Quiz 240107
Round One - ‘Firsts’ Round
1. Who was the first British Monarch to chose Buckingham Palace as their home?
Queen Victoria
2. Who was the first person to win £1 million on a British TV Show?
Judith Keppell
3. What was the first ship to reach the Titanic after the disaster?
Carpathia
4. What was the title of the first Carry On film?
Carry On Sergeant
5. Which London Hospital took its first infant patient in 1852?
Great Ormond Street Childrens Hospital
Round Two - ‘Lasts’ Round
6. What was last seen outside Newgate Prison in 1868?
Public Hanging
7. Which football team were the last winners of an FA Cup final at Wembley?
Chelsea (beat Aston Villa 1-0)
8. Marie Jeanette Kelly was the last victim of whom?
Jack The Ripper
9. What is the last letter of the Greek alphabet?
Omega
10. The last witchcraft trial in England was the trial of Jane Wenham in 1712. Was she found guilty or not guilty?
Not guilty
Round Three - World Geography
11. Which river runs through the Grand Canyon?
Colorado
12. Beneath which Paris monument is the tomb of France’s unknown soldier?
Arc de Triumphe
13. What is the nearest major town to Ayers Rock in Australia?
Alice Springs
14. Which Island is 50 times bigger than Denmark, its Mother country?
Greenland
15. What was the former name for Ho Chi Minh City?
Saigon
Round Four - Sports Mix
16. What is the oldest golf course in Europe?
St Andrews
17. Who won the F.A. Cup for the first time in 1965 and won the 1986 FA Cup without any English players?
Liverpool
18. Which US City has an American Football team called the ‘Falcons’ and a baseball team called the ‘Braves’?
Atlanta
19. Which British athlete won two silver medals at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics?
Roger Black
20. Which International Rugby Union team has the shortest name?
Fiji
Round Five - Hold The Front Page - 1
21. 1945
22. 2001
23. 1990
24. 1965
25. 1981
Round Six - Telly Addicts
26. What do Columbo, Frasier, and Arthur Daley all have in common?
A wife we never see
27. Which TV funnyman had a character called Fred Scuttle?
Benny Hill
28. In which sitcom did John Thaw play Henry Willows?
Home To Roost
29. Who plays Les Battersby on Coronation Street?
30. Who starred as Rodney Blackstock in Emmerdale & also starred in Taggart & Special Branch?
Patrick Mower
Round Seven - Inventions
31. Which game created in 1930’s, was originally called Lexico?
Scrabble
32. Who invented the pneumatic tyre?
Jon Dunlop
33. Who invented the decorative lamp and the Gramophone?
Thomas Edison
34. What was the surname of the man who invented vulcanised rubber?
Goodyear
35. What was the name of the blind monk who invented champagne?
Don Perignon
Round Eight - At The Seaside
36. In which city would you find Copacabana beach?
Rio De Janiero
37. Who played the character Don in the film ‘Summer Holiday’?
Cliff Richard
38. Which two chemical elements can be found in sand?
Oxygen and Silicon
39. What was the first number one for the Beach Boys?
Surfin USA
40. Who played the character Daffy in the film the Beach?
Robert Carlyle
Round Nine - Connections
41. Which actor played the title role in the 1995 film Judge Dredd?
Sylvester Stallone
42. Who was the creator and producer of Yorkshire Television’s series Stars On Sunday?
Jess Yates
43. What name is given to the game of Bingo in which a jackpot is paid if won in less than a stipulated total of numbers drawn?
Snowball
44. What is the capital of the US state of Oregon?
Salem
45. What is the connection?
Fictional Cats
Round Ten - Hold The Front Page - 2
46. 2002
47. 1969
48. 1979
49. 1957
50. 1963
