WEEK 1 22/07/10
1. What are the four basic tastes we can distinguish with our taste buds?
2. In May 2000, The Artist Formerly Known as Prince, changed his name to what?
3. What emerged from Aladdin’s lamp?
4. What is Harper’s Bazaar?
5. Where are Hot Chocolate from: Britain, USA or Germany?
6. On which London street is the Ritz Hotel?
7. In medical terms, what does RSI stand for?
8. What is the name of the national mapping agency for Great Britain?
9. What winter animal feed is basically pickled grass?
10. What name is given to the kind of sleeveless jumper often worn by Frank Spencer?
11. Who gets to spend the money given in the Privy Purse?
12. What crime does Mungo Jerry’s 1970 summer classic ‘In the Summertime’ seem to promote?
13. Who won the Euro 2008 football tournament?
14. What name is given to a group of wind turbines?
15. What is the name of the town where the Jacksons were born and raised? Gary, Clive or Rolf?
16. If by some fluke of nature all of your great-great grandparents were alive, how many would you have?
17. How long is the standard training to become a dentist in the UK?
18. What does PC stand for in relation to law enforcement?
19. How long is the ‘Race For Life’, run by thousands of women every year for Cancer Research?
20. Considered lucky in China, what was the date of the Beijing Olympic opening ceremony?
21. What was the name of the flower seller in My Fair Lady?
22. How many times in a 24-hour period does the big hand overtake the little hand on a clock?
23. Not necessarily true, Roman roads in Britain are famous for being what?
24. Who starred in Saving Private Ryan and The Green Mile?
25. Can all snakes swim?
26. From what are the models made in Madame Tussaud’s?
27. Which star has sold the most calendars: Kylie Minogue, The Spice Girls or Cliff Richard?
28. Which way do you turn most jar lids to open them, clockwise or anti-clockwise?
29. Who were massacred at Glencoe, the McDonalds or the Campbells?
30. Which of the following is the real name of a holiday centre in the New Forest; Sandy Balls, Sandy Lane or Sticky End?