Monday 13 December 2010

Next Quiz - Wednesday 5th January 2011

The quiz is on the first Wednesday of the month

Usual Ts and Cs:

Kick off at 8pm

£2 per player, maximum 5 to a team

The Bread and Roses is in Clapham Manor Street, off Clapham High Street
(Turn off the High Street when you get to the KFC)

The quiz is a no iPhone (& no Google Phone) zone. It just spoils it for everyone. If you see someone on another team using their iPhone then take a picture of them with your phone. If we all work together we can beat this.

& the winners were...

Craptacular with 72%, followed by Sheffield Wednesday with 68% and Crubeans with 55%

Quiz Questions from Wednesday 1st December

Current Affairs
What is the date of the Royal Wedding?
What is Prince William’s nickname for Kate?
Which Royal was revealed to have been rude to diplomats, according to Wikiuleaks?
Which four countries make up the acronym PIGS?
How did President Obama come to need 5 stitches on his lip?
Which Tory adviser recently resigned after making 'so-called recession' and 'never had it so good' remarks?
In which European city was the NATO summit held?
Which food tycoon died on 25th November, aged 80?
Name the regulator who are launching a review of energy prices and company profits?
For what reason do men grow moustaches in 'Movember'?

Picture Round
The pictures this month were of fictional doctors - so Dr House, Dr Kildare and so on

Music
The theme was covers - 10 famous songs covered by more obscure artists

Ownership
Which soft drinks company owns Walkers Crisps?
Which Lager company owns Wolf Blass wines?
Which company, normally associated with confectionary company also makes Whiskas?
What is the main business activity of Bill Kenwright, part-owner of Everton?
Which large banking group also owns Nat West?

The ashes
Which of the two teams had the higher world ranking at the start of the current series?
In what decade did England last win an Ashes series in Australia?
Name 2 of the batsmen who made centuries in the first Ashes test of the current series...
Which English bowler was ranked #2 in the world at the start of the current series?
Who out of England and Australia has won more Ashes test matches?

General Knowledge
Which country has the Car plates CH (e.g. like the UK has GB)?
Which animal does cashmere come from?
In what decade was DNA fingerprinting first used in crime detection?
What was the politician Mo Mowlem’s full first name?
Which film from the 1980s featured 3 doctors as the main characters – Dr Venkman, Dr Stantz & Dr Spengler
Which 3 months do UK meteorologists consider to constitute Autumn for technical purposes?
Which American is the most polular author on facebook, in terms of the most fans?
The A23 links which two cities?
Which American writer's autobiography is now being published exactly 100 years after his death?
What is the record time for travelling to every single tube station (+/- 10%)

Monday 8 November 2010

Next Quiz - Wednesday 1st December

The quiz is on the first Wednesday of the month

Usual Ts and Cs:

Kick off at 8pm

£2 per player, maximum 5 to a team

The Bread and Roses is in Clapham Manor Street, off Clapham High Street
(Turn off the High Street when you get to the KFC)

The quiz is a no iPhone (& no Google Phone) zone. It just spoils it for everyone. If you see someone on another team using their iPhone then take a picture of them with your phone. If we all work together we can beat this.

& the winners were...

Sheffield Wednesday with 83 points, followed by St Reatham Stranglers on 77 poins, and The B Team on 72 points

Quiz Questions from Wednesday 3rd November

Current affairs
How many Chilean miners were trapped down the mine?
Who won the Booker Prize?
Name both the teams in the current series of the Apprentice?
Whose funeral attracted thousands of mourners to the Isle of Man in October?
Which tube station is currently testing free wifi?
Which clothing company scrapped a new logo and reverted to the old one after widespread criticism?
Liverpool Football Club were recently bought by NESV - but what does NESV stand for?
Which beer is James May now advertising?
In which country did Russell Brand and Katy Perry get married?
Which relative of Tony Blair recently converted to Islam?

