QUIZERAMA QUIZ FILES

1. Which cartoonist created "Andy Capp"?
Reg Smythe
2. Which cartoon character constantly derided his enemies as ‘despicable’?
Daffy Duck
3. Which basketball player starred alongside cartoon characters in the film Space Jam?
Michael Jordan
4. Which french theme park is named after a cartoon character?
Asterix
5. For many years Fred Basset has been a regular cartoon in which UK newspaper?
Daily Mail
6. What now famous cartoon character was born on April 1st, 1980?
Bart Simpson
7. Which cartoon dog had companions called Vince the Gopher and Musky the Muskrat?
Deputy Dawg
8. Captain Haddock is the nautical companion of which cartoon adventurer?
Tintin
9. Which cartoon cats worst enemy is Tweetie Pie?
Sylvester
10. Who was the producer of the Tom and Jerry cartoons until 1956?
Fred Quimby
11. In which Cartoon series has an Evil Character called ‘The Hooded Claw’ + 1 Point for his Alter Ego?
The Perils of Penelope Pitstop / Sylvester Sneekly
12. What is the name of the Switchboard Operator in the Cartoon ‘Hong Kong Phooey’?
Rosemary
13. What is the name of the bulldog in the Tom and Jerry cartoons?
Spike
14. What was the name of the first cartoon to star Mickey Mouse?
Steamboat Willie
15. What was the name of the two annoying cartoon chipmunks?
Chip-n-Dale
16. Which cartoon character ate spinach for strength?
Popeye
17. After which cartoon character did the chart topping artist born Orville Burrell take his stage name?
Shaggy
18. Peter Perfect drove the Turbo Terrific in which cartoon?
Wacky Races
19. What type of creature is Thumper in the Disney classic cartoon, Bambi?
Rabbit
20. Which series is in the Guinness book of records with the most episodes of a cartoon comedy series. Is it A: The Simpsons B: Scooby Doo C: Tom & Jerry or D: The Flintstones?
B: Scooby Doo

21. Name the two cartoon show spin-offs that came as a direct result of Wacky Races?
The Perils of Penelope Pitstop and Dastardly & Muttley (in their Flying Machines)
22. PETS PORING is an anagram of which children’s cartoon character?
Preston Pig
23. What sort of creature was Rex The Runt in the BBC2 cartoon series of the same name?
A wobbly, bobbly, dribbly, squiggly, dog
24. In the strip cartoon, what is the name of Snoopy’s brother?
Spike
25. Petunia is the girlfriend of which cartoon character?
Porky pig
26. Which Cartoon crimefighter was accompanied by a striped cat named Spot?
Hong Kong Phooey
27. Who provided the voice for the cartoon character Daffy Duck?
Mel Blanc
28. Which cartoon character was described as the roughest, toughest hombre in the wild west?
Yosemite Sam
29. Which cartoon character drove a camper van and solved crime with the Teen Angels?
Captain Caveman
30. What is the name of the dog in the Garfield cartoon strip?
Odie
31. Geococcyx Californicus is what cartoon animal?
Road Runner
32. Which cartoon character is hunted by Doctor Von Goosewing?
Count Duckula
33. What was the first ever feature length cartoon with sound and colour?
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
34. Name the cartoon character who was ‘the fastest mouse in all Mexico?
Speedy Gonzales
35. What was Walt Disney’s first cartoon character?
Oswald the Rabbit
36. What book was made into the first feature length British cartoon?
Animal Farm in 1954
37. Pat Sullivan created which cartoon character?
Felix the Cat
38. What short sighted cartoon character had a nephew called Waldo?
Mr Magoo
- What was the first name of the cartoon character Mr Magoo?
Quincy
39. When a famous cartoon Cat and Mouse made their debut in 1939, what was the Cat’s name?
Jasper
40. Who was the voice of Dumbo in the Disney cartoon?
NO-ONE HE DIDN’T SPEAK!

