250 New Questions for 2008 Round Britain 1. In which city are the UK Fireworks Championships held? A. Plymouth 2. Fistral Beach famed for its surfing is to be found in which town? A. Newquay 3. What is the name of Britain’s most recently built castle? A. Castle Drogo 4. Europe’s largest artificial surf reef is in which town? A. Bournemouth 5. The top three participatory sporting events in the UK are The London Marathon, The Great North Run, The Great South Run, but what is the fourth largest event? A. The Round the Island Yacht Race 6. At which seaside resort is the Birdman Championships held? A. Bognor Regis 7. In which county is England’s only Curling Rink, Fenton’s Rink? A. Kent 8. The folk group Fiddlers Dram had a Top Three hit in 1980 with Day Trip to Bangor, but from which county do they come? A. Kent 9. In which town would you find the Shell Grotto? A. Margate 10. In which town will you find the tourist attraction Dickens World? A. Chatham 11. Which famous tunnel was opened in 1897? A. The Blackwall Tunnel 12. On which isle were the World Walking the Plank Championships held in 2007? A. Sheppey 13. In which city would you find the Meltdown Festival? A. London 14. Who was its Curator in 2007? A. Jarvis Cocker 15. Which famous building has the oldest oak door in England? A. Westminster Abbey 16. Which football club connects Sir Geoff Hurst and Graham Gooch? A. West Ham 17. In which stadium was the first Greyhound Derby run in 1927? A. White City 18. Mr Chicken was the original owner of which famous London address? A. 10 Downing Street 19. No.10, No.11 and No.12 Downing Street are inhabited by whom? A. Prime Minister, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Chief Whip 20. Who recently moved house to Connaught Square? A. Tony Blair 21. What is the Millennium Dome building now known as? A. O2 Arena 22. The highest placed home golfer in the British Open wins a cup named after this part of London, what is it? A. Tooting Bec Cup 23. White Van Man is often associated with Essex, but what percentage of vans are white? A. 95% 24. What is the name of England’s largest inhabited castle? A. Windsor 25. Which is the oldest football team in the Premiership? A. Reading 26. Which speedway team’s supporters are known as South Mead Massive? A. Reading Racers 27. First banana verified as grown in British back garden, was in which town? A. Reading 28. What was the former name of Broad Street in Oxford? A. Horsemonger Street 29. The iconic 1970s Athena poster of the young girl tennis player scratching her bottom was photographed on which tennis courts? A. Birmingham 30. Which football team are nicknamed the “Brewers”? A. Burton Albion 31. Which Football team are nicknamed the “Silkmen”? A. Macclesfield 32. Which city was known as the second city of Empire? A. Liverpool 33. At which football club would you be served a big boy pie? A. Everton 34. What is unusual about the Signal Box Inn, Cleethorpes? A. The smallest pub in the U.K. 35. Which is the nearest town or city to Robin Hood Doncaster Sheffield Airport? A. Doncaster 36. What is the name of the poet known as the Bard of Barnsley? A. Ian McMillan 37. Stanley Race opened the first bottle bank on June 6th 1977 in which town? A. Barnsley 38. Where is Kit Kat Crescent? A. York 39. Who is the current Duke of Lancaster better known as? A. The Queen 40. Phil Mustard and Graham Onions play cricket for which county team? A. Durham 41. What is the name of the Roman wall to the north of Hadrian’s Wall? A. Antonine 42. The 100 year old Titan crane is located in the John Brown Shipyard in which town? A. Clydebank 43. In which Abbey would you find the tomb of Robert the Bruce? A. Dunfermline 44. What was Operation Deep