5 Quiz Night

Next Quiz Night, 11th December!

2nd Wednesday of Every Month - Strict 7pm Start.

Questions are not repeated for late arrivals. Booking is essential.

Current Champions:

Dave's Babes!

Next Months Food (Pre-order)

To be announced soon!

Meaty and veggie options available.

Have a go at home and see how well you do.

Maximum score here is 110 points... How do you think you'll get on?

You have a Joker to play on one round give you double points on that round.

Pick your Joker round before you begin.

1. The source of the River Thames is in which county?

2. Which island is surrounded by the East, Harlem and Hudson Rivers?

3. The Three Gorges Dam spans which river?

4. On which north east river does the town Stockton stand?

5. The West Sussex town of Lancing stands on which river?

6. Which is the longest river in Europe?

7. And Which is the Second longest European River?

8. On which river is Africa’s Victoria Falls?

9. On which river did Chesley Sullenberger famously land a plane in 2009?

10. In which district of West Sussex, named after its river, is Littlehampton?

1. Gloucestershire

2. Manhatten Island, NY

3. Yangtze

4. Tees

5. Adur

6. The Volga

7. Danube

8. The Zambezi

9. The Hudson

10. Arun

1. Which two summer months are named after Roman Emperors?

2. What term is used to describe a year with 29 days in February?

3. Who played Edina’s Mother in Absolutely Fabulous?

4. Which “mad” animal is associated with the month of March?

5. Who recorded the 1971 song Maggie May?

6. March is named after which Roman God?

7. Which month represents a consonant in the radio phonetic alphabet?

8. What month did Earth, Wind and Fire sing about in 1978?

9. What was Red October in the title of the 1990 film?

10. In which year did Theresa May become UK Prime Minister?

1. July and August

2. Leap Year

3. Dame June Whitfield

4. Hare

5. Rod Stewart

6. Mars

7. November

8. September

9. A Submarine

10. 2016

1. Finish Dishwasher Tablets

2. Cadburys Dairy Milk

3. Lucazade

4. Mr Kipling

5. Pepsi Cola

6. Red Bull

7. Walker's Crisps

8. Whiskers

9. Uncle Ben's Rice

10. Pringles

11. Pedigree Chum

12. McCain Chips

13. Kit-Kat

14. Dolmio sauces

15. Birds Eye

16. Andrex toilet tissue

17. Coca Cola

18. John West

19. Maltesers

20. Nescafe

21. P G Tips

22. Weetabix

23. Warburton's bread

24. Schweppes

25. Muller yogurt

26. Lurpak

27. Persil

28. Tetley tea

29. Heinz Baked beans

30. Cathedral City Cheese

1. What is the name of the clock tower of the houses of Parliament?

2. What luxury watchmaker was founded in London in 1905?

3. Is Uruguay ahead or behind Greenwich Mean time?

4. Which book by George Orwell opens with a clock tolling 13 times?

5. In Doctor Who what do the initials TARDIS stand for?

6. What is the name of the underground-dwelling creatures in the 1895 novel The Time Machine?

7. In which year did the Beautiful south top the charts with A Little Time?

8. Which country has three time zones, eight to ten hours ahead of GMT?

9. Before the adoption of alarm clocks, what profession would be responsible for waking people up in the morning?

10. In which cathedral is the large bell called “Great Tom”?

1. Elizabeth Tower (Big Ben is the Bell)

2. Rolex

3. Behind

4. 1984

5. Time and Relative Dimensions in Space

6. Morlocks

7. 1990

8. Australia

9. Knocker-up

10. Lincoln Cathedral

1. In which year was the first polymer banknote issued by the Bank of England?

2. In which year did the UK introduce decimalisation?

3. Which three initials describe a bank’s “hole in the wall”?

4. A grand refers to how much money?

5. In which year was the £1 coin introduced?

6. What name is given to a situation of increased prices and a fall in the value of money?

7. What pre-decimal coin was commonly known as a tanner?

8. Which decimal coin was last produced in 1984?

9. Who became chancellor of the exchequer in July 2016?

10. What do the letters ISA stand for in a UK financial context?

1. 2016

2. 1971

3. ATM

4. £1000

5. 1983

6. Inflation

7. Sixpence

8. Half-penny

9. Phillip Hammond

10. Individual Savings Account

 

If you have any comments or arguments about the answers... Please turn up on the night, and let us know!

See you next time. :)