Phyllis Tuckwell Go Yellow Quiz 2003

 

Round 1: Music

 

Question

Answer

1

Who says “Can we fix it? – Yes we Can!”?

Bob the Builder

2

Name the members of Blue (first names only please!)

Duncan, Simon, Antony and Lee

3

Which future year did Busted sing about?

3000

4

In which film would you hear Bali Ha’i?

South Pacific

5

Who is/was the lead singer in a) Simply Red?
and b) The Eurythmics?    ( 2 names please)

a)       Mick Hucknall

b)       Annie Lennox

6

Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker and who else made up  Cream?

Eric Clapton

7

What is the anthem of the European Union?

Beethovens ninth – Ode to Joy

8

Who wrote the Karelia Suite?

Sibelius

9

Snowflakes are dancing was written by?

Debussy

10

Who joined Elton John on “Don’t go breaking my Heart”?

Kiki Dee

 

Round 2: Television

 

Question

Answer

1

Name the Flowerpot men

Bill and Ben

2

In which town do Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggi, live?  

Springfield

3

In which series did George Clooney play doctors and nurses?

ER

4

Where was the series Bergerac set?

Jersey Channel Islands

5

Who played the Men behaving badly? ( 2 answers please)

Martin Clunes and Neil Morissey

6

Who was the presenter and “the voice” on the Old Grey Whistle Test?

Bob Harris

7

Who plays Carrie Bradshaw and in what programme does she appear? 

Sarah Jessica Parker  and Sex in the city

8

Where does the line “Listen carefully – I shall say this only once” come from 

Hello Hello

9

What was the daytime profession of Dad’s Army’s Captain Mainwaring?

Bank Manager

10

What is the coffee house in Friends called?

Central Perk

 

Round 3: Geography

 

Question

Answer

1

What is the capital of Australia?

Canberra

2

What is a Moraine?

Deposit left by a glacier

3

Who led the 1953 Everest expedition (it was not Edmund Hilary!)?

Sir John Hunt (subsequently Lord Hunt)

4

What are the following countries better known as"
a)       Suomi?
b)       Helvetia?
c)       Hellas?

      a)       Finland
b)       Switzerland
c)       Greece

5

Where do the waters of the River Wey meet the sea?

Southend on sea/Thames estuary

6

Who owns the Alice Holt Forest?

Forestry Commission

7

Where would you be if you landed at:
a)LGW?
b)LTN?
c)CDG?

      a)       Gatwick
b)       Luton
c)       Charles de Gaulle  Paris

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

9

What is a Maelstrom?

 A whirlpool

10

What is the most southwesterly point of mainland Europe?

Cabo sao Vincente or Cape San Vincent

 

Round 4: History

 

Question

Answer

1

Who was Prime Minister before Tony Blair?

John Major

2

Which American President was ousted by the Watergate Scandal?

Richard Milhouse Nixon

3

Name the ferry that capsized off Zebrugge in 1987?

Herald of Free Enterprise

4

Where did Gavrilo Princip carry out his assassination in 1914?

Sarajevo

5

What colour of rose represents Lancaster in the war of the roses?

Red

6

Which battle did King Harold fight immediately before the battle of Hastings?

Stamford Bridge

7

What was the name of the space shuttle lost on take off in 1986?

Challenger

8

Which City saw the founding of the United Nations in 1945?

San Francisco

9

Who talked about the winds of change blowing through Africa?

Harold Macmillan

10

Where was Queen Victoria born?

Kensington Palace

 

Round 5: General Knowledge

 

Question

Answer

1

Who wrote the Noddy books?

Enid Blyton

2

If Green = Green and Yellow, Black = Blue what does Red equal?

Brown

3

Waverley is one of the railway stations for which city?

Edinburgh

4

What are the first and second elements in the periodic table?

Hydrogen and Helium

5

Who used to play football at The Dell?

Southampton

6

How much does one litre of water weigh (metric weight please)?

 1 Kilo

7

Who said “ A verbal contract is not worth the paper it is written on”?

Sam Goldwyn

8

Whose autobiography is called “Banjaxed”?

Terry Wogan

9

Name the male lead in the film “Captain Corelli’s Mandolin”?

Nicholas Cage

10

Whose works include “The Kiss” and “The Thinker”?

Rodin

 

Tie Breaker

 

Question

Answer

1

How much does it cost to run the hospice per day

a) £4,000 b) £8,000,          c) £12,000

2

How many beds does the hospice have?

a) 10 , b) 15, c) 20

3

What fundraising event would you like to support for the hospice?

 

 


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