Cheap Charlie's Quiz dated 17th June 2008
Winners: Khon Kaen Klan (36½ points)
Runners up: Jocks III (33¼ points)
Third Place: Drunken Layabouts (31½ points)
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Round 1 |
| 1. | In which country would you find the wine growing regions of Eden Valley, Hunter Valley and Swan Valley? |
| 2. | Following a televised low-speed highway chase, O.J. Simpson was arrested on this day, 17th June, 1994 for the murders of his wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and who else? |
| 3. |  Name this film and the actor playing the voice of the robot. (½ point for each)
Oh, for heaven's sake. I've brought the aliens. Don't thank me or anything. Freeze! Freeze? I'm a robot. Not a refrigerator. |
| 4. | By population, what is the largest city in Africa? |
| 5. | Originally called the International Lawn Tennis Challenge Trophy, by what name is it now known? |
| 6. | A DRAB CARNAL BRAT is an anagram of which best-selling novelist? |
| 7. | Which musical duo released cover versions of the The Stylistics' You Are Everything and Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart) in the 1970s? |
| 8. |  Which well known company has this as its logo? |
| 9. | Which English pilot and writer created the fictional character James Bigglesworth? |
| 10. | Diamonds are an allotrope of which chemical element? |
| 11. | Which British royal palace was severely damaged by fire in March 1986? |
| 12. | Name that tune - ½ point each for Artist and Title. |
| 13. | What sporting first did Sue Brown achieve on 4th April 1981? |
| 14. | Where on your body is your gluteus maximus? |
| 15. | Five men were arrested in a burglary of Democratic Party offices in the Watergate building in Washington, D.C. on this day, 17th June, in which year? (Nearest team gets 1 point) |
Round 2 |
| 1. | In which US state is Jack Daniels distilled? |
| 2. | What was the name of the battle won by the British near Boston, Massachusetts on this day, 17th June, 1775? |
| 3. | Name this film and its year of release. (½ point for each)
You can forget it! You're out! Don't you do it! Don't! You... I got nowhere else to go! I got nowhere else to g... I got nothin' else. |
| 4. | To which South American country to the Galapagos Islands belong? |
| 5. | Who, in 1956, was awarded the first ever European Footballer of the Year (Balon d'Or) award? |
| 6. | ISOLATING ACHE is an anagram of which capital city and the country it is capital of? (2 words) |
| 7. | Which novel was Cliff Richard's musical 'Heathcliff' based on? |
| 8. |  Which South American country has this as its national flag? |
| 9. | Which American author wrote From Here to Eternity, Some Came Running and The Thin Red Line? |
| 10. |  Native to the Congo in central Africa, what is this animal called? |
| 11. | In what year did Adolph Hitler become Chancellor of Germany? |
| 12. | Name that tune - ½ point each for Artist and Title. |
| 13. | Which city hosted the 2006 Commonwealth Games? |
| 14. | In the human body, what is the more common name for the laryngeal prominence? |
| 15. | Iceland formally became an independent republic on this day, 17th June, in which year? (Nearest team gets 1 point) |
Round 3 |
| 1. | In which country would you find the Faxe Brewery? |
| 2. | In the news this week, at least 12 policemen have been killed and many more wounded in a suicide bombing yesterday in which country? |
| 3. | A classic British comedy, name the two actors in this clip. (½ point for each)
I'm all wet Mr. Mainwaring ... Stupid boy. |
| 4. | In which city was the world's first skyscraper built in 1885? |
| 5. | In golf, what is the traditional name for a number 3 wood? |
| 6. | AIR VIOLENCE RULE is an anagram of which Oscar winning actor? |
| 7. | According to the opening line of a song, which park would you find "Over bridge of sighs"? |
| 8. |  Which European country is this? |
| 9. |  Which French impressionist artist's work includes "The Umbrellas" and "Luncheon of the Boating Party"? |
| 10. | K is the chemical symbol for which metal? |
| 11. | What name is given to Abraham Lincoln's 1893 speech beginning with the words "Four score and seven years ago..."? |
| 12. | Name that tune - ½ point each for Artist and Title. |
| 13. |  Which team competing in Euro 2008 has this as its shirt badge? |
| 14. | Solanum tuberosum is the scientific name for which common foodstuff? |
| 15. | Francis Drake dropped anchor off the south-west coast of America and named the area New Albion on this day, 17th June, in which year? (Nearest team gets 1 point) |
Picture Round |
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Snowball Question |
 In which year was the Franco-Siamese War, ending with the Imperial French taking control of Laos and making it part of French Indochina? |
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