Quiz 060906
Round One – Crocodile Hunting
1. What was the real name of the character played by Paul Hogan in the Crocodile Dundee series of films?
Mick Dundee
2. Whose designer leisure wear carry the symbol of a crocodile?
Rene Lacoste
3. Which people prayed to Sobek, the Crocodile God?
Egyptians
4. What is a group of Crocodiles called?
A Float or a Bask
5. Which island group is named after a type of crocodile?
Cayman Islands
Round Two - Cereal Questions
6. What was the first boxed cereal?
Shredded Wheat - invented by H.D. Perky, who happened to be an American lawyer
7. Which company makes the breakfast cereal ‘Sugar Puffs’?
Quaker
8. Which breakfast cereal was advertised as “Central heating for kids?
Ready Brek
9. In 1970, Johnathan Ross first appeared on TV advertising which breakfast cereal, which he might have had difficulty pronouncing?
Rice Krispies
10. Which breakfast cereal ‘keeps hunger locked up?
Shreddies
Round Three - Toys & Games
11. What item of food inspired the idea for the computer game pac man?
Pizza (with a slice missing)
12. How many points would the word "Scrabble" score in the game of Scrabble?
Fourteen
13. Which company who make toy cars and other models won the first toy of the year award in 1965 for a model Aston Martin from the first James Bond film?
Corgi
14. Walter Fredrick Morrison sold the rights to his "Pluto Platter" in 1955, but under what name did this toy become popular?
Frisbee
15. What was the name of the Japanese virtual pets that became very popular throughout the world in 1997?
Tamagotchi
Round Four - The Arts
16. With which branch of the arts would you associate Darcy Bussel?
Ballet
17. What do the letters BAFTA stand for as in the awards?
British Association of Film and Television Arts
18. Which book begins ‘Once there were four children whose names were Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy’?
The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
19. For which field of literature are ‘Hugo’s’ awarded?
Science Fiction
20. Which is the only Shakespare play that mentions an English place name in its title?
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Round Five - Adverts - 1 (Handout)
21. VW GOLF
22. SPRITE
23. MINI
24. MORRISONS
25. LOTTERY - EUROMILLIONS
Round Six - Failures
26. Diabetes is caused by the failure of which insulin- secreting gland in the human body?
Pancreas
27. Which animals are the main causes of power failures in the African country Nigeria?
Giraffes
28. Which organs are affected by renal failure?
The kidneys
29. What is the name of the luxury ship which had to abandon its maiden Round The World cruise, due to engine failure?
Aurora (it was built in Germany)
30. Following several failures to show despite being booked, which politician was in 1993 replaced by a tub of lard on the TV show Have I Got News for You?
Roy Hattersley
Round Seven - Fishing For Answers
31. Which fish has a name that is also the slang term for fingerprint?
Dab
32. Which Scottish town is associated with smoked fish called "Smokies"?
Arbroath
33. What sort of fish will a smolt grow into?
Salmon
34. In a fishing contest, what term is used for the position allocated to an angler?
Peg
35. If a fishing boat carries the identification letters PZ, at which west country port is it registered?
Penzance
Round Eight - Exploring Cheshire
36. Who put the small Cheshire village of Elton on the map in 1996?
Louise Woodward (Nanny in the Matthew Eappen Murder Trial)
37. The Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratory in Cheshire is better known by which name?
Jodrell Bank
38. Which Cheshire river flows through Nantwich, Winsford and Northwich before loining the Mersey just before Runcorn?
River Weaver
39. Which Cheshire town was traditionally the base of Britain’s Silk industry?
Macclesfield
40. Which 18th century mill forms the centrepiece of the preserved industrial site at Styal, Cheshire?
Quarry Bank
Round Nine - Connections
41. What rang out on July 8th 1776 to proclaim the first reading of the Declaration of Independence by Colonel John Dixon in Pennsylvania?
The Liberty Bell
42. Which snooker player (turned TV personality) won the World Championship in 1991?
John Parrot (sketch)
43. What name was given to the purification process started in 1478 by Roman Catholics in Spain to drive out Jews and other non-believers?
The Spanish Inquisition
44. What is the common name for unsolicited junk e-mail?
Spam
45. What is the Coonection?
Monty Python
Round Ten - Adverts - 2 (Handout)
46. NIKE
47. PG TIPS
48. GILLETTE RIGHT GUARD
49. GUINNESS EXTRA COLD
50. SPECSAVERS
Tiebreaker - Jodrell Bank is home to the Lovell Telescope, the pioneer large dish radio telescope, installed in 1957. What is the diameter of the dish? (76m / 250ft)
