Quiz 030506
Round One - Q For Answers
1. What was the first drug ever used to treat malaria?
Quinine
2. In which film did Peter Ustinov play Emperor Nero?
Quo Vadis
3. What is the smallest member of the partridge family?
Quail
4. Which eight-letter word describes marshy, boggy ground?
Quagmire
5. Which dish could be described as an egg tart?
Quiche Lorraine
Round Two - Spuds, Glorious Spuds
6. Who is said to have been the first to bring potatoes back to England in 1588?
Sir Walter Raleigh
7. What is the principal vitamin obtainable from potatoes?
Vitamin C
8. Which former leading American politician was mocked for his public inability to spell the word potatoes?
Dan Quayle
9. What is the name for the Irish dish consisting of mashed potatoes, cabbage, onion, milk and butter?
Colcannon
10. Which state of North America is called the Potato State?
Idaho
Round Three - It’s In The Song
11. In Dancing Queen how old is the dancing queen?
Seventeen
12. In The House Of The Rising Sun in which city was the house located?
New Orleans
13. In The Leader Of The Pack, what is the name of the leader?
Jimmy
14. In Lucille how many children did Lucille have?
Four
15. In the song The Coward Of The County what is the name of the coward?
Tommy
Round Four - Sporting Chance
16. 1984 is the only year that more than one person won the BBC Sports personality Of The Year Award, who were they?
Torville And Dean
17. What is the nickname of the Australian rugby union team?
The Wallabies
18. Which soccer team became the first team of the 20th century to do the league and FA Cup double?
Tottenham Hotspur - 1961
19. Which annual race is 4 miles and 374 yards long?
The University Boat Race
20. Which jockey rode Shergar when it won the 1981 Derby?
Walter Swindburn
Round Five - Death Of An Actor
21. DONALD PLEASANCE
22. TIM CURRY
23. JAMES COBURN
24. ALEC GUINNESS
25. DAVID MCCALLUM
Round Six - Telly Addicts
26. Which TV series is described as - Dave Myers and Si King hit the road in search of culinary experience and cultural adventure all over the world?
The Hairy Bikers’ Cookbook
27. Which TV programmes is described as - Series in which celebrities trace their ancestry, discovering secrets and surprises from their past?
Who do you think you Are?
28. Which TV programme is described as - Quiz show in which everyone should know the answers because they were taught them at school?
Schools Out
29. Which TV Show sees Antony Worrall Thompson joined by Guest Chefs for a live interactive food show?
Saturday Kitchen
30. Which TV series features home improvement mishaps remedied by Nick Knowles?
DIY SOS
Round Seven - Famous Animals
31. In which city will you find a statue to a dog called Greyfriar’s Bobby?
Edinburgh
32. Burmese, a black mare, was a favoured mount of Queen Elizabeth 2nd at which annual state event?
Trooping The Colour
33. What was Guy, a famous inhabitant of London Zoo, who died in 1978?
Gorilla
34. What sort of animal was Socks, an inhabitant of the White House?
A cat
35. What sort of animal was Chi-Chi, a gift from China to London Zoo in 1958?
Giant Panda
Round Eight - Risings and Revolutions
36. In which city did the Easter Rising of 1916 take place?
Dublin
37. Against whom did Hereward the Wake lead a fenland revolt?
The Normans
38. Who was the leader of the 1917 Communist revolution in Russia?
Lenin
39. Which gladiator led a rising against Rome?
Spartacus
40. Which warrior race fought the British during an uprising in New Zealand in 1845?
Maoris
Round Nine - Connections
41. What is the first property you pass on a standard Monopoly board?
Old KENT Road
42. The US lawyer Francis Scott Key wrote a poem about a flag. This poem was later set to music. By what title is it now known?
"The Star Spangled BANNER"
43. Which US jazz musician was nicknamed ‘Bird’?
Charlie PARKER
44. Who played The Ringo Kid in the 1939 film Stagecoach and won an Oscar for his role in True Grit?
John WAYNE
45. What is the connection?
Aliases used by SUPERHEROES - Clark Kent (Superman) / David Banner (The Incredible Hulk) / Peter Parker (Spiderman) / Bruce Wayne (Batman)
Round Ten - Death Of An Actress
46. JENNY AGUTTER
47. KYLIE MINOGUE
48. BARBARA WINDSOR
49. SIGOURNEY WEAVER
50. WINONA RYDER
