Continuing in this series of posts containing the questions I set for a recent buzzer quiz....
This American TV Comedy first appeared on British screens in 1979.
The star of the show went on to become one of Hollywood’s biggest box office
stars. It was set in the American Town of Boulder and characters included Mr
Bickley and a prophet named Exidor. Pam Dawber played the female lead and Robin
Williams played the male lead, an alien who landed on earth in a giant egg.
This English city was the original Burial Place of Saint Swithun
and stands on the River Itchen. It is
the location of a 13th Century building known as The Great Hall
which was built during the reign of Henry III and houses the Arthurian Round
Table. The worlds largest gothic cathedral can be found in this city. It was
once the capital of England and shares its name with a type of rifle.
Name this footballer. He was born
in 1973 and he has earned 8 caps for England, his first being under Kevin
Keegan. He remains the only Englishman
to win the European Golden Boot for his 30-goal tally within one Premier League
season. His first league club was
Watford before spending 6 years with the same club netting 113 times. He also
scored the winning penalty in this years championship playoff final.
What is the name of the “intelligent personal assistant” which
appears on Apple phones and tablets which requires the user to simply speak
into the device in order to carry out tasks?
This city will be one of the 2014 European Capitals of Culture and
is served by the largest airport in the Baltic States. It hosted a NATO Summit
in 2006 as well as the 2003 Eurovision Song contest. With a population of around 800,000 it is also
the largest city in any Baltic state and is home to such famous buildings as
the Doms Cathedral. What is the capital
city of Latvia?
You may have seen this man at the 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony in
the section entitled Dawn of the Digital Age where a model of a house rose to
reveal him sitting at a computer desk. He was knighted in 2004 and labelled by
Time Magazine as one of the 100 greatest minds of the 20th
Century. Work on his most famous
invention began at CERN in the 1980’s where he aimed to develop a means by
which researchers could share their computer documents more easily. Name this
British computer scientists who is most famous for inventing the Internet?
Which music festival was first held in 1968 when it was headlined
by Jefferson Airplane. It currently takes place at Seaclose Park and was this
year headlined by Bon Jovi and The Killers. The festival was most famously held
in 1970 when 600,000 people attended to see legendary sets by acts including
The Who and Jimi Hendrix?
Which comic book character was originally born as James Howlett
but is more commonly known as Logan. He is a mutant who possess animal like
sense and a healing power that allows him to recover from almost any injury. He
is often depicted as a member of the X-Men and was played in the X-Men movies
by Hugh Jackman?
It is estimated that this creature has lived on our planet for
around 140 million years. It is indigenous in Asia, Australia, Africa and North
and South America. Some species have up to 110 teeth and can grow up to 20 feet
in length. Species of this animal include the Orinoco, African Dwarf and
mugger. In a famous childrens book this creature swallows an Alarm Clock. Name
this creature.
Mork and Mindy
Winchester
Kevin Phillips
Riga
Tim Berners-Lee
Isle of Wight Festival
Wolverine
Crocodile
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