QUIZERAMA QUIZ FILES

1. Which country boasts the World’s best selling Newspaper, with up to 14 million sales per day?
Japan
2. Which british newspaper was the first to issue a colour supplement in its Sunday edition?
The Sunday Times
3. For many years Fred Basset has been a regular cartoon in which UK newspaper?
Daily Mail
4. Which British newspaper sacked its editor and admitted that the photographs he published of British soldiers apparently abusing an Iraqi detainee were fake?
Daily Mirror
5. Which British national daily newspaper ceased publication in 1995?
Today - founded by Eddie Shah in 1986 and finally closed in 1995
- In 1986, which daily newspaper became the first to be printed in colour?
Today
6. What is the oldest serving British Daily Newspaper?
The Times
7. Which national daily newspaper has "The crusader" as it’s logo
Daily Express
8. In a Newspaper, what would you find in a Morris Column?
Advertisements
9. Stick It Up Your Punter is the title of a history of which newspaper?
The Sun
10. What is the best-selling daily newspaper in the USA?
Wall Street Journal
11. Seen virtually every day in every newspaper, what did Arthur Wayne invent in 1913?
Crossword
12. Which place in New York was funded by and named after a newspaper?
Times Square
13. Le Soir is an international newspaper published from which European capital city?
Brussels
14. In which year did “The "Sun", "Times" and "Sunday Times" newspapers owned by News International moved from Fleet street to Wapping?
1986
15. Which is Britain’s oldest sunday newspaper?
Observer
16. What is the name of The Sun newspaper’s comic-strip Viking?
Hagar The Horrible
17. Which national newspaper does not include sport in it’s coverage?
Financial Times
18. Which sport is the newspaper ‘Sporting Life’ dedicated to?
Horseracing
19. The actor Ross Kemp is married to the editor of which newspaper?
The Sun (Rebecca Wade)
20. In the media industry – what name is given to the machine used to print a newspaper?
Press

21. Which current Sunday newspaper used to be called the Sunday Pictorial, before it adopted its current name in 1963?
Sunday Mirror
22. Which current daily newspaper was first published in 1978?
Daily Star
23. What is the name of the local newspaper in ‘Emmerdale’?
Hotten Courier
24. In Which Newspaper does Andy Capp Appear in?
The Mirror
25. Which national daily newspaper is nicknamed “The Thunderer”?
The Times
26. Name the cartoon character, described as a ‘Belgian boy scout’ who first appeared in a newspaper in 1929?
Tintin - created by Herge
27. Which daily newspaper has the sub-title “The Voice Of Britain”?
Daily Express
- In which UK daily newspaper does the cartoon strip, Rupert the Bear, currently appear?
Daily Express
28. Which newspaper comic strip features four children and a large dog called Boot?
The Perishers
29. Which British newspaper advertises itself as ‘ the biggest selling quality newspaper’?
Daily Telegraph
- Which was the first British daily newspaper to publish a Sudoku puzzle?
Daily Telegraph
30. Which was Britain’s first tabloid daily newspaper?
Daily Mirror - 1903
31. In a newspaper which column announces deaths?
Obituaries
32. What is the name of the local newspaper in Eastenders?
The Walford Gazette
33. Which British newspaper claims “all human life is there” in its contents?
News Of The World
34. In which daily newspaper does the comic strip ‘Beau Peep’ appear?
Daily Star
35. Which British National Daily Newspaper was the first to publish listings of TV programs for readers?
Daily Express
36. What is the name of the newspaper in the town of Bedrock?
Daily Slate - The Flintstones
37. In "Spiderman", what is the name of the newspaper where Peter Parker works as a photographer?
Daily Bugle
38. Who was the editor of the Daily Planet newspaper in Superman?
Perry White
39. If a house advertised in a newspaper had the initials SSTC stamped over it, for what would these initials stand?
Sold Subject to Contract
40. Which newspaper started the first national bingo game in 1981?
Daily Star
- Which newspaper was the first to offer a £1 million on their daily bingo game?
Daily Mirror

