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RINGWOOD BOWLING CLUB PRESENTATION NIGHT QUIZ – 27th OCTOBER 2017

RHYME TIME

This is a round of 24 general knowledge questions and, just to make things really easy for you, each pair of 12 answers rhyme with each other; the answer to No. 1 rhymes with the answer to No. 2, the answer to No. 3 rhymes with the answer to No. 4 and so on. The numbers of the pairs of questions are alternately coloured red and black. So that’s even easier for you!

• 1. Paddington Bear came from which South American country?

Peru

• 2. What was the name of the bear who befriended Mowgli in The Jungle Book?

Baloo

• 3. Which territory was handed back to China in 1997 after 100 years in British

hands? Hong Kong

• 4. What is the board game that usually uses sets of 144 tiles depicting Chinese

characters and is based on the Western card game of rummy? Mahjong

• 5. Who currently dishes out the letters on the Channel 4 game show Countdown?

Rachel Riley

• 6. In 2011 Gary Oldman played the part made famous on TV by Alec Guinness,

both in adaptations of John Le Carre’s Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. What was the name of the character? George Smiley

• 7. Which TV crime series set in Oxford starred John Thaw, who was ably assisted

by Sergeant Lewis, played by Kevin Whateley? Inspector Morse

• 8. What device was used by the Greeks to enter the city of Troy?

Wooden Horse

• 9. What is the proper name for a smith who shoes horses?

RINGWOOD BOWLING CLUB PRESENTATION NIGHT QUIZ – 27th OCTOBER 2017 Farrier

• 10. What is the name commonly given to a large family car which looks similar to a

van and has three rows of seats for passengers? People carrier

• 11. Valletta is the capital of which Mediterranean island?

Malta

• 12. What is the British Overseas Territory that is located at the foot of the Iberian

Peninsula and whose sovereignty has been a major bone of contention with Spain for some considerable time? Gibraltar

• 13. Which Irish actor, who starred in the film Lawrence of Arabia was nominated

eight times for an Oscar and never won? Peter O’Toole

• 14. Which animal string puppet made its first TV appearance on an edition of For

the Children in 1946 with the sister of the actor John Mills, Annette? Muffin The Mule

• 15. What is the name of the Roman God of Wine?

Bacchus.

• 16. What is the name of the character played by Mr T in the TV series The A Team?

B.A. Baracus

• 17. What was the name of the Canadian-born American director and actor who was

known as an innovator of slapstick comedy in film, probably most famous for the Keystone Cops? Mack Sennett

• 18. What is the name of the enzyme added to milk in the manufacture of most hard

cheeses? Rennet

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• 19. What substance is a compound of nitrogen and hydrogen which has the

chemical formula NH3? Ammonia

• 20. In which country was Mother Theresa born?

Macedonia.

• 21. What is the slang term for a small, often roadside, café specialising in quickly

prepared fried foods? Greasy spoon

• 22. What is the famous golf course in South Ayrshire, Scotland, which has

hosted the Open Championship nine times? Royal Troon

• 23. What word describes a railway, especially one on a mountainside, operating by

cable with ascending and descending cars counterbalanced. Funicular

• 24. What is the word that describes a straight line at an angle of 90° to a given line,

plane, or surface? Perpendicular