THE RAILWAY QUIZ with IAN B
PostPosted:Wed Mar 09, 2016 6:12 pm
Another double offering from The Railway's resident QM - the first one proved quite easy with a winning score of 18/20, the second more difficult as three teams scored 15/20 - PM your answers.
01. NAME THE YEAR. PROCUL HARUM RELEASED THEIR DEBUT SINGLE “A WHITER SHADE OF PALE”, THE WHO PLAYED THEIR FIRST CONCERT IN THE USA AND THE HOME SERVICE WAS RENAMED BBC RADIO 4. 1967
02. WHICH AMERICAN CITY IS HOME TO SPORTS TEAMS CALLED THE ROCKIES AND THE AVALANCHE? DENVER
03. THE DARDANELLES IS A BODY OF WATER SEPARATING TWO PARTS OF WHICH COUNTRY? TURKEY
04. IN THE DISNEY FILM “FROZEN” WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE SNOWMAN? OLAF
05. PICTURE 1 SHOWS A LOGO OF WHICH COMPANY? DREAMWORKS
06. IT COST £450 THIS WEEK TO TRAVEL FROM LONDON TO YORK ON WHAT? THE FLYING SCOTSMAN
07. WHICH SINGER HAD A 1986 ALBUM AND SINGLE INSPIRED AND NAMED AFTER ELVIS PRESLEY’S HOME? PAUL SIMON
08. WHICH IS THE MOST NORTHERLY CITY TO HAVE HOSTED FOOTBALL’S WORLD CUP FINAL? STOCKHOLM
09. OUTSIDE WHICH LONDON THEATRE WOULD YOU FIND A STATUE OF SIR LAWRENCE OLIVIER? THE NATIONAL THEATRE
10. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE AMERICAN VERSION OF THE TELEVISION SHOW “STRICTLY COME DANCING”? "DANCING WITH THE STARS"
11. HOW MANY TIMES CAN YOU SUBTRACT 10 FROM 100? ONCE
12. NAME THE YEAR. THE WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION WAS ESTABLISHED, RUGBY UNION TURNED PROFESSIONAL AND THE ENTERTAINER DEAN MARTIN DIED. 1995
13. PICTURE 2 GIVES A CRYPTIC CLUE TO THE NAME OF WHICH BAND AND WHICH OF THEIR SONGS? GUNS 'N' ROSES and "NOVEMBER RAIN"
14. SLALOM, BIG AIR AND SUPER X ARE CATEGORIES IN WHICH SPORT? WINDSURFING
15. NAME THE COUNTRY HIGHLIGHTED IN PICTURE 3. QATAR
16. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE VILLAGE CLOSE TO WHICH HOGWART’S SCHOOL IS LOCATED? HOGSMEADE
17. WHO ONCE SAID “I’VE NEVER HAD AN ACCIDENT WORTH TALKING ABOUT” – DONALD CAMPBELL, CAPTAIN EJ SMITH OR JAMES DEAN? CAPTAIN EJ SMITH
18. WHO AM I? BORN IN EDINBURGH IN 1850, I WAS A FAILED ENGINEERING STUDENT, WHOSE LOVE OF TRAVELLING INSPIRED MANY OF MY WRITTEN WORKS. MY FIRST NOVEL WAS PUBLISHED IN 1877 AND MY MOST FAMOUS IN 1883. I DIED IN SAMOA IN 1894. ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
19. WHAT NAME LINKS DAVID BECKHAM WITH A VILLAGE JUST SOUTH OF THE CITY OF OXFORD? GOLDEN BALLS
20. TSANTSAS IS A PROCESS USED BY SOME SOUTH AMERICAN TRIBES TO DO WHAT – MAKE ALCOHOL, PRESERVE FOOD OR SHRINK HEADS? SHRINK HEADS
TIE BREAKER (nearest answer wins)
21. ACCORDING TO THE 2011 CENSUS WHAT WAS THE POPULATION OF THE TOWN OF BARNSLEY? 74928

Just the one entrant....