Tiebreaker - In which year were newspaper horoscopes first published?
1930

Round One - English Counties
1. Which English county has exactly the same name as its county town?
Durham
2. The Battle of Naseby took place in which English county?
Northamptonshire
3. In which English county is Witney, famous for blankets and woollens?
Oxfordshire
4. Which English county is sometimes referred to as Constable County?
Suffolk
5. The Scilly Isles come under the authority of which English county?
Cornwall

Round Two - Telly Addicts
6. Who hosts ITV-1’s The Price Is Right?
Joe Pasquale
7. Julian Lloyd Webbers ‘Variations’ is the theme tune to which long running TV programme?
The South Bank Show
8. Mike Burden is the sidekick to which TV detective?
Reg Wexford
9. What was the name of the severed hand which appeared in the Adams Family?
Thing
10. In which TV show were the game zones called Aztec / Futuristic / Medieval / Industrial?
The Crystal Maze

Round Three - Organisations
11. Which organisation is responsible for the running of the annual Crufts Dog Show?
The Kennel Club
12. What organisation do the initials "PCC" stand for?
Press Complaint Commission
13. What organisation publishes a journal called ‘Rucksack’?
The Ramblers’ Association
14. Which Organisation Began Life As The Brighton Motor Road Patrol?
The AA
15. Which organisation is responsible for the care of all lighthouses in England, Wales, The Channel Islands and Gibraltar?
Trinity House

Round Four - The Sweet Counter
16. Which chocolate bar was described as a ‘taste of paradise’?
Bounty
17. What did Opal Fruit sweets change their name to?
Starburst
18. From what sort of confectionery is the character Bertie Bassett constructed?
Liquorice Allsorts
19. What name is given to almonds fried in boiling sugar syrup, often found in Belgian chocolates?
Praline
20. Which confection is a mixture of boiled syrup, beaten egg whites, nuts and fruit?
Nougat

Round Five - Picture Quiz - 1 (Handout)

Round Six - Not Good, Not Bad, Just Ugly!
26. Which gorgon was so ugly that all who saw her face were turned to stone?
Medusa
27. What is the ability to pull ugly, grotesque and strange faces called?
Gurning
28. An old Russian saying goes "There are no ugly women in the world, only a shortage of…..", what?
Vodka
29. With which television show do you associate "The Ugly Bloke" spot?
TFI Friday
30. If Clint Eastwood was the "Good", and Lee Van Cleef was the "Bad" who was the "Ugly" in the film "The Good the Bad & The Ugly"?
Eli Wallach

Round Seven - Sporting Chance
31. Which English batsman scored a century that beat New Zealand at Lord’s in 2004, before announcing his retirement three days later?
Nasser Husain
32. In which sport has India won all of their eight Olympic gold medals to date?
Hockey
33. Which stadium did the Millennium Stadium replace?
Cardiff Arms Park
34. Who was the first player to captain the England football team and go on to manage them?
Alf Ramsey
35. Which Horse-Racing course is located in Lord Hesketh’s Northamptonshire Estate?
Towcester

Round Eight - Magic Moments
36. Which film contains the magic words ‘Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo’?
Cinderella
37. Who Was The First British Magician To Become A TV Star?
David Nixon
38. In Norse Mythology who had a magic hammer?
Thor
39. What nationality was the famous magician and illusionist Harry Houdini?
American
40. Which film with an animated sequence featured Angela Lansbury using her magic powers against the Nazis?
Bedknobs and Broomsticks

Round Nine - Connections
41. What character was played by Felicity Kendall in The Good Life?
BARBARA Good
42. Who was the first New Zealander to reach the summit of Mount Everest?
Sir Edmund HILLARY
43. Who did Ricky Valance want told he loved her according to the title of his Number 1 hit of August 1960?
LAURA (Tell Laura I Love Her)
44. Which female detective featured in the books `The Hidden Staircase`, `The Bungalow Mystery` and `The Secret Of The Old Clock`?
NANCY Drew
45. What is the connection?
The first names of the recent FIRST LADIES of the USA  

