JAN 10TH
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
SPORT
Football: who head butted
Marco Materazzi in the chest Zinedine
Zidane
Which sport could you own a string Horse
Racing
Which town hosts the Cresta Run St
Moritz
IN MOTOR RACING WHAT IS A DRY WEATHER TYRE KNOWN AS
A
SLICK
In which city did Sally Gunnel win here olympic 400m
gold Barcelona
In a standard set of Dominoes, how many doubles are
there Seven (Bl -
6)
HISTORY/GEOGRAPHY
WHAT
WAS THE NAME OF THE U.S. ACT OF 1862 THAT PROVIDED FREE
LAND THE HOMESTEAD
ACT
APART FROM ITALY AND AUSTRIA WHICH EUROPEAN COUNTRY FOUGHT
ON THE SIDE OF THE GERMANS FINLAND –TO GET THE
RUSSIANS OUT
Which English town might be an over-heated handcart
Barrow in
Furness
WHO WAS THE ONLY U.S. PRESIDENT TO BE ELECTED UNANIMOUSLY
BY THE ELECTORIAL COLLAGE SYSTEM GEORGE WASHINGTON
Guess the year -1st hovercraft run, Little White Bull is #1
for Tommy Steele, M1 motorway opens and Maggie Thatcher
becomes an MP 1959
58-60 1/2
57-61 1/4
LITERATURE
WHAT CONNECTS HOUSE,
GARDEN & SEARCH MAY ALL PRECEED
‘PARTY’
What is the name given to
the study of the system of language sounds
Phonetics
HOW WOULD YOU LINK SHIRLEY
BASSEY WITH A LITERATURE CHARACTER CALLED NANCY
AS LONG AS HE
NEEDS ME
“IF THE LAW SUPPOSES THAT,
THEN THE LAW IS A ASS” BY MR BUMBLE, BECAUSE TO A) HE MUST
PAY FOR BOY’S FUNERALS B) MRS BUMBLE DOES WHAT HE SAYS C)
MAY NOT REFUSE SECONDS IF FOOD IS AVAILABLE
B) MRS BUMBLE
MUST DO WHAT HERE HUSBAND SAYS
WHAT WAS NEVILLE SHUTE’S
TOWN LIKE ALICE
MUSIC
Who told ‘Shorty’ to ‘Cut
Accross” Miss Lucie
WHICH CITY IN W. VIRGINIA
IS ALSO THE NAME OF A DANCE CHARLESTON
WHO WAS LED ZEPLIN’S
DRUMMER WHO DIED IN 1980 JOHN BONHAM
Who wrote the operas the
magic flute & the marriage of Figaro
Mozart
SCIENCE
& NATURE
HOW MANY SPECIES OF LIVING
FISH ARE KNOWN –IS IT 2,300, 23,000 OR 230,000
23,000
WHERE DO TREES GET 91% OF
THEIR NUTRIENTS FROM
THE AIR
WHY DOES A CERTAIN A.S.
HOLD THE RECORD FOR THE LONGEST GOLF BALL EVER
DRIVEN ALAN SHEPERD USED A NO. 6 IRON ON THE
MOON!
Name the Thomas Telford
built canal which links an ocean with a sea and was built
between 1803 -1822 47 Caledonian Canal
If water vapour is cooled
below its dew point, what does it become
Fog
NEWS
The new England Manager is Fabio Capello -what does Capello
mean in English -hair jacket tie or shout
hair
Where can you take two at
some places but only one at others British Airports
-baggage
British Crematoriums
Chapels can be cold in he winter, what eco-friendly means
of heating is being proposed Heat from
furnaces
Who won the New Hampshire
Primaries Hilary Clinton & John
McCain
Who has promised to cut
undeserved benifit claimants numbering some 200,000
people David Cameron
FILMS
& ENTERTAINMENT
TINKY WINKY & LAA LAA ARE TWO OF THE TELLY TUBBIES, WHO
ARE THE OTHER TWO PO & DIPSY
WHO PLAYED THE VICAR IN
FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL
ROWAN ATKINSON