£20 CASH CHALLENGE QUESTION
Davy Beattie chose Envelope No. 10 and was asked:
The Memphis Mansion Graceland was once the home of which music great?
Congratulations to Davy who correctly answered Elvis Presley and took £20 home
NEXT WEEK'S CASH CHALLENGE STARTS AGAIN AT £20
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
1/ On a compass, what point is directly opposite northeast?
2/ In 1975, Bohemian Rhapsody was the first UK number hit for which band?
3/ Which type of small bird is most often shown on Christmas cards?
4/ During World War II, Benito Mussolini was the leader of which European country?
5/ Which part of the body can go before the words ache and muff to make two new words?
6/ Honda motorcycles come from which country?
7/ Which company provides insurance and holidays for the over 50’s?
8/ Which Irish-born author was the creator of Count Dracula?
9/ Family Fortunes Question: Name a colour that appears in a rainbow?
10/ What is the currency of the People’s Republic of China?
ANSWERS
1/ Southwest
2/ Queen
3/ Robin
4/ Italy
5/ Ear (earache & earmuff)
6/ Japan
7/ Saga Group
8/ Bram Stoker
9/ Red (5 pts), yellow (4 pts), blue (3 pts), green (2 pts), orange (1 pt)
10/ Yuan (accept Renminbi whose principal unit is the yuan)
TELEVISION
1/ Who was the main presenter on the BBC show That’s Life!?
2/ On which TV quiz show did William G. Stewart ask the questions?
3/ What are the christian names of the couple who own the hotel in Fawlty Towers?
4/ In which BBC series did the actor Ian McShane play an antiques dealer?
5/ In the sitcom The Good Life, what was Jerry's surname?
6/ Who played the title role in the drama series Inspector George Gently?
7/ Which series starred Robbie Coltrane as a police psychologist?
8/ In the TV series Boon, what was the name of the motorcycle courier agency run by Ken Boon?
9/ What was the christian name of the character played by James Nesbitt in the BBC series Murphy’s Law?
10/ What was the name of the hospital that the sitcom Surgical Spirit was set in?
ANSWERS
1/ Esther Rantzen
2/ 15 to 1
3/ Basil & Sybil
4/ Lovejoy
5/ Leadbetter
6/ Martin Shaw
7/ Cracker
8/ Texas Rangers
9/ Tommy (Sergeant Tommy Murphy)
10/ Gillies Hospital
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
1/ Which cartoon character gets his strength from eating spinach?
2/ What type of material are Levi Jeans traditionally made from?
3/ Catherine of Aragon was married to which 16th century English king?
4/ By which four letters was Russia and it's satelite republics known prior to 1991?
5/ Dermatitis is the inflammation of what part of the body?
6/ During World War II, who was known as ‘The Forces Sweetheart’?
7/ An area around a city which is designated not be built on is known as what: a lifebelt, a green belt, or a chastity belt?
8/ Born This Day: Which tennis player, who won the US Open 5 times, Wimbledon twice, and the Australian Open once, was born in the city of East St. Louis, Illinois this day in 1952?
9/ In the USA in 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous ‘I have a dream’ speech from the steps of which Washington DC landmark?
10/ Who was the first man to go into space twice?
ANSWERS
1/ Popeye
2/ Denim
3/ Henry VIII
4/ USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)
5/ Skin
6/ Vera Lynn
7/ Green belt
8/ Jimmy Connors
9/ Lincoln Memorial
10/ Virgil Ivan ‘Gus’ Grissom (21/07/1961 & 23/03/1965)
WHERE IN THE WORLD?
1/ What is the name of the largest city on the west coast of Canada?
2/ The British territory of Gibraltar has a land border with which country?
3/ The Isle of Skye is part of which island group?
4/ In which country is the Mekong Delta?
5/ What is the capital of the US state of Nevada?
6/ Which is the only South American country to have Portuguese as its official language?
7/ Which river renowned for its large tidal bore eventually flows into the Bristol Channel?
8/ By area, which is the smallest of the five Great Lakes of North America?
9/ The Kakadu National Park is in which country?
10/ Bruce Castle, a Grade 1 listed 16th century manor house, is in the northern suburbs of which British city?
ANSWERS
1/ Vancouver
2/ Spain
3/ Inner Hebrides
4/ Vietnam
5/ Carson City
6/ Brazil
7/ River Severn
8/ Lake Ontario
9/ Australia (Northern Territory)
10/ London (in Tottenham, and owned by Haringey Borough Council)
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
1/ Which influential US politician died last week at the age of 77?
2/ What title was given to the wife a Russian Tsar?
3/ The zodiac sign Pisces covers which two months of the year?
