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Membury Quiz

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Round 1 General Knowledge

1 Who composed Ravel’s Bolero?

2 What is the name of the ship in The Mutiny on the Bounty?

3 Which country make Panama Hats?

4 In which month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution?

5 From which animal do we get cat gut?

6 What was King George VI’s first name?

7 Where are Chinese Gooseberries from?

8 What is a camel hair brush made of?

9 What colour is a black box in a commercial aeroplane?

10 Is it legal for a man in Scotland to marry his widow’s sister?

Round 2 History

1 In what year was the great train robbery (+- 1)?

2 In which city was Terry Waite kidnapped?

3 Between them the 6 wives of Henry VIII were of 3 different nationalities. English, Spanish and which other?

4 In terms of land area what was the largest empire of all time?

5 What was Ghandi’s real first name?

6 Who did Clementine Ogilvy Hozier marry in 1908?

7 Who killed who in the first live televised killing in 1963?

8 Which two months are named after Roman Emperors?

9 For what was Roland Hill famous for in the 19th century?

10 Which famous people met famously in Ujiji in 1871?

Round 3 Geography

1 What is the largest rainforest in the world?

2 The river Danube flows into which sea?

3 What is the capital of Uruguay?

4 Which of the states in Australia is the largest?

5 In which African country is Mount Kilimanjaro?

6 In which state in America is Salem where in 1692 a number of people were accused of witchcraft?

7 What colour is the cross on the flag of Denmark?

8 The Tynewald is the parliament on which island?

9 What is the longest river in Ireland?

10 Located in Russia near the border with Georgia what is the highest mountain in Europe?

Round 4 Sport

1 Which cricketer resigned as England captain in the winter of 1997/8 after having captained them in a record 54 test matches?

2 Gold, silver, bronze. What do participant in the Olympics who achieve 4th to 8th place receive/

3 Which football team qualified for the France 1998 World Cup via the playoffs and finished 3rd?

4 What nationality was the racing driver Ayrton Senna?

5

Shepherds Bush Stadium London. 1908 summer Olympics. Marathon runner Dorando Pietri enters the stadium exhausted to the roar of the crowd and runs in the wrong direction. After realising his error, he alters direction and heads towards the finish line. He is however on his last legs and his competitors are closing the gap. Just short of the longed for end to this gruelling race he collapses and starts to crawl on his hands and knees. At this moment a famous English writer helps him to his feet and over the line., where he passes out, only to wake hours later and discover he has been disqualified. Who was the famous English writer?

6 What colour are the 5 Olympic Rings?

7 Which two sports that start with the letter C are no longer Olympic?

8 Which Dutchman won the men’s singles titles at Wimbledon in 1996?

9 What do Ben Johnson and Waterford Crustal have in common?

10 In which sport would you go to a basho?

Round 5 Google Earth images – but where are they?

1 2 3

4 5

6 7 8

9 10

Round 6 Famous screen kisses – just name the film

1 2

3 4

5 6

7 8

9 10

Round 7 Science

1 What is myrmecology the study of? Snakes, ants or bats

2 Callisto, Europa, Ganymeded and Io are 4 of the 16 moons of which planet?

3 Which scientist was born in Germany in 1879, became a Swiss citizen in 1901 and later became a US citizen in 1940?

E4 In centimetres, what is the diameter of a DVD? 12, 14 or 16

5 What name is given to the home of an otter?

6 Who invented a vaccination for smallpox?

7 Worcester Black, Arlington Pippin and Bartlett are all varieties of which type of fruit?

8 What is the square root of one quarter?

9 What letter does not appear in the periodic table?

10 Who became the first American to orbit the Earth in 1962 and returned to space in 1997?

Round 8 Art and Literature

1 For which controversial novel is Vladimir Nabokov best known?

2 Which Spanish painter said “I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them”?

3 What was Raymond Chandler’s first novel, later made intoa successful film starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall?

4 “The Salmon of Knowledge” is a story from Celtic mythology, but who wrote “The Salmon of Doubt”?

5 What distinguishes “The mystery of Edwin Drood” by Charles Dickens?

6 Which British comedian wrote the book “Round Ireland with a Fridge”?

7 Who wrote “Bridget Jones’ Diary”?

8 In which novel is the world divided into Oceania, Eurasia and Eastasia?

9 Which artist’s work includes “The Night Watch”, “The Mill” and “Christ Healing”?

10 What was the nationality of the artist who painted “The Scream”?

Round 9 Food and Drink

1 What fruit is traditionally served on Mothering Sunday and Palm Sunday?

2 The berries of what shrub are used to make gin?

3 What classic ad featured an alien family laughing at a traditional earth recipe?

4 What would you find in the middle of a Sussex pond pudding?

5 What is the minimum age a malt whisky can be sold at?

6 If I ordered a steak tartare how would it be served?

7 In what decade did sliced bread appear?

8 What fruit is used to make Calvados?

9 What type of beans are baked beans made from?

10 What did the Aztecs cut off what they called the testicle tree?

Round 10 Scrabble

Here are the letter distribution, and point values for scrabble in these different languages. Can you match them up? Danish, English, French, German, Hawiian, Italian, Klingon, Latin, Scottish Gaelic, Welsh.

