General Knowledge #46

1.       What is the motto of the SAS?

2.      Patsy Kensit played ward sister Faye Byrne in which TV series?

3.      Which is the largest of the Caribbean Islands?

4.      What was the wording on a Jim’ll Fix It badge?

5.      Which football club owns the largest stadium in the Midlands?

6.      Before joining the Euro by what name did the Republic of Ireland refer to their Irish Pound?

7.      In feet, how long is a full size snooker table?

8.      What was the title of Katie Price’s first autobiography in 2004?

9.      What name is given to a person who displays a needless anxiety over their health?

10.   What was the title of Lady Gaga’s first UK number one single?

1.       Who Dares Wins

2.      Holby City

3.      Cuba

4.      Jim Fixed It For Me

5.      Aston Villa

6.      Punt

7.      12 feet

8.      Being Jordan

9.      Hypochondriac

10.   Just Dance

News & Current Affairs #33

1.       Which of the Dragon’s Den dragons suffered a heart attack this week?

2.      Where will the Conservatives hold their party conference next week?

3.      Who has been announced as the host of next years Oscars Academy Awards Ceremony?

4.      Who did England beat to progress to the final of the women's WorldTwenty20 cricket competition in Sri Lanka?

5.      How long did it take Glastonbury’s tickets to sell out this morning?

6.      Jeremy Hunt this week said he wished to move the abortion limit from 24 weeks to how many weeks?

7.      Who has been announced as the singer of the theme to the new Bond film Skyfall?

8.      This week, who wore Versace's 'safety-pin' dress, first sported by actress Liz Hurley in 1994?

9.      For which team will Lewis Hamilton be driving during next season's F1 championship?

10.   Niall Horan off of 1D was on crutches this week after he claims he was injured by an attack by what animal?

11.    Name the Muslim cleric with a hook who was flown out of Britain this week?

12.   On this day in 1958 a fire on the world’s longest pier trapped dozens of people. In which town is it?

1.       Duncan Bannatyne

2.      Birmingham

3.      Seth MacFarlane

4.      New Zealand

5.      1 Hour 40 minutes

6.      12 Weeks

7.      Adele

8.      Lady Gaga

9.      Mercedes

10.   Squirrel

11.    Abu Hamza

12.   Southend

TWTWTW#7

Missed the quiz? Here's the current affairs round from 3rd July 2011

1. Christine Lagarde is the new head of the International Monetary Fund. In which country did she hold the post of finance minister?
2. How many wild card or unseeded players have won the women's singles title at Wimbledon?
3. What famous UK tourist attraction has just been put up for sale?
4. Which high street bank has announced it is to cut 15,000 jobs?
5. What was the first stop on the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's tour of Canada, their first official overseas trip together?
6. Which age group did figures reveal this week is driving most of Facebook's growth in the UK?
7. In which German city did last night’s Haye fight take place?
8. Who is set to play God in a new BBC drama about Monty Python?
9. Which London hotel was evacuated on Friday night?
10. Leeds City Museums best attended exhibition closes this week. It is an exhibition of which pop groups clothing and memorabilia?
11. Who claimed the Wimbledon men’s title today?
12. This week in 1995 who won a challenge from John Redwood to be tory party leader?

1. France
2. 0
3. Brighton Pier
4. Lloyds TSB (Lloyds Banking Group)
5. Ottawa
6. 50+
7. Hamburg
8. Stephen Fry
9. London Hilton
10. Spice Girls
11. Novak Djokovic
12. John Major

TWTWTW #6

Missed the quiz? Here's the current affairs round from 5th June 2011

1. The UK is developing a cyber-weapons programme to help against cyber attacks. How many malicious emails are discovered on the government's networks every month?
2. What was unique about new benchesThe National Trust unveiled at UK beauty spots this week?
3. Who scored a hat-trick for Swansea this week securing their premiership promotion?
4. Which US company plans to double its number of British stores in the next five years?
5. Which space shuttle landed from its final flight this week?
6. Which music magazine celebrated its 30^th anniversary this week?
7. Who was the winner of last night’s Britian’s Got Talent final?
8. Which footballer confirmed he had a hair transplant today?
9. Which club reopened in London yesterday, 30 years after the original closed down?
10. In tennis who was crowned French open champion this afternoon?
11. Who has replaced Cheryl Cole on the UK X Factor?
12. Which of the Kennedy’s was assassinated on this day in 1968?

