QUIZERAMA QUIZ FILES

Round One - Christopher’s Round
1. In which modern country was Christopher Columbus born?
Italy
2. Which singer, born Christopher John Davidson, spent three weeks at No.1 in 1986 with a song written for his wife?
Chris de Burgh (Lady in Red)
3. What type of transport did Sir Christopher Cockerell invent and develop?
Hovercraft
4. In which film did Christopher Lloyd play a character called Doctor Doom?
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
5. Who Played Captain George Von Trapp in the classic film The ‘Sound Of Music’?
Christopher Plummer

Round Two - Going Bananas
6. On TV how are Fleegle, Snorky, Bingo and Drooper better known collectively?
The Banana Splits
7. Which mammal is responsible for the pollination of most bananas in the wild?
The Bat
8. Who directed and starred in the 1971 film Bananas?
Woody Allen
9. Which band had a hit with Banana Republic in 1980?
The Boomtown Rats
10. In which African country is the seaport of Banana?
The Democratic Republic Of The Congo (formerly Zaire)

Round Three - Travelling East
11. The Petronas Towers are widely considered to be the world’s tallest buildings - in which Asian city are they located?
Kuala Lumpur
12. What is nicknamed the Spice Islands?
Zanzibar
13. Patpong is a notorious area of which Asian city which is also known for the many canals in its old city?
Bangkok
14. Chek Lap Kok airport is in which Asian country?
Hong Kong
15. Which Asian Nations flag has a depiction of a dragon in the centre of it?
Bhutan

Round Four - Food & Drink
16. What type of dishes are presented to restaurant customers on a conveyor belt?
Sushi
17. Which Italian food consists of small pieces of meat put in small packets of pasta?
Ravioli
18. What type of beef is first pickled in brine then boiled?
Corned Beef
19. What herb is used to flavour ouzo?
Aniseed
20. What provides the base of the desserts Pavlova and Baked Alaska?
Meringue

Round Five - That’s Entertainment
21. Which film features the hit song "I was born under a wandering star"?
Paint Your Wagon
22. Who wrote the thriller The Day of The Jackel?
Frederick Forsyth
23. What is the television equivalent of the cinema’s Oscar?
Emmy
24. Who played the lead role in the 1990’s series "House of Cards"?
Ian Richardson
25. Who was the star of the film ‘Dog Day Afternoon’?
Al Pacino

Round Six - City! City!
26. Which Italian city is served by Marco Polo International Airport?
Venice
27. Which is the smallest city in the United Kingdom?
St Davids
28. What is the largest city on the South Island of New Zealand?
Christchurch
29. What is Japan’s second largest city?
Yokohama
30. Which name is shared by cities in California, Costa Rica, the Philippines and Guatemala?
San Jose

Round Seven - Abbreviations
31. MIRA - Motor Industry Research Association
32. PDSA - Peoples Dispensary For Sick Animals
33. BAFTA - British Academy of Film And Television Arts
34. ASH - Action on Smoking and Health
35. RADA - Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts

Round Eight - A Bright Pair
36. If You Bought A Pair Of Purdey’s, What Would You Be Buying?
Shotguns
37. Which pair of television crime fighters have the first names Andy and Peter?
Dalziel and Pascoe
38. What would you normally find hanging from a pair of ‘Davits’?
A Lifeboat on a ship
39. If you entered a Canadian pair’s race, in what sport would you be participating?
Canoeing
40. Which Page-3 girl once said; "I have 10 pairs of trainers, one for each day of the week"?
Samantha Fox

Round Nine - Connections
41. Who was the only Australian to win the Men’s Singles at Wimbledon in the 80s?
Pat CASH
42. Which song opens with the line " They paved paradise and put up a parking lot"?
Big YELLOW Taxi
43. In 1978 Louise Brown became the worlds first what?
TEST Tube Baby
44. Allegedly, what was the first song sung on the moon?
Happy BIRTHDAY To You
45. What is the connection?
All Types Of CARDS

Round Ten - It’s A Puzzle
46. A Cruciverbalist is interested in what?
Cossword Puzzles
47. Student Julian Chivers became British champion of what in 1981 by taking only 26 seconds?
Rubik’s Cube
48. What word describes a poem, word puzzle or other composition, written in such a way as letters line up to form other words?
Acrostic
49. Mark Nyman, a former Scrabble world champion, became a producer on which TV show?
Countdown
50. On which TV show did contestants have to solve word puzzles by selecting letters they think are found in the hidden phrase?
Wheel Of Fortune

Round One - Food & Drink
1. What is the name of the Asian dish of spiced meat or vegetables in pastry triangles?
Samosa
2. Found on an Indian restaurant menu, what is the Indian word for bucket?
Balti
3. Which soup on an Indian menu has a name that literally means "pepper water"?
Mulligatawny
4. What deep fried crispy Indian starter is made from pulse flour?
Poppadum
5. What name is given to an Indian dish consisting of pieces of chicken, vegetables etc dipped in a spiced butter and deep fried?
Pakora

Round Two - Pilots
6. In Which 1996 film does John Travolta play an air force pilot trying to steal a nuclear warhead?
Broken Arrow
7. Who was the pilot of Thunderbird Two?
Virgil
8. What is the name of the pilot played by Honor Blackman in "Goldfinger"?
Pussy Galore
9. What might an Air Force pilot refer to as a "laundry bag"?
Parachute
10. Which RAF pilot scored 49 tries for England between 1984 and 1996?
Rory Underwood

Round Three - Sports Mix
11. What did all these players win between 1989 and 1997: Paul Merson, Matt Le Tissier, Lee Sharpe, Ryan Giggs, Andy Cole, Robbie Fowler and David Beckham?
The (PFA) Young Player of the Year award, 1989-97
12. Who in 1977 was the first snooker player to win the World Championship with a two piece cue?
John Spencer
13. How many times did Steffi Graf win the Womens Ladies Single title at Wimbledon?
Seven
14. At which British Sports venue is the Paddock hill grandstand?
Brands Hatch
15. In which town does the Rugby League team known as the Tigers play?
Castleford
- On the amalgamation of Neath and Swansea Welsh Rugby Union sides, what nickname did they adopt?
Ospreys

