GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ 61

[magpie in the 80's]

1 What is the country of origin of Havarti cheese?
DENMARK
2 What was the tasty name of the dog that found the lost World Cup in 1966?
PICKLES
3 What is advertised on TV with the slogan You either Love it or Hate it?
MARMITE
4 Which foodstuff is sometimes referred to as black diamonds?
TRUFFLES
5 Which song contains the lyric “chilli con carne, sparkling champagne”?
LET THERE BE LOVE
6 In which band did Robert Palmer and Elkie Brooks perform together in the 1960s?
VINEGAR JOE
7 Who penned the autobiography Bananas is My Business?
CAREN MIRANDA
8 Which literary character invented a gobstopper that lasted forever?
WILLY WONKA
9 In Ancient China what variety of meat was reserved exclusively for the emperor?
PORK
10 Which song mentions saveloy, mustard, jelly, custard and sausages in the lyrics?
FOOD GLORIOUS FOOD
11 Which band with a tasty name was originally called Dean Ford and the Gaylords?
MARMALADE
12 What year is depicted on the logo of Kronenberg lager?
1664
13 In which English city was the Colman’s mustard factory founded?
NORWICH
14 John F Kennedy once boasted in a speech, “Ich bin ein Berliner”. How did the phrase translate into English?
I AM A DOUGHNUT
15 Which song contains the line “And the popcorn from the candy stand makes it all seem twice as good”?
SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES
16 In which TV series did Frank Thornton play Herbert Truelove?
LAST OF THE SUMMER WINE
17 Who said” A woman drove me to drink and I didn’t have the decency to thank her”?
W.C. FIELDS
18 What does the Spanish phrase vino de casa mean?
HOUSE WINE
19 Which comedy series features the characters of Janet, Gaz, Donna, Louise and Johnny?
2 PINTS OF LAGER AND A PACKET OF CRISPS
20 What edible item has a name that translates into English as “flight in the wind”?
VOL AU VENT
21 Fenek, a national dish of Malta, comprises of fried what?
RABBIT
22 In 1989 in which brand of confectionary did blue replace brown?
SMARTIES
23 What is unusual about the phrase A NUT FOR A JAR OF TUNA?
IT IS A PALINDROME
24 Which Italian cheese has a name that means cooked again?
RICOTTA
25 Who said “If this is justice then I’m a banana”, following a libel award against Private Eye magazine?
IAN HISLOP
26 Which cocktail was named after a Californian surfer called Tom Harvey?
HARVEY WALLBANGER
27 What fruit is picked from a mirabelle tree?
PLUM
28 What is the American term for a courgette?
ZUCCHINI
29 Which Spanish artist claimed that he would eat his wife when she died?
SALVADOR DALI
30 Which area of New York gave its name to a cocktail comprising of gin and vermouth?
BRONX
31 Which musical features the song Hand Me Down That Can O Beans?
PAINT YOUR WAGON
32 Castlemaine XXXX originated in which Australian state?
QUEENSLAND
33 What did Mark Twain describe as a cabbage with a college education?
CAULIFLOWER
34 In the Simpsons, what nationality did Willie the groundsman describe as cheese eating surrender monkeys?
THE FRENCH
35 Which two horses with tasty names came first and second in the 1973 Grand National?
RED RUM AND CRISP
36 Despite its name in which country is Geneva Gin made?
NETHERLANDS
37 What brand of lager has a name that translates into English as lion’s brew?
LOWENBRAU
38 Which decade witnessed the Boston Tea Party?
1770'S
39 What is advertised on TV with the slogan It’s Not for Girls?
YORKIE
40 Fill in the blank- Samuel Johnson once wrote, “Claret is the liquor for boys, port for men, but he who aspires to be a hero must drink BLANK”.
BRANDY

[JAS]

Q2 Pickles
Q3 Marmite I think
Q8 Willie Wonka
Q12 16 something
Q13 Norwich
Q14 I am a doughnut
Q17 Sound like it could be one of WC Fields drinking quotes
Q22 Smarties of course
Q23 It's a palindrome
Q26 Harvey Wallbanger
Q28 Zucchini
Q30 Manhatten
Q34 Must be the French
Q35 L'Escargot was probably one
Q37 Lowenbrau

Regards
JAS

[Hazbeen]

4. truffles
9. dog
18. the House Wine
26. Harvey Wallbanger
32. Queensland
34. the French

[magpie in the 80's]

Q2 Pickles
Q3 Marmite I think
Q8 Willie Wonka
Q12 16 something...............CLOSE ENOUGH
Q13 Norwich
Q14 I am a doughnut
Q17 Sound like it could be one of WC Fields drinking quotes
Q22 Smarties of course
Q23 It's a palindrome
Q26 Harvey Wallbanger
Q28 Zucchini
Q30 Manhatten.....MORE INFO PLEASE
Q34 Must be the French
Q35 L'Escargot was probably one........INCORRECT
Q37 Lowenbrau
ALL OTHERS CORRECT
Regards
JAS

[magpie in the 80's]

4. truffles
9. dog.....................INCORRECT
18. the House Wine
26. Harvey Wallbanger
32. Queensland
34. the French

ALLOTHERS CORRECT HB

[JAS]

Q30 forget Manhatten...just looked in my book of cocktail recipes and it's whiskey and vermouth...gin and vermouth is a martini cocktail so I guess I'mm looking for another name for that

Regards
JAS

[JAS]

Q30 A Bronx is gin and vermouth

Regards
JAS

[magpie in the 80's]

Q30 A Bronx is gin and vermouth

Regards
JAS

correct jas .have you had a couple before the big match

[JAS]

Q30 A Bronx is gin and vermouth

Regards
JAS

correct jas .have you had a couple before the big match

haha...10am is a bit early for cocktails...even for me...but I wouldn't mind one later to calm the nerves before tomorrows even bigger match ...my boys in the Heineken Cup final

Regards
JAS

[magpie in the 80's]

plenty left for the general knowledgers

[godoubleblues]

Q15 - Saturday Night at the Movies

[magpie in the 80's]

Q15 - Saturday Night at the Movies

CORRECT GDB

[Dirko]

1 yumee...Denmark
9 Tiger

[magpie in the 80's]

1 yumee...Denmark.....correct
9 Tiger...................incorrect

[Turkeywizz]

29 sALVADOR DALI?
31 PORGY AND BESS?

[magpie in the 80's]

29 sALVADOR DALI?........CORRECT
31 PORGY AND BESS?..........INCORRECT

[Peterxtc]

10. Food glorious food

[Peterxtc]

25. Peter Cook
35. Crisp/L'escargot

[magpie in the 80's]

10. Food glorious food

CORRECT PETE

[magpie in the 80's]

25. Peter Cook.....INCORRECT
35. Crisp/L'escargot....CRISP PART CORRECT PETE