£70 CASH CHALLENGE QUESTION
Noel Hamilton chose Envelope No. 17 and was asked:
What was the name of Queen Victoria's consort?
Noel correctly answered Prince Albert and went home £70 richer
NEXT WEEK'S CASH CHALLENGE £20
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
1/ Nicknamed ‘Bomber’, Arthur Travers Harris, held a senior position in which of the armed services during World War II?
2/ What is the collective name for a group of lions?
3/ Who is the patron saint of travellers?
4/ What was the surname of the brothers, who in 1903 made the first powered flight?
5/ In the world of music entertainment, what do the letters CD generally stand for?
6/ What was the maiden name of the late Diana, Princess of Wales?
7/ Hudson Bay is a large inlet of saltwater in which country?
8/ In the board game Risk, the map of Europe is made up of various shades of which colour?
9/ Family Fortunes Question: Name something that is thought to bring good luck?
10/ In the Asterix the Gaul comic books, what is the name of the village druid who provides Asterix with his magic potions?
ANSWERS
1/ Royal Air Force
2/ Pride
3/ St Christopher
4/ Wright (Orville & Wilbur)
5/ Compact Disc
6/ Spencer
7/ Canada
8/ Blue
9/ Horse shoe (5 pts), four-leaf clover (4 pts), rabbit’s foot (3 pts), white heather (2 pts), crossed fingers (1 pt)
10/ Getafix
TELEVISION
1/ In which police series set in Oxford, did the late actor John Thaw play the title role?
2/ Animal, Kermit and Miss Piggy all featured in which TV music hall-styled variety programme?
3/ Who played Master Sergeant Ernest Bilko on TV?
4/ In which series did Lee Majors play a stuntman called Colt Seavers?
5/ Who was the first presenter of the ITV game show Catchphrase?
6/ What was the name of the TV prison that included Norman Stanley Fletcher as one of its inmates?
7/ Which popular 1980’s children’s series featured Mr. Spoon, Mrs. Spoon, and their daughter Tina Teaspoon?
8/ Which ITV series had characters with the nicknames ‘Vaseline’, ‘Bayleaf’, and ‘Sicknote’?
9/ In Thunderbirds, Lady Penelope’s chauffeur had what christian name?
10/ Which actor played the character Detective Chief Inspector Frank Burnside in The Bill?
ANSWERS
1/ Inspector Morse
2/ The Muppet Show
3/ Phil Silvers
4/ The Fall Guy
5/ Roy Walker
6/ HMP Slade
7/ Button Moon
8/ London’s Burning
9/ Aloysius (Aloysius Parker)
10/ Christopher Ellison
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
1/ What is the name of the female animated star of the Tomb Raider computer game?
2/ Which two colours accompany white on the flag of Italy?
3/ In The Bible, which city was the traveller going to in the parable of the Good Samaritan?
4/ In the game of chess, what name is given to the piece carved like a horse’s head?
5/ In the NATO phonetic alphabet, how many of the world’s major cities are mentioned?
6/ The 1964 Gerry and The Pacemakers song Ferry ‘Cross The Mersey was re-released in the 1980’s to aid which disaster fund?
7/ What is the name of the largest lake in the British Isles?
8/ Born This Day: Which actor, whose films include The Naked Spur, The Tall Men, The Longest Day, and The Dirty Dozen, was born in Chicago, Illinois this day in 1909?
9/ Which English king was nicknamed ‘Longshanks’?
10/ What invention, first patented by Jacob Schick in 1928, is still in use today?
ANSWERS
1/ Lara Croft
2/ Green & red
3/ Jericho (Luke chap. 10)
4/ Knight
5/ 2 (Lima & Quebec)
6/ Hillsborough Disaster Fund (1989)
7/ Lough Neagh
8/ Robert Ryan
9/ Edward I
10/ Electric razor
SPORT & SPORTING STARS
1/ In snooker, what is the points value of the pink ball?
2/ Which boxing legend called himself ‘The Greatest’?
3/ How many points are awarded for a try in rugby union?
4/ From 1977 until 1991 the TV football pundit Alan Hansen played for which English club?
5/ On a competition dart board, which number comes between 10 and 2?
6/ Which city hosted the 1964 Summer Olympic Games?
7/ How far apart, in feet, are the goalposts in a game of polo?
8/ In 1981, the Northern Ireland central defender John McClelland joined Rangers after playing 125 games for which English club?
9/ In rugby union, which country won this year’s Rugby World Cup Sevens?
10/ In 1969, the 41 year-old American tennis player Pancho Gonzales won a marathon match lasting 5 hours 12 minutes against which 25 year-old Puerto Rican?
ANSWERS
1/ 6
2/ Mohammad Ali (accept Cassius Clay)
3/ 5
4/ Liverpool
5/ 15
6/ Tokyo
7/ 24 feet (8 yards)
8/ Mansfield Town
9/ Wales (defeated Argentina 19-12 in Dubai)
10/ Charlie Pasarell (22-24, 1-6, 16-14, 6-3, 11-9, tie-break introduced the following year)
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
1/ In London, in which month of the year does the Lord Mayor’s Show take place?
