QUIZERAMA QUIZ FILES

Round One - Ombrophobia
1. What type of acid is in Acid Rain?
Sulphuric
2. “When shall we three meet again, in thunder lightning or in rain” are the opening lines of which play by William Shakespeare?
Macbeth
3. Which Bob Dylan song was Bryan Ferry’s first solo hit in 1973?
A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall
4. If you were using a pine cone to forecast weather, how would you know it was going to rain?
It would close up
5. What is the name of the method of calculating runs required in a rain interrupted one day cricket match?
The Duckworth-Lewis method

Round Two - Sports Mix
6. Which Football team is nicknamed the ‘Owls’?
Sheffield Wednesday
7. Which sport made its first ever Wembley appearance in August 1983?
American Football
8. Who was the first Frenchman to win the World Grand Prix title in 1985?
Alain Prost
9. What is the duration of an International rugby union match?
Eighty Minutes
10. Who was the first overseas manager to win the FA Cup?
Rudd Gulitt (Chelsea)

Round Three - Call Me David
11. Who was the voice for Dangermouse?
David Jason
12. What item of clothing took David Dundas into the top ten in 1976?
Jeans (Song: Jeans On)
13. Which Ex-TV Presenter Claimed To Be The Reincarnation Of A Red Indian Called ‘Sitting On An Eagles Tail’?
David Icke
14. In Which Italian City Would You Find Michaelangelo’s Statue Of David?
Florence
15. Who partnered Annie Lennox in the Eurythmics?
Dave Stewart

Round Four - Telly Addicts
16. On TV the characters Denise, Jim, Barbara and Anthony are collectively better known as who?
The Royle Family
17. Who was the first winner of the ITV challenge ‘I’m a Celebrity - Get Me Out Of Here’? In September 2002?
Tony Blackburn
18. Paul Usher, Simon O’Brien, Sue Johnstone and Ricky Tomlinson have all appeared as members of which television family?
The Grants (Brookside)
19. Eric McCormack and Debra Messing star as unusual flat mates in which American sitcom?
Will and Grace
20. Who hosts the off-the-cuff, topical comedy show ‘Mock The Week’?
Dara O’Briain

Round Five - At The Movies
21. Which 1973 film starred Ron Howard, Harrison Ford and Richard Dreyfuss?
American Graffiti
22. Peter Mayhew is best known for playing which Star Wars character?
Chewbacca
23. Who played deputy marshal Samuel Gerard in the 1993 film "The Fugitive"?
Tommy Lee Jones
24. Who played the villain Howard Payne in the film "Speed"?
Dennis Hopper
25. Which series of erotic films shot Sylvia Krystal to fame in the 70s?
Emmanuelle

Round Six - Food For Thought
26. What traditionally forms the covering of a haggis?
Sheep’s Stomach
27. What sort of beans are a chief ingredient of chilli con carne?
Kidney beans  
28. Hungarian goulash is a stew traditionally seasoned with which red-coloured spice?
Paprika
29. In the USA they are known as English muffins. What are they called in the UK?
Crumpets
30. What soup on an Indian menu has a name that literally means "pepper water"?
Mulligatawny

Round Seven - Spot The Dog
31. Which 1939 film role went to a Cairn Terrier called Terry?
Toto in the Wizard of Oz
32. Which TV policeman had a dog called "Wee Jock"?
Hamish MacBeth
33. What Breed Of Dog Is Scooby Doo?
Great Dane
34. What was the name of Claude Greengrass’s dog in Heartbeat?
Alfred
35. Which company’s trade mark is Nipper the dog?
His Masters Voice / HMV

Round Eight - In The Jungle
36. In Rudyard Kipling’s Jungle Book, which animals brought up Mowgli as a child?
Wolves
37. In 1974, which 2 boxers contested the ‘Rumble in the Jungle’?
George Foreman and Muhammed Ali
38. What name was given to his specially trained jungle fighters in Burma in World War Two?
The Chindits (or ‘Wingate’s Riders’)
39. In 1955, which record was a hit for Bill Halley & the Comets after it was used on the soundtrack for ‘Blackboard Jungle’?
Rock around the Clock
40. What was the title of the film that starred Robin Williams and featured a spectacular jungle stampede?
Jumanji