Scan looking for in 1987? A. The Loch Ness Monster 45. What is the national bird of Scotland? A. Golden Eagle 46. What is the “Granite City” better known as? A. Aberdeen 47. What is the name of the Welsh Star who had a Number 1 U.K. Album in 1975 “We All Had Doctors’ Papers”. A. Max Boyce 48. On the beach of which seaside resort did the Wright Brothers demonstrate their flying machine in 1907? A. Rhyl Entertainment 49. Which television show has featured Michael Parkinson, Russell Crowe, Julian Clary, Derek Nimmo, Sinitta, Shane Warne and Neil Morrissey? A. Neighbours 50. Lucy, Ria and Martin were the members of which chart-topping pop group? A. The Fast Food Rockers 51. Which British movie star first discovered the white spots on the surface of Saturn? A. Will Hay 52. Which pop group is the odd one out? a. Slik, b. Rich Kids, c. Ultravox, d. The Faders. A. (d) Midge Ure was in the others, his daughter is in The Faders 53. What was the name of the famous singer nicknamed the “Groovy Galahad”? A. Frank Sinatra 54. Pocoyo’s friends are an elephant, a duck, a dog and a bird, what are their names? A. Ellie, Pato, Beulah and Sleepy Bird 55. Which Music Video has received the most awards? A. Sledgehammer, Peter Gabriel 56. Who animated it? A. Nick Park 57. Which British Playwright has won for Tony Awards on Broadway in 1968, 1976, 1984 and 2007? A. Tom Stoppard 58. What style of music originated in Lauderdale Courts, Memphis? A. Rock-a-Billy 59. The children’s book character Milly Molly Mandy had a full name, what was it? A. Millicent Margaret Amanda 60. What film was chosen for the first Royal Film Premiere? A. A Matter of Life and Death, starring David Niven 61. Kit Hesketh-Harvey and Richard Sisson comprise the sardonic stage act known as what? A. Kit and the Widow 62. What is the name of the opera based on a subversive political play by Beaumarchais? A. The Marriage of Figaro, by Mozart 63. What is the name of the comedian who has the catchphrase: I don’t think so! A. Gina Yashere 64. Alex North and Hy Zaret wrote famous song for 1955 film Unchained? A. Unchained Melody 65. The O’Jays hit song Love Train visited 5 countries and continent, can you name them? A. England, Russia, China, Egypt, Israel, Africa 66. What was Jerome K. Jerome's surname? A. Klapp 67. What is the title of his sequel to Three Men in a Boat? A. Three Men on a Bummel 68. What are the Christian names of the Cheeky Girls? A. Gabriela and Monica 69. Both Ronan Keating and Timmy Mallett had number 1 hits in conjunction with this famous songwriter, but what is his name? A. Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber 70. Which fictional detective lived in Whitehaven Mansions? A. Hercule Poirot 71. The Jacksons 1979 Top Ten hit Blame it on the Boogie was written by which British singer/songwriter? A. Mick Jackson Name the backing groups 72. Iggy Pop and the...? A. The Stooges 73. Bruce Springsteen and the...? A. The E Street Band 74. Eddie and the...? A. Hotrods 75. Bob Seger and the...? A. Silver Bullet Band 76. Elvis Presley and the...? A. Jordanaires 77. Dave Dee...? A. Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Titch 78. Randy Crawford and the...? A. Crusaders 79. Lou Reed and the...? A. Velvet Underground 80. Hootie and the...? A. Blowfish 81. Alvin and the...? A. Chipmunks 82. Reverend and the...? A. Makers 83. Manuel and his...? A. Music of the Mountains 84. Jonathan Richman and the...? A. Modern Lovers Better Known As 85. Calendula? A. Marigold 86. Narcissus? A. Daffodil 87. Dianthus? A. Carnation What is the chemical symbol for... 88. Copper? A. Cu 89. Chromium? A. Cr 90. Cobalt? A. Co More Entertainment 91. DJ Cristiano Spiller is recognised as being the tallest