Round Four - Exploring Derbyshire
16. Dennis Skinner is the MP for which Derbyshire town?
Bolsover
17. In which town are the Heights Of Abraham?
Matlock Bath
18. Which TV series was set in the fictional Derbyshire town of Cardale?
Peak Practice
19. Which stately home is nicknamed ‘The Palace of the Peak’?
Chatsworth House
20. Which Derbyshire town has a famous crooked spire?
Chesterfield

Round Five - At The Movies
21. In which film did Kevin Spacey play a serial killer?
Seven
22. Who was the female star in "Notting Hill"?
Julia Roberts
23. Which actor played the role of Paul Sheldon, held captive by Kathy Bates in Misery?
James Caan
24. In which film based on Conrad’s ‘Heart of Darkness’ did Martin Sheen seek Marlon Brando?
Apocalypse Now
25. Which musical did "Shakin at the High School Hop" come from?
Grease

Round Six - You Need A Shave
26. Which historical figure is said to have singed the King of Spain’s beard in 1587?
Sir Francis Drake
27. Which famous song includes the line "my shavin’ razor’s cold and it stings"?
Daydream Believer (by The Monkees)
28. Who was the bearded creator and leader of the ‘The Smurfs’?
Father Abraham
29. What were the coloured stripes on a barber’s pole supposed to symbolize?
Blood and Bandages
30. What name is given to a traditional men’s razor with a long blade that fold into the handle?
Cut Throat

Round Seven - Looking Through The Ferns
31. What name is given to the leaves of ferns?
Fronds
32. Fern Britton is married to which "celebrity" chef?
Phil Vickery
33. Which TV presenter and author is an avid collector of ferns?
Alan Tichmarsh
34. ‘Together we are beautiful’ was a 1980 number one hit for who?
Fern Kinney
35. Which presenter has fronted "Love Island", "Make Me A Supermodel", and "Top of the Pops", and gave the UK’s votes at this year’s "Eurovision song Contest"?
Fearne Cotton

Round Eight - Television
36. Which actor played Vernon Scripps in ITV’s Heartbeat"?
Geoffrey Hughes
37. Which veteran actor played Private Godfrey in "Dad’s Army"?
Arnold Ridley
38. Which famous footballing surname is Rodney Trotter’s middle name in "Only Fools and Horses"?
Charlton
39. Which of the Wombles took his name from a city in Siberia?
Tomsk
40. Who played the pathologist in the BBC drama Silent Witness?
Amanda Burton

Round Nine - Connections
41. What is the name of Elvis Presley’s daughter?
Lisa Marie
42. Madonna topped the British singles chart with which Don Mclean song?
American Pie
43. Set during the Second World War, which 1990 film starred Matthew Modine, Eric Stoltz and Tate Donovan?
Memphis Belle
44. What was the title of Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark’s first top ten hit in the UK singles chart?
Enola Gay
45. What is the connection?
Famous Aircraft

Round Ten - Famous In The East
46. Aung San Suu Kyi won the 1991 Nobel peace prize for heading the opposition in which Southeast Asian country before being arrested and kept in jail?
Burma (now Myanmar)
47. Kim Dae Jung is the head of state of which Asian country?
South Korea
48. Who was the first prime minister of India?
Jawaharlal Nehru, 1947-64
49. Which Portugese navigator discovered the sea route to India?
Vasco da Gama
50. In 1969, on the centenary of his birth, who became the first foreigner to be depicted on a British postage stamp?
Mahatma Gandhi

Round One - It’s A Dirty Job
1. What was the name of the detective who was famous for his dirty raincoat?
Columbo
2. In shipping what name is given to the dirty water that collects in the hull of a ship?
Bilge
3. Which actor, famous for gangster roles, had the catchphrase ‘You dirty rat!’?
James Cagney
4. In which city is Dirty Harry set?
San Francisco
5. Where in Europe Was The Setting For The 1988 Film ‘Dirty Rotten Scoundrels’ Starring Steve Martin & Michael Caine?
French Riviera

Round Two - Sports Mix
6. Which Football team is nicknamed the ‘Owls’?
Sheffield Wednesday
7. Which sport made its first ever Wembley appearance in August 1983?
American Football
8. Who was the first Frenchman to win the World Grand Prix title in 1985?
Alain Prost
9. What is the duration of an International rugby union match?
Eighty Minutes
10. Who was the first overseas manager to win the FA Cup?
Rudd Gulitt (Chelsea)

Round Three - Spot The Dog
11. Which 1939 film role went to a Cairn Terrier called Terry?
Toto in the Wizard of Oz
12. Which TV policeman had a dog called "Wee Jock"?
Hamish MacBeth
13. What Breed Of Dog Is Scooby Doo?
Great Dane
14. What was the name of Claude Greengrass’s dog in Heartbeat?
Alfred
15. Which company’s trademark is Nipper the dog?
His Masters Voice / HMV

Round Four - Food & Drink
16. Which Italian city gave its name to a type of cheese and a type of ham?
Parma
17. Which soft drink was invented by the Nicholls family of Wythenshawe, near Manchester, during the 1900’s and is sold in both still and sparkling forms?
Vimto
18. What is added to Yorkshire pudding to make toad in the hole?
Sausages
19. Which contains more caffeine - coffee beans or tea leaves?
Tea Leaves
20. What type of soup was traditionally made from the saliva of a swiftlet?
Birds Nest Soup

