Red Nose Quiz 14th March 2013 at The Rose & Crown
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In which year was the Comic Relief organisation founded?
In which year was the first Red Nose Day?
On whose, Late, Late Breakfast Show was the charity launched?
Which big corporate company has supported Red Nose day since 1999?
Who stood outside the studio, at the top of a pole in 2003, parodying the
stunts of David Blaine?
Famed for their film spoofs, who appeared in Harry Potter & the Chamberpot
of Azerbaijhan in 2003?
In 1989 Red Nose Day was symbolised by a smiley face, what was its name?
Who sang Living Doll for the charity in April 1986?
Which spiky haired pop star sang Spirit in the Sky with The Kumars for Comic
Relief?
Who released the Comic Relief single ‘Who Do You Think You Are’ in 1997?
Which comic relief song has the lyrics - I will drive past your house, And if the
lights are all down, I'll see who's around - Let's go! & who sings it?
Name 3 of Rudolph’s other reindeer beginning with the letter ‘D’?
What were the names of the 3 judges on Let’s Dance for Comic Relief last
weekend?
On Red Nose Day 2001 who won Celebrity Big Brother?
What is the single most commonly used word in the English language,
accounting for one in 16 words used in writing?
Which English word can be pronounced in exactly the same way when the
last 4 letters are removed?
How many words in the English language end with the letters ‘gry’, 2, 4 or 7?
What do you get if you cross a sheep and a kangaroo?
Which everyday word is derived from the practice of paying Roman soldiers
in salt?
If someone endures a ‘donut’ in a tennis match, what has happened to them?
Which Olympic sport are you not allowed to compete in if you have a beard?
With which famous horse race is the name of Red Rum associated?
From which country do the football team Red Star Belgrade come?
In which English county is the National Trust site of Horsey Windpump?
There’s a city in south-eastern Turkey which shares its name with which
superhero, who has been played by Adam West & George Clooney?
From which country does Red Stripe lager come?
The Great Red Spot is a prominent feature of which planet in our solar
system?
A hairy giant called the yeti is supposed to inhabit which mountain range?
What singer’s stage name was inspired by the title of a 1984 hit song by
Queen?
Which band’s singles include ‘Invincible’, ‘Resistance’, Uprising’, ‘Survival’ &
‘Hysteria’?
Blur's Damon Albarn fronts which cartoon pop group?
How are the Romanian sisters Gabriela and Monica Irimia better known when
performing as a pop duo?
What do you call four Barbie dolls in a row?
On the UKTv game show version of ‘Cluedo’, which character was Jerry Hall?
Which Hollywood action star has won the most Razzies for Worst Actor, as
well as being nominated several more times on his rocky road to success?
Which cartoon strip cat did Jim Davis create?
At one of the Leveson enquiry hearings in late 2011, which actor revealed
that one of his middle names was Mungo?
Which Rugrat has red hair and glasses?
Who is the father of Pebbles?
In mythology, who dined beneath a sword that was suspended by a single
horsehair?
1985
1988
Noel Edmunds
Sainsburys
Jack Dee
Dawn French & Jennifer
Saunders
Harry
Cliff Richard & the Young 1’s
Gareth Gates
The Spice Girls
One Way or Another
(Teenage Kicks), 1 Direction
Donner, Dancer & Dasher
Greg Davies, Frank
Skinner & Jo Brand
Jack Dee
The
Queue
2 – Angry & Hungry
A Woolly Jumper
Salary
Lost a set 6 - 0
Boxing
Grand National
Serbia
Norfolk
Batman
Jamaica
Jupiter
Himalayas
Lady Gaga
Muse
Gorillaz
Cheeky Girls
A Barbie Queue (Barbeque)
Miss Scarlet
Sylvester Stallone
Garfield
Hugh Grant
Chuckie
Fred Flinstone
Damocles
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Tie Break Questions
In which year was Comic Relief symbolised by The Big One (The
Nose that Grows)?
How many millions were raised by the first televised Red Nose Day?
In what year was the dog licence abolished in the UK
What is the distance between London, England and Paris, France,
as the crow flies?
The bestselling album of 1995 in the UK included songs such as ‘Danny
Boy’, ‘Daydream Believer’ and ‘Up on the Roof’. It was a debut, self-titled
album. What was its name?
Which American political figure finished third in the Miss Alaska pageant in
1984?
2007
15 million
1987
213 miles (343km)
Robson & Jerome
Sarah Palin