DJ in the world and joined forces with Sophie Ellis-Bextor to record the Number One hit Groovejet which famously kept Victoria Beckman’s single off the top so ensuring that she is the only member of the Spice Girls not to achieve a chart-topper outside of the group. How tall is Spiller in feet and inches? A. 6ft 9in 92. By what name was the Welsh heartthrob David Davies better known? A. Ivor Novello 93. Which record did not sell a million copies in the U.K.? Bob the Builder by Bob the Builder, Dancing Queen by Abba, Saturday Night by Whigfield. A. Dancing Queen 94. What connects the recording of Hey Jude and Bohemian Rhapsody? A. The same piano was used, first Paul McCartney, then Freddie Mercury 95. What was the name of the Hart’s dogs in TV series Hart to Hart? A. Freeway, then later Squirt 96. What girls’ names did Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon adopt in Some Like It Hot? A. Daphne and Josephine 97. This multi-million selling group were originally called The Spectres, then changed their name to Traffic Jam, but by what name did they finally find chart success? A. Status Quo 98. This movie has spawned five sequels, won 3 Oscars, took 28 days to film at a cost of $1.2m, grossed $120m, and had a number one hit from its third incarnation. A. Rocky Sport 99. Where would you find a dampener? A. On a tennis racquet 100. What age was Alexis Thompson when she teed off in the US Women’s Open golf in June 2007? A. Twelve 101. Whose record of most Grand Slam tennis titles did Pete Sampras beat? A. Roy Emerson of Australia 102. What are the names of the two show courts in Melbourne used for the Australian Open? A. Rod Laver Arena and Margaret Court 103. The US Open was long held at Forest Hills, but where is it now held? A. Flushing Meadows 104. What are the names of the three show courts at the US Open? A. Arthur Ashe, Louis Armstrong, and Grandstand 105. What is the postal code area of Wimbledon? A. SW19 106. What score is known as a treble bagel? A. 6-0,6-0,6-0 Sporting Nicknames 107. Snooker James ( Thai-phoon ) Wattana 108. Cricketer Steve ( Tugger ) Waugh 109 Cricketer Mark ( Aghanistan ) Waugh 110. Golfer Paul ( Slippery ) Eales 111. Cricketer Graeme ( Foxy ) Fowler 112. Darts Phil ( The Power or Crafty Potter ) Taylor 113. Football Emlyn ( Crazy Horse ) Hughes 114. Snooker Steve ( The Nugget or Interesting ) Davis 115. Golfer Retief ( The Goose ) Goosen 116. Darts Alan ( Ice-man ) Warriner Little 117. Cricketer Ian ( Beefy or Both ) Botham 118. Football Paul ( The Guv'nor) Ince 119. Golfer Ernie ( The Big Easy ) Els 120. Football Ron ( Chopper ) Harris 121. Tennis Mark ( The Scud ) Philippoussis 122. Boxing Thomas ( The Hitman ) Hearns 123. Boxing Ricky ( Hitman ) Hatton 124. Jockey Lester ( The Long Fellow ) Piggott 125. Snooker Ronnie ( Rocket ) O’Sullivan 126. Darts Kevin ( The Artist ) Painter 127. Tennis Rod ( Rocket ) Laver 128. Jockey Niall ( Slippers ) Madden 129. Jockey Robert ( Chocolate ) Thornton 130. Cricketer Denis ( Brylcreem ) Compton 131. Darts Colin ( Jaws ) Lloyd General Knowledge 132. To the nearest 500 how many English words have two or more meanings? A. 2500 133. To the nearest 5%, what percentage of vans are white? A. 95% 134. Helminthophobia is the fear of what? A. Worms 135. Which month has the most birthdays? A. August 136. Why did Winston Churchill never occupy a hotel room above the first floor? A. He suffered from The Black Dog (suicidal depression) 137. Which contains the most calories, Curry & Chips or Fish & Chips? A. Curry & Chips 138. What do the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse represent? A. Famine, Death, War, and Conquest 139. What are the names of the rivers christened as the