Cheap Charlie's Quiz dated 15th April 2008
Winners: Drunken Layabouts (38½ points)
Runners up: Khon Kaen Klan (33 points)
Third Place: Soggy Tw*ts (32 points)
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Round 1 |
| 1. | Which region of France does claret come from? |
| | Bordeaux |
| 2. | On this day, 15th April, students in Beijing launched a series of pro democracy protests which eventually led to the Tienanmen Square massacre. What year was it? |
| | 1989 |
| 3. |  Name this film and the year it was released. (½ point for each) |
| | Sudden Impact - 1983 (Clint Eastwood) |
| 4. | What is the capital of Syria? |
| | Damascus |
| 5. | Believed to be an urban myth, which commentator is reputed to have said, "The bowler's Holding, the batsman's Willey"? |
| | Brian Johnston (Talking about Michael Holding and Peter Willey) |
| 6. | SNIFFY EJECTOR is an anagram of which US State capital? Also, which state is it the capital of? (½ point for each) |
| | Jefferson City - Missouri |
| 7. | To which former Bond girl is Ringo Starr married? |
| | Barbara Bach (1981-present) |
| 8. |  What does this International Symbol stand for? |
| | Biological Hazard / Biohazard |
| 9. | Which Dutch artist's most famous work is The Laughing Cavalier? |
| | Frans Hals |
| 10. | What made Strelka, Belka, Chernushka and Zvezdochka famous in the early 1960s? |
| | They were Soviet space dogs |
| 11. | Who took 33 months to eventually become the first Englishman to circumnavigate the world in 1580? |
| | Sir Francis Drake |
| 12. | Name that tune - ½ point each for Artist and Title. |
| | Boston - More Than a Feeling (1976) |
| 13. |  In Thailand, what name is given to the conical or bell-shaped buildings, often containing relics of Buddha, usually located within the grounds of a temple? |
| | Chedi (Thai: เจดีย์) |
| 14. | Who discovered Radium and Polonium, won two Nobel Prizes and died of radiation poisoning in 1934? |
| | Marie Curie |
| 15. | Paul is half his father David's age. In 10 years time, Paul will be three-fifths David's age. Ten years ago, Paul was one-third David's age. How old are Paul and David now? |
| | 20 and 40 |
Round 2 |
| 1. | Which fruit is used to make the alcoholic beverage Slivovitz? |
| | Plums |
| 2. | Britain's worst-ever sporting disaster at Hillsborough on this day, 15th April, 1989, resulted in the deaths of 96 Liverpool supporters. Who were Liverpool playing that day in the FA Cup semi-final? |
| | Nottingham Forest FC |
| 3. | Name these two actors. (½ point for each) |
| | Sidney Poitier & Rod Steiger (In The Heat of the Night - 1967) |
| 4. | What is the smallest country in Central America? |
| | El Salvador |
| 5. | Which English football team gets its name from Sir Henry Percy, son of the 1st Earl of Northumberland and killed at the battle of Shrewsbury in 1403? |
| | Tottenham Hotspur (Sir Henry was also known as Harry Hotspur) |
| 6. | RANDOM BADLAND is an anagram of which former cricketing hero? |
| | Donald Bradman |
| 7. | Which founding member of the Rolling Stones drowned in his swimming pool on 3 July 1969? |
| | Brian Jones |
| 8. |  Which European country has this as its national flag? |
| | Macedonia (Republic of Macedonia) |
| 9. | In which century was William Shakespeare born? |
| | 16th century (1564) |
| 10. | BCG is a vaccination against which disease? |
| | Tuberculosis (Bacillus Calmette-Guérin) |
| 11. | Which US President is the only one to have been divorced? |
| | Ronald Reagan (divorced Jane Wyman in 1948) |
| 12. | Name that tune - ½ point each for Artist and Title. |
| | Sister Sledge - We Are Family (1979) |
| 13. |  What, in English, does this say? |
| | Khon Kaen |
| 14. | What is measured by a 'hygrometer'? |
| | Humidity |
| 15. | Two women apply for a job. They are identical. They have the same mother, father and were born on the same date. The interviewer asks, "Are you twins?" to which they honestly reply, "No". How is that possible? |
| | They were triplets, quadruplets, or such like. |
Round 3 |
| 1. | What comes in varieties such as Oyster, Champignon and Shiitake? |
| | Mushrooms |
| 2. |  In the news this week, Italy's richest man has declared a decisive victory in the general elections there. Name him. |
| | Silvio Berlusconi |
| 3. | Name this TV series. |
| | Mythbusters (2003-present) |
| 4. | Which is the smallest of these countries by total area: Thailand, France or Spain? |
| | Spain (France is the largest, Thailand in between) |
| 5. | How many times did Bjorn Borg win the men's singles title at Wimbledon? |
| | 5 (consecutively from 1976-1980) |
| 6. | DIRTCHEAP ROME is an anagram of which world famous monument? |
| | Arc de Triomphe (Paris) |
| 7. | Which Academy Award winning Sir wrote Petula Clark's 1967 hit This is my Song? |
| | Charlie Chaplin |
| 8. |  Which country is this? |
| | Iraq |
| 9. | Which best-selling author is best known for his Discworld series of books? |
| | Terry Pratchett |
| 10. | Troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere .. What comes next? |
| | Exosphere (Layers of the atmosphere) |
| 11. | Florence Nightingale was a nurse during which war? |
| | The Crimean War (1853–1856) |
| 12. | Name that tune - ½ point each for Artist and Title. |
| | The Move - Fire Brigade (1968) |
| 13. | In which year did the Japanese invade Thailand during World War II? |
| | 1941 (December 8th) |
| 14. | What metal is added to steel to make stainless steel? |
| | Chromium |
| 15. | Which of these words is the odd one out?
Father, Brother, Mother, Aunt, Cousin, Sister, Uncle |
| | Cousin (All the rest are gender specific) |
Picture Round |
1. Lyndon B. Johnson
2. Alison Moyet
3. Nigel Mansell
4. Charlotte Church
5. Ethan Hawke
6. Alec Douglas-Home
7. Renée Zellweger
8. Maggie Smith
9. Steffi Graf
10. Tiffany (Darwish)
11. Rod Steiger
12. Owen Wilson
13. Nick Park
14. Geena Davis
15. Lance Armstrong
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Snowball Question |
 The Thailand-Burma Railway, also known also as the Death Railway, between Nong Pladuk, Thailand and Thanbyuzayat, Burma, was built by the Empire of Japan during World War II to support its forces in the Burma campaign. In miles, how long was it? |
| | 258 miles (415 km) |
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