Castle Quiz 12 April 2017
Round 1 – General knowledge and current affairs
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Which airline, whose company slogan is "Fly the Friendly Skies", is in the news after
film of a passenger being dragged off an overbooked US domestic flight went viral
Which country yesterday passed a bill banning the slaughter of cats and dogs for
human consumption
On this day in 1961 Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space – what was his
spacecraft called
The G7 met this week – which countries make up the G7 (all seven required)
Which fashion magazine has just announced the appointment of its first male editor
Round 2 – Food & Drink
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What must a dish of ‘Chow Mein’ include
What was the Duke of Wellington’s favourite flavour of ice cream
From which country does the beer ‘Leffe’ originate
Which food was described in its adverts as ‘Central heating for kids’
‘La Mona de Pascua’ is a festive Easter dish popular in Spain, but what type of food is
it
Round 3 – History
11 The English king Ethelred the Unready was not actually unready – what does
“unready” actually mean
12 What was the (mildly ironic) code name of the bouncing bomb, used against German
dams in 1943
13 Born in the year 356, who became the King of Macedonia at the age of 20, and
subsequently became Pharaoh of Egypt, King of Persia and King of Asia
14 Which marmalade magnate and archaeologist is largely responsible for Avebury as
we see it now (and has a museum there named after him)
15 Which former UK politician and now TV presenter wanted to put “clear blue water”
between the Conservative and Labour parties in the 90s
Round 4 – Music
16 Which progressive rock band have just had a shrimp, noticeable for having a large
brightly-coloured claw, named after them
[THE PROG QUESTION]
17 Of which song are these the opening lyrics “Oh life, it's bigger/It's bigger than
you/And you are not me/ The lengths that I will go to/The distance in your eyes”
18 Mike Batt, composer of the Wombles songs, was accused of copyright infringement
by the estate of the classical composer John Cage for copying nothing from which
piece of music
19 In musical notation, how many crochets are there in a semibreve
20 Which BRIT Award-winning album (Best International Album) by Lady Gaga was the
UK number one on this day in 2010
Round 5 – Connections
21 Who holds the British 100 metres men’s record of 9.87 seconds (+0.3 m/s), set on 15
August 1993
22 Althea & Donna topped the UK singles charts in February 1978 with which song
23 Which religious figure is a literal translation of the Spanish “Santo Niño”
24 What is the title given to someone who makes or sells candles and sometimes other
items of tallow or wax, such as soap
25 What is the connection
Round 6 – TV & Film
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From which film does this line of dialogue come: “O, God! O, Jesus Christ!”
Derived from ancient Greek and Latin words, what does the word “television” mean
The Bourne Supremacy was the sequel to which film
The BBC TV sitcom ‘Allo ‘Allo was a parody of which BBC wartime drama (that
starred Jan Francis and Bernard Hepton)
30 Who directed the films Beetlejuice, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Mars
Attacks!
Round 7 – Arts & Books
31 Who wrote the novel “Lord of the Flies”
32 According to the poet John Cooper Clarke, what will you never see in the Daily
Express
33 The ‘Sagrada Familia’ cathedral in Barcelona was designed by which Catalan
architect
34 What was the name of the bank in the Harry Potter books
35 Which famous painting/mural by Leonardo da Vinci covers the back wall of the
dining hall in the church of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan
Round 8 – Science & Nature
36 In the equation e=mc2, what does the “c” represent (the value, not the literal
“constant”)
37 Who was the first British astronaut
38 What type of animal is a “Greyface Dartmoor”
39 In human biology, what is the consequence of a “Pringle Piss”
40 According to research by Newcastle University announced yesterday, doing what to
your smartphone risks giving away your pin numbers and passwords
Round 9 – Sport
41 Who won the Masters golf tournament (for the first time) at the weekend
42 How many concentric circles form an archery target
43 Who has been the longest-serving England men’s national football team manager to
date
44 Which three individual sports are combined to make an Olympic triathlon
45 ‘Shakehand’ and ‘Penhold’ are the two most common types of grip in which sport
Round 10 – Geography
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Which is the northernmost town in England
Lake Titicaca is on the border of Peru and which other country
From base to summit, which is the tallest mountain on Earth
Which river originates in the Black Forest of Germany, and empties into the Black sea
Which is the largest county in Ireland by area