Thursday, December 19, 2013

Next Quiz - Sunday 5th January 2014

Kick off at 8pm

£3 (inc £1 towards a rollover prize) per person to enter, max 5 to a team

Lots of prizes!

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The quiz is a no smartphone zone. It just spoils it for everyone. If you see someone on another team using their iPhone (other smartphones are available) then take a picture of them with your phone. If we all work together we can beat this!

& the winners were...

...Team Ethel, after winning a tie break with Rudolph's Rejects - both scored 68%.  The Old Hamtonwellians were third with 67%

Very tight at the top!

Quiz Questions from Sunday 15th December - Christmas Quiz

Current Affairs
What sort of pet did George Osbourne get earlier this month?
Who or what is ‘Team Cupcake’?
Pope Francis was Time magazine’s person of the year – but who came second?
What musical instrument did Ed Balls play in public earlier this month?
Foreign dignitaries from the US, Cuba, and where else in the Americas spoke at Mandela’s Funeral?
What was Nelson Mandela's clan name, which he was frequently referred
Who is the President of Ukraine?
What was the fastest mph wind speed recorded in the UK during this month's major winter storm (+/-10%)?
Which country has seen French military intervention in recent weeks?
Which country this week announced it would submit a claim to the North Pole to the UN?

Picture Round 
Christmas films, inc 5 pics of different santas

Music 
Christmas songs.  The hardest was Erasure's new one...

Christmas
In the 12 days of Christmas, what comes between Maids a Milking, and Geese a Laying?
True or False – the week before Christmas is the biggest sales week in the UK for Heinz Ketchup
Which channel is showing Bear’s Wild Weekend with Stephen Fry on Christmas Day?
In the Christmas Cracker joke, what did the piece of cheese say when he saw himself in the mirror?
Do Brussels Sprouts contain more carbs, or more protein?
From which country does the carol 'Silent Night' originally come?
What is traditionally broadcast from King's College Cambridge on Christmas Eve?
Which film starring David Bowie centres around a Japanese POW camp in WWII?
To the nearest week, how many weeks ago were the Oxford Street Christmas lights switched on?
In what year (ending in 3) was Channel 4's Alternative Christmas Message first broadcast?

General Knowledge
In a hospital, what does ENT stand for?
In which year did Rage Against The Machine get Christmas number one?
What postcode (1st 4 letters) is Tooting?
Which 80s BBC1 sitcom is returning for a Christmas Special this year?
What, unusually, was installed to light the Norwegian town of Rjukan in October 2013?
What nickname is given to the 7th Armoured Brigade?
On average, which month out of May or October is warmer in London?
In which continent would you find the Atlas Mountains?
Who won the Booker Prize in 2013?
How many of Noel Edmonds, Noel Fielding and Noel Gallagher were born on Christmas day?

Friday, December 06, 2013

Next Quiz - Special Christmas Quiz - Sunday 15th December

Kick off at 8pm

£3 (inc £1 towards a rollover prize) per person to enter, max 5 to a team

Lots of prizes!

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The quiz is a no smartphone zone. It just spoils it for everyone. If you see someone on another team using their iPhone (other smartphones are available) then take a picture of them with your phone. If we all work together we can beat this!

& the winners were...

...Les with 86% (two in a row for them - on for a hat-trick on 15th December), followed by Village Idiots with 82% and Toby's Tigers with 75%

The best team of two were Cambridge 0 Grimsby 4, who were also 4th overall

Quiz Questions from Sunday 1st December

Current Affairs
What, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is the word of 2013?
Where did the Olympic torch go for the first time ever in November?
Ryan Giggs is 40.  Name 2 other people over 40 who have played in the premiership
In which year is TFL proposing to introduce a 24 hour a day weekend tube service?
Name the electronic virtual currency that has risen 80 fold in 2013
Jockey AP McCoy celebrated which major sporting landmark in November?
Which city saw its Mayor stripped of his powers after crack-smoking, drunkenness and other bizarre incidents?
In how many seconds did the first Monty Python reunion show sell out?    (+/-10%)
Which country legalised the marijuana trade in November?
In which European city was the nuclear deal struck with Iran?

Picture Road
10 Map outlines, ranging from the easy (Italy) to the hard (Netherlands)

Music Round
10 songs that were number one at the time of a new Doctor Who, ranging from The Beatles (Willam Hartnell) to Joe McElderry (Matt Smith)

Celebrity Books
Which British comedian’s autobiography is called ‘Bonkers – My Life in Laughs’
Which British sportsman’s autobiography is called ’77 Years’?
Which of the 3 Top Gear presenters does NOT have a book out this year?
Who reads the audiobook of Morrissey’s book – David Morrissey, Neil M, Steven M?
Which American sportsman’s book is called Undisputed Truth?