STUBEDOOBYDO 12 (tiebreaker 50010)
01. NAME THE YEAR. THE OPERA SINGER MARIA CALLAS GAVE HER FINAL PERFORMANCE, THE BEATLES WERE AWARDED MBEs AND RINGO STARR’S SON, ZAC STARKEY, WAS BORN. 1965
02. NAME ONE OF THE TWO TEAMS WHO PLAY IN FOOTBALL’S BASQUE DERBY. ATHLETICO BILBAO and REAL SOCIEDAD
03. THE MAIN CITY ON THE CARIBBEAN ISLAND OF TOBAGO SHARES ITS’ NAME WITH WHICH ENGLISH SEASIDE RESORT? SCARBOROUGH
04. WHICH OF THE FIVE MARX BROTHERS WAS THE YOUNGEST? ZEPPO
05. PICTURE 1 SHOWS THE BADGE OF WHICH CAR MANUFACTURER? ASTON MARTIN
06. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE NEW DAILY NEWSPAPER LAUNCHED LAST MONDAY BY THE TRINITY MIRROR GROUP? "NEW DAY"
07. WHICH SONG, FROM THE MUSICAL “JOSEPH AND HIS AMAZING TECHNICOLOUR DREAMCOAT”, REACHED No1 IN THE UK CHARTS IN 1991 AND No2 IN 2007? "ANY DREAM WILL DO"
08. WHICH IS THE ONLY AUSTRIAN CITY TO HAVE HOSTED AN OLYMPIC GAMES? INNSBRUCK
09. PICTURE 2 SHOWS PART OF WHICH BUILDING? O2 ARENA
10. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE SLOTH IN THE “SOFAWORKS” TV ADVERTS? NEIL
11. ‘OBSTINATE RATTLING’ IS AN ANAGRAMOF THE TITLE OF WHICH TELEVISION PROGRAMME? "BRITAIN'S GOT TALENT"
12. NAME THE YEAR. ALCATRAZ FEDERAL PENITENTIARY WAS OPENED, ARSENAL WON THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE TITLE FOR THE THIRD TIME IN FOUR SEASONS AND THE “DR WHO” ACTOR TOM BAKER WAS BORN. 1934
13. IN 1989 GENE PITNEY FEATURED ON A COVER OF HIS 1967 HIT “SOMETHING’S GOTTA HOLD OF MY HEART”, BUT WHO DID HE SING WITH? MARC ALMOND
14. PICTURE 3 SHOWS A STATUE OF WHO? SIR MATT BUSBY
15. APART FROM YORKSHIRE YOU CAN FIND THE RIVERS DON AND HUMBER IN WHICH COMMONWEALTH CITY? TORONTO
16. SAM WHEAT AND MOLLY JENSEN WERE THE LEAD CHARACTERS IN WHICH 1990 FILM? [colorred]"GHOST"[/color]
17. AMERICANS CALL IT CILANTRO, WHAT DO THE BRITISH CALL IT? CORIANDER
18. WHO AM I? BORN JO TEJADA IN CHICAGO IN 1940, I WAS A TRAINEE BALLET DANCER AND TV WEATHER FORECASTER BEFORE MAKING MY TELEVISION AND FILM ACTING DEBUTS IN 1964. IN THE 80s I BECAME A PIONEER OF CELEBRITY FITNESS VIDEOS. RAQUEL WELCH
19. THE EUROPEAN UNION HAS DECREED THAT WHAT CAN NOT BE ADVERTISED AS HELPING WITH REHYDRATION? WATER
20. THE NECTAR BAT HAS THE LONGEST WHAT OF ANY ANIMAL IN RELATION TO THE LENGTH OF ITS’ BODY? TONGUE
TIE BREAKER (nearest answer wins)
21. THE ALCATRAZ FEDERAL PENITENTIARY HAD THE CAPACITY TO HOLD HOW MANY PRISONERS? 312

Same single entrant :-( .....
