CONSTABLE QUIZ LEAGUE – WEEK 1



| |CONSTABLE QUIZ LEAGUE – WEEK 9 | | |

| |ROUND 1 – the last week in november in history-the 20th century | | |

| |who died in poverty and exile in paris on the 30th novemrer 1900? | |oscar wilde |

| |which childrens writer died on the 28th of november 1968? | |enid blyton |

| |which british-born u.s. actor died on the 29th of november 1986? | |cary grant |

| |who was elected as britain’s first woman m.p. on the 28th of november 1919? | |nancy astor |

| |on the 29th of november 1929 richard byrd made the first flight over where? | |the south pole |

| |on the 29th of november 1945 marshall tito proclaimed a federal people’s republic of where? | |yugoslavia |

| |on the 30th of november 1954 whose unflattering portrait of winston churchill met with a cool| |graham sutherland |

| |reception? | | |

| |on the 26th of november 1979 the i.o.c. voted in favour of readmitting which country after a| |china |

| |21 year absence? | | |

| |what was founded on the 28th of november 1905 by arthur griffith in dublin? | |sinn fein |

| |ROUND 2 – food and drink | | |

| |which fruit is also called the chinese gooseberry? | |kiwi fruit |

| |what is added to pasta to makie it green? | |spinach |

| |which nuts are usually used in a pesto sauce? | |pine nuts |

| |what are cornichons? | |gherkins(pickled cucumbers) |

| |agar agar is a vegetarian alternative to what? | |gelatine |

| |tofu is made from which bean? | |soya bean |

| |in which country is the yeastless beer faro made? | |belgium |

| |kummel is a russian liqueur extracted from what? | |caraway seeds |

| |which spirit is pimm’s no.1 based on? | |gin |

| |ROUND 3 – pop music:the 60’s | | |

| |which no.1 hit for the archies was in the charts for twenty-six weeks? | |sugar sugar |

| |which park was a hit for the small faces in1967? | |itchycoo park |

| |whose first top ten hit was 5-4-3-2-1 in 1964? | |manfred mann |

| |what was the hollies’ first u.k. no.1? | |i’m alive |

| |what was the searchers’ first u.k. no.1? | |sweets for my sweet |

| |what was gerry and the pacemakers first u.k. no.1? | |how do you do it? |

| |who HAD CONSECUTIVE hits with “daydream”and”summer in the city” | |lovin’ spoonful |

| |who had consecutive no.1’s with”keep on running”and”somebody help me”? | |spencer davis group |

