This week's contestent is: Steve and Jeff McDonald
Occupation: Crown kings of pop rock with Redd Kross
Specialist Subject: Endless cool harmonies
1/ In which year did Elvis Presley die?
Jeff McDonald: 1977
2/ Which sea lies between the borders of Israel and Jordan?
Jeff: The Dead Sea
Steve McDonald: Jeff! You're so brilliant!
3/ Who among the following great masters did the 20th century art form of cubism originate: a) Picasso; b)Monet; c)Cezanne?
Jeff: Oh, I would say Picasso.
4/ What was the religious movement founded by Joseph Smith?
Steve: Oh, that;s not Mormonism, is it? Is it called Mormonism?
Kerrang!: Yes, on both counts.
5/ Who played the lead role in the classic film 'The Hustler'?
Jeff and Steve: Paul Newman!
6/ Which of the following authors created Winnie the Pooh: a)Beatrix Potter; b)AA Milne; c)Christopher Robin?
Steve: Beatrix Potter? No. Well, Jeff's the father, so you should ask him. I don't know.
Jeff: I don't know Winnie the Pooh yet.
7/ What is the largest human organ?
Jeff: The skin.
Steve: Wow, that's good. You've been watching some sort of medical channel lately, right?
Did you find that out from television?
Jeff: Well it's just one of those weird things that your know. It's interesting, because you'd never think of the skin as an organ.
8/ Is the name of the capital of Paraguay: a)Ascunciun; b) Buenos Aires; c)Lima?
Jeff: Well, it's not Buenos Aries, so...
Steve: Paraguay did you say? You can't pronouce the first one.
Jeff: Then it's the first one, cos it sounds French or Spanish or something.
9/ The blue whale is the largest animal ever to inhabit the earth. To what length can an adult grow; a)30 feet; b)75 feet; c)115 feet?
Jeff: Oh, gee, I don't understand that question. I'm going to say 75 feet.
Steve: And I'm going to say 115 feet. Can we give you two different answers?
Jeff: Choose one.
Steve: I say the big one.
Jeff: I still say it's 75 feet.
Steve: OK, we'll go with 75 feet.
Kerrang!: Did you not want to do that.
10/ Who directed the movies "Rebecca", "Psycho" and "The Birds"?
Jeff and Steve: Alfred Hitchcock.
Steve: That one's too easy
11/ What is the name of the earth's outer layer?
Jeff: The crust.
Steve: It's like when you slice the earth in half and that's what you get on
top, the crust. And in the middle is all the fire.
Jeff: So you do remember school.
12/ What is Sex Pistols frontman Johnny Rotten's real name?
Jeff: John Lydon.
13/ Is the chemical symbol for gold: a)Gi; b)Ag; c)Au?
Jeff: The first one, at a guess.
Steve: I'll say Au.
14/ If it takes one man two hours to dig a hole, how long would it take two mean to dig half a hole?
Steve: Oh, you gotta go through that again! Half an hour?
Jeff: Yeah, half an hour.
Kerrang!: Gentelmen, you have fallen for our cunning trick question. There is, of course, no such thing as half a hole.
Jeff and Steve: Gee.
15/ Which of the following species has the greater number: a)Plants; b)Insects; c)Animals?
Steve: Insects.
Jeff: Plants... you think it's insects, really?
Steve: yeah, listen to me on this one.
Jeff: Fine.
Steve: I know that in the rainforest they kill hundreds and thousands of species every day while they're burning it down. There's so many they don't even know the exact number.
16/ A marquis is a nobelman but what is a marquee?
Jeff: It's a tent.
Steve: I'm confused.
17/ What do apes lack that monkey's have?
Steve: Well, monkeys do have tails.
Jeff: Yeah, it's tails.
18/ Which of the following is not a musical instrument; a)a spinet; b)an ocelot; c)an ocarina?
Jeff: An ocelot. An ocelot is a cat.
Steve: Oh, I think I had an ocelot once actually.
Jeff: No you didn't have an ocelot.
Steve: Well, it was a derived breed.
19/ Who said "Women are our slaves. They are no more than machines for producing our babies." Was it: a)W.C. Fields; b)Groucho Marx; c)Napoleon Bonaparte?
Jeff: I'd say Napoleon. You never heard W.C. Fields talking about sex and Groucho Marx wasn't that harsh.
20/ Who shot the outlaw Jesse James in the back?
Jeff: Robert Ford.
21/ Where are budgerigars found in their natural habitat?
Jeff: Well, they have an Australian name, so I'll say Australia.
22/ What kind of food is a tomato?
Jeff: Fruit!
23/ In which Charles Dickens book does Samuel Weller appear?
Jeff: I'll say David Copperfield
Kerrang!: We'll say 'You're Wrong'.
24/ Who said: "I used to be Snow White, but I drifted"? Was it: a)Mae West; b)Jayne Mansfield; c)Raquel Welch?
Jeff: Well, it sounds like Mae West.
25/ Which star's real name was Marion Morrison?
Jeff: Jim Morrison? No, it's John Wayne. That makes total sense.
Steve: No it doesn't! But you answered all of those Jeff. That was great.
The Verdict
Jeff McDonald is a very, very clever man. Far too clever, in fact, to be arsing around n a rock band...
QUIZMISTRESS: Liz Evans