Friday, May 19, 2006

Pub Quiz

Remember the last time we went to a pub quiz? At St George's School? And how not impressed we were by how long it went on? And all the in-jokes to friends at the front? Well tonight my school did a pub quiz, six rounds including a 'guess the famous child' and it was done and dusted, prize presented in an hour! That's what I call efficient.

The school....



...in common with most other IH schools runs a social programme. In our case it's about once a week which in practice means once a month for me. Last month it was Cheese and Wine - could you think of a better combination for me? - alas the wine was red and I was suffering my runny tummy, so little was eaten or drunk. This month it was the pub quiz. There were three of us; me, N and U. Interestingly, although N is a giant of a man (even I have to look up at him) and U is a whirlwind of energy, guess who grabbed the students' attention when reading out her questions? Yep, little old me. Guess it must be my greater age - respect, that's what it is!

So (and I'll want your answers by email, just to prove you're reading this) here are the questions:

1. Which act has had the most number 1 hits in the UK?
a Elvis Presley
b The Beatles
c Micheal Jackson
d Madonna

2. Whitney Houston spent 14 weeks at the top of the US charts with "I Will Always Love You", but who wrote the song?

a Carly Simon
b Barbara Streisand
c Dolly Parton
d Olivia Newton-John

3. What was the first rap song to reach number 1 in the American charts?

a "U Can't Touch This" MC Hammer
b "Ice, Ice, Baby" Vanilla Ice
c "Walk This Way" Run DMZ
d "Rappers Delight" Sugar Hill Gang

4. How many number 1 hits did The Beatles have in America?

a five
b ten
c fifteen
d twenty

5. In which year did The Rolling Stones have their first UK number one?

a 1964
b 1966
c 1968
d 1970

You can, if you wish leave your answers in the comments (just click on the comments and fill in the box). Special sloppy hug from me as first prize!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

hi shiralee, I'm going for answer b all the way through. no particular reason... probability suggests at least one answer should be right! You will post the correct answers I hope for all us anoraks? Take care,Tam