Round Five - Commercial Break
Which products or brands are / have advertised on TV with the following slogans?
21. Good things come to those who wait?
Guinness
22. Has there ever been a better way of ending the day?
Ovaltine
23. The finest butter in the world?
Lurpak
24. A glass and a half of full cream milk in every half pound?
Cadbury’s Dairy Milk
25. They’ll be around forever?
Hula Hoops

Round Six - Historical Figures
26. LOW MILL COVERER - Oliver Cromwell
27. A WEATHER GRILL - Walter Raleigh
28. CASUAL JURIES - Julius Caesar
29. CHRONIC TWIN HULLS - Winston Churchill
30. CRANKED FAIRS - Francis Drake

Round Seven - Luck Of The Irish
31. Who were the next Irish group to top the British charts after the Bachelors?
Boomtown Rats
32. Which breed of dog was originally a cross of an Irish Wolfhound and an English Mastiff?
Great Dane
33. Which is the main cereal used to make Irish whisky?
Barley
34. What term was used for the men recruited by the British government in 1920, to help fight the Irish Republican Army?
Black and Tans
35. What is the name for the Irish dish consisting of mashed potatoes, cabbage, onion, milk and butter?
Colcannon

Round Eight - Bend It Like Beckham
36. In which language does David Beckham have his wife’s name tattooed on his forearm?
Hindi
37. Which ex-Man Utd player said about Beckham "He Can’t Head The Ball, Tackle Or Kick With His Left Foot, And He Doesn’t Score Enough Goals"?
George Best
38. Against which football club did David Beckham make his premiership debut was it a) Newcastle, b) Coventry or c) Leeds?
Leeds
39. In which country did David Beckham score his first goal for Real Madrid?
Japan
40. How old will David Beckham be on his next birthday in May 2012?
37 (1975)

Round Nine - Taking the Mickey
41. What was the name of the famous TV detective created by Mickey Spillane?
Mike Hammer
42. Who has managed Millwall, Sunderland and the Republic of Ireland?
Mick McCarthy
43. Name the missing link: Davy Jones, Mike Nesmith, Peter Tork and?
Mickey Dolenz - The Monkees
44. For which film did Michael Douglas win Best Actor Oscar in 1988?
Wall Street
45. Of which group was Mick The Marmaliser a member?
The Diddy Men

Round Ten - The French Connection
46. What was the name of the first French singer to have a No.1 hit in the UK charts?
Charles Aznavour (She in 1974)
47. Which French town is famous for its mustard?
Dijon
48. Who played the male role in The French Lieutenant’s Woman?
Jeremy Irons
49. What is the French equivalent of James?
Jacques
50. What type of missile takes its name for the French for flying fish?
Exocet

Round One - And The Colour Is…
1. What colour are the seats in the House of Lords?
Red - Commons green
2. Cobalt is a shade of what colour?
Blue
3. What colour is shown on starboard side of a boat?
Green
4. What colour is muscovado sugar?
Brown
5. What colour are the Amazon river dolphins?
Pink

Round Two - Scottish Sport
6. Which club won the first Scottish Premiership?
Rangers
7. Which Scot won the first major marathon that she entered?
Liz McColgan
8. Which Scottish driver was the first to have seven Grand Prix wins in a year?
Jim Clark
9. Which Scottish boxer was the World Lightweight Champion between 1979 & 1981?
Jim Watt
10. The Strathcona Cup is contested in which sport?
Curling

Round Three - Exploration & Discovery
11. Who was the first man to fly across the English Channel?
Louis Bleriot
12. Who was the first man to set foot on all five continents?
Captain Cook
13. Who was the first woman to fly the Atlantic single-handed?
Amelia Earhart
14. Which 17th-century explorer was buried with a pipe and a box of tobacco?
Walter Raleigh
15. Who beat Scott to the S Pole in January 1912?
Amundsen

Round Four - Movie Time
16. Which actress danced with John Travolta in the film Pulp Fiction?
Uma Thurman
17. In the 1997 film The Full Monty, which was the city in which the six male strippers lived?
Sheffield
18. Which film about Vietnam won the best picture Oscar in 1978?
The Deer Hunter
19. Who won an Oscar for his portrayal of Ray Charles in the 2004 film Ray?
James Foxx
20. In which film do the lovers of author Catherine Trammell die in mysterious circumstances which have been recreated or predicted in her novels?
Basic Instinct

Round Five - Play The Game
21. What game was invented first: Monopoly or Scrabble?
Monopoly
22. Which toy takes its name from the Danish for ‘Play Well?’
Lego
23. What colour are the houses in a standard Monopoly set?
Green
24. Which 2 letters score 2 in Scrabble?
D & G
25. What was the name of the murder victim in Cluedo?
Dr Black

Round Six - Eighties Hits
26. Which group reached Number One in the UK pop charts in 1982 with `The Land of Make Believe’?
Bucks Fizz
27. In 1987 George Michael topped the UK pop charts with the duet ‘I Knew You Were Waiting For Me’. Who sang with him?
Aretha Franklin
28. In 1980, Olivia Newton-John topped the UK pop charts with the title track to a film in which she starred with Gene Kelly. Name it?
‘Xanadu’
29. Kim Carnes reached Number One in the American pop charts in 1981 with a song about which Hollywood legend?
Bette Davis
30. In 1986 A-Ha reached number 1 in the UK charts for the first time. What nationality were the group?
Norwegian

Round Seven - TV Comedy
31. Where did Polly Sherman work?
Fawlty Towers
32. Liz and Emmet live next door to which family?
The Buckets (Keeping Up Appearances)
33. Who regularly rang Larry Duffs mobile?
Father Ted
34. Patrick and Pippa Trench and Nick Swainey live either side of which family?
The Meldrews (One Foot In The Grave)
35. In which TV comedy is there a secretary called Bubble?
Absolutely Fabulous