Four Great Rivers of the World? A. Danube, Nile, Ganges, Plate 140. Gephyrophobia is the fear of what? A. Crossing Bridges 141. What is the cheapest colour on Monopoly board? A. Brown 142. Are there more mandarin ducks in the UK or China? A. U.K. 143. Which Bookmaker is known as the “Magic Sign”? A. Ladbrokes 144. At the last count in 2007, how many professional Elvis Presley impersonators were there estimated to be in the world? A. 85,000 145. Which sport has the highest suicide rate amongst its participants? A. Cricket 146. With a top speed of 68mph what is the fastest fish? A. Swordfish 147. When is a horse’s birthday? A. January 1st 148. Which dog is famously quoted as saying that: “It doesn’t matter if you win or lose... until you lose"? A. Snoopy 149. On Sept 3rd 2007, Moira Cameron began work as the first female to do this job. A. Beefeater at the Tower of London 150. Keen’s Seedling was named after Michael Keen in 1806, and was the first edible cultivated example of which popular fruit? A. Strawberry 151. How many Prime Ministers have there been in Britain? A. 52 152. In terms of nationality, which politician is the odd one out? Callaghan, Heseltine, Prescott, Howard, Blair. A. Blair, the others are all Welsh 153. During 1980s Bermondsey, Greenwich and Woolwich constituencies gained what nickname? A. The London Riviera 154. Which famous politician served as Foreign Secretary in Prime Minister Ramsey MacDonald's Labour administration in 1924? A. Ramsey McDonald 155. Starting with the youngest arrange in order of age when you are allowed to do the following things in Virginia, USA. Drink, Drive, Join the Army, Vote. A. 15,Drive; 16,Join the Army; 18,Vote; 21,Drink. 156. In American Football, what is an automatic better known as? A. A Field Goal 157. In which U.S. city would you find the Marshall Field Department Store? A. Chicago 158. What is the nickname of the aide (Lewis Libby) to Vice President Dick Cheney convicted of perjury over a CIA leak? A. Scooter 159. The action in poker movie The Cincinnati Kid takes place in which city? A. New Orleans 160. How many letters are there in the Hawaiian alphabet? A. 12 161. Besides the Democrats and the Republicans, what are the names of the other three parties to rule the USA since 1789? A. Whigs, Federalists, Unionists 162. About which Canadian city did Mark Twain comment that if he was to throw a brick it would be bound to hit a church window? A. Montreal 163. Born Edward Teach in Bristol 1677, the most feared pirate later? A. Blackbeard 164. What is the Base of New Providence, an island in the West Indies, known as today? A. Nassau 165. Which country had the Singing Revolution in 1991? A. Estonia 166. Which film festival has the Golden Lion as its premier award? A. Venice 167. Which European capital city is highest above sea level? A. Madrid 168. What is the English title of the mega grossing movie of 1975 renamed Dodens Gab in Denmark & Tiburon in Spain? A. Jaws 169. The last model of the Citroen 2CV was produced in which European country in July 1990? A. Portugal 170. Louis XIV was known as the Sun King, but which king was known as the father of the people? A. Louis XII 171. In 1869 which country introduced the postcard? A. Austria 172. Which famous explorer was the son of Eric the Red? A. Lief Erickson 173. What is the name of the Danish music festival equivalent of Glastonbury? A. Roskilde 174. How many verses are there in the Greek National Anthem? A. 158 175. Robyn Rihanna Fenty comes from which country? A. Barbados 176. What was the name of the yacht which won the first Americas Cup in 1851? A. America 177. I began life in Canada, 1929 as The Cyclone but I am now American called The Comet, what