Season 4 - Week 9 - T1 Final Flashcards
Which classic 1968 science fiction film was based on Arthur C. Clarke’s short story The Sentinel? It was directed by Stanley Kubrick, and starred Douglas Rain as the voice of the artificial intelligence HAL 9000.
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
Named after a Scottish town, which member of the Wombles is the group’s handyman, and can often be found in his workshop making gadgets out of everyday rubbish?
TOBERMORY
Which luxury goods company, famous for its exclusive shade of blue, owns a 128-carat yellow diamond which has only been worn by four people, including Lady Gaga and Beyonce?
TIFFANY and Co.
French athletes have reached the top of a number of sports over the last fifteen years. Which sportsman broke the decathlon world record in September 2018, and is also the reigning world champion in the event?
Kevin MAYER
First held in 1988, which alliteratively named annual WWE match involves thirty wrestlers competing to win a title shot of their choosing? Competitors enter the ring at two-minute intervals during this event, and are eliminated when they go over the top rope of the ring and both their feet hit the floor.
ROYAL RUMBLE
The soundtrack to the 1987 movie Dirty Dancing was packed full of classic one-hit wonders. One such track was Hey! Baby, a 1962 song by which American singer? The original reached number one in the US and number two in the UK, while a cover by DJ Otzi topped the UK chart 40 years later.
Bruce CHANNEL
Numerous board games from around the globe have been included in the Nintendo title 51 Worldwide Games. Among them is which game, where players move their pieces across a hexagram-shaped board? Despite its name, this game originated in Germany under the title Stern-Halma.
CHINESE CHECKERS (do not accept or prompt on checkers)
Which American golfer won his fifth and final Open title at Royal Birkdale in 1983, which was also the last of his eight Major victories? His subsequent struggles with the yips may have cost him the 2009 Open, which he narrowly lost in a playoff against Stewart Cink.
Tom WATSON
Which 1992 novel by Michael Crichton, adapted into a film the following year, centres on a murder in the Los Angeles headquarters of Nakamoto, a fictional Japanese corporation? The answer is NOT Die Hard, which featured the Nakatomi Corporation.
RISING SUN
Black forest gateau and the brandy kirsch both feature which fruit as an ingredient?
CHERRY
Last Nite, Hard to Explain and Someday are all tracks that appear on which 2001 debut studio album by The Strokes?
IS THIS IT
The 2000 film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was the first major Hollywood production in what genre of movie? With a Chinese name meaning ‘martial heroes’, this genre concerns the adventures of Chinese martial artists.
WUXIA [Woo·sha] (do not accept Wushu)
Who won both the second series of Big Brother UK in 2002 and Ultimate Big Brother in 2010? This Irishman replaced Davina McCall as presenter when the series moved to Channel 5, before being replaced in turn by Emma Willis. First name is acceptable.
BRIAN DOWLING (accept either underlined part)
Which French athlete holds the all-time biathlon record for the most overall World Cup titles, winning seven consecutive titles from 2012 to 2018? He is also the most successful French Olympian of all time.
Martin FOURCADE
Which golfer won the 2007 Open at Carnoustie and successfully defended his title at Royal Birkdale the following year? He described his subsequent struggles with the yips as being “like an electric eel in my hand”, and has not won a major championship since.
Padraig HARRINGTON
Celebrities often give their children bizarre names. Which Canadian musician is the mother of a son named X Æ A-12 [ex-ash-ay-twelve], and a daughter named Exa Dark Siderael, the latter born via surrogate mother?
GRIMES (accept Claire BOUCHER)
Which classic 1968 science fiction film was based on a French comic series of the same name by Jean Claude Forest? Jane Fonda played the movie’s title character, a space traveller and representative of the United Earth government.
BARBARELLA
Which 1994 novel by Michael Crichton, adapted into a film the same year, centres on a male employee’s struggle to prove he was sexually harassed by his female boss?
DISCLOSURE
In the fifth instalment of which series of video games is the main character Franklin given multiple choices as to what the ending will be? He can either kill his friends Michael and Trevor, or save both in one last mission.
Grand Theft Auto
The dish Crêpes Suzette and the liqueur Cointreau are both flavoured with which type of fruit?
ORANGE
Which member of the Wombles, apparently based on creator Elisabeth Beresford’s teenage son, was often depicted as lazy and constantly in search of food? He takes his name from a river in the Americas.
ORINOCO
For her 30th birthday, Elizabeth Taylor received a bespoke Cleopatra mirror from her then-husband Eddie Fisher, which was designed by which Italian jeweller and luxury goods manufacturer? Founded in 1884 by Greek silversmith Sotirios Voulgaris, this jeweller is noted for its distinctive coiled Serpenti designs.
BULGARI
The Dudley Boyz, the Hardy Boyz and Edge & Christian were the first participants in what type of hardcore match at the 2000 edition of WWE’s Summerslam? It takes its name – sometimes abbreviated to a three-letter acronym - from three items that could be used as weapons.
TABLES, LADDERS AND CHAIRS (accept TLC)
Another song from the Dirty Dancing soundtrack was Do You Love Me, a 1962 US number one for which very early Motown group? The song did not chart in the UK, but returned to the US charts for a second time in 1988 after its use in Dirty Dancing.
The CONTOURS
