Cheap Charlie's Quiz dated 1st April 2008
Winners: Khon Kaen Klan (46½ points)
Runners up: Drunken Layabouts (36 points)
Third Place: Jocks'n'Cocks (33 points)
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Round 1 |
| 1. | What name is given to a dish that consists of two halves of an English muffin, topped with ham or bacon, poached eggs, and hollandaise sauce. |
| | Eggs Benedict |
| 2. | Name the former Yugoslav president arrested on this day, 1st April, 2001 on charges of war crimes. |
| | Slobodan Milošević |
| 3. |  Name this film. |
| | The Sixth Sense (1999) |
| 4. | Including all its islands, which country has the longest coastline? |
| | Canada (243,792 km / 151,485 miles - including the coastline of the country's 52,455 islands) |
| 5. | Which football (soccer) club holds the world record for having won the most league titles? |
| | Glasgow Rangers (51) |
| 6. | JILL HOGS VERNON is an anagram of which 18th century fictional character? |
| | Long John Silver |
| 7. | Which song begins "Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnny Ray"
(½ point for the artist, ½ point for the title) |
| | Billy Joel - We Didn't Start The Fire (1989) |
| 8. |  Which well known brand name is represented by this face? |
| | Uncle Ben's |
| 9. | In A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, who was Ebenezer Scrooge's abused and underpaid clerk? |
| | Bob Cratchit |
| 10. | According to the Deep Thought computer, what is the answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything? |
| | 42 (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) |
| 11. | For many years a fugitive, but now in a French jail, by what name is Ilich Ramírez Sánchez better known? |
| | Carlos the Jackal |
| 12. | Name that tune - ½ point each for Artist and Title. |
| | INXS - Need You Tonight (1987) |
| 13. | A popular form of transportation in Thailand, what is the literal translation of samlor (สามล้อ)? |
| | Three Wheels |
| 14. | Where in the body is the labyrinth? |
| | Ear (a system of fluid passages in the inner ear) |
| 15. | Following the pattern in the number sequence below, what is the missing number?
1 8 27 ? 125 216 |
| | 64 (1³=1, 2³=8, 3³=27, 4³=64, 5³=125, 6³=216) |
Round 2 |
| 1. | An edible product, by what name is albumen better known? |
| | Egg white |
| 2. | Who became the first country in the world to allow same-sex marriages on this day, 1st April, 2001? |
| | Netherlands / Holland |
| 3. | Name this film. |
| | 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) |
| 4. | The USA has 50; Brazil has 27; Chile, Puerto Rico and Cuba only have 1. What? |
| | Star(s) on their flags |
| 5. | For how many minutes is a golfer officially allowed to search for a ball before declaring it a lost ball? |
| | 5 minutes |
| 6. | DRILLS IN CHESTS is an anagram of which Academy Award winning film? |
| | Schindler's List (1993) |
| 7. | Which British band comprises Fran Healy, Dougie Payne, Andy Dunlop and Neil Primrose? |
| | Travis |
| 8. |  Which of these Union Jacks is correct; A, B, C or D? |
| | B |
| 9. | Name the American author who wrote The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum. |
| | Robert Ludlum |
| 10. | The most famous of all, which model of Aston Martin made its film debut in the 1964 bond film Goldfinger? |
| | DB5 |
| 11. | Who was John Hinckley trying to impress when he shot Ronald Reagan on 30th March 1981? |
| | Jodie Foster (He became obsessed with her after watching the 1976 film Taxi Driver) |
| 12. | Name that tune - ½ point each for Artist and Title. |
| | Faithless - Insomnia (1995) |
| 13. | Also known in English as a baht bus, what is the literal translation of songthaew (สองแถว)? |
| | Two Rows |
| 14. | Where does an arboreal animal live? |
| | In trees (from the Latin arbor, meaning tree) |
| 15. | Which letter comes next in this series of letters?
D C E D F E G F H ? |
| | G (Alternate letters increase by one) |
Round 3 |
| 1. | What is the key ingredient in laver soup and laverbread? |
| | Seaweed |
| 2. |  Elections in Zimbabwe have dominated the news over recent days. Name the MDC presidential candidate who is claiming victory over Robert Mugabe. |
| | Morgan Tsvangarai |
| 3. | Name this TV series. |
| | Little Britain (2003-2006) |
| 4. | In which US city would you land at Hartsfield-Jackson Airport? |
| | Atlanta (Georgia) |
| 5. | Who holds the world record for the fastest serve recorded in professional tennis? |
| | Andy Roddick (155 mph / 249.4 km/h) |
| 6. | ILLFATED GLAZER is an anagram of which famous female singer? |
| | Ella Fitzgerald (1917–1996) |
| 7. | Before he became famous as Fatboy Slim, Norman Cook was a member of which UK chart-topping band? |
| | The Housemartins |
| 8. |  Which country is this? |
| | Netherlands / Holland |
| 9. | In which museum would you find the Greek statue Aphrodite of Milos, better known as the Venus de Milo? |
| | Louvre Museum (Paris) |
| 10. | Who played the role of Gertie in the 1982 film E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial? |
| | Drew Barrymore |
| 11. | In which country is the site of the 1815 Battle of Waterloo? |
| | Belgium |
| 12. | Name that tune - ½ point each for Artist and Title. |
| | The Move - Flowers In The Rain (1967) |
| 13. | Bangkok's underground rail system, the Bangkok Metro, is officially called the MRT. What does MRT stand for? |
| | Mass Rapid Transit |
| 14. | Which gas is produced by photosynthesis? |
| | Oxygen |
| 15. | If 2 hot dogs and 3 French fries sell for 315฿ and 3 hot dogs and 2 French fries sell for 310฿, how much will 3 hot dogs and 3 French fries sell for? |
| | 375฿ ( 315+310÷5×3 = 375 ) |
Picture Round |
1. Linda Hamilton
2. Oliver Cromwell
3. Uma Thurman
4. Isaac Hayes
5. Sacha Distel
6. Alanis Morissette
7. Ray Liotta
8. Michelle Yeoh
9. Stefan Edberg
10. Tom Watson
11. Ruby Wax
12. Owen Hargreaves
13. Natalie Wood
14. Geri Halliwell
15. Louis Armstrong
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Snowball Question |
 The Aphrodite of Milos (Greek: "Αφροδίτη της Μήλου"), better known as the Venus de Milo, is one of the most famous works of ancient Greek sculpture in the world. In centimetres, how tall is it? |
| | 203 cm |
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