Cruel Sea
?
Which seabird inspired a 1968 number one hit by Fleetwood Mac?
Cleopatra’s Needle on the Embankment in London is a copy made after the original was lost at sea – true or false?
At which battle did Nelson put his telescope to his blind eye and declare he could see no ships?
The prime minister of which country disappeared while swimming in the sea in 1967? 41
Which island country is located east of southern Africa?
Which British field marshal drowned in HMS
Hampshire
in 1915?
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Half-time teaser
How far is it in miles from London, England to Sydney, Australia?
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Round 3: Musicals
In
The Wizard of Oz
, what was the name of Dorothy’s dog?
Who wrote the short stories about New York characters that provided the basis for the musical
Guys and Dolls
?
Which musical was loosely based upon the life of a real-life sharpshooting cowgirl?
What is the name of the nightclub singer who is the central character in
Cabaret
?
Which musical is based in an imaginary village in the Scottish highlands that comes to life for just one day every hundred years?
Which film musical set in the Black Hills of Dakota during the Gold Rush starred Doris Day?
Who is the main male character in the musical
Carousel
?
Which stage musical by Joan Littlewood featured songs from World War I?
Which film was the musical
High Society
based on?
From which musical comes the song ‘My name is Tallulah’?
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Round 4: Pot Luck
In which film did Marlon Brando play a Hell’s Angel?
Which Arthur became a star of television’s
Going for a Song
?
Which was the first country to grant women the vote?
What colour caps do members of the British military police wear?
Who, in 2004, denied the affair he had had with Petronella Wyatt?
Crockett and Tubbs were characters in which US television series?
Who chaired radio’s
Any Questions
? programme from 1967 to 1984?
In which Shakespeare play does the phrase ‘brave new world’ appear?
Who were Larry Fine, Moe Howard, Jerry Howard and (later) Shemp Howard better known as?
Who became the first man to represent Great Britain in the Olympic ski jump event?
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Jackpot
On which day of the week were both Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy shot?
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Quiz 42
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Round 1: Pot Luck
Which is the Land of the Long White Cloud?
In which Disney cartoon film are Perdita and Pongo central characters?
What is a russophobic afraid of?
Which 2002 film concerned a Sikh teenager’s dream of becoming a professional footballer?
Who was the first British monarch to fly in an aeroplane?
What is the name given to the play of light and dark in paintings?
Upon which Shakespeare play was the musical
Kiss Me Kate
based?
Who was the Flanders Mare?
Who preceded Rowan Williams as Archbishop of Canterbury?
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Rita Hayworth, Ronald Reagan and Charlton Heston have all been sufferers of which disease?
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Round 2: Partners
Which musical pair parted after quarrelling over the choice of carpet for their theatre?
Charles Rolls and Henry Royce never met – true or false?
Which pair shared the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize?
Lucien B. Smith and Joseph Glidden introduced which obstacle to progress in the 1860s and 1870s?
Mervyn Bunter is manservant to which aristocratic British sleuth?
Under which US president did J. Danforth Quayle serve as vice-president?
Which cartoon character danced with Gene Kelly in the 1945 film
Anchors Aweigh
?
In which city did William Burke and William Hare provide the medical profession with fresh corpses?
Alongside Roy Jenkins, David Owen and Shirley Williams, who was the fourth member of the Gang of Four who founded the Social Democratic Party in 1981?
Were Alcock and Brown famous as men’s outfitters, makers of sherbet fountains, or transatlantic aviators?
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Half-time teaser
How many books are there in the Bible?
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Round 3: Heavens Above
By what other name is the Pole Star known?
What may be classified as elliptical, irregular or spiral?
What was the name of the telescope
?
Which seabird inspired a 1968 number one hit by Fleetwood Mac?
Cleopatra’s Needle on the Embankment in London is a copy made after the original was lost at sea – true or false?
At which battle did Nelson put his telescope to his blind eye and declare he could see no ships?
The prime minister of which country disappeared while swimming in the sea in 1967? 41
Which island country is located east of southern Africa?
Which British field marshal drowned in HMS
Hampshire
in 1915?
----
Half-time teaser
How far is it in miles from London, England to Sydney, Australia?
----
Round 3: Musicals
In
The Wizard of Oz
, what was the name of Dorothy’s dog?
Who wrote the short stories about New York characters that provided the basis for the musical
Guys and Dolls
?
Which musical was loosely based upon the life of a real-life sharpshooting cowgirl?
What is the name of the nightclub singer who is the central character in
Cabaret
?
Which musical is based in an imaginary village in the Scottish highlands that comes to life for just one day every hundred years?
Which film musical set in the Black Hills of Dakota during the Gold Rush starred Doris Day?
Who is the main male character in the musical
Carousel
?
Which stage musical by Joan Littlewood featured songs from World War I?
Which film was the musical
High Society
based on?
From which musical comes the song ‘My name is Tallulah’?
----
Round 4: Pot Luck
In which film did Marlon Brando play a Hell’s Angel?
Which Arthur became a star of television’s
Going for a Song
?
Which was the first country to grant women the vote?
What colour caps do members of the British military police wear?
Who, in 2004, denied the affair he had had with Petronella Wyatt?
Crockett and Tubbs were characters in which US television series?
Who chaired radio’s
Any Questions
? programme from 1967 to 1984?
In which Shakespeare play does the phrase ‘brave new world’ appear?
Who were Larry Fine, Moe Howard, Jerry Howard and (later) Shemp Howard better known as?
Who became the first man to represent Great Britain in the Olympic ski jump event?
----
Jackpot
On which day of the week were both Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy shot?
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Quiz 42
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Round 1: Pot Luck
Which is the Land of the Long White Cloud?
In which Disney cartoon film are Perdita and Pongo central characters?
What is a russophobic afraid of?
Which 2002 film concerned a Sikh teenager’s dream of becoming a professional footballer?
Who was the first British monarch to fly in an aeroplane?
What is the name given to the play of light and dark in paintings?
Upon which Shakespeare play was the musical
Kiss Me Kate
based?
Who was the Flanders Mare?
Who preceded Rowan Williams as Archbishop of Canterbury?
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Rita Hayworth, Ronald Reagan and Charlton Heston have all been sufferers of which disease?
----
Round 2: Partners
Which musical pair parted after quarrelling over the choice of carpet for their theatre?
Charles Rolls and Henry Royce never met – true or false?
Which pair shared the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize?
Lucien B. Smith and Joseph Glidden introduced which obstacle to progress in the 1860s and 1870s?
Mervyn Bunter is manservant to which aristocratic British sleuth?
Under which US president did J. Danforth Quayle serve as vice-president?
Which cartoon character danced with Gene Kelly in the 1945 film
Anchors Aweigh
?
In which city did William Burke and William Hare provide the medical profession with fresh corpses?
Alongside Roy Jenkins, David Owen and Shirley Williams, who was the fourth member of the Gang of Four who founded the Social Democratic Party in 1981?
Were Alcock and Brown famous as men’s outfitters, makers of sherbet fountains, or transatlantic aviators?
----
Half-time teaser
How many books are there in the Bible?
----
Round 3: Heavens Above
By what other name is the Pole Star known?
What may be classified as elliptical, irregular or spiral?
What was the name of the telescope
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