September Fun Quiz

September Quiz time

For our SEPTEMBER FUN QUIZ, compiled and presented by Stotfold’s very own Brain of Britain, David Stedman, let’s gather round the table and play some traditional CARD and BOARD GAMES, with that theme contained as a clue in each question or answer. (ANSWERS on page 22)

1 What four-letter verb means to cut vegetables into small cubes? 2 Nicholson’s, Plymouth, Tanqueray, Bombay Sapphire and Beefeater are well-known and long established English brands of what alcoholic spirit? 3 Give the stage name of the US pop star (pictured right) who had a massive worldwide hit with the song “Poker Face” , released in 2008? 4 What one same phrase is used to denote a famous bridge in Venice and, informally, to similar bridges at both Oxford and Cambridge universities? 5 The song “I Know Him So Well” , a 1980s hit single for Elaine Paige and Barbara Dickson, is taken from which stage musical? 6 During World War Two, in which year was Operation Overlord launched? 7 What seven-letter verb means to frantically scratch or dig around with the hands to find something, especially if the object cannot be seen? 8 Nelson Piquet won the Formula One world motor racing championship three times during the 1980s. What nationality is he? 9 Who, last year, followed in the famous footsteps of Magnus Magnusson and John Humphrys as presenter as the toughest quiz on television,

“Mastermind”? 10 “Sorry!” is a card game and is also the title of a British television comedy series of the 1980s that starred which much loved comedian and actor (pictured right) as Timothy Lumsden? 11 In the standard British version of the board game “Cluedo” , which murder weapon is missing from this list: dagger; revolver; rope; wrench; lead pipe; . . . ? 12 What is the title of the 1949 British black comedy film in which Alec Guinness plays several members of the D’Ascoyne family? 13 What is the name of the chain of pizza takeaway restaurants founded in 1960 in Michigan and still headquartered in Michigan today? 14 According to the opening lyrics of a well-known Neil Sedaka song: “There was a man, a lonely man, who lost his love through his indifference” . Well, he should have bought his true love the type of diamond jewellery which is also the title of that song! What title? 15 Nicknamed “the Ace in the Pack” , who won the world professional snooker championship in 2019? 16 What was the name of the Royal Navy battleship that entered service in 1906 and which was so revolutionary that it gave its name to similar classes of battleship built by navies around the world? 17 What is the title of the 1990s disaster film which stars Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton as a pair of tornado hunters? 18 Reckoned by most sources (disputed) to be the all-time worldwide best-selling single by a female group, with an estimated 18 million sales, which duo (pictured right) recorded “Yes Sir, I Can Boogie”? 19 What two-word term is the epigraph of the 1910 novel “Howard’s End” by E. M. Forster and the title of a current British television quiz game hosted by Victoria Coren Mitchell? 20 In the UK this popular board game is called Snakes and Ladders but in the USA, to spare the sensibilities of children (and adults!) who may be frightened of snakes, it is called “ ___ and Ladders” . What word, as indicated by the dash, completes that name?

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