1. 20,000
2. They can talk
3. Scott Sinclair
4. Krispy Kreme
5. Endeavour
6. Kerrang
7. Jai McDowall
8. Wayne Rooney
9. Playboy Club
10. Rafael Nadal
11. Tulisa Contostavlos
12. Robert Kennedy

TWTWTW #5

Missed the quiz? Here's the current affairs round from 29th May 2011

1. What was banned in Denmark this week?
2. Obama signed the guest register in Westminister Abbey, but he didn’t date it 2011, what year did he mistakenly date it?
3. Which team beat Northampton in the final of this year's Heineken Cup?
4. A stuffed version of which animal sparked a security alert in Hedge End in Hampshire?
5. Who took the award for Best Actress at this year's Cannes Film Festival?
6. Obama sampled a pint of Guinness and paid for it saying: "I just want you to know the president pays his bar tab." How much, including a tip in Euros did he pay?
7. Name the Icelandic volcano that erupted this week
8. A Derbyshire couple were refused service at a McDonald's drive-through restaurant because of their choice of vehicle. What was it?
9. Whose anchor was raised from the south Carolina coast this week
10. Imports of dodgy what are being blamed for the German E.Coli outbreak?
11. Who scored Man U’s one & only goal against Barcelona last night?
12. On this day in 1953 who was the first man to stand atop Everest?

1. Marmite
2. 2008
3. Leinster
4. White Tiger
5. Kirsten Dunce
6. 50 Euros (the pint was 4.20 Euros)
7. Grimsvotn
8. Horse drawn carriage
9. Blackbeard’s (Edward Treach)
10. Cucumbers
11. Wayne Rooney
12. Edmund Hilary

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

 

 

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

General Knowledge #18

1. What sort of woollen headgear was named after a battle of the Crimean War?
2. Whose tomb is situated in Arlington Cemetery Washington, at the Arc de Triomphe, Paris & in Westminster Abby, London?
3. What is the surname of the Hungarian inventor whose multicoloured, rotatable cube became a world cult?
4. Who was arrested on 4th November 1605?
5. What is the acronym for the agency set up in 1923 to provide co-operation between police forces worldwide?
6. What does the MI of MI5/MI6 stand for?
7. What unit is used for measuring the fineness of yarn? (Clue: Think tights/stockings)
8. Where were Anne Boleyn, Catherine Howard & Lady Jane Grey beheaded?
9. What stands 320 metres tall in the Champ de Mars and was designed in 1889?
10. What was the term popularised by Winston Churchill for the imaginary boundary dividing Europe between the capitalist West and communist East?
11. What term is used to denote illegal accessing of computer programs?
12. Which 18th Century cattle thief, smuggler, robber & Highway Man was hanged at York in 1739?
13. What was abolished in Britain in 1965 for all crimes except treason?
14. Which Italian city was buried when Vesuvius erupted in AD 79?
15. What emergency device was first used in 1945 and has since saved the lives of more than 5000 pilots?
    

