Colin's Web From Belfast - Pats Bar Quiz 233

QUIZ 233 - 22.08.07

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PICTURE ROUND 233

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1

1. What part of the human body is divided into hemispheres?

2. What is the more common name for the North American ground squirrel that has alternate light and dark stripes running down the body?

3. Which pop group named themselves after a fictional band from the novel A Clockwork Orange?

4. Which was the first of the original 13 states of the United States?

5. Which word can be a musical instrument, a tall narrow wine glass and an organ stop?

6. In 1989 who became the first Englishman to win the US Masters?

7. What profession would be followed by a member of the RIBA?

8. What name is given to the ability of fluids to offer resistance to flow?

9. In which country was the body builder Charles Atlas born?

10. Counter, Transom and Raked are all terms used to describe the shape of which part of a ship?

GEOGRAPHY & HISTORY

1. What European country did King Gustav V reign over from 1907 to 1950?

2. In what European Capital City is the famed Arch of Hadrian?

3. What Austrian city was named for its mining and trading of salt?

4. In which N.W. Canadian river valley was gold discovered in 1896?

5. In what European country would you find the city of Condom?

6. Which team won the first ever FA cup final to be held at Wembley stadium?

7. Who was the first U.S. President to be impeached?

8. Whose 1942 report laid the foundations of the welfare state?

9. Washington DC stands on which river?

10. What two countries are joined by The Ambassador Bridge?

CURRENT AFFAIRS

1. Which record label boss and owner of the Hacienda nightclub passed away aged 57 earlier this month (Aug 10th)?

2. Leonid Stadnik, a 36-year-old vet from the village of Podolanci in the Ukraine, is now officially recognised by the Guinness Book of Records as what?

3. Which 'Baby' had a baby Beau earlier this month?

4. Which former Tory Cabinet minister, war hero and Fleet Street legend died on August 17th aged 94?

5. Ten-year-olds Josh Renwick and John Peace and Elliot Stewart, 11, were gathering wood for a tree house when, what, happened?

6. Which chocolate bars are due back in the shops in October after thousands of fans petitioned maker Cadbury on websites such as Facebook?

7. A massive fire destroyed a leisure complex in which English seaside town last week?

8. Kasey G Kazee, 24, tried to rob an off licence in Huntington, West Virginia, what did he do to disguise himself?

9. What was the name of the Hells Angel shot in the head while riding on the M40?

10. How did Chinese man Cheng Yanhua travel 1,500 miles down the Yangtze River?

TELEVISION

1. Who was the chief navigator on the USS Enterprise in the original series of Star Trek?

2. Who stars as the celebrity gossip editor Lucy Spiller in the hit US series Dirt?

3. What TV family lives on Evergreen Terrace?

4. Who is currently tootling round British back roads in a classic red open-top Jag?

5. Which doctor was the star in the TV Drama, set at Blair General Hospital?

6. Who is currently island hopping in a series of Mediterranean Escapes?

7. In the finale of which series did Bradford propose to Wilhelmina?

8. Who is the host of Golden Balls a show where four players can win life-changing amounts of cash?

9. Ben Fogle & Kate Humble present which programme?

10. Ziva is the name of the Israeli member of which crime busting team?

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 2

1. Is varicella the correct name for measles, shingles or chickenpox?

2. Which perfume company produces the range Today, Tomorrow and Always?

3. Which carnivorous mammal about 2 feet long and with brown and black fur and white head markings, is rare in England but quite common in parts of Wales and Scotland?

4. In which U.S. City is the largest Chinese settlement outside Asia?

5. Which well-known drink is also the Maori word for Good Health?

6. How were Janet, Pam, Barbara, Jack, Peter, George and Colin collectively known?

7. What is added to steel to make stainless steel?

8. How many band members were there in The Village People?

9. Who was the only man to knock out Muhammad Ali in a heavyweight title fight?

10. In what year did the £1 note cease to be legal tender in England?