Numbers - 14/11/11

1. Usain Bolt can run 100m in 9.58 seconds, but to the nearest second, what is the fastest that a dog has ever skateboarded the same distance? (2 either way)
20 (so 18-22)

2. How many lines are there in a Shakespearean sonnet?
14

3. After yesterday’s results shows what do you get if you add the number of competitors remaining in X-Factor to the number of competitors remaining in Strictly Come Dancing?
13 (X-factor: 6; Strictly: 7)

4. How many players are there on each court for each team in a game of netball?
7

5. In predecimal currency, how many farthings were there in a shilling?
48

6. What is the letter P worth in the game of Scrabble?
3

7. How many members were there in the original S Club Juniors?
8

8. England played Spain at Wembley on Saturday, but how many goals were scored in total in that match?
1 (it was 1-0 to England)

9. How many animated films have ever won a “Best Picture” Oscar?
0

10. How many squares are there on a standard Connect-4 board?
42

Connections - 07/11/11

1. The events of which Shakespeare play takes place over the shortest period of time?
Romeo and Juliet

2. Which country recently defeated the English cricket team 5-0 in a series of one day matches?
India

3. What is the first name of the Hammerstein who is part of Rogers and Hammerstein?
Oscar

4. Which famous style of dance shares its name with a soft drink marketed by Britvic?
Tango

5. What is the name of Sully’s sidekick in the Monsters Inc movie? (first name and second name)
Mike Wazowski

6. In what month would the Scots celebrate St. Andrew’s day?
November

7. Parker’s Heritage, Yamazaki and Hanky Bannister are all award-winning kinds of what?
Whiskey

8. What is the first name of Dr Frankenstein, who created the monster at the heart of the novel Frankenstein?
Victor

9. Which TV business has been managed by Charlie Edwards (played by Max Beesley) and Rebecca Mitchell (played by Tamzin Outhwaite)?
Hotel Babylon

10. What connects all of these?
Letters of the Phonetic Alphabet

Witches - 31/10/11

1. In some ancient witching recipes, they ask you to stir the pot widdershins – what does that mean?
Anti-clockwise

2. In which state is Salem, where the famous witch trials took place?
Massachusetts

3. In which decade was the last person to be imprisoned in Britain for being a witch?
1940s (1944)

4. According to the book and stage musical Wicked, what is the name of the Wicked Witch of the East – the sister of the main character Elpheba?
Nessa/Nessarose

5. In the Steeleye Span song, who is the ugliest in the north country?
Alison (Gross)

6. Which book by Arthur Miller used the Salem witch trials to commentate on 1950’s American culture?
The Crucible

7. Which historical figure, accused of being a witch, was nicknamed the Maid of Orleans?
Joan of Arc

8. Introduced in the Harry Potter books, if a witch is a mudblood, what does that mean?
Her parents are muggles/non-witches

9. Who sang the song Witchy Woman originally?
The Eagles

10. Which Shakespeare play opens with three witches atop a heath asking “When shall we three meet again?”
Macbeth

Connections - 31/10/11

1. What disease did Marilyn Monroe, Enrique Iglesias and Margaret Thatcher all reportedly suffer from?
Insomnia

2. Who took the Christmas No. 1 slot in 2009?
Rage against the Machine

3. What name is given to the individual rectangular textboxes that make up a spreadsheet?
Cell

4. Who is Frank Lampard’s fiancée?
Christine Bleakley

5. Which first name connects Fisher, the actress who played Prinecss Leia in the original Star Wars triology, and Bradshaw, the main character in Sex and the City?
Carrie

6. Which famous geyser was the first in Yellowstone National Park to receive its name?
Old Faithful

7. Which letter is represented in the NATO phonetic alphabet by the name of a month?
N

8. Which Maroon 5 song includes the lyrics “And there ain't nobody who can comfort me, oh yeah. Why won't you answer me? The silence is slowly killing me, oh yeah?”
Misery

9. What is 44 times 32?
1408

10. What connects these?
Stephen King works

General Knowledge - 24/10/11

1. Which food gets its name from the Aztec word for testicle – Ahuacatl?
Avacado

2. What did Charlie Chaplin, Benito Mussolini, Kevin Keegan and Dickie Bird all choose to call their autobiography?
My Autobiography

3. In mathematics, what is the opposite of integration?
Differentiation

4. Which company is the dog Fernville Lord Digby famous for advertising?
Dulux

5. In what month is fathers’ day in the UK?
June

6. Which battle of 1066 shares its name with a premiership football ground?
Stanford Bridge

7. Which name is shared by the Roman Goddess who watches over children, and the island nation where you would find the Bay of Pigs?
Cuba

8. If you put the chemical symbols of the elements phosphorous, indium and potassium next to each other, which colour would you spell out?
Pink

9. The films The Shining, The Shawshank Redemption and 1408 are based on works of literature by which famous author?
Stephen King

10. What happened to Peter Allen and Gwynne Evans in 1964 that lead to their names going down in history?
Last people executed in the UK