For the answers, swipe below:

1. Balaclava
2. The tomb of the unknown soldier
3. Rubix
4. Guy Fawkes
5. Interpol
6. Military Intelligence
7. Denier
8. Tower Of London
9. Eiffel Tower
10. The Iron Curtain
11. Hacking
12. Dick Turpin
13. Capital Punishment/Hanging
14. Pompeii or Herculaneum
15. Ejector Seat

BW Debut: Park Bar, Cheltenham. 4/03/01

General Knowledge #17

1. What species is Bombay duck?
2. In which US state is Hollywood situated?
3. What parts of the body do orthopaedics treat?
4. Who discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun?
5. Who invented the ballpoint pen in 1938?
6. Which king did Henry Tudor defeat at Bosworth to become king Henry VII?
7. Jack Sprat refused to eat what type of food?
8. What do we call a group of Whales?
9. What is the full name given to the arrangement of the chemical elements?
10. What is the fifth book of the bible?
11. In scrabble what does the letter 'b' score?
12. In what year was queen Victoria crowned?
13. Where is the Scottish cup final played?
14. Which British General began the scouting movement?
15. Which character said "I'm a bear of very little brain &, long words bother me."
    

For the answers, swipe below:

1. Fish
2. California
3. Bone and muscles
4. Howard Carter
5. Laszlo Biro
6. Richard III
7. Fat
8. School (or gam)
9. The periodic table of elements
10. Deuteronomy
11. Three
12. 1838
13. Hampton Park
14. Lord Robert Baden-Powell
15. Winnie The Pooh

General Knowledge #16

1. What is the only bird to give us leather?
2. What was the fate of the three blind mice?
3. What is the fizz in fizzy drinks?
4. What Tenersee Williams play features Blanche Dubois and the Kowalskis?
5. What is the motto of the Boy Scouts?
6. Who had a hit in 1969 with Two Little Boys?
7. What is thrown into the ring to stop a boxing match?
8. What company owns the largest truck fleet in the world?
9. Which two cities were joined by the train, the Flying Scotsman?
10. What does AM stand for, as in 9:00AM?
11. Who baptised jesus?
12. How many pawns does each player start with in chess?
13. What American state is Memphis in?
14. What is the common name for Hydrogen Hydroxide?
15. Which side of a book are the even-numbered pages usually on?
    

For the answers, swipe below:

1. Ostritch
2. To have their tails cut off.
3. Carbon Dioxide
4. A Streetcar Named Desire
5. Be Prepared
6. Rolf Harris
7. A Towell
8. Coca-Cola
9. Edinburgh + London
10. Ante meridiem
11. John the baptist
12. 8
13. Tennessee
14. Water
15. The left

BW Debut: Pittville Bar, Cheltenham, 21/11/01

General Knowledge #15

1. The Burmese is a variety of which household animal?
2. Jay Kay dated which Big Breakfast presenter?
3. Who succeeded Fulgenico Batista as the leader of Cuba in 1959?
4. Which English playwright is famous for his talking heads series?
5. In which decade of the twentieth century was the American Super Bowl first held?
6. Which WW2 British twin-engine craft, mostly build of wood, shared its name with an insect?
7. What T is a river that flows into another river rather than a lake or the sea?
8. In biology the Scapula & Patella are both types of what?
9. In fashion what are moccasins?
10. Which decade saw the launch of the Duke Of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme?
11. The Royal Northern College of Music is based in which city?
12. The Gettysburg Address was made during which war?
13. What is the national airline of Germany?
14. The mountain range known as The Southern Alps is in which country?
    

For the answers, swipe below:

1. Cat
2. Denise Van Outen
3. Fidel (Ruz) Castro
4. Alan Bennett
5. 1960’s
6. DeHaviland DH-98 Mosquito
7. Tributary
8. Bones
9. Shoes (Slippers)
10. 1950’s (1956)
11. Manchester
12. American Civil War
13. Lufthansa
14. New Zealand

BW Debut: FCH Bar, Cheltenham 06/12/01

General Knowledge #14

1. Which company took over Rover in 1994?
2. On TV which character painted The Fallen Madonna with the Big Boobies ?
3. What was Celine Dion's first UK No 1?
4. Which comedian said 'marriage is a wonderful invention but so is the bicycle repair kit'
5. Which colour appears with Blue on the UN flag?
6. In basketball where do the Supersonics come from?
7. Which late rock star said "When your dead your made for life"
8. Which toy was the brainchild of Ole Kirk Christiansen of Denmark
9. In 1928 what became the minimum age at which women could vote?
10. Advertising which product caused Carol Vorderman to be dropped from Tomorrow's World?
11. Which James Bond appeared in The Persuaders?
12. Which soccer player became BBC Sports Personality of 1966?
13. Roger Osborne's goal sealed the first FA Cup Final triumph for which club?
14. Which US town became known as the home of Jazz?
15. Who wrote the novel Brideshead Revisited?
    