Round Eight - Playing Games
36. In Draughts, what colour has the first move?
Black
37. In Scrabble, how many Triple Word spaces are there?
Eight
38. Zero on a roulette wheel is what colour?
Green
39. In a pack of cards, all the pictures of which king are always shown in profile?
King of Diamonds
40. Blitz, Boondock, Bristol, Scrunge, and Squop are terms in what game?
Tiddlywinks

Round Nine - Connections
41. The quantity of which supply is measured in amperes?
Electric
42. Which group reach number eight in the charts in 1973 with Stuck In the Middle With You?
Stealers Wheel
43. Which 1968 Olympics event was won by Dick Fosbury with a radical new technique?
High Jump
44. Where in the human body is the humerus bone?
Upper Arm
45. What is the connection?
Types Of Chairs

Round Ten - Anagrams of Great Olympians
46. BAN TEACOSIES = SEBASTIAN COE
47. ELI CRAWLS = CARL LEWIS
48. TAP MY LENSHOOD = DALEY THOMPSON
49. JOANNE CHISHOLM = MICHAEL JOHNSON
50. PORKIEST WINKLE = WILSON KIPKETER

Round One - Short Skirts
1. Which famous British ship`s name means `The Short Skirt`?
The Cutty Sark
2. Men from which country often wear a traditional stiff white skirt called a Fustanella?
Greece
3. Which designer is credited with inventing the mini-skirt?
Mary Quant
4. The video for which 80s hit featured Freddie Mercury dressed in a black leather mini skirt?
I Want To Break Free
5. In which film was Marilyn Monroe’s skirt famously blown up around her waist?
The Seven Year Itch
- What is the skirt like Malaysian outfit made popular by David Beckham?
Sarong

Round Two - Absolutely Quackers
6. Which cartoon character constantly derided his enemies as ‘despicable’?
Daffy Duck
7. What was the call sign of Kris Kristofferson in the film Convoy?
Rubber Duck
8. What is the smallest British duck?
Teal - also a shade of dark greenish-blue
9. True or False - A duck only lays eggs in the morning?
True
10. Who lives at 1313 Webfoot Walk, Duckburg, Calisota?
Donald Duck

Round Three - The Numbers
11. The opposite sides of a dice cube always add up to what?
Seven
12. At the start of a game of draughts, how many empty squares are there on the board?
40
13. If a rugby union team scores 3 tries, 2 of which are converted, 2 penalties and a drop goal, what is their total score?
Twenty-Eight
14. How many blank tiles are there in a game of Scrabble?
Two - and I never get them!
15. In darts, what is the lowest score from three different trebles?
Eighteen

Round Four - Ask The DJ
16. Which Madonna song has the lyric line "Hey Mr DJ put a record on"?
Music
17. Which much loved British DJ became the first DJ to ever use twin turntables after paying a welder to fuse two decks together in 1947?
Jimmy Saville
18. Which popular Radio breakfast time DJ was married to Anthea Turner in the 90’s?
Peter Powell
19. Radio 1 DJ Michael Pasternak was better known under which name?
Emperor Rosko
20. Which DJ joined forces with Will Smith on many of their 90’s hits?
DJ Jazzy Jeff

Round Five - Rocking Robin
21. Who was first to sail single handed around the world non-stop?
Robin Knox Johnson
22. Who presented Question Time on TV for 10 years from 1979 to 1989?
Sir Robin Day
23. Who won gold for Great Britain for Figure Skating in the 1980 Olympics?
Robin Cousins
24. Which politician married Gaynor Regan In 1998?
Robin Cook
25. Who was the voice of the genie in Disney’s film Aladdin?
Robin Williams

Round Six - Around The World
26. What country consists of 13,000 islands and is the world’s most populous Muslim country?
Indonesia
27. Which US state has borders with Indiana, Ohio and Wisconsin?
Michigan
28. Which small country’s national anthem is entitled High On The Rhine?
Liechtenstein
29. In which middle-eastern country is the city of Byblos, which gave us the word Bible?
Lebanon
30. On which Mediterranean island can Luga Airport be found?
Malta

Round Seven - TV Comedy
31. Which TV comedy show featured the characters Jesse, Bob Fleming and Competitive Dad?
The Fast Show
32. Which comedian partnered Robert Powell in the TV comedy series The Detectives?
Jasper Carrott
33. In the television series Red Dwarf what is the name of the only human left in the known universe?
Dave Lister
34. Which comedian played the character of Paul Calf on television?
Steve Coogan
35. Which TV comedy series sometimes featured a policeman called Roy Slater?
Only Fools and Horses

Round Eight - Living World
36. What type of marine creature is a "Sea Fox"?
Shark
37. What type of animal is a whaler - a horse, a dog, a seabird or a beetle?
Horse
38. Which animal has three hearts, a beak and a skirt?
Octopuss
39. Magellan, Galapagos and Little Blue are all types of what creature?
Penguin
40. Which garden creatures kiss before mating, but only mate once in a lifetime?
Snails

Round Nine - Connections
41. Which long-running Alastair Cooke radio show had the same title as a hit song for the Proclaimers?
LETTER From America
42. What was the name of the series of 134, 25-minute science fiction TV shows made by CBS between 1959 and 1963?
The Twilight ZONE
43. What name is given to the famous speech made by Abraham Lincoln on 19th November 1863?
Gettysbury ADDRESS
44. In which 1981 film did Jack Nicholson and Jessica Lange have an erotic encounter on a kitchen table?
The POSTMAN Always Rings Twice
- Which informal term refers to a computer that is able to perform extremely lengthy and difficult mathematical calculations?
NUMBER Cruncher  
45. What is the connection?
The Elvis Presley song - ‘Return To Sender’

Round Ten - Ooodles & Ooodles
46. What is the main food ingredient of a noodle?
Flour
47. In the term Kit and Caboodle, what does caboodle mean?
Everything
48. What are the three main types of Poodle?
Standard Miniature and Toy
49. In the nursery rhyme Cock a doodle doo what have the dame and master lost?
A shoe and a fiddling stick
50. In which TV show would you find a dog called Doodle?
Tweenies