Quotations - 24/10/11

1. Which movie ends with the lines “Boo…! Kitty?”
Monsters Inc

2. Complete the title of the song from Avenue Q – the internet is for what?
Porn

3. Which 20th century actress and model once told people "It's not true I had nothing on, I had the radio on" after appearing naked in a calendar shoot?
Marilyn Monroe

4. The first rule of fight club is very famous – you don’t talk about fight club – but what is the second rule of fight club?
“you DO NOT talk about fight club”

5. Which book opens with the line “Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again” and ends with the line “And the ashes blew towards us with the salt wind from the sea”?
Rebecca

6. What six words finish this quotation from the movie Labyrinth: “Through dangers untold and hardships unnumbered, I have fought my way here to the castle beyond the Goblin City to take back the child that you have stolen, for my will is as strong as yours, and my kingdom as great —“
You have no power over me

7. Which famous TV series begun its very first episode with the line “Eurgh, stinks in here dunnit?!”
Eastenders

8. Which manxome mythical creatures lives in the tulgey wood?
The Jabberwock

9. In which movie would you find the quote “You’re gonna need a bigger boat”?
Jaws

10. Which children’s book opens with “A mouse takes a stroll through a deep dark wood, a fox saw the mouse and the mouse looked good”
The Gruffalo

Numbers - 17/10/11

1. How many inches long is the world’s longest cucumber? (3 either way)
47 (so 44-50)

2. The band, whose song Stay Another Day went to Christmas No. 1 in 1994, is called East… what?
17

3. How many points did Wales score in their rugby world cup match against France at the weekend?
8

4. If you spell onomatopoeia (correctly) how many letters does it contain?
12

3. How much (in pence) does a British first class stamp currently cost?
46

5. Over the years, how many different mentors have there been on the UK X-factor judging panel? (Not including guest judges)
8 (Simon, Louis, Sharon, Danii, Cheryl, Tulisa, Kelly and Gary)

6. In the book by Agatha Christie, how many little Indians are there?
10

7. Today is Eminem’s birthday, but how old will he be? (3 either way)
38 (so 35-41)

8. According to the Proclaimers hit song, how many miles would I walk to fall down at your door?
1000 (500 and 500 more)

9. What is the maximum amount of characters allowed in one tweet on twitter?
140

10. In the name of the famous band, how many seconds to mars are there?
30

Connections - 03/10/11

Connections

1. In which sport may you hear the terms "gully", "powerplay" and "full toss"?
Cricket

2. Which song did Lady Gaga dedicate to suicide victim Jamey Rodemeyer at the iHeartRadio festival last weekend?
Hair

3. What is the nickname of Peregrin Took in Lord of the Rings, which is also the name of a variety of apple?
Pippin

4. To which state of the USA did Chandler Bing accidentally agree to move to after falling asleep in a board meeting in the TV series Friends?
Oklahoma

5. What game does Deep Blue famously play?
Chess

6. Which US city is known as the Windy City?
Chicago

7. Which Paris landmark is famous for the red windmill on its roof?
Moulin Rouge

8. What are Lord Tubbington in Glee; Snowball in the Simpsons and Dinah in Alice in Wonderland?
Cats

9. Which Hans Christian Andersen book was the inspiration for a statue just off the coast of Copenhagen?
The Little Mermaid

10. What do the above ten answers have in common?
All musical theatre shows.

Kings and Queens - 03/10/11

Kings and Queens

1. Which Queen song was voted the top British single of all time in a 2002 survey?
Bohemian Rhapsody

2. In the Shrek series of films, who plays King Harold, Shrek’s father-in-law?
John Cleese

3. What is the name given to Burger King’s signature quarter-pounder hamburger?
Whopper

4. What sport is played at the Queen’s Club in London?
Tennis

5. Which king is the main character of the film The King’s Speech, played by Colin Firth?
King George VI

6. Last week, Stephen King announced that he was writing a sequel to which of his early novels that was made in to a famous film?
The Shining

7. Who played the evil queen in the recent Tim Burton remake of Alice in Wonderland?
Helena Bonham Carter

8. Who is the current landlord of the Queen Vic pub in Eastenders?
Alfie Moon

9. What kind of animal is Timon in Disney film The Lion King?
Meerkat

10. Queen Latifah starred alongside Zac Efron and John Travolta in which musical film?
Hairspray

Connections - 26/09/11

1. With what song did Sweden win the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974?
Waterloo

2. What shape is the office of the President of the USA?
Oval

3. What CBBC show ran from 1978 until 2008 and documented life in a comprehensive school?
Grange Hill

4. Which football club play their games in Upton Park and are managed by Sam Allardyce?
West Ham

5. What real first name is shared by singers Pixie Lott and Little Boots?
Victoria

6. Which British brand of car, founded in 1857, has a Griffin as its logo?
Vauxhall

7. In the musical Rent, what is the name of the young drag queen who has been diagnosed with AIDS?
Angel

8. Which famous sporting event takes place at the All England Club?
Wimbledon

9. On which road did Sherlock Holmes live?
Baker Street

10. What connects all these answers?
They’re all stations on the London underground