20th Anniversary Quiz

In December 1991, a brown-haired, young, and dynamic Structural Engineer called Phil, who had more drive and confidence than sense, set up a new Structural Engineering Consultancy in Worthing - Philip Goacher Associates. Twenty years later, Philip Goacher Associates has become the foremost Structural Engineers in Worthing, although the years have not been as kind to Phil's hair colour.

In celebration of the 20 successful years of Philip Goacher Associates, we're hosting a special Anniversary Quiz. The prize will be a case of wine for the team with the highest score, but beware: there are some tricky questions which will require meticulous research. All the questions are related to the past 20 years, so get your thinking caps on and have a go!

The quiz is divided into the following categories. You can print out the full question and answer sheets (attached below) and email the answers back to us.

Please return the answer sheets by Friday 20th January 2012, so that we can deliver the prize in early February.

Good luck and enjoy!

Round one: UK News

1) If the Canaries could talk they would have been able to tell you if I was pushed or if I slipped in November 1991. Not many knew me as Mr.Hoch, but many pensioners did.

2) I wanted to break free, after 45 years I managed to do so in December 1991.

3) I was introduced to the world on 24 February 1997. I was born in Scotland and my sister shares my name. We come from a long line of Ovines.

4) We did it in 1966, but this time it was to be a different ball game in 2003.

5) My untimely demise was not un-expected this year and made me the latest member of the 27 club.

6) Solve the anagram to get the story: Panic Sardines & Lady Oaf Died in summer of 1997.

7) I finally got to the bed at 0045 on 15th January after spilling more than 2000 tonnes off Dorset.

8) I carried 100 from the Big Apple for the last time on 24th October 2003.

9) It started near Guildford and ended up costing the country an estimated £8 billion.

10) This powerful place cost £134million and 4 years to convert before finally being opened by The Queen.

Round two: Sport

1) Which sport was hosted in a stadium built entirely of marble in 2004?

2) These brothers and "an apple" won Gold Medals.

3) Several current premiership football teams have had new stadia built in the past 20 years.  What is the total number if you add up all the years in which the stadia were opened (ie 2002 + 2004 = 4006, etc.)

4) J Bull was world champion in this most British of sports in 1991 and 1996.

5) Which four legged 'friend' won a race three years in a row aged 7, 8, and 9?

6) Which formulaic race starts at 1.00pm British Summer time in the dark?

7) 71 teams participate in many activities every 1,461 days or so. What is this?

8) They swept to victory in 2002. Name the sport.

9) What have Andre Agassi and Lindsay Davenport got in common?

10) The last four winners of this contest were Rory, Tim, Louis and Luke.

Round three: Philip Goacher Associates

1) What are Philip Goacher Associates' normal office hours?

2) What is BS EN ISO 9001:2008?

3) How many photographs are on the video?

4) What is Philip Goacher Associates' website address for their dedicated Party Wall Website?

5) Philip Goacher Associates won an Award in 2011, but who was the project designer?

6) What are the names of Philip Goacher Associates' two secretaries?

7) Philip Goacher Associates visited a water tower to undertake some work. To which service was this related?

8) Who said "My wife and I are very impressed with your prompt service and will be recommending you to other property buyers"?

9) Which pier?

10) What will be the combined age of every member of Philip Goacher Associates on 25th December 2011? (Could be the tie breaker question in the event of a draw).

Round four: Art & Literature (picture round)

Name the book from the cover:

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Name the artist:

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Round five: Who died?

1) A Beheld Terror - solve this anagram to find the nickname of this deceased leader.

2) This CEO had a son called Reed who was born in September 1991.

3) A smokin' Gold Medal winner in the Tokyo Olympics.

4) This former first lady's name now lives on as a US clinic.

5) He ruled the waves with an iron fist until his demise in 2010.

6) He gave his name to a string instrument popularised by rock bands in the 70's.

7) No lightweight in the world of rap, whose real first name was Dwight.

8) This Motorsport champion should have kept his feet on the ground.

9) Most famous for playing Adam Sandler's Granny in one of his most cheerful films.

10) A national treasure who created a cunning woodland mammal and an enormous furry fruit.

