LEAGUE MATCHES 25 FEBRUARY 2010
QUESTIONS BY TAME VALLEY
Updated Tuesday 6 November 2012
First Verbal Round
1
In the Popeye cartoons, who is Olive Oyl’s brother?
Castor (Oyl)
2
Who first wrote: Quis custodiet ipsos custodes (who guards those who guard us)?
Juvenal
3
Who voices Badger in the 2009 animated film Fantastic Mr. Fox?
Bill Murray
4
John Reid was the real name of which fictional character?
The Lone Ranger
5
Which product currently (Jan 2010) sponsors ITV’s Loose Women programme?
Maltesers
6
Who wrote the lines ‘The splendour falls on castle walls, And snowy summits old in story’?
Alfred Lord Tennyson (The Princess)
7
From which 1966 musical does the song Rhythm of Life come?
Sweet Charity
8
In which city are the headquarters of the Mercedes–Benz corporation?
Stuttgart
9
What name is given to a piece of a jigsaw puzzle that has a hole that is to be filled by another piece?
A void
10
What name is given to the edge of a flag nearest the pole?
The hoist
11
What name is given to a stag’s antlers with 14 points on them?
An imperial
12
Name two of the three earth signs of the zodiac.
Two from: Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn
13
What is the nationality of Manchester City forward Roque Santa Cruz?
Paraguayan
14
Which house produces the perfume J’adore?
Dior
15
Who first wrote ‘Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori’ (it is sweet and honourable to die for one’s
country)?
Horace
16
What name is given to a stag’s antlers with 12 points?
A royal
17
The book Twenty Years After is a sequel to which better known work of fiction?
The Three Musketeers
18
What name is given to a jigsaw piece with a rounded end that fits into a void?
A nub
19
In which city are the headquarters of the Volkswagen corporation?
Wolfsburg
20
Which product currently (Jan 2010) sponsors Hell’s Kitchen on TV?
Knorr (stock cubes) see note 1
21
Name two of the three water signs of the zodiac.
Two from: Pisces, Cancer, Scorpio
22
From which 1930 musical does the song I Got Rhythm come?
Girl Crazy
23
Who wrote the lines ‘Alas! They had been friends in youth: But whispering tongues can poison truth’?
Lord Byron (Fare Thee Well)
24
In the Popeye cartoons, what is the name of Popeye’s dad?
Poopdeck Pappy
25
John Clayton was the real name of which fictional character?
Tarzan
26
Which 19th century novel is subtitled Life Among the Lowly?
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
27
Which house produces the perfume Tresor?
Lancome
28
Who voices Bean in the 2009 animated film Fantastic Mr. Fox?
Michael Gambon
29
What name is given to the side of the flag furthest from the pole?
The fly
30
What is the nationality of Manchester United’s forward Antonio Valencia?
Ecuadorian
First written round
31
The Bell and Beehive gauges measure the diameter of what?
Knitting needles
32
In which country are the majority of the Tolpuddle Martyrs buried?
Canada
33
In which city is William the Conqueror buried?
Caen (St. Stephen’s Church)
34
Frederick Lanchester invented what aid to safer driving in 1902?
The disc brake
35
Whose last words were reportedly ‘Floreat Etona’?
Captain Hook
36
Which Premiership football club’s motto is Audere est Facere (to dare is to do)?
Tottenham Hotspur
37
Who is the current Chief Scout?
Edward Michael ‘Bear’ Grylls
38
Old Alleynians are old boys of which school?
Dulwich College
39
What was the pen name of the writer born N.S. Norway in 1899?
Neville Shute
40
What name connects a J.M. Barrie play and a brand of chocolates?
Quality Street
Second Verbal Round
41
In the Harry Potter stories, what is the ‘killing curse’?
Avada Kedavra
42
The Devil’s Gallop was the signature tune of which radio programme
Dick Barton (Special Agent)
43
Who in a speech said: ‘We must be the great arsenal of democracy’?
F. D. Roosevelt
44
‘By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes’ is a quote from Macbeth. Who
borrowed By the Pricking of My Thumbs for a book title?
Agatha Christie
45
In his only appearance in the series, which comedian played the headmaster in Carry On Teacher?
Ted Ray
46
Where are the headquarters of the CAMRA organisation?
St. Albans
47
Who is currently in the UK singles chart with Fireflies?
