Quiz Night 02 Feb 2013
The Black Lantern Taverna & Bar
ROUND 1 - HELP FOR HEROES CHARITY
This 20 question round uses the first letter of the above phrase as the basis for the questions, i.e. 1-H, 2-E, 3-L, 4-P etc...
1. What is the surname of the author who wrote 'The Eagle Has Landed'?
2. What is the name of the city of gold sought by the Spanish conquistadors?
3. What is the name of the land of little people in 'Gullivers Travels'?
4. Pokemon is short for which two words in regards to the Pokemon card game?
5. What name is given to a chewy biscuit of oats, sugar, butter and golden syrup?
6. How many members are there in the US senate?
7. What is the best hand in a poker game?
8. Who had an infamous illicit affair with the wife of diplomat Sir William Hamilton?
9. Which Surrey town is famous for its mineral deposits?
10. Which Russian ballet star defected to the West in 1961?
11. Who founded the National Trust in 1895?
12. Who wrote 'Wuthering Heights'?
13. Muckle Flugga is the most Northerly point of which group of islands?
14. What was lost by King John, melted down by Oliver Cromwell and nearly stolen by Thomas Blood?
15. What was the name of Britains first astronaut?
16. Which semi-precious stone is a form of fossilised tree resin?
17. Who played the main character Roy Neary in 'Close Encounters Of The Third Kind'?
18. The opening words of Melvilles 'Moby Dick' are 'Call me...', who?
19. What is the name of the country formerly known as Formosa?
20. Piccadilly is what colour in Monopoly?
ROUND 2 - CURRENT EVENTS
A 15 round quiz on events and people from the last two weeks
1. Egypt gave the death penalty to how many football hooligans last week causing widespread rioting and more deaths?
2. An armed robber collapsed and died after being restrained by customers in which chain of betting shops last week?
3. This year the London Underground celebrates how many years of being open?
4. Scientists announced this week they have developed what, which is normally associated with sci-fi shows like Star Trek and Star Wars?
5. How long did the Athens Metro strike last before the government threatened arrest to those that would not return to work?
6. Which Queen announced she would abdicate on 30th April so her son could take the throne?
7. Who was pictured training with Arsenal before declaring his move to Paris St Germain?
8. Which outspoken film director and food critic died this week aged 77?
9. Which country succesfully sent a monkey into space this week and returned it back to earth alive?
10. In which country did a nightclub fire take the lives of over 200 people this week?
11. Which mobile phone company released details of its new phones this week called the Q10 and the Z10?
12. Which two countries opened the 6 Nations rugby championships this year?
13. Wednesday was the 80th anniversary of whose rise to power that was marked by the opening of an exhibit by Angela Merkel called 'Topography of Terror'?
14. Which is the only European capital city without an official mosque?
15. Which country announced it has just $209 left in the bank after paying its civil servants this week?
This 20 question round uses the first letter of the above phrase as the basis for the questions, i.e. 1-H, 2-E, 3-L, 4-P etc...
1. What is the surname of the author who wrote 'The Eagle Has Landed'?
2. What is the name of the city of gold sought by the Spanish conquistadors?
3. What is the name of the land of little people in 'Gullivers Travels'?
4. Pokemon is short for which two words in regards to the Pokemon card game?
5. What name is given to a chewy biscuit of oats, sugar, butter and golden syrup?
6. How many members are there in the US senate?
7. What is the best hand in a poker game?
8. Who had an infamous illicit affair with the wife of diplomat Sir William Hamilton?
9. Which Surrey town is famous for its mineral deposits?
10. Which Russian ballet star defected to the West in 1961?
11. Who founded the National Trust in 1895?
12. Who wrote 'Wuthering Heights'?
13. Muckle Flugga is the most Northerly point of which group of islands?
14. What was lost by King John, melted down by Oliver Cromwell and nearly stolen by Thomas Blood?
15. What was the name of Britains first astronaut?
16. Which semi-precious stone is a form of fossilised tree resin?
17. Who played the main character Roy Neary in 'Close Encounters Of The Third Kind'?
18. The opening words of Melvilles 'Moby Dick' are 'Call me...', who?
19. What is the name of the country formerly known as Formosa?
20. Piccadilly is what colour in Monopoly?
ROUND 2 - CURRENT EVENTS
A 15 round quiz on events and people from the last two weeks
1. Egypt gave the death penalty to how many football hooligans last week causing widespread rioting and more deaths?
2. An armed robber collapsed and died after being restrained by customers in which chain of betting shops last week?
3. This year the London Underground celebrates how many years of being open?
4. Scientists announced this week they have developed what, which is normally associated with sci-fi shows like Star Trek and Star Wars?
5. How long did the Athens Metro strike last before the government threatened arrest to those that would not return to work?
6. Which Queen announced she would abdicate on 30th April so her son could take the throne?
7. Who was pictured training with Arsenal before declaring his move to Paris St Germain?
8. Which outspoken film director and food critic died this week aged 77?
9. Which country succesfully sent a monkey into space this week and returned it back to earth alive?
10. In which country did a nightclub fire take the lives of over 200 people this week?
11. Which mobile phone company released details of its new phones this week called the Q10 and the Z10?
12. Which two countries opened the 6 Nations rugby championships this year?
13. Wednesday was the 80th anniversary of whose rise to power that was marked by the opening of an exhibit by Angela Merkel called 'Topography of Terror'?
