QUIZERAMA QUIZ FILES

April 26, 2006

Quiz 260406

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Round One - Lets GO
1. Which pop duo had a 1985 hit with the song "We Close Our Eyes"?
Go West
2. On film which creature has battled against the Smog Monster, King Kong and Monster Zero?
Godzilla
3. What animal provides the state nickname of Minnesota?
Gopher
4. In Greek mythology, Medusa was what type of mythical beast?
Gorgon
5. Which 1997 film earned Robin Williams a Best Supporting Actor Oscar?
Good Will Hunting
Round Two - Wizards
6. What was the name of King Arthur’s Wizzard?
Merlin
7. Who was nicknamed ‘The Welsh Wizzard’?
Lloyd George
8. Which film wizard was played by Frank Morgan?
Wizard of Oz
9. Who formed the pop group Wizard?
Roy Wood
10. Who was nicknamed ‘The Wizard Of Dribble’?
Sir Stanley Matthews
Round Three - Around England By Beer
11. In which English county is the highest pub, The Tan Hill Inn, to be found?
North Yorkshire
12. In which city will you find J W Lees & Co Brewery?
Manchester
13. Which town is regarded as the brewing capital of England?
Burton-on-Trent
14. Which brewery brews London Pride?
Fullers
15. Which independent brewery can be found in Burnley?
Moorhouses
Round Four - Time For A Dance
What dance are you doing if you do a …
16. Copperhead Road or a Cowboy Cha Cha?
Line Dancing
17. Promenade Walk and Chasse or a Forward Lock Step?
Ballroom Dancing
18. Plie en Premiere or a Sur les Pointes?
Ballet
19. Toe Slides or Paddle Turns?
Tap Dancing
20. Strip the Willow or an Eightsome Reel?
Country Dancing
Round Five - Name The Bird (Handout 1)
21. Tweety Pie
22. Woody Woodpecker
23. Woodstock
24. Pingu
25. Foghorn Leghorn
Round Six - Sporting Chance
26. Which country had a goalkeeper named Mustapha Kamel at the 1934 World Cup Finals?
Egypt
27. What was the name the last player from outside the British Isles to reach the final of snookers World Championship?
Cliff Thorburn - first snooker player to score a maximum 147 break in a televised snooker match
28. Who was the first overseas player to captain a team to victory in the FA Cup Final?
Eric Cantona
29. Who carried the Union Jack at the closing ceremony of the Sydney Olympics?
Steve Redgrave
30. Who was the first left-arm bowler to take 400 Test Wickets?
Wasim Akram
Round Seven - Is The Chemist Open?
31. An Antipyretic drug is used to treat what?
Fever
32. Which vitamin would you need if you were suffering from Blood Clotting Disorder?
Vitamin K
33. True or False - in medieval England, if you broke your leg you would call out the local carpenter?
False - you would call out the Blacksmith!
34. Which type of drug would you require to treat an allergy?
Antihistamine
35. What would you be doing if you suffered from Nocturnal Enuresis?
Bed Wetting
Round Eight - Where Eagles Dare
36. Which is the largest of the British Birds of Prey?
Golden Eagle
37. Which is the smallest Falcon?
Merlin
38. Which is the largest of the Harrier family?
Marsh Harrier
39. Which is the commonest Bird of Prey?
Kestrel
40. Which is the largest Falcon?
Peregrine
Round Nine - Connections
41. Which man made construction connects the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans?
The Panama Canal
42. What is the name of Britain’s most poisonous type of mushroom?
The Death Cap Mushroom
43. Who is this he was born in Bellshill, Lanarkshire he played football for Liverpool and Manchester City, then went on to manage Manchester United? (born May 26 1909)?
Matt Busby
44. During which 1854 battle did the famous Charge of the Light Brigade occur?
The Battle of Balaclava
45. What is the connection?
Types of Hats or headwear
Round Ten - Name The Bird (Handout 2)
46. Big Bird (Sesame Street)
47. Orville The Duck
48. Road Runner
49. Emu
50. Rocky