Round six: Technology

1) An expedition to this object is a difficult undertaking considering its meagre 20m height, but that's because there is a distinct lack of oxygen up there.

2) This technology company was on the verge of bankruptcy in 1997, but in 2011 it became the world's most valuable and most profitable company.

3) It has taken seven years to feed over 800,000,000 people. What is it?

4) In 1993, this very expensive mirror was finally fixed.

5) Two warring discs, competing to display 2,073,600 pixels to home users, ended their battle in 2008. Who won?

6) This speedy, speedy resource has become a multi-language portal for knowledge.

7) This was the first to combine electricity with internal combustion.

8) Steve, Michael, Tony, and two Jons were chiefly responsible for which 2001 game-changing product?

9) Attaining 10 petaflops is a regular occurrence for this beastly machine.

10) What was first mentioned in 1995, and resulted in well over 300 billion US Dollars being spent in order to mitigate its effects?

Round seven: Politics

1) Whose compulsion with notorious gay meeting spots created a short period of mania for Blair in 1998?

2) Which foxy character has travelled, alongside a high-profile friend, to multiple destinations between 2009 and 2011, including: Israel, Dubai, the United States, Sri Lanka, and Hong Kong?

3) How many Parliamentary Constituencies are there in the United Kingdom?

4) On which date did President Clinton allegedly first 'have sexual relations' with Monica Lewinsky?

5) How many leaders has The Labour Party had since 1991, including those who have temporarily assumed the role?

6) Which famous incident occurred in a school on the 15th of June 1992?

7) Who was nicknamed 'Man of Steel' by a former President of the United States?

8) Who holds the unfortunate record of having shortest Ministerial tenure in Her Majesty's Government?

9) Who is currently third in the line of succession for the Presidency of the United States?

10) Who scooted his way to a $250,000 USD fine in 2007?

Round eight: Films

1) Ewan McGregor chooses life.

2) A film documenting one man's month of consuming only McDonalds.

3) Lle anta amin tu?

4) A 1991 'Big Five' winner.

5) An 87-year-old was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for this film.

6) Based on a book of the same name, this film stars Stanley Tucci as a serial killer neighbour.

7) This remake of a 1981 slasher flick was shot in 3D and stars Dawson's Creek's "Jack McPhee".

8) A real-life bank robber stars as a gangster in this film about a diamond heist gone awry.

9) Following the release of a virus, Alice must fight her way out of an underground research facility.
 
10) This film has been made three times; the first was in 1976, starring Jodie Foster.

Round nine: TV

1) This long-running soap opera was first broadcast in October 1995.

2) This cartoon centres around a dysfunctional household in Quahog.

3) The original run of this American sitcom, based around the lives of high school students,  ended in May 1993.
 
4) A group of beautiful women compete in this US show, currently airing its 17th cycle.

5) The first of several closely-related TV shows was the Dutch 'Miljoenenjacht', launched in 2000. What is the English version known as?

6) He lives in fruit on the sea bed.

7) This prequel TV series began 35 years after the original, but was set over 100 years before.

8) Running from 1991-1997, this sitcom focuses on the mishaps of a good-intentioned but incompetent leisure centre manager.

9) For the perfect con you need: a grifter, a hitter, a thief, a hacker and a mastermind.

10) This series, currently in its 7th season, can be found in 'a pulsar tuner'.

Round ten: Science & Nature

1) What has Market Rasen had which has not been exceeded in the UK in the past 20 years?

2) This beast followed the Dodo in 2006.

3) In 2006 a re-classification changed nine to eight. What was re-classified?

4) It started in Lancashire, Northumbria and Milton Keynes before going nationwide. What was it.

5) It was about £1.80 in 1991 and about £5.90 in 2011. What is it?

6) This hard drug caused a sensation when introduced in the late 1990s.

7) There were none in 1993 and over 52 billion in 2007. What are they?

8) Arguably one of the most ambitious scientific undertakings of all time was completed in April 2003. What was it?

9) There were 5.5 billion in 1991 and about 30% more in 2011. What is this?

10) What is 26m long, 16m high, 16m wide, weights 10,000 tonnes and has a girl's name?

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