017-2009
Pawns & Knights
2. In an orchestra, do Celloists sit left or right of the conductor?
Right
3. What was the first craft to land on Mars called?
Viking I
4. Which country did Hannibal attack via the Alps?
Italy
5. Four Points - One Point Each - Which four nations fought in the Crimean war?
Britain, France, Russia & Turkey
6. Circus performer, Jules Leotard is immortalized in which well known song?
That Daring Young Man On The Flying Trapeze
7. William Cody died in 1917. What is his more familiar name?
Buffalo Bill
8. Which singer songwriter’s autobiography was entitled ‘Laughter in The Rain’?
Neil Sedaka
9. Name the cartoon character, described as a ‘Belgian boy scout’ who first appeared in a newspaper in 1929?
Tintin (created by Herge)
10. The heroine of which opera had a bullfighter lover called Escamillo?
Carmen
11. What was the name of Sir Clive Sinclair’s electric trike, launched in 1985?
The C5
12. In which country would you find the Kramat Tunggak, the world’s largest red-light district?
Indonesia
13. American actor Ray Bolger was born in 1904. Which character did he play in the classic film ‘The Wizard of Oz’?
The Scarecrow
14. Rachel Miner is the estranged wife of which young actor?
Macauley Culkin
15. Which Snooker player had the nickname of the Romford Robot?
Steve Davis
16. In which country are over a quarter of the male population Buddhist monks?
Tibet
17. For how many years are children’s passports valid?
Five Years
18. Which American city has 8 of the world’s 10 largest hotels?
Las Vegas
19. Rolf Harris was once Australian Junior Champion at which sport?
Swimming - Backstroke
20. Family Fortunes Question - Top answer required - Something that is Black & White?
Newspaper / Zebra Crossing / Barcode / Penguin / TV
21. Which Year - Fidel Castro declared himself a Marxist-Leninist who would lead Cuba to communism, Birth control pills became available on the NHS, The Elvis Presley album "Blue Hawaii" went to number one in the U.S and The Beach Boys played their first gig?
1961 - The Beatles were rejected for the first time by EMI Records, They later signed them!
22. What was the name of Inspector Clouseau’ s unpredictable manservant in "The Pink Panther"?
Cato
23. Which famous building can be found at 350 Fifth Ave. New York?
Empire State Building
24. Which Scandinavian country has the longest north sea coast?
Norway
25. In which sport do sprinters go deliberately slow for most of the race?
Cycling
26. Roger Lloyd Pack played Trigger in "Only Fools and Horses" but in which comedy did he play Owen Newitt?
The Vicar of Dibley
27. How many spices and herbs go into Kentucky Fried Chicken, is it - 8, 11, or 15?
Eleven
28. Whose titles include Earl of Carrick, Baron Renfrew and Great Steward of Scotland?
Prince Charles / The Prince Of Wales
29. In "The Odyssey", into what did the witch Circe change the sailors?
Pigs
30. Which city in Siberia gives its name to a character in "The Wombles"?
Tomsk
31. Who was pictured on the reverse of the last English pound notes?
Sir Isaac Newton
32. Which was the first human organ to be successfully transplanted?
Kidney
33. From which country does the martial art Taekwondo originate?
Korea
34. What have Wayne from Wayne’s world and Rodney from Only Fools and Horses got in common?
Both have a girlfriend / wife called Cassandra
35. In Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, which planet do the Mysterons come from?
Mars
36. In which American state is Jack Daniel’s distilled?
Tennessee
37. On which TV show did Les Dawson say, ‘My prizes are so bad, some people leave them in the foyer"?
Blankety Blank
38. What does Grumpy reply in Snow White & the Seven Dwarves’ when she (SW) says to him ‘How do you do’?
How do you do what?
39. Six out of the seven goals scored by England at the 1986 World Cup finals were scored by Gary Lineker, Who scored the other one?
Peter Beardsley
40. Who won the World Proffesional snooker Championship’s between 1957 - 1964?
No - one - it was not held!
TIE-BREAKER - How many 30 minute episodes of Tv’s Spitting Image were made?
122
Spare - In golf a warning shout of ‘fore’ may be heard. In which sport might you hear a shout of ‘timber’?
Archery (Toxophily)
