£30 CASH CHALLENGE
Anne Newbold's ticket was drawn for this week's Cash Challenge, and she decided to accept her free drink rather than to gamble for £30
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GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
1/ Which US state is abbreviated by the letters KY?
2/ Which of the Seven Deadly Sins begins with the letter ‘E’?
3/ Born in Tupelo, Mississippi in 1935, which pop superstar had the middle name Aaron?
4/ How many years of marriage are celebrated by a Silver Anniversary?
5/ In The Bible, who cut off Samson’s hair?
6/ With which specific musical instrument will the American Leo Fender always be associated?
7/ Whose image appeared on the first postage stamp?
8/ Bryan Ferry was the lead vocalist with which band?
9/ Family Fortunes Question: Name something people hide?
10/ What was the surname of the family that owned the Belfast distillery that the football club Lisburn Distillery F.C. traces its roots to?
ANSWERS
1/ Kentucky
2/ Envy
3/ Elvis Presley
4/ 25
5/ Delilah (Judges Chap. 16)
6/ Electric guitar
7/ Queen Victoria (on the Penny Black)
8/ Roxy Music
9/ Money (5pts), gifts (4 pts), jewellery (3 pts), age (2 pts), love letters (1 pt)
10/ Dunville (owned the Royal Irish Distillery & Dunville Park in Belfast donated by the family)
TELEVISION
1/ What were the christian names of the BBC rag and bone men who lived in Oil Drum Lane, Shepherd’s Bush, London?
2/ What is the name of the cat in the series Sabrina, The Teenage Witch?
3/ In the early BBC sitcom Till Death Us Do Part, which actor played the role of Alf Garnett?
4/ The television personality Clive James was born in which country?
5/ Which comedian, who presented his show sitting on a stool, smoking cigarettes and drinking whiskey, called himself ‘a practising atheist’?
6/ Who, in 2007, replaced Des Lynam as the presenter of Channel Four’s Countdown?
7/ In Postman Pat, what is the name of the village postmistress?
8/ In Emmerdale, which actor plays the character Shadrach Dingle?
9/ Marion Jefferson, Kate Norris, Blanche Simmons and Lady Jocelyn ‘Joss’ Holbrook were just some of the characters who featured in which 1980’s BBC drama series?
10/ What was the name of the scientist played by David McCallum in the 1970’s re-make of The Invisible Man?
ANSWERS
1/ Albert & Harold (Steptoe – Steptoe and Son)
2/ Salem
3/ Warren Mitchell
4/ Australia (b. 07/10/1939)
5/ Dave Allen
6/ Des O’Connor
7/ Mrs. Goggins
8/ Andy Devine
9/ Tenko
10/ Daniel Westin
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
1/ Which one word is the medical term for the loss of memory?
2/ What name is given to the specially minted coinage that The Queen distributes on the Thursday before Easter?
3/ On what type of tree do coconuts grow?
4/ St Peter Port is the largest town on which of the Channel Islands?
5/ The American Kevin Federline is the ex-husband of which pop star?
6/ The Buchannan Galleries and the St. Enoch’s Centre are shopping centres in which British city?
7/ What is the most senior title held by The Queen’s only daughter?
8/ Born This Day: Which actor whose films include North Sea Hijack, Gold, and Shout At The Devil, was born in Stockwell, London this day in 1927?
9/ In the world of fashion, which designer was responsible for ‘the little black dress’?
10/ The city of Muscat is the capital of which Arab nation?
ANSWERS
1/ Amnesia
2/ Maundy Money
3/ Palm tree
4/ Guernsey
5/ Britney Spears
6/ Glasgow
7/ The Princess Royal
8/ Roger Moore
9/ Coco Chanel
10/ Oman (officially The Sultanate of Oman)
SPORT & SPORTING STARS
1/ In horse racing, all five Irish classic races are run at which racecourse?
2/ Inver Park is the home of which Irish League football club?
3/ At which athletic event did Mary Rand win an Olympic gold medal in 1964?
4/ Which Scottish golf course is regarded as the home of golf?
5/ How many players are there in a netball team?
6/ Stark’s Park, the home of Raith Rovers F. C., is in which Scottish town?
7/ The Formula One racing driver Rubens Barrichello comes from which country?
8/ Glanford Park is the home ground of which English football club?
9/ In rugby union, which French team did Ulster defeat in the final of the Heineken Cup in 1999?
10/ The Toronto Raptors, the Cleveland Cavaliers, and the Washington Wizards all play which sport?
ANSWERS
1/ The Curragh
2/ Larne F.C.
3/ Long jump
4/ St. Andrew’s (properly called The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrew’s)
5/ 7
6/ Kirkcaldy
7/ Brazil
8/ Scunthorpe United
9/ Colomiers (21-6)
10/ Basketball
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
1/ Who was the founder of the Boy Scouts?