April 20, 2006

Quiz 190406

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Round One - Crazy Start
1. Who recently had a hit with ‘The Closest Thing To Crazy’?
Katie Melua
2. To which tribe of Indians did Crazy Horse belong?
Sioux
3. In which song will you find the lyrics "I got a gal named Daisy, She almost drive me crazy"?
Tutti frutti - Little Richard
4. Which football team were nicknamed ‘the crazy gang’?
Wimbledon FC
5. Who originally had a hit with the most popular jukebox song of all time ‘Crazy’?
Patsy Cline
Round Two - Sports Bag
6. 1988 saw the first British golfer to win the US Masters, what was his name?
Sandy Lyle
7. Which female tennis star played in 22 Wimbledons in 23 years, winning 6 singles, 10 doubles and four mixed doubles titles?
Billie Jean King
8. To the nearest mile, what is the length of the marathon?
26 miles
9. In which year was the first Soccer World Cup?
1930
10. What are the small indentations on a golf ball called?
Dimples
Round Three - Craft Workshop
11. What is the Japanese name for the art of paper folding?
Origami
12. Thomas Sheraton and George Hepplewhite lived in the 18th century, they were two of the three most renowned what?
English furniture makers
13. Rene Lalique was a famous designer, renowned for his stunning creations in what material?
Glass
14. In which European country did Delft ware originate?
Holland
15. What name is given to the Art of fine writing to write decoratively?
Calligraphy
Round Four - A Few Drinks
16. The name of which Spanish wine means ‘bleeding’?
Sangria
17. What is the spirit base of Blue Curacao [pr. "coora-sow"]?
Gin
18. In terms of the amount of alcohol you get, which is the most expensive: whiskey, beer, or wine?
Beer
19. In which region in France are Chardonnay wines produced?
Burgundy
20. From which country does Sherry originate?
Spain
- What does a sommelier do?
Taste Wine
Round Five - Actorgrams
21. SO I’M CUTER (3,6) TOM CRUISE
22. OLD WEST ACTION (5,8) CLINT EASTWOOD
23. FINE IN TORN JEANS (8,7) JENNIFER ANISTON
24. GENUINE CLASS (4,8) ALEC GUINNESS
25. ANESTHETIZE JAR ONCE (8, 4-5) CATHERINE ZETA-JONES
Round Six - Around The World
26. What is the largest city in the Sierra Madre mountains?
Mexico City
27. The name of which area in the Pacific means "many islands"?
Polynesia
28. In which country would one find 8 of the world’s 10 highest mountains?
Nepal
29. Which country beginning with a ‘T’ has a shoreline on the Andaman Sea?
Thailand
30. The island of Bahrain is connected by a causeway to which country?
Saudi Arabia
Round Seven - Animal Magic
31. Which is the fastest land mammal?
Cheetah
32. How many pairs of legs has the crab?
Five
33. What name is given to a badger’s dwelling?
Set
34. Which breed of animal is the chinchilla?
Cat
35. What name is given to the male swan?
Cob
Round Eight - History Class
36. Who was Aristotle’s most famous student?
Alexander the Great
37. Who was Cleopatra’s lover before she married Marc Anthony?
Caesar
38. Which country defeated the Persians in the 5th Century BC?
Greece
39. How many Catherines did Henry VIII marry?
Three - Catherine of Aragon, Catherine Parr, and Catherine Howard
40. Who was Socrates’s most famous student?
Plato
Round Nine - Connections
41. With whom did Elton John duet to reach Number One in 1976 with Don’t Go Breaking My Heart?
Kiki DEE
42. In which 1967 film did Warren Beatty and Fay Dunaway play the leaders of a notoriously violent gang of bank robbers?
Bonnie & CLYDE
43. What is the principal home ground of Nottinghamshire Cricket Club?
TRENT Bridge
44. Which airport serves the city of Limerick in Ireland?
SHANNON Airport
45. What is the connection?
Rivers in the UK
Round Ten - Call My Bluff
46. Taphephobia - A) Dread of being buried alive, B) The fear of extreme cold C) The fear of an invasion by the Welsh?
A) Dread of being buried alive
47. Samogon - A) Any combination of vitamins, B) A Japanese bodyguard C) Illicitly-distilled vodka?
C) Illicitly-distilled vodka
48. Bardolatry - A) Excessive worship of public houses B) An expert in medieval musical instruments C) Excessive worship of Shakespeare and his works
C) Excessive worship of Shakespeare and his works
49. Decatize - A) To release pressure suddenly B) Cause to uncurl by steaming or damping C) The removal of reflectors used to indicate the middle of a road
B) Cause to uncurl by steaming or damping
50. Gelogenic - A) Producing laughter B) Producing gelatine C) Producing glue
A) Producing laughter
Tiebreaker - The largest recorded single litter for a pet mouse?
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April 13, 2006