4/ Alana Hamilton and Rachel Hunter are ex-wives of which pop star?
5/ What would you do with a deerstalker: eat it, shoot it, or wear it?
6/ What is the background colour of the flag of the International Red Cross?
7/ When he was born in August 2000, what name did Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones give to their son?
8/ What are the two official languages of the African country of Chad?
9/ Ronan Keating, Stephen Gately, and Keith Duffy were three members of Boyzone, what were the names of the other two?
10/ Which Cambridge University college admitted Prince Charles as a student in 1967?
ANSWERS
1/ Edward Kennedy
2/ Tsarina
3/ February & March (18th Feb – 20th Mar)
4/ Rod Stewart
5/ Wear it (a type of hat)
6/ White
7/ Dylan (Dylan Michael)
8/ French & Arabic
9/ Mikey Graham & Shane Lynch
10/ Trinity College, Cambridge
SPORT & SPORTING STARS
1/ Which tennis player had the nickname ‘Pistol Pete’?
2/ Ibrox Stadium is the home ground of which Scottish football club?
3/ Donald ‘Ginger’ McCain was the trainer of which famous racehorse of the 1970’s?
4/ With which sport would you associate the South African-born Basil D’Oliveira?
5/ In which city did the swimmer Mark Spitz win seven Olympic gold medals?
6/ In which sport might Owls play against Canaries?
7/ In distance, which is the longest athletic event held at the Summer Olympic Games?
8/ What is the name of the Co. Kildare stud farm from which the racehorse Shergar was kidnapped?
9/ Before it was re-developed, at which English football ground could you have stood at the Bee Hole End?
10/ The Lance Todd Trophy is awarded in which sport?
ANSWERS
1/ Pete Sampras
2/ Rangers F.C.
3/ Red Rum
4/ Cricket (won 44 caps for England, 1966-72)
5/ Munich (1972)
6/ Football (Sheffield Wednesday [nickname The Owls], Norwich City [nickname The Canaries])
7/ 50km walk
8/ Ballymany Stud
9/ Turf Moor (Burnley FC – where the Jimmy McIlroy Stand now is)
10/ Rugby League (awarded to man-of-the-match in the Challenge Cup Final)
BETWEEN THE WARS
The following questions relate to events and people between 1918 & 1939
1/ How did the shooting and killing of six members of Bugs Moran’s gang on 14th February 1929 become known?
2/ Which famous Cunard liner was launched on the River Clyde in September 1934?
3/ In America, who, in March 1935, became the first Director of the FBI?
4/ Which Scottish politician became the first Labour Party Prime Minister of the UK in 1924?
5/ The aviator Amelia Earhart disappeared in 1937 while flying over which body of water?
6/ Which European war was fought between July 1936 and April 1939?
7/ What was the name of the American socialite at the time of her marriage to the former King Edward VIII married on 3rd June 1937?
8/ In which year did John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown make the first non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean?
9/ When Sir Charles Wickham was appointed the first head of the newly formed Royal Ulster Constabulary in 1922, what rank did he hold?
10/ In 1931, which New Zealand city was practically destroyed in what was known at the time as the Hawke’s Bay Earthquake?
ANSWERS
1/ St. Valentine’s Day Massacre
2/ RMS Queen Mary
3/ J Edgar Hoover
4/ Ramsay MacDonald
5/ Pacific Ocean
6/ Spanish Civil War
7/ Wallis Warfield (do not accept Simpson. Had changed name from Simpson by deed poll on 07/05/1937)
8/ 1919 (14th-15th June)
9/ Inspector-General
10/ Napier (North Island )
THE LAST ROUND
1/ How many stars are there on the flag of Australia?
2/ Simon Le Bon is the lead singer with which band?
3/ Which 1969 film starred Paul Newman, Robert Redford, and Katharine Ross?
4/ In the British army, the rank insignia is worn by a major?
5/ Formerly a building society, which bank was acquired by Barclay’s Bank in 2000?
6/ The Scottish-born explorer and missionary David Livingstone was born in which South Lanarkshire town?
7/ Who is the president of Russia?
8/ In nature, by what name is Sibbald’s rorqual better known?
9/ Which Bruce Springsteen song was a UK top ten hit in 1976 for Manfred Mann’s Earth Band?
10/ In which year did the following events all occur: Harald V became king of Norway, the Sega Corporation introduced Sonic the Hedgehog, and the British actress Dame Peggy Ashcroft died?
ANSWERS
1/ 6
2/ Duran Duran
3/ Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid
4/ Crown
5/ Woolwich PLC (The Woolwich)
6/ Blantyre (b. 19/03/1813)
7/ Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev
8/ Blue whale
9/ Blinded By The Light (No. 6 Aug 1976)
10/ 1991