STUBEDOOBYDO 10 (tiebreaker 280)
01. NAME THE YEAR. PROCUL HARUM RELEASED THEIR DEBUT SINGLE “A WHITER SHADE OF PALE”, THE WHO PLAYED THEIR FIRST CONCERT IN THE USA AND THE HOME SERVICE WAS RENAMED BBC RADIO 4. 1967
02. WHICH AMERICAN CITY IS HOME TO SPORTS TEAMS CALLED THE ROCKIES AND THE AVALANCHE? DENVER
03. THE DARDANELLES IS A BODY OF WATER SEPARATING TWO PARTS OF WHICH COUNTRY? TURKEY
04. IN THE DISNEY FILM “FROZEN” WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE SNOWMAN? OLAF
05. PICTURE 1 SHOWS A LOGO OF WHICH COMPANY? DREAMWORKS
06. IT COST £450 THIS WEEK TO TRAVEL FROM LONDON TO YORK ON WHAT? THE FLYING SCOTSMAN
07. WHICH SINGER HAD A 1986 ALBUM AND SINGLE INSPIRED AND NAMED AFTER ELVIS PRESLEY’S HOME? PAUL SIMON
08. WHICH IS THE MOST NORTHERLY CITY TO HAVE HOSTED FOOTBALL’S WORLD CUP FINAL? STOCKHOLM
09. OUTSIDE WHICH LONDON THEATRE WOULD YOU FIND A STATUE OF SIR LAWRENCE OLIVIER? THE NATIONAL THEATRE
10. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE AMERICAN VERSION OF THE TELEVISION SHOW “STRICTLY COME DANCING”? "DANCING WITH THE STARS"
11. HOW MANY TIMES CAN YOU SUBTRACT 10 FROM 100? ONCE
12. NAME THE YEAR. THE WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION WAS ESTABLISHED, RUGBY UNION TURNED PROFESSIONAL AND THE ENTERTAINER DEAN MARTIN DIED. 1995
13. PICTURE 2 GIVES A CRYPTIC CLUE TO THE NAME OF WHICH BAND AND WHICH OF THEIR SONGS? GUNS 'N' ROSES and "NOVEMBER RAIN"
14. SLALOM, BIG AIR AND SUPER X ARE CATEGORIES IN WHICH SPORT? WINDSURFING
15. NAME THE COUNTRY HIGHLIGHTED IN PICTURE 3. QATAR
16. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE VILLAGE CLOSE TO WHICH HOGWART’S SCHOOL IS LOCATED? HOGSMEADE
17. WHO ONCE SAID “I’VE NEVER HAD AN ACCIDENT WORTH TALKING ABOUT” – DONALD CAMPBELL, CAPTAIN EJ SMITH OR JAMES DEAN? CAPTAIN EJ SMITH
18. WHO AM I? BORN IN EDINBURGH IN 1850, I WAS A FAILED ENGINEERING STUDENT, WHOSE LOVE OF TRAVELLING INSPIRED MANY OF MY WRITTEN WORKS. MY FIRST NOVEL WAS PUBLISHED IN 1877 AND MY MOST FAMOUS IN 1883. I DIED IN SAMOA IN 1894. ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
19. WHAT NAME LINKS DAVID BECKHAM WITH A VILLAGE JUST SOUTH OF THE CITY OF OXFORD? GOLDEN BALLS
20. TSANTSAS IS A PROCESS USED BY SOME SOUTH AMERICAN TRIBES TO DO WHAT – MAKE ALCOHOL, PRESERVE FOOD OR SHRINK HEADS? SHRINK HEADS
TIE BREAKER (nearest answer wins)
21. ACCORDING TO THE 2011 CENSUS WHAT WAS THE POPULATION OF THE TOWN OF BARNSLEY? 74928



Just the one entrant....
