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A National FA Community Charter Club Founded
- 1991 See How Well You Would Have Done in our 2005 Quiz The club's 2005 quiz was held at Hethersett Middle School in March. Below are some of the questions. See how you would have done. For the answers just click here Round
One – General Knowledge 1 Which comedian is known as The Big Yin 2 Whose fault is it if San Francisco suffers an
earthquake 3 Spell Caribbean 4 Which colour snooker ball is worth six points 5 Vehicles from which country use the international
registration letter N 6 Which was London’s first railway terminus 7 Can a scissile object be a/ stretched b/ cut or
c/ easily bent 8 Which country was the first to introduce a
driving test 9 In bookmaker’s slang which word describes an
amount of £500 10 Eurostar will take you to which station in Paris Round
Two – Sport (But Mainly Soccer) 1 Who starred as brewery worker Jimmy Muir in the
Sheffield football movie When Saturday Comes 2 Who is manager of Nottingham Forest FC 3 How old is Alan Shearer 4 How many league points do Norwich City have – 2
pts if spot on 1 pt if within two either way 5 For which team does Norwich legend Iwan Roberts
now play 6 On which racecourse is the Derby run 7 Which golfer is currently rated number one in the
world 8 Which Scottish soccer boss was the first to win
the English double twice 9 James Figg and Jack Broughton were champions of
England in which sport 10 Which soccer team are known as the Railwaymen Round
Three - Bits and Pieces This
is a table round – 15 minutes allowed What do the following stand for? Example 11 P in a FT = 11 players in a football team 1/ 1 is K E in B
2/ 5 GL of NA
3/ NC are the P of A 4/ 40 D in L Name the Rock/Pop Bands: Example Keith may be a
bright colour = Pink Floyd 5/ Flowered firings 6/ George Bernard Shaw in Antarctica 7/ Head Germans remind me of a football team 8/ Gathers no models like Kate 9-11
Fill in the gaps with the names of football teams The sun shone 9________________ the day of the
party. I joined the rest of the 10___________________ at the boat house
and we took to the river whilst alongside us the engineer had
to11___________ _________ the special steam train. 12-16 Name five stations on the circle line in London Underground. If you write down more than five, only the first five will count. Name these cryptic capitals (beware these are hard) 17 Auto Graveyard
18 Southern Girl Got Older 19 Donned a carpenter’s tool 20 Revolution Delay Round
Four – Who Am I 1 I have represented my country in over 100 tests - 10 pts 2 I am an English cricketer - 6 pts 3 I now report on the game for television - 4 pts 4 I am a former captain and famous as a left hander
- 2 pts Round
Five – 1 to 10 Question
one is worth one point, question two is worth two points, question three
is worth three points etc 1 Which county plays at Lord’s Cricket Ground 2 Name the comedy duo who starred in Way Out West 3 Name the first three books in the Bible 4 Name
the four English teams still in European competitions 5 There are five Great Lakes in North America –
name them 6 Six Friends give their full character names 7 Name the seven dwarves 8 Name eight of the top singles artists in the
latest pop chart in any order 9 The Beatles recorded 11 original albums (not
including compilations, greatest hits etc). Name any 9 (includes film
music). 10 Name the top 10 teams in the Premiership in any order. Round
Six – It’s Your Choice 1 - Is Catanaccio a/ An Italian pasta dish b/ An Italian defensive system in football c/ An Italian opera singer
d/ An Italian dry roasted nut 2 – Mars Volta is a/ A Los Angeles rock band b/ An area of the planet Mars which may contain water c/ A disease of the knee
d/ A new chocolate bar being launched at the end of this year 3 – The term snake eyes is used to describe. a/ A South American alcoholic drink featuring tequila b/ An elaborate movement in gymnastics c/ A throw of double one in dice games
d/ The nickname of Australian naturalist Steve Irwin 4 – In which century did the diarist Samuel Pepys live a/ 15th b/ 16th c/ 17th
d/ 18th 5- In which Portuguese city was Jose Mourhino born a/ Setubal b/ Lisbon c/ Lagos
d/ Albefura 6/ Which of the following is the odd one out a/ Slovenia b/ Portugal c/ England
d/ France 7/ Dove is the Italian word for which of the following: a/ Who b/ What c/ Where
d/ Why 8 What is a Gerbera a/ Bird b/ Flower/plant c/ Small Australian marsupial d/ Type of Motorbike 9 Johnny Wilkinson plays for which rugby union club a/ Wasps b/ Newcastle c/ Saracens
d/ Bath 10 Piers Morgan was editor of which national newspaper a/ Daily Mail b/ The Star c/ The Express d/ Daily Mirror
Round Seven Another who Am I Round
1 I was born in 1941 in Woking, Surrey - 10 pts 2 I left school at th age of 16 with no qualifications and worked as a trainee hairdresser. Amongst other jobs I also washed up at a restaurant - 6 pts 3 In 1969 I became cookery writer for the Daily Mirror - 4 pts 4 Let's Be Aving You - 2 pts
Round Eight Was a Picture round which I hope to scan in shortly. Round
Nine – Music 1 Who wrote the music to twinkle twinkle little
star 2 Who had a 1973 top 10 hit with Saturday Night’s
Alright for Fighting 3 Which of these rock/pop stars is not in his 60s a/ Bob Dylan b/ Paul Mccartney c/ Eric Clapton
d/ Mick Jagger 4 Name the song and artist of the record that is
played at 6 a.m every morning in the film Groundhog Day. 5 Lulu sang the song for which Bond Movie 6 Fran Healey is a member of which band 7 Which Pink Floyd song did Scissor Sisters have a
hit with 8 Holly Johnson was the lead singer with which band 9 Who had the 1000th all time number one 10 From which American city did Nirvana originate Round
Ten – General Knowledge 1 What is a Yellow Hammer 2 How is the letter S formed in Morse Code 3 How many seconds are there in a day 4 What was the title to the follow up film to The
Matrix 5 Name the only six letter one syllable world
capital 6 What is the name of the musical based on the
music of Queen 7 Winning is a Habit is a book on how to succeed by
coach Vince Lombardi. But which sport does he coach? 8 What is the chemical symbol for silver 9 In which American state is Sacremento 10 How much is a copy of the Sun newspaper
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