Round Ten -  Picture Quiz - 2 (Handout)

1. Which is the longest Australian River?
Murray-Darling
2. Who was the 1st man to fly solo across Australia?
Harry Houdini
3. How many players on an Australian football team?
18
4. What does a Jingling Johnny do in Australia?
Manually shear sheep
5. How long does each quarter last for in Australian Rules football?
25 minutes
6. What stretches for over 1,200 miles off the NE coast of Australia?
Great barrier reef
7. Which Australian rugby union legend, with 64, is the world’s leading try scorer in Tests?
David Campasee
8. Which Australian TV drama series was set at the Wentworth Detention Centre?
Prisoner: Cell Block H
- Which long running Australian TV programme was turned into a musical starring Lily Savage?
Prisoner: Cell Block H
9. In which sport did Rodney Eyles of Australia become world champion in 1997?
Squash
- Rolf Harris was once Australian Junior Champion at which sport?
Swimming - Backstroke
10. The Bass Strait separates Australia and where?
Tasmania
11. Which Australian holds the world record for the most test runs in cricket?
Alan Border
12. What was the name of the Australian outlaw of the 1870’s who was famous for his home made armour used during his robberies?
Ned Kelly
- Peter Carey’s 2001 Booker Prize winning novel tells the story of which famous Australian?
Ned Kelly
13. In the US its 911, in the UK 999, what is it in Australia?
000
14. What do Australian call Trousers?
Strides
15. What do the Australians call the yellow dogs that are regarded as serious pests in their country?
Dingoes
16. Which is Australia’s largest state?
Western Australia - capital is Perth
17. Which Australian animals Aborigine name means "No drink"?
Koala (Gets all the liquid it needs from eucalyptus leaf)
- What is unusual about the Australian government’s vasectomy program?
It is for Koalas!
18. On what occasion was Advance Australia Fair first played internationally as the national anthem?
Los Angeles Olympics 1984
19. Which is the highest mountain in Australia?
Mount Kosciusko
20. What would an Australian do with a ‘franger’, a) eat it b) play it or c) wear it?
Wear it - it is a condom!

21. Andrew Patterson wrote which definitive Australian song?
Waltzing Matilda
22. Which Australian city is named after the wife of William VI?
Adelaide
23. In which Australian state is Tittybong?
Victoria
24. What in Australia is a Willy-Willy?
Whirlwind
25. Brisbane is the state capital of which Australian state?
Queensland
26. In Australia they are called ’sticky beaks’ what do we call them in Britain?
Nosey Parker
27. What is the national flower of Australia?
The Wattle Blossom
28. What is the smallest state of Australia?
Tasmania
29. What is the Australian name for a long narrow ox bow lake?
Billabong
30. Where in Australia were British satellites launched in early 70s?
Woomera
31. John Flynn invented what service in Australia?
Flying Doctors
- Which Australian medical service began in 1928?
Flying Doctors
32. In 1979 what did President Carter apologise to Australia about?
Skylab falling on their country
33. Who were the first Australian group to sell a million records?
The Seekers - I’ll never find another you
- Which Australian band with lead vocals by Colin Hay topped the UK singles charts in 1983?
Men At Work
34. What girls name is a type of Australian throwing stick?
Kylie
35. What body of water separates Australia and Papua New Guinea?
Torres Strait
36. Name the second most commonly spoken language in Australia?
Italian
37. If you were watching cricket at The Outer, in which city are you?
Melbourne
- What was the first Australian city to host the Olympic games?
Melbourne
38. What is Australia’s Barossa valley known for?
Wine production
39. Ships known as The First Fleet transported what in 1788?
Convicts to Australia
40. In which year was Australia’s first bank (The Bank of New South Wales) founded?
1817

Tiebreaker - In a global survey released by Durex, how many times a year does the average Australian have sex?

