The Vange Amateur Radio Society  -   The Hot Cross Quiz 2013   (Held 28/03/2013)
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A) Radio & TV 2
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1. Which pair were played on TV by Adam West and Bert Ward?

2. Which TV commedian was famous for wearing a fez?

3. Who was the first DJ to be heard on Radio one?

4. Which TV character is a postal worker with a cat called  Jess?

5. What was Patrick McGoohan's number in the 1960's TV series "The Prisoner"

B) General Knowledge 2
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1. What colour is a female blackbird?

2. With what activity is a campanologist concerned?

3. How many opening moves does black have at the start of a game of draughts?

4. Which number is diametrically opposite the twenty on a dartboard?

5. In whch British city would you find "Arthur's seat"?

C) Science 2
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1. What is the more popular name given to Nitrous oxide?

2. Who was the second man to walk on the moon?

3. Name both constituents of brass?

4. Which gas is the most abundant constituent of air?

5. On which planet would you find the Great red spot?

D) Films 2
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1. Who was the lead actress in the film Barbarella (1968)?

2. Who played the title role in "The Elephant Man" (1980)?

3. Which 1939 film starred a character called Dorothy and her dog Toto?

4. Who played the title role in the 1965 film "Cat Balou"?

5. In which famous 1949 film did James Cagney star as a psychopath with an obsession about his mother?


E) Call my bluff 2
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1. MIDIRON
		a) The board used in mah-jong.
		b) Scrap left after smelting.
		c) A No 2 iron used in golf.

2. NIPA
		a) A jumping flea.
		b) A South American fruit.
		c) A pine tree.

3. SCOW
		a) A freight barge.
		b) An oatmeal cake.
		c) A thick shawl.

4. WITHERSHINS
		a) Antisocial.
		b) Anticlockwise.
		c) Anti magnetic.

5. YULAN
		a) A Chinese magnolia.
		b) A Mexican wine.
		c) An Islamic festival.

F) Animals 2
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1. Who wrote the novel "Black Beauty"?

2. Who created Winnie the Pooh?

3. What name is given to the home of a badger?

4. What name is given to a male rabbit?

5. What animal was Walt Disney's "Minnie"

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Answers:

A1 - Batman and Robin.
A2 - Tommy Cooper.
A3 - Tony Blackburn.
A4 - Postman Pat.
A5 - 6.
B1 - Brown.
B2 - Bell ringing.
B3 - 7.
B4 - 3.
B5 - Edinburgh.
C1 - Laughing gas.
C2 - Edwin (Buzz) Aldrin.
C3 - Copper and Zinc.
C4 - Nitrogen.
C5 - Jupiter.
D1 - Jane Fonda.
D2 - John Hurt.
D3 - The wizard of Oz
D4 - Jane Fonda.
D5 - White Heat.
E1 - A No 2 iron used in golf.
E2 - A pine tree.
E3 - A freight barge.
E4 - Anticlockwise.
E5 - A Chinese magnolia
F1 - Anna Sewell.
F2 - A. A. Milne.
F3 - Sett.
F4 - Buck.
F5 - Mouse.