Quiz 120406

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Round One - Hot Starters
1. What name is given to the heavy summer rains in Asia?
Monsoon
2. Which Asian country is sometimes called the Roof of the World?
Tibet
3. Earl D Biggers created which oriental detective?
Charlie Chan
4. The lotus flower is the national symbol of which Asian country?
India
5. Which mountains separate Europe from Asia?
Urals
Round Two - Food & Drink
6. What is the name of the Asian dish of spiced meat or vegetables in pastry triangles?
Samosa
7. Found on an Indian restaurant menu, what is the Indian word for bucket?
Balti
8. Which soup on an Indian menu has a name that literally means "pepper water"?
Mulligatawny
9. What deep fried crispy Indian starter is made from pulse flour?
Poppadum
10. 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 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 - Famous In The East
16. 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)
17. Kim Dae Jung is the head of state of which Asian country?
South Korea
18. Who was the first prime minister of India?
Jawaharlal Nehru, 1947-64
19. Which Portugese navigator discovered the sea route to India?
Vasco da Gama
20. In 1969, on the centenary of his birth, who became the first foreigner to be depicted on a British postage stamp?
Mahatma Gandhi
Round Five - Eastern Promise - 1
21. Which City was this tune used to promote for the Olympic Games?
Tokyo - Helmut Zacharius / Tokyo Melody
22. Who are this group?
China Crisis - Wishful Thinking
23.  Who are this group?
China Black - Searching
24. Name the singer & backing group?
Emile Ford & The Checkmates - On A Slow Boat To China
25. Who are this group?
East 17 - Around The World
Round Six - Entertaining
26. Which Oscar of winning film was based on the life and times off the Asian ruler pu yi?
The Last Emperor
27. The name of which Asian country gave its name to a Kim Wilde hit?
Cambodia
28. What was allowed on the movie screen for the first time in India 1977?
First Screen Kiss
29. What oriental game comprises 144 tiles?
Mah-Jong
30. What is India’s national musical instrument?
Sitar
Round Seven - Matial Arts
31. Which martial art literally means empty hand?
Karate
32. From which Asian country does the martial art Taekwondo originate?
Korea (accept either North or South)
33. What martial arts name means gentle way?
Judo
34. The name of which Japanese martial art means "way of the sword"?
Kendo - using Bamboo Swords
35. Tessenjutsu is a martial art based on the use of what item?
A Fan
Round Eight - Wildlife Safari
36. Which country is home to the majority of the world’s Asian Elephants?
India
37. Which animal is known as the ‘great cat’ of Asia?
Tiger
38. The Asian moon rat is the only animal smells like a vegetable, is it an onion, a cabbage or fennel?
Onion
39. Of which domestic animal are some twelve million to be found in the highlands of Central Asia?
Yak
40. Which animal is claimed to have killed off the dodo bird?
Pig
Round Nine - Spices To Delight
41. What do Chef’s call "The Master Spice"?
Pepper
42. Which spice gives curry its colour?
Turmeric
43. With which spice is the Hungarian Goulash traditionally flavoured?
Paprika
44. Which spice comes in hands?
Ginger
45. What spice is derived from the pods of a climbing Orchid?
Vanilla
- How many spices are mixed in allspice?
None it’s single spice
Round Ten -  Eastern Promise - 2
46. One Point Each - Title & Artist?
Hindu Times / Oasis
47. Name this group?
Cornershop - Brimful of Asha
48. One Point Each - Title & Artist?
Spice Up Your Life - Spice Girls
49. Name this group?
Searchers - Sugar and Spice
50. Name this duo?
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - The Onion Song