Picture Round
Celebs in Fancy Dress - A very opportunistic round, mainly using pics from Jonathan Ross' Halloween parties from the last couple of years.

Music Round
Intros - also pretty lazy - lots of intros from songs, although many did manage to fox people.

Celebrity books - which of these celebrities wrote the following 5 books?
7 Celebs – Lord Alan Sugar, Cheryl Cole, Chris Evans , Danny Dyer, Gok Wan, Judy Dench, Michael Cain
5 Books:
Memoirs of a Fruitcake
The Elephant to Hollywood
Through Thick & Thin
Through My Eyes
What you see is what you get

Years Ending in 0
In what year was John F Kennedy elected as US president?
In 1980, which Star Wars film was the highest grossing US movie?
Who challenged Margaret Thatcher for the leadership of the Conservative Party in 1990?
Who defeated Brazil to claim the 1950 (football) World Cup?
Who out of Buzz Aldrin, Ruth Rendell, Pope John Paul II or Steve McQueen was not born in 1930?

General Knowledge
Which character in Dad’s Army had the catchphrase “Doomed – we’re all Doomed” (surname only)?
Which food item has the marketing slogan ‘a hug in a mug’?
What colour plasters do people involved in food preparation have to wear if they cut themselves?
Which country does the word bungalow originate in?
What is the plural of mongoose?
Who is the only man to have played in 1,000 football league matches?
What newspaper column, blog and book (all sharing the same name) is Ben Goldacre famous for?
What are the only two chemical elements normally liquid at room temperature?
What was originally built for the Great Exhibition of 1851, then moved, and eventually destroyed in a fire in 1936?
On what day of the week do employees most frequently call in sick?

Monday 1 November 2010

Next Quiz - Wednesday 3rd November

The quiz is on the first Wednesday of the month

Usual Ts and Cs:

Kick off at 8pm

£2 per player, maximum 5 to a team

The Bread and Roses is in Clapham Manor Street, off Clapham High Street
(Turn off the High Street when you get to the KFC)


The quiz is a no iPhone (& no Google Phone) zone. It just spoils it for everyone. If you see someone on another team using their iPhone then take a picture of them with your phone. If we all work together we can beat this.

& the winners were...

Team Braeburn with 82%, followed by Say Something with 78% and Anonymous with 76%

Quiz Questions from Wednesday 6th October

Current affairs
How long, to the nearest hour, did it take the tickets for Glastonbury 2011 to sell out?
What was the final score in the Ryder Cup?
Which tube line was the least disrupted by Monday’s industrial action?
In which city is the Commonwealth Games taking place?
Which X Factor contestant has been revealed to already have a record contract in the US (first name only)?
In which city is the Tory party conference being held?
Who will play Freddie Mercury in an upcoming film about Queen?
Who won cricket's County Championship in the last hour's play of the 2010 season?
Which BBC drama series reappeared for its 9th series on 20th September 2010?
Which of the following words did Ed Miliband use most in his Labour conference speech: Generation, Country or Government?

Picture Round
The theme was Clapham Residents, past and present, and included Jack Dee, Leslie Ash, and Kingsley Amis

Music Round
The theme was songs or artists with foreign words in them, including Depeche Mode, Scritti Politti, and the song Living La Vida Loca.

British Foods
What Midlands town is associated more than any other with pork pies?
What name is given to a small, round cake filled with currants and made from flaky pastry?
What name is given to a bun made from yeast dough, mixed with eggs, fruit peel, sugar and currants and wrapped into a roll?
Arbroath Smokies are made from which kind of fish?
in which century did Britain's first fish & chip shops open?