2/ Olive Oyl is the love interest of which cartoon hero?
3/ Which monarch was on the British throne at the end of the 19th century?
4/ What was founded in London in 1721 by Sir Thomas Guy?
5/ How many of the 50 states of the USA have a Pacific coastline?
6/ At which famous battle in 1836 were Jim Bowie and Davy Crockett killed?
7/ Palermo is the largest city on the Mediterranean island?
8/ By what nickname is the Firth of Clyde island Ailsa Craig sometimes known?
9/ In 1994, who won the Eurovision Song Contest for Ireland with the song Rock ‘n’ Roll Kids?
10/ Which Scotsman was Archbishop of Canterbury during the Abdication Crisis of 1936?
ANSWERS
1/ November (2nd Saturday in November)
2/ Popeye
3/ Queen Victoria
4/ Guy’s Hospital
5/ 5 (California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska & Hawaii)
6/ Battle of the Alamo
7/ Sicily
8/ “Paddy’s Milestone”
9/ Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettingan
10/ (William) Cosmo Gordon Lang
FILMS & FILM STARS
1/ The 1996 film Trainspotting was set in which Scottish city?
2/ Born in 1916, which Hollywood actress had her legs insured by 20th Century Fox for $1 million?
3/ In which 1987 film did the characters Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh first feature?
4/ Who played the title role in the 1992 comedy film My Cousin Vinnie?
5/ In which 2002 spy film did Matt Damon first play the character Jason Bourne?
6/ Which English actor played The Doctor in the 1965 film Doctor Who and the Daleks?
7/ Who wrote the book A Town Like Alice on which the 1956 film of the same name is based?
8/ In which film did Clint Eastwood first use the catchphrase “Go ahead, make my day”?
9/ The leader of the Labour Party from 1932-35 was the grandfather of which English-born actress?
10/ Which English actor played the character Inspector Goole, in the 1954 film adaptation of J. B. Priestley’s famous play An Inspector Calls?
ANSWERS
1/ Edinburgh
2/ Betty Grable
3/ Lethal Weapon
4/ Joe Pesci
5/ The Bourne Identity
6/ Peter Cushing
7/ Nevil Shute
8/ Sudden Impact (1983)
9/ Angela Lansbury (grandfather George Lansbury)
10/ Alastair Sim
FOOD & DRINK
1/ Which famous building appears on the label on a bottle of HP Sauce?
2/ With which specific type of drink would you usually associate the name Dom Perignon?
3/ Which edible seaweed is traditionally sold at the Ould Lammas Fair in Ballycastle?
4/ Grenache is a variety of which fruit?
5/ Which animal features on the label of a bottle of Glenfiddich single malt whisky?
6/ Traditional Austrian Strudels are made using which type of pastry: choux, filo, or puff?
7/ The Spanish district of Jerez de la Frontera is famous for producing which drink?
8/ Kimchi is a dish of pickled vegetables and varied seasonings traditionally eaten in which country?
9/ Which spirit is the base for the making of the cocktail known as a Hanky-Panky?
10/ In 2005, which Asian country was the world’s largest producer of onions?
ANSWERS
1/ Houses of Parliament (Westminster)
2/ Champagne
3/ Dulce
4/ Grape
5/ Stag (accept deer, in Gaelic Glenfiddich means ‘valley of the deer’)
6/ Filo
7/ Sherry
8/ Korea (north & south)
9/ Gin
10/ India (9.8 million tonnes)
THE LAST ROUND
1/ The famous statue Venus de Milo is currently on display in a museum in which city?
2/ During World War II, by what nickname was the American-born Nazi William Joyce known?
3/ Siam was the former name of which country?
4/ What is the common name for what is known in the medical profession as a periorbital hematoma?
5/ In the British army, which ranks falls between colonel and major-general?
6/ Said to be the inspiration for the Sydney Harbour Bridge in Australia, the Hell Gate Bridge is to be found in which city?
7/ How is the 2002 Mercury Music Prize winner Niomi McLean-Daley better known?
8/ Completed in Finland last month, and currently sailing to its home port in Florida, what is the name of the world’s largest passenger ship?
9/ Who was the vice president of the United States of America during the greater part of the American Civil War?
10/ In which year did the following events all occur: Disney World opened in Orlando, Florida, the Democratic Republic of the Congo was renamed Zaire, and Sean Lemass, the former Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland, died?
ANSWERS
1/ Paris (in The Louvre Museum)
2/ Lord Haw-Haw
3/ Thailand
4/ Black eye
5/ Brigadier
6/ New York
7/ Ms. Dynamite
8/ MS Oasis of the Seas (owner Royal Caribbean Cruises)
9/ Hannibal Hamlin (from 04/03/1861 – 04/03/1865)
10/ 1971