| |who was singing about”sheila”in 1962 and”dizzy”in 1969? | |tommy roe |

| |ROUND 4 – PAST TIMES:THE 70S | | |

| |WHO OPENED HER FIRST BODY SHOP IN 1976? | |ANITA RODDICK |

| |In which COUNTRY WAS A MONARCHY RESTORED IN 1975? | |SPAIN |

| |WHAT WAS HARARE CALLED UNTIL THE END OF THE 70S? | |SALISBURY |

| |WHO BECAME U.S. VICE-PRESIDENT AFTER SPIRO AGNEW RESIGNED? | |GERALD FORD |

| |WHICH DICTATOR WAS DEPOSED IN CAMBODIA IN 1979? | |POL POT |

| |THE SANDINISTAS OVERTHREW WHICH GOVERNMENT IN 1979? | |NICARAGUA |

| |WHERE DID THE GANG OF FOUR SEIZE POWER IN 1976? | |CHINA |

| |GERMANY’S RED ARMY FACTION WAS POPULARLY CALLED WHAT.named AFTER ITS TWO FOUNDERS? | |BAADER-MEINHOF GANG |

| |ON WHICH PENNSYLVANIA ISLAND WAS THERE A NUCLEAR LEAK IN 1979? | |THREE MILE ISLAND |

| |ROUND 5 – MIX AND MATCH-MATCH THE REAL NAMES TO THE STAGE NAMES | | |

| |QUESTION MASTER PLEASE HAND OUT MIX AND MATCH SHEETS TO EACH TEAM, 2 PER TEAM. | | |

| |THE ANSWERS ARE:- | | |

|1 |CHERYL BAKER =RITA CRUDGINGTON | | |

|2 |TINA TURNER=ANNIE MAE BULLOCK | | |

|3 |CILLA BLACK=PRISCILLA WHITE | | |

|4 |DUSTY SPRINGFIELD=MARY O’BRIEN | | |

|5 |ELKIE BROOKS=ELAINE BOOKBINDER | | |

|6 |SANDIE SHAW=SANDRA GOODRICH | | |

|7 |KIKI DEE=PAULINE MATTHEWS | | |

|8 |MICA PARIS=MICHELLE WALLEN | | |

|9 |MACY GRAY=NATALIE MCINTYRE | | |

|10 |CHAKA KHAN=YVETTE MARIE STEVENS | | |

| | | | |

| |GENERAL KNOWLEDGE -WRITTEN ROUND 1 | | |

| |HOW LONG MUST A PERSON HAVE HAD TO BE DEAD TO QUALIFY FOR A BLUE PLAQUE? | |20 YEARS |

| |WHICH COUNTRY WAS FIRST TO HOST THE SUMMER AND WINTER OLYMPICS IN THE SAME YEAR? | |FRANCE |

| |A BLUE ORPINGTON IS A TYPE OF WHAT? | |CHICKEN |

| |WHICH WORD DESCRIBES BOTH A BLUNT SWORD AND A VERY THIN SHEET OF METAL? | |FOIL |

| |WHICH MONTH’S BIRTHSTONE IS THE AMETHYST? | |FEBRUARY |

| |WHO WAS THE FIRST WOMAN TO LECTURE AT THE SORBONNE? | |MARIE CURIE |

| |WHICH KING WAS THE LAST EMPEROR OF INDIA? | |GEORGE VI(SIX) |

| |WHICH NO.1 FROM 1972 WAS THE THEME FOR THE VAN DER VALK T,V, SERIES? | |EYE LEVEL |

| |WHICH MEMBER OF ROBIN HOOD’S GANG WAS THE SON OF A MILLER? | |MUCH |

| |WHICH SONG WAS SUNG IN THREE DIFFERENT FILMS BY DORIS DAY? | |QUE SERA SERA |

| |THE PILCHARD IS A MEMBER OF WHICH FISH FAMILY? | |HERRING |

| |WHAT COLOUR ARE BORAGE FLOWERS? | |BLUE |

| |A BITTERN’S CRY IS CALLED A WHAT? | |A BOOM |

| |WHAT WAS SOUGHT BY JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS? | |THE GOLDEN FLEECE |

| |WHICH ALL SAINTS NO.1 WAS A COVER OF A 70S HIT FOR LABELLE? | |LADY MARMALADE |

HALF TIME – REVERSE ORDER

| |ROUND 7 – MOVIES | | |

| |WHO PLAYED TWO ROLES IN THE 90S VERSION OF”THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK”? | |LEONARDO DICAPRIO |

| |WHO WAS THE LEAD ACTOR IN”PLAY MISTY FOR ME”WITH JESSICA WALKER? | |CLINT EASTWOOD |

| |WHICH FAMOUS ACTRESS STARRED IN”COURAGE OF LASSIE”AND”LASSIE COME HOME”? | |ELIZABETH TAYLOR |

| |WHO WON AN OSCAR FOR HIS ROLE AS THE MASTER OF CEREMONIES I N THE FILM CABARET? | |JOEL GREY |

| |WHO WON A BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR OSCAR FOR HIS ROLE IN”MILLION DOLLAR BABY”? | |MORGAN FREEMAN |

| |WHO WON AN OSCAR FOR HER ROLE AS BLANCHE IN”A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE”? | |VIVIEN LEIGH |

