Lancaster City Quiz League 18th February 2013
Quiz set by George & Dragon B. Answers required indicated in bold.
Round 1 - Food & Drink
1a:
What is the name of the red coloured dye often used in cooking (and sometimes
cosmetics) named after the insect from which it is extracted?
Cochineal
1b:
What is the term used to describe a container for providing a hot water bath to keep
cooked food hot?
A bain-marie
2a:
Other than sugar, name the main ingredient in Zablagione.
2b:
What is the name of the sweet pastry made from layers of fillo pastry, oflen with nuts and
honey, popular in the Balkans and Greece?
Baklava
3a:
Which Michelin 3-star chef has recently featured in an advert for Knorr stock cubes?
Marco Pierre White
3b:
"The Lighter Way To Enjoy Chocolate" is the slogan associated with which chocolate
treat?
Maltesers
4a:
What cocktail can be made from the following: rum, Curaçao liqueur and lime juice?
Mai Tai
4b:
What cocktail can be made from the following: vodka, Galliano liqueur and orange juice?
Harvey Wallbanger
Egg yolks
Spares: Which Michelin 3-star restaurant in Spain closed in 2011?
el Bulli
Who manufactures the chocolate spread Nutella?
Ferrero
Round 2: Slumdoq Millionaire
All questions in this round are either related to or from the Danny Boyle film:
1a:
In which Lancashire town was Danny Boyle born?
1b:
What is the name of the theme song from the film, used in the choreographed dance
sequence at the end credits?
Jai Ho
2a:
What year did Slumdog Millionaire win best film Oscar?
2b:
How many Oscars did Slumdog Millionaire will that year (2009)?
Radcliffe (accept Bury)
2009
Eight (8)
Questions 3a to 4b were asked in the fim, the correct answer is the one given in the film.
3a:
From the film: Whose picture appears on a US $100 bill?
3b:
From the film: Which cricketer recorded the most first-class centuries?
4a:
From the film: In the Alexander Dumas book “The Three Musketeers”, two of the
Musketeers are called Athos and Porthos. What is the name of the third Musketeer?
Aramis
4b:
From the film: Who invented the first commercially-successful revolver?
Benjamin Franklin
Jack Hobbs
Samuel Colt
Spare: What is the name of the lead character in the film, who is seen answering the questions
on the quiz show?
Jamal Malik
Round 3: Knock Three Times
Each question has multiple answers. Give three answers, receive one point for each correct
answer, three correct answers required for a pass.
(Question reader tip: When responding to a ‘spare’ answer, do not indicate how many answers
are correct if 3 correct answers are not given - it might give an advantage to the opposite team).
Example: Leicester City were losing FA Cup finalists in 1949, 1961, 1963 and 1969. Which
teams beat them and won the cup? Wolverhampton Wanderers: Tottenham Hotspur:
Manchester United: Manchester City.
1a:
Name three of the 5 Great lakes.
Superior: Michigan: Huron: Ontario: Erie
1b:
Name three species of deer native or naturalised in the UK.
Red: Roe: Fallow: Sika: Chinese Water: Muntjac
2a:
On the 4th of April 1964 all 5 of the top 5 in the Billboard Hot 100 chart were Beatles
singles. Name three of them.
Can’t Buy Me Love: Twist and Shout: She Loves You; I Want to Hold Your Hand:
Please Please Me
2b:
Cricket. Name three of the 5 batsmen who have scored the most career runs for
England?
Graham Gooch: Alec Stewart: David Gower: Geoffrey Boycott: Michael Atherton
3a:
Name three of the 5 members of the Famous Five (first names will suffice).
Julian: Dick: Anne: Georgina (accept George): Timothy (accept Timmy or Tim)
3b:
Name three countries which share a border with Kazakhstan.
Russia: China: Kyrgyzstan: Uzbekistan: Turkmenistan
4a:
Name three naturally occurring Noble gases.
Helium: Neon: Argon: Krypton: Xenon: Radon
4b:
Name three of the first 5 books of the Old Testament, the Pentateuch.
Genesis: Exodus: Leviticus: Numbers: Deuteronomy
Spares: Lance Armstrong has been stripped of his Tour de France victories, but can you name
three of the other 5 time winners?
Jacques Anquetil: Eddy Merckx: Miguel lndurain: Bernard Hinault
Name three of the 5 original members of the super group "The Traveling Wilburys".
George Harrison: Jeff Lynne: Roy Orbison: Tom Petty: Bob Dylan
The Confederation of Cinque Ports is a group of 5 coastal towns in Kent and Sussex.
Name three of them.
Hastings: New Romney: Hythe: Dover: Sandwich
Round 4: 1966 England World Cup Team
Everyone knows who played in the 1966 World Cup Final, but for whom did they play? Given
the player, which club did they play for in the 1965-66 season, and were still playing at when
they played in the final? (Beware one player moved clubs after the finals, but before the start of
the1966 season. Some others moved in later years.)
