£50 CASH CHALLENGE QUESTION
Stevie Brennan chose Envelope No. 12 and was asked:
Sometimes called The Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal, who is the current Lord Privy Seal?
Stevie answered Gordon Brown, which unfortunately for him was incorrect
NEXT WEEK'S CASH CHALLENGE £60
Answer: Rt. Hon. Harriet Harman QC MP
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
1/ What name is given to a gathering of witches?
2/ What is the colour of the cross on the flag of Sweden?
3/ Which sign of the zodiac is also known as ‘the twins’?
4/ QUANTAS is the largest airline in which country?
5/ For which religious ceremony is a font traditionally used?
6/ Person’s of ‘royal’ birth are said to have which colour of blood?
7/ Which bank holiday comes immediately before Easter Day?
8/ Which fruit to people usually ‘dunk’ for at Halloween?
9/ Family Fortunes Question: Name someone who works with animals?
10/ Who composed the music for the one-act pantomime ballet The Miraculous Mandarin?
ANSWERS
1/ Coven
2/ Yellow (on a blue background)
3/ Gemini
4/ Australia
5/ Christening/baptism
6/ Blue
7/ Good Friday
8/ Apple
9/ Farmer (5 pts), veterinary surgeon (4 pts), blacksmith (3 pts), circus trainer (2 pts), zoo keeper (1 pt)
10/ Bela Bartok
TELEVISION
1/ Which TV soap is set in the fictional Ramsey Street?
2/ Which is the tallest of The Telletubbies?
3/ In which sitcom did Ronnie Barker play the tight-fisted shopkeeper Albert Arkwright?
4/ In which police series did the late actor Mark McManus originally play the title role?
5/ In children’s television, which 11th century wizard arrived in the 20th century with a toad called Touchwood?
6/ In the sitcom Bewitched, what was Samantha’s surname?
7/ In which 1960’s ITV series did the actor Steve Forrest play the character John Mannering?
8/ The long-running wildlife documentary Survival was produced by which ITV regional company?
9/ In Coronation Street, who was the landlady of The Rovers Return when Fred Gee was first employed as the cellar man?
10/ What is the surname of the three sisters in the supernatural TV series Charmed?
ANSWERS
1/ Neighbours
2/ Tinky Winky
3/ Open All Hours
4/ Taggart
5/ Catweazle
6/ Stephens
7/ The Baron
8/ Anglia Television
9/ Annie Walker (1975)
10/ Halliwell (Prudence, Piper & Phoebe Halliwell)
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
1/ What type of transport would you expect a witch to use to get around?
2/ Vienna is the capital of which European country?
3/ Which saint’s day is commemorated on the 23rd April?
4/ In The Bible, who lead the Children of Israel out of their captivity in Egypt?
5/ William Tell is a folk hero in which country?
6/ Geronimo and Apache were 1960’s instrumental hits for which band?
7/ Which Shakespeare play opens with three witches talking?
8/ Born This Day: Which actress, whose 1990’s films include Tea With Mussolini, The Assistant, 101 Dalmatians, and Dennis The Menace, was born in Brigg, Lincolnshire this day in 1929?
9/ What was the name of the Kilkeel-registered fishing boat that sank in Belfast Lough last week?
10/ In politics, who was the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs during most of World War II?
ANSWERS
1/ Broomstick
2/ Austria
3/ St. George
4/ Moses
5/ Switzerland
6/ The Shadows
7/ Macbeth
8/ Joan Plowright
9/ Bellatrix
10/ Rt. Hon. Anthony Eden MP (1940-45)
SPORT & SPORTING STARS
1/ With which sport would you associate the Czech-born Ivan Lendl?
2/ Which English footballer was nicknamed ‘The Wizard of Dribble’?
3/ In rugby union, for which country does Isaac Boss play?
4/ In which decade of the 20th century did Chelsea Football Club first win the English League?
5/ Which city hosted the first Summer Olympic Games to be held after World War II?
6/ Which English football club are nicknamed ‘The Black Cats’?
7/ How many scoring zones are there on an archery target?
8/ Having won 30 caps for Scotland, which former Leeds United footballer is the first team scout for Middlesbrough Football Club?
9/ The Rose Bowl is the name of the home ground of which county cricket club?
10/ Traditionally made from ash, what wood is now commonly used for the making of a caman in the game of shinty?
ANSWERS
1/ Tennis
2/ Sir Stanley Matthews
3/ Ireland
4/ 1950’s (First Division winners 1954-55)
5/ London (1948)
6/ Sunderland AFC
7/ 10 (2 for each of the colours white, black, blue red & gold)
8/ Gordon McQueen
9/ Hampshire County Cricket Club (near Southampton)
10/ Hickory
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
1/ Dr John Watson is the friend and assistant of which fictional detective?
