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Cats
1 Which acting Dame played Old Deuteronomy in the 2019 film version of Cats?
2 Tiger Bay was the name of a body of water and residential area near which city?
3 Sybill, Larry & Freya were the last 3 cat residents in which building?
4 What connects Ultravox, a European Capital & a TV cat?
5a Who wrote Cat On A Hot Tin Roof?
5b Who wrote the Cat In The Hat?
5c Which cartoon cat first appeared in 1919 in a silent film called Feline Follies?
Glass
6 Which American tourist destination opened a glass-floored walkway called Skywalk in 2007?
7 Which French designer is known for clouded glass sculptures & fragrances?
8 In 1999 goalkeeper Jimmy Glass scored a last-minute goal which kept which club in the Football League?
9 In the UK which drink is traditionally served in a schooner glass?
10a Which astronomer, xylophone player and writer was noted for wearing a monocle?
10b Dark rimmed glasses were a feature of which spy character played by Michael Caine in the Ipcress File?
10c Which TV puppet character wore a special pair of glasses to receive skills to enable him to act as a spy?
Geography Northeast
11 Who was the sculptor of the famous landmark The Angel of the North?
12 What is the name of the 200 feet long waterfall at the eastern end of Cow Green Reservoir?
13 Which country house near Rothbury in Northumberland, the first to be powered by electricity, was built by Lord Armstrong & featured in the film Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom?
14 South Hylton station is at one end of the Metro Green Line; what is at the other end?
15 What are the 3 largest towns in Northumberland (ABC) by population?
Dance
16 Who danced the Dance of the Seven Veils for King Herod mentioned vaguely in the New Testament?
17 Dance marathons in the 1930s depression era feature in which 1969 film which starred Jane Fonda & Suzanna York?
18 Which piece of music did Morecambe & Wise dance to while making breakfast in one of their Christmas shows?
19 Which dance first featured in the interval of the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest?
20 Dance songs: – Murder On The Dancefloor 2001, Blood On The Dancefloor 1997, Flashdance, What A Feeling 1983, Floral Dance 1978
General Knowledge
21 Rick Wakeman was the keyboardist of which rock band from 1971?
22 Which recipe box company was founded in 2013 by Timo Boult & James Carter & was funded after appearing on Dragons Den?
23 In which supermarket can you buy Florence & Fred brand clothing?
24 Which musical instrument did Karen Carpenter play?
25 What is the power source of the Saltburn Funicular Railway system?
26 Trowbridge is the County town of which county?
27 In which American sci-fi series did the spacecraft Spindrift piloted by Capt. Steve Burton crash on an unknown planet?
28 The musical stave consists of 5 horizontal lines and 4 spaces between representing musical notes; which part of the body is spelt out by the 4 spaces?
29 Green Bay is best known as the home of the NFL team the Packers. In which State is Green Bay?
30 The water level in a reservoir is low but doubles every day. It takes 60 days to fill the reservoir. How long does it take for the reservoir to become half full?
Answers
1 Judi Dench
2 Cardiff
3 No 10 Downing Street
4 Vienna
5a Tennessee Williams
5b Dr Seuss
5c Felix
6 Grand Canyon
7 Lalique
8 Carlisle United
9 Sherry
10a Patrick Moore
10b Harry Palmer
10c Joe 90
11 Antony Gormley
12 Cauldron Snout
13 Cragside
14 Newcastle Airport
15 Blyth, Cramlington, Ashington
16 Salome
17 They Shoot Horses, Don’t They
18 The Stripper by David Rose
19 Riverdance
20 Sophie Ellis Bextor, Michael Jackson, Irene Cara, Terry Wogan
21 Yes
22 Gousto
23 Tesco
24 Drums
25 Water
26 Wiltshire
27 Land Of The Giants
28 FACE
29 Wisconsin
30 59 days
Jackpot
Q The 1980 film Can’t Stop The Music was a sort of biography of which band?
A Village People
Number Guess (Nearest wins)
Q In 1968 Spain won the Eurovision Song Contest with La La La – how many La’s were in the song?
A 138
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