Film Settings
Which films are set wholly or partly at following locations:
Amity Island?
the Winchester pub?
Rick's Café Américain?
The U-96?
Texas Motor Speedway?

General Knowledge
Which Red Hot Chilli Peppers album that first featured the track Under The Bridge?
Which British actor was born Krishha Banjee?
Which country is Transylvania in?
Which cinema chain bought Picturehouse Cinemas earlier this year?
What is a single corrective eyepiece (i.e. just for one eye) called?
Name 2 of the 3 main London terminus stations, from where it's possible to catch a direct train to Dorking?
What is the predominant fruit found in Eve's Pudding?
If catching a direct bus from Clapham Common station to Clapham Junction station, you have 3 options.  Name 2 of these 3 route numbers.
The deaths of two well-known sixtysomething English writers were overshadowed by the death of JFK on the same day?  Name one of the writers.
What name is given to a person from Hull?

Monday, November 04, 2013

Next Quiz - Sunday 1st December

(Please note that this is not the special Christmas Quiz - that will be later in December)

Kick off at 8pm

£3 (inc £1 towards a rollover prize) per person to enter, max 5 to a team

Lots of prizes!

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The quiz is a no smartphone zone. It just spoils it for everyone. If you see someone on another team using their iPhone (other smartphones are available) then take a picture of them with your phone. If we all work together we can beat this!

& the winners were...

...  Les with 85% followed by Pacifist Mediocrities with 76%, and Quizteam Bleakley with 70%

A particularly good score from Les, given that there were only two in the team.

We did our rollover question for the first time.  The prize fund was £75, and the question was to name the month and year of Mary Berry's birth.  No one got it (March 1935), but Quizzly Bears came closest so won a tenner.

Quiz Questions from Sunday 3rd November

Current Affairs
Which British artist is gving this year’s Radio 4 Reith Lectures?
Complete this sentence from Environment Secretary Owen Patterson “The [blanks] have moved the goalposts”
Extracts of whose autobiography appeared in some copies of the new Bridget Jones book?
Which county will the new Nuclear power station be built in?
How many world leaders did the US bug? (+- 10%)
Name the former paper which has recently re-branded as the International New York Times.
The recent October storm fell on the feast day of which saint?
Which industrial plant in Scot has recently seen a bitter dispute between mgmt & workers?
According to rightmove, by what percentage did house asking prices in London rise between September and October?
Who won the 2013 Mercury music prize?

Pictures
People with anaimals in their name - Jake Bugg, Zoe Lyons, Alan Lamb, and more

Music
Artists or songs with adjectives in them - Happy Mondays, Musical Youth, Easy Lover, Blurred Lines, and more

Cakes
Which cake was (reportedly) created in honour of Queen Victoria’s grand-daughter
Which Northern cake is traditionally made of outmeal & black treacle?
Which traditional British cake is made using equal weights of flour, butter, eggs, and sugar?
Which cake is the best selling in Nat Trust cafes -  Chocolate, Coffee & Walnut, Vic Sponge?
In which decade did Mr Kipling’s cakes first appear?

Fire
What 3 components make up the 'fire triangle'?
A piece of magnesium metal is burnt, leaving behind a white powder as ash.  Does the ash weigh more or less that the original magnesium?
At which venue is Lambeth's firework display being held this year?
Copper and Barium compounds are used in fireworks to produce which colour?
What name is given to the chemical component of a firework which pushes it through the air?

General Knowledge
How many udders (actually teats) does a cow have?
What is the price of the Guardian, & the Daily Mail (weekday editions)
Which country was formed most recently out of Belize, Qatar, & Zaire?
Which British author wrote the book that the recent film Filth is based on?
How many people (panellists + presenter) feature on BBC’s Question Time?
At what daily time do BBC3 & BBC4 start broadcasting?
What does the abbreviation PDF (as in computer file) stand for?
Which famous crime writer wrote Farewell, My Lovely and the Big Sleep, among others?
How long, in metres, is an Olympic size swimming pool?
The subject of a proposed change, what is the current specified minimum sugar content for jam in the UK?  (Could do to nearest 5% or 10%...)

Monday, October 21, 2013

Next Quiz - Sunday 3rd November

Kick off at 8pm

£3 (inc £1 towards a rollover prize) per person to enter, max 5 to a team

Lots of prizes!

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The quiz is a no smartphone zone. It just spoils it for everyone. If you see someone on another team using their iPhone (other smartphones are available) then take a picture of them with your phone. If we all work together we can beat this!

& the winners were...

