Quiz 291106
Round One – Ashes To Ashes
1. Who had a hit record in 1980 with Ashes To Ashes?
David Bowie
2. What was burned in 1883 to produce ‘ The Ashes ‘ kept in an Urn at Lords, for which the England and Australia Cricket teams regularly compete?
A Bail
3. Since been made into a movie, what is the title of the novel for which Frank McCourt won the Purlitzer Prize in 1997?
Angela’s Ashes
4. Which 2001 film stars Bob Hoskins and Michael Caine as part of a gang of drinking friends who scatter their friend’s ashes off Margate pier?
Last Orders
5. Which mythical creature is said to live for 500 years before killing itself on a funeral pyre only to be reborn from the ashes?
Phoenix
Round Two - Sizzling Sausages
6. What is the name of the Italian sausage often flavoured with garlic and whose name is derived from the Latin for salted?
Salami
7. What type of Smoked Sausage took its name from a German City?
Frankfurter
8. What sausage gets it’s name from the Italian for Onion?
Chipolata
9. What is the name of the seasoned red pork sausage often sold in chip shops?
Saveloy
10. What is the main ingredient in Glamorgan sausages?
Cheese
Round Three - Poisoned Questions
11. H14 N2 is a poisonous alkaloid consumed daily by millions of people worldwide, by what name is it more commonly known?
Nicotine
12. Which villainess did Uma Thurman play in Batman and Robin which could be found in some gardens?
Poison Ivy - Dr. Pamela Isley
13. Because of its common use in poisoning people in the 19th century, what was known as inheritance powder? Arsenic
14. What other use does the anti-coagulant drug Warfarin have?
Rat Poison
15. What is the medical term for blood poisoning?
Septicaemia
Round Four - Idiots Around
16. Which film centres on two idiots from Rhode Island driving to Colorado to return a foxy lady’s briefcase?
Dumb and Dumber
17. What is known to TV presenters as an ‘Idiot Board’?
Autocue
18. Which pantomime features the character of Idiot Jack?
Dick Whitington
19. Which politician has branded parents who drive to school in Jeep style 4X4’s as ‘idiots’?
Ken Livingstone
20. Which Scandinavian country made an idiot of itself by sending snowploughs and de-icing equipment to its troops in Iraq?
Denmark
- Which is less intelligent, an idiot, a moron, or an imbecile?
An Idiot (Idiot mental age of three or less, Imbecile 4 to 7, Moron 8 to 12)
- Simple truths: Make it idiot proof and someone will make a better idiot!
Round Five - Puzzling People 1
21. ROBIN HOOD
22. SANDIE SHAW
23. PENELOPE PITSTOP
24. ROBBIE WILLIAMS
25. STEVE REDGRAVE
Round Six - Virgin On The Ridiculous!
26. Whose autobiography is entitled "Losing my virginity"?
Richard Branson
27. Who was known as “the Virgin Queen”?
Elizabeth I
28. Causing a stir in 2004, whose dummy represented the Virgin Mary in Madame Tussaud’s Nativity scene?
Victoria Beckham
29. Which Famous married couple appeared naked on the cover of their album “Two Virgins” which was only made for and distributed to employees of Capitol Records?
John Lennon and Yoko Ono
30. Which female pop icon said "Losing my virginity was a career move"?
Madonna
- In Tennessee age of consent is at 16 unless the girl is a Virgin then its 12!!!
Round Seven - Underwater
31. How was the TV character of Mark Harris otherwise known when swimming underwater?
Man From Atlantis
32. After diving off in competition swim, how many underwater strokes are allowed?
Two
33. In which James Bond film does a Lotus Car convert into an underwater craft?
The Spy Who Loves Me
34. Which of the Seven Wonders Of The Ancient World was found underwater?
The Pharoes of Alexandria
35. The island of Vanuatu opened an underwater kiosk in 2003 selling what - Plastic-coated postcards, Fishing spears, Waterproof cameras or Snorkels and masks?
Plastic-coated postcards
Round Eight - So You Want To Be A Spy?
In October 1909, Captain Vernon Kell of the South Staffordshire regiment and Captain Mansfield Cumming of the Royal Navy jointly established MI5 (K) & MI6 (C)
36. In the organisations MI5 MI6 what do the initials MI stand for?
Military Intelligence
37. Which former MI5 officer wrote ‘Spycatcher’?
Peter Wright
38. Who was the first female boss of MI5 whose autobiography is called Open Secret?
Stella Rimmington (then Eliza Manningham-Buller)
39. Which government department is responsible for MI5?
Home Office
40. Who plays a former spy on the run from a group of CIA assassins in The Bourne Identity?
Matt Damon
Round Nine - Connections?
41. What does the acronym SETI mean?
Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence
42. What was the custom of settling disputes between two people, usually fought with pistols in secluded spots known as?
Duel
43. What are mandibles more commonly known as in mammals?
Lower Jaws
44. What American State, whose nickname is the Hoosier State, has the capital Indianapolis?
Indiana
45. What is the connection?
Steven Spielberg films
Round Ten - Puzzling People 2
46. ROGER MOORE
47. KATE BECKINSALE
48. ELIZABETH TAYLOR
49. VICTORIA WOOD
50. FERN BRITTON
