Castle Quiz 15 February 2017
Round 1 – General knowledge and current affairs
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Which supermarket has just overtaken the Co-Op to become the UK’s fifth-biggest
If a word is “polysemous”, what does this mean
The speaker of the house of commons recently caused controversy with his views on
Donald Trump and Brexit. What is his name
If you throw two dice, what number are you more likely to get than any other
Which UK newspaper will no longer be referenced as a ‘reliable source’ on
Wikipedia, due to “its reputation for poor fact checking, sensationalism and flat-out
fabrication”
Round 2 – Food & Drink
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Which businessman set up a salmon-canning factory in Oregon in 1873
According to the adverts which featured Vic Reeves & Bob Mortimer, which
chocolate bar is “slightly rippled with a flat under-side”
8 ‘Red Baron’, ‘Senshyu Yellow’ and ‘Vidalia’ are varieties of which vegetable
9 Which two colours make up the distinctive check pattern of sponge within a
Battenberg cake
10 How old does a sheep have to be before its meat is classed as mutton
Round 3 – History
11 Who was the first king of all England (and is buried in Malmesbury)
12 The Co-operative Society was founded in which Lancashire town in 1844
13 Until the 19th Century, if you were ‘riding backwards up Holborn Hill’ from Newgate
to Tyburn (in London), what would you be about to experience
14 In what year was the Dr Martens boot launched in the UK
15 Which submarine sank the General Belgrano during the Falklands War
Round 4 – Music
16 In 1972 Hawkwind had a big hit with the single “Silver Machine”. What was the silver
machine in question? [THE PROG QUESTION]
17 Who had the official Christmas number one in 2016 with “Rockabye”
18 What was the nationality of the band “The Scorpions”, who had a UK No2 hit in 1991
with “The Winds of Change”
19 Who rose to fame in 2008 with the release of the single “I Kissed a Girl”
20 Who composed the classical piece “Peter and the Wolf”
Round 5 – Connections
21 In Monty Python and the Holy Grail, who wanted a shrubbery (“one that looks nice,
and not too expensive”)
22 Which town with a name meaning “holy faith” in Spanish, is the capital of New
Mexico
23 What is the longest river in Italy
24 According to the hit song from his album Graceland, what can you call Paul Simon
25 What is the connection
Round 6 – TV & Film
26 From which film does this dialogue come:
“It's 106 miles to Chicago, we've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's
dark and we're wearing sunglasses.” “Hit it”
27 In the TV show “The Hit Man and Her”, who was the Hit Man and who was Her
28 Who starred as Inspector Clouseau in the 2006 Pink Panther film
29 In Fawlty Towers, what three things did Basil sarcastically suggest might be seen out
of a Torquay hotel bedroom window
30 Who played the chimney sweep Bert in the film Mary Poppins
Round 7 – Arts & Books
31 Which author introduced the word “robot” to the English language and to science
fiction as a whole
32 ‘The Owl and the Pussycat’ were looking for a ring so that they could be married.
Where did they find one
33 In which series of books would you find the Vogons
34 In which Shakespeare play will you find the line “The course of true love never did
run smooth”
35 Which Italian artist painted ‘The Birth of Venus’
Round 8 – Science & Nature
36 Which is the heaviest organ in the human body
37 Which breed of bird is the fastest member of the animal kingdom, with a diving
speed measured of up to 242 mph
38 Sir Peter Mansfield, inventor of the MRI scanner, died last week. What does MRI
stand for
39 For which theory is Werner Karl Heisenberg best known
40 How many planets in our solar system are larger than the Earth
Round 9 – Sport
41 As of 6 February, which was the highest-ranked men’s Rugby Union country
42 In top-flight English men’s football (ie what used to be divisions 1 - 4), how many
teams begin with an “F”
43 At which racecourse is the St Leger Stakes run
44 What is the minimum number of darts required to achieve a score of 501
45 In which decade was a wooden racket used at Wimbledon for the last time
Round 10 – Geography
46 Which is the furthest south – Liverpool, Manchester or Sheffield?
47 What is the name of the stretch of water which separates the Orkney Islands from
mainland Scotland
48 Which river flows through the city of Durham
49 Where is the world’s tallest building: bonus point if you name it
50 What is the aboriginal name for Ayers Rock (and the name now officially used)