Quiz 020806
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 England’s Test wicket-keeper Geraint Jones has been replaced by which Nottinghamshire player?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