Round One - Get Knotted
1. What name is given to the brittle glazed salty biscuit usually made in the form of a knot?
Pretzel
2. Who played the role of Debbie Porter in Knot’s Landing and went on to become an Oscar winning actress?
Halle Berry
3. ‘The Sealed Knot Society’ recreate battles from which war?
English Civil War
4. A GRANNIE KNOT is an anagram of which singer?
Ronan Keating
5. What is the name of the knot used to shorten a rope to save cutting it?
Sheepshank
- Which type of knot is used to secure a rope to a post?
Clove Hitch

Round Two - A Trip To Sweden
6. Which country has the longest border with Sweden?
Norway
7. A hotel in Sweden is rebuilt every year with a totally new design every twelve months, what material is used?
Ice - The Ice Hotel
8. What is the chief seaport of Sweden?
Gothenburg
9. One point each - In the 1970’s, what were Sweden’s two largest export earners?
Volvo Cars & Abba
10. Which two colours are on the Swedish flag?
Yellow & Blue - yellow cross on a blue background

Round Three - Shipwrecked
11. What name is given to goods that are washed overboard from a shipwreck?
Flotsam, as opposed to jetsam which are goods thrown overboard
12. What was the title of the 1980 shipwreck film starring Brooke Sheilds and Christopher Atkins?
Blue Lagoon
13. Who received a medal for helping her lighthouse keeper father to rescue five people from a shipwreck in 1838?
Grace Darling
14. ‘The Shipwreck’, is a typical work by which English painter?
J.M.W.Turner
15. In which Shakespeare play does Prospero use magic to shipwreck Antonio?
The Tempest  
- Which Book of the New Testament describes Paul’s shipwreck in Malta?
Acts of the Apostles

Round Four - Chewing Over The Answers
16. In which country was chewing gum first patented?
USA by William Fenley Semple in 1869
17. On Family Fortunes what was the top answer to the question - Name a food you can eat with hardly any chewing?
Soup
18. What are insects chewing jaws called?
Mandibles
19. There is a 25 year old packet of Wrigley’s spearmint chewing gum in the Smithsonian Institution is it because - Wrigley’s chewing gum was the first product advertised on American Television, it was the first bar scanner product in the world or it was the first commercial product in space?
It was the first bar scanner product in the world
20. In Big Brother 3, which animal did Jade Goody think that chewing gum was made from?
A Pig
- Who promoted their chewing gum in 1915 by mailing 4 sample sticks to each person in the US telphone books?
Wrigleys

Round Five - Crime & Criminals
21. Who was convicted of murdering Jill Dando?
Barry George
22. Which politician was involved with prostitute Monica Coghlan?
Jeffrey Archer
23. Which security firm was robbed of £26 million in gold bullion at Heathrow Airport in 1983?
Brinks Mat
24. What was the first name of the wife of O J Simpson, whom he was accused of killing?
Nicole
25. Who was the lone gunman who went on the rampage through Hungerford in Berkshire in August 1987, shooting 15 people dead?
Michael Ryan

Round Six - Flood Warnings
26. On which river does Durham stand?
Wear
27. Which river forms 17 miles (27 km) of the South Eastern border between England and Scotland?
River Tweed
28. The Severn Valley Railway which runs from Bridgenorth to Kidderminster has been affected by floods from which river?
River Severn
29. On which River is the resort town of Llangollen?
River Dee
30. The River Aire flows through which city?
Leeds

Round Seven - Are you Being Served?
31. Who played the English butler in the 1983 film "Trading Places"?
Denholm Elliot
32. In which British TV series did Gordon Jackson feature as a butler?
Upstairs Downstairs
33. In which long running TV soap was Amy Turtle the cleaner?
Crossroads
34. What was the name of Magnum PI’s Manservant played by John Hillerman?
Higgins
35. Brabinger was a butler in which BBC TV Comedy series?
To The Manor Born

Round Eight - A Load Of Balls
36. The secret policeman’s ball was staged in aid of which organisation?
Amnesty International
37. Who had a number one hit in 1958 with ‘Great Balls Of Fire’?
Jerry Lee Lewis
38. Whose opera ‘A Masked Ball’ was premiered in 1859?
Verdi - Giuseppe Verdi
39. Which American singer had his first British hit in 1961 with ‘Rubber Ball’?
Bobby Vee
40. Add the number of balls in billiards to the number of balls needed for a game of pool?
19 (3 + 16)

Round Nine - Food & Drink
41. What is the name of the Cantonese lunch, consisting of various small snacks, including steamed dumplings or buns containing sweet or savoury fillings?
Dim Sum
42. What is France’s oldest type of brandy?
Armagnac
43. Something you might have on a barbecue, what does the culinary term "a la broche" mean?
On A Skewer
44. What flavour is a ratafia biscuit?
Almond
45. What is the name of the Cantonese dish of barbecued pork, usually coated beforehand with a seasoning of honey, spices and soy sauce?
Char Siu

Round Ten - Shut That Door
46. On Coronation Street, what colour is the door of the Rover’s Return?
Green
47. What term is used to describe doors on a car which open upwards?
Gull Wing
48. What is the correct name for the trim which surrounds a door frame?
Architrave
49. Pointing upwards so the lucky power cannot run out, what should be nailed to a house door to keep witches away?
Horseshoe
50. Whose catch phrase was "Shut That Door"?
Larry Grayson

Round One - Around The World
1. The capital of Western Australia shares its name with which Scottish city ?
Perth
2. Which country has most neighbouring countries?
China
3. Which South American city is overlooked by a statue called Christ the Redeemer?
Rio de Janeiro
4. In which country is the largest expanse of sand in the world?
Saudi Arabia
5. What is the name of the major Russian naval base found on the pacific coast?
Vladivostok

