The quiz is a no iPhone zone. It just spoils it for everyone. If you see someone on another team using their iPhone then take a picture of them with your phone. If we all work together we can beat this. Clay Shirky says so.
Current Affairs
Who is the new manager of Newcastle United?
Which organisation is YouTube in dispute with, causing music videos to be blocked to UK visitors of the site?
Which website did Steven Gerrard use to sell his Range Rover?
How long (to the nearest 3 months) did the man who threw his shoes at George Bush get sent to prison for?
Who lost the most money in 2008 – Bill Gates of Microsoft, Ingvar Kamprad of Ikea, or Lakshmi Mittel, of the Mittel steel company?
Who, last month, out of Barack Obama, Prince Charles, Roger Federer and Andre 3000 was named ‘best dressed man in the world’ by Esquire magazine?
Which notorious prisoner was the subject of a recent film starring Tom Hardy?
Yorkshire resort Flamborough has recently suffered a major infestation from what kind of pest?
Magician William Oliver Wallace died recently. What was his stage name?
In which country will the 2009 Indian Premier league be played?
Picture Round
Music Round This month all of the songs were duets – teams had to name the two artists in each case, rather than the artist and song title.
Kids’ Riddles What do you get if you cross a sheep with a kangaroo?
What did the policemen say to his tummy?
What did the Spanish farmer say to his hen?
Which cheese is made backwards?
What happened to the cat that swallowed a ball of wool?
April Fools / Hoaxes
Ian Fleming took the name ‘James Bond’ from a guide to birds of the West Indies.
The 2009 formula 1 champion will be decided by total number of races won, rather than points.
Clapham Junction is Britain’s busiest railway station, in terms of trains passing through.
The average person swallows 8 spiders a year in their sleep
The new doner kebab Pot Noodle is suitable for vegans?
General Knowledge Which road connects Tottenham Court Road to Leicester Square?
What does the acronym Quantas stand for?
Which medical procedure did Dr Christian Barnard perform for the first time?
Who is a made up character out of: Captain Birdseye, maker of frozen food, Mr Kellogg, maker of breakfast cereal, and Mr Kipling, maker of baked goods?
In science, what is absolute zero, in centigrade, to the nearest 10 degrees?
The Azores are a part of which country?
In medical terms, what would a sphygmomanometer be used to measure?
Which is the most senior of the naval ranks captain, commodore and commander?
London’s Monument commemorates which historic event?
In marketing, what the initials BOGOF stand for?
