Rock Tavern Quiz - January 2014

THE ROCK TAVERN QUIZ : JANUARY 2014

I know many regulars like to join in with the Rock Tavern Quiz so I hope to be able to feature one a month during the year (as long as I can get to win the occasional one and thereby compose the questions for the following week). Here is last week's. There will be a prize of a free pint of beer (to be claimed in person from me at the Rock Tavern, Elland) to whoever gets the best score. I will publish the answers in a day or two.

ROUND ONE     

1   The word “wiki” which forms part of the name of the internet encyclopaedia Wikipedia means quick or fast in which language?          

2    Which director’s films include Nashville, MASH, and Gosforth Park?       

3    In what year did Napoleon Bonaparte die? (and for a bonus, where?)    

4    What is the longest river in North America?       

5    Wisteria Lane is the central location for which American drama?              

6    The headquarters of which major global company is situated at 1, Infinite Loop, Cupertino, California?  

7    Lusaka is the capital city of which African country?         

8    Skye, Mull, Jura and Islay are all part of which island group?     

9    Vietnam was a former colony of which European country?        

10   What are the four railway stations featured on the standard British board of Monopoly?  (Point for each)              

 

ROUND TWO

11   Which of the following isn’t a Mr Man – Mr Chatterbox; Mr Chirpy; Mr Clumsy? 

12    On which side of the road do they drive in Japan?     

13    “Oh I could hide ‘ neath the wings / Of a bluebird as she sings, is the opening line of which song? 14    Four television programmes originally broadcast in the 1950s have been running continuously since then. What are they?  (A point for each)      

15    Who have been the victim of more assassinations, US Presidents or Popes?       

16    What is the highest rank in the British navy?     

17    In which year did Ireland join the European Union?   

18    In the sitcom “The Good Life” what was the surname of Jerry and Margo?     

19    Miss Lemon is the secretary to which fictional detective?           

20    Who is third in line to the British throne?            

 

ROUND THREE

21    According to Google, what were the most Google searches carried out on in 2013 : (a) Royal Baby;  (b) Paul Walker; or (c) iPhone 5?               

22     In 2013 it was confirmed that Voyager 1 had been the first man-made object to do what?            

23     Which of the following didn’t die in 2013 :  (a) Esther Williams – swimmer and actress; (b) George H W Bush – 41st President of the USA; (c) Seamus Heaney – Irish Nobel Winning poet.    

24      Who won the 2013 Edition of I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here in December?                

25     Who was the winner of Time Magazine Person of the Year in 2013?       

26     The sacking of which TV personality was listed by the Yorkshire Post as the top Yorkshire news story of 2013?             

27     How many new British TV Channels were introduced in 2013?  Was it 23, 47 or 124?     

28     Which three teams were relegated from the Premier League in May 2013?  (Point for each)        

29     Which politician claimed in 2013 that 20% of British teenagers thought that Winston Churchill was a fictional character whilst 58% thought that Sherlock Holmes was a real character?              

30     2013 was the first year since when to be made up of four entirely different digits?      

 

ROUND FOUR

31   Which TV presenter is currently Chief Scout?  

32   Who were the two leaders of the USA and the USSR during  the Cuban Missile Crisis?  (point for each)   

33    What is the offspring of a male horse and a female donkey called?   

34    Where will the next Summer Olympic Games be held?  (point for city, point for country)             

35    Was does baking powder produce when water is added to it, which makes dough rise? 

36    “Thy choicest gifts in store / On her be pleased to pour” is a line in which well-known song?       

37     Who played Mrs Robinson in the 1967 film “The Graduate”?   

38    Yosemite Falls are in which American state?      

39    Which element has the atomic number 2?          

40    What was the name of the long-running comedy series starring Robert Lindsay and Zoe Wanamaker?   

 

ROUND FIVE

41    What goes with liberty and equality in the motto adopted by the French Republic?          

42    How long is Indianapolis’s most famous motor race?     

43     What are Lucida, Arial, Tahoma and Verdana examples of?         

44     How many edges does a cube have?     

45     Isabella Mary Mayson became better known as which cook?      

46    What would you be watching if William Webb Ellis is credited with founding it?  

47    Dry ice is the name for the frozen, solid form of what?

48     Which plant produces the drug digitalis?             

49     Vincent Tan is the owner of which football club?             

50     According to an article in the December 1986 edition of Parasitology Today by the Norwegian scientists Odd Halvorsson, it is likely that a parasitic infection of the respiratory system was responsible for what?