Celebrity Perfumes
Match these 5 celebrities - Beyonce, Britney Spears, Jennifer Lopez, Paris Hilton, & Sarah Jessica Parker,
To these 5 scents - Can Can, Circus Fantasy, Heat, Glow, & NYC

General Knowledge
In which state is the city of Denver?
Which road connects Tottenham Court Road to Leicester Square?
What does the acronym Quantas stand for?
Which medical procedure did Dr Christian Barnard perform for the first time?
Who is a made up character out of: Captain Birdseye, maker of frozen food, Mr Kellogg, maker of breakfast cereal, and Mr Kipling, maker of baked goods?
Which superhero is the alter-ego of Little Eric (of 29 Acacia Road)?
Which of Canada and Australia has the greater land area?
Which tube line is the busiest, in terms of passenger journeys per year?
Which peninsula forms the southernmost point of England?
Paintings by which deceased criminal were sold at a London auction in August 2010?

Friday 17 September 2010

Next Quiz - Wednesday 6th October

The quiz is on the first Wednesday of the month

Usual Ts and Cs:

Kick off at 8pm

£2 per player, maximum 5 to a team

The Bread and Roses is in Clapham Manor Street, off Clapham High Street
(Turn off the High Street when you get to the KFC)


View Larger Map

The quiz is a no iPhone (& no Google Phone) zone. It just spoils it for everyone. If you see someone on another team using their iPhone then take a picture of them with your phone. If we all work together we can beat this.

& the winners were...

Sheffield Massive with 77%. Stanley (a team, not a person) came second with 68%

Quiz Questions from Wednesday 8th September

Current affairs
Who is The Stig?
What is the title of Tony Blair’s book?
How old is Dave Weir, Scotland’s oldest international footballer (to nearest 2 years)
At which ground was the women’s Rugby World Cup final played last weekend?
What is the name of ITV’s new breakfast TV programme?
What religion did Julia Roberts recently convert to?
Who did Benedict Cumberbatch & Martin Freeman play in a recent BBC drama?
What landmark number of users did facebook reach on 21st July 2010?
What name is given to the fixing of a single event or statistic within a cricket match (rather than the match itself)?
Which candidate does the Millibands' mother intend to vote for in the Labour leadership election?

Picture Round
The theme of the picture round was Miss World. We showed 10 pictures of Miss World contestants in national dress, and teams had to guess the country

Music Round
The theme was 'back to school', so lots of school-related songs, including Baggy Trousers, and Fight For Your Right

The Premiership Season
Who are the current Premier League champions?
Who recently resigned as Aston Villa manager?
Name 2 of the 3 promoted teams playing in the Premier League this season
Which company is the main sponsor of the Premier League?
Which team play at the Reebok Stadium?

Remakes
Who played the Michael Caine role in the 2000 remake of Get Carter?
...& who played the Michael Caine role in the 2003 remake of the Italian Job?
Which of these films is not a remake - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Magnificent Seven, or Vanilla Sky?
Which film is Russell Brand currently remaking in New York?
In what decade was the first film remake of King Kong made?

General Knowledge
What is the French word for Firemen?
What was the painter Van Dyck’s first name (not Dick)
What is the maximum number of different clubs is a golfer allowed to have with him during a game?
Which country does the anime cartoon style come from?
What was the previous name for the 3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland?
How many ml are there in a Magnum of champagne?
Which of the following units is NOT a measure of energy: Watt, Joule, Calorie or kWh (kilowatt-hour)?
In which area of London is the Meantime brewery based?
With which sport is the Leander club associated?
in the Simpsons, which town is the main and bitter rival to Springfield?

Friday 6 August 2010

Next Quiz - Wednesday 8th September

Update - for complex reasons the next quiz will be on the 8th, and not the 1st of September

The quiz is (usually) on the first Wednesday of the month

Usual Ts and Cs:

Kick off at 8pm

£2 per player, maximum 5 to a team

The Bread and Roses is in Clapham Manor Street, off Clapham High Street
(Turn off the High Street when you get to the KFC)

Map here

The quiz is a no iPhone (& no Google Phone) zone. It just spoils it for everyone. If you see someone on another team using their iPhone then take a picture of them with your phone. If we all work together we can beat this.

& the winners were...