am I? A. A Rollercoaster 178. Which are the two South American countries that don’t have a border with Brazil? A. Chile and Ecuador 179. On which continent is the Cape of Inaccessibility? A. Antarctica 180. Which country did Marco Polo describe as the “land of wonders”? A. India 181. Which desert derives its name from a literal translation of the land of spears? A. Gobi Desert 182. What is the name of the country made up of 13,667 islands? A. Indonesia 183. What is it that the Booboo tribe of New Guinea think it unlucky to do after dark? A. Talk 184. Which clown is considered the King of Clowns? A. Grock 185. For which English king did Mozart perform some of his work in 1764? A. George III 186. Who owns Dartmoor Prison? A. Prince Charles 187. George III and his wife Queen Charlotte had how many children? A. 15 188. Which tennis playing British monarch played in the Men’s Doubles at Wimbledon? A. George VI 189. Queen Victoria’s favourite gemstone, she personally oversaw the mining for? A. Opal 190. What was the name of King Louis XV’s most famed mistress? A. Madame de Pompadour 191. Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother and Louis Armstrong were both born on August 4th, but who was born first, or were they born in the same year? A. Queen Mother, 1900; Louis Armstrong, 1901 192. The Casa Rosado (Pink House) is the Government building in which country? A. Argentina, Buenos Aires Autobiographies 193. Awight Now A. Michael Barrymore 194. Is it me? A. Terry Wogan 195. Hitchhiker A. Douglas Adams 196. An Accidental MP A. Martin Bell 197. Lord of the Dance A. Michael Flatley 198. Bring on the Empty Horses A. David Niven 199. With Nails A. Richard E. Grant 200. Unless I’m Very Much Mistaken A. Murray Walker 201. Common as Muck A. Roy Chubby Brown 202. Life in the Jungle A. Michael Heseltine 203. Oh What a Circus A. Sir Tim Rice 204. What’s It All About? A. Cilla Black 205. Black, White & Gold A. Dame Kelly Holmes 206. Jolly Green Giant A. David Bellamy 207. Pride and Perjury A. Jonathan Aitken 208. Living the Dream A. Chantelle Houghton 209. Living Out Loud A. Toyah Willcox 210. The World at my Feet A. Sandie Shaw 211. Bigger than Hitler, Better than Christ A. Rik Mayall 212. Memoirs of an Unfit Mother A. Ann Robinson 213. 4th Among Equals A. Bill Rogers 214. Why Me? A. Sammy Davis Jnr 215. Untamed Shrew A. Germaine Greer 216. Hello A. Leslie Phillips 217. Me: Moir A. Vic Reeves 218. Bringing the House down A. Lord Profumo 219. Loitering with Intent A. Peter O'Toole 220. Long Walk to Freedom A. Nelson Mandela 221. Living Dangerously A. Sir Ranulph Fiennes 222. ‘Tis Herself A. Mauree O'Hara Collectives 223. A Murder of? A. Rooks or Ravens 224. A Parliament of? A. Owls 225. A Hedge of? A. Herons 226. A Rumba of? A. Rattlesnakes 227. A Bike or Byke of? A. Wild Bees Name the football clubs that play at the following grounds 228. Craven Cottage A. Fulham 229. St Andrews A. Birmingham City 230. Stadium of Light A. Sunderland 231. The Riverside A. Middlesbrough 232. The Hawthorns A. West Bromwich Albion 233. Bramall Lane A. Sheffield United 234. Vale Park A. Port Vale 235. Walkers Stadium A. Leicester City 236. Loftus Road A. Queens Park Rangers 237. Carrow Road A. Norwich City 238. Vicarage Road A. Watford 239. Ricoh Arena A. Coventry City 240. Britannia Stadium A. Stoke 241. Matchroom Stadium A. Leyton Orient 242. Layer Road A. Colchester United 243. Turf Moor A. Burnley 244. KC Stadium A. Hull City 245. Home Park A. Plymouth Argyle 246. Keep Moat Stadium A. Doncaster Rovers 247. Gigg Lane A. Bury 248. Glanford Park A. Scunthorpe United 249. Liberty Stadium A. Swansea City 250. Memorial Stadium A. 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