Geography 1. Name any 2 of the 4 main Balearic Islands Majorca,

Menorca, Ibiza, Formentera

2. In Africa which river flows over the Victoria Falls?

The Zambezi

3. Which one of these countries is not crossed by the equator? Kenya, India, Brazil?

India

4. Which UK city is known as the Granite City?

Aberdeen

5. In which US state would you find people who speak French and call themselves Cajuns?

Louisiana

6. Tony Christie and Peter Kay both sang a song asking Is the way to Amarillo? In which US state would they have ended up?

Right in the middle of Texas

7. Mount Everest is the highest but what is the curiously short name of the second highest mountain in the world which is found on the border of Pakistan and China

K2 - named as such on an original geographic survey of the area the name has stuck.

8. The Wombles famously choose their names from an old Atlas in Great Uncle Bulgaria’s study. Which country was Tobermory looking at when he chose his name?

Scotland (Isle of Mull)

TV (UK) 1. Who was the name of the main male host of anarchic Saturday

morning show Tiswas

Chris Tarrant

2. Inspector Morse was set in which UK city?

Oxford

3. Which character did James Beck play in Dads Army?

Private Walker

4. With his bald head and glasses he is never slow to show his appreciation of a fine pudding on Masterchef. Who is he?

Greg Wallace

5. Who presented the popular TV darts quiz game-show Bullseye?

Jim Bowen

6. Arthur Daley has become slang for a con man or dodgy geezer but who played the original Arthur Daley in the TV show Minder?

George Cole

7. Which TV panellist is also editor of Private Eye magazine?

Ian Hislop

8. TV vet James Herriot treated the animals in and around which fictional Yorkshire town?

Darrowby

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Film 1. Which film starring Tom Cruise is based on the autobiography of

Ron Kovik?

Born on the 4th July

2. John Travolta played Danny - leader of the T Birds in the film Grease but what was Danny’s surname?

Zuko

3. Who played Ace Face in the film Quodrophenia ? Sting

4. In the 1995 epic Braveheart Mel Gibson played which historical Scottish hero?

William Wallace

5. Who directed the award winning film Slumdog Millionaire? Danny Boyle Who later devised the opening ceremony at the London 2012 Olympics

6. The film The Curse of the Black Pearl, released in 2003, was the first of which popular film series?

Pirates of the Caribbean

7. His credits include About a Boy, Skins (TV Programme) and Warm Bodies. Who is he?

Nicholas Hoult

8. Whose catch phrase is -To Infinity and Beyond?

Buzz Lightyear (Toy Story)

Pot Luck 1 1. What does a mahout ride? An elephant

2. Who camped under the shade of a Coolibah tree?

Jolly Swagman Waltzing Matilda

3. What is a mandrill? A monkey

4. Where would you find a Subscriber Identity Module?

Mobile Phone Sim card

5. Who lives at Lambeth Palace in London?

Archbishop of Canterbury

6. Give an example of a palindrome Any word that is spelt the same way backwards ie Hannah

7. How were Bingo, Drooper, Snorky and Fleagle better known? The Banana Splits

8.

What animal lives in a drey?

Squirrel

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Food 1.

If you were tucking in to biltong what would you be eating? Dried meat

2.

Saffron comes from which plant? Crocus the stamens from inside the flower

3.

Which town is renowned as the home of the pork pie? Melton Mowbray

4.

What is the principal ingredient of Hummus? Chickpeas

5.

What fruit is the basis of the spirit calvados? Apple

6.

Bucatini, trofie and farfalle are all types of what? Pasta

7. Its called Zucchini in Italy and America but how do we know this vegetable in the UK?

Courgette

8. Who runs the famous restaurant The Fat Duck at Bray; often cited as the best restaurant in the world?

Heston Blumenthal

Pop Music 1. Who sang the theme song to the Bond film Skyfall? Adelle

2. Pop band Pulp hail from which city? Sheffield

3. Which band recorded the acclaimed album Pet Sounds? The Beach

Boys

4. X Factor judge Tulisa Contostavios originally sang with which band?

N-Dubz

5. Jackie, Tito, Jermaine and Marlon were the less well known members of which popular American pop group?

Jackson 5

6.

Whose alter egos included Billericay Dickie and Clever Trevor? Ian Dury

7. Which US singer was known as the man in black?

Johnny Cash

8. Before going solo Rod Stewart mostly sang with which band? The Faces

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Sport 1. Lord Sebastian Coe was in charge of the London 2012 Olympic

Games. But at which Olympic cities did he win his own Olympic Gold medals in the 1500m in both 1980 and 1984?

Moscow and Los Angeles

2. Which gold medal winning Paralympian is known as the Werewolf?

David Weir Wheelchair Racer

3. Which English county cricket club are based at Edgebaston? Warwickshire

4. World famous gymnast from the 70’s Nadia Comaneci came from which country?

Romania

5. England World Cup manager Alf Ramsay previously had managed which team?

Ipswich Town. In 8 years he took them from Div 3 to win the Div 1 Championship

6. In which sport would you come across a competition called a Madison?

Cycling(Track) Type of team race

7. Boca Juniors and River Plate are famous football rivals in which country

Argentina Boca are Maradonna’s favourite team

8. The Neville brothers- Phil and Gary both played for Manchester United and England at football but at what sport did their sister Tracey represent her country

Netball

Pot Luck 2 1. Who was the last of the Tudor monarchs?

Elizabeth 1

2. Where would you most commonly find a clef? On a sheet of music

3. In history we refer to years as being BC or AD. BC stands for Before Christ but what does AD stand for?

Anno Domini (in the year of the Lord)

4. How many are there in a gross?

144

5. Gloucester Old Spot is a type of what?

Pig

6. What are pipistrelles?

Bats

7. Baloo features in which book and film?

Jungle Book

8. William Tell famously shot an apple placed on the head of his own son. Which country was he from?

Switzerland

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