1 • 2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)

• 1 point: E ×15, A ×9, I ×8, N ×6, O ×6, R ×6, S ×6, T ×6, U ×6, L ×5

• 2 points: D ×3, M ×3, G ×2

• 3 points: B ×2, C ×2, P ×2

• 4 points: F ×2, H ×2, V ×2

• 8 points: J ×1, Q ×1

• 10 points: K ×1, W ×1, X ×1, Y ×1, Z ×1

Diacritical marks are ignored.


• 1 point: O ×15, A ×14, I ×12, E ×11

• 2 points: C ×6, R ×6, S ×6, T ×6

• 3 points: L ×5, M ×5, N ×5, U ×5

• 5 points: B ×3, D ×3, F ×3, P ×3, V ×3

• 8 points: G ×2, H ×2, Z ×2

• 10 points: Q ×1


• 1 point: A ×21

• 2 points: K ×20, O ×11

• 3 points: I ×8, N ×8

• 4 points: E ×6

• 5 points: U ×5

• 6 points: H ×5

• 7 points: L ×4

• 8 points: M ×3, P ×3

• 9 points: W ×1


• 1 point: E ×12, A ×9, I ×9, O ×8, N ×6, R ×6, T ×6, L ×4, S ×4, U ×4

• 2 points: D ×4, G ×3

• 3 points: B ×2, C ×2, M ×2, P ×2

• 4 points: F ×2, H ×2, V ×2, W ×2, Y ×2

• 5 points: K ×1

• 8 points: J ×1, X ×1

• 10 points: Q ×1, Z ×1


• 1 point: A ×10, E ×8, N ×8, I ×7, R ×7, Y ×7, D ×6, O ×6, W ×5, DD ×4

• 2 points: F ×3, G ×3, L ×3, U ×3

• 3 points: S ×3, B ×2, M ×2, T ×2

• 4 points: C ×2, FF ×2, H ×2, TH ×2

• 5 points: CH ×1, LL ×1, P ×1

• 8 points: J ×1

• 10 points: NG ×1, RH ×1


• 1 point: E ×15, N ×9, S ×7, I ×6, R ×6, T ×6, U ×6, A ×5, D ×4

• 2 points: H ×4, G ×3, L ×3, O ×3

• 3 points: M ×4, B ×2, W ×1, Z ×1

• 4 points: C ×2, F ×2, K ×2, P ×1

• 6 points: Ä ×1, J ×1, Ü ×1, V ×1

• 8 points: Ö ×1, X ×1

• 10 points: Q ×1, Y ×1


• 1 point: ʼ ×10, a ×10, e ×8, ɪ ×8, o ×6, u ×6, H

×5

• 2 points: j ×5, m ×5, D ×4, v ×4

• 3 points: l ×3, b ×2, ch ×2, gh ×2, n ×2, q ×2, S ×2

• 4 points: p ×2, t ×2

• 5 points: w ×2, y ×2

• 6 points: Q ×1, r ×1

• 8 points: tlh ×1

• 10 points: ng ×1


• 1 point: A ×14, E ×9, I ×9, N ×4, O ×4, R ×4,

S ×4

• 2 points: CH ×4, D ×4, DH ×4, L ×4, U ×3, BH

×2

• 3 points: C ×3, G ×3, T ×3, TH ×3, B ×2, M ×2

• 4 points: NN ×2

• 5 points: À ×2, GH ×2, F ×1, FH ×1, MH ×1

• 6 points: È ×1, Ì ×1, Ò ×1, P ×1, Ù ×1

• 8 points: LL ×1, RR ×1

• 10 points: NG ×1


• 1 point: E ×12, A ×9, I ×9, V ×9, S ×8, T ×8, R

×7, O ×5

• 2 points: C ×4, M ×4, N ×4, D ×3, L ×3

• 3 points: Q ×3

• 4 points: B ×2, G ×2, P ×2, X ×2

• 8 points: F ×1, H ×1


• 1 point: E ×9, A ×7, N ×6, R ×6

• 2 points: D ×5, L ×5, O ×5, S ×5, T ×5

• 3 points: B ×4, I ×4, K ×4, F ×3, G ×3, M ×3, U ×3, V ×3

• 4 points: H ×2, J ×2, P ×2, Y ×2, Æ ×2, Ø ×2,

Å ×2

• 8 points: C ×2, X ×1, Z ×1

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