Animated Viewing
What is
the name of the fat, lazy, wisecracking, lasagne-eating cartoon cat created by
Jim Davis in 1978?
Garfield
What
product, advertised by animated cartoon characters, Gaffer, Sidney and Maurice
was axed in 2001 and reintroduced in 2010?
Tetley Tea
Playing
chief salesman for the country, which cartoon series featured Prime Minister Tony
Blair in 2003?
The Simpsons
Who is
the skipper of the 'Flying Dustman' in the children’s cartoon, ‘Captain Pugwash’?
Cut Throat Jake
Who is
the anthropomorphic wacky passerine voiced by Mel Blanc in the 1940s cartoon
series?
Woody the Woodpecker
From
which pop icons did the four vultures in the cartoon film, 'Jungle Book' take
their names?
The Beatles
In the
Walt Disney cartoons, whose brilliant nephew was Gilbert?
Goofy
In
which animated TV series do Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup appear as three little
girls with superpowers?
Powerpuff Girls
In
which 2009 animated movie do the protagonists fly to South America in a
floating house suspended from helium balloons?
Up
Who is
the creator of 'Wallace and Gromit' and 'Shaun the Sheep'?
Nick Park
World of Sport
In what
kind of racing was Jim Clark world champion?
Formula One Motor Racing
Under Chris
Hughton’s managership, who surprisingly won the Carling Cup in 2011 when they
beat Arsenal 2-1?
Birmingham City
In
golf, what is the lowest par golf hole that you can shoot a double-eagle?
Par-Five
How
many points are awarded to the winning team of each match during the Six
Nations Rugby Championship?
Two
In
tennis, what three-letter word does an umpire use for a player to play the
point again?
Let
Who was
the winner of the 2006 Tour de France who tested positive for a banned
substance?
Floyd Landis
Which
sporting season runs from early April to early October and includes races over
distances from 50 miles up to 2000 miles?
Pigeon racing
What imitation
equine is a leather-covered gymnastics apparatus with two wooden handles?
Pommel Horse
In
which indoor sport is wearing white considered bad form, and not allowed in
competition?
Table tennis
Which
of these was not an Olympic sport at the Paris Olympics of 1900 - Cycling,
Boxing, Croquet or Golf?
Boxing
General Knowledge
With
which season of the year is the Vernal Equinox associated, when night and day are
nearly the same length?
Spring
With
which good cause does the UK charity Gingerbread associate itself?
Lone parents
With
regard to vehicle taxation what precisely does the letter 'N' stand for in the
acronym 'SORN'?
Notification
Whose
annual salary includes 150 bottles of sherry?
The Poet Laureate
Often
used by Gordon Brown, what word meaning showing good judgement does the anagram
'Crude pen' form?
Prudence
Famous
for looking after the interests of senior citizens, what does the acronym SAGA
stand for?
Society for the Appreciation of the Golden
Age
What
year derives from the Roman numerals, MCMXLIV?
1944 (1000 + (1000 − 100) + (50 − 10) + (5 −
1))
Which
word means the greater proportion, a church service and to concentrate in one
area?
Mass
Which
word, familiar to generations of British soldiers, derives from a Hindustani
word for home?
Blighty
Which
was the first daily newspaper to give a one million pound bingo prize?
The Daily Mirror (accept The Mirror)
Across The Pond
In the
USA, what are the only mobile national landmarks?
The San Francisco cable cars
What
U.S State has a climbing plant named after it?
Virginia (Creeper)
What is
the more familiar name for 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington DC?
The White House
Where
in the USA did their worst nuclear accident happen in 1979?
Three Mile Island
Which British
actor received Oscar nominations for playing two U.S. Presidents in 'Nixon' and
'Amistad'?
Anthony Hopkins
Which
U.S. state was the birthplace of the pop icon, Michael Jackson?
Indiana
Which
British comedy series transferred to American television with the title, "The
Rear Guard"?
Dad's Army
For
which North American state, is AK the abbreviation?
Alaska
In
which athletics event did American Ralph Boston set a world record in 1960?
Long Jump
In the
USA, what creatures are Maryland No.1, Montana No.1 and Minnesota No.3?
Pigs
Occupations
Was the
occupation of Abel, the second son of Adam and Eve a shepherd, a goat herder or
carpenter?
Shepherd
Played
by Jill St John, what occupation does Tiffany Case pursue in ‘Diamonds Are
Forever'?
Diamond Smuggler
What
sort of job did Quasimodo's do in ‘The Hunchback of Notre-Dame'?
Bell Ringer
In
Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', what is the occupation of Quince the
director of the players?
Carpenter
What
was four-minute miler Roger Bannister's day job?
Doctor
In the
musical 'Fiddler On The Roof', what is the occupation of Tevya, the central
character?
A Dairyman
If your
professional association were the R.I.B.A., what would be your occupation?
Architect - The Royal Institute of British
Architects
What
was Christopher Dean's (Torvill & Dean) job before he became a professional
skater?
Policeman
At the
court of Elizabeth I, what was the occupation of a limner?
An illuminator of manuscripts
In the
'Peanuts' cartoon strip, what is the occupation of Charlie Brown's father?
A Barber
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