...London Fields with 83%, followed by Blue Waffles with 73%, and Les with 71%

Quiz Questions from Sunday 6th October

Current affairs
What is Ed Miliband's dad's first name?
Who is going to be the first Irish man in space?
How many drivers are there over 70 in the UK (nearest 10%)
Why did the New Zealand PM tweet the word 'Bugger' on 25th September?
How many zeros in a Trillion (US version) (Re US deficit)
What is the name of Stephen King's newly published follow-up to The Shining?
Which actor will play the new Landlord of the Queen Vic in Eastenders?
In which city was the Tory party conference held?
What is the name of the new Tesco tablet ?
Russia has captured and accused of piracy activists from which group?

Pictures
Celebrities sticking their tongues out - Cara, Harry, Sting and more

Music
The theme was numbers, so The 1975, Two Become One, and more

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Metals
Cornwall is historically famous for the mining of which metal?
Mercury is the only liquid metallic element at a normal room temperature - but name one
of the other two metallic elements which melts below 30C?
What collective term did alchemists use for the various metals they tried to turn into gold?
Which metal is the densest out of iron, lead or silver?
What alloy is traditionally used to decorate horse harnesses?

General knowledge
The company Aviva was formed by the merger of CGU and which company?
What is the nearest tube station to the Museum of Childhood?
Which kids TV character is in a band called Da Easy Crew?
What is the stage name of the British musician Dylan Mills?
In which 2 decades was Franklin D Roosevelt American President?
In the context of transport, what is the connection between Burnt, Gospel and Royal?
Who described her witness appearance at a war crimes trial as 'A big inconvenience'?
Who wrote 'Around the World in Eighty Days'?
What are the two most published books of all time?
How many time zones are there in Russia?

Friday, September 06, 2013

Next Quiz - Sunday 6th October

Kick off at 8pm

£3 (inc £1 towards a rollover prize) per person to enter, max 5 to a team

Lots of prizes!

The Landor is at 70 Landor Rd  London, SW9 9PH, where it meets Willington Road, two minutes walk from Clapham North tube station (Northern Line)


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The quiz is a no smartphone zone. It just spoils it for everyone. If you see someone on another team using their iPhone (other smartphones are available) then take a picture of them with your phone. If we all work together we can beat this!

& the winners were...

Les with 81%, from We Stuffed The Mancs with 70% and Old Hamtonwellians.

It was Harry from Old Hamtonwellians' last quiz at The Landor - good luck in Singapore Harry, and thanks for being such a loyal player!

Quiz Questions from Sunday 1st September

Current affairs
What is pogonophobia?
What is the name of Vauxhall's new car - Adam, Bert, or Eric?
At which sport do people compete for the Solheim Cup?
What is the the current and proposed new upper age limit for jury members?
Complete this joke, named the funniest at Edinburgh 2013 "I heard a rumour that Cadbury is bringing out an oriental chocolate bar."
What percentage of the candidates passed the Liberian university entrance exam last month?
On what date did the badger cull officially start?
What is the name of the helicopter involved in the Shetland crash and other recent incidents?
Which famous speech saw its 50th anniversary marked on 28th August?
Name the Welsh rugby and sports broadcasting legend who died earlier this week?

Pictures
The theme was people with double barrelled names, including katarina johnson thompson, alex oxlade-chamberlain, and Daniel Day Lewis

Music 
The theme was 'Genders' so Naughty Boy, My Girl, Brother Beyond, Scissor Sisters and more

Four letter films
Which film with four letters in the title...
Won the Oscar for best picture this year?
Is set on Amity Island?
Featured Sacha Baron Cohen as a Station Inspector?
Tells the story of Lightning McQueen
From the 60s features a British Secret Agent in Jamaica

Local to Clapham
Which Premier League football club is based closest to the Landor?
Name the new building on Clapham High Street which contains the new Clapham library, other services and flats?
Which industry drove the rapid expansion of Battersea from the mid-19th century?
Which famous anti-slavery campaigner was based in Clapham in the early 19th century?
What nickname is given to the areas immediately to the east and west of Northcote Road?

General Knowledge
What city is Trainspotting (mainly) set in?
In what decade was a footballer first sold for over a million pounds?
What company makes (manufactures) apple products like iPhones and iPads?
Which company was founded first - Ryanair or Easyjet?
Which spirit is used to make Kahlua?
What is the name of the semi-desert region immediately south of the Sahara?
Which institution is associated in the popular mind with "Jam and Jerusalem"?The Carbuncle Cup is awarded as a prize for the worst examples in which field?
Which train journey was famously filmed in 4 minutes in 1953, 1983 and now in 2013?
Which recent publication, perhaps surprisingly, said that 4,000 British pubs could and should close down?

Thursday, August 08, 2013

Next Quiz - Sunday 1st September

Kick off at 8pm

£2 per person to enter, max 5 to a team

Lots of prizes!

The Landor is at 70 Landor Rd  London, SW9 9PH, where it meets Willington Road, two minutes walk from Clapham North tube station (Northern Line)


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The quiz is a no smartphone zone. It just spoils it for everyone. If you see someone on another team using their iPhone (other smartphones are available) then take a picture of them with your phone. If we all work together we can beat this!

