Could you have won the £260 last night?
| Author: John Boles | Published: 4th September 2008 18:44 |
Section 1 - News Monkey
Q1. Which low-cost airline hit the headlines recently over claims it was proposing to ration the amount of fuel its pilots could use?
Q2. The government recently announced a 20% cut in the budget of one of our main forces. Was it the Army, Navy or Air Force who will suffer this cut?
Q3. A new biography about a famous children's author claims he was a serial seducer whilst working as an undercover UK agent in Washington before he was famous. Who was he?
Q4. Which US city was evacuated early this week, in preparation for the arrival of Hurricane Gustav, which turned out to cause no more than relatively minor flooding?
Q5. What is the name of the millionaire businessman thought to have killed himself and his wife & daughter in their recently burnt out Shropshire mansion?
Q6. The MOD is once again in discussions with animal-rights groups over an item of clothing that makes up one of its famous uniforms. What is it?
Q7. A recent survey of the UK jail population has shown that around 8500 prisoners (or 1 in 11 prisoners) is a former what?
Q8. This reunited rock band has shot straight to the top of the album chart with their first release in more than 10 years, "Forth", released last Monday. Which band is it?
Q9. Around 1.25 million people have been affected by torrential rain and floods in which two Eastern countries this week?
Q10. For what is NASA considering extending the planned retirement date from 2010 to 2015?
Section 2 - Name that name!
(Names of famous things we think we should know)!
Q1. What was the name of the Wright brother's plane?
Q2. What was the name of George Stephenson's first successful railway engine?
Q3. What is the proper name for the constellation "The Great Bear"?
Q4. What was the name of the first ship to circumnavigate the globe, on a voyage made by Ferdinand Magellan?
Q5. The name of this famous Russian spacecraft translates as "travelling companion"
Q6. This was the name of Donald Campbell's famous jet-powered speed boat?
Q7. This is the proper name given to the medical condition known as ‘lockjaw'?
Q8. This is the name given to the river Thames as it passes through Oxford?
Q9. We can all sing the theme song to MASH. What is its name?
Q10. We've all heard of Rembrandt, but what was his surname?
Section 3 - Number cruncher
(All to do with maths and numbers)
Q1. How many noughts are there in an original British Billion?
Q2. What do you call a number which is equal to the sum of all the numbers it is divisible by?
Q3. Using the binary system, what decimal number would be represented by 1000?
Q4. What is half of three-quarters?
Q5. What is the square root of a million?
Q6. If 7x-8 = 48, what is the value of x?
Q7. What is 45% of 500?
Q8. How many edges are there on a cube?
Q9. How many faces are there on a tetrahedron?
Q10. What comes next in the sequence: 0, 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, ?
Section 4 - For the other brain!
(All to do with Words rather than numbers)!
Q1. What is a dirigible?
Q2. Mycology is the study of what?
Q3. Is there such a chemical element as Einsteinium?
Q4. A lord has a lady, A King has a Queen, what does a Sultan have?
Q5. What would a Pugilist do?
Q6. We call them undertakers, what do the Americans call them?
Q7. We frequently see this Japanese word, which translates as "empty orchestra"?
Q8. This English word comes from an old French word meaning "sour wine"
Q9. There are only three words in the English language that end with the letters "CEED". What are they?
Q10. What is the study of words called?
Section 5 - Boffins beware
(All science and nature related)
Q1. Other than our Sun, what is the next nearest star?
Q2. In computing, what does the abbreviation U.S.B. stand for?
Q3. To the nearest whole number, what percentage of our atmosphere is Nitrogen?
Q4. True or false - Sharks do not blink?
Q5. What is the Scapula more commonly known as?
Q6. Which is the only vitamin that's not found in an egg?
Q7. What is the scientific connection between Mount Wilson in California, Siding Spring in Australia and Mauna Kea in Hawaii?
Q8. Where on the human body is the skin at its thinnest?
Q9. We've all heard the saying "once in a blue moon", but what is a blue moon?
Q10. What do the letters I.Q. actually stand for?
Section 6 - I'm such a country!
(I'll describe myself and you guess which country I am)
Q1. I'm in Western Europe, have been the birthplace of some great explorers and my only neighbour loves eating Tapas?
Q2. I'm located in central Europe and one of my famous children is Lech Walesa, the leader of ‘Solidarity'?
Q3. Located in S America, I'm a small country who's capital is Georgetown?
Q4. I'm sitting in NE Africa, my official language is Arabic and my capital sounds like cartoon!?
Q5. I'm the world's largest country and home to around 145 million people?
Q6. My official language is English, my capital is Suva and I'm one of the islands that make up Oceana?
Q7. I'm a large island of the NE coast of America. My parents are Danish and I always wear a cap?
Q8. I'm in Western Asia. To my West is Greece and to my East is Iran?
Q9. I'm a country in Europe with just over 10 million people. My capital starts with ‘B' and ends in ‘S'
Q10. I'm part of Africa. I suffer from very dry skin. My capital is N'Djamena
Tie-Break Questions
Q1. Which drug is known in Australia as ‘Twang'?
Q2. After which Roman God is January named?
The 'picture round', (which wasn't pictures!) will be published separately ...
Next month, the quiz prize money will revert to £50 for the winners with a possible £30 for answering the 'killer question' ... look forward to seeing some of you there!!!
John
PS. Want the answers? Email me here and I'll send them to you!
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