Round Nine - Connections
41. Which sea separates Saudi Arabia from Egypt and the Sudan?
RED Sea
42. What was the title of the American television serial drama that starred Alan Alda, Stockard Channing, Rob Lowe and Martin Sheen that was set in the White House?
The WEST WING
43. What name is given to a booth where seats for a play, concert, or other form of entertainment may be purchased?
BOX Office - so named because it was originally an office for the booking of boxes in a theater
44. What profession was Milburn Drysdale in TV’s Beverly Hillbillies?
A BANKER
45. What is the connection?
Deal Or No Deal

Round Ten - Bomb Blast
46. What kind of bomb contains hydrogen sulphide?
Stink Bomb
47. In 1977, The US invented a new bomb that killed people while leaving buildings intact. What was it called?
Neutron Bomb
48. Which Movie plot - following the French atomic bomb tests in the South Pacific, an unknown creature is spotted passing eastward through the Panama Canal…?
Godzilla
49. True or False - By law every Swiss citizen must have access to a Personal bomb shelter?
True
50. In 2000 Howard Brown sang Extra in a Halifax advert, with the lyrics set to which former Tom Jones hit?
Sex Bomb

There are nine different chocolates in a box of Celebrations - Bounty, Mars, Milky Way, Snickers, Topic, Galaxy, Galaxy Caramel, Galaxy Truffle and Maltesers Teasers

1. In darts, what is the highest score from three different trebles?
171 (60 + 57 + 54)
2. Straight-start, double-finish in Darts, what is minimum number of darts for 1,001?
Seventeen
3. If you were playing darts and got a ‘Shanghai’ score of 72 with darts which number have you scored on?
Twelve
4. Born in Derbyshire in 1945, he was the British Mens Darts captain from 1977 to 1980, he achieved the first televised nine dart 501 game, who was he?
John Lowe
5. What was the nationality of the first ever Darts World Champion?
Welsh - Leighton Rees
6. In darts, what is the lowest score NOT possible with one dart?
Twenty Three
7. How many scoring zones are there on a dartboard?
82
8. What score is denoted by the term ‘bed and breakfast in a game of darts?
26
9. Which darts players nickname is “The Viking”?
Andy Fordham
10. True or False - Darts was banned in Glasgow in 1939 for being too dangerous?
True
11. Which darts player had the nickname ‘The Crafty Cockney’?
Eric Bristow
- Who was world darts champion five times throughout the 1980s?
Eric Bristow
12. Who was the first overseas darts player to win the World Championship?
John Part
13. Who did the World championship and News of the World darts double in 1997 ?
Phil Taylor
- Which darts player is known as “The Power”?
Phil Taylor
14. Traditionally, flights on Darts were made from feathers from which bird, a) Turkey, b) Peacock or c) Pheasant?
a) Turkey
15. Finishing on a double, which is the only two figure number that a darts player cannot check-out on in two darts?
99
16. Which wood are championship darts boards made from?
Elm
17. On a darts board which number is directly opposite 1?
Nineteen
18. What was the name of the quiz show hosted by Jim Bowen where contestants played darts and answered questions?
Bullseye
19. Which darts double is known as the basement?
Double Three
20. What is the highest checkout possible with three darts?
170

21. Which country won the first darts World cup in 1977, England, Scotland or Wales?
Wales
22. What is the throwing distance in a game of darts?
7ft 9 and a quarter inches
23. Who kept the darts score on TV’s Bullseye?
Tony Green
24. What is the lowest possible score to conclude a game of darts?
Two
25. What is a bull’s eye worth in darts?
50
26. Nine darts needed to score 501, but what’s the minimum needed to score 301?
Six
27. Which two words begin a darts match?
Game on
28. What is the common name given to the mark or ridge on the floor behind which a darts player must stand to throw?
The oche.
29. What is the lowest number of darts required to score 501?
Nine
30. In Darts, how high above the floor is the centre of the Bull? (Feet & Inches)
5′ 8"
31. Which three pubs or clubs have played host to a version of the world darts championship?
Jollees nightclub in Stoke, Lakeside Country Club in Frimley Green, Circus Tavern in Purfleet
32. Which five different players have beaten Eric Bristow in the world darts final?
John Lowe, Keith Deller, Jocky Wilson, Dennis Priestley, Phil Taylor
33. Apart from Eric Bristow, who is the only other man to successfully defend the Embassy World Title?
Raymond Barneveld
34. Who is the only non-European ever to become world darts champion?
Tony David
35. Which professional darts player is known as The Glitter Man?
Bobby George
36. What is known as Annie’s room or the mad house in Darts?
Double One
37. Which top darts player is nicknamed "The Count"?
Ted Hankey
38. Eric Bristow was World Darts Champion in 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985 and 1986. Name either player that interrupted his winning streak? Jockey Wilson – 1982; Keith Deller - 1983
39. After 180, what’s the second highest score possible with three darts?
170 (Treble 20, Treble 20 & Bullseye) - highest checkout possible with three darts
40. True or False - OCHOPHOBIA is a fear of darts?
False - a fear of vehicles!

