Quiz 2

ROUND 1

1. Viewers in Tuscon Arizona had the coverage of Superbowl 2009 interrupted by what?

2. After a council decision in February 2009, what will no longer appear on Birmingham’s road signs?

3. Which British Comedian will be singing with Elmo in a 2009 episode of Sesame Street?

4. What have the charity Bookstart replaced with the grumpy pirate?

5. Johanna Sigurdardottir is Prime Minister of which European Country?

6. Which three letter web domain name suffix became available for the first time on February 3rd 2009?

7. 9 celebrities, including Gary Barlow and Cheryl Cole, are embarking on a charity trek up which mountain?

8. In the 2009 women’s final of the Australian Open, one player’s surname rhymed with the other’s given name. What are the rhyming names in question? Both for a point.

9. Baroness Murphy has admitted to pranking the British Medical Journal into believing the existence of which musical injury?

ROUND 2

1. ‘I remember one Saturday night, we had fried fish and Johnny cakes’ – which Boney M song features that line?

2. Which Suffolk market town houses the seat of the East of England regional assembly?

3. Which Dumas character has been played in movies by Vincent Price, Charlton Heston and Tim Curry?

4. Which mammal has the most teeth?

5. Who was the President of the United States at the turn of the Millenium?

6. How many balls are used in the main Lotto draw?

7. Who’s one and only number one was The One and Only?

8. For three points, what connects the previous 7 answers?

ROUND 3

1. Which of Saturn’s moons is the largest?

2. Mansfield Town Football Club have renamed their home dressing room showers after which British Olympian?

3. The moment a television series passes its peak, what is it said to have jumped?

4. Dennis Wilson was the only Beach Boy who could actually do what?

5. On September 19 each year, who should you talk like?

6. Which Army was set up by William Booth in 1865?

7. According to the Italian Retailers Association which organisation is responsible for 7% of Italy’s GDP?

8. The Italian word for ‘mosquito’ was first used to describe a loathed profession in the movie ‘La Dolce Vita’, the name is now used for that profession all over the world. What is the word?

9. The capital is Nuuk, it houses the largest national park in the world but is not allowed to join FIFA because it does not contain a single grass football pitch. Name the island.

10. Which Hollywood legend provided the voice for Maggie Simpson when she uttered her first word?

11. Other than pianos and keyboards, what were the 7 most taught musical instruments in British Schools in 2007.