Tuesday 15 March 2011

Next quiz - Wednesday 6th April

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

Prizes that you can drink

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 68%

Quiz questions from Wednesday 2nd March

Current Affairs
What is the name of the Downing St cat?
Which mobile phone company did Microsoft announce a partnership with last month?
Which radio station is the new employer of Richard Keyes and Andy Gray?
Which company is being advertised by a retired trance DJ called Day V Lately?
In the context of government statistics, what does the acronym NEET stand for?
Which character did Nicholas Courtney, who died last month, most fanously play in 'Doctor Who'?
In what decade did Col. Gaddaffi take control of Libya?
Which party won the most votes in the Irish general election?
How many Oscars did 'The King's Speech' win?
Which British-born actor won a 'Best Supporting Actor' Oscar?

Picture Round
The pictures were of Oscar winning actors over the years, including Laurence Olivier, and Elizabeth Taylor

Music Round
Back to School - so songs relating to school, including Baggy Trousers and Walk This Way

West End Musicals
A young woman wants to find out which of 3 men is her father
3 friends go on a bus trip to play a gig in a hotel
An escaped convict adopts the daughter of a woman who dies
A rebel 300 years in the future hears old music and lyrics in his head
Twins separated at birth fall in love with the same woman

Six Nations
Who are the current Six Nations title holders?
Name the 3 countries who won their matches over the weekend of 26/27 February?
Which Six Nations country play their home matches at the Millennium Stadium?
Which nation has an anthem which is only used at rugby matches?
In which year did England last win the Six Nations championship?

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?
Who wrote the Thirty-Nine Steps?
Which attacking force was defeated by the English in 1588?
Which chemical element is also known as 'brimstone'?
What was the name of the first satellite ever launched?
Which British king abdicated the throne in 1936?