| |IN THE 1953 FILM”HOUDINI”WHO PLAYED THE TITLE ROLE? | |TONY CURTIS |

| |WHO WAS KATE WINSLET’S CO-STAR IN”ALL THE KING’S MEN”? | |JUDE LAW |

| |WHICH ACTRESS PLAYED LEAD IN THE FILMS”DIMPLES”AND”CURLY TOP”? | |SHIRLEY TEMPLE |

| |ROUND 8 – T.V.SITOMS | | |

| |GARY SPARROW WAS A TIME TRAVELLER IN WHICH SITCOM? | |GOODNIGHT SWEETHEART |

| |BUBBLE WAS EDINA’S P.A. IN WHICH SITCOM? | |ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS |

| |MISS TIBBS,MISS GATSBY AND MAJOR GOWEN WERE GUESTS WHERE? | |FAWLTY TOWERS |

| |WHAT WAS DORIEN’S SURNAME IN”BIRDS OF A FEATHER”? | |GREEN |

| |WHAT WAS THE VICAR OF DIBLEY’S FIRST NAME? | |GERALDINE |

| |WHAT WAS BRITTAS’S FIRST NAME IN”THE BRITTAS EMPIRE”? | |GORDON |

| |“FRASIER”WAS A SPIN-OFF FROM WHICH SERIES? | |CHEERS |

| |“GRACE AND FAVOUR”WAS THE SEQUEL TO WHICH SITCOM? | |ARE YOU BEING SERVED? |

| |WHICH SITCOM WAS A SEND UP OF “SECRET ARMY”? | |ALLO ALLO |

| |ROUND 9 – KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES-ALL THE SURNAMES ARE JONES SO WE NEED THEIR FIRST | | |

| |NAMES. | | |

| |AN ANIMATOR WHO WAS BORN IN 1912 AND DIED IN 2002,WHO’S CREATIONS INCLUDED ROAD RUNNER? | |CHUCK JONES |

| |BORN IN 1863,DIED IN 1900,WHO WAS THE TRAIN ENGINE DRIVER OF THE CANNONBALL EXPRESS? | |CASEY JONES |

| |AN AMERICAN GOLFER BORN IN 1902 DIED IN 1971,WINNER OF THE BRITISH AND U.S. OPENS? | |BOBBY JONES |

| |BORN IN 1938 THE SINGER OF THE THEME SONG FOR THE T.V. SHOW THE LOVE BOAT? | |JACK JONES |

| |BORN IN 1942 THE FORMER LEAD SINGER OF MANFRED MANN? | |PAUL JONES |

| |BORN IN 1979 THE GRAMMY AWARD WINNING SINGER, DAUGHTER OF RAVI SHANKAR? | |NORAH JONES |

| |BORN IN 1934 SHE PLAYED THE MOTHER OF THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY? | |SHIRLEY JONES |

| |BORN IN 1946 HE WON A BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR OSCAR FOR HIS ROLE IN THE FUGITIVE? | |TOMMY LEE JONES |