1. Statistically speaking, every day 110 golfers do what?
Make a hole-in-one
2. The ‘R and A’ rule book of golf was written in 1897. What do the initials R and A stand for?
Royal and Ancient
3. Which Golfer was nicknamed ‘The Great White Shark’?
Greg Norman
4. What is generally accepted to be the world’s oldest golf course?
St Andrews in Scotland - known as “The Old Lady of Golf”
5. Who is the leading left-hander in the world rankings?
Phil Mickelson
6. Who was the first european player to win the US Masters golf championship?
Seve Ballesteros
7. Who is the only person to have won 18 major golf tournaments?
Jack Nicklaus
8. What country does the golfer Vijay Singh come from?
Fiji
9. Who currently holds the record as the youngest player ever to appear in the ryder cup golf tournament?
Sergio Garcia
10. What do the initials GUR stand for with regard to a golf course?
Ground under repair
11. Which Golfer holds the record for the most post-war appearances in the Open?
Gary Player
12. Which famous golf course is located at Virginia Water, Surrey, England?
Wentworth
13. After "Putting" in a game of Golf, how long must a Player wait, to see if a Ball, balancing on the edge of a hole, drops in?
10 Seconds (2-Stroke Penalty for a longer wait!)
14. Who was the first pro golfer to earn over $100,000 dollars a year?
Arnold Palmer - the first golfer to win the Masters Tournament four times
15. What is the golfing term for a shot that is three under par?
An Albatross
16. What nationality is the golfer Trevor Immelman?
South African
17. What are the small indentations on a golf ball called?
Dimples
18. At what age can a player join the Seniors’ Tour?
Fifty
19. What colour did Rudyard Kipling paint his balls to play golf in the winter?
Red
20. What is the lowest par golf hole that you can shoot a double-eagle on?
Par-Five

21. Who is to captain Europe’s Ryder Cup team in Ireland in 2006?
Ian Woosnam
22. Who is to captain the USA in the Ryder Cup 2006?
Tom Lehman
23. How many strokes are you penalized for playing with your opponent’s ball?
Two shot penalty
24. 1988 saw the first British golfer to win the US Masters, what was his name?
Sandy Lyle
25. How many times has Nick Faldo won the British Open golf championship?
Three
26. What is the first name of the golfer nicknamed “The Big Easy”?
Theordore – Ernie Els
27. On which British Golf Course is there a hole called the Postage Stamp?
Troon
28. In 1967, which golfer made the first televised hole-in-one?
Tony Jacklin
29. How many minutes does a golfer have to find a lost ball?
Five
30. Who made history in 1997 by becoming the youngest ever US Masters Golf Champion?
Tiger Woods
31. In golf, what is a mulligan?
When a player is allowed to repeat any one shot per hole in a friendly game
32. What is the maximum number of golf clubs that a player is permitted to carry in his bag ?
Fourteen
33. What name is given to a golf course next to the sea?
Links
34. In which way does the US Masters differ from the other major golf championships?
Entry is by invitation only
35. Tom Watson won The British Open golf championship on how many occasions?
Five
36. Which island has more golf courses per square mile than anywhere in the world?
Bermuda
37. How many players are there in a Ryder Cup golf team?
Twelve
38. Which golf course has holes called Tom Morris, Bobby Jones, and Ginger Beer?
St Andrews
39. Who famously played a memorable shot from a broken bottle during the 1949 British Open Golf Championship?
Harry Bradshaw
40. Who gave golf caddies their name?
Mary, Queen of Scots - Early in the 16th century James IV, king of Scotland, took up the game of golf. His granddaughter Mary, later Mary, Queen of Scots, played the game in France, where she was educated. The young men who attended her on the golf links were known as cadets (pupils); the term was adopted later in Scotland and England and became caddy or caddie

Writer G K Chesterton described golf as "an expensive way to play marbles"?

1. In which year did Virginia Wade become the last British woman to win the Wimbledon singles title and who did she beat?
1977 / Bette Stove
2. A statue of who was unveiled at Wimbledon in 1984?
Fred Perry (the last Briton to win a men’s singles title at Wimbledon)
3. Which woman won the Wimbledon singles title seven times between 1988 and 1996?
Steffi Graf
4. Which country provided both of the mens singles finalists at Wimbledon in 1991 and who were they?
Germany / Boris Becker and Michael Stich
5. What is the name of the electronic ‘eye’ used at Wimbledon?
Cyclops
6. Which Spanish tennis player beat Martina Navratilova in her last ladies singles final at Wimbledon?
Conchita Martinez
7. Between 1990 & 1998 all Wimbledon Ladies Singles champions were born on which continent?
Europe
8. Who won the 1998 Wimbledon lawn tennis mens singles ?
Pete Sampras
9. Martina Navratilova Won The Ladies Singles Title At Wimbledon How Many Times?
Nine
10. how many times has Goran Ivanisevic played in the final of the Wimbledon mens singles final?
Four
11. What, in the 90’s, was nicknamed ‘Cliffstock’ by the papers?
Cliff Richard’s impromptu concert at Wimbledon during the rain
12. Who ended Bjorn Borg’s five-year Wimbledon winning streak in the mens’ singles title in 1981?
John McEnroe
13. Pete Sampras won seven Wimbledon singles titles between 1993 and 2000. Who broke his run of success, winning the title in 1996?
Richard Kraichek
14. Which former Australian Wimbledon Men’s Singles tennis champion was nicknamed “The Rockhampton Rocket”?
Rod Laver
15. Who were the last British pair to win the Wimbledon Doubles title in 1987?
Jo Durie & Jeremy Bates
16. When Jack Kramer won at Wimbledon in 1947, he became the first tennis player to win Wimbledon wearing what?
Shorts (Note - In 1933 Bunny Austin became the first man to wear shorts on the Wimbledon centre court)
17. How old was Boris Becker when he became Wimbledon champion?
Seventeen
18. Who did Bjorn Borg beat to win his first Wimbledon mens title?
Ilie Nastase
19. Who was known as ‘The Voice of Wimbledon’?
Dan Maskell
20. Where is the only digital Rolex watch in the world?
Wimbledon centre court

