Steve's Quintessential Quaker Quiz -- the letter K

By Ray Simpson

Steve's Quintessential Quaker Quiz -- the letter K

More questions from our quizmaster

Steve Rees has set another of his quizzes. All the answers begin with the same letter - in the case of someone’s name, the surname begins with the key letter. This week’s letter is ……… K

FIRST HALF (General Knowledge)

  1. What is the capital city of Afghanistan?
  2. Which Japanese word literally means ‘empty hand’?
  3. Name the breakfast dish consisting of smoked fish, hard-boiled eggs & boiled rice.
  4. Which author wrote ‘Kim’ and ‘The Jungle Book’?
  5. Which Czech tennis player won the Wimbledon Men’s Singles Championship in 1973?
  6. In terms of meat, what is the Jewish equivalent to the Islamic Halal?
  7. In the TV mystery series ‘Rosemary & Thyme’, which actress played the part of Rosemary?
  8. Which US state is known as the Sunflower state?
  9. Which group released during the Naughties their debut album entitled ‘Employment’?
  10. What is the second highest mountain in the world?
  11. Which 1971 detective film starred Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland?

 

SECOND HALF (Football)

 

  1. Who started his professional career for the Iron and ended it as a Magpie?
  2. Which club won the Scottish F.A. Cup in 1997?
  3. Which Conference club won promotion to the Football League in 1994?
  4. Who was Quakers’ caretaker-manager after the sacking of Paul Futcher?
  5. In which Scottish town do Raith Rovers play?
  6. Which Irish forward played the majority of his professional football for Wolves, Coventry City, Spurs and Leeds Utd?
  1. Which Spurs player won 4 England caps in 1968 and went on to be a successful manager in the lower leagues?
  1. Making 62 appearances in his time with us, which Scottish left-winger did Darlo sign from Dumbarton in 1967?
  1. Which NLN team is nicknamed The Poppies?
  2. Which Middle-Eastern team has appeared only once in the World Cup Finals (1982),

       losing to England?

  1. In the 2000/01 season, which Scottish centre-forward did Quakers sign on loan from

      Sunderland? He later went on to make 20 international appearances for Scotland.