Quiz 100107
Round One - Weather Report
1. How fast must a wind be before it becomes a hurricane, is it 70mph, 74mph or 78mph?
Speed - 74mph
2. Which company sponsors the ITV national weather?
Powergen
3. In which year did British weather reports start giving temperatures in Centigrade as well as Fahrenheit, 1958,1960 or 1962?
1962
4. What kind of weather are you afraid of if suffering from astraphobia?
Lightning
5. From which song do these lyrics come "What shall I write? What can I say? How can I tell you how much I miss you? The weather here has been as nice as it can be, Although it doesn’t really matter much to me"
It might as well rain until September - Carole King
Round Two - Bird Brains
6. Which is the world’s smallest bird?
Hummingbird
7. What is the claw on a bird of prey called?
Talon
8. Which bird can swim the fastest?
Penguin
9. What is the only bird that can drink water without having to raise its head to swallow - a) Budgerigar b) Pigeon or c) Cockatoo?
b) Pigeon
10. What is the first bird mentioned by name in the Bible?
Raven
Round Three - Cookery Class
11. What term for excellent cookery is derived from a Blue Ribbon worn by members of a French Order of Knighthood?
Cordon Bleu
12. In cookery, ‘FOO-YOUNG’, is the Chinese-style equivalent of which western dish?
Omelette
13. In cookery how is something julienne prepared?
Thin Strips
14. In cookery a ganache is made from cream and what?
Chocolate
15. In cookery which word describes a dish which has been set alight during preparation?
Flambe
Round Four - Flash, Bang, Wallop
16. If you wanted to let more light into a camera lens, would you choose a lower or a higher aperture number?
Lower
17. What was the former occupation of the man who invented the speed camera – Bus Conductor, Rally Driver or Pig Farmer?
Rally Driver
18. What do the initials SLR stand for with regard to a camera?
Single Lens Reflex
19. Kodak launched the digital camera in the same year that the soap Brookside was first shown, was it 1980, 1982 or 1984?
1982
20. Which rugged movie star got an early break as photographer sleuth Mike Kovac in Man With a Camera?
Charles Bronson
Round Five - ITV Regions - 1 (Handout)
21. CENTRAL
22. MERIDIAN
23. SOUTHERN
24. YORKSHIRE
25. LONDON WEEKEND
Round Six - Sporting Chance
26. Who is to become the new boss of Rangers FC?
Walter Smith
27. Who defeated Phil Taylor in the recent PDC World Darts Championship?
Raymond van Barneveld
28. Which was the first Rugby League team to win ‘Team of the Year’ at the BBC Sports Personality awards?
Wigan (1994 - Damon Hill was ‘Personality of the Year’)
29. In the London Olympics of 2012 Horse Guards Parade will be the venue for which sport?
Beach Volleyball
30. On which racecourse is the Midlands Grand National run?
Uttoxeter
Round Seven - Fruit & Veg
31. What is the most popular fruit in the world?
The tomato
32. What vegetable is often called Lady’s Fingers?
Okra
33. Which fruit is a cross between a tangerine, a grapefruit and an orange?
Ugli Fruit
34. Which vegetable produces E162 red food colouring?
Beetroot
35. Which fruit has varieties that include Braeburn, Jonathan, Lord Nelson and Sturmer?
Apple
Round Eight - Bridge Work
36. A bridge based on exactly the same design as The Sydney Harbour Bridge and completed before it can be seen in which British city?
Newcastle
37. Which two groups in the 90’s had hits with the song ‘Under the Bridge’?
Red Hot Chilli Peppers / All Saints
38. Which bridge, spanning the River Avon in Bristol was designed by Brunel and opened in 1864?
The Clifton Suspension Bridge
39. Who won an oscar for his portrayal of Colonel Nicholson in the 1957 film “Bridge on the River Kwai”?
Alec Guinness
40. In which US state can you find London bridge today?
Arizona
Round Nine - Connections
41. Which singer’s only British number one hit was ‘Runaway’?
Del Shannon
42. In which decade of the 20th century was the first atom bomb exploded?
Forties
43. Between which two ports is the shortest sea crossing between UK and Europe?
Dover & Calais
44. Who played Princess Leia in the first Star Wars film?
Carrie Fischer
45. What is the connection?
Shipping Forecast Areas
Round Ten - ITV Regions - 2 (Handout)
46. ANGLIA
47. TYNE TEES
48. SCOTTISH
49. GRAMPIAN
50. HTV (Harlech)