21. Which female tennis star played in 22 Wimbledon’s in 23 years, winning 6 singles, 10 doubles and four mixed doubles titles?
Billy Jean King
22. Who did Goran Ivanisevic beat in the men’s singles final at Wimbledon in 2001?
Pat Rafter
23. When Virginia Wade won the Wimbledon Ladies singles title in 1977, which other Briton lost in the semi-finals?
Sue Barker
24. Which Brazilian tennis player won the women’s singles at Wimbledon in 1959, 1960 and 1964?
Maria Bueno
25. Who won five mens doubles titles at Wimbledon between 1962-1978?
Bob Hewitt
26. Who won the most Wimbledon men’s singles titles during the 20th century?
Pete Sampras (7 times, Borg 5 times)
27. Which 16 year old won the 1997 Ladies single title at Wimbledon?
Martina Hingis
28. Who partnered Martina Navratilova to four successive women’s doubles titles at Wimbledon?
Pam Shriver
29. Which British male got to three Wimbledon semi-finals in the 60s and 70s?
Roger Taylor
30. Who in 1977 became the youngest player ever, at age 14, to win a Wimbledon tennis match?
Tracy Austin - She defeated Elly Vessies-Appel of the Netherlands
31. Which three US tennis stars were beaten by Bjorn Borg in Wimbledon finals?
John McEnroe, Jimmy Connors, Roscoe Tanner
32. Goran Ivanisevic was the first ever what to win Mens title at Wimbledon?
Wild card player
33. Who was the last left-hander to win Wimbledon Men’s Singles title during the 20th century?
John McEnroe
34. What type of fruit stands on top of the men’s singles tennis trophy for Wimbledon?
A Pineapple
35. How many times has John McEnroe won the Men’s Singles title at Wimbledon?
Three / 81,83,84
36. Which male tennis player won the US Open in 1985, 86 and 87 but never won Wimbledon?
Ivan Lendl
37. Which three Lloyd brothers have played at Wimbledon?
David, John and Tony
38. Which blonde won Wimbledon in 1974, 76 and 1981?
Chris Evert
39. Who am I? I am 47 years old, I was awarded an MBE in 2000, Wimbledon is my favourite two weeks of the year, I first appeared on ‘A Question of Sport’ as a Mystery Guest dressed as a cat?
Sue Barker
40. Which tennis player in 1995 became the first player to be thrown out of Wimbledon after hitting a ball-girl with a ball launched in temper?
Tim Henman

Tiebreaker - In which year did the BBC first televise Wimbledon ?
1937

Round One - On Your Marks
1. Which Mark fell in love with Cleopatra?
Mark Antony
2. Who player Luke Skywalker in " Star Wars"?
Mark Hamill
3. Which singer do you associate the songs Clemintine and Child?
Mark Owen
4. Who wrote "The Prince and the Pauper"?
Mark Twain
5. Who shot John Lennon?
Mark Chapman

Round Two - At The Movies
6. How many Mini’s drove through the sewers in, The Italian Job?
Three
7. In which spoof movie was Fluffy Bunny Feet needed on Operation Sleepy Weasle?                                                                                     Hot Shots
8. What was the name of The Robot in the Short Circuit films?
Johnny Five
9. Dream Warriors , dream Master and Dream Child were all sequels to which movie?                                                                         A Nightmare On Elm Street
10. What was the nationality of Mrs Doubtfire in the film of the same name?
Scottish

Round Three - Blasts From The Past
11. Which hit from Billy Ocean, came from the movie "The Jewel Of The Nile"?
When the going gets tough
12. Who’s first UK number 1 was Mambo No 5?
Lou Bega
13. Who was lead singer with "The Clash"?
Joe Strummer
14. In 1998 which band implored Scotland’s football team "Don’t come home too soon"?
Del Amitri
15. How is country-pop singer Eileen Regina Edwards better known?
Shania Twain

Round Four - Sports Bag
16. Over what distance is the 1000 Guineas horse race run?
One Mile
17. Which country has won most Commonwealth Games medals?
Australia
18. In which country would you find a rugby club called Garryowen?
Ireland
19. Who became Brazil’s Minister of Sport in 1994?
Pele
20. Who was the first track athlete to hold World Olympic, European and Commonwealth titles at the same time? Linford Christie

