Cheap Charlie's Quiz dated 24th June 2008
Winners: Drunken Layabouts (41 points)
Runners up: Khon Kaen Klan (40½ points)
Third Place: Jocks'n'Cock (32¾ points)
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Round 1 |
| 1. | Which folded and stuffed pizza dish takes its name from the Italian for trouser leg? |
| 2. | Which bridge opened to traffic on this day, 24th June, 1981 and held the record as the world's longest single-span suspension bridge for nearly 17 years afterwards? |
| 3. |  Name this film and its year of release. (½ point for each)
So long as the Arabs fight tribe against tribe, so long will they be a little people, a silly people - greedy, barbarous, and cruel, as you are. |
| 4. | Which former Soviet state is the world's largest landlocked country? |
| 5. | How many ways are there of being out in cricket? |
| 6. | CHRONIC LAME ITCH is an anagram of which best-selling American author? |
| 7. | By what name was singer Yusuf Islam better known in the 60s and 70s? |
| 8. |  Which car manufacturer has this as its logo? |
| 9. | Which well known fictional character stars in A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of the Four and A Scandal in Bohemia? |
| 10. | By what name is Lysergic acid diethylamide better known? |
| 11. | Founded in 1975 as G6 (Group of Six), which two countries joined in 1976 and 1997 respectively to form G7 and G8? (½ a point each) |
| 12. | Name that tune - ½ point each for Artist and Title. |
| 13. | Which country's real-life Bobsled team inspired the 1993 film "Cool Runnings"? |
| 14. | What is the world's longest, widest and tallest passenger ship currently in service? |
| 15. | Jacqueline Lee Bouvier announced her engagement to Senator John F. Kennedy on this day, 24th June, in what year? (Nearest team gets 1 point) |
Round 2 |
| 1. | In the USA, if a dish is served à la mode, what is it served with? |
| 2. | A Boeing 747, British Airways flight 9, became the world's biggest glider on this day, 24th June, 1992 when all 4 engines failed in mid-flight. What caused the engines to fail? |
| 3. | Name this film and the actress speaking in the middle of the clip. (½ point for each)
I'm sorry I dropped you! I had to save the Declaration. - No don't be. I would've done exactly the same thing to you. - Really? - I would've dropped you both! Freaks! |
| 4. | What is the name of the reservoir created by the Aswan High Dam in Eqypt? |
| 5. | On what British racecourse would you find the Rowley Mile? |
| 6. | BLINDED URINAL is an anagram of which capital city and the country it is capital of? (2 words) |
| 7. | In which country is the opera "Aida" set? |
| 8. |  Which landlocked Asian country has this as its national flag? |
| 9. | Published in 2006, what is the title of the fourth book in the series about Hannibal Lecter? |
| 10. |  Dating from the Late Jurassic period, what type of dinosaur is this? |
| 11. | From which country did the Netherlands fight for independence in the Eighty Years' War between 1568 and 1648? |
| 12. | Name that tune - ½ point each for Artist and Title. |
| 13. | Who, in 1969, was the last tennis player to achieve the men's singles Grand Slam in one year? |
| 14. | Which building in the world has the most toilets? |
| 15. | British comedian Tony Hancock committed suicide in Sydney, Australia on this day, 24th June, in what year? (Nearest team gets 1 point) |
Round 3 |
| 1. | Which type of drink gets its name from the Hindi word for five? |
| 2. | In the news this week, what was the name of the ferry which capsized off the Philippines in the wake of Typhoon Fengshen over the weekend? |
| 3. | Name the TV series from the 1990s for which this was the theme tune. |
| 4. | Which European country has the world's shortest coastline? |
| 5. | What horse won the 1993 Grand National? |
| 6. | IS IN BREADLINE JAM is an anagram of which former British Prime Minister? |
| 7. | will.i.am, apl.de.ap, Taboo and Fergie are the current members of which group? |
| 8. |  Which US State is this? |
| 9. | For which work is sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi most famous? |
| 10. | What endangered animal is the symbol of the World Wide Fund for Nature? |
| 11. | Until 1869, which company owned "Rupert's Land", almost half of modern day Canada? |
| 12. | Name that tune - ½ point each for Artist and Title. |
| 13. | Who, in 1988, was the last tennis player to achieve the women's singles Grand Slam in one year? |
| 14. | Which common clothing material gets its name from a city in southern France? |
| 15. | The Berlin Airlift in which Allied aircraft flew food and medical supplies to stranded Berliners began on this day, 24th June, in which year? (Nearest team gets 1 point) |
Picture Round |
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Snowball Question |
 To date, how many professional golf wins has Tiger Woods achieved since turning pro in 1996? |
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