Bad Maners (a team of two) with 73%, followed by Team Braeburn with 72%, 80s Kids with 68%, and The Halfwits with 64%.

Quiz Questions from Wednesday 4th August

Current Affairs
What was the name of the ball used in the 2010 World Cup?
Which website revealed hundreds of secret documents relating to the war in Afghanistan?
At which course was golf's 2010 open played at?
Name the education secretary?
Which famous building is to have a $13m refit, aiming to reduce its energy use by 40%?
Which of these songs don't Jedward cover on their new album – Jump, Rock DJ, Teenage Kicks?
Which British sports star is known as the Manx Missile?
Name 3 of the items Gazza took to Raoul Moat
Who is the author of the autobiography The Third Man?
What is the name of Cristiano Ronaldo’s baby (firstname, lastname)?

Picture Round
This month the theme was 80s cartoons, so Thundercats, Dangermouse, The Moomins, Button Moon,and more.

Music Round
The theme of the music round was 'Intros' so lots of new and classic intors to songs.

Board Games
How many blank tiles are there in a Scrabble letter set?
Name the four stations represented on a UK Monopoly board
And what is the highest denomination banknote in the UK version of Monopoly?
How man different weapons are there in the game of Cluedo?
What subject is represented by the yellow wedge (or "cheese") in Trivial Pursuit?

The TfL Bike Scheme
Which company is the sponsor of Boris' bike hire scheme?
How much do the bikes weigh? (to nearest 10%)
How much would you pay (excl annual fee) to have a bike for 85 minutes?
& for 23 hours, 35 minutes?
What is the fine if you lose the bike?

General Knowledge
What does Taj Mahal mean?
In electricity what does AC stand for?
In world politics, what does OECD stand for?
Which country does Budvar beer come from (NOT Budweiser)
In the navy what would you mix with beer to make grog?
The recently rediscovered play 'Double Falsehood' has been claimed to be written by who?
Which UK city is denoted by the postcode 'L'?
Which English city is denoted by the dialling code '0115'?
Which road running between Clapham and Battersea shares its name with a Kinks song?
Which character in 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' takes their name from an Islington estate agent?

Tuesday 20 July 2010

Next Quiz - Wednesday 4th August

The quiz is on the first Wednesday of the month

Usual Ts and Cs:

Kick off at 8pm

£2 per player, maximum 5 to a team

The Bread and Roses is in Clapham Manor Street, off Clapham High Street
(Turn off the High Street when you get to the KFC)

Map here

The quiz is a no iPhone (& no Google Phone) zone. It just spoils it for everyone. If you see someone on another team using their iPhone then take a picture of them with your phone. If we all work together we can beat this.

& the winners were...

Onward Quizteam Soldiers, with 82%. Quiz on My Face came second with 77%.

Quiz Questions from Wednesday 7th July

Current affairs
What illness is Cheryl Cole reportedly suffering from?
What happened for the first time in Australian politics last month?
Who directed Larry David’s new film Whatever Works?
Name either of the participants in Wimbledon’s longest tennis match (surname only is ok)
Who is the current Education Secretary?
Two brothers played for 2 different World Cup countries – name the countries
What is the name of the World Cup ball?
How old are the two children in Dulwich whose parents were criticised for allowing them to cycle to school
Name the new Twilight film, previewing last weekend
Why was the winner of Miss Cornwall disqualified – a) she wasn’t a Miss, or b) she wasn’t from Cornwall?

Picture Round
The theme was celebrities with tattoos, so pics of Beckham, Angelina Jolie, Mike Tyson and more

Music Round
In honour of the World Cup we played 10 songs that had been number one at the time of previous World Cups.

Colours
What colour cap does a plastic bottle of semi skimmed milk have in Sainsbury’s?
What flavour is a pack of Blue Extra chewing gum? (precise – not just mint)
What colour is a packet of Walkers cheese and onion?
What colour was The Incredible Hulk originally in the comic books?
The The Muppets, what colour hair does Beeker have?

