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? |
| | Australia |
| 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? |
| | Ronald Goldman |
| 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. |
| | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Alan Rickman (2005) |
| 4. | By population, what is the largest city in Africa? |
| | Cairo |
| 5. | Originally called the International Lawn Tennis Challenge Trophy, by what name is it now known? |
| | Davis Cup |
| 6. | A DRAB CARNAL BRAT is an anagram of which best-selling novelist? |
| | Barbara Cartland |
| 7. | Which musical duo released cover versions of the The Stylistics' You Are Everything and Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart) in the 1970s? |
| | Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye |
| 8. |  Which well known company has this as its logo? |
| | Nestlé |
| 9. | Which English pilot and writer created the fictional character James Bigglesworth? |
| | Captain W. E. Johns (Biggles) |
| 10. | Diamonds are an allotrope of which chemical element? |
| | Carbon |
| 11. | Which British royal palace was severely damaged by fire in March 1986? |
| | Hampton Court Palace |
| 12. | Name that tune - ½ point each for Artist and Title. |
| | Stealers Wheel - Stuck in the Middle with You (1972) |
| 13. | What sporting first did Sue Brown achieve on 4th April 1981? |
| | First woman to compete in the boat race |
| 14. | Where on your body is your gluteus maximus? |
| | Buttocks / Nates |
| 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) |
| | 1972 |
Round 2 |
| 1. | In which US state is Jack Daniels distilled? |
| | Tennessee (Lynchburg) |
| 2. | What was the name of the battle won by the British near Boston, Massachusetts on this day, 17th June, 1775? |
| | Battle of Bunker Hill / Battle of Breed's Hill |
| 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. |
| | An Officer and a Gentleman - 1982 (Louis Gossett Jr. & Richard Gere) |
| 4. | To which South American country to the Galapagos Islands belong? |
| | Ecuador |
| 5. | Who, in 1956, was awarded the first ever European Footballer of the Year (Balon d'Or) award? |
| | Stanley Matthews |
| 6. | ISOLATING ACHE is an anagram of which capital city and the country it is capital of? (2 words) |
| | Santiago, Chile |
| 7. | Which novel was Cliff Richard's musical 'Heathcliff' based on? |
| | Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë) |
| 8. |  Which South American country has this as its national flag? |
| | Ecuador |
| 9. | Which American author wrote From Here to Eternity, Some Came Running and The Thin Red Line? |
| | James Jones |
| 10. |  Native to the Congo in central Africa, what is this animal called? |
| | Okapi |
| 11. | In what year did Adolph Hitler become Chancellor of Germany? |
| | 1933 (30th January) |
| 12. | Name that tune - ½ point each for Artist and Title. |
| | Coldplay - Yellow (2000) |
| 13. | Which city hosted the 2006 Commonwealth Games? |
| | Melbourne (Australia) |
| 14. | In the human body, what is the more common name for the laryngeal prominence? |
| | Adam's apple |
| 15. | Iceland formally became an independent republic on this day, 17th June, in which year? (Nearest team gets 1 point) |
| | 1944 |
Round 3 |
| 1. | In which country would you find the Faxe Brewery? |
| | Denmark (Faxe Bryggeri A/S, Fakse) |
| 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? |
| | Sri Lanka (Vavuniya) |
| 3. | A classic British comedy, name the two actors in this clip. (½ point for each)
I'm all wet Mr. Mainwaring ... Stupid boy. |
| | Ian Lavender & Arthur Lowe (Dad's Army - 1968-1977) |
| 4. | In which city was the world's first skyscraper built in 1885? |
| | Chicago (Home Insurance Building) |
| 5. | In golf, what is the traditional name for a number 3 wood? |
| | Spoon |
| 6. | AIR VIOLENCE RULE is an anagram of which Oscar winning actor? |
| | Laurence Olivier |
| 7. | According to the opening line of a song, which park would you find "Over bridge of sighs"? |
| | Itchycoo Park (Small Faces - 1967) |
| 8. |  Which European country is this? |
| | Finland / Suomi |
| 9. |  Which French impressionist artist's work includes "The Umbrellas" and "Luncheon of the Boating Party"? |
| | Pierre-Auguste Renoir |
| 10. | K is the chemical symbol for which metal? |
| | Potassium (Latin: kalium) |
| 11. | What name is given to Abraham Lincoln's 1893 speech beginning with the words "Four score and seven years ago..."? |
| | Gettysburg Address (19th November) |
| 12. | Name that tune - ½ point each for Artist and Title. |
| | Aretha Franklin - Respect (1967) |
| 13. |  Which team competing in Euro 2008 has this as its shirt badge? |
| | Romania |
| 14. | Solanum tuberosum is the scientific name for which common foodstuff? |
| | Potato |
| 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) |
| | 1579 |
Picture Round |
1. Janet Leigh
2. Elliott Gould
3. Niki Lauda
4. Natalie Cole
5. Ivanka Trump
6. Franklin D. Roosevelt
7. Edward Norton
8. Richard Dreyfuss
9. Gene Vincent
10. Anthony Eden
11. Rihanna
12. Nick Nolte
13. Elizabeth Taylor
14. Rosanna Arquette
15. Jennifer Garner
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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? |
| | 1893 |
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