& the winners were...

... The Old Hamtonwellians with 85%, followed by Les with 78% and Hannah's Back with 73%

Quiz Questions from Sunday 4th August

Current Affairs
What was the weight of the Royal Baby, to the nearest 2oz (imperial only)
What food did W&K eat to recover from birth, reportedly (type, not brand)
Which is the most profitable company out of Apple, Exxon and Facebook (total $ profit)
What foreign (non-UK) holiday destination is most popular with people from the UK?
Which company sponsors Newcastle United?
Which author will appear on the next version of the £10 note?
What was the maximum temperature recorded during the July heatwave, to the nearest whole °C?
Who won the Tour de France?
A woman was fined after taking what into a McDonald's on 20th July?
Under what pseudonym was JK Rowling's new crime novel released?

Picture Round
10 Famous Georges, including Clooney, Orwell and Eliot

Music Round 
Royalty, including Queen, The Fresh Prince, Charles & Eddie, and George Formby

Money Tennis (in honour of the Alan Partridge film)
Who presents [Blank’s] Handmade Treasures, for example trying to make handmade greeting cards?
Is this a real UK TV Show – Cook Me The Money?
What is the title of the show in which Ade Edmondson tours the UK in a MINI, sampling food?
Is this a real UK TV Show – May The Best House Win?
Where was the quiz show Scream if you know the Answer set? (location)

The Ashes
Before this series, who was the last England bowler to take 10 wickets in an Ashes test, in    in 2003?
How tall does the Ashes urn stand (+/- 1cm)
At which ground is the current Ashes Test being played?
Which Australian city hosted the first Test Match ever played, and saw the first appearance of the Ashes urn?
What is the nickname of Darren Lehmann, Australia's coach: is it Biff, Boof or Bash?

General Knowledge
In what decade was the novel 1984 written?
On Ordinance Survey maps what is the symbol for a place where they offer horse riding?
Who directed the film Fight Club?
What plant is Tequila made from ?
Have more UK Big Brother winners been men or women (Ignoring Nadia)
What corrosion-resistant metal was invented by Harry Brearley in 1913?
In the context of Old Age, what is a Supercentenarian?
Which South London park is known for its dinosaurs?
What Turkish strait of water separates Europe from Asia?
Which book / film had Randle P McMurphy as its hero?

Friday, July 12, 2013

Next Quiz - Sunday 4th August

Kick off at 8pm

£2 per person to enter, max 5 to a team

Lots of prizes!

The Landor is at 70 Landor Rd  London, SW9 9PH, where it meets Willington Road, two minutes walk from Clapham North tube station (Northern Line)


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The quiz is a no smartphone zone. It just spoils it for everyone. If you see someone on another team using their iPhone (other smartphones are available) then take a picture of them with your phone. If we all work together we can beat this!

& the winners were...

...Les with 74%, after winning a tie break (how long in minutes is Shaun of the Dead?) against Village Idiots.

Quizeum came third with 70%

Quiz Questions from Sunday 7th July

Current Affairs
What did Barack Obama think George Osborne’s first name was?
Which country was admitted to the EU last month?
Which British band had its first UK no. 1 album for more than 40 years?
At what establishment did David Warner attack Joe Root?
What is the name of Kanye West’s new album & baby (1 pt for each)
Name the new Governor of the Bank of England
Saudi Arabia has just moved its weekend days to Friday and Saturday.  What two days were they before?
The man who defaced a portrait of the Queen last month was a campaigner with which group?
Who was the President of Egypt until last week?
Who won the Confederations Cup?

Picture Round
Secret agents - ten fictional ones to identify, including Johnny English and Harry Palmer

Music Round
Covers - songs like Die Young covered - teams had to identify the song and the original artist

Ice Cream
Spell 'Hargen Dars'
Which ice cream product had a new flavour out last year called Infinity?
Complete the Ben & Jerry’s Flavour – Caramel [blank] [blank]
What has more calories – a mars bar or a mars ice cream bar?
Which British comedy film of 2004 mentions Cornettos?

Wimbledon
Who knocked Serena Williams out of the women's singles this year?
In what decade was the inaugural Wimbledon championship played?
In what decade were the Wimbledon Championships first televised?
Which British player was the first to play an entire match under the Centre Court roof?
There is no Mixed Doubles tournament in the Junior Championships: True or False?

General knowledge
Which rapper is known as Breezy?
What legal issue was decided by the court case Roe Vs. Wade in the US?
In British spying/traitor history, who was The Third Man?
What 4 letter acronym is the name of a cable that connects an iPad to a TV?
In which southern Irish city would you find a Butter Museum?
Which nation is behind the stalled development proposed for the Chelsea Barracks site?
Which famous London sports ground is nicknamed the 'Old Cabbage Patch'?
What does GCHQ stand for?
What does the abbreviation UAV, used to describe a drone, stand for?
How many years is it since there was a British Men's Wimbledon winner (until today)?