14. Which is the only European capital city without an official mosque?
15. Which country announced it has just $209 left in the bank after paying its civil servants this week?
ROUND 3 - QUICK FIRE ROUND
MUSIC ROUND - UNFORTUNATELY IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO UPLOAD MP3's AT THE MOMENT
ROUND 4 - GREEK MYTHS AND LEGENDS
1. Who was the Roman god of the sky and weather, the equivalent to the Greek's Zeus?
2. What name was given to the food of the gods?
3. Helen was the wife of the King of Sparta when she was abducted by Paris and taken to Troy, but what was the Kings name?
4. Who wrote 'The Illiad'?
5. What was the name of the Greek god of war?
6. Who was the mother of Zeus?
7. Which bronze giant protected Crete by throwing rocks at invading ships?
8. What animal is normally associated with the goddess Athena?
9. Who was the father of Icarus and designer of the labyrinth at Knossos?
10. Which 3 headed dog protected the underworld of Hades?
11. Who killed the Minotaur?
12. Which Greek god controlled the seas and the waters?
13. What was the name of the gorgon who could turn people to stone with a single glance?
14. Who opened the box containing a multitude of disasters, evils and sickness for mankind?
15. What is the name of the mighty hunter constellation?
16. What creature had the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle?
17. Which king had brothers called Sarpedon and Radamanthys?
18. Who was the leader of the crew on the ship the Argo?
19. What was the name of Zeus's son who was the messenger of the gods?
20. How many tasks did Heracles have to perform?
ROUND 5 - GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
1. In which London building is poets corner?
2. Which bird lays the largest egg?
3. What is the capital city of North Korea?
4. What colour flag does a ship fly if there is disease on board?
5. Which artist is known for his blue period?
6. Who was the American president at the time of the 9/11 attacks in New York?
7. What was the first name of Dr. Jekyll?
8. Which metal has the chemical symbol Be?
9. Who predicted that everyone would have their 15 minutes of fame?
10. Which UK ship sank in 1545 and was raised from the sea-bed in 1982?
11. Which gas makes fizzy drinks fizzy?
12. In 1870 which Irishman founded his first home for homeless boys?
13. Which Scottish author wrote 'The Guns Of Navarone'?
14. What piece of music accompanied Torville and Deans Olympic gold medal winning ice dance in Sarajevo in 1984?
15. Who was Playboys first centrefold?
16. What UK city is famous for its Royal Crescent?
17. The hobby of carving wood by a knife is called what?
18. Who played Bert the chimney sweep in the fil version of 'Mary Poppins'?
19. Benazir Bhutto was the first female president of which country?
20. What number was Patrick McGoohan in 'The Prisoner'?
21. In which country would you watch the Springboks play their home games?
22. Who wrote the novel 'Frankenstein'?
23. For which sport is Tessa Sanderson most famous?
24. Mothers ruin is a slang term for which drink?
25. What is the official language of Brazil?
ANSWERS
ROUND 1
1. Higgins (Jack)
2. El Dorado
3. Lilliput
4. Pocket Monster
5. Flapjack
6. One Hundred
7. Royal Flush
8. Horatio Nelson
9. Epsom
10. Rudolph Nuryev
11. Octavia Hill
12. Emily Bronte
13. Shetland Islands
14. Crown Jewels
15. Helen Sharman
16. Amber
17. Richard Dreyfuss
18. Ishmael
19. Taiwan
20. Yellow
ROUND 2
1. 21
2. Ladbrokes
3. 150
4. Tractor Beam
5. 10 days
6. Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands
7. David Beckham
8. Michael Winner
9. Iran
10. Brazil
11. Blackberry
12. Wales - Ireland
13. Adolf Hitler
14. Athens
15. Zimbabwe
ROUND 3
MUSIC ROUND
ROUND 4
1. Jupiter
2. Ambrosia
3. Menelaus
4. Homer
5. Ares (Mars is the Roman god of war)
6. Rhea
7. Talos
8. Owl
9. Daedulus
10. Cerberus
11. Theseus
12. Poseidon
13. Medusa
14. Pandora
15. Orion
16. Gryphon (Griffin)
17. Minos
18. Jason
19. Hermes
20. 12
ROUND 5
1. Westminster Abbey
2. Ostrich
3. Pyongyang
4. Yellow (Yellow Jack)
5. Picasso (Pablo)
6. George W Bush
7. Henry
8. Beryllium
9. Andy Warhol
10. The Mary Rose
11. CO2 - Carbon Dioxide
12. Dr. Barnardo
13. Alistair Maclean
14. Ravels Balero
15. Marilyn Monroe
16. Bath
17. Whittling
18. Dick van Dyke
19. Pakistan
20. 6
21. South Africa
22. Mary Shelley
23. Javelin
24. Gin
25. Portugese
How did you do?