Round Five - City Nicknames
21. Forbidden City - Beijing (and Lhasa) China
22. Granite City - Aberdeen, Scotland
23. City of the Angels - Los Angeles
24. City of Dreaming Spires - Oxford
25. City of Peace and Justice - The Hague, The Netherlands

Round Six - Human Body
26. True or False - A person will die from total lack of sleep sooner, than you would from starvation?
True
27. How is the Tympanum better known as?
Ear Drum
28. What appear when the Sun activates your Melanocytes?
Freckles
29. What sense is most closely linked to memory?
Smell
30. What does a polyorchid man have at least three of?
Testicles

Round Seven - On The Telly
31. In which cartoon series would you have been attacked by the Vulture Squadron?
Stop The Pigeon - Dastardly & Mutley
32. What was Rigsby’s first name in Rising Damp?
Rupert
33. Who sings the theme tune for the BBC series " A Life Of Grime"?
Louis Armstrong
34. What song ended every episode of "It Ain’t Half Hot Mum"?
Land Of Hope And Glory
35. What was the name of the deaf old lady played by Joan Sanderson in Fawlty Towers?                                                                                                Mrs Richards

Round Eight - Keep Off The Grass
36. Which type of plant, is the largest member of the grass family?
Bamboo
37. Which sport uses a Stimp Meter to measure its surface?
Golf (measures the Speed of the Greens)
38. In which TV series did Bill Maynard play a character called ‘Green Grass’?
Heartbeat
39. Which duo had a UK number one hit with "Whispering Grass" in 1975?
Windsor Davies and Don Estelle
40. Wimbledon is famous for its tennis courts, but which other game is played on the grass there?
Croquet (It’s the All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club)

Round Nine - Connections
41. What name is given to the metal identification plate worn on a chain round the neck by members of the armed forces?
DOG Tag
42. Who, according to the Bible, led the Israelites out of Egyptian captivity?
MOSES
43. Which of the seven wonders of the ancient world stood in modern day Iraq?
HANGING Gardens of Babylon
44. In 1970 Make It With You was the only British top ten hit for which well-known group?
BREAD
45. What is the connection?
Baskets

Round Ten - Missing Link
46. Rick, Vivien, Neil & ?
Mike (Young Ones)
47. W.B.A., W.B.C., W.B.O. & ?
I.B.F. (Boxing)
48. Murdock, Peck, Smith & ?
Baracus (A Team)
49. Molars, Premolars, Canines & ?
Incisors (Teeth)
50. Burgess, Maclean, Philby & ?
Blunt (Cambridge Spies)

Tiebreaker - For how many years did the gollywog appear on Roberstons jam jars?
91 years

1. Which British Field Marshall received the German surrender in 1945?
Viscount Montgomery (Monty / Montgomery)
2. In 1908, Melitta Bentz of Germany pierced holes in a tin container and put a circular piece of absorbent paper in the bottom to create what?
The coffee filter
3. Germany provided both of the mens singles finalists at Wimbledon in 1991, who were they?
Boris Becker and Michael Stich
4. Turbo and Stuttgarter are giant types of German sausages. True or false?
False - Onions
5. German airman Manfred von Richthofen was born 1892. What nickname did British pilots give to him?
`The Red Baron’
6. Which scientist was born in Germany in 1879, became a Swiss citizen in 1901 and later became a US citizen in 1940?
Albert Einstein
7. Which city in west central Germany is capital of North Rhine-Westphalia?
Düsseldorf
8. What is the name of the German battleship whose wreck was found in the Atlantic in June 1989?
Bismarck
9. What is the national Airline of Germany called?
Lufthansa
10. What was the capital of West Germany before Berlin was reinstated?
Bonn
11. In which German city did The Beatles make their German debut?
Hamburg
12. Which German brothers collected such stories as ‘Hansel And Gretel’?
The Brothers Grimm
13. Which word of German origin describes a school for very young children?
Kindergarten
14. Outside Germany, which country has the most German speakers?
Austria
15. What is the current name of what used to be the German Ocean?   
The North Sea
16. Who was first Chancellor of the reunified Germany of 1990?
Helmut Kohl
17. Formed in 1944, the German Volkssturm was the equivalent of which British organisation?
Home Guard
18. What type of Smoked Sausage took its name from a German City?
Frankfurter
19. What does the German word Panzer literally mean?
Armour
20. True or False - Between 1937 and 1945 Heinz produced a version of Alphabetic Spaghetti especially for the German market that consisted solely of little pasta swastikas?
True!

