True or false

Comedian Freddie Starr has owned 2 Grand National winning horses.
FALSE

Albert II, Prince of Monaco’s mother was a famous Hollywood actress.
TRUE

Venus Williams & Serena Williams are twins.
FALSE

The American alligator is a vegetarian.
FALSE

Dating to the 17th century, the Bank Of Scotland is the oldest bank in what is now the United Kingdom.
FALSE

BLOCKBUSTERS

Which SS directed the 1975 film Jaws?
Steven Spielberg

Which IR was, until 2005, a department responsible for the collection of direct taxation?
Inland Revenue

In the revived gameshow for 2012 which SM presents “All New Blockbusters”?
Simon Mayo

Which BM was a Jamaican singer, real name Robert Nesta?
BOB MARLEY

Which SC is the capital (jointly with Las Palmas) of the Canary Islands?
SANTA CRUZ

Movies

Chariots Of Fire
Blades of Glory
Cool Runnings
Munich
Jerry Maguire

Sport – Football – The Legends

In which year did Steve Redgrave win his 1st Olympic Gold?
1984

With which sport would you associate Mark Spitz?
SWIMMING

What nationality was Jesse Owens?
American

What nationality was Olympic great, Fanny Blankers-Koen?
Dutch

Olympic legend Eric Moussambani was nicknamed “Eric the…” what?
EEL

Heat Magazine

Charlie Sheen
Peter O’Toole
Sienna Miller
Lisa Kudrow
Ed Sheeran

Who Wants To Be A Millionaire

EASY

In UK songwriting and record producing trio Stock Aitken Waterman, what is Waterman’s 1st name?
Matt
Mike
Pete <
Lee

The headquarters of the Metropolitan Police Service is known as what?
Scotland Yard <
Thames House
Bow Street
Sun Hill

How many Spice Girls sang on the 1998 song “Goodbye”?
3
4 <
5
6

Parallel bars is an apparatus used by what Olympic gymnasts?
Male <
Female
Male & Female
x

In the Royal Family – what is Camilla’s official title?
Princess Camilla
Duchess of Cornwall <
Duchess of Cambridge
Mare Burmese

MEDIUM

What is the name of Baney & Betty’s child in the Flinstones?
Pebbles
Dino
Bamm-Bamm <
Junior

What is the name of the Islamic month of fasting, in which Muslims refrain from eating & drinking from dawn until dusk?
Ramadan <
Lent
Yom Kippur
Orthodox

How many times has Andy Murray been runner-up in Grand Slam finals?
1
2
3
4 <

On Twitter, how many characters long can a text-based post be?
60
120
140 <
200

Boca Juniors are a football club that play in which country?
Argentina <
Portugal
Brazil
Turkey

HARD

Which of these Scottish bridges was opened most recently?
Kingston Bridge
Brig o’ Doon
Forth Road Bridge
Erskine Bridge <

In Australian rules football how many players are on the field for each team?
9
12
15
18 <

Who had a Number 1 hit in 1974 with “Love Me For A Reason”?
Osmonds <
10CC
David Essex
Barry White

Andy Warhol was an American artist who died in which decade?
50’s
60’s
70’s
80’s <

Who was Tony Blair’s 1st Chancellor of the Exchequer on winning the 1997 General Election?
Gordon Brown <
Alistair Darling
Kenneth Clarke
John Smith