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Welcome to the Friends of Ditcham Park School Quiz Night

Welcome to the Friends of Ditcham Park School Quiz Night. Friday 28 March 2014. The evening. 6 quiz rounds (7 if time allows!) Questions and answers will be displayed on overhead Break after Round 3 – Piggy Bank, Heads or Tails & Fun Origami

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Welcome to the Friends of Ditcham Park School Quiz Night

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  1. Welcome to the Friends of Ditcham Park School Quiz Night Friday 28 March 2014

  2. The evening • 6 quiz rounds (7 if time allows!) • Questions and answers will be displayed on overhead • Break after Round 3 – Piggy Bank, Heads or Tails & Fun Origami • Grand prize giving after Round 7 – prizes for winning team, a booby prize for team with fewest points • Housekeeping announcements • Loos • Fire exits

  3. The Rules • Points outlined in each round – spelling not important! • My decision is final  • No mobile phones, Blackberries, iPhone, Kindles, encyclopaedia etc. Penalties at my discretion – please place in baskets provided on each table. • You nominate whether to play your Joker at the beginning of the Round, before you hear or see the questions. Joker doubles your score on that Round. Write a J at the top of the answer sheet for that Round. • We will swap sheets for marking after each Round.

  4. Welcome to the Ditcham Park School Quiz Night Friday 28 September

  5. Round 1 GEOGRAPHY GEOGRAPHY

  6. ISLANDS OF THE WORLD – Identify the Islands

  7. ISLANDS OF THE WORLD – Identify the Islands

  8. ISLANDS OF THE WORLD – Identify the Islands

  9. ISLANDS OF THE WORLD – Identify the Islands

  10. ISLANDS OF THE WORLD – Identify the Islands

  11. ISLANDS OF THE WORLD – Identify the Islands

  12. ISLANDS OF THE WORLD – Identify the Islands

  13. ISLANDS OF THE WORLD – Identify the Islands

  14. ISLANDS OF THE WORLD – Identify the Islands

  15. ISLANDS OF THE WORLD – Identify the Islands

  16. Round 2 LOCAL KNOWLEDGE LOCAL KNOWLEDGE

  17. LOCAL KNOWLEDGE - QUESTIONS Which is the county town of Hamphire? On the Portsmouth train line there are 7 stations between Petersfield and Guildford. Name the 3rd station after Petersfield.

  18. LOCAL KNOWLEDGE - QUESTIONS Who is the MP for the constituency in which Ditcham Park School is located? The highest point on the South Downs Way is Butser Hill. How high is it?

  19. LOCAL KNOWLEDGE - QUESTIONS Put these places in order of population at the 1981 census: Bournemouth, Portsmouth, Southampton Name the 2 largest Islands in Hampshire (both connected to mainlaind by bridges)

  20. LOCAL KNOWLEDGE - QUESTIONS How many counties border Hampshire? Can you name them (1 extra point for each correct answer) In which year was Ditcham Park School founded?

  21. LOCAL KNOWLEDGE - QUESTIONS What was the official name of Hampshire until 1959? What was the capital city of England before London?

  22. Round 3 FILMS & TV

  23. FILMS & TV - QUESTIONS “Unobtanium” is the fictional precious mineral mined in which 2009 film? What is the name of the 5th Harry Potter book & film?

  24. FILMS & TV - QUESTIONS What is the sub-title of the 2002 film – Star Wars Episode II? To date, how many James Bond Films have been made?

  25. FILMS & TV - QUESTIONS Which was the only film that James Bond got married in? What is Doctor Who’s time travelling box called? And what does it stand for?

  26. FILMS & TV - QUESTIONS Marion Robert Morrison, an actor, is better known by which name? Which is the only Dwarf that never speaks in Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarves?

  27. FILMS & TV - QUESTIONS In which year was Channel 4 launched? What was the first product to be advertised on ITV?

  28. Round 4 MULTIPLE CHOICE

  29. MULTIPLE CHOICE - QUESTIONS • Throughout history, every US president with a beard has been a? • Democrat • Republican • Independent • Even number of Democrats & Republicans • A cross between a female horse and a male zebra is called a • Hobra • Zorse • Zonkey • Horsbra

  30. MULTIPLE CHOICE - QUESTIONS • Cleopatra was which nationality? • Egyptian • Moroccan • Libyan • Greek • The can-opener was invented how many years after the tin can? • 3 years • 16 years • 48 years • 73 years

  31. MULTIPLE CHOICE - QUESTIONS • What part of the body can a turtle breath from? • Belly • Shell • Ears • Anus • How long is a dog pregnant for? • 19 days • 9 weeks • 19 weeks • 9 months

  32. MULTIPLE CHOICE - QUESTIONS • How many earths would fit inside the sun? • Circa 100 • Circa 10,000 • Circa 100,000 • Circa 1,000,000 • What does a nidoligist study? • Waves • Insect droppings • Bird Nests • Caves

  33. MULTIPLE CHOICE - QUESTIONS • Festfolk was the original name for which group? • The Beach Boys • Abba • The Carpenters • Simon & Garfunkel • Frederick Sanger invented which life-saver? • Insulin • ECG • Inflatable Life Raft • Aspirin

  34. Round 5 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

  35. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE - QUESTIONS In which game would you find “Jake the Jailbird”? The Canary Islands are named after which animal?

  36. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE - QUESTIONS What are the little circles of paper called that are cut out after paper has been punched by a paper punch? On a menu, what is Bombay Duck?

  37. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE - QUESTIONS From the Moon, which man-made landmark can be seen with the human eye? What is the name of the plastic end of a shoelace?

  38. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE - QUESTIONS Who was the first famous non-royal to appear on a UK postage stamp? What is the national currency of Egypt?

  39. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE - QUESTIONS In which country is Mount Everest? What is 2014 in Roman Numerals?

  40. Round 6 WHAT YEAR?

  41. WHAT YEAR? - QUESTIONS What year did the NHS launch? Winston Churchill dies; Britain abolishes the death penalty for murder?

  42. WHAT YEAR? - QUESTIONS Mary Rose was raised; the Falklands War began? The Great Fire of London started; Newton discovered the law of gravitation?

  43. WHAT YEAR? - QUESTIONS Man landed on the Moon? The first modern Summer Olympic Games were held in Athens, Greece?

  44. WHAT YEAR? - QUESTIONS The modern Olympic Games have NOT been held 3 times since they started. Name two of those years? When was the first transatlantic commercial passenger carrying flight from USA to UK?

  45. WHAT YEAR? - QUESTIONS The Republic of China was established; the Titanic hit an iceberg and Arizona became the 48th US state? Which year did Charles and Diana get married?

  46. Round 7 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE #2

  47. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE #2 - QUESTIONS Which is the only vowel in the middle row of a computer keyboard? Olympus Mons is a large volcanic mountain on which planet?

  48. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE #2 - QUESTIONS What is the more common name for the “clavicle”? The primary language for creating web pages is HTML – but what does it stand for?

  49. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE #2 - QUESTIONS Which is the 6th planet from the sun? If a menu offered “Irish Coffee” as a liqueur coffee with whisky, what would you expect to find added to the “Italian Coffee”?

  50. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE #2 - QUESTIONS Where in its body are a lobster’s teeth? Which of the Teletubbies was green?

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