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Sorry if this topic has appeared numerous times before, but I've been seconded with the task with organising an office quiz to be held in a few weeks time...problem is I need questions fast (answers would be good, too). I think I've got the picture rounds sorted out but still have Sport, General Knowledge, Food and Drink, Music, TV & Film and 'In The Media' to finish up.


Any help gratefully received...especially on the Food & Drink front!


Cheers folks!


J

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Media


Which experienced press controller found himself the story of the year when revelations surface about an unsavoury telephone habit? Andy Coulson


Which 'Clueless' actress was found dead in her bathroom from pneumonia, anaemia and multiple drug intoxication - without a narcotic in sight? Brittany Murphy


Which congenial film star couldn't believe their luck when they were snogged by Scarlett Johansson to make up for their errant partner? Sandra Bullock


Which female popstar who found heaven on earth in the 80's unsealed her lips to reveal how she kicked a 30 year cocaine habit? Belinda Carlisle


Which TV star died of a Diff'rent kind of Stroke in May this year at the age of 42? Gary Coleman


Erm... that's all for now! :)

You'll need to talk to the wife about that.


General Knowledge - Which domestic weed, the scourge of many a perfect lawn, has been discovered to be world beating source of natural latex? The Dandelion.


General Knowledge - To the nearest 20 pence, what does BoJo's GLA Economics team claim is the minimum hourly rate 'living wage' in London? ?7.85


That's more my style :)

General Knowledge - With hindsight, which Chief Executive can think of 37 billion reasons why he doesn't just want his life back? Tony Hayward of BP


General Knowledge - What unavoidable disaster cost Kenya flower growers over $12m in four days? The Iceland Volcano


General Knowledge - Which company caused an international political scandal after admitting its emails had been hacked? Google vs. China


General Knowledge - The threatened burning of which book caused US Defense Secretary Robert Gates to 'phone a friend'? The Koran, and Florida Nutcase Pastor Terry Jones

General Knowledge - Which public transport system suffered an unwelcome visit from Dzhanet Abdullayeva and Maryam Sharipova? Moscow Metro (suicide bombings)


General Knowledge - Which shopping 'mecca' had to borrow $10bn from its neighbours to tide it over the bad times? Dubai

Here's the list so far:


TV & Film

1. What was the name of Eddie Murphy?s character in the Beverley Hills Cop film series?

2. Actor Tony Curtis died recently aged 85. How many times did he marry?

3. Which Hollywood actor?s real surname is Mapother IV?

4. Name a previous winner of The Apprentice.

5. Doctor Who returned to television in 2005 after an absence of 9 years. Who was first cast as the doctor

in the remake?

6. Who topped Julia Roberts and Nicole Kidman in 2003 to become the world?s highest paid actress?

7. Name the Army Major convicted of deception after ?winning? the million pound jackpot on a 2001 episode of

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire

8. Which 70?s cult US TV series proclaimed ?Gentlemen we can rebuild him. We have the technology??

9. In which 2 films did Timothy Dalton play James Bond?

10. Name the blue Tellytubby.


Sport

1. Which is the only English league football club to have a pub at each corner of their ground?

2. Which current Formula One racing driver holds the title of the most experienced driver in the history of

the sport?

3. How many gold medals did England win at this year?s Commonwealth Games? (3 either side)

4. Only two players have ever won the FIFA World Player of the Year award three times - name one.

5. Which sport is played with a Sliotar?

6. Before Tiger Woods, who was the last golf professional to win at least five tournaments in a row?

7. Who was the first English rugby player to play in 50 internationals?

8.


General Knowledge

1. Which country?s flag has only one colour?

2. In which year was the ?1 note abolished?

3. What is 85% of 1660?

4. Name the biggest airline in the world by fleet size?

5. What life-saving device is Swede Nils Bohlin credited with inventing?

6. What is Acetaminophen more commonly known as?

7. Which is the only Scandinavian country to not be a member of the European Union?

8. Which is London?s most frequently stolen street sign?

9. Spell the word MAINTENANCE

10. The scaphoid bone is found in which part of the body?


Food & Drink

1. In terms of wine bottles, which is biggest? Magnum, Balthazar, Salmanazar or Methuselah?

2. TV Chef Rick Stein is known for recipes containing mainly what?

3. Which city is home to Colmans Mustard?

4. How many teaspoons in a tablespoon?

5. Chang beer in brewed in which country?

6. Which MP famously lashed out after having an egg thrown at him on the 2001 campaign trail?

7. What flavour does the vegetable Fennel most resemble?

8. Which celebrity chef took on the challenge of revamping the Little Chef chain in 2009?

9. What is the UK drink drive limit - 25mg, 30mg or 35mg per 100ml of breath?


Will add some of the above right now.


Cheers for all your help!

"I wonder how they knew that? Phoned home from mid Atlantic to check? Rang the speaking clock?"


Not quite, they mainly just looked for anything they recognised on the horizon.


The earth rotates at a regular rate, so if you know what time it is according to GMT when you are at noon locally (i.e. the sun's highest point) then you know your longitude.


Since latitude can be calculated according to the elevation of the sun or stars, a good timekeeper gave you a good fix.


If you keep sailing to the same place, but your timekeeper tells you you're in a different place, then the timekeeper isn't reliable. QED.


'Twas the H4 Chronometer that gave us the British Navy, and the Navy that gave us the Empire.

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