Monday, June 10, 2013

Next Quiz - Sunday 7th July

Kick off at 8pm

£2 per person to enter, max 5 to a team

Lots of prizes!

The Landor is at 70 Landor Rd  London, SW9 9PH, where it meets Willington Road, two minutes walk from Clapham North tube station (Northern Line)


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The quiz is a no smartphone zone. It just spoils it for everyone. If you see someone on another team using their iPhone (other smartphones are available) then take a picture of them with your phone. If we all work together we can beat this!

& the winners were...

Me Fail English with 53%, followed by Harrington Banters with 49%, and Quiz on My Face with 46%

Scores were low because of the lack of the music round this time (see explanation in the questions) and also I think the lack of clues given as it was a 'silent' quiz this month.  Normal service will resume next month!

Quiz Questions from Sunday 2nd June

Current Affairs
What was allowed at the Chelsea Flower Show for the first time this year?
Which American TV show did online film service Netflix bring back from the dead?
How many stages did Mark Cavendish win at the Giro D’ Italia (to nearest stage)
Which website / service did Yahoo buy for $1.1bn last month?
Do NHS patients have a better chance of survival if they get operated on on Mon or Fri?
What is the name of the new book by Dan Brown?
Which country won the Eurovision Song Contest?
Why has Major Tim Peake been in the news?
Who did Crystal Palace beat in the play-off final to secure promotion to the Premier League?
Where has adventurer Nick Hancock set out to live for 60 days?

Picture Round
The (relatively) topical theme was David Beckham's haircuts - teams had to link 10 haircuts with 10 years (inc 2 from 2003 where he had both the Alice Band and the Cornrows)

Music
Due to the special 'silent' nature of the quiz (it was Eng vs BRA on TV) we held off on the music for a month

Historical settings
In which decade was The Great Gatsby (mainly) set?
In which Century was Gladiator set?
In which century is the new Star Trek film set?
In which century is Braveheart set?
In which year is All The Presidents Men set?

Summer
How many Ashes Tests will be played in England this summer?
Summer 2012 was the wettest in Britain for 100 years: True or False?
Which year of the 1960s was famous for its 'Summer of Love'?
In the UK, which on average is the warmest of the summer months: June, July or August?
In which summer month does Wimbledon 2013 start?

General Knowledge
In Dad’s Army, what did Bill Partwee’s character refer to Arthur Lowe’s character as?
Put these musicals in chronological order Cats, Evita, Phantom
At what temperature does alcohol (ethanol) boil (10%)
In which state is the US city of St Louis?
Which fashion designer was credited with inventing the ‘A Line’ skirt in the mid 1950s?
Who won the 2013 African Cup of Nations?
What name is given to energy extracted from hot rocks?
What are the 'Roaring Forties', 'Furious Fifties' and 'Screaming Sixties'?
What colour are the benches in the House of Lords?
In which area of London would you find the old Royal Naval College?

Friday, May 10, 2013

Next Quiz - Sunday 2nd June

Kick off at 8pm

£2 per person to enter, max 5 to a team

Lots of prizes!

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The quiz is a no smartphone zone. It just spoils it for everyone. If you see someone on another team using their iPhone (other smartphones are available) then take a picture of them with your phone. If we all work together we can beat this!

& the winners were...

The Old Hamtonwellians with 92%, followed by Fruitcakes, Loonies and Closet Racists with 90% and Les with 87%

For once there were no teams of two.

Quiz Questions from Sunday 5th May


Current Affairs
In which building did Mrs Thatcher Die?
Who got to Number One ahead of Ding Dong The Witch is Dead?
How old was the youngest player at the US Open Gold Tournament?
Which denomination bank note will Winston Churchill be appearing on?
To the nearest 10% how many council seats did UKIP win?
Which play won a total of 7 Olivier awards last month?
Which country had the most reps out of the World's Top 10 restaurants, named last week?
Which two teams were relegated from the Premier League at the end of the same game?
Jason Collins recently became the first American Major League Basketball player to do what?
Who won University Challenge for the 4th time in 7 years?

Picture Round
The theme was bank notes - teams had pics of 10 and they had to say which country they came from

Music Round
Boys & girls names - Layla, Mickey, Geno, Ruby...

Higher or Lower?
Is the price of gold higher or lower than at the start of the year?
Is the number of teens taking driving tests (any) higher or lower than 10 years ago?
Is the average age of the winners of the Oscar for Best Actor H or Lthan Best Actress?
Is the amount of Aussie Dollars £100 would get you higher or lower than 10 years ago?
Is the screen size on the Samsung Galaxy S4 higher or lower than on the iPhone 5?