21. Donnerstag is German for which day of the week?
Thursday
22. Who wore the number seven shirt in England’s World Cup Victory against West Germany in 1966?
Alan Ball
23. Which German side won the European Cup in 1974, 1975 and 1976?
Bayern Munich
24. What does lager literally mean in German?
Storage
25. What 18th century German soldier told very tall tales of himself?
Baron Munchhausen
26. The Germans call them Stumphhose - what are they?
Tights
27. ‘Bad’ before a German town name means what?
It’s a Spa Town
28. In Germany who were known as "Dick und Doof"?
Laurel and Hardy
29. Where is the base city for Porsche cars?
Stuttgart
30. What does Mit Hefe on a German beer bottle mean?
With Yeast
31. In which German city is their principal Stock Exchange?
Frankfurt
32. Which German actress starred in "The Blue Angel?"
Marlene Dietrich
33. What title did German emperors use?
Kaiser
34. Which Controversial drug was first marketed by a the German firm Grunethal as Distaval in the 1960s?
Thalidomide
35. In Germany, he is known as Tim, and his dog is called Struppi - who is he?
Tin Tin
36. What was the codename for the German Invasion of Russia during World War 2?
Barbarossa
37. What was the name of the German airship that crashed in flames in 1937?
Hindenburg
38. The Germans call it ‘blutwurst’ what do we call it?
Black pudding
39. Which number one did Elvis sing partially in German?
Wooden Heart
40. What is the upper speed limit on motorways in Germany?
There isn’t one!

Tiebreaker - The most sit-ups in one hour using an abdominal frame was achieved by Harald Homrighausen of Germany on 2nd May 2003. How many did he achieve?
5,971

1. Which is London’s largest theatre - in stage size?
The Palladium
2. In which building in London is Poets Corner?
Westminster Abbey
3. Which association of insurance underwriters was named after a 17th century London coffeehouse?
Lloyds
4. To which London hospital did JM Barrie bequeath the copyright to Peter Pan?
Great Ormond Street
5. From which London building did the SAS rescue 26 hostages in 1980?
Iranian Embassy
6. In London what has ten rising gates?
Thames Barrier
7. Which London mainline railway station is closest to Buckingham Palace?
Victoria
8. In which century was the last execution carried out at the Tower of London?
20th (1941)
9. Which was the only bridge across the River Thames until 1747?
London Bridge
10. The first long distance race was from Antwerp to London in 1819, in which sport?
Pigeon racing
11. Which London Underground station had its name changed to “Barbican” in 1968?
Aldersgate
12. Where does the Trooping of the Colour take place in London?
Horse Guards Parade
13. In which year was the Great Fire of London?
1666
14. Where in London would you find the residence of the American ambassador to the UK?
Regent’s Park
15. How many times has Paula Radcliffe won the London Marathon?
Three
16. Which organisation was founded in 1905 at Pinoli’s Restaurant in London?
Magic Circle
17. Where in London can you see the Apollo 10 space capsule?
Science Museum
18. What is London’s oldest theatre?
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
19. Which influential fashion designer opened a shop called “Bazaar” in the Kings Road, London in 1955?
Mary Quant
20. The ghost of which wife of Henry VIII has been seen many times gliding through the Tower of London, where she was beheaded in 1536?
Anne Boleyn

21. Which chef opened a restaurant in London called Notting Grill a) Gary Rhodes b) Jamie Oliver c) Anthony Worrell Thompson?
Anthony Worrell Thompson
22. In which historic London church can The Coronation Chair be found?
Westminster Abbey
23. Where in London is the Strangers Gallery?
The Houses of Parliament
24. Which football team started as a works team from Woolwich in East London?
Arsenal
25. What sport is played at London’s Queen’s Club?
Tennis
26. Which railway station in London, designed by Edward Wilson and opened in 1874, serves East Anglia?
Liverpool Street
27. From which London jail did Ronnie Biggs escape in 1965?
Wandsworth
28. Which famous London thoroughfare has been known at different times as "the way from Uxbridge", "the road to Oxford" and "Tyburn Road"?
Oxford Street
29. What life-threatening thing appeared in London for the last time in 1962?
Smog
30. Where in London is the Central Criminal Court?
Old Bailey
31. Which drink was first sold publicly in London in 1657?
Tea
32. Which bowler hatted character lived at 52 Festive Road, Putney, London S.W.15?
Mr. Benn
33. Which building in London’s Aldwych is home to the BBC’s World Service?
Bush House
34. What London landmark has a hand 11 feet long?
Big Ben (The Clock)
35. On the London Underground, on which line is Knightsbridge station?
Piccadilly
36. Which F is the name of a brewing company that has its main brewery in Chiswick London?
Fullers (Fuller, Smith & Turner)
37. What is the name of London’s Rugby League Team?
Bronco’s
38. London’s Middlesex Street is better known as what?
Petticoat Lane
39. Which London building was gutted by fire in November 1936?
Crystal Palace
40. At what speed – in feet per second, does the London Eye revolve?
One

