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- Quiz Questions for Monday 25th July 2005 - David Roberts Cup Round 2
ROUND ONE (Team Questions)
POT LUCK. TEAM A to answer first.
1 Q: On what London Underground Line is Camden
2 Q: On what London Underground Line is Pimlico
Town station?
station?
A: Northern
A: Victoria
3 Q: Which element in the periodic table has the symbol 4 Q: Which element in the periodic table has the symbol
Co?
A: Cobalt
A: Chromium
5 Q: Who was the Roman God of the Sea?
6 Q: Who was the Roman God of War?
A: Neptune
7 Q: Where were the summer Olympic Games held in
8 Q: Where were the summer Olympic Games held in
A: In Rome
A: Helsinki
ROUND TWO (Team Questions)
GIVE THE SUBJECT AWAY. The subjects are:-
1. Authors 2. Football Managers
3. English Counties 4. Year in the Life
5. Golf 6. Flowers
7. Myths 8. Abbreviations
1 Q: Who was the only Irish author to win the Nobel
2 Q: Dave Jones and Glenn Hoddle have both managed
Prize for Literature in the 1990s?
which two soccer clubs?
A: Seamus Heaney
A: Southampton and Wolves
3 Q: In which English county is the 10th century Corfe
4 Q: Give a year in the life of Spanish artist Diego
Velasquez.
A: Dorset
A: 1599-1660
5 Q: In golf what name is given to a No 3 wood?
6 Q: What part of a flower produces the pollen?
A: Stamen
7 Q: Which mythical creature symbolises purity?
8 Q: In the financial abbreviation P S B R, for what does
the B stand?
A: Unicorn
A: Borrowing
Next Round Are INDIVIDUAL Questions. (Jokers to be used, each team to nominate one player.)
The Categories are:-
1 & 2 Rugby Union
3 & 4 Scrabble
5 & 6 Airport Codes
7 & 8 Folk Dances
9 & 10 0
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ROUND THREE (Individual Questions)
Team A to Answer First
1 Q: For which Rugby Union team did Mark Van
2 Q: For which Rugby Union team did Tevita Vaikona
Gisbergen play in the 2005 season?
play in the 2005 Season?
A: Saracens
3 Q: Excluding any bonus' what would be the value of
4 Q: Excluding any bonus' what would be the value of
the word 'Shanghai' in the game of Scrabble?
the word 'Dynasty' in the game of Scrabble?
5 Q: Which South American city would you be flying to 6 Q: Which Asian city would you be flying to if your
if your airport code was GIG?
airport code was HND?
A: Rio de Janeiro
7 Q: From which European Country did the 'Opsa' Folk 8 Q: From which European Country did the 'Ugros' Folk
Dance originate?
Dance originate?
A: Bulgaria
A: Hungary
ROUND FOUR (Team Questions)
PICK A LETTER. The letters are:-
1. R 2. D
1 Q: Who was sworn in as President of Bolivia in June 2 Q: Who won the Men's long jump at the Tokyo
2005?
Olympics?
A: Eduardo Rodriguez
A: Lynn Davies.
3 Q:With which village is Stanley Spencer particularly
4 Q: The flower galanthus is more commonly known as
associated?
A: Cookham.
A: Snowdrop
5 Q: Who became the first woman to run a mile in under 6 Q: In the grounds of which stately home are tile trees
5 minutes?
laid out in the form of troops at a famous battle?
A: Diane Leather
A: Blenheim
7 Q: Which past US President was born Leslie King?
8 Q: What is the proper name of the windpipe that
carries air to the lungs?
A: Gerald Ford
A: Trachea
RESERVE QUESTIONS
1 Q: On what date is a racehorse's official birthday
2 Q: What game is played with black and white stones
SOUTH of the equator?
on a grid of 19 horizontal and 19 vertical lines?
A: August 1st
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ROUND FIVE (Team Questions)
THEME ROUND. This weeks theme is
Real Names / Alter Egos
1 Q: What was the Real Name/Alter ego of Superhero
2 Q: What is the rapper '50 Cents' real name?
'Captain American'?
A: Steve Rogers
A: Curtis Jackson
3 Q: Which actors' real name is Carlos Irwin Estevez?
4 Q: What is Snoop Doggy Dogs real name?
A: Charlie Sheen
A: Calvin Broadus
5 Q: What is Tiger Woods Real name?
6 Q: What was the Real Name/Alter ego of Superhero
'Daredevil'?
A: Eldrick Woods
A: Matt Murdock
7 Q: What is actor Vin Diesels real name?
8 Q: What is supermodel Elle Macphersons real name?
A: Mark Vincent
A: Eleanor Gow
ROUND SIX (Team Questions)
POT LUCK. TEAM A to answer first.