For the answers, swipe below:

1. BMW
2. Van Clomp
3. Think Twice
4. Billy Connolly
5. White
6. Seattle
7. Jimi Hendrix
8. Lego
9. 21
10. Arial
11. Roger Moore
12. Bobby Moore
13. Ipswich
14. New Orleans
15. Evelyn Waugh

General Knowledge #13

1. What was first seen on British television in 1982?
2. In the Highway code what shape are signs that give orders?
3. In which month is the Chelsea Flower show held each year?
4. Which city hosted the summer Olympics in 1908 & 1948
5. How many bits was a Sega Megadrive?
6. Which animal is associated with MGM films?
7. The Scream' is a famous painting by which artist?
8. Which King was killed at the Battle of Hastings?
9. In the horror movie what was Christine?
10. If someone’s hair is described as Flaxen what colour is it?
11. In which county is Stansted airport?
12. Who wrote the novel Pride & Prejudice?
13. What colour is the element sulphur?
14. How many witches are there in the opening scene of Shakespeare Macbeth?
15. Name the largest moon of Jupiter
    

For the answers, swipe below:

1. Channel 4
2. Circular
3. May
4. London
5. 16-Bit
6. Lion
7. Edvard Munch
8. Harold
9. A Car
10. Pale yellow
11. Essex
12. Jane Austin
13. Yellow
14. Three
15. Ganymede

General Knowledge # 12

1. Opened in June 1999, the Matthew Street Gallery in Liverpool was dedicated to the works of whom?
2. Which international soccer keeper of the 90s also played cricket for Scotland?
3. In 1997 which long running TV quiz had started so it finished?
4. Who had an 80's number one hit with 'Frankie'
5. Which motorway goes from London to Winchester
6. What was the first UK top 10 hit for 911?
7. In which decade did Belgium join the European Union?
8. In summer 1999 Anna Kournikova signed a contract to model what?
9. According to Monty Python what does a lumberjack do all night?
10. Which sitcom starred Rowan Atkinson and was set in Gasforth Police station?
    

Swipe below for the answers:

1. John Lennon
2. Andy Goram
3. Mastermind
4. Sister Sledge
5. M3
6. Don't Make Me wait
7. 1950's
8. Bras
9. Sleep
10. The Thin Blue Line

BW Debut: Park Bar, Cheltenham, 26/11/00.

General Knowledge #11

1. What is the zodiacal symbol for Pisces?
2. What is the name of the poker hand which consists of three of a kind and a pair?
3. Which country boasts the largest area – Australia, Brazil or India?
4. What year followed 1BC?
5. What band did Boy George spring to fame with?
6. Whose autobiography is entitled, I am not Spock!?
7. What tropic passes through Australia?
8. What country is the worlds largest exporter of frogs’ legs?
9. In the game Risk, which of the continents is considered easiest to defend?
10. What two actresses starred in The Good Life?
11. Who was assassinated on April 4, 1968?
12. What Bond film featured the partially-dressed Ursula Andress as co-star?
13. When did the three points for a win start in the football league?
14. What did Tom Tom the pipers son steal?
15. Who portrayed Reggie Perrin and Rigsby?
    

For the answers, swipe below:

1. Two fish
2. A full house
3. Brazil
4. 1.AD
5. Culture Club
6. Leonard Nimoy
7. Capricorn
8. Japan
9. Australasian
10. Penelope Keith + Felicity Kendall
11. Martin Luther King JNR.
12. Dr. No
13. 1981
14. He stole a pig
15. Leonard Rossiter

BW Debut: FCH Bar, Cheltenham 08/11/01

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