Tiebreaker - Parking Meters were first introduced in London in which year?
1958

1. How is the Collegiate Church of St Peter, in London, better known?
Westminster Abbey
2. What is the full name of the educational establishment which is usually abbreviated to LSE?
London School of Economics
3. In which London park would you find London Zoo?
Regent’s Park
4. What was the name of the Roman Road which ran from London to York?
Ermine Street
5. Which company sponsors the big wheel called, "The London Eye"?
British Airways
6. The Phantom Raspberry Blower Of Old London Town, Was A Serial Within Which TV Show?
The Two Ronnies
7. What is the nickname for the Yeoman of The Guard at the Tower of London?
Beefeaters
8. Which London thoroughfare shares it’s name with the first ever King Size cigarette?
Pall Mall
9. London’s first pillar boxes were installed in 1855. What colour were they?
Green
10. Which sport is played by the London Leopards?
Basketball
11. Prior to 1810 where was all British coinage minted?
The Tower of London
12. What Italian painter is noted for paintings of London?
Canaletto
13. Which London-born actor played a boy adopted by Indians in “The Last Of The Mohicans?
Daniel Day Lewis
14. Which two Underground lines serve London’s Euston Station?
Victoria & Northern
15. In which month is the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run?
November
16. The Olympic Games were held in London in 1948 and which other year?
1908
17. The London-based firm Stanley Gibbons is well known for dealing in what?
Stamps
18. In which London Street does the Cenotaph stand?
Whitehall
19. During which month of the year does the London Marathon take place?
April
20. In which London station is the new Eurostar terminal to open in 2007?
St Pancras

21. To have an “All London” taxi licence, drivers must have a detailed knowledge of the 25,000 streets within a six mile radius of which railway station – Charing Cross, Victoria, or Waterloo?
Charing Cross
22. Tony Blair revealed in 2004 that he once slept rough in London with a companion called Clarence. Who or what was Clarence?
His guitar
23. In which London attraction will you find The Chamber of Horrors?
Madame Tussauds
24. Which London Underground line was opened in 1969?
Victoria
25. Where is the official London residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury?
Lambeth Palace
26. Which building in London contains a slab on the floor marking the tomb of an Unknown Warrior of World War One?  
Westminster Abbey
27. In which fictional London Borough is Eastenders set?
Walford
28. Which children’s nursery rhyme is about The Great Plague of London?
Ring-A Ring- Of Roses
29. What is London’s largest park?
Hyde Park
30. Where, in London, is the meeting point of the Strand, the Mall, and Whitehall?
Trafalgar Square
31. What are London’s two cricket Test match venues?
Lord’s & The Oval  
32. Which tourist attraction is next door to Madame Tussaud’s in London?
The London Planetarium
33. Which London underground line runs from Stanmore to Stratford?
Jubilee
34. What is the name of Europe’s largest bookstore, in London’s Piccadilly, with 1.5 million titles on seven floors?
Waterstones  
35. In which London borough are the National Maritime Museum and the Millennium Dome?  
Greenwich  
36. Which London building is known as "the old lady of Threadneedle Street"?
Bank of England
37. London boasts the oldest public museum in the world, founded in 1753. Which is it?  
British Museum
38. What’s the name of the Famous Fish Market in London?
Billingsgate
39. What is the name of the famous meat market in London?
Smithfield
40. Where in London is the statue of Eros?
Piccadilly Circus

Tiebreaker - In which year did Madame Tussaud’s open in London?
1928
- When was electric street lighting introduced to London?
1879

1. On which London thoroughfare are the Grosvenor, Hilton and Dorchester Hotels?
Park Lane
2. What is located at 24/31 Grosvenor Square, London?
US Embassy
3. For which industry is London’s Wardour Street famous?
Film Industry
4. On the London Underground, which line would you use to get to Heathrow Airport?
The Picadilly Line
5. Where in London is the Royal Opera House?
Covent Garden
6. Who famously said "The people of London with one voice would say to Hitler ….. you do your worst and we will do our best"?
Sir Winston Churchill
7. Which famous monument was added to Trafalgar Square in 1843?
Nelson’s Column
8. Which establishment founded in 1826 was largely the work of Sir Stamford Raffles?
London Zoo
9. In the Harry Potter books, the Hogwarts Express leaves from which London train station?
Kings Cross
10. Which famous square once covered by fruit and vegetable markets, was designed by Inigo Jones between 1631-1637?
Covent Garden
11. Specifically, where does the London Marathon finish?
The Mall
12. In which Borough of London was the Millennium Dome built?
Greenwich
13. How are the Royal Botanic Gardens better known?
Kew Gardens
14. Which London underground line was the last to use steam passenger trains in 1961?
Metropolitan Line
15. In which month does The Lord Mayor’s Show always take place when the Lord Mayor parades through the streets of the City of London?
November
16. Which street named after a region of Northern Italy, is the centre of banking in the City of London?
Lombard Street
17. A memorial black marble stone set into the floor of Westminster Abbey, has the last line inscribed on it "A talent to amuse". To whom is the memorial dedicated?
Sir Noel Coward
18. How is the London based society of conjurors and magicians better known?
The Magic Circle
19. The Great Fire of London began in Pudding Lane. But where did it end?
Pie Corner
20. Which area of London has six consecutive consonants in it’s name?
Knightsbridge (e.g Islington has three, the n, g, t)