PICK A NUMBER 1 to 8.
1 Q: What is the name of the national airline of Brazil?
2 Q: What is the name of the national airline of
Hungary?
3 Q: What name is given to the home of a beaver?
4 Q: What name is given to the home of an otter?
5 Q: In billiards, what name is given to the scoring shot 6 Q: In billiards, what name is given to the scoring shot
when the cue ball hits both the red ball arid the other
when the cue ball strikes another ball and then enters a
white ball?
A: Cannon
A: In-Off
7 Q: Which item of kitchen equipment contains a vital
8 Q: In which item of office equipment would you find
component called a magnetron?
an electrostatic drum?
A: Microwave
A: Photocopier
Next Round Are INDIVIDUAL Questions. (Jokers to be used, each team to nominate one player.)
1 & 2 Collectors
3 & 4 Newspaper Editors
5 & 6 US Presidents
7 & 8 Capitals
9 & 10 0
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ROUND SEVEN (Individual Questions)
Team A to Answer First
1 Q: What would a tegestologist collect?
2 Q: What would a vexillologist collect?
A: Beer Mats
3 Q: With which Newspaper would you associate the
4 Q: With which Newspaper would you associate the
editor Larry Lamb?
editor William Rees-Mogg?
A: The Sun (1968 - 81)
A: The Times (1967 - 81)
5 Q: Who was the 22nd President of the USA from 1885 - 6 Q: Who was the 24th President of the USA from 1893 -
1889?
A: Grover Cleveland
A: Grover Cleveland
7 Q:What is the capital of the island of Nauru?
8 Q: What is the capital of the island of Palau?
ROUND EIGHT (Team Questions)
GIVE THE SUBJECT AWAY. The subjects are:-
1. Animals 2. US States
3. Shakespeare 4. 1990s Pop music
5. Planets 6. Roots
7. Newspapers 8. Islands
1 Q: According to legend which animal lost its tail when 2 Q: What is the capital of the US state of Connecticut?
it was trapped in the door of Noah's Ark?
A: Manx Cat
A: Hartford
3 Q: In Shakespeare's 'The Merchant Of Venice', with
4 Q: Which female singer had a number one hit with "Mi
whom does Portia fall in love?
Chico Latino" in 1999?
A: Bassanio
A: Geri Halliwell
5 Q: Nereid is a satellite of which planet?
6 Q: Which medicinal root whose original name means
'man root', has a shape which strongly resembles the
form of a human body?
A: Neptune
A: Ginseng
7 Q: Which newspaper has the largest circulation in the 8 Q: Which is the fourth largest of the Balearic Islands?
USA?
A: Wall St. Journal
A: Formentera
RESERVE QUESTIONS
3 Q: For which single battle were the most Victoria
4 Q: Name the jazz musician who has had a hit with his
Crosses awarded?
first album 'Twentysomething'?
A: Rorke's Drift
A: Jamie Cullum
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FUN QUIZ ROUND (Team Questions)
The following questions are for use in a "Beer Leg".
They must not be included in the score of the main quiz competition
CHOOSE A NUMBER between 1 and 16.
1 Q: What did a cordwainer make?
2 Q: Who replaced Terry Wogan as host of TV's
'Blankety Blank'?
A: Shoes (Accept Leather Goods)
A: Les Dawson
3 Q: Which American frontier marshal did Henry Fonda 4 Q: In which French fishing port, on the Cote d'Azur,
play in the 1946 film 'My Darling Clementine'?
is Pamplona Beach?
A: Wyatt Earp
A: St Tropez
5 Q: How many fluid ounces make up one pint?
6 Q: Which is the only moon of Pluto?
A: Charon
7 Q: Who rules in a plutocracy?
8 Q: What in the Middle Ages was a falconet?
A: Wealthy
A: Cannon
9 Q: Which motor company manufacturers the
10 Q: Which village, at the confluence of the Clunie
Berlingo van?
Water with the River Dee, is situated six miles to the
west of Balmoral Castle?
A: Citroen
A: Braemar
11 Q: Noted for its nudity, which '60's musical contains 12 Q: The islands of Sulawesi, Flores, Bali and Java are
the song "Age Of Aquarius"?
part of which country?
A: Indonesia
13 Q: In the New Testament whose is the first of the
14 Q: In which play by Chekhov play would you find
epistles?
Madame Lyubov Ranevsky trying to save her large
estate from bankruptcy?
A: St Paul's
A: The Cherry Orchard
15 Q: In which city in Missouri is the Southern Comfort 16 Q: Who composed the cantata "Belshazzar's Feast",
distillery?
first performed in Leeds in 1931?
A: St. Louis.
A: William Walton.

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