£40 CASH CHALLENGE QUESTION
Dawn Davison chose Envelope No. 3 and was asked:
In which month of 1982 were 20 pence coins first issued?
Dawn correctly answered June and won £40
Next Week's Cash Challenge £20
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
1/ “Nice to see you, to see you nice” is which famous person’s catchphrase?
2/ Which fairy story character pricked her finger on a spinning wheel and slept for 100 years?
3/ Which musical instrument can be Hawaiian or Spanish?
4/ In which game do you draw part of a gallows for every wrong answer?
5/ Papa Don’t Preach was a UK number one hit in 1986 for which artist?
6/ What name do our American cousins call autumn?
7/ The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe is a children’s novel by which Belfast-born author?
8/ Oliver Cromwell died in 1658, in which century was 1658?
9/ Family Fortunes Question: Name a famous Tom?
10/ Which religious order was founded at Assisi in 1212, and adopted the Franciscan rule and habit?
ANSWERS
1/ Bruce Forsyth
2/ Sleeping Beauty
3/ Guitar
4/ Hangman
5/ Madonna
6/ Fall
7/ C. S. Lewis
8/ 17th
9/ Tom Hanks (5 pts), Tom Cruise (4 pts), Tom Jones (3 pts), Tom Baker, (2 pts), Peeping Tom (1 pt)
10/ Order of Poor Ladies (accept Order of St. Clare, or The Poor Clares)
TELEVISION
1/ Which comedian was the first host of the game show Bullseye?
2/ Which village is home to Postman Pat?
3/ Blake and Krystle Carrington were two of the central characters in which US soap?
4/ Which Coronation Street character is played by the former Hear’Say singer Kym Marsh?
5/ Which BBC drama series was set in the fictional Glenbogle?
6/ In Eastenders, which character is played by the actress Patsy Palmer?
7/ In Coronation Street, who were the first landlords of The Rover’s Return?
8/ Which actor played the role of Caligula in the 1976 BBC 2 series I, Claudius?
9/ Hardeep Singh Kohli was the second presenter of which BBC children’s quiz show?
10/ In the TV sitcom Birds of a Feather, what was the name of Dorien’s husband?
ANSWERS
1/ Jim Bowen
2/ Greendale
3/ Dynasty
4/ Michelle Connor
5/ Monarch of the Glen
6/ Bianca Jackson
7/ Jack & Annie Walker
8/ John Hurt
9/ Get 100
10/ Marcus
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
1/ In which musical film did Audrey Hepburn play the character Eliza Doolittle?
2/ Kerry Katona found fame in which all-girl group?
3/ In June 1997 the Conservative politician Chris Patten became the last governor of which British colony?
4/ In Spain, what name is given to the short afternoon sleep often taken after a meal?
5/ The new Chief Constable of the PSNI, Matt Baggott, was formerly Chief Constable of which English force?
6/ LXXVII is the Roman numeral for which number?
7/ Which French circus performer, who was born in 1839, gave his name to an article of clothing?
8/ Born This Day: Which actress, whose 1950’s films include King Solomon’s Mines, Quo Vadis, and The Prisoner Of Zenda, was born in Helensburgh, Scotland this day in 1921?
9/ By what name is the old county of Haddingtonshire now known?
10/ In April 2006, which Israeli prime minister died after suffering a stroke in January of the same year?
ANSWERS
1/ My Fair Lady
2/ Atomic Kitten
3/ Hong Kong
4/ Siesta
5/ Leicestershire Constabulary
6/ 77
7/ Jules Leotard
8/ Deborah Kerr
9/ East Lothian (name changed in 1921)
10/ Ariel Sharon
WHERE IN THE WORLD?
1/ Where in London is the annual Trooping of the Colour held?
2/ Bridgetown is the capital of which Caribbean island?
3/ Which is the most northerly town on the Isle of Man?
4/ Table Mountain in South Africa overlooks which major city?
5/ Famous for its lighthouse, the Fastnet Rock is off the coast of which Irish county?
6/ Which Australian city stands on the shores of Port Philip Bay?
7/ The capital city of which African country was named after an American president?
8/ In London, which is the closest mainline railway station to the London Eye?
9/ The world’s largest and longest permanent hedge maze is to be found in which country?
10/ If the 50 states of the USA were listed alphabetically, which would come last?
ANSWERS
1/ Horse Guards Parade
2/ Barbados
3/ Ramsey
4/ Cape Town
5/ Co. Cork
6/ Melbourne
7/ Liberia (Monrovia - founded in 1822 & named in honour of Pres. James Monroe)
8/ Waterloo Station
9/ Northern Ireland (The Peace Maze at Castlewellan)
10/ Wyoming
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
1/ On a standard British Monopoly board, what colour is Piccadilly?
2/ Which Belfast public house is owned by The National Trust?