For example: Bobby Moore? Ans. West Ham United
1a:
Gordon Banks
Leicester City
1b:
Ray Wilson
Everton
2a:
George Cohen
Fulham
2b:
Jackie Charlton
Leeds United
3a:
Nobby Stiles
Manchester United
3b:
Martin Peters
West Ham United
4a:
Alan Ball
Blackpool
4b:
Roger Hunt
Liverpool
Spares: Bobby Charlton
Geoff Hurst
Manchester United
West Ham United
Round 5 - Famous Couples - Picture Round (See End)
Name the famous partner of the celebrity pictured. Partner means husband, wife, etc
rather than professional partner. Full name required.
1a:
Picture 7
Phil Vickery (with Fern Britton pictured)
1b:
Picture 1
Chris Martin (with Gwyneth Paltrow pictured)
2a:
Picture 8
Betty Rubble (with Barney Rubble pictured)
2b:
Picture 6
Jennifer Saunders (with Adrian Edmonson pictured)
3a:
Picture 2
Catherine Zeta Jones (with Michael Douglas pictured)
3b:
Picture 9
Gomez Addams (with Morticia Addams pictured)
4a:
Picture 3
Ozzy Osbourne (with Sharon Osbourne pictured)
4b:
Picture 4
Goldie Hawn (with Kurt Russell pictured)
Spares: Picture 5
Warren Beatty (with Annette Bening pictured)
Round 6 - Medicine
1a:
What is the commercial name given to the drug sildena
fil that was originally developed
to treat angina, but found to have an unexpected effect on patients during clinical trials,
for which it in now licensed?
Viagra
1b:
As one of the first, and probably best known, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors,
what was the commercial name given to the drugfluoxetine by its originators, Eli Lilley,
when it was launched in the mid 80's?
Prozac
2a:
The products Larium and Malerone are marketed for the prevention and treatment of
which tropical disease?
Malaria
2b:
Acetosalicyclic acid, first isolated by Felix Hoffmann in 1897, is better known by what
name?
Aspirin
3a:
What is the name of the anticoagulant, originally marketed in 1948 as a pesticide against
rats and mice, often prescribed to reduce the risk of blood clotting?
Warfarin
3b:
In 1796, Edward Jenner developed the first vaccine when he discovered that immunity to
smallpox could be produced by purposely infecting a person with which closely related,
but significantly less harmful virus?
Cowpox
4a:
Which group of anti-bacterial compounds, with variants such as V and G, were
fortuitously discovered on Friday 28th September 1928?
Penicillins
4b:
Which commonly used, over-the-counter painkiller can be extracted from poppies and
takes its name from the Greek for poppy head?
Codeine
Spares:
The SFDA, who's former head was executed in 2007 for taking bribes, is the competent
authority for regulation of drugs in which country?
China
Which compound, originally extracted from the bark of the cinchona tree, is used to treat a
tropical disease carried by the Plasmodium protazoal human parasite?
Quinine
Round 7 - Evil Cartoon Characters
A round about the baddies who appear in cartoons. Given the hero of the cartoon, and a clue
about the baddie, name the cartoon baddie. Required part of the answer given in bold.
1a:
Who was Dangermouse’s arch enemy? He was a toad.
Baron Silas Greenback
1b:
Who was Superted’s arch enemy? He was a cowboy and led a gang of three.
Texas Pete
2a:
Who was Yogi Bear’s arch enemy? He was a Jellystone Park employee. Ranger Smith
2b:
Who was Top Cat’s arch enemy? He was New York cop.
3a:
Who was Road Runner’s arch enemy? He used absurdly complex contraptions to try
and catch the Road Runner.
Wile E. Coyote
3b:
Who was Bugs Bunny’s arch enemy? He was a big game hunter with a double barrelled
shotgun going “Hunting Wabbitts”.
Elmer J. Fudd (Accept Elmer Fudd)
4a:
Who was Captain Pugwash’s arch enemy? He was also a pirate, the captain of “The
Flying Dustman”.
Cut-Throat Jake
4b:
Who was the arch enemy of all other competitors in The Wacky Races? He drove the
Mean Machine.
Dick Dastardly
Officer Dibble
Spare: Name the genetically enhanced laboratory mouse who always plans to take over the
world. He is one half of a pair of mice known as “Pinky and. ...” Who?
The Brain
Round 8: General Round
1a:
Who came third in the 2012 BBC Sports Personality of the year?
Andy Murray
1b:
Who has won the most Olympic medals ever?
2a:
In "Sex And The City", by what nickname did Carrie Bradshaw and her friends refer to
John Preston, the man Carrie eventually marries?
Mr. Big
2b:
What’s the first name of the main female character in E. L. James’s "Fifty Shades of
Grey"?
Ana or Anastasia (Steele)
Michael Phelps
3a:
After World War II, in what year did food rationing eventually end? 1954 (Meat was last
thing to come off the ration).
3b:
What month did Edward VIII abdicate?
4a:
In American Football, which team recently won the 2013 SuperBowl? Baltimore Ravens
4b:
In tennis, who recently won the 2013 Women’s Australian Open?
December
Victoria Azarenka
Spare: Name the detective who first appeared in Raymond Chandler’s novel "The Big Sleep"?
Philip Marlowe