| |BORN IN 1931 THE ACTOR WHO VOICED DARTH VADER IN THE STAR WARS MOVIES? | |JAMES EARL JONES |

| |ROUND 10 –NICKNAMES | | |

| |WHICH MOVIE STAR WAS NICKNAMED THE QUEEN OF SCREAM? | |FAY WRAY |

| |WHICH MOVIE STAR WAS NICKNAMED HOLLYWOOD’S MERMAID? | |ESTHER WILLIAMS |

| |WHICH MOVIE STAR WAS NICKNAMED THE GIRL WITH THE MILLION DOLLAR LEGS? | |BETTY GRABLE |

| |WHICH SPORTSMAN WAS NICKNAMED THE ROCKHAMPTON ROCKET? | |ROD LAVER |

| |WHICH SPORTSMAN WAS NICKNAMED THE MAN IN BLACK? | |GARY PLAYER |

| |WHICH SPORTSMAN WAS NICKNAMED THE LOUISVILLE LIP? | |MOHAMMED ALI |

| |WHAT WAS THE NICKNAME OF HENRI CHARRIERE? | |PAPILLON |

| |WHAT WAS THE NICKNAME OF EDWARD TEACH? | |BLACKBEARD |

| |WHAT WAS THE NICKNAME OF WILLIAM JOYCE? | |LORD HAW HAW |

| |ROUND 11 - THE TOP TEN ROUND. –NAME THE TOP TEN MOST POPULAR BOY’S NAMES FROM THE 1920S. | | |

| |11 GUESSES ARE ALLOWED. ANSWERS CAN BE IN ANY ORDER. THERE IS A DOUBLE-SIDED ANSWER SHEET | | |

| |FOR THIS AND THE FOLLOWING WRITTEN ROUND. | | |

| |THE ANSWERS ARE | | |

|1 |JOHN | | |

|2 |WILLIAM | | |

|3 |GEORGE | | |

|4 |JAMES | | |

|5 |THOMAS | | |

|6 |RONALD | | |

|7 |KENNETH | | |

|8 |ROBERT | | |

|9 |ARTHUR | | |

|10 |FREDERICK | | |

| |GENERAL KNOWLEDGE – WRITTEN ROUND 2 | | |

| |USUAL RULES APPLY. THE ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS 6-14 CONTAIN A CONNECTION WHICH IS ANSWER NO. 15.| | |

| |WHO WAS CALLED THE FATHER OF MEDICINE? | |HIPPOCRATES |

| |HOW MANY PECKS ARE THERE IN A BUSHEL? | |FOUR |

| |IN WHICH MONTH DO THE FRENCH CELEBRATE BASTILLE DAY? | |JULY |

| |WHICH IS THE MOST EASTERLY OF THE WINDWARD ISLANDS? | |BARBADOS |

| |WHO WROTE ROMANTIC NOVELS AS MARY WESTMACOTT? | |AGATHA CHRISTIE |

| |WHOSE SHIPS WERE THE NINA,THE PINTA AND THE SANTA MARIA? | |CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS |

| |GARY COOPER WON A BEST ACTOR OSCAR IN 1941 FOR PORTRAYINY WORLD WAR 1,S MOST DECORATED | |SERGEANT YORK |

| |AMERICAN SOLDIER.NAME THE FILM. | | |

| |WHICH ARTIST PAINTED BRIGHTON BEACH,THE WHITE HORSE AND HAMPSTEAD HEATH? | |JOHN CONSTABLE |

| |WHO WROTE’THE CALL OF THE WILD’AND WHITE FANG? | |JACK LONDON |

| |WHAT WAS THE NICKNAME OF THE ACTOR GENE AUTRY? | |THE SINGING COWBOY |

| |IN 1981 DURAN DURAN HAD THEIR FIRST TOP TEN HIT.NAME IT. | |GIRLS ON FILM |

| |ALBION IS AN ARCHAIC NAME FOR WHICH COUNTRY? | |ENGLAND |

| |A STEAMED OR BOILED SUET PUDDING CONTAINING DRIED FRUIT? | |SPOTTED DICK |

| |WHO WROTE THE NOVEL TOM JONES? | |HENRY FIELDING |

| |AND THE CONNECTION IS …… | | |

| |CARRY ON FILMS | | |

| |SPARES | | |

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| |IN THE U.S.A. IF A DESSERT IS SERVED”A LA MODE”WHAT IS IT SERVED WITH? | |ICE CREAM |

| |WHAT WAS THE FIRST NO.1 FROM THE BEATLES’ SECOND FILM “HELP”? | |TICKET TO RIDE |

| |WHAT WAS REG VARNEY’S CHARACTER CALLED IN ON THE BUSES? | |STAN BUTLER |

| |BORN IN 1942,WHO PLAYED THE DUCHESS OF DUKE STREET ON T.V. AND THE MOTHER OF BRIDGET JONES ON| |GEMMA JONES |

| |FILM? | | |

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