England
All of London's highest points are lower than the top of the Shard: True or False?
Which of the following English foods does not have European protected status: Cumberland sausage, Melton Mowbray Pork Pies, Somerset Cider or Stilton?
What key battle was fought and won by King Harold and his army, just 19 days before Hastings?
Which song takes its lyrics from the preface to Blake's epic poem on Milton?
In which sport have England finished runner-up in a World Cup most often: Cricket, Football or Rugby?

General Knowledge
What are the first names of the two Chuckle Brothers?
What is the capital of Lithuania?
Who starred in and directed the film Garden State?  (Same person)
Which anniversary is OK magazine celebrating (how many years?)
What month was Greek Orthodox Easter in this year?
If you caught a train from Clapham Junction to Waterloo, which stopped at Vauxhall only, then what station did the train pass through without stopping?
In which century were adhesive postage stamps introduced?
Emeli Sande has just broken a 50-year old Beatles record, of 62 consecutive weeks in the top 10.  With what album did the Beatles achieve the feat?
On average in the UK, which is warmer: Spring (Mar - May) or Autumn (Sep - Nov)?
Following the death of Margaret Thatcher, how many surviving ex-PMs are there?

Monday, April 08, 2013

Next Quiz: Sunday 5th May (The Day Before Bank Holiday Monday)

Kick off at 8pm

£2 per person to enter, max 5 to a team

Lots of prizes!

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The quiz is a no smartphone zone. It just spoils it for everyone. If you see someone on another team using their iPhone (other smartphones are available) then take a picture of them with your phone. If we all work together we can beat this!

& the winners were...

Quizm with 75%, followed by Village Idiots with 71% and Old Hamtonwellians with 66%

Katy were the best team of 2 with 50%

Overall I think these scores show that the quiz was a bit too hard, so we'll make it a bit easier next time.

Quiz Questions from Sunday 7th April


Current Affairs
Who will represent the UK at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest?
What is the title of the sequel to Finding Nemo, announced last week?
What embarrassing mistake did Lewis Hamilton make at the Malaysian Grand Prix?
What do the initials of the energy regulator OFGEM stand for?
How much did this year’s Red Nose Day raise (to nearest 10%)?
March 2013 was the coldest March since which year?
Which journalist embarrassed Boris Johnson in a TV interview?
Who won the Boat Race?
The mobile phone has just celebrated a landmark anniversary.  How many years ago was the first mobile call made?
Which out of the following is NOT one of the categories in a new class survey out this week: Elite, Emergent Service Worker, Precariat or Squeezed Middle?

Picture Round
Album covers re-created with kittens, taken from this site.  One team got all ten, but many others struggled

Music Round
Pope Names - so Frankie Goes to Hollyhood (Pope Francis). Leo Sayer (Pope Leo, Rachel Stevens (Pope Stephen) and more

Pixar
Which technology pioneer was the major shareholder in Pixar?
Pixar has released 13 films – If A Bug’s Life is first, what is the 3rd, alphabetically?
Which Pixar film is set in the restaurants of Paris?
In Up, where (precise name) does Carl dream of travelling to?
Which film features a character who is obsessed with the musical Hello Dolly?

Resurrections
Who was brought back to life after an apparently fatal plunge at the Reichenbach Falls?
The 19th Century slang term 'Resurrection Man' describes someone who did what?
Who did Arsenal defeat 7-5 in a match in October, having come back from 4-0 down?
Which aerated chocolate bar was introduced in 1983, withdrawn in 2003 and then relaunched in various forms from 2007 onwards?
According to the Gospel of John, who did Jesus bring back to life, 4 days after his death?

General Knowledge
What is the nearest tube station to Moorfields Eye Hospital?
Which British actor, now in his 40s, was born Marco Giuseppe Salussolia
Mary Seacole was a nurse in which war?
In which decade did David Bowie release his first album?
Which British airport has the 3 letter code LPL?
What does the French term 'Jeu a Treize' historically describe?
Who was the first Englishman to sail right round the World?
Which leader fled to India in 1959, in order to escape the Chinese?
In which of the following rocks would you never find a fossil: coal, granite or sandstone?
The word 'assassin' is derived from an Arabic term meaning 'Hashish Eater': true or false?

Tuesday, March 05, 2013

Next Quiz - Sunday 7th April

Update - the quiz will now start at 7pm - the pub needs to close early that night.  But...  The kitchen will be open, so why not make a night of it, and have dinner there?

Kick off at 8pm 7pm

£2 per person to enter, max 5 to a team

Lots of prizes!

The Landor is on Landor Road, where it meets Willington Road, two minutes walk from Clapham North tube station (Northern Line)


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The quiz is a no smartphone zone. It just spoils it for everyone. If you see someone on another team using their iPhone (other smartphones are available) then take a picture of them with your phone. If we all work together we can beat this!

