Chances 17 Oct From Cm010807

Round One – Tourist Attractions Chances 17 Oct 1. In which English County is Cheddar Gorge? Somerset 2. In which city could you visit the Bolshoi Theatre? Moscow 3. In which capital city could you climb the Spanish Steps? Rome 4. What can be found at Xian in China? The Terracotta Army 5. In which country was is the original Legoland? Denmark Round Two - Sporting Nicknames Chances 17 Oct 6. Which Formula One driver was nicknamed The Professor? Alain Prost 7. Which snooker player was nicknamed The Grinder? Cliff Thorburn 8. Which sportsman is known as The Golden Bear? Jack Nicklaus 9. Which famous European football club is known as The Old Lady? Juventus 10. Which British sporting personality was known as The Dark Destroyer? Nigel Benn Round Three - Heist Films Chances 17 Oct 11. In which film did Frank Sinatra lead a gang attempting to rob five Las Vegas casinos at once? Ocean's Eleven 12. For which film did Peter Ustinov win an Oscar as a member of a gang robbing a Constantinople museum? Topkapi 13. Who led the ex-army officers who robbed a bank in 'The League Of Gentlemen'? Jack Hawkins 14. Who teamed up with Audrey Hepburn to rob an art museum in How To Steal A Million? Peter O'Toole 15. In the comedy film Two Way Stretch what did Peter Sellers and his friends steal? Diamonds Round Four - Creature Collectives Chances 17 Oct What sort of animal has the following varieties? 16. Pipistrelle, Vampire and long-eared? Bats 17. Weddell, elephant and Ross? Seal 18. Raft, house and trapdoor? Spider 19. Leghorn, Buff Orpington and Plymouth Rocks? Chicken 20. Burchell's, mountain and Grevy's? Zebras

Round Five - Music Miscellany Chances 17 Oct 21. Which group were the first chart-topper to be named after a European city? Berlin 22. Who was the only artist to have a number One mentioning Liverpool? Little Jimmy Osmond 23. 'I Wanna Be The Only One' was the first No. 1 for which group? Eternal 24. What was the first UK Eurovision Song Contest song of the 1990's to top the UK singles charts? Ooh Ah Just A Little Bit 25. Which 1970's number One gave Steps a huge 1990's hit? Tragedy Round Six - Foreign Names Chances 17 Oct 26. Which group of islands in the Aegean Sea has a name meaning twelve islands? Dodecanese 27. Which island situated on the tip of South America has a name meaning Land of Fire? Tierra Del Fuego 28. The Nepalese call it Sagamartha and in Tibet it is Mi-ti gu-ti cha-pu long na what is its English name? Mount Everest 29. Which great river takes its name from the Indian word meaning Destroyer of Boats? Amazon 30. Known in Romanian as the Dunarea and in Hungarian as the Duna, what is the English name of this great river? The Danube Round Seven - Science Class Chances 17 Oct 31. Which two metals make up Brass? Copper and Zinc 32. Which gas is the most abundant constituent of air? Nitrogen 33. What is the positive heavy particle of the nucleus of an atom called? Proton 34. What is made in a Bessemer Converter? Steel 35. H2SO4 is the chemical formula for which acid? Sulphuric Round Eight - Telly Trivia Chances 17 Oct 36. Which TV programme has "Barnacle Bill" as it's theme music? Blue Peter 37. Which TV series was centred around Skeldale House? All Creatures Great and Small 38. Who succeeded Bob Monkhouse as presenter of Family Fortunes? Max Bygraves - terrible mistake! 39. In Heartbeat, what was the name of Nick's first wife? Kate 40. In the X-Files, what was Scully's first name? Dana

Round Nine - Crime & Punishment Chances 17 Oct 41. What did Thomas Blood try to steal in the 17th century? Crown Jewels 42. In which city did the bodysnatchers Burke and Hare operate? Edinburgh 43. In which sensational case was wireless telegraphy first used to apprehend a murderer? Dr Crippen 44. John Hinckley wounded which World Leader in 1981? Ronal Reagan 45. Which parts of the body went into a pillory? Neck & Wrists Round Ten - Mystery Year Chances 17 Oct 46. Who was Margaret Thatcher's first Chancellor of the Exchequer? Geoffrey Howe 47. At which hospital was the first British heart transplant carried out? Papworth 48. Who became the first British footballer to attract a £1m transfer fee when Brian Clough bought him from Birmingham City for Nottingham Forest? Trevor Francis 49. Who was revealed to be the fourth Russian spy in the Burgess, Maclean and Philby affair? Anthony Blunt 50. Manchester United lost in the FA Cup Final of this year - which year is it? 1979