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The last letter of a correct answer is the first letter of the next answer. (Includes Q10.-Q1.)
1. What is the fourth book of the Old Testament Numbers 2. In Absolutely Fabulous, What is the surname of the character Patsy played by Joanna Lumley Stone 3. What was the Christian name of the queen consort of England (1154 – 1189) and also Duchess of Aquitaine Eleanor 4.What creatures was the pied piper of Hamlyn asked to remove from the town Rats 5.Which son of David built the First Temple in Jerusalem and was credited with having great wisdom Solomon 6. How many tailors did Dorothy L. Sayers write about in her novel featuring Lord Peter Wimsey Nine 7. MDMA (3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine) is commonly known as what Ecstasy 8. Which river runs through Melbourne Yarra 9.What type of word is used to modify a verb Adverb 10.If you took a flight with Virgin starting at Henley on Thames, in what type of aircraft would you fly Balloon
2. FAMOUS ANIMALS
1. What is the name of the dog that appears on His Masters Voice lables Nipper 2. Who owned the black labrador that was killed on the evening of the Dam Busters raid Guy Gibson 3. "Blondi" was a German Shepherd that belonged to whom Adolf Hitler 4. What is the name of the cat in the Homeward Bound movies Sassy 5. What is the name of the only book written by Anna Sewell Black Beauty 6. What is the name of Susan Boyle's cat Pebbles 7. What is the name of Tintin's wire haired terrier Snowy 8. What is the name of the lion in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer logo Leo 9. What is the name of the baboon/witch doctor from The Lion King Rafiki 10. Who lives in the Hundred Acre Wood Winnie-the-Pooh
3. BACKING GROUPS
Name the singer who performed with the backing group:
1. The Dakotas Billy J Kramer 2. The Medicine Show Dr Hook 3. The Paramount Jazz Band Acker Bilk 4. The Destroyers George Thorogood 5. The Silver Bullet Band Bob Seger 6. The Revolution Prince 7. The Union Gap Gary Puckett 8. The Sex-O-Lettes Disco Tex 9. The Miracles Smokey Robinson 10. The Crypt Kickers Bobby “Boris” Pickett
4.
Name the tunes or songs (not the performers) 1. Carly Simon Let The River Run 2. UB40 Every Breathe You Take 3. U2 With or Without You 4. Robert Shaw Chorale, Cavalleria Rusticana The Easter Hymn 5. Dizzie Rascal & James Corden Shout For England - Shout 6. Fyfe Dangerfield She's Always A Woman 7. Mario Lanza Love is a Many Splendored Thing 8. Kickstarts Example 9. Anna Netrebko Song To The Moon (from Dvorak’s Rusalka) 10. Nina Simone
My Baby Just Cares For Me
5. Geography
1. Which is the largest country in the world with only one time zone China (It actually spans 5 zones) 2. Situated in Equador, what is the name of the highest active volcano in the world Cotopaxis 3. In which country is Timbuktu Mali 4. On which river does Balmoral Castle stand River Dee 5. In which country would you find both the rivers Oder and Vistula, which flow into the Baltic Sea Poland 6. If you were to head due west from Land’s End, in what country would you make landfall Canada (Newfoundland) 7. In what country’s territorial waters is Cape Horn The cape lies within Chilean territorial waters 8. The Isle of Sheppey is part of which English county Kent 9. What is the modern-day name for Mesopotamia Iraq 10. In which city are the Spanish Steps located Rome
6. CONNECTIONS
There are 9 general knowledge questions Q10 will be what is the connection is between the answers
1. What is the second book of the New Testament The gospel according to St. Mark 2. In Blake’s “Jerusalem”, what are described as “Dark” and “Satanic” Mills 3. What part of a town’s name sounds as if it is on top of a hill, but actually means it had a market High 4. What was the government of France from July 1940 to August 1944 led by Marshal Pétain called Vichy France, Vichy regime, or Vichy government 5. From what type of tree do we get conkers Horse Chestnut 6. Amnesty International was awarded the 1977 Nobel Peace Prize for its "campaign against what Torture 7. What confection was advertised on the basis that part of it was missing Polo (the mint with the hole) 8. What sort of Centurion saw service in the British Army after world war II Centurion Tank 9 Michael Edwards was the first competitor to represent Great Britain in which Olympic discipline in 1988 ski jumping (better known as Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards) 10. What is the connection Water (Water Mark, Water Mill, High Water, Vichy Water, Water Chestnut, Water Torture, Water Polo, Water
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