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Monthly Archives: June 2012

1. What is the number of the unit that appears in the TV series of MASH?

2. Which controversial islands are, depending on the tongue in which they are spoken, named after adventurous French sailors from St. Malo?

3. Who was dipped by the heel in the River Styx to give him invulnerability?

4. Why did the Government in 1947 urge women to wear short skirts?

5. Name the two brothers in each of the following bands. One point for each brother

  1. Radiohead
  2. Kinks
  3. Spandau Ballet
  4. Creedence Clearwater Revival
  5. Oasis
  6. Allmann Brothers Band

 

1. 4077

2. Malvinas  The Falklands to some

3. Achilles

4. To save cloth

5. Six Answers:

  1. Jonny and Colin Greenwood 
  2. Ray and Dave Davies 
  3. Gary and Martin Kemp 
  4. John and Tom Fogerty
  5. Liam and Noel Gallagher 
  6. Gregg and Duane Allmann

1.How many dice are used in a game of backgammon?

2.Who was nicknamed the Iron Lady?

3.What is the name of the principal waterway of Venice?

4.According to legend, where did the Norse gods live?

5.What is:

  1. the progency between a female tiger and a male lion and
  2. the progency between a male tiger and a female lion called?

 

1.5

2.Margaret Thatcher

3.Grand canal

4.Valhalla

5.Two Answers

  1. liger
  2. tigon

1.Who had the vital statistics of 19-19-19?

2.Bob Guiccione is famous for starting which gentleman’s magazine?

3.According to superstitious mariners, which ‘fleety’ bird and hit song embodied the souls of dead sailors?

4.Pan was half man, half what?

5.What are socks with a diamond pattern called?

  1. Olive Oyl
  2. Penthouse
  3. Albatross
  4. Goat
  5. Argyle

What is the first name of Mr. Peanut, the monocled mascot of Planters Peanuts?

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QUESTIONS

  1. ‘Love that dare not speak its name’ is/was a poetic reference to what?
  2. Who composed the following lullabies
    a. Summertime
    b. Wiegenlied
    c. Good Night
    d. Opus 57
    e. Lullaby (good night my angel)
  3. What is the racquet in lacrosse called?
  4. What name is given to Indian triangular pastries stuffed with meat or vegetables?
  5. Which is the shortest of the human digits?

 

ANSWERS

  1. Homosexuality
  2. Five Answers:
    a. Gershwin
    b. Brahms (lullaby)
    c. Lennon and McCartney
    d. Chopin  
    e. Billy Joel
  3. A crosse
  4. Samosa
  5. Little Toe

QUESTIONS

  1. The most decorated American in WWII later went on to become a Hollywood film star and a country music composer. What was his name?
  2. Which Oscar winning film of the 1990’s is about a concert pianist who suffers a mental breakdown?
  3. What city should have hosted the cancelled 1944 Summer Olympics?
  4. Where did Worcester sauce originate?
  5. Tiros, echo and sputnik were early types of what?

ANSWERS

  1. Audie Murphy
  2. Shine
  3. London
  4. India
  5. Satellites

QUESTIONS

  1. Expression for:  to warm and gratify one’s deepest feelings. “To warm …”
  2. Who released the following ‘edible’ albums ?
  3. a. Eat a peach
    b. Milk and Kisses
    c. Hard Candy
    d. Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy
    e. Funny How Sweet Co-Co Can Be
    f. Lumpy Gravy
  4. Which card game has two forms called auction and contract?
  5. Which 2 alcoholic drinks make up a rusty nail?
  6. Lead has the symbol Pb, what does it stand for?

 

ANSWERS

  1. “… the cockles of one’s heart”
  2. Six Answers:
    a. Allman Brothers Band
    b. Cocteau Twins 
    c. Counting Crows 
    d. The Who 
    e. Sweet 
    f. Frank Zappa
  3. Bridge
  4. Whisky and Drambuie
  5. Plumbum

QUESTIONS

  1. Which boat passed through the following seas:  Sea of Green, Sea of Holes and the Sea of Time?
  2. What was the profession of the heroine in ‘Gypsy’?
  3. In which sport would you hear the terms: back-pedal, purse and uppercut?
  4. From which drink is slivovitch made?
  5. Which is the largest bear?

 

ANSWERS

  1. The Yellow Submarine
  2. Stripper
  3. Boxing
  4. Plums
  5. Polar or Kodiak
QUESTIONS
  1. Which two dimensional character issued these orders, “Off with her head”.
  2. What nationality are the members of the 80’s pop band a ha
  3. Which Country’s Bobsleigh team inspired the film ‘Cool Runnings’?
  4. What additive is thought to cause Chinese restaurant syndrome?
  5. What name is given to animals that eat both flesh and plant material?

 

ANSWERS

  1. Queen of Hearts in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
  2. Norwegian
  3. Jamaica
  4. Mono Sodium Glutamate
  5. Omnivores

A parachute.