1. Complete the set of London Places – Kings Cross, Liverpool Street, Marylebone and where else?
Fenchurch Street (Monopoly Stations)
2. Which Canadian province gives its name to a letter in the NATO phonetic alphabet?
Quebec
3. In which company was JRR Tolkein born?
South Africa
4. Earlier today the International Cricket Council launched the official rankings for the Twenty20 form of cricket, but which country is currently sitting at the top?
England
5. In which state of the USA is the Amarillo that Tony Christie is famous for trying to find the way to?
Texas
6. Which UK TV series is set in the town of Portwen?
Doc Martin
7. If you were to list all the Great Lakes in order alphabetically, which would come first?
Erie
8. In which country will the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 take place?
Azerbaijan
9. In which city would you be if you could see Picasso’s Guernica; watch a football match at the Bernebau stadium or catch an aeroplane from Barajas airport?
Madrid
10. What is the second largest continent in the world?
Africa
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Monday, 24 October 2011
Monday, 10 October 2011
Places - 10/10/11
1. If you listed all the countries in the world alphabetically, which would be first and which would be last? (half a point for each)
Afghanistan; Zimbabwe
2. Which cartoon character and his family live at 43 Cherry Street, Langley Falls, Virginia?
Stan Smith/American Dad
3. Which British town, also the setting for the sitcom The Office, completes the famous poem by John Betjemen: “Come, friendly bombs, fall on where – it isn’t fit for humans now”?
Slough
4. Where in the UK would I be if I could see Rita, The Blade and Air?
Alton Towers
5. In which country was Celine Dion born?
Canada
6. Which salad, containing walnuts and apples, gets its name from the hotel where it was first made?
Waldorf
7. Who was famously kept trapped at 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney?
Nemo
8. What planet does the Doctor, star of Doctor Who, originally come from?
Gallifrey
9. Which city gave its name to a 2009 Paloma Faith single about how her boyfriend left her “for another lady”?
New York
10. In which country is Jacob’s Creek, where the famous wine is produced?
Australia
Afghanistan; Zimbabwe
2. Which cartoon character and his family live at 43 Cherry Street, Langley Falls, Virginia?
Stan Smith/American Dad
3. Which British town, also the setting for the sitcom The Office, completes the famous poem by John Betjemen: “Come, friendly bombs, fall on where – it isn’t fit for humans now”?
Slough
4. Where in the UK would I be if I could see Rita, The Blade and Air?
Alton Towers
5. In which country was Celine Dion born?
Canada
6. Which salad, containing walnuts and apples, gets its name from the hotel where it was first made?
Waldorf
7. Who was famously kept trapped at 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney?
Nemo
8. What planet does the Doctor, star of Doctor Who, originally come from?
Gallifrey
9. Which city gave its name to a 2009 Paloma Faith single about how her boyfriend left her “for another lady”?
New York
10. In which country is Jacob’s Creek, where the famous wine is produced?
Australia
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