& the winners were...

...Les with 87% followed by Village Idiots with 86%.  After a tie breaker between two teams on 82 points (the highest temperature in LA the day before), BBS were awarded 3rd place.

There were no teams of 2 this time.

Quiz Questions from Sunday 3rd March


Current Affairs
Which popular board game held a vote last month to add a piece and remove a piece?
Which sport did The Olympics propose to drop (from 2020)
How old is LEGO this year (to nearest 10%)
Which of Shakespeare’s plays has Stephen Fry just finished appearing in?
Which company has bought out six of HMV’s stores?
Who won the African Cup of Nations?
Which award-winning author was criticised by David Cameron, after making remarks about Kate Middleton?
Ray Cusick, who died recently, created which famous TV villains in the 1960s?
With which supermarket has Pippa Middleton just agreed a writing tie-in?
Name the new MP for Eastleigh?

Picture Round
South London postcodes - a map with 10 post codes (SW11 etc) from SW London blacked out - teams had to name them

Music Round
In honour of Comic Relief the theme was charity records, many of which were covers by people like Gareth Gates, Girls Aloud, and the Manic Street Preachers

Big Ideas
Which influential book begins: “WHEN on board H.M.S. 'Beagle,' as naturalist…”
Which neurologist wrote the book The Ego and The Id in 1923?
Who co-wrote The Communist Manifesto with Karl Marx?
Which academic, born in Melbourne, wrote the best-selling book The Female Eunuch?
According to Monty Python, which philosopher, of his own free will, after half a pint of shandy was particularly ill?

Horses
Name the Horse which famously collapsed in sight of victory in the 1956 Grand National - and has since become a metaphor for dramatic late collapses?
Name the jockey riding that horse, who later went on to write over 40 bestsellers, usually set against a background of horse racing
Which of the following foods was NOT found to contain horse, during the recent scandal: Ikea meatballs, Findus lasagne, Morrison's burgers or Tesco bolognese?
What is the name of Anna Sewell's only novel?
Which horse holds the record for most Grand National wins, with 3?

General knowledge
In internet slang what does the acronym YOLO mean?
In the joke, what do you call the two Spanish firemen?
What is Adele’s surname?
What D is the term to describe an unmanned aircraft?
What sort of products would you expect to find in a Bonded Warehouse?
Which American writer said "Everyone complains about the weather, but nobody ever does anything about it"?
If a person went 'Demitarian', how much meat would they aim to eat?
Which of the following is not a quote from Michael Winner: "A team effort is a lot of people doing what I say"; "Calm down, dear"; "An OBE is what you get if you clean the toilets well at King's Cross station" or "If someone disagrees with me, we talk about it for twenty minutes and then we decide I was right all along."
South Africa famously has separate legislative, judicial and administrative capitals?  Name the 3 cities in question.
Which Western holds the record for the most Baftas won?

Wednesday, February 06, 2013

Next Quiz - Sunday 3rd March

Kick off at 8pm

£2 per person to enter, max 5 to a team

Lots of prizes!

The Landor is on Landor Road, where it meets Willington Road, two minutes walk from Clapham North tube station (Northern Line)


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Please join our new Facebook page here.  Facebook deleted the old group, but they've now re-instated it, but with none of the original members.  If you play the quiz, please join, so that we can invite you to events.

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The quiz is a no smartphone zone. It just spoils it for everyone. If you see someone on another team using their iPhone (other smartphones are available) then take a picture of them with your phone. If we all work together we can beat this!

& the winners were...

Toby's Tigers with 83% (they got a perfect 60/60 in the first half) followed by Village Idiots with 82% and The Mutton Abusers with 77%.

J-Emma were the best team of 2 with 54%

Quiz Questions from Sunday 3rd February


Current Affairs
Which musician released his first single for 10 years in January on his 66th birthday?
Which actor is currently in a film playing a character known as 24601?
What were the circumstances under which Paul Scholes had his car stolen last week?
How many of these countries have borders with Mali - Algeria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Malawi?
What radio station does Nick Clegg do a weekly phone-in on?
By how much (to nearest 0.1%) did the UK economy contract in the last 3 months of 2012?
Which two teams knocked Aston Villa out of two cup competitions in the space of a week?
A library in Sydney was in the news as it reclassified Lance Armstrong's autobiography as fiction last month: True or False?
What do the letters HMV stand for?
Why did around 25,000 people march in south-east London on 26th January?

Picture Round
The theme (to tie in with Valentine's Day) was movie couples.  Teams had to identify the films, including Bridget Jones, Casablanca and Brassed Off.