2/ Which London thoroughfare used to be the home of the British newspaper industry?
3/ Which 1965 film was set around the lives of the Von Trapp family?
4/ Which plant belonging to the lily family is supposed to ward off vampires?
5/ Long Walk To Freedom is the autobiography of which famous former African leader?
6/ Selaphobia is a fear of what: flashing lights, ghostly apparitions, or sticky tapes?
7/ What name is given to the curved knife-like weapon that features on the cap badge of the Royal Gurkha Rifles?
8/ What is the name of the Franciscan monk in William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet?
9/ From which modern-day language do the words caviar and tulip originate?
10/ If you were described as ‘A Nutmegger’ in America, which state would you be from?
ANSWERS
1/ Sherlock Holmes
2/ Fleet Street
3/ The Sound Of Music
4/ Garlic
5/ Nelson Mandela
6/ Flashing lights
7/ Kukri
8/ Friar Laurence
9/ Turkish
10/ Connecticut
NINETIES MUSIC
The following questions are on the UK Music Charts of the 1990’s
1/ Which Wet Wet Wet song, originally recorded by The Troggs in 1967, was the biggest selling single of 1994?
2/ By what nickname was Melanie Chisholm of the Spice Girls usually known?
3/ How many number one hits did Boyzone have in the 1990’s: 6, 8, or 10?
4/ Who were Young At Heart at the top of the charts in 1993?
5/ The singer Justin Timberlake was a member of which 1990’s boy-band?
6/ The Shoop Shoop Song and Believe were number one hits in the 1990’s for which artist?
7/ Better The Devil You Know got to number two in the charts in 1990 for which artist?
8/ What was the last number one of the 1990’s for Oasis?
9/ Awake and Breathe was a top ten album in 1999 for which group?
10/ Who had the last number one of the 1990’s?
ANSWERS
1/ Love Is All Around
2/ ‘Sporty Spice’
3/ 6 (Words, A Different Beat, All That I Need, No Matter What, When The Going Gets Tough, & You Needed Me)
4/ The Bluebells
5/ ‘N Sync
6/ Cher
7/ Kylie Minogue
8/ All Around The World (Jan 1998)
9/ B*Witched (No. 5)
10/ Westlife (31/12/1999 - I Have A Dream/Seasons In The Sun)
HISTORY
1/ What was the name of the Russian Orthodox mystic, nicknamed ‘the mad monk’, who influenced Alexandra the last Tsarina of Russia?
2/ Who, in January 1924 became the first Prime Minister of a Labour government?
3/ On which island in 1956 did the voodoo physician nicknamed Papa Doc seize power?
4/ In which city in 1865 was the US president Abraham Lincoln assassinated?
5/ In 1879, what was the name of the mission station that was attacked by over 4,000 Zulu warriors, and successfully defended by 139 British soldiers?
6/ In which Massachusetts town in 1692 did famous ‘witch trials’ once take place?
7/ Who was the president of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War?
8/ In 1855 the Siege of Kars was the last major engagement in which war?
9/ In 70AD, the construction of the Colosseum in Rome was begun by which Roman Emperor?
10/ Who in 1914 was the first commander of the British Expeditionary Force during World War I?
ANSWERS
1/ Grigori Rasputin
2/ Ramsay MacDonald
3/ Haiti (his proper name was Francois Duvalier)
4/ Washington DC
5/ Rorke’s Drift
6/ Salem
7/ Jefferson Davis
8/ Crimean War
9/ Vespasian
10/ Field Marshall Sir John French
TRICK OR TREAT
1/ Which famous car manufacturers called their first car Silver Ghost?
2/ Black Magic chocolates are made by which company?
3/ What type of farming implement does the Grim Reaper carry?
4/ In The Bible, which king of Israel consulted the Witch of Endor?
5/ Which famous author created Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde?
6/ What is the correct name for the smouldering stick that is used for lighting the fuse of a firework?
7/ Which actress played the trainee witch Miss Price in the Disney film Bedknobs and Broomsticks?
8/ Bomoh is the name given to a witchdoctor or shaman in which Asian country?
9/ What is the name of the ancient wizard who gave Captain Marvel his superhero powers?
10/ In which year did the following events all occur: Edvard Munch’s famous painting The Scream was stolen from Norway’s National Gallery, John Wayne Gacy was executed in Illinois after being convicted of murdering 33 men and boys in 1980, and famous for playing roles in many horror films, the actor Peter Cushing died?
ANSWERS
1/ Rolls Royce
2/ Nestlé (originally Rowntree)
3/ Scythe
4/ King Saul (Samuel I chap. 28)
5/ Robert Louis Stevenson
6/ Punk
7/ Angela Lansbury
8/ Malaysia
9/ Shazam
10/ 1994
