Wrexham Quiz League Questions 8th October 2013 - League Week 1 
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Questions set by Pete Roberts
Round 1
1
Which five letter word links the surname of an England cricketer who lived from 1922 to 1986 and a British airline entrepreneur who lived from 1922 to 2006 ? LAKER
2
Which six letter word links the nickname of a now obsolete British coin and the surname of a tennis player who lost to Bjorn Borg in a men’s singles final at Wimbledon ? TANNER
3
Who was President Of The USA at the time of the Wall Street Crash ?
Herbert HOOVER
4
Which famous novel, published in 1719 does the title character describe his home as "The Island Of Despair" ? ROBINSON
CRUSOE
5
Specifically, where on the human body is the Axilla ?
ARMPIT
6
Which famous heavenly body shares it’s name with the second Astronomer Royal who held the position from 1720 to 1742 ?
HALLEY'S COMET
7
Which small island, situated in the middle of the South Atlantic was named after the day it was discovered in 1503 by Portuguese navigator Afonso De Albuquerque ? ASCENSION
8
Which famous film actor, singer, music composer and author provided the voice of Shere Khan the tiger in the 1967 Disney animated film The Jungle Book ?
GEORGE SANDERS
9
Which North American State has the nickname The Peach State ?
GEORGIA
10
What is the first Christian name of ex British Prime Minister Gordon
Brown ?
JAMES
Round 2
11
Moses, Muriel, Mollie, Benjamin, Mr Whymper, Squealer and Minimus are all characters that appear in which famous novel of 1945 ?
ANIMAL FARM
12
In  which  part of  the human  body can you find  the Malleus or Hammer bone ?
THE EAR
13
What was the first Christian name of ex British Prime Minister James Callaghan ?
LEONARD
14
Who was President Of The USA during the time of the British National Strike ?
Calvin COOLIDGE
15
Having a radius of 586 kilometres, what is the name of the largest satellite of the dwarf planet Pluto ?
CHARON
16
Which island, situated in the Canadian territory of Nanavut was discovered by Europeans in 1576 and is named after an English navigator who died in 1622 ? BAFFIN ISLAND
17
Which ex Carry On star provided the voice of Mallymkun The Dormouse in the 2010 computer animated Disney film Alice In Wonderland ?
BARBARBA
WINDSOR
18
Which North American State has the nickname The Badger State ?
WISCONSIN
19
Which astronaut, part of the Apollo 12 mission on November 19th 1969 became the 4th person to walk on the moon after Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Pete Conrad ?
Alan BEAN
20
Which astronaut, part of the Apollo 17 mission on December 11th 1972 became the last of two men to walk on the moon along with fellow astronaut Harrison Schmitt ? Eugene CERNAN
Round 3
21
Which London theatre has the same name as a silvery, white metal with the atomic number 46 ? PALLADIUM
22
What was the name of the African, American civil rights activist dubbed ‘ The first lady of civil rights ‘ who on December 1st 1955 refused to obey bus driver James Blake’s order that she gave up her seat in the coloured section of the bus to a white passenger because the white section was full ?
ROSA PARKS
23
Which English football club used to play their home matches at The Old Show Ground until moving to their current stadium in 1988 ?
SCUNTHORPE
UNITED
24
Which chemical element, a strong, light metal with the atomic number 22 takes it’s name from the Greek for "First Sons On Earth" ?
TITANIUM
25
What was the two word name of the Jordanian citizen, who, on June 5th 1968 shot and  eventually killed Senator Robert F Kennedy ?
SIRHAN SIRHAN
26
Which English football club used to play their home matches at Fellows Park until moving to their current stadium in 1990 ? WALSALL
27
Standing at 1,309 metres in height, which is Scotland’s second highest mountain after Ben Nevis, it is the highest mountain in the Cairngorms ? BEN MCDUI
28
23 out of the first 24 highest peaks in England lie in the Lake District with Scafell Pike being the highest. Which is the peak that does not lie in the Lake District, it is the 11th highest in England at 893 metres in height and is situated in the North Pennines ? CROSS FELL
29
Which plant or vegetable is sometimes called Ladies Fingers ?
OKRA
30
Sometimes called a Loganberry when first Patented by David L Jennings of Dundee  in 1979 what  name is given to a fruit that is a cross between a blackberry and a red raspberry, it takes it’s name from a well known British river ? TAYBERRY
Round 4
31
What is the name of the all female Russian punk band that in 2012 were jailed for two Years for staging an anti Vladimir Putin protest in a Moscow Cathedral    ?
PUSSY RIOT
32
An incident that occurred on November 19th 2002, in which European capital city did Pop star Michael Jackson create huge controversy when he dangled a baby from the fifth Floor of a hotel bedroom window ?
