Quiz 050406
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