April 6, 2006

Quiz 050406

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Round One - It’s Ray’s Music Round
1. Who had a Hit in 1984 with Ghostbusters?
Ray Parker Junior
2. In 1974 which American male solo singer topped the UK charts with the song “The Streak”?
Ray Stevens
3. Who had a top ten hit in 1992, with the song "Achy, Breaky Heart"?
Billy Ray Cyrus
4. Who Played The Music Shop Owner In The Blues Brothers?
Ray Charles
5. Ray Davies was a singer with which popular band of the 60’s?
Kinks
Round Two - Around The World
6. If you sailed east from Cape Town in South Africa to the city of Perth in Western Australia, which ocean would you cross?
The Indian Ocean
7. Which was the only city to host the summer Olympic Games in the 1980’s that was not a capital city?
Los Angeles (1984)
8. Bordered by France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia, which country is a peninsula projecting into the Mediterranean sea?
Italy
9. Which African country has a coastline on both the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea?
Morocco
10. If American states were listed alphabetically, which two states would separate Tennessee and Vermont?
Texas and Utah
Round Three - Telly Addicts
11. Which soap star played Jamie, an assistant to John Pertwee’s Dr Who?
Frazer Hines
12. Which TV series featured characters called Commander Jeffrey Sinclair and Lt Commander Ivanova?
Babylon 5
13. In which TV comedy series did Robert Lindsay play Wolfie, the self appointed leader of the ‘Tooting Popular Front’?
Citizen Smith
14. In which television comedy series did Reece Dinsdale return to play havoc with the lifestyle of his father played by John Thaw?
Home To Roost
15. ‘Watery Fowls’ and ‘Flay Otters’ were two of a number of signs seen outside a hotel at the beginning of which TV series?
Fawlty Towers
- Which British TV show was devised by a Dutch housewife under the name Een Van de Acht?
The Generation Game
Round Four - Famous People
16. Who overthrew the Batista regime in 1959 and created the first communist state in the Western Hemisphere?
Fidel Castro (Cuba)
17. Published in 2000, Life in the Jungle is the autobiography of which Conservative politician?
Michael Heseltine
18. When John F Kennedy was elected US president in 1960, who did he narrowly defeat?
Richard Nixon
19. Which trade union leader dubbed Margaret Thatcher ‘The plutonium blonde’?
Arthur Scargill
20. In 1979, which former politician was acquitted of conspiring to murder his one time friend Norman Scott?
Jeremy Thorpe
Round Five - Cryptic Scottish Football Teams
example - Prison Clock = CELTIC
21. What son might say after parent’s illness
MOTHERWELL
22. Speechless, refuses the weight
DUMBARTON
23. Murder mother? I’ll pass
KILMARNOCK
24. It’s a home for sub-machine guns Frank
STENHOUSEMUIR
25. Not a low Berni Inn
HIBERNIAN
Round Six - Sports Bag
26. Which RAF pilot scored 49 tries for England between 1984 and 1996?
Rory Underwood
27. In cricket, what name is given to an over during which no runs have been scored and a batsman has been dismissed?
Wicket Maiden
28. In which Buckinghamshire town is the National Hockey Stadium to be found?
Milton Keynes
29. What stands 10 ft high (3m) and has a diameter of 18 in (45cm)?
Basketball Hoop
30. The expression ‘to win hands down’ was originally used to describe an easy victory in which sport?
Horse racing
- In which sport could a player serve an underarm twist service or a giraffe service?
Real Tennis
Round Seven - Food, Glorious Food
31. What is the name of the Italian dish of large tubes of Pasta filled with a savoury meat mixture?
Cannelloni
32. What item of food was not rationed during WW2 but was rationed from 1946?
Bread
33. What surrounds a food served “en croute”?
Pastry
34. What was the first food sold in a aerosol can?
Cream
35. What is the red food colouring made from small Mexican beetles?
Cochineal
Round Eight - Advertising
36. ‘If you see Sid, tell him’ was an advertising slogan devised by Saatchi and Saatchi to promote the privatisation of which public utility?
British Gas (1986)
37. An advertisement for what brand of soap promised users ‘That schoolgirl complexion’?
Palmolive
38. Which manufacturer and retailer of confectionery has advertised on television using the slogan ‘Chocolate heaven since 1911’?
Thorntons
39. A slogan to promote which product promised users ‘You’ll look a little lovelier each day’?
Camay
40. ‘You can take the car out of the city, but you can’t take the city out of the car’ was a slogan used to advertise the products of which Japanese motor manufacturer?
Nissan
- According to the advertising slogan, what product was ‘Worth a guinea a box’?
Beecham’s Pills
Round Nine - Connections
41. In three films Mike Myers plays which secret agent who was frozen in the 1960s and defrosted
in the 1990s in order to battle his arch enemy Dr. Evil?
AUSTIN Powers
42. Who played James Bond in the 1995 film ‘Goldeneye’?
PIERCE Brosnan
43. Who supplied the voice of the genie in the 1992 film `Aladdin`?
Robin WILLIAMS
44. Which German pocket battleship came to grief at the Battle Of The River Plate in 1939?
GRAF Spee
45. What is the connection?
Surnames of famous Lady Tennis players
Round Ten - Call My Bluff
46. A QUEAN is a) a brick used as a keystone to an arch, b) a fallen woman, c) an African deer?
b) a fallen woman
47. Other than the nickname for a World War II flying bomb, is a DOODLEBUG a) a divining rod, b) a parasite of chickens or c) a type of carp?
c) a type of carp
48. LIGULATE means a) to throttle, b) to truss up like a chicken, or c) strap-shaped?
a) to throttle
49. A BLUFFIE is a) a type of dog, b) an amateur card player or c) a practice arrow at archery?
c) a practice arrow at archery
50. MILSEY – is Scots dialect for a) a milk-strainer, b) homosexual, c) a young salmon?
a) a milk-strainer





















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