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? |
| | Calzone (plural: trousers = calzoni) |
| 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? |
| | Humber Bridge (Yorkshire - Lincolnshire, England) |
| 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. |
| | Lawrence of Arabia - 1962 (Peter O'Toole) |
| 4. | Which former Soviet state is the world's largest landlocked country? |
| | Kazakhstan |
| 5. | How many ways are there of being out in cricket? |
| | 10 (Caught - Bowled - Leg before wicket - Run out - Stumped - Hit wicket - Handled the ball - Hit the ball twice - Obstructing the field - Timed out) |
| 6. | CHRONIC LAME ITCH is an anagram of which best-selling American author? |
| | Michael Crichton |
| 7. | By what name was singer Yusuf Islam better known in the 60s and 70s? |
| | Cat Stevens (born Steven Demetre Georgiou) |
| 8. |  Which car manufacturer has this as its logo? |
| | Lada / Лада |
| 9. | Which well known fictional character stars in A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of the Four and A Scandal in Bohemia? |
| | Sherlock Holmes |
| 10. | By what name is Lysergic acid diethylamide better known? |
| | LSD (C20H25N3O) |
| 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) |
| | Canada and Russia |
| 12. | Name that tune - ½ point each for Artist and Title. |
| | Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill (1977) |
| 13. | Which country's real-life Bobsled team inspired the 1993 film "Cool Runnings"? |
| | Jamaica |
| 14. | What is the world's longest, widest and tallest passenger ship currently in service? |
| | RMS Queen Mary 2 |
| 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) |
| | 1953 (They married 12th September 1953) |
Round 2 |
| 1. | In the USA, if a dish is served à la mode, what is it served with? |
| | Ice cream |
| 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? |
| | Volcanic ash from the eruption of Mount Galunggung, Indonesia - the 'Jakarta incident' |
| 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! |
| | National Treasure - Diane Kruger (2004) |
| 4. | What is the name of the reservoir created by the Aswan High Dam in Eqypt? |
| | Lake Nasser |
| 5. | On what British racecourse would you find the Rowley Mile? |
| | Newmarket |
| 6. | BLINDED URINAL is an anagram of which capital city and the country it is capital of? (2 words) |
| | Dublin, Ireland |
| 7. | In which country is the opera "Aida" set? |
| | Egypt |
| 8. |  Which landlocked Asian country has this as its national flag? |
| | Mongolia |
| 9. | Published in 2006, what is the title of the fourth book in the series about Hannibal Lecter? |
| | Hannibal Rising |
| 10. |  Dating from the Late Jurassic period, what type of dinosaur is this? |
| | Stegosaurus |
| 11. | From which country did the Netherlands fight for independence in the Eighty Years' War between 1568 and 1648? |
| | Spain |
| 12. | Name that tune - ½ point each for Artist and Title. |
| | U2 - One (1992) |
| 13. | Who, in 1969, was the last tennis player to achieve the men's singles Grand Slam in one year? |
| | Rod Laver |
| 14. | Which building in the world has the most toilets? |
| | Wembley Stadium, London (2,618) |
| 15. | British comedian Tony Hancock committed suicide in Sydney, Australia on this day, 24th June, in what year? (Nearest team gets 1 point) |
| | 1968 |
Round 3 |
| 1. | Which type of drink gets its name from the Hindi word for five? |
| | Punch (Hindi: panch) |
| 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? |
| | MV Princess of the Stars |
| 3. | Name the TV series from the 1990s for which this was the theme tune. |
| | Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990-1996) |
| 4. | Which European country has the world's shortest coastline? |
| | Monaco (4.1 km) |
| 5. | What horse won the 1993 Grand National? |
| | None (The race was declared void because some of the runners failed to be called back after a false start) |
| 6. | IS IN BREADLINE JAM is an anagram of which former British Prime Minister? |
| | Benjamin Disraeli |
| 7. | will.i.am, apl.de.ap, Taboo and Fergie are the current members of which group? |
| | Black Eyed Peas |
| 8. |  Which US State is this? |
| | Alaska |
| 9. | For which work is sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi most famous? |
| | Statue of Liberty |
| 10. | What endangered animal is the symbol of the World Wide Fund for Nature? |
| | Giant Panda |
| 11. | Until 1869, which company owned "Rupert's Land", almost half of modern day Canada? |
| | Hudson's Bay Company |
| 12. | Name that tune - ½ point each for Artist and Title. |
| | The Doors - Light My Fire (1967) |
| 13. | Who, in 1988, was the last tennis player to achieve the women's singles Grand Slam in one year? |
| | Steffi Graf |
| 14. | Which common clothing material gets its name from a city in southern France? |
| | Denim (originally called serge de Nîmes) |
| 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) |
| | 1948 |
Picture Round |
1. Pamela Anderson
2. Eddie Irvine
3. Terry Scott
4. Eric Idle
5. Raquel Welch
6. Sharon Osbourne
7. Anastacia
8. Ranulph Fiennes
9. Simon Le Bon
10. Gordon Ramsay
11. Alex Rodriguez
12. Amelia Earhart
13. Robin Wright Penn
14. Debbie Harry
15. Peter Sarsgaard
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Snowball Question |
 To date, how many professional golf wins has Tiger Woods achieved since turning pro in 1996? |
| | 89 (65 PGA Tour wins, 7 European Tour wins, 17 other professional wins) |
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