Thursday 5 June 2008

Week 6 - Categories

Round 1 Art & Literature

1. Which novel by Jack Kerouac features the characters of Sal Paradise and Dean Moriarty?

2. Which poem by Lewis Carroll introduced the words ‘chortled’ and ‘galumphed’ into the English language?

3. Where would you find six Napoleons, a speckled band, a study in scarlet and a sign of four?

4. Who wrote ‘The old man of Lochnagar’?

5. Which French artist, born in 1834 was best known for his paintings of ballet dancers?


Round 2 Sport

1. In which sport did ‘Beefy’ and ‘Lamb’ compete?

2. The 1981 Grand National Winner had recovered from a broken leg, the jockey had recovered from cancer. Name the horse and rider

3. In which sport do you have a ‘wide receiver’?

4. Which two boxers were involved in the ‘Rumble in the Jungle’ world title fight in 1974?

5. What sport would you be watching if you attended a basho?


Round 3 Archaeology

1. Which Chinese artefacts numbering nearly 10,000 were described by the British Museum as ‘the greatest archaeological find of the 20th century’?

2. In which popular archaeology programme does Tony Robinson have a cunning plan to excavate and identify against the clock?

3. Which world heritage site stretches from Solway Firth to Wallsend?

4. Whose tomb did Howard Carter discover in a 1922 expedition organised by Lord Caernarfon?

5. In what country is the Anatolian settlement of Catal Huyuk - an example of advanced Stone Age culture dating from 7500 BCE?


Round 4 Match the actresses to the correct Bond Girl & Movie

1.

Britt Ekland

Honey Rider

Die Another Day

2.

Diana Rigg

‘Jinx’ Johnson

Dr. No

3.

Halle Berry

Mary Goodnight

Goldfinger

4.

Honor Blackman

Pussy Galore

Man with the Golden Gun

5.

Ursula Andress

Teresa di Vicenzo

On Her Majesty’s Secret Service

1 comments:

snorrisson said...

ROUND 1 ART & LITERATURE
1. ‘On The Road’
2. TheJaberwocky
3. Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
4. Prince Charles
5. Edward Degas

ROUND 3 ARCHAEOLOGY
1. The terracotta army
2. Time Team
3. Hadrian’s Wall
4. Tutankhamen
5. Turkey

ROUND 2 SPORT
1. Cricket
2. Aldaniti and Bob Champion
3. American Football
4. Muhammad Ali and George Foreman
5. Sumo Wrestling

ROUND 4 MATCH THE ACTRESSES TO THE BOND GIRL & MOVIE
Britt Ekland - Mary Goodnight - Man with the Golden Gun
Diana Rigg - Teresa di Vicenzo - On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
Halle Berry - 'Jinx' Johnson - Die Another Day
Honor Blackman - Pussy Galore - Goldfinger
Ursula Andress - Honey Rider - Dr. No