Week 6 - Picture Round - SitComs
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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
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
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. | | 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 |
Week 6 - The Link Round
1. What is the name of the space probe that successfully landed on Mars in May 2008?
2. What was adopted as the insignia of airborne British Army troop regiments in 1941?
3. Who lured sailors onto the rocks with enchanting music and beautiful voices?
4. Who had a friend named Jackie Piper and lived in the
5. What beautiful creature is found on the Starbucks coffee shop logo?
6. According Warren Zevon where were the werewolves?
7. A
8. What is protected by this law?
9. Buffy was a slayer – what was angel?
10. Which snake haired Gorgon could turn you to stone?
11. The Sphinx that guarded the entrance to
‘Which creature in the morning goes on four feet, at noon on two, and in the evening upon three?’ - What is the answer?
Week 6 - Drinks Round
Translate the Cockney Rhyming Slang
- I’ll need a tit for tat to keep my loaf of bread warm.
- I’ve no bread and honey in my sky rocket.
- The tin lids need some new Claire Rayners.
- The jam jar’s broke so I had to grab a sherbet dab.
- If I don’t find a Bunsen burner soon I’ll have to go on the Rock ‘n’ Roll.
- Well would you Adam an’ Eve it? – It’s all gone Pete Tong.
- The trouble and strife was after a new Linda Lusardi.
- A Nelson Mandela for me and a Winona Ryder for me mate, please.
- I had to use a Gregory Peck to get a new whistle and flute.
- A mix and muddle can sometimes lead to a bit of Posh ‘n’ Becks.
- Take a butcher’s hook at my new rhythm and blues.
- He got caught by the Sweeny Todd and ended up in front of Barnaby Rudge.
- I was just trying to be Tom and Jerry but I got elephant’s trunk instead.
- He had so much giggle and titter he had to Wallace and Gromit.
- Every time I go to Sooty and Sweep I have a Lionel Blair.
- You’ll need a weasel and stoat – it’s gone a bit George and Zippy.
- I had a bubble bath at the Russell Harty last night.
- There’s a Dame Judy Dench in here, something’s gone Dot Cotton.
- She went radio rental and pulled the Billie Pipers off my car.
- She bought herself some Tom Foolery off the Custard and Jelly.
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