21. How many pods are there on the London Eye?
Thirty Two
22. Which airline company first made a commercial flight in a Boeing 747 from New York to London?
Pan-Am
23. Which European city linked up with London by phone in 1891?
Paris
24. Which architect was mainly responsible for designing the Millennium Dome?
Richard Rogers
25. Which London park houses a Peace Pagoda, a botanical garden, deer park and the Festival Pleasure Gardens (part of the 1951 Festival of Britain)?
Battersea Park
26. Which 90’s band was named after an area of London?
East 17
27. Who was the last monarch to occupy the Tower of London?
James I
28. What became London’s highest building, when it was completed, in 1710 and remained so for 253 years?
St. Paul’s Cathedral
29. Which ‘medicinal’ soft drink did Erasmus Bond patent in London on 28th May 1858?
Tonic water
30. In the 1960’s which London street was known as the fashion centre for the young?
Carnaby street
31. What is the name of the lake in the middle of Hyde Park in London?
Serpentine
32. On which London street is Selfidges?
Oxford Street
33. “Charisma”, “Bayleaf” and “Vaseline” were all characters in which TV series?
London’s Burning
34. Which brand of disinfectant took it’s name from the London Sanitary Engineer Harry Pickup?
Harpic
35. Which orchestra was founded by Sir Thomas Beecham in 1932?
London Philharmonic
36. On which street in London is Hamley’s toy shop?
Regent Street
37. The name of which London thoroughfare provided hits for Gerry Refferty and Undercover?
Baker Street
38. In which London park did the Great Exhibition of 1851 take place?
Hyde Park
39. Which London racecourse closed in 1979?
Alexander Park
40. In 1973 Mrs Susan Shaw became the first ever woman to set foot on the what?
Floor of the London Stock Exchange

Tiebreaker - Traffic wardens were first seen in London in which year?
1960

1. Who wrote a famous diary between 1660 and 1669, which included detailed descriptions of the Plague and the Great Fire of London?
Samuel Pepys
2. Who ordered the building of the Tower of London?
William the Conqueror
3. Which London landmark was designed by Sir Norman Foster to depict a ‘blade of light by night’?
The Millennium Bridge - nicknamed ‘The Blade of Light’
4. Which famous annual sporting event was first held in 1981 when it was won by Dick Beardsley?
London Marathon
5. What trade is associated with London’s Hatton Gardens?
Diamonds & Jewellery
6. Which tourist attraction is called ‘the gasworks’ by London cabbies?
Houses of Parliament
7. What was first produced, listing 255 names, in London in 1880?
Telephone Directory
8. What is London’s most famous Bookshop?
Foyles
9. On which London Underground Line is the longest tunnel?
Northern
10. Which two clubs were involved in the first all London F.A. cup final?
Spurs & Chelsea
11. Which birds are associated with the Tower of London?
Ravens
12. From which London station are the trains direct to the continent, through the Channel Tunnel?
Waterloo
13. Which London Theatre was the first public building in the world to be lit by electric lighting?
Savoy Theatre
14. Which London building has a slab on the floor marking the tomb of an unknown warrior from Word war I?
Westminster Abbey
15. Which London street is famous for private medicine?
Harley Street
16. Where in London is the Ceremony of the Keys held each evening?
Tower of London
17. The world famous steam engine ‘The Flying Scotsman’ used to depart from which London Station en route to Edinburgh?
King’s Cross
18. Which UK punk group had a hit with London Calling?
The Clash
19. Who was the last prisoner in the Tower of London?
Rudolf Hess
20. 5 points available - Greater London has borders with five counties, one point for each correct?
Buckinghamshire / Essex / Hertfordshire / Kent / Surrey