STUBEDOOBYDO 12 (tiebreaker 50010)
01. NAME THE YEAR. THE OPERA SINGER MARIA CALLAS GAVE HER FINAL PERFORMANCE, THE BEATLES WERE AWARDED MBEs AND RINGO STARR’S SON, ZAC STARKEY, WAS BORN. 1965
02. NAME ONE OF THE TWO TEAMS WHO PLAY IN FOOTBALL’S BASQUE DERBY. ATHLETICO BILBAO and REAL SOCIEDAD
03. THE MAIN CITY ON THE CARIBBEAN ISLAND OF TOBAGO SHARES ITS’ NAME WITH WHICH ENGLISH SEASIDE RESORT? SCARBOROUGH
04. WHICH OF THE FIVE MARX BROTHERS WAS THE YOUNGEST? ZEPPO
05. PICTURE 1 SHOWS THE BADGE OF WHICH CAR MANUFACTURER? ASTON MARTIN
06. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE NEW DAILY NEWSPAPER LAUNCHED LAST MONDAY BY THE TRINITY MIRROR GROUP? "NEW DAY"
07. WHICH SONG, FROM THE MUSICAL “JOSEPH AND HIS AMAZING TECHNICOLOUR DREAMCOAT”, REACHED No1 IN THE UK CHARTS IN 1991 AND No2 IN 2007? "ANY DREAM WILL DO"
08. WHICH IS THE ONLY AUSTRIAN CITY TO HAVE HOSTED AN OLYMPIC GAMES? INNSBRUCK
09. PICTURE 2 SHOWS PART OF WHICH BUILDING? O2 ARENA
10. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE SLOTH IN THE “SOFAWORKS” TV ADVERTS? NEIL
11. ‘OBSTINATE RATTLING’ IS AN ANAGRAMOF THE TITLE OF WHICH TELEVISION PROGRAMME? "BRITAIN'S GOT TALENT"
12. NAME THE YEAR. ALCATRAZ FEDERAL PENITENTIARY WAS OPENED, ARSENAL WON THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE TITLE FOR THE THIRD TIME IN FOUR SEASONS AND THE “DR WHO” ACTOR TOM BAKER WAS BORN. 1934
13. IN 1989 GENE PITNEY FEATURED ON A COVER OF HIS 1967 HIT “SOMETHING’S GOTTA HOLD OF MY HEART”, BUT WHO DID HE SING WITH? MARC ALMOND
14. PICTURE 3 SHOWS A STATUE OF WHO? SIR MATT BUSBY
15. APART FROM YORKSHIRE YOU CAN FIND THE RIVERS DON AND HUMBER IN WHICH COMMONWEALTH CITY? TORONTO
16. SAM WHEAT AND MOLLY JENSEN WERE THE LEAD CHARACTERS IN WHICH 1990 FILM? [colorred]"GHOST"[/color]
17. AMERICANS CALL IT CILANTRO, WHAT DO THE BRITISH CALL IT? CORIANDER
18. WHO AM I? BORN JO TEJADA IN CHICAGO IN 1940, I WAS A TRAINEE BALLET DANCER AND TV WEATHER FORECASTER BEFORE MAKING MY TELEVISION AND FILM ACTING DEBUTS IN 1964. IN THE 80s I BECAME A PIONEER OF CELEBRITY FITNESS VIDEOS. RAQUEL WELCH
19. THE EUROPEAN UNION HAS DECREED THAT WHAT CAN NOT BE ADVERTISED AS HELPING WITH REHYDRATION? WATER
20. THE NECTAR BAT HAS THE LONGEST WHAT OF ANY ANIMAL IN RELATION TO THE LENGTH OF ITS’ BODY? TONGUE
TIE BREAKER (nearest answer wins)
21. THE ALCATRAZ FEDERAL PENITENTIARY HAD THE CAPACITY TO HOLD HOW MANY PRISONERS? 312



Same single entrant :-( .....
STUBEDOOBYDO 10 (tiebreaker 280)