone at the front of the chest?
5. How many tusks does a warthog have?
6. What kind of stone is marble?
7. Who were the producers of Tom & Jerry Cartoons?
8. Which Christian festival comes 12 days after Xmas?
9. What was the codename for the US development of the Atom Bomb?
10. Which country is the world’s largest consumer of Champagne?
11. Which religion has The Five Pillars?
12. Which couple were played on TV by Michael Crawford & Michelle Dotrice?
13. What is Harry Potter’s favourite sport?
14. Who lives at 11 Downing Street?
15. In which Galaxy do we live?

For the answers, swipe below:

1. Romania
2. Fiction
3. 64
4. Sternum
5. Four
6. Limestone
7. Hannah Barbera
8. Epiphany
9. The Manhattan Project
10. UK
11. Islam
12. Frank & Betty Spencer
13. Quidditch
14. Alistar Darling
15. Milky Way Galaxy

Bar Wars Debut: 25/03/01

General Knowledge #20

1. What does a cartographer draw?
2. If you came across BTW in an email message what would it mean?
3. Which city must Muslims try and make a pilgrimage to once in their lives?
4. What does DVD stand for?
5. In which year did the great train robbery take place?
6. What was the name of the Space Shuttle prototype, which has never actually been into space?
7. At which football club did Gary Lineker start his career?
8. Who wrote a brief history of time?
9. Which is the largest planet in the solar system?
10. Who wrote the Just so stories?
11. Which dynasty ruled China from 1368 - 1644?
12. Lady Godiva is said to have rode naked through which town?
13. What is a fandango?
14. Which year saw the first National Lottery draw in Britain?
15. Which profession signs the Hippocratic oath?
    
    For the answers, swipe below:

1. Maps
2. By The Way
3. Mecca
4. Digital Versatile/Video Disk
5. 1963
6. Enterprise
7. Leicester City
8. Stephen Hawking
9. Jupiter
10. Rudyard Kipling
11. The Ming Dynasty
12. Coventry
13. Dance
14. 1994
15. Doctors

BW Debut: Park Bar 11/03/01

General Knowledge #19

1. Which Bob assisted Cilla in Surprise Surprise?
2. How many of the Magnificent 7 are left alive at the end of the film?
3. How many teaspoons of sugar are there in one packet of jelly?
4. Which spirit is made by distilling wine?
5. Which battle was Nelson’s last?
6. Which two fruits are crossed to make the ugli fruit?
7. Which was England’s last reigning Tudor monarch
8. Which organ of the body contains insulin?
9. A person born on September 2nd would be which Zodiac sign?
10. How many units of Alchohol is considered a safe weekly limit for women?
11. Which crop is threatened by the Colorado Beetle?
12. What are kerrs-pinks & maris-pipers?
13. What is the trademark of Bacardi?
14. Between July ’64 & August ’66 how many consecutive number ones did the Beatles have?
15. What distinguishes marsupials from other mammals?
    

For the answers, swipe below:

1. Bob Carolgese
2. Three
3. 19
4. Brandy
5. Trafalgar
6. Grapefruit & Tangerine
7. Elizabeth 1st
8. Pancreas
9. Virgo
10. 14
11. Potatoes
12. Potatoes
13. Bat
14. 7
15. Pouches

BW Debut: FCH Bar, Cheltenham 08/03/01