103

Round One - Colour It In
1. What color is the flag flown on a ship where disease has broken out?
Yellow
2. What color belt does an improving judo practitioner trade in for brown?
Blue
3. What color is the slowest Pac-man ghost?
Orange
4. A dark shade of what color is called ‘hunter’?
Green
5. What color is the Lone Ranger’s bandana?
Red

Round Two - Read All About It
6. Which country boasts the World’s best selling Newspaper, with up to 14 million sales per day?
Japan
7. In 2005, which British newspaper sacked its editor and admitted that the photographs he published of British soldiers apparently abusing an Iraqi detainee were fake?
Daily Mirror - Piers Morgan
8. Which national daily newspaper has "The crusader" as it’s logo?
Daily Express
9. The New York World newspaper started offering this feature in December 1913 and soon newspapers throughout the world began copying their success. What was the feature?
Crossword puzzles
10. ‘Stick It Up Your Punter’ is the title of a history of which newspaper?
The Sun

Round Three - Swinging Sixties
11. What was the name of the teenage showgirl who caused MP John Profumo to resign?
Christine Keeler (Mandy Rice Davies was not the cause)
12. Whose report led to massive cuts on the railways?
Dr Beeching
13. Where was the big British pop festival held in 1969?
Isle of Wight
14. Who did Lulu marry in 1969?
Maurice Gibb
15. What was ITV’s live pop music show called?
Ready Steady Go

Round Four - Royal Family
16. Who is the eldest of Prince Andrew’s daughters: Beatrice or Eugenie?
Beatrice
17. What is Prince Charles’s country home called?
Highgrove
18. Which member of the Royal Family said "Constitutionally, I don’t exist"?
Prince Philip
19. On what occasion was it when the Queen Elizabeth II last curtsied officially?
Father’s funeral
20. Who are the parents of Lady Helen Taylor?
Duke and Duchess of Kent

Round Five - Name The Film - Handout

Round Six - Sports Newsdesk
26. Which jocky headbutted his horse, City Affair, at Stratford Racecourse?
Paul O’Neill
27. Who has taken on the dual role of chairman and manager at Sunderland?
Niall Quinn
28. Which two teams will contest this years RL Powergen Challenge Cup final?
St Helens and Huddersfield
29. England’s Test wicket-keeper Geraint Jones has been replaced by which Nottinghamshire player?
Chris Read
30. Who recently said "At the moment we’ve only got 16 first-team players and my initials don’t stand for Merlin the Magician"?
Mick McCarthy at Wolves

Round Seven - Bet You Know
31. What does ‘Super Bertha’ in Las Vegas claim to be the largest example of?
Fruit Machine
32. In which American state is Las Vegas?
Nevada
33. What is the name of the first major resort built on the Las Vegas Strip in 1947 - El Dorado, El Bingo or El Rancho?
El Rancho
34. What is never shown in a Las Vegas Casino?
The Time - No Clocks
35. The World Series of which game takes place annually in Las Vegas?
Poker
- An average of 8,400 what take place each month in Las Vegas?
Marriages

Round Eight - Human Body
36. In the human body, how is the soft substance called myeloid tissue better known?
Bone marrow
37. Which organs of the body are affected by the condition emphysema?
The lungs
38. What name is given to the veins which drain blood from the head?
Jugular veins
39. What is the name of the membranous sac enclosing the heart?
Pericardium
40. Where in the human body are the ossicles?
In the ears

Round Nine - Connections
41. Which character in children’s fiction was stalked by a crocodile?
Captain HOOK
42. Which two puppets were friendly with a panda called Sue?
Sooty and SWEEP
43. What was the title of the last hit for Wham before they split?
EDGE Of Heaven
44. What is the closely cropped hairstyle so named because it was originally worn by teams of rowers?
Crew CUT
45. What is the connection?
Strokes in the game of CRICKET

Round Ten - Musical Anagrams
46. Eggs A Threat – Gareth Gates
47. Cow Soldiers – So Solid Crew
48. Felt Wise – Westlife
49. Jean Built Me Skirt – Justin Timberlake
50. An Upset Ballad – Spandau Ballet