3/ Who presents the afternoon Drive Time show on BBC Radio One?
4/ Which organisation first met at the Free Church Mission Hall, North Woodside Road, Glasgow on 4th October 1883?
5/ Which area of London is renowned for its jewellery trade?
6/ What two-word name is given to a full moon that is nearest to the Autumn Equinox?
7/ In 2005 the memorial service to the late Countdown presenter Richard Whiteley took place in which city?
8/ Which west coast American band was originally called The Pendletones?
9/ Which famous person in 1676 said, “If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants”?
10/ The Golden Lion is the highest award presented at which European city’s film festival?
ANSWERS
1/ Yellow
2/ The Crown Liquor Saloon (Great Victoria Street)
3/ Scott Mills
4/ Boys’ Brigade
5/ Hatton Garden
6/ Harvest Moon
7/ York (in York Minister)
8/ The Beach Boys
9/ Sir Isaac Newton
10/ Venice
HISTORY
1/ Which US president was sometimes known by the initials LBJ?
2/ In which city in the 1920’s and 1930’s did Al Capone build his criminal empire?
3/ What title was conferred on King Edward VIII after his abdication in 1936?
4/ During which war did Florence Nightingale come to prominence?
5/ In 1868, who became the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to come from a Jewish background?
6/ What was the name of the American naval hero, who in 1778 attacked the Royal Navy sloop HMS Drake while it was at anchor off Carrickfergus?
7/ In which country in 1572 did the St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre take place?
8/ Who, in 1929, did Adolph Hitler choose to head the hated SS?
9/ Which of Henry VIII’s wives was the mother of Edward VI?
10/ In which royal residence in 1861 did Queen Victoria’s consort Prince Albert die?
ANSWERS
1/ Lyndon Baines Johnson (36th President 1963-69)
2/ Chicago
3/ Duke of Windsor
4/ Crimean War
5/ Benjamin Disraeli
6/ John Paul Jones
7/ France (murder of protestant Huguenots)
8/ Heinrich Himmler
9/ Jane Seymour
10/ Windsor Castle
SPORT & SPORTING STARS
1/ With which sport would you associate the names of Colin Cowdrey and Geoffrey Boycott
2/ Which black American athlete became famous for winning four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games?
3/ At which race course is the Grand National run?
4 / In Formula One motor racing, who became World Drivers Champion last year?
5/ Which sport is played by the Harlem Globetrotters?
6/ In 1967, which former Queen’s Park and Rangers footballer became Scotland’s first full time manager?
7/ By what name was FIFA's Jules Rimet Trophy commonly known?
8/ Who won this year’s World Professional Snooker Championship in Sheffield?
9/ In rugby union, who was the captain of Scotland in this year’s Six Nations Championship?
10/ Since 1991 four England footballers have been in the top three of the FIFA World Player of the Year list, David Beckham and Alan Shearer are two, who are the other two?
ANSWERS
1/ Cricket
2/ Jesse Owens
3/ Aintree
4/ Lewis Hamilton
5/ Basketball
6/ Bobby Brown (former Scotland goalkeeper)
7/ World Cup
8/ John Higgins (Scotland)
9/ Mike Blair
10/ Gary Lineker (1991) & Frank Lampard (2005) [Shearer (1996) – Beckham (1999 & 2001)
THE LAST ROUND
1/ Which Liverpool-born singer was backed by The Dakotas?
2/ In which country in 2005 was the funeral of Pope John Paul II held?
3/ Who is the Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland?
4/ In which 1993 Academy Award-nominated film did Clint Eastwood play an aging US Secret Service agent?
5/ During the 1950’s and 60’s which letter of the alphabet was used to describe the RAF’s strategic nuclear strike force of Bomber Command?
6/ Which US president was in office when the Peace Corps was established in America?
7/ Between 15th August 1950 and 6th February 1952 The Princess Royal was known by the title Her Royal Highness Princess Anne of where?
8/ “Kindness in your eyes” is the first line from which 1990’s George Michael UK number one?
9/ Lilium longiflorum sometimes called the Easter Lily is native to which country?
10/ In which year did the following events all occur: the Rodgers and Hammerstein’s musical South Pacific opened on Broadway, New York, nicknamed ‘Joe 1’ the Soviet Union tested its first atomic bomb, and the author Margaret Mitchell, who penned the novel Gone With The Wind, died?
ANSWERS
1/ Bill J. Kramer
2/ Vatican City (officially State of the Vatican City)
3/ Owen Paterson MP
4/ In The Line Of Fire
5/ V (V Bombers consisiting of the Valiant, Victor & Vulcan)
6/ John F. Kennedy (founded 1st March 1961)
7/ Edinburgh (HRH Princess Anne of Edinburgh)
8/ Jesus To A Child (January 1996)
9/ Japan
10/ 1949
