Friday 8 April 2011

Next quiz - Postponed

Update - We're re-thinking how we do the quiz. Watch this space for more information.

There will be no quiz in May.


& the winners were...

Team Braeburn with 74%, followed by The Crubeans with 72% and Sheffield Wednesday with 71%

Quiz questions from Wednesday 6th April

Current affairs
Whose statue was unveiled at Fulham FC at the weekend?
Which local cinema is currently celebrating its 100th birthday?
What colour has been unofficially used to describe the new London Overground train service?
Which politician is visiting Moneygall in Ireland next month to find out more about his Irish ancestry?
What is the new cost for a prescription in England (to the nearest 10%)?
The ONS requested that census forms be completed on or as close as possible to which date?
Which politician announced the date of his / her marriage as 27th May
Which one of the following was not cut in the budget: corporation tax, fuel duty, or the personal tax allowance?
Who is the president of Syria?
Which two teams did England play at football in march?

Picture round
The celebrate the recent Mothering Sunday we showed pictures of celebrity mothers - Daniel Radcliffe's mum, Pierce Brosnan's mum etc - and teams had to identify the famous sons. It was pretty tricky!

(You can see the pictures here, towards the bottom)

Music Round
Space exploration was the theme, so Bruno Mars, Rocket Man, and eight others

Animal Genders - Please write down the male and female names for:
Sheep
Swine
Fox
Rabbit
Deer

2010 in Quotes
"We've gotta stand with our North Korean allies."
"I think the environmental aspect of this disaster is likely to have been very, very modest"
"She was just a sort of bigoted woman....."
“I was unfaithful, I had affairs, I cheated. What I did was not acceptable and I am the only person to blame”
"I'm not a one-trick pony, I'm not a 10-trick pony, I'm a whole field of ponies – and they're literally all running towards this job!"

General Knowledge
Which Disney film first featured the song When You Wish Upon a Star
In which country was the sport lacrosse invented?
What does the word 'trivia' mean in Latin?
Which two bodies of water are connected by the Straits of Gibraltar?
In which country would you find the parliamentary constituency of Bongo?
Which planet in the solar system is furthest from the sun?
What common name is given to the mineral iron pyrites?
What major historical event broke out in 1789?
Which two counties are separated by the river Tamar?
Which European country split on 1st January 1993?