Answers to the questions below can be found on the notice board at Mardons Social Club. There is no prize and this is no indication as to the level of difficulty of the questions set for the Quiz Night!
1. Which Crackerjack presenter was once an Ovaltiney?
2. Which cat said 'I hate these meeces to pieces'?
3. Who was the first death in Coronation Street?
4. Which was the first advert to be shown in British television?
5. Which Eastenders couple eloped to Gretna Green?
6. Which magical sleuth lived in an East Anglian windmill?
7. On which cop shows would you find the following?
a. Victor Isbeki
b. Danny Williams
c. Frank McNeil
8. Which narcotic drug obtained from opium is used in medicine for the relief of severe pain?
9. By what name was rhe Russian city of Volgograd known from 1925 to 1961?
10. What form of Indian cookery takes its name from the cylindrical clay oven used?
11. The island of Capri is situated at the southern entrance to which bay?
12. Who performed a concert in the park at the end of each episode of Trumpton?
13. Cheyenne is the capital of which Ameriacan state?
14. Which Blue Peter presenter played one of Doctor Who's assistants?
15. Who returned to Eastenders as co-owner of The Queen Vic in 2001?
16. What can be a pick-me-up or the key note of music scale?
17. Which capital city is nearest to the equator?
18. On which 60's TV series were Edward G. Robinson, George Raft and Sammy Davis Jnr all seen peering from windows?
19. Who had a fling with Lilo Lil?
20. What type of hat takes its name from a city in Morocco?
21. What was the middle name of US President Richard Nixon?
22. Who designed the 'bouncing bomb'?
23. In greek mythology who was the daughter of Zeus and Leda?
24. Which former Olympic swimming champion played Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers in films?
25. In what year was the 'Great Train Robbery' in Britain?
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