Download or read book Bamber Gascoigne s Challenging Quiz Book written by Bamber Gascoigne and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2007-11-01 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who was the only British Prime Minister to be assassinated? The demolition of the old London Bridge put an end to what famous tradition? Which philosopher caught a fatal chill returning from a predawn lesson given to Queen Christina of Sweden? What was the real name of Buffalo Bill? Which mutiny, leading to a war of independence, was provoked by the use of animal fat? What was smuggled from Alexandria to Venice in, it is said, a barrel of pork? What did Pope Innocent III outlaw, as a weapon of mass destruction? Who, on the first day of 1660, had the remains of a turkey for breakfast and began a new project? Prepare to have your general knowledge tested by the best quizmaster in the business. Here are 2000 of the world's strangest and most stimulating questions, laid out in a series of thematic quizzes that cover art , literature, politics, sport, geography and history and span all the countries of the world. Bamber Gascoigne's fascination with knowledge is highly contagious and his answers give you the context you need to find out even more. And as to the answers to the questions above -- well, you'll have to read the book...
Download or read book Fingers on Buzzers written by Gascoigne Bamber and published by Allen Lane. This book was released on 2008-01-29 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book University Challenge Quiz Book written by Marina Coles and published by Andre Deutsch Limited. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Britain loves University Challenge. An ITV institution of the 1960s, when it was presented by Bamber Gascoigne the show even featured contestants who have gone on to become superstars in their own rights (such as Stephen Fry). Off air for almost ten years, University Challenge was brought back in 1994, with a new, equally distinctive presenter, Jeremy Paxman. In the show, two colleges or universities compete against each other by answering tough questions on subjects as diverse as anclent Greek mythology and rocket science. 'Your starter for ten...no conferring' is one of the most famous phrases in television. University Challenge Quiz Book gives the reader the rare opportunity to pit themselves against the real starters for ten and bonus questions that have featured throughout the programme's long history. Drawing on the immense archive of questions accumulated over the decades, University Challenge Quiz Book includes starter questions on subjects that range from the Tall Ships Race to women in politics, the history of space travel to contemporary children's fiction. New York Hotels, for example, or three on writers and food, or even three on surnames. Incredibly broad in it's range, the University Challenge Quiz Book is as challenging as the programme itself. A must for all fans of the show and quiz fiends alike.
Download or read book 60 Years of University Challenge written by Cassell and published by Cassell. This book was released on 2022-09-08 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrate 60 years of Britain's longest-running quiz show. Since 1962, University Challenge has brought TV viewing the most taxing questions on television. Now you can relive some of its most gripping moments, as well as test you and your family's own quizzing ability, with this unique quizbook. - Over 3,000 questions, including complete sets of questions from iconic episodes. - 'Where are they now?' features that reveal what notable contestants went on to achieve. - Interviews with question setters, famous contestants and producers - An entry quiz that contestants face so you can see if you've got what it takes to be on the show. With over 400 pages of trivia, behind-the-scenes detail and a raft of questions to test your knowledge, this is the ultimate gift for any University Challenge viewer.
Download or read book The Ultimate Quiz Book Guide written by Joe Varley and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2016-09-28 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you a quizmaster or planning to become one? Have you been charged with running an event at your local pub for the first time? Or are you an experienced quizmaster looking for new material? Whatever your motivation for buying this book The Ultimate Quiz Book Guide will provide you with fresh ideas and tell you everything you need to know about running a successful quiz. With advice and tips from experienced quizmaster, Joe Varley, this book explains how to organise a quiz from beginning to end. There are sections on preparation, tools and location; the business end, writing and researching the questions; on the day; dealing with hecklers; dos and don?ts; different quiz formats and how to organise picture rounds as well as 36 readymade quizzes compiled by the author. Whether you are a seasoned quizmaster or completely new to running quizzes The Ultimate Quiz Book Guide contains everything you need to run an enjoyable and memorable quiz that will leave the participants eagerly anticipating your next event.
Download or read book The Penguin Book Quiz written by James Walton and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2019-10-03 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE PERFECT CHRISTMAS DAY ACTIVITY! Which Haruki Murakami novel shares its title with a Beatles song? In Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, what is Charlie's surname? What is heavy-drinking Rachel Watson known as in the title of a 21st-century bestseller? And what do you get if you add the number of Bennet sisters in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice to the number of Karamazov brothers in Fyodor Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov? With four hundred questions covering books from literary classics to modern bestsellers, through iconic children's books and books you say that you've read but really you haven't, The Penguin Book Quiz is as appropriate for a making you look well-read at a party as it is for a book-loving family to tuck into after Christmas dinner: it's as enjoyable to read as it is to play. Featuring the work of everyone from Antony Beevor to Zadie Smith, books from The Very Hungry Caterpillar to Ulysses, and with movie, music, television and literary references abound, this entertaining quiz tickles the fancy (and the brains) of light and heavy readers alike. Answers: - Norwegian Wood - Bucket - The Girl on the Train - Eight (five sisters, three brothers)
Download or read book ThirdWay written by and published by . This book was released on 1977-07-28 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Monthly current affairs magazine from a Christian perspective with a focus on politics, society, economics and culture.
