£60 CASH CHALLENGE QUESTION
Alan Thompson chose Envelope No. 11 and was asked:
In the Henry Williamson novel Tarka The Otter, what type of bird was Old Nog?
Alan answered an owl, which unfortunately for him was incorrect
NEXT WEEK'S CASH CHALLENGE £70
Answer: Heron
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
1/ The headquarters of the United Nations are in which American city?
2/ What fatherly name is the popular name for a crane fly?
3/ Which Lancashire seaside town is famous for its piers and tower?
4/ What does the letter ‘A’ in VAT stand for?
5/ Senorita is the title given to an unmarried lady in which European country?
6/ Which flower is associated with Remembrance Sunday?
7/ According to the saying, if speech is silver what is silence?
8/ Which American singer is nicknamed ‘The Boss’?
9/ Family Fortunes Question: Name a murder weapon from the board game Cluedo?
10/ Who won the first ever series of Celebrity Big Brother?
ANSWERS
1/ New York
2/ Daddy Long-legs
3/ Blackpool
4/ Added (Value Added Tax)
5/ Spain
6/ Poppy
7/ Golden
8/ Bruce Springsteen
9/ Dagger (5 pts), revolver (4 pts), rope (3 pts), spanner (2 pts), candlestick (1 pt)
10/ Jack Dee (2001)
ERIN’S ISLE
1/ Which river flows into the Irish Sea just south of the town of Drogheda?
2/ What is the county town of Co. Tyrone?
3/ For which alcoholic beverage will St. James’s Gate in Dublin always be associated?
4/ What was the name of the ship from the Spanish Armada that sank off Lacada Point in Co. Antrim in October 1588?
5/ What name is given to the 9th century elaborately decorated manuscripts of the four Gospels of the New Testament that are kept in the library of Trinity College Dublin?
6/ Shipquay Gate and Ferryquay Gate are two of the original four gates in the ancient walls of the city of Londonderry, what are the names of the other two?
7/ In which county would you be if you were to visit Bunratty Castle?
8/ Which was the first public park in Belfast to be donated to the city as a gift?
9/ The source of the River Shannon is in which Irish county?
10/ During World War II the Royal Navy had a base called HMS Corncrake on the outskirts of which village in Northern Ireland?
ANSWERS
1/ River Boyne
2/ Omagh
3/ Guinness
4/ La Girona
5/ Book of Kells
6/ Bishop’s Gate and Butcher’s Gate
7/ Co. Clare
8/ Dunville Park (donated by the Dunville family in 1891)
9/ Co. Cavan
10/ Ballyhalbert in Co. Down (also known as RAF Ballyhalbert)
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
1/ What is the most popular spectator sport in Spain?
2/ What was the old name for a Snickers bar?
3/ Which part of his body did Admiral Lord Nelson lose first: his right arm or his right eye?
4/ Which English football club are nicknamed ‘The Canaries’?
5/ How many of the keys on a grand piano are black: 32, 36, or 38?
6/ Which financial institution is nicknamed ‘The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street’?
7/ For his use of which material is the French designer Rene Lalique famous?
8/ Born This Day: Which engineer and inventor, who was the first person from Ireland to design, build, and fly his own aircraft, was born near Dromore, Co. Down this day in 1884?
9/ At Westminster, who is the Secretary of State for Wales?
10/ Who is the Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland?
ANSWERS
1/ Football (not bullfighting!)
2/ Marathon
3/ Eye (1794, arm – 1797)
4/ Norwich City
5/ 32
6/ Bank of England
7/ Glass
8/ Henry George “Harry” Ferguson
9/ Rt. Hon. Peter Hain MP
10/ Rev. Stafford Carson
FILM & FILM STARS
1/ The 1986 film Platoon was set during which war?
2/ Which late actor played the leading male role in the 1990 film Ghost?
3/ Which creature features on the logo of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio?
4/ In which 1989 film did Tom Hanks play the character Detective Scott Turner?
5/ Which actress played the leading female role of the 1990 film Pretty Woman?
6/ Sung by Carly Simon, the song Nobody Does It Better was the theme to which ‘James Bond’ film?
7/ Released in 1940, what was the first of Bob Hope and Bing Crosby’s ‘Road To’ films?
8/ What was the name of the president of the USA played by Harrison Ford in the 1997 film Air Force One?
9/ What was the first film that earned Steven Spielberg an Oscar nomination for Best Director?
10/ In the 1969 film The Italian Job, what was the name of the computer expert played by Benny Hill?
ANSWERS
1/ Vietnam War
2/ Patrick Swayze
3/ Lion
4/ Turner & Hooch
5/ Julia Roberts
6/ The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
7/ Road To Singapore
8/ James Marshall
9/ Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
10/ Professor Simon Peach
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
1/ On a standard British Monopoly board, what colour is Old Kent Road?
2/ What name is given to a line on a map that joins places of equal height?
3/ St. Michael was the brand name of which high street retailer?
