General Knowledge # 27

1. Which famous nanny was created by P.L. Travers?
2. What name is given to the winter dormancy of certain mammals?
3. What is the occupation of Lovejoy in stories by Jonathan Gash?
4. What is the only whale that has been observed to prey on other whales?
5. Which soap opera did Oscar winning actor Russell Crowe once appear in?
6. Which singer received the highest number of nominations for the 2001 Brit Awards but failed to win anything?
7. In which county is the town of Kidderminster?
8. Who resigned from the Cabinet for the second time in two years in January 2001?
9. Who took over from Lloyd Grossman as presenter of Masterchef?
10. Who was Hitler’s master of Propaganda?
11. How many lines are in a sonnet?
12. Who was queen of England for nine days?
13. On which date do Americans celebrate Groundhog Day?
14. In which year was the Queen Mother born?
15. What do the initials YMCA stand for?

1. Mary Poppins
2. Hibernation
3. Antiques dealer
4. Killer Whale
5. Neighbours
6. Craig David
7. Worcestershire
8. Peter Mandleson
9. Gary Rhodes
10. Joseph Goebbles
11. 14
12. Lady Jane Grey
13. 2nd Feb
14. 1900
15. Young Men’s Christian Association

BW Debut: 20th December 2001, FCH Bar, Cheltenham

General Knowledge # 26

1. What date did man first land on the moon?
2. In which English county is Farnborough?
3. When talking about Flaming Galah’s what is a Gallah?
4. Which British nanny was alleged to have killed Baby Matthew Eappen?
5. What to the initials GNP stand for?
6. The name of which tuned percussion instrument means bell play in German?
7. What is the capital of Iraq?
8. Who invented the Light Bulb?
9. Which film won best picture at the 2001 Oscars?
10. What name is given to the weakening of bones?
11. Who wrote The Cat In The Hat?
12. Which Shakespeare play features Ferdinand, the King of Navarre?
13. By what name is the central keep of the Tower of London known?
14. Which University won the 2001 Boat Race?
15. In radio what does AM stand for?
    

For the answers, swipe below:

1. July 20th 1969
2. Hamshire
3. Type of Parrot
4. Louise Woodward
5. Gross National Product
6. Glockenspiel
7. Bagdhad
8. Thomas Edison
9. Gladiator
10. Osteoporosis
11. Dr. Suess
12. Love’s Labours Lost
13. The White Tower
14. Cambridge
15. Amplitude Modulation

BW Debut: 18th November 2001, Park Bar, Cheltenham

General Knowledge # 25

1. How long is the average giraffe’s neck?
2. In which year did Winston Churchill die?
3. What was the name of King Arthur’s sword?
4. What does RADAR stand for?
5. What monarch was featured on the Penny Black stamp?
6. What was Ghana’s former name?
7. Who played the third television Dr. Who?
8. From which country did the US buy Florida?
9. Who did Peeping Tom see naked according to the legend?
10. Who is James Bond’s chief of staff?
11. What abrasive rock is produced by gasses frothing in lava?
12. What nationality was the composer Chopin?
13. Where were Anne Boleyn, Catherine Howard & Lady Jane Grey all beheaded?
14. What was Toy Of The Year in 1986?
15. In which year did the radio soap The Archers first go on air?
    

Swipe below for the answers:

1. 3 Metres
2. 1965
3. Excaliber
4. Radio Detection & Ranging
5. Queen Victoria
6. The Gold Coast
7. Jon Pertwee
8. Spain
9. Lady Godiva
10. M (Sir Miles Messervy)
11. Pumice
12. Polish
13. Tower Of London
14. Transformers
15. 1951

BW Debut: 15th november 2001, FCH Bar, Cheltenham

General Knowledge # 24

1)     Which Shakespeare character has the most lines?

2)     What country was the setting of you only live twice?

3)     What’s the name of Luke Skywalker’s troll like advisor in the Empire Strikes Back?

4)     How long to the nearest day does it take the moon to orbit the Earth?

5)     What T.V role won John Cleese a 1979 BAFTA award?

6)     What children’s toy was adapted from a Phillipino weapon?

7)     Who was the first non-human to win an Oscar?

8)     What is the duration of a round in pro boxing?

9)     Who was the star of Up-Pompeii?

10)Who was said to float like a butterfly and sting like a bee?

11)How many number one hits did the Who have in the UK?

12)What direction do the best surfing beaches face?

13)What state is Disneyland in?

14)What was the Queen doing while the king was counting his money?

15)What is the perfect score in Ten pin Bowling?

 

ANSWERS: Swipe Below

 

1)     Hamlet

2)     Japan

3)     Yoda

4)     27

5)     Basil Fawlty

6)     Yo-Yo

7)     Mickey Mouse

8)     3 minutes

9)     Frankie Howard

10) Muhammad Ali

11) None

12) West

13) California

14) In the parlour eating bread and honey

15)  300

 

 BW Debut Pittville Bar, Cheltenham: 7th November 2001

 

 

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