Music Round
Sticking with the 'love' theme all songs had the word love in the title, including a run of three different songs called The Power of Love

Adaptations
Who wrote the book that Les Miserables is adapted from?
Which musical is an adaptation of the Shakespeare play The Taming of the Shrew?
What play was the musical My Fair Lady adapted from?
Which action film from 2012 was adapted from a board game?
Who wrote the poems that were adapted into the musical Cats?

6 Nations
Who are the reigning Six Nations Champions?
Which three countries won their opening matches of the tournament this weekend?
In which month does the final round of matches of the tournament take place?
Who holds the Six Nations records for Most Points in a Match and Most in a single Tournament?
Which two Six Nations countries cannot win the Triple Crown?

General Knowledge
Who recorded the jazz album A Love Supreme
What is the first name of boy who owns Woody in the Toy Story films?
What were the 3 largest cities in the UK in 1801? (London + 2 more)
On what morning is Time Out given away outside tube stations?
Who’s taller – Prince Harry, Harry Styles, or Harry Enfield?
At which London sporting venue was the first F.A. Cup Final played, back in 1872?
In which city would you find the UN headquarters?
What links the Effra, Fleet, Westbourne and Tyburn, among others?
To the nearest whole billion $, what was the total money spent on the2012 US Presidential campaign (by both sides)?
Which two Premier League clubs have the lowest % of English speakers (as first language) in their first team squads?

Monday, January 07, 2013

Next Quiz - Sunday 3rd February

Kick off at 8pm

£2 per person to enter, max 5 to a team

Lots of prizes!

The Landor is on Landor Road, where it meets Willington Road, two minutes walk from Clapham North tube station (Northern Line)


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Please join our new Facebook page here.  Facebook deleted the old group, but they've now re-instated it, but with none of the original members.  If you play the quiz, please join, so that we can invite you to events.

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The quiz is a no smartphone zone. It just spoils it for everyone. If you see someone on another team using their iPhone (other smartphones are available) then take a picture of them with your phone. If we all work together we can beat this!

& the winners were...

Bringing Up The Rear with 75%, followed by Old Hamtonwellians with 67% and I've Just Quizzed In My Pants with 60%.

Les were the best team of 3 (there were no teams of 2) with 59%

I think this shows that the questions were too hard - we aim to get an average score of about 60% - so it'll be easier next time.

Quiz Questions for Sunday 6th January 2013


Current Affairs
Which TV show has just been honoured with a set of stamps to celebrate its 50th birthday?
Which company bought zipcar (Streetcar) earlier this week?
Why has Gerard Depardieu renounced French citizenship?
Who did GQ vote best & worst dressed out of Dan Stevens, Ed Sheeran, Tinie Tempah, Nick Grimshaw?
What is the nationality of Chelsea striker Demba Ba?
Which country opened the World's longest high-speed rail route at the end of last year?
Name the creator of Thunderbirds, who died in December.
With what event was Norman Schwarzkopf, who died in Dec, most famously associated?
Which Danish TV drama series comes to UK screens this weekend?
What made it's first journey, to be commemorated next week, on 10 January 1863?

Picture Round
The theme was newspaper front pages (all taken fromthe Daily Mail).  Teams had to name the year.

Music Round
In an unpopular move (although it's something we've done every year) we played clips from 10 singles from the previous year. Teams had to name the song and artist from a selection including One Direction, Psy, Carly Rae Jepsen, and Dappy.  It wasn't popular with some of the older players, but one team got 19/20 and one got 18/20.

2012
Which seaside town saw the UK's biggest % growth in house prices in 2012?
2012 was officially the UK's second-wettest year on record.  What remains the wettest year: 2000, 2007 or 2008?
What word was invented to describe Mitt Romney's error-prone trip to the UK and Europe?
At what destination did Curiosity arrive on 6 August last year?
The 'Fifty Shades' trilogy took the three top spots in the 2012 bestselling books chart: T / F?

Coming Attractions
Which action film franchise will get its 5th film this February?
How many of these sporting events will take place in 2013 - Ashes (Eng) Ashes (Aus) Lions Tour
In which country will the final of the Europa League take place?
Which rapper’s new album (released in Feb) is called Street King Immortal?
Which British comedian has written a kids book called Gangsta Granny, out in March?

General Knowledge
Which American singer was born Elizabeth Grant in 1986?
Which comedian stars in the new ‘Compare The Market’ TV ad?
Which animal has the longest life expectancy – a deer, a kangaroo, or a tiger?
Which city is known as the city of angels?
In the film Transformers, what car does Bumblebee transform into?
With which locally-based religious grouping was William Wilberforce associated?
Which organisation was previously based at Lancaster Gate and then Soho Square, before moving to their current home in London's north-western suburbs?
Having previously been reinvented by Sebastian Faulks and Jeffrey Deaver, which character will form the basis of a William Boyd novel in 2013?
Which group was first the first to evolve out of amphibians, crustaceans, or insects?
Why was Sandy Island in the news in 2012?