022-2009
1. Which Bank calls itself ‘The world’s local bank’?
HSBC
2. The Queen was given her first one in 1945 but it was recently revealed that she does want anymore. What?
Corgis
3. Across Europe, 736 European parliament seats were up for grabs. Germany has the most – 99 seats. Which country has the fewest?
Malta
4. What is the purpose of the black stripe on a school crossing warden`s `lollipop`?
To write in chalk the registration number of traffic offenders
5. What was Frank Whittle’s most famous invention?
Jet Engine
6. What has been named asperatus?
A new cloud
7. Which biting insect is also known as a cleg?
Horsefly
8. In Rugby Union which team are Guinness Premiership Champions 2008/9?
Leicester Tigers - 6th Premiership title in just 11 years
9. Much to the annoyance of a farmer, what has been found in an Oxfordshire field?
A 600ft jellyfish crop circle
10. Igor Sikorsky created the first workable what?
Helicopter
11. Which David Jason TV series was based on novels by R D Wingfield?
A Touch Of Frost
12. Robin Barr recently announced that he is to step down as boss of the company A.G. Barr. But of what is he one of only two people to know the secret recipe?
Irn Bru
13. HAZE STERN RENT is an anagram of which celebrity who has been in the news recently?
ESTHER RANTZEN - she is intending to stand as an anti-expenses sleaze candidate at the next general election
14. Daniel Patrick Carroll died recently. He was better known under which name?
Danny La Rue
15. What means of transport was invented by Christopher Cockerell for which many gardeners are grateful?
Hovercraft - leading to the Flymo
16. What invention came into common use in supermarkets in 1974?
Bar Code Readers
17. What foodstuff, eaten twice weekly, may help ward off dementia according to a new US study?
A Curry
18. When Tom Baker played Doctor Who what were his favourite sweets?
Jelly Babies
19. Catherine Zeta-Jones is getting £3,700 per second for an ad shown only in Asia selling what?
Shampoo
20. What was the name of the blind Benedictine monk who invented Champagne?
Dom Perignon
21. One Point Each - For the UK Shipping Forecast the English Channel is divided into which four areas?
Plymouth / Portland / Wight / Dover
22. What colour are the flowers of the gorse bush?
Yellow
23. What title is given to the sovereign’s representative in a county?
Lord Lieutenant
24. From which french region does Camembert cheese oringinally come. It was first made in the late 18th century?
Normandy
25. Which actress plays the long suffering wife of Reggie in the new TV series Reggie Perrin?
Fay Ripley
26. Which American cosmetics company shares its name with an English river?
Avon
27. Which country won the recent Eurovision Song Contest?
Norway
28. How is nitrous oxide better known?
Laughing Gas
29. Which is the largest academic institution in the UK in terms of student numbers?
Open University
30. What is the tasty-sounding popular name for the government’s car scrappage scheme?
Bangers For Cash
31. Recently in the news, which country is sometimes referred to as The Teardrop Of India?
Sri Lanka
32. What colour flag is awarded to a recreational beach which has met stringent quality standards?
Blue
33. In which country did David and Victoria Beckham get married in July 1999?
Ireland
34. Which tennis player holds the record for the fastest serve struck by a woman in a main event at 130 miles per hour?
Venus Williams
35. Nigel Farage is the leader of which political party?
UKIP
36. Khaldoon Al Mubarak is the Chairman of which Premier League football club?
Manchester City
37. According to the Guinness Book Of Records in the late 1990s which dancer danced at a record of 35 taps per second and was the highest paid dancer in the world?
Michael Flatley (Riverdance)
38. Which team won this year’s Rugby Union Heineken Cup Final?
Leinster (beat Leicester Tigers)
39. What colour are Superman’s shorts?
Red
40. What is the principal language of Denmark?
Danish
Tiebreaker - There wasn’t exactly a stampede towards the ballot boxes last week. How many turned up in the first two hours at Streatham, south London?
52
What is the world record for the number of pickled onions eaten in one minute?
91
