Quiz 120706
Round One - Down Under
1. Which Australian bird does not fly?
Emu
2. Which is Australia’s largest state?
Western Australia
3. In which kind of tree does a koala bear spend almost its entire life?
Eucalyptos / gum tree
4. What is the name of the long chain of coral off the coast of Queensland?
Great barrier reef
5. What is the word for a baby kangaroo?
Joey
Round Two - Waving Flags
6. Which botanical emblem appears on the flag of Canada?
Maple leaf
7. How many stars appear on the national flag of Australia?
Six
8. What colour is the cross on the national flag of Finland?
Blue
9. Which country’s national flag shows the Union Jack in the top left corner and four red stars on a dark blue background?
New Zealand
10. On which country’s national flag is there an image of a cedar tree?
Lebanon
Round Three - Sports’ Bag
11. Which sport is governed by the BDA?
Darts - British Darts Association
12. Which ex-Liverpool manager was born in Bootle in October 1948?
Roy Evans
13. Which country does golfer Ian Baker-Finch come from?
Australia
14. Which Spanish football club did Mark Hughes play for?
Barcelona
15. Which county cricket club has its home at Grace Road?
Leicestershire
Round Four - Food & Drink
16. Cambridge Favourite and Cambridge Vigour are types of what?
Strawberries
17. What colour wine goes into sangria?
Red
18. What is the outer layer of a Baked Alaska made from?
Meringue
19. Mozarella cheese is used on top of which snack food?
Pizza
20. Is ‘green bacon’ smoked or unsmoked?
Unsmoked
Round Five - Catchphrases Handout Round
21. Rock star
22. Caught red handed
23. Kick the bucket
24. Brainwashing
25. Safe sex
Round Six - Movie Madness
26. 1983 film, Shirley Maclaine, Debra Winger, Jack Nicholson, Danny Devito, about a feuding mother and daughter?
Terms of endearment
27. 1993 film, Richard Gere, Jodie Foster, Bill Pullman, James Earl Jones, a man returns from the civil war?
Sommersby
28. 1992 film, Mel Gibson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Elijah Wood, test-pilot from 1939 is frozen in suspended animation?
Forever young
29. 1994 film, Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Kevin Spacey, Gwyneth Paltrow, icy tale of a serial killer?
Se7en
30. 1955 film, Frank Sinatra, Kim Novak, Darren Mcgavin, Eleanor Parker, card dealing and heroin addiction?
Man with the golden arm
Round Seven - Great Britain
31. Fort William is at one end of which canal?
Caledonian
32. In which county is East Midlands airport?
Derbyshire
33. Which port is connected to London by the A3?
Portsmouth
34. Over which river does the Clifton suspension bridge cross?
River Avon - Somerset
35. Off which English county are the Goodwin Sands?
Kent
Round Eight - Human Body
36. What name is given to the four small bones at the base of the spine?
The coccyx
37. Which part of the body is affected by glaucoma?
The eyes
38. What name is informally given to the spot where the ulna nerve lies over the humerus?
Funny bone
39. What is produced by lacrimal glands?
Tears
40. What is the scientific name for the upper jaw?
Maxilla
Round Nine - Connections
41. In which well-known musical were there gangs named The Jets and The Sharks?
West SIDE Story
42. Which was the first film to feature the character Marty McFly?
BACK to the Future
43. Which singer songwriter formed the vocal group The Miracles in the 1950s?
SMOKEY Robinson
44. What name is given to the area west of India which includes the countries of the Arabian peninsula?
MIDDLE East
45. What is the connection?
Cuts or Types of BACON
Round Ten - Brands Handout
46. Stella Artois
47. McVities
48. Ikea
49. Doc Martens
50. Good Year