Round Two - On The Road
6. Which county saw the protests about the building of the Newbury bypass in the mid 90s?
Berkshire
7. Which rules of the road for children was first published in 1971?
Green Cross Code
8. Which two counties do the North Downs run through?
Kent & Surrey
9. What name is given to a short narrow road which links an A road to a motorway?
Slip Road
10. Which illegal act is committed most frequently in cars?
Speeding

Round Three - Deathly Questions
11. Who wrote the novel ‘Death on the Nile’?
Agatha Christie
12. Which insects account for most human deaths?
Mosquitoes
13. Millions of Americans dimmed their lights for a few minutes in 1931 to remind them of the death of which great inventor?
Thomas Edison
14. Which Playing Card Symbolizes Death?
Ace Of Spades
15. What is the Greek word, in every day use, for "Easy Death"?
Euthanasia

Round Four - Sports Bag
16. Which sport takes place on a court 9.75m long by 6.4m wide, using an approximate 24 gram ball?
Squash
17. In motor racing what name is given to tyre’s with no tread?
Slicks
18. Ian Botham made his England debut while playing for which county?
Somerset
19. In Which Sport Would You Compete For The Silver Broom?
Curling
20. Which soccer team became the first team of the 20th century to do the league and FA Cup double in 1961?
Tottenham Hotspur

Round Five - Pop Duos
21. Marcella Detroit and Siobhan Fahey?
Shakespears Sister
22. Maria Mendiola and Mayte Mateos?
Baccara
23. Gabriella and Monica Irimia?
Cheeky Girls
24. Izora Armstead and Martha Wash?
Weather Girls
25. Trevor Horn and Geoff Downes?
Buggles

Round Six - Stiff Upper Lip Chaps
26. What is the name of the RAF free fall parachute team?
The Falcons
27. In which county is the RAF College at Cranwell?
Lincolnshire
28. In the RAF, which rank is next below Wing Commander?
Squadron Leader
29. Located in the county of Oxfordshire, what is the name of the RAF’s largest air station?
Brize Norton
30. How many aircraft are there in The RAF Red Arrows display team?
Nine

Round Seven - Monsters
31. What famous monster climbed to the top of the Empire State Building?
King Kong
32. With which product would you associate ‘The Honey Monster’?
Sugar Puffs
33. Who was the Rock and Roller who was the original leader of the Monster Raving Looney Party?
Screaming Lord Sutch
34. What monster supposedly roams the Himalayas?
Yeti or Abominable Snowman
35. Which nickname did the monsters give the little girl in the film ‘Monsters Inc’?
Boo

Round Eight - Quizophobia
36. Somniphobia is the fear of?
Sleep
37. Which phobia is a fear of foreign things, individuals or groups?
Xenophobia
38. If you suffer from ‘demo-phobia’ of what are you afraid?
Crowds
39. Papaphobia is the fear of which person?
The Pope
40. Ichthyophobia is the fear of which creatures?
Fish

Round Nine - Connections
41. In which 1999 Disney animated film was Flik the leader of the ants?
A BUG’S Life
42. In golf what is an alternative name for a hole-in-one on a par three hole?
EAGLE
43. The Cage was the 1964 pilot episode of which TV series, which developed into six series and ten feature films?
STAR Trek
44. Which ten-letter word beginning with T means a newcomer to a particular activity?
TENDERFOOT
45. What is the connection?
Ranks in BOY SCOUTS

Round Ten - At The Movies
46. Heather, Joshua And Michael Were The Three Main Characters In Which 1999 Film?
The Blair Witch Project
47. Who Played Al Capone In Kevin Costner’s Film The Untouchables?
Robert Di Niro
48. Which actor played the title role in the 2002 film "Spiderman"?
Toby Macguire
49. Which 1998 film saw Leonardo DiCaprio playing twin brothers?
The Man In The Iron Mask
50. In ‘Goldfinger’ What Was The Name Of The Villain With A Dangerous Hat?
Odd Job

Round One - Nature
1. Which is the commonest bird in Britain?
Wren
2. Which tree do we get turpentine from?
Pine
3. Which wild flower is also known as knapweed?
Cornflower
4. Which variety of freshwater fish found in SE Asia & Australia, capture their prey, flying insects, by firing a stream of water droplets through the mouth?
Archer Fish
5. Which spice native to Sri Lanka, India & Burma, was once more valuable than gold?
Cinnamon

Round Two - Numbers
6. In the 3000 metre steeplechase how many times does an athlete jump the water?
Seven
7. How many finger holes are there on a recorder?
Eight
8. Which King Henry was also known as Henry Tudor?
Henry VII
9. How many points are awarded for a touchdown in American football?
Six
10. Name two of the 7 records that topped the UK charts in the 1980s that included a number in it’s title?
‘ONE DAY IN YOUR LIFE’, ‘SEVEN TEARS’, ‘GOODY TWO SHOES’, ‘99 RED BALLONS’, ‘TWO TRIBES’, ‘19′ OR ‘ONE MOMENT IN TIME’

Round Three - Art & Literature
11. What name is given to paintings that show a visual likeness of someone’s face?
Portrait
12. In fiction who lived in the stables at Birtwick Hall?
Black Beauty
13. What was the name of Christopher Robin’s nurse?
Alice
14. Which spaceman appeared on the front page of the original eagle comic?
Dan Dare
15. Which dancer choreographed and starred in the show Lord Of The Dance?
Michael Flatley

Round Four - History
16. New Mexico, California and which other state did the U.S.A. gain after the Mexican War?
Texas
17. Which U.S. President ended his country’s participation in the Vietnam War?
Richard Nixon
18. In which war was the Battle of Ramillies?
War of Spanish Succession
19. In which year did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor?
1941
20. Which royal house consisted of Henry IV, Henry V and Henry VI?
House of Lancaster

