BRANIAC QUIZ

Tuesday Night Quiz 17th april

Round One – Current Affairs in Pictures

Round Two – Finding the right Words

1.  A piece of sports equipment used in the Highland Games / Something used to correct tooth growth?  Caber / Brace
2. The horse that won a 3rd Cheltenham Gold Cup in 1966 / Surname of the founder of Skytrain – cheap European flights? Arkle / Laker
3.  What Ken, the doll Barbie’s boyfriend lacked / The act of taking something from someone illegally? Genitals/ Stealing
4. The name of the American politician whose wife’s name is Tipper / Honor Blackman’s character’s surname in a Bond film?  Al Gore / Galore
5. A sweet the Italians call “zuppa inglese” / A device to remove something from anything that

passes through it? Trifle / Filter

Tiebreaker: Barbie is a fashion doll manufactured by the American toy-company Mattel, Inc. and launched in March 1959

Round Three – The Answer is in the Song

1.  In “NutBush City Limits”, what was the speed limit? 25 mph
2.  In “Candle in the Wind”, who is said goodbye to? Norma Jean
3. In “The Ghetto”, in which US City is the ghetto? Chicago
4.  In “Super Trooper”, where was I calling you from lastnight? Glasgow
5. In “Green Green Grass of Home”, who has hair of gold and lips like cherries? Mary

Tiebreaker: Elvis Presley who had a major comeback hit with the song in 1969

Round Four – Ooh What a carry on

1. Which Carry on film was set in India? Carry on up the Kyber
2. Which American comedian starred in carry on Follow that Camel? Phil Silvers
3.  In which of the carry on films did Elke Summer play a Russian archaeologist professor Anna Vooshka? Carry on Behind
4.  Who played Tarzan in Carry on up the Jungle? Terry Scott
5. In which film did Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Leslie Phillips & Kenneth Williams enlist in the police force?   Carry on constable 

Tiebreaker: how many carry on films did charles hawtry star in? 23

Round Five – Couples and Pairs

1. Who was peter seller?s co-star in the film ?the millionairess?? Sophia Loren
2. Margaret Kempson and Margaret Roberts were both married to which person? Dennis Thatcher
3. Which two countries joined the EEC at the same time as Britain? Denmark and Eire
4. Which tennis pair have won a record 109 consecutive ladies doubles matches? Mavaratilova / pam Shriver
5. Which two woodwind instruments are classified as double reeds? Oboe and bassoon Tiebreaker: when did peter sellers die July 24, 1980

Round Six – A Day in History

1.  The last battle fought on mainland Britain took place today in 1746, where was it? Culloden
2. The Bridge on the River Kwai?, ?Lawrence of Arabia? and ?Dr. Zhivago? were all epic directed by which British film director, who died today in 1991?  David Lean
3. Born today in 1942, with which sport do we associate Sir Frank Williams? F1
4. I told you I was Ill? is the epitaph to which great writer and performer who was born today in 1918? Spike Millagan
5.  The Great Train Robbers were sentenced today, but in which year?  1964

Tiebreaker: how many people took part in the great train robbery? 17

Round Seven – Television

1.  In which classic comedy do the characters Polly and The Major both appear? Fawlty Towers
2. Which sitcom about a local cricket club starred Josie Lawrence as Timothy Spall’s wife? Outside Edge
3. What was the name of the pub in Only Fools and Horses? The Nag’s Head
4. Theme – On the Buses
5.  What was the name of the cab firm in the series Taxi?  Sunshine Cab Co. 

Tiebreaker: Episodes of only fools and horses? 71

Round Eight – Connections

1. How did Baroness Marie Christine Agnes Hedwig Ida von Reibnitz become better known when she married into the British Royal Family in 1978? PRINCESS MICHAEL OF KENT
2. In the hit US TV comedy series ‘Sex and the City’, how is John James Preston, Carrie’s on/off boyfriend/husband, better known? Mr. Big
3. Which 1978 film featuring Clint Eastwood as prize-fighting trucker Philo Beddoe, had a theme song performed by country singer Eddie Rabbitt? . EVERY WHICH WAY BUT LOOSE
4. What structure was bought in 1968 by Missourian entrepreneur Robert McCulloch, allegedly by mistake, and now stands at Lake Havasu City in Arizona? London Bridge
5.  Connection – Foot

Tiebreaker: when was new london bridge originally built? 1825

Check out Next weeks quiz – 24th April.

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