Quiz 090806
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)