BERLIN
33
What is the surname of the four children in the Children’s book The Lion The Witch And The Wardrobe by C S Lewis ?
PEVENSIE
34
Which Gilbert And Sullivan opera set in Asia featured the famous saying "Let the punishment fit the crime" ? THE MIKADO
35
In which children’s comic did the character "Roy Of The Rovers" first appear in September 1954 ?
THE TIGER
36
Elected on October 14th 2011, what is the name of the current Secretary of state for defence ?
Phillip HAMMOND
37
Apart from it’s original presenter Roy Plomly, who has been the only regular male presenter of the radio show Desert Island Discs, doing so from 1985 to 1988  ?
MICHAEL
PARKINSON
38
Introduced in 2006, What two word term was given to the optical disc storing medium, designed to be the successor to DVD, offering a much larger capacity and picture quality ?
BLURAY
39
Which Asian country’s flag consists of a single yellow star on a red background ?
VIETNAM
40
Ex US President George H W Bush was born in 1924, the same year as which other still living ex US President ?
JIMMY CARTER
Round 5
41
Elected on September 4th 2012, who is the current Leader of the House Of Commons ?
Andrew LANSLEY
42
Apart from it’s current presenter  Kirsty Young, who has been the only regular female presenter of the radio show Desert Island Discs, doing so from 1988 to 2006 ?
SUE LAWLEY
43
Which Gilbert And Sullivan opera that was introduced in 1889 opens to 24 Venetian  young maidens binding white and red roses in posies to give to Marco and Giuseppe Palmeiri two persons that they all love ?
THE
GONDOLIERS
44
Which Asian country’s flag consists of a large red disc on a green background ?
BANGLADESH
45
Ex US President Gerald Ford was born in 1913, the same year as which other ex US president, now deceased ?
RIXHARD NIXON
46
In which children’s comic did the character Dan Dare first appear in September 1954 ?
THE EAGLE
47
Introduced in 2007 what six letter name is given to the device described as being an  e – book reader or a software and hardware platform designed by Amazon for the rendering of e – books and other digital media., they are often able to download over 1,000 books ?
KINDLE
48
Excluding the baby twins John and Barbara, name either of the Christian names of the Two children that Mary Poppins was sent to look after in the 1934 book by PL Travers Their names being the same in the 1964 film ?
JANE or
MICHAEL
49
Which county won the Cricket County Championship on six occasions during the 1960’s Including three consecutive titles in 1966, 1967 and
1968 ?
YORKSHIRE
50
Which county won the Cricket County Championship seven years in succession between 1952 and 1958 ?
SURREY
Round 6
51
Clara Petacci, who lived from 1912 – 1945 was the mistress of which famous politician who lived from 1883 – 1945 ?
Benito
MUSSOLINI
52
Released in 1973, Rod Stewart provided the lead vocals for which three word named Australian rock band for a 1972 top ten single entitled ‘ In A Broken Dream ‘ ?
PYTHIN LEE
JACKSON
53
The Brenner Pass connects Italy with which other country ?
AUSTRIA
54
Which famous historical figure who lived from 1595 to 1617 was famously linked to English captain John Smith who arrived in her country with more than 100 settlers in April 1607 ?
POCOHONTAS
55
In 1971, the pop band Sakkarin under the production of Jonathan King reached number Twelve in the British pop charts with which record that had been a number one hit two Years earlier ?
SUGAR, SUGAR
56
Which famous novel, published in 1939 features the main family who are named Joad, a poor family of tenant farmers during the Great Depression ?
THE GRAPES OF
WRATH
57
Which famous novel, published in 1922 is the main character and protagonist named Leopold Bloom and follows his encounters in Dublin ? ULYSSES
58
What is the name of the Bridge in Southern France that opened in 2004, crossing the River Tarn in the Massif Central Mountains and with a height of 984 feet, it is the world’s highest Road bridge ? THE MILLAU
59
Which renowned public school is situated in Godalming in Surrey ?
CHARTERHOUSE
60
Which renowned independent school is situated in Elgin in Moray ?
GORDONSTOUN
SPARE QUESTIONS
1
Which Austrian far right leader was killed in a car crash in October 2008 ?
Jorg HAIDER
2
The song ‘ Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas comes from which musical ?
MEET ME IN
ST LOUIS
3
Which was the first English football club that Liverpool legend Bill Shankly managed ?
CARLISLE
UNITED
4
Which actor played the role of Milton Arbogast, the detective who is killed on the stairs in the Hitchcock thriller Psycho ?
MARTIN BALSAM