Quiz 151106
Round One - Get The Beers In
1. Which is Britain’s biggest selling lager?
Carling
2. Which international brand proclaims itself as the ‘King Of Beers’?
Budweiser
3. Which beer uses the strap line ‘We only let you drink it when its ready’
Grolsh
4. Which lager advertises itself as ‘Belgium’s Original Beer’?
Stella Artois - first brewed in Leuven in 1366
5. Which of the following is the name of a strong beer in Sweden - Is it Orang-utan, Gorilla, Gibbon, Baboon or Chimp?
Gorilla
Round Two - Sport & Games
6. In 1988 who became the first footballer to be transferred for £2 million between British clubs?
Paul Gascoigne - Newcastle to Spurs
7. Which game was formerly known as whiff-waff?
Table Tennis
8. How many riders are on each Tour de France team?
Nine
9. Who broke Muhhamed Ali’s jaw in 1973?
Ken Norton
10. Who ended the Roger Federer’s run of 55 straight hard-court wins?
Andy Murray
Round Three - Bookworm
11. Which novel features a pig called Napoleon?
Animal Farm
12. What was Emily Bronte’s only novel?
Wuthering Heights
13. Which author began, but didn’t finish writing the Mystery of Edwin Drood?
Charles Dickens
14. What do the initials JK stand for in the name JK Rowling?
Joanne Kathleen
15. Which ex soldier wrote the novel Bravo-two-zero?
Andy McNabb
Round Four - Telly Addicts
16. Who is the host of All Star Family Fortunes?
Vernon Kay
17. What is the name of the sitcom featuring homeless Sheldon and wheel chair bound Paul?
I’m With Stupid
18. Which of Doctor Who’s enemies came from the planet Mondas?
Cybermen
19. Which chef is ‘In Search of Perfection’ according to the title of his BBC2 series?
Heston Blumenthal
20. How are Zaf, Ruth, Adam and Harry collectively known in the title of their BBC series?
Spooks
Round Five - The Name’s Bond
21. If James Bond was to dial 007 he would be using the dialling code for which country?
Russia
22. In which film did Roger Moore make his debut as 007?
Live and Let Die
23. What make of car did 007 drive in the first James Bond novel?
Bentley
24. What film followed Goldfinger in the 007 series?
Thunderball
25. Which former Olympic gymnast appeared in the Bond film ‘Octopussy’?
Suzanne Dando
Round Six - Around The World
26. In which Country does Waterways Airways operate - Canada, Australia or New Zealand?
New Zealand
27. What is the unit of currency in Bermuda?
The dollar
28. In which country would you find the tourist resort of Hurghada?
Egypt
29. In which European country is Castillian an official language?
Spain
30. In which Country would you find the train known as The Indian-Pacific?
Australia
Round Seven - At The Movies
31. Who played Professor Donald Kessler in the film Mars Attacks!?
Pierce Brosnan
32. Who played Dan Ackroyd’s partner in the film ‘Dragnet’?
Tom Hanks
33. In which film do Jane Fonda and George Segal play a couple who resort to armed robbery when he loses his job?
Fun With Dick And Jane
34. Ben Afflick plays an engineer whose memory is erased in which 2003 film?
Paycheck
35. Who played 006, codename Janus, real name Alec Trevelyan in the film Goldeneye?
Sean Bean
Round Eight - Animal World
36. What type of creature lives in a holt?
Otter
37. Which animal is the mascot of the US Republican Party?
Elephant
38. How many humps does a bactrain camel have?
Two
39. Which blood sucking African insect causes sleeping sickness in humans?
Tsetse Fly
40. Gatophobia is the fear of which creatures?
Cats
Round Nine - Connections
41. Which two puppets were friendly with a panda called Sue?
Sooty and SWEEP
42. What was the title of the last hit for Wham before they split?
EDGE Of Heaven
43. What is the closely cropped hairstyle so named because it was originally worn by teams of rowers?
Crew CUT
44. Which character in children’s fiction was stalked by a crocodile?
Captain HOOK
45. What is the connection?
Strokes in the game of CRICKET
Round Ten - Sporting Anagrams
46. Flown finer, daft = Andrew Flintoff
47. Bike on a beer = Robbie Keane
48. Cry to kingpin = Ricky Ponting
49. Now ‘n’ slinky join = Jonny Wilkinson
50. He’d shag dirty men! = Teddy Sheringham