4/ In Irish football, which two teams will compete in the final of this year’s Co. Antrim Shield?
5/ If you had the letters FRCS after your name what would be your profession?
6/ Innuendo and Made In Heaven were number one albums in the 1990’s for which band?
7/ This year the Labour Party held its Party Conference in Brighton, where did the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats hold their conferences?
8/ On 5th November 1688 at the start of what became known as ‘The Glorious Revolution’, William Prince of Orange arrived at which English port?
9/ Who was the prime minister of the UK on the day US president John F. Kennedy was assassinated?
10/ House, Pygmy, and Vagrant are all species of which rodent?
ANSWERS
1/ Brown
2/ Contour line
3/ Marks & Spencer
4/ Crusaders & Linfield
5/ Surgeon (Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons)
6/ Queen
7/ Manchester (Conservatives) & Bournemouth (Liberal Democrats)
8/ Brixham (Devon)
9/ Sir Alec Douglas-Home (22nd Nov 1963)
10/ Shrew
TRANSPORT
1/ What was the name of the famous ship, that in 1620 conveyed the Pilgrim Fathers to America?
2/ Which 19th century ‘odd-shaped’ bicycle was named after two British coins?
3/ Which car manufacturer once produced models in the UK called Classic, Consul and Corsair?
4/ Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport serves which city?
5/ What was the name of the brigantine merchant ship that was discovered crewless and drifting in the Atlantic Ocean in December 1872?
6/ In which year did British Airways and Air France retire their fleet of Concorde aircraft?
7/ If you were to travel by train from Bristol to London, at which railway station would your journey end?
8/ The Comet, the world’s first commercial jet liner was manufactured by which British company?
9/ Built in 1923, the Pacific Class steam locomotive No. 4472 called The Flying Scotsman was first owned and operated by which railway company?
10/ By what name was the former Cunard liner RMS Queen Elizabeth known when it caught fire and capsized in Hong Kong harbour in January 1972?
ANSWERS
1/ Mayflower
2/ Penny-farthing
3/ Ford Motor Co.
4/ Rome
5/ Mary Celeste
6/ 2003 (BA 24/10/03 – Air France 27/06/03)
7/ London Paddington (First Great Western trains)
8/ de Havilland Aircraft Company
9/ LNER (London & North Eastern Railway)
10/ Seawise University
A PENNY FOR THE GUY
As tomorrow is Guy Fawkes Night these questions are related to ‘Guys’
1/ Which singer divorced the film director Guy Ritchie in 2008?
2/ Guy-ropes are used to keep which type of temporary shelter in place?
3/ The Norman knight Guy of Gisborne was the archenemy of which legendary English folk hero?
4/ In which year did Guy Fawkes attempt to blow up the Houses of Parliament: 1605, 1610, or 1615?
5/ First led by Wing Commander Guy Gibson VC, what is the number the Royal Air Force squadron that is nicknamed ‘The Dambusters’?
6/ In 1994, Guy Whittingham was transferred from Aston Villa to which other English football club?
7/ When the spy Guy Burgess fled Britain for Russia in 1951, which other spy of the infamous Ring of Five went with him?
8/ For manufacturing which specific type of vehicles did the now defunct Guy Motors Limited of Wolverhampton become famous?
9/ Guy Berryman is the bass player in which band?
10/ Born in 1970, with which sport would you associate the New Zealander Guy Callaghan?
ANSWERS
1/ Madonna
2/ Tent
3/ Robin Hood
4/ 1605
5/ 617 Squadron
6/ Sheffield Wednesday (was on loan to Wolverhampton Wanderers at the time)
7/ Donald Maclean
8/ Buses
9/ Coldplay
10/ Swimming (butterfly)
THE LAST ROUND
1/ Which actor played the title role in the 1982 Oscar-winning film Gandhi?
2/ Which geometric shape appears on the flag of Bangladesh?
3/ What type of wood can be Cuban, Honduras, or San Dominican?
4/ What is the name of the wife of the leader of the Conservative Party in the UK?
5/ In the legends of Robin Hood, what is Maid Marian’s surname?
6/ What is the air traffic control call sign for any aircraft used by the vice president of the USA?
7/ London Fields and Time’s Arrow are novels by which famous British author?
8/ Which airline has the image of a girl nicknamed 'The Scarlet Lady' carrying a flag painted on the fuselage of all it's aircraft?
9/ Using Admiralty measurements, how long, to the nearest 10 feet, is a cable?
10/ In which year did the following events all occur: The Royal Festival Hall in London was opened, starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn the film The African Queen premiered in Hollywood, and the Welsh composer, singer and actor Ivor Novello died?
ANSWERS
1/ Ben Kingsley
2/ Circle (red)
3/ Mahogany
4/ Samantha Cameron
5/ Fitzwalter (Lady Marian Fitzwalter)
6/ Air Force Two
7/ Martin Amis
8/ Virgin Atlantic Airways
9/ 608 ft (tenth of a nautical mile i.e. 6,076ft)
10/ 1951
