Castle Quiz 29 March 2017
Round 1 – General knowledge and current affairs
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According to the latest figures from the Home Office, where is the “Pervert capital of
the UK”
Teresa May today officially triggered Article 50, starting the withdrawal of the UK
from the EU, by having a letter handed to an EU official. Who was the letter handed
to (name of person, not official, required)
The new 12-sided £1 coin entered circulation yesterday (28 March). In what month
of 2017 does the existing £1 coin cease to be legal tender.
What took place for the first time on this day in 1981
Which company resumed its self-driving-car tests on Monday after suspending them
following a crash in Arizona last Friday
Round 2 – Food & Drink
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The Italian dish Polenta is usually made from what
Traditionally, from which type of fish is caviar obtained
A Bellini cocktail is made from sparkling wine and a puree of which fruit
Apart from damp cardboard, what is tofu made from
On a box of After Eight mints, what is situated between the words “After” and
“Eight”
Round 3 – History
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Which English king died in 1135 after eating a surfeit of lampreys
In 1983, who was the first person to be granted the Freedom of the Falkland Islands
What was the first commodity to be rationed in the UK during World War II
Although commonly (and probably incorrectly) attributed to Napoleon, who actually
first referred to England as "a nation of shopkeepers" (clue – they’ve been on a
banknote)
15 The ritualized method of execution the “blood eagle”, was reputedly carried out by
which people
Round 4 – Music
16 Which three-piece band did John Peel call “A complete waste of time, talent and
electricity” (clue: two of them died last year)
[THE PROG QUESTION]
17 Fat Boy Slim was once a member of which northern chart-topping group
18 In the song “Dirty Old Town”, which is the dirty old town in question
19 Who won the 2016 Mercury prize, and for which album (point each)
20 Who composed the music “The Great Gates of Kiev”
Round 5 – Connections
21 What is the positively-charged particle within the nucleus of an atom called
22 Which Serbian-American inventor, electrical engineer, physicist, and futurist is best
known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current (AC)
electricity supply system (the SI unit of magnetic flux density is named after him)
23 Which film is generally regarded as being the first feature-length “talkie”
24 What was the name of the Six Million Dollar Man (character, not actor)
25 What is the connection
Round 6 – TV & Film
26 From which film does this quote come “I know what you’re thinking. Did he fire six
shots or only five? Well to tell you the truth, in all this excitement, I’ve kinda lost
track myself”
27 Sarah Michelle Gellar played the lead role in which late nineties/early noughties
fantasy series
28 Which 1967 British science fiction/horror film from Hammer was set around the
fictional London tube station “Hobbs End”
29 Described as “sweary, lame and pointless… pure drivel” by the Daily Mail, in which
new light entertainment/chat show, which made its debut last Saturday night, did
the host snog James Blunt and get him to admit to liking wanking?
30 Which controversial 2010 black comedy marked the directorial debut for “The Day
Today and Brass Eye’s” Chris Morris, winning him the BAFTA Award for Outstanding
Debut by a British director
Round 7 – Arts & Books
31 Which former Prime Minister has been awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature and
published a four-volume History of the English-Speaking Peoples
32 “The Night Watch” is the best-known painting in Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum
collection. Who painted it
33 How was the author born Eric Arthur Blair better known
34 What style of visual arts, architecture and design which became popular in the 1920s
and 30s, took its name from the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et
Industriels Modernes (International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial
Arts) held in Paris in 1925
35 Who wrote the Wombles books
Round 8 – Science & Nature
36 What family of fossil is often referred to as a “Dudley Bug”, it being very common in
the Dudley area of the West Midland
37 In computing, what does the acronym RTFM mean
38 The only country to have put its own satellite into space on its own rocket, and then
abandoned its space programme is…
39 Which animal migrates the furthest – name required, not class (ie not amphibian and
the like)
40 In cosmology, if the universe contains 5% ordinary matter and 27% dark matter,
what is the remaining 68%
Round 9 – Sport
41 In which sport has a “front-flip” just been performed for the first time
42 Which sport is no longer held in London following the closure of its last stadium in
Wimbledon last Saturday
43 England recently won 18 Men’s Rugby League internationals in a row – a world
record supposedly shared with New Zealand; however, the record is actually 24.
Which country did this
44 Since the system of full seeding was introduced in 1927 only two men have won the
Wimbledon singles title whilst unseeded. Can you name either
45 In cricket, in which decade did the notorious “bodyline” tour take place
Round 10 – Geography
46 In England, Wales and Northern Ireland, what does the designation “AONB” on a
map stand for
47 The Colon is the currency of which country
48 Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa, is in which country
49 On the banks of which river is Moscow situated
50 In which country is Semtex manufactured
We had a tie this week so here’s the tiebreak question:
How high in feet is the centre of Swindon (as marked by the “Crumpled Wall” water feature
in Canal Walk) above sea level