Week 2 - Categories
Sport
1. Which team has recently created an unfortunate record of quickest relegation from Barclays Premier League? How many games have they won this season?
2. After serving his ban for drug taking, sprinter Dwain Chambers has chosen a new career in which sport? - and which team has he signed for?
3. Rebecca Romero recently claimed gold at the World Track Cycling Championships in
4. Name the horse and jockey that won the 2008 Grand National last Saturday.
TV
1. Which two iconic characters have returned to Eastenders for the first time in five years?
2. In what police station is The Bill set?
3. On which two families did the original series of ‘Neighbours’ focus?
4. ‘Dr. Teeth and The Electric Mayhem’ were the house band for show?
Food and drink
1. Which two drinks are used to make a ‘Black Velvet’?
2. According to the rhyme, Jack Sprat would eat no fat – what would his wife not eat?
3. Which food, not rationed during World War II was later rationed after it?
4. If you were eating escargots in a French restaurant what would you be eating?
Local Interest
1. What is the name of the local author who won the Wales Book of the Year 2007? - and what is the name of his latest book?
2. Who is reputed to have built Dolbadarn castle and near which town can it be found?
3. Who is the
4. Prompted by an e-mail from a friend,
Music
1. What word links Coldplay, Ringo Starr, Tony Orlando, Donovan and Elton John?
2. Who stands up when she plays the piano?
3. Which Verdi opera features the song ‘La donna รจ mobile’?
4. What do the bands Deacon Blue, The Kooks, The Sisters of Mercy, Judas Priest, The Rolling Stones and Shakespears Sister have in common?
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Sport
1. Derby County, One
2. Rugby Super League, Castleford
3. Rowing, Quadruple skulls
4. Comply Or Die, Timmy Murphy
TV
1. Ricky (Sid Owen) and Bianca (Patsy Palmer)
2. Sunhill
3. Ramseys and Robinsons
4. The Muppet Show.
Food and drink
1. Guinness and Champagne
2. Lean
3. Bread
4. Snails
Local Interest
1. Lloyd Jones Mr Cassini (also wrote Mr Vogel)
2. Llanberis. Llewelyn the Great
3. (Aimee) Duffy
4. New coins for the Royal Mint
Music
1. Coldplay – Yellow, Ringo Starr – Yellow Submarine, Tony Orlando – Tie a Yellow Ribbon,
Donovan – Mellow Yellow, Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
2. Pearl/Elkie Brooks (She wanted to be Betty Grable)
3. La Traviata (The Woman Who Strayed)
4. They are all named after other peoples songs
Deacon Blue, after Steely Dan's "Deacon Blues" on their album Aja
Kooks, after David Bowie's "Kooks" from his album Hunky Dory
The Sisters of Mercy, after Leonard Cohen's "Sisters of Mercy"
Judas Priest, after Bob Dylan's "The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest"
The Rolling Stones, after Muddy Waters' "Rolling Stone"
Shakespears Sister, after The Smiths' "Shakespeare's Sister"
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