21. Who had a hit in the UK singing about the Streets of London?
Ralph McTell
22. In London, whose private house has its own court and eleven prison cells?
Lord Mayor of London
23. What fictional creatures from South London did children’s writer Elizabeth Beresford create?
The Wombles
24. Which legendary monster actor was born William Henry Pratt in London in 1887?
Boris Karloff
25. In London, which road runs from Charing Cross to Fleet Street?
The Strand
26. Which Comedy series was set mainly at 34 Claremont Avenue, London, W11 4BS?
Absolutely Fabulous
27. Which borough of London shares its name with a New York village?
Greenwich
28. Which Ealing comedy was about a group of Londoners that set up their own country?
Passport to Pimlico
29. True or False: the manager of the first ever Japanese restaurant to be awarded a Michelin star, Umu in London’s Mayfair, is called Eric Kebbab?
True
30.  In which building would you find ‘Traitors Gate’?  
Tower of London
31. The London monument near London Bridge was built to comemorate what?
The Great Fire of London
32. What is Fleet Street in London named after?
River Fleet (now underground)
33. Which London football team had a chart hit in 1981 with the song ‘Ossie’s Dream’?
Tottenham Hotspur
34. Which theatre in London was originally called the Waldorf?
The Strand
35. Which London Street is famous for men’s tailoring?
Saville Row
36. Who was on the English throne at the time of the Great Fire of London?
Charles II
37. Which particular Travel Map was designed in 1931 by a man called Henry Beck?
London Underground Map
38. After the Great Fire of London, which architect was responsible for the rebuilding of over 50 churches in London?
Christopher Wren
39. Who designed New Scotland Yard and the garden suburb at Bedford Park, London?
Norman Shaw
40. Whose restaurant scored the lowest possible rating for food, ambience and service in the 2004 edition of Harden’s London Restaurant Guide?
Jamie Oliver’s Fifteen - he started the restaurant using a gang of previously unemployable teenagers

Tiebreaker - How many Stations are there on the London Underground?
206
- According to the organisers of the London marathon, what is the average time taken to complete a marathon?
4 hours 3 minutes

1. In Which London Street did the Great Fire of London break out in 1666?
Pudding Lane
2. In which building is the Kohinoor (pron. Co – E – Nor) Diamond kept?
The Tower of London
3. What London borough hosts an annual flower show?
Chelsea
4. What area of London did Jack the Ripper frequent?
Whitechapel
5. Which London museum is named after a Queen and her cousin?
Victoria and Albert museum
6. For which London building was the Marble Arch originally designed as a gateway?
Buckingham Palace
7. Which London Park would you be in to ride along Rotten Row?
Hyde Park
8. Which was the first main railway terminus to open in London?
Euston
9. What is the name of the London home of the Prince of Wales?
St James Palace
10. In which building in London will you find “The Whispering Gallery”?
St Paul’s Cathedral
11. In 1912, a statue of which J.M. Barrie hero was unveiled in London’s Kensington Gardens?
Peter Pan
12. Where in London will you find gates named after Margaret Thatcher?
Downing Street
13. In which London borough is the Royal Albert Hall?
Kensington
14. What is London’s most frequently stolen road sign?
Abbey Road
15. Outside which London railway station will you find an eight foot statue of Sherlock Holmes?
Baker Street underground railway station
16. Whose official residence is Fulham Palace?
Bishop of London
17. Which is the only London mainline rail terminus to share its name with a bridge over the Thames?
Waterloo
18. What London theatre boasted during WWII "We never closed"?
The Windmill
19. Name the only Bascule bridge in London?
Tower Bridge
20. Which TV character lived at 3 Stable Mews in the City of London?
John Steed in the Avengers

21. What is the name of the nearest forest to London?
Epping Forest
22. which London born actor played a boy adopted by Indians in the film the last of the Mohicans?
Daniel day Lewis
23. South Mimms and Clacket Lane are service areas on which British motorway?
M25 or London Orbital
24. What mode of transport ran in London for the last time in 1962?
The trolleybus
25. Born in London in 1947, how is the singer / actor David Albert Cook better known?
David Essex – his first single reached 3/1973 – ‘Rock on’)
26. Who founded his first “Mission For The Destitute” in London’s East End in 1867?
Thomas Barnado
27. Which motorway connects London to Winchester?
M3
28. Mincing Lane in London was traditionally the home of what trade?
Tea
29. Which 1981 film featured an isolated inn called The Slaughtered Lamb?
An American Werewolf In London
30. The Trolley Song by Ron Goodwin is the theme to the television coverage of which sporting event, held every April?
The London Marathon
31. According to the song, in which London thoroughfare did a Nightingale sing?
Berkeley Square
32. Where would you find the Lutine Bell?
Lloyds of London
33. In 1848, The London Daily News carried the worlds fist what?
Weather report
34. Which Hollywood star is now artistic director of the Old Vic theatre in London?
Kevin Spacey
35. 51 what were destroyed by the Great fire of London?
Churches
36. Which area of London got its name from a hunting call?
Soho
37. The De Beaumont centre in London specialises in what sport?
Fencing
38. The first branch of which supermarket chain was a small dairy in London’s Drury Lane, opened in 1864?
Sainsbury’s
39. What took place on London’s Serpentine for the first time on 16th June 1930?
Mixed Bathing
40. In London what are The Cavalry, Marlborough and Savile?
Private Members Clubs