Cheap Charlie's Quiz dated 7th May 2008
Winners: Jocks'n'Cocks (45 points)
- Tiebreak Winner
Runners up: Drunken Layabouts (45 points)
Third Place: Khon Kaen Klan (31 points)
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Round 1 |
| 1. | What gives the liqueur Sambuca its flavour? |
| | Aniseed / Star Anise |
| 2. | What was the name of the luxury ocean liner sunk by a German U-boat on this day, 7th May, 1915? |
| | RMS Lusitania |
| 3. |  Name this film and the actor who's "funny". (½ point for each)
What do you mean funny, funny how? How am I funny? Just... you know, how you tell the story, what? No, no, I don't know, you said it. How do I know? You said I'm funny. How the f*ck am I funny, what the f*ck is so funny about me? Tell me, tell me what's funny! |
| | Goodfellas - Joe Pesci (1990) |
| 4. | Mount Godwin-Austen is the world's second highest mountain. By what name is it better known? |
| | K2 |
| 5. | Which sport is divided into periods of play called chukkas? |
| | Polo |
| 6. | ROOM FOR CHESTNUT is an anagram of which well known alcoholic brand name? |
| | Southern Comfort |
| 7. | Born in Chicago in 1909, who was known as the "King of Swing"? |
| | Benny Goodman |
| 8. |  Which famous brand has this as its logo? |
| | Pringles |
| 9. | Which English author writes the Inspector Wexford mysteries? |
| | Ruth Rendell |
| 10. | In which organ of the body is insulin produced? |
| | Pancreas |
| 11. |  Whose portrait was used on these famous WWI recruiting posters? |
| | Lord Kitchener (Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener - Secretary of State for War) |
| 12. | Name that tune - ½ point each for Artist and Title. |
| | Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine (1988) |
| 13. | How long (in feet) is a regulation eight-ball pool table? |
| | 9 feet (9' x 4'6") |
| 14. | Which element is commonly used to make the filament of an incandescent light bulb? |
| | Tungsten |
| 15. | In which year was His Majesty King Rama IX's coronation held? (Nearest team gets 1 point) |
| | 1950 (5th May - nearly 4 years after he ascended to the throne) |
Round 2 |
| 1. | Which vegetable is the base ingredient of sauerkraut? |
| | Cabbage |
| 2. | Which German General signed unconditional surrender terms, ending Germany's participation in World War II, on this day, 7th May, 1945? |
| | Alfred Gustav Jodl |
| 3. | Name this film and the actor playing the drill sergeant.(½ point for each)
Private Cowboy! Private Joker! Sir, yes, sir! As soon as you finish your bunks, I want you two turds to clean the head. Sir, aye-aye, sir! I want that head so sanitary and squared away that the Virgin Mary herself would be proud to go in there and take a dump! |
| | Full Metal Jacket - Lee Ermey (1987) |
| 4. | Palatine Hill is one of the most ancient parts of which capital city? |
| | Rome |
| 5. | In sport, what is the common English term for the Ballon d'Or Award? |
| | European Footballer of the Year Award (Ballon d'Or means "Golden Ball") |
| 6. | I GORE AQUANAUT ELI is an anagram of which African country? |
| | Equatorial Guinea |
| 7. | What does the musical term "Adagio" mean? |
| | Slowly (literally, "at ease": 66 - 76 bpm) |
| 8. |  Which British overseas territory has this as its flag? |
| | Montserrat |
| 9. | What is written on the tiny bottle that Alice finds in "Alice in Wonderland"? |
| | Drink Me |
| 10. | If a scientist were using a method called dendrochronology, what would they be doing? |
| | Tree-ring dating |
| 11. | Who was born on 21st April 1926 at 17 Bruton Street, Mayfair, London? |
| | Queen Elizabeth II |
| 12. | Name that tune - ½ point each for Artist and Title. |
| | REM - Everybody Hurts (1993) |
| 13. | In which year did the USSR boycott the Summer Olympics? |
| | 1984 (Los Angeles, USA) |
| 14. | What is ailurophobia an irrational fear of? |
| | Cats (from the Greek ailouros - cat - and phobos - fear) |
| 15. | In which year did brothers Richard and Maurice McDonald open their first restaurant in San Bernardino, California? (Nearest team gets 1 point) |
| | 1940 (15th May) |
Round 3 |
| 1. | Which cocktail includes light rum, coconut cream and pineapple juice? |
| | Piña Colada |
| 2. | In the news this week, who became the new Mayor of London, ending the 8 year reign of Ken Livingstone? |
| | Boris Johnson (Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson) |
| 3. | Famous Quote. Name the speaker and the year.(½ point for each)
Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall! |
| | Ronald Reagan - 1987 (12th June) |
| 4. | In which US city would you find Love Field Airport? |
| | Dallas |
| 5. | Nicknamed "The Great One", name the ice hockey player often regarded as the best ever in history. |
| | Wayne Gretzky |
| 6. | FEVERISHLY MAY FATE BURP is an anagram of which well known TV series from the turn of the century. |
| | Buffy The Vampire Slayer (1997-2003) |
| 7. | Jimmy Pop, DJ Q-Ball, Evil Jared Hasselhoff, Lüpüs Thünder and The Yin comprise which American alternative rock band? |
| | Bloodhound Gang |
| 8. |  Which country is this? |
| | Mexico |
| 9. | Who wrote The Satanic Verses? |
| | Salman Rushdie (Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie) |
| 10. | What is the common name for the liquid secreted by the Lacrimal glands? |
| | Tears |
| 11. | Who became the first American to orbit the Earth on 20th February 1962? |
| | John Glenn |
| 12. | Name that tune - ½ point each for Artist and Title. |
| | The Five Satins - In the Still of the Nite (1956) |
| 13. | What was unusual about the Formula One World Drivers' Championship awarded to Jochen Rindt in 1970? |
| | It was awarded posthumously (He died in practice for the Italian Grand Prix but already had enough points to win the season) |
| 14. | What word is used to describe an interstellar cloud of gas and dust? |
| | Nebula |
| 15. | On this day, 7th May, 2001, Ronnie Biggs returned to the UK for the first time since escaping from Wandsworth prison in 1965. How many days had he been on the run? (Nearest team gets 1 point) |
| | 13,068 |
Picture Round |
1. Mary J Blige
2. Adam Savage
3. Rachel Weisz
4. Tim Burton
5. Iman (Iman Mohamed Abdulmajid)
6. Nancy Davis (Nancy Reagan)
7. Lindsay Lohan
8. Adam West
9. Winston Churchill
10. Rafael Nadal
11. Enrique Iglesias
12. Nina Simone
13. Catherine Zeta-Jones
14. Edmund Hillary
15. Martin Lawrence
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Snowball Question |
 Doi Inthanon (Thai: ดอยอินทนนท์) is the highest mountain in Thailand.
In metres, how far above sea level is it? |
| | 2,565 m (8,415 ft) |
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