2/ In the world of education, what do the letters HND stand for?
3/ Which Dutch liqueur is traditionally made from egg yolk, sugar, vanilla, and brandy?
4/ What name is given to the fat of a whale?
5/ Which screen cowboy had a horse called Trigger?
6/ Tomophobia is a fear of what: drums, surgical operations, or small axes?
7/ The largest island in the Mediterranean Sea belongs to which country?
8/ What is the name of the anthem of the European Union?
9/ Who had a one-hit-wonder in the UK in 1966 with the Lennon-McCartney song Michelle?
10/ What was the name of the character played by James Stewart in the 1965 film Shenandoah?
ANSWERS
1/ Robert Baden-Powell
2/ Higher National Diploma
3/ Advocaat
4/ Blubber
5/ Roy Rogers
6/ Surgical operations
7/ Italy (Sicily)
8/ Ode To Joy (from Beethoven’s 9th Symphony)
9/ The Overlanders
10/ Charlie Anderson
HISTORY
1/ In December 1939, the naval Battle of the River Plate took place off the coast of which continent?
2/ Which famous person was assassinated on 30th January 1948?
3/ In which decade of the 20th century did the United Kingdom join the European Economic Community?
4/ Which famous historical figure was exiled to the Mediterranean island of Elba in May 1814?
5/ Who was the president of the USA when Neil Armstrong set foot on The Moon in 1969?
6/ During World War II, which German army commander was nicknamed ‘The Desert Fox’?
7/ In which year did King George VI relinquish the title of Emperor of India?
8/ The Battle of Inkerman was fought during which war?
9/ Between 264 BC and 146 BC a series of wars called the Punic Wars were fought between which two states?
10/ At the start of the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745, Charles Edward Stuart (“Bonnie Prince Charlie”) first raised his standard close to which village in the Scottish highlands?
ANSWERS
1/ South America
2/ Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (accept Mahatma Gandhi)
3/ 1970’s (01/01/1973)
4/ Napoleon Bonaparte
5/ Richard Nixon
6/ Erwin Rommel
7/ 1947 (14/08/1947)
8/ Crimean War (05/11/1854)
9/ Rome & Carthage
10/ Glenfinnan (monument sited there to commemorate the occasion)
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
1/ With which invention will the Scottish-born engineer Alexander Graham Bell always associated?
2/ In the 1950’s, which English engineer invented the hovercraft?
3/ Which mobile phone company shares its name with a citrus fruit?
4/ With an atomic number of 2, which chemical element is represented by the symbol He?
5/ What name is given to the series of black and white lines, often accompanied by a number, that are to be found on nearly all food packaging?
6/ Which famous inventor had the nickname ‘The Wizard of Menlo Park’?
7/ The first non-stop transatlantic flight was between which two countries?
8/ What name does the European Space Agency give to its rockets for launching satellites?
9/ What is the name of the airfield near Bristol, where in 1969 the first British-built Concorde made its maiden flight?
10/ In which year did John Glenn become the first American astronaut to orbit the Earth?
ANSWERS
1/ Telephone
2/ Christopher Cockerell
3/ Orange
4/ Helium
5/ Barcode
6/ Thomas Edison
7/ Canada & Ireland (in 1919, Alcock & Brown flew from St. John’s, Newfoundland to Clifden, Connemara)
8/ Ariane (currently Ariane 5)
9/ Filton (Bristol Filton Airport)
10/ 1962 (20/02/1962)
THE LAST ROUND
1/ Which dance traditionally opens and closes the show at the Moulin Rouge in Paris?
2/ By what name are the headquarters of the Royal Naval Reserve in Northern Ireland known?
3/ Which of the following is furthest north: Blackburn, Bolton, or Burnley?
4/ Who wrote the pop song Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door?
5/ In terms of seats, which is the fourth largest political party to sit in the House of Commons?
6/ Which song gave The Beatles their highest chart position in the 1970’s?
7/ Who, in 1993, became the first person from Ireland to reach the summit of Mount Everest?
8/ Where in England would you find the Anglican Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary?
9/ What is the name of the Romanian-born German novelist who has just won this year’s Nobel Prize for Literature?
10/ In which year did the following events all occur: Kim Campbell became Canada’s first female prime minister, a car bomb exploded beneath the North Tower of the World Trade Centre in New York killing 6 people, and the actress Audrey Hepburn died?
ANSWERS
1/ Can-Can
2/ HMS Caroline (moored at the Alexandra Dock)
3/ Burnley
4/ Bob Dylan
5/ Democratic Unionist Party (DUP – 9 seats)
6/ Let It Be (No. 2 March 1970)
7/ Dawson Stelfox
8/ Salisbury (Salisbury Cathedral)
9/ Herta Muller
10/ 1993