Owl City
48
Which English writer produced work under the name Peter Porcupine?
William Cobbett
49
What’s the colour of a standard UK mains 3 amp fuse?
Red
50
Hobbs End underground station is central to the plot of which 1967 Sci-fi film?
Quatermass and the Pit
51
In the Monty Python football match between German philosophers and Greek philosophers, who is the
neutral referee?
Confucius
52
What are the opening six words of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet?
Two households, both alike in dignity
53
The Junkers Ju 87 aeroplane was better known by what name?
Stuka (dive bomber)
54
Which song did Margaret Thatcher embarrassingly sing when interviewed before the 1990 Brit awards?
How Much is that Doggie in the Window
55
Who did Margaret Thatcher quote at the doorstep of No.10 on becoming P.M.: ‘Where there is discord,
may we bring harmony…’?
St Francis of Assisi
56
What is actor David Neilson’s character name in Coronation Street?
Roy Cropper
57
What are the opening six words of Shakespeare’s Macbeth?
When shall we three meet again
58
In the Harry Potter stories, what is the ‘levitation spell’?
Wingardium Leviosa
59
Out of the Blue is the signature tune of which radio programme?
Sports Report
60
Who said: ‘Before this time tomorrow, I shall have gained a peerage or Westminster Abbey’?
Nelson (before the Battle of the Nile)
61
‘By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes’ is a quote from Macbeth. Who
borrowed ‘Something Wicked This Way Comes’ for a book title?
Ray Bradbury
62
In his second and last appearance in the series, which comedian played Professor Inigo Tinkle in Carry
On Up the Jungle’?
Frankie Howerd
63
What is actor Steven Arnold’s character name in Coronation Street?
Ashley Peacock
64
Who are currently in the U.K. charts with One Shot?
JLS
65
Where are the headquarters of the S.A.S.?
Hereford see note 2
66
The Mitsubishi A6M fighter plane was better known by what name?
Zero
67
Which writer used the name Commo di Bassetto when writing as a music critic?
G. B. Shaw see note 3
68
What is the colour of a standard UK mains 5 amp fuse?
Black
69
Imminent collision with the planets Bellus and Zyra is central to the plot of which 1951 Sci-fi film?
When Worlds Collide
70
In the Monty Python cheap airline sketch, what’s the name of the Japanese pilot?
Kamikaze
Second written round
71
According to Hans Christian Anderson, in what specifically did Thumbelina sleep?
A walnut shell
72
On which river does Munich stand?
The Isar
73
Otto Frederick Rohwedder of Iowa invented what in 1928?
A bread-slicing machine
74
Which poet was born in Bread Street, London in 1608?
John Milton
75
What name is given to the A5 as it enters (and leaves) London?
Edgware Road
76
Which beer was launched in 1961 with the slogan ‘The new blond in your bar’?
Harp lager
77
‘Tora, Tora, Tora’ were the Japanese code words for the Pearl Harbor attack; what does ‘Tora’ mean in
Japanese?
Tiger
78
Which US group had a 2008 No.1 hit with Sex on Fire?
Kings of Leon
79
What shape is an object described as ‘xiphoid’?
Sword-shaped
80
Baldur, son of Odin, was immune to everything bar which plant?
Mistletoe
Spares
1
Which two English footballers have won World Cup and European Champions Cup winners medals?
Bobby Charlton and Nobby Stiles
2
Complete the trio from the snug of the Rovers: Ena Sharples, Minnie Caldwell and...?
Martha Longhurst
3
The German ship Louisa was sunk by a torpedo from which fictitious vessel?
The African Queen
4
How many points would a crib hand 6, 7, 8, ace with an ace turned up score?
Thirteen
5
Which Italian footballer was known as ‘The Divine Ponytail’?
Roberto Baggio
6
In addition to five freestyle swimming gold medals, Johnny Weissmuller won a bronze medal in which
event?
Water polo
7
What was the appropriate two-word title of the last Inspector Rebus novel published in 2007?
Exit Music
Notes and corrections
1
The most recent series of Hell’s Kitchen finished in April 2009.
2
An equally acceptable (if not better) answer is Credenhill, which is a few miles outside Hereford and has
been home to 22 Regiment SAS since 1999.
3
Shaw used the pseudonym Corno di Bassetto; it is the Italian name for a basset horn.
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