Download or read book University Challenge The Ultimate Questions written by Steve Tribe and published by Hardie Grant Publishing. This book was released on 2016-10-06 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s back! And this time it’s the ultimate challenge, with over 3000 brand-new questions from the popular BBC2 show. It’s been on television for over five decades, and it’s still loved by viewers of all ages. University Challenge is a firm favourite on BBC2 screens for 10 months of the year. This brand-new quiz book saves you having to shout answers at the screen – you can shout them at your family and friends instead! Featuring over 3000 new questions, University Challenge: The Ultimate Questions will have everyone racking their brains and sharpening their wits. Regularly the third most popular show on BBC2, and with Jeremy Paxman its iconic host, it’s not all about the students. University Challenge: The Professionals and Christmas University Challenge have proved equally popular, with the great and the good queuing up to participate; previous contestants have included Kate Adie, Jonathan Coe, Lynne Truss, Rory Bremner, Charlie Higson and Louis Theroux.
Download or read book The Christians written by Bamber Gascoigne and published by William Morrow. This book was released on 1977 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the history and development of the Christian religion through discussion of the men and women who shaped it.
Download or read book ThirdWay written by and published by . This book was released on 2002-07 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Monthly current affairs magazine from a Christian perspective with a focus on politics, society, economics and culture.
Download or read book University Challenge written by Steve Tribe and published by Quadrille Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2015-10-08 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Fingers on buzzers, your first starter for ten...' Every week the nation tunes in to hear these legendary words. Over the course of its incredible 53 years, University Challenge has achieved cult status. It's regularly the third most popular BBC2 show, testament to the enduring appeal of this beloved programme. It even has its own spin-off series: The Professionals, and Christmas specials featuring famous faces. This bumper quiz book allows you to pit your wits against the students withover 3000 questions drawn from the University Challenge archive. Plus there are quotes and testimonies from behind-the-scenes. Massively popular with fans of all ages, University Challenge's Ultimate Quiz Book makes the perfect gift for children, students, grandparents and everyone in between.
Download or read book Monty Python s Flying Circus written by Darl Larsen and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2008 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1969, the BBC aired the first episode of a new comedy series titled Monty Python's Flying Circus, and the rest, as they say, is history. An instant success, the show ran until 1974, producing a total of 45 episodes. Despite the show's very English humor and allusions to many things British, the series developed a cult following outside the U.K., particularly in the United States. Known for its outrageous humor, occasionally controversial content, and often silly spirit, Monty Python's Flying Circus poked fun at nearly all institutions--domestic or foreign, grand or intimate, sacred or not. Indeed, many of the allusions and references in the program were uniquely British and routinely obscure, and therefore, not always understood or even noticed outside the British Isles. This exhaustive reference identifies and explains the plethora of cultural, historical, and topical allusions of this landmark series. In this resource, virtually every allusion and reference that appeared in an episode--whether stated by a character, depicted in the mise-en-scene, or mentioned in the printed scripts--is identified and explained. Organized chronologically by episode, each entry is listed alphabetically, indicates what sketch it appeared in, and is cross-referenced between episodes. Entries cover literary and metaphoric allusions, symbolisms, names, peoples, and places; as well as the myriad social, cultural, and historical elements (photos, songs, slogans, caricatures) that populate and inform these episodes. Entries Include: -"Arabella Plunkett" -Group of famous characters from famous paintings -Hell's Grannies -HRH The Dummy Princess Margaret -"Kandinsky" -"On the Dad's Liver Bachelors at Large" -Raymond Baxter type -Scun -"Spanish Inquisition" -"Third Parachute Brigade Amateur Dramatic Society" -"total cashectomy" -"Two-Sheds" -"Umbonga's hostile opening" -Vicar sitting thin and unhappy in a pot -"What's all this then?"
Download or read book The Great Moghuls written by Bamber Gascoigne and published by Constable Limited. This book was released on 1971 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book will appeal to the increasing numb er of people travelling to India each year, detailing perhap s the most interesting period of Indian history, the time of the Great Moghuls. '
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Britain written by Bamber Gascoigne and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 724 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book How to Identify Prints written by Bamber Gascoigne and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arranged in self-contained sections the book simplifies accurate identification of any printed image. Included are manual methods, and also the mechanical processes that constitute the vast majority of printed images. Essential aspects of printing history and the printmaking craft are covered and examples are given of the identifying features that help to reveal the type of print.
Download or read book Cod Streuth written by Bamber Gascoigne and published by Jonathan Cape. This book was released on 1986 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Kaleidoscope British Christmas Television Guide 1937 2013 written by Chris Perry and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-02-03 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Guide to British television programmes shown at Christmas time, throughout the years.