Round Five - The Calendar
21. Legend says that if it rains on St Swithin’s Day, it will rain for forty days afterwards. What is the date of St Swithin’s Day?
15th July
22. In which month does the State Opening of Parliament normally take place?
November
23. When does the oyster season begin?
1st September
24. February 6th, Waitangi Day, is the national day in which country?
New Zealand
25. Which month of the year is derived from the Roman god of war?
March

Round Six - Buildings
26. What name is given to the part of a building where bells are hung?
Belfry
27. In which English city would you find the cathedral of Christ the King which has a stained glass cylinder which culminates in 16 pinnacles which form a crown of thorns against the sky?
Liverpool
28. It was Charles II who founded the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, where the Chelsea Pensioners live. Who designed this building?
Sir Christopher Wren
29. Where would you find the Mathematical Bridge, so named because it is allegedly constructed without using nails based solely on geometrical principles?
Cambridge
30. Name the third largest cathedral in England after St.Paul’s and York Minster
Lincoln Cathedral

Round Seven - Common Link
31. Leap-Frog, The Gallant Hussar and Ampleforth are all types of what?
Morris Dances
32. Charles Dickens, John Pounds and Isambard Brunel were all born in which city?
Portsmouth
33. What are known by the names Oxford Treble Bob, ~ Bob Major and Grandsire Triple?
All bell changes in bell ringing
34. What did Flamsteed, Halley, Bradley and Bliss have in common?
All astronomer Royals
35. What do the following have in common: Girton, Newnham and New Hall?
Colleges at Cambridge

Round Eight - Cartoon Characters
36. What is the name of the calculating fat cat created by Jim Davis in his comic strips?
Garfield
37. What type of animal was J Worthington Foul Fellow?
A fox (in Pinocchio)
38. Who was Popeye’s chief opponent who tried to woo Olive Oyl away from her spinach-eating boyfriend?
Bluto
39. Dumbo the elephant made friends with a mouse.  What was the name of this mouse?
Timothy
40. Who is the hero of the Snoopy cartoons created by Charles M Schulz?
Charlie Brown

Round Nine - Crime & Punishment
41. What do the letters QC stand for?
Queen’s Counsel
42. In which year was the last judicial hanging in Great Britain?
1964
43. The figure of justice on the Old Bailey in London holds a set of scales in one hand. What is in the other hand?
A Sword
44. Who was the 17th century English adventurer who almost succeeded in stealing the Crown Jewels?
Colonel Thomas Blood
45. What was the name of the judge who presided over the courts known as the Bloody Assizes?
Judge Jeffries

Round Ten - Decorations & Emblems
46. If a heraldic figure or beast were described as couchant, what would it be doing?
Lying down
47. How many lobes or sets of petals does a Tudor rose have?
Five
48. What is the highest decoration awarded for bravery to civilians in the United Kingdom?
The George Cross
49. If a staff with a coiled serpent symbolises medicine, what is said to symbolise education?
A torch
50. The Union Jack is flown at half-mast for three occasions, what are they?
The death of the sovereign, funerals of PMs and ex PMs,  and by Royal command

Round One - Gone With The Wind
1. Which American female singer/actress had a 1989 hit with ‘The Wind Beneath My Wings?
Bette Midler
2. The scale for measuring wind speed is named after the 19th Century British Admiral who devised it, what is it called?
The Beaufort Scale
3. Which hot dry wind in the Sahara shares its name with a model of a car?
Sirocco
4. Which Japanese Word Literally Means Divine Wind?
Kamikaze
5. What Device Is Normally Used To Measure Wind Direction?
Weather Vane

Round Two - Sporting Nicknames
6. The Kangaroos represent Australia at which sport?
Rugby League
7. Of which National football team would you be cheering "Come on Bafana Bafana"?
The South African National Football Team - "The Boys, The Boys"
8. Los Galacticos is the nickname of which Spanish Soccer side?
Real Madrid
9. Which countries National Rugby Team are called The Cherry Blossoms?
Japan - who play in pink stripes!
10. Which sport is played by the Tall Blacks?
Basketball - New Zealand National Basketball Team

Round Three - Pass The Biscuits
11. Following a recent scientific study, what was said to be the best biscuit for dunking in tea?
Ginger Nut
12. What do the Americans call what we in Britain know as a biscuit?
Cookie
13. Which famous biscuit was originally called Rowntrees chocolate crisp when it was first advertised?
Kit Kat
14. Which is Britain’s biggest biscuit company?
McVitie’s
15. In 1950 a biscuit factory was built for the mass production of just one product. It’s a chocolate biscuit still extremely popular today. What is it?
Penguin

Round Four - Roar Of The Lion
16. The four lions at the base of Nelson’s Column in Trafalgar Square are made from which metal?
Bronze
17. Which European beer’s name translates as Lions Brew?
Lowenbrau
18. In Roman Legend. Who Removed A Thorn From A Lions Paw?
Androcles
19. What Is Another Name For The Mountain Lion?
Puma
20. Madame Pauline de Vere was the first female circus performer to do what?
Head in Lions Mouth

Round Five - Who Said…
21. Drat and double drat - Dick Dastardly
22. Blistering barnacles - Captain Haddock in the Adventures of Tin Tin
23. I have a cunning plan - Baldrick in Blackadder
24. Plundering porpoises - Captain Pugwash
25. Drink! Feck! Arse! Girls! - Father Jack in Father Ted

Round Six - Streets Of London
26. On which famous London Street is Selfridges?
Oxford Street
27. Who had a UK hit in 1974 with the song ‘Streets of London"?
Ralph McTell
28. In which London street was Dangermouse’s post box HQ located?
Baker Street
29. In which London street does ‘The Cenotaph’ stand?
Whitehall
30. How Is London’s Middlesex Street Market Better Known?
Petticoat Lane

