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Phyllis
Tuckwell Go Yellow Quiz 2003
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Round 1: Music |
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Answer |
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1 |
Who says
“Can we fix it? – Yes we Can!”? |
Bob the
Builder |
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2 |
Name the
members of Blue (first names only please!) |
Duncan,
Simon, Antony and Lee |
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3 |
Which future
year did Busted sing about? |
3000 |
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4 |
In which
film would you hear Bali Ha’i? |
South
Pacific |
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5 |
Who is/was
the lead singer in a) Simply Red?
and b) The Eurythmics? ( 2 names please) |
a)
Mick Hucknall
b)
Annie Lennox |
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6 |
Jack Bruce,
Ginger Baker and who else made up Cream? |
Eric Clapton |
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7 |
What is the
anthem of the European Union? |
Beethovens
ninth – Ode to Joy |
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8 |
Who wrote
the Karelia Suite? |
Sibelius |
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9 |
Snowflakes
are dancing was written by? |
Debussy |
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10 |
Who joined
Elton John on “Don’t go breaking my Heart”? |
Kiki Dee |
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Round 2: Television |
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Answer |
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1 |
Name the
Flowerpot men |
Bill and Ben
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2 |
In which
town do Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggi, live? |
Springfield |
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3 |
In which
series did George Clooney play doctors and nurses? |
ER |
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4 |
Where was
the series Bergerac set? |
Jersey
Channel Islands |
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5 |
Who played
the Men behaving badly? ( 2 answers please) |
Martin
Clunes and Neil Morissey |
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6 |
Who was the
presenter and “the voice” on the Old Grey Whistle Test? |
Bob Harris |
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7 |
Who plays
Carrie Bradshaw and in what programme does she appear? |
Sarah
Jessica Parker and Sex in the city |
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8 |
Where does
the line “Listen carefully – I shall say this only once” come from
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Hello Hello |
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9 |
What was the
daytime profession of Dad’s Army’s Captain Mainwaring? |
Bank Manager |
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10 |
What is the
coffee house in Friends called? |
Central Perk |
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Round 3: Geography |
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Answer |
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1 |
What is the
capital of Australia? |
Canberra |
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2 |
What is a
Moraine? |
Deposit left
by a glacier |
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3 |
Who led the
1953 Everest expedition (it was not Edmund Hilary!)? |
Sir John
Hunt (subsequently Lord Hunt) |
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4 |
What are the
following countries better known as"
a)
Suomi?
b)
Helvetia?
c)
Hellas? |
a)
Finland
b)
Switzerland
c)
Greece |
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5 |
Where do the
waters of the River Wey meet the sea? |
Southend on
sea/Thames estuary |
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6 |
Who owns the
Alice
Holt Forest? |
Forestry
Commission |
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7 |
Where would
you be if you landed at:
a)LGW?
b)LTN?
c)CDG? |
a)
Gatwick
b)
Luton
c)
Charles de Gaulle
Paris
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8 |
What are the
currencies of
a)
The
Irish
Republic (Eire)?
b)
Egypt?
c)
Hawaii? |
a)
The Euro
b)
The (Egyptian) Pound
c)
The US dollar |
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9 |
What is a
Maelstrom? |
A whirlpool
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10 |
What is the
most southwesterly point of mainland Europe? |
Cabo sao
Vincente or Cape San Vincent |
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Round 4: History |
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Answer |
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1 |
Who was
Prime Minister before Tony Blair? |
John Major |
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2 |
Which
American President was ousted by the Watergate Scandal? |
Richard
Milhouse Nixon |
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3 |
Name the
ferry that capsized off Zebrugge in 1987? |
Herald of
Free Enterprise |
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4 |
Where did
Gavrilo Princip carry out his assassination in 1914? |
Sarajevo
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5 |
What colour
of rose represents Lancaster in the war of the roses? |
Red
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6 |
Which battle
did King Harold fight immediately before the battle of Hastings? |
Stamford
Bridge |
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7 |
What was the
name of the space shuttle lost on take off in 1986? |
Challenger |
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8 |
Which City
saw the founding of the United Nations in 1945? |
San Francisco |
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9 |
Who talked
about the winds of change blowing through Africa? |
Harold
Macmillan |
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10 |
Where was
Queen
Victoria
born? |
Kensington
Palace |
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Round 5: General Knowledge |
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Answer |
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1 |
Who wrote
the Noddy books? |
Enid Blyton |
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2 |
If Green =
Green and Yellow, Black = Blue what does Red equal? |
Brown |
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3 |
Waverley
is one of the railway stations for which city? |
Edinburgh |
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4 |
What are the
first and second elements in the periodic table? |
Hydrogen and
Helium |
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5 |
Who used to
play football at The Dell? |
Southampton |
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6 |
How much
does one litre of water weigh (metric weight please)? |
1 Kilo |
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7 |
Who said “ A
verbal contract is not worth the paper it is written on”? |
Sam Goldwyn |
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8 |
Whose
autobiography is called “Banjaxed”? |
Terry Wogan
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9 |
Name the
male lead in the film “Captain Corelli’s Mandolin”? |
Nicholas
Cage |
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10 |
Whose works
include “The Kiss” and “The Thinker”? |
Rodin |
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Tie Breaker |
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Answer |
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1 |
How much does it cost to run the hospice per day
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a) £4,000 b) £8,000,
c) £12,000 |
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2 |
How many beds does the hospice have? |
a) 10 , b) 15, c) 20 |
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3 |
What fundraising event would you like to support for the
hospice? |
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