Wimbledon
In which year did the retractable roof at Wimbledon's Centre Court begin operating?
Roger Federer won 5 consecutive Wimbledon titles from 2003 - 2007. Who won in 2002?
Who was disqualified from Wimbledon in 1995, after striking a ball in a fit of pique and hitting a ball girl?
How many Wimbledon singles titles has Venus Williams won?
The mutliple doubles winning combination of Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde are from which country?

General Knowledge
Which country does the liqueur Benedictine come from?
In which American sport might a player score a triple double?
In which American sport do the Washington Redskins play?
Which kind of fruit is an Egremont Russet?
If fridges and freezers are termed ‘white goods’, what are TVs, DVD players etc termed?
Which famous musician was known as The Lizard King?
What was the last UK no. 1 single that Michael Jackson had (BBC chart)?
Who’s tallest out of Richard Branson, Richard Madeley and Cliff Richard?
Which is the most Easterly station on the Central Line?
Which film features a criminal gang called the Dead Presidents?

Sunday 4 July 2010

Next Quiz - Wednesday 7th July

The quiz is on the first Wednesday of the month

Usual Ts and Cs:

Kick off at 8pm

£2 per player, maximum 5 to a team

The Bread and Roses is in Clapham Manor Street, off Clapham High Street
(Turn off the High Street when you get to the KFC)

Map here

The quiz is a no iPhone (& no Google Phone) zone. It just spoils it for everyone. If you see someone on another team using their iPhone then take a picture of them with your phone. If we all work together we can beat this.

& the winners were...

Quiz on my Face, with 68%. Crubeans came second with a very creditable 60%

Quiz Questions from Wednesday 2nd June 2010

Current Affairs
Which country won Eurovision?
Which popular double act did the Daily Star compare Cameron & Clegg to the day after the coalition agreement – Ant & Dec, Vic & Bob, or Morecambe & Wise?
How many trophies did Liverpool win with Rafa Benitez as manager (not counting runners up trophies)?
How many candidates are standing for election to be Labour leader?
Which band or act is replacing U2 at Glastonbury this year?
Name Ray Alan’s ventriloquist puppet
Which British sportsman is the new ‘face’ of Head and Shoulders?
What did David Cameron call Paul Collingwood?
Who resigned from England's 2018 World Cup bid, after being making bribery accusations?
& who resigned from the Mail on Sunday in protest at their sting?

Picture Round
The picture round featured pictures of English footballers, including Gary Lineker, Jack Charlton, Kevin Keegan and more.

Music Round
The theme of the music round was songs that had been number one in the UK at the time of World Cup finals, so it was a pleasingly diverse set of tunes, including Hips Don't Lie, Love is All Around, You're The One That I Want, and She

The World Cup
The 2010 tournament will be the 20th World Cup - true or false?
Name the two teams contesting the 2010 World Cup's opening match
Which country won the first ever World Cup?
Whose name does the original World Cup trophy bear?
Which match made up the finals of the 1986 and 1990 tournaments?

Designers
Which high street chain does Kate Moss design for?
Which luxury goods company sells the Grace and the Birkin handbags?
Which company was Alexander McQueen head designer for in the late 1990s?
Which British designer created the bags with the slogan ‘I am not a plastic bag’ for Sainsbury’s?
Spell the shoe designer Manolo B*****’s surname.

General Knowledge
Which comedian first came to fame in the TV show Mork and Mindy?
What is the capital of Senegal?
Which car manufacturer has a model called the Doblo?
In which area of the armed forces (Army, Navy, Airforce) did Prince Charles NOT serve?
What is Barry McGuigan’s first name an abbreviation of?
Which British king abdicated the throne in 1936?
Which metal takes its name from the German term meaning 'Devil's Copper'?
Which London station is the UK's busiest, in terms of passenger numbers?
What is the first name of Malcolm McDowell's character in the film 'A Clockwork Orange'?
What form of transport was pioneered by the Montgolfier Brothers?

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