Round Seven - Hits Of Seventies
31. In 1979, a song by Blondie provided the first ever instance of a No.1 in the charts having a day of the week in its title, What was it called?
Sunday Girl
32. Which was the first non-British Eurovision Song Contest winner to top the British charts?
Dana (All Kinds Of Everything - 1970 - Abba was 1974)
33. In 1974 which American male solo singer topped the UK charts with the song "The Streak"?
Ray Stevens
34. In 1978, Boney M topped the British charts with a double ‘A’ side. "Rivers of Babylon" was one of the titles. What was the other?
Brown Girl in the Ring
35. Which song replaced "Bohemian Rhapsody" at number one in 1976 in the UK charts. The title of which is contained in the lyrics of "Bohemian Rhapsody"?
Mama Mia (Abba)

Round Eight - Bomb Blast
36. What kind of bomb contains hydrogen sulphide?
Stink Bomb
37. In 1977, The US invented a new bomb that killed people while leaving buildings intact. What was it called?
Neutron Bomb
38. Which Movie plot - following the French atomic bomb tests in the South Pacific, an unknown creature is spotted passing eastward through the Panama Canal…?
Godzilla
39. True or False - By law every Swiss citizen must have access to a Personal bomb shelter?
True
40. In 2000 Howard Brown sang Extra in a Halifax advert, with the lyrics set to which former Tom Jones hit?
Sex Bomb

Round Nine - Counting Your Pennies
41. What financially significant site is based at Llantrisant (clan-tris-ant) in Wales?
The Royal Mint
42. What is the name given to a person who collects coins?
Numismatist
43. What is the name of the Hong Kong stock exchange?
Hang Seng
44. Which British coin was first issued in 1982?
Twenty Pence piece
45. What do the initials of the HSBC stand for?
Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation

Round Ten - The Rat Pack
46. What was the first No.1 for the Boomtown Rats?
Rat Trap (1978)
47. What is another name for the water rat?
Vole
48. What was the number of the British Armoured Division known as the Desert Rats in WWII?
7th
49. Which animal, often kept as a pet, is also known as the Sand Rat or Desert Kangaroo?
Gerbil
50. What was the title of Michael Jackson’s song about a rat?
Ben
 
Tie - The record for the most consecutive kicks to one’s own head in one minute is held by Michael Lloyd of Midland, Texas, USA who kicked himself in the forehead how many times in a row?
Forty-Two - Don’t try this at home!
 

Round One - Something Fishy
1. What is the name of the world’s largest fish?
Whale Shark
2. What type of fish has a variety called ‘Albacore’?
Tuna
3. What is the world’s most poisonous fish?
Stonefish, direct contact with the spines of it’s fins which contain a strong toxic poison can prove fatal  
4. Which fish, growing to a length of over 6ft, is the largest of the flatfish?
Halibut
5. A coarse fish can be defined as any freshwater fish other than which two species?
Salmon and Trout

Round Two - Music Maestro Please
6. This song was in 1987 and a line from it went like this " It was a flight on the wings of a young girls dreams that flew too far away"?
China In Your Hand by T’Pau
7. Which group had hits with Daddy Cool, Painter Man and Rasputin?        
Boney M
8. Well she touched my hand what a chill I got. Her lips are like a volcano when it’s hot I’m proud to say that she’s my buttercup    
All Shook Up (Elvis Presley)
9. The name of which Asian country gave its name to a Kim Wilde hit?    
Cambodia
10. Whitney Houston’s song I Will Always Love You was top of the charts for 10 weeks in 1992. Who wrote and sang the original?
Dolly Parton

Round Three - Heist Films
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 - Food Glorious Food
16. Which city in SW England has a current bun topped with icing named after it?
Bath
17. What deep fried crispy Indian starter is made from pulse flour?
Poppadum
18. In France they are known as Coquilles St. Jacques, what is this food most commonly called in Britain?
Scallops
19. What vegetables name translates from Chinese as ‘white vegetable’?
Bok choy
20. The French call it ‘creame anglaise’ what do we call it?
Custard

Round Five - Up The Wall
21. What Is 73 Miles Long And Stretches From The Solway Firth To Wallsend On Tyne?
Hadrian’s Wall
22. What name is given to a wall that divides two properties but is owned by both?
Party Wall
23. Who Took ‘Wonderwall’ Into The Charts For The Second Time In 1995?
Mike Flowers Pops!
24. What’s the name for the technique of Painting directly onto wet plaster walls?
Fresco
25. What’s the name of the famous wall in Jerusalem?
Wailing Wall

Round Six - I’m Henry VIII I Am
26. Who did Henry the VIII succeed as king of England?
Henry VII
27. What was the name of the period during which Henry ruled?
The Tudor Period
28. What was the surname of the second of the three Catherine’s to marry Henry?
Howard
29. After executing Anne Boleyn who did Henry marry?
Jane Seymore
30. Who succeeded Henry as king of England?
Edward VI

Round Seven - Science Class
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 - Deck Of Cards
36. How many cards of each suit are there in a normal deck of cards?
Thirteen
37. In a deck of cards, all four Kings have beards, but only three of them also have moustaches. The one without a moustache is the King of what?
Hearts
38. Excluding Jokers, there are 42 what in a standard deck of cards?
Eyes
39. In which country was the 52-card deck & the 4 suites established" - Germany, Italy or France?
France
40. In a deck of cards what is the total value of the numeric cards in all four suits?
216

Round Nine - Visiting Somerset
41. Which Somerset town is said to be the burial place of King Arthur?
Glastonbury
42. What is the only football league team from Somerset?
Yeovil Town
43. Which city wouls you visit in Somerset to see the famous 12th century cathedral?
Wells
44. What is the name of the range of hills that lie in the county of Somerset?
Quantocks
45. Which Somerset city has a Spa railway station?
Bath

Round Ten - Beers Around The World
46. Pilsner Urquell? - Czech Republic
47. Victoria Bitter? - Australia
48. Gauloise Brune? - Belgium
49. Castle Lager? - South Africa
50. Moosehead? - Canada