1. Who invented the World War II bouncing bomb?
Barnes Wallace
2. Which Japanese city was flattened by a bomb called ‘big boy’?
Nagasaki
(CORRECTION - Little Boy was the codename of the atomic bomb which was dropped on Hiroshima, on August 6, 1945 by the 12-man crew of the B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay, piloted by Colonel Paul Tibbets of the United States Army Air Forces. It was the first
atomic bomb ever used as a weapon and was dropped three days before the "Fat Man" bomb was used against Nagasaki.
VIDEO - http://www.metacafe.com/watch/392814/atomic_bomb_little_boy_original_footage/)
3. On 15 May 1957 Britain tested her first Hydrogen Bomb over which Pacific atoll ?
Kiritimati or ‘Christmas Island’
4. What did UXB stand for in ‘Danger UXB’?
Unexploded Bomb - drama series about bomb disposal expert Anthony Andrews who starred with Judy Geeson
5. Which American President ordered the dropping of the first atomic bomb?
Harry S. Truman
6. In which sport would you find a Bomb, a Blitz and a Shotgun?
American Football
7. The Fairey Swordfish generally carried which type of bomb?
Torpedoes
8. Which Metropolitan police horse was the victim of a bomb attack on a bandstand in London June 1984?
Sefton
9.  Which bomber was adapted to take the ‘bouncing bomb’?
Avro Lancaster
10. What event in australia in the 1950s was divided into phases called dingo, emu, goanna, koala, kookaburra, possum, wombat and platypus?
British Atomic Bomb Testing
11. A bomb exploded in the centre of Manchester on a busy Saturday Morning in which year?
1996
12. What was the name of the bomber that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima?
Enola Gay
13. What ship did the RAF bomb off Cornwall in 1967?
Torrey Canyon
14. What was the name of the project which resulted in the Atomic Bomb?
Manhattan Project
15. Which European city suffered a series of near simultaneous bomb attacks on three railway stations in March 2004, just days before a general election?
Madrid
16. At which Brighton hotel did Margaret Thatcher survive an IRA bomb in October 1984?
Grand Hotel
17. What was the codename of the bomb which was dropped on Hiroshima?
Little Boy
18. What destroyed the Crossroads Motel in 1967?
An old wartime bomb
19. What kind of bomb contains hydrogen sulphide?
Stink Bomb
20. Who was vice president of the US when A bomb dropped on Hiroshima?
No One - there was not one

21. In which year did China explode an atomic bomb to becomes a nuclear power?
1964 - India carried out it’s first ever nuclear bomb test in 1974
22. Name U2s album which features the single Vertigo?
“How to dismantle a Atomic Bomb”
23. What was unusual about the 1997 Grand National?
It was run on A Monday because of IRA bomb threat
24. Which treasury minster was murdered by an IRA bomb outside his home in 1990?
Ian Gow
25. In 1977, The US invented a new bomb that killed people while leaving buildings intact. What was it called?
Neutron Bomb
26. Which Gandhi was assassinated by a bomb during an election campaign in 1991?
Rajiv
27. In which country was the first Atom Bomb made?
USA
28. In ‘Back To The Future’, where did Doc Brown get the plutonium to power the time-travelling DeLorean?
From a group of Lybian terrorists (they wanted him to make a nuclear bomb)
29. What was tested at Bikini Atoll in 1954?
Hydrogen Bomb (Not Atom)
30. In which year did a Pan Am Boeing jumbo jet crash into the Scottish town of Lockerbie as a result of a bomb?
1998
31. Which Movie plot - following the French atomic bomb tests in the South Pacific, an unknown creature is spotted passing eastward through the Panama Canal…?
Godzilla
32. What Australian islands did the British experiment with an atomic bomb explosion in 1952?
Monte Bello Islands
33. In which New Mexico city was the atomic bomb developed?
Los Alamos
34. Who was killed by an IRA car bomb in the underground car park of the House of Commons in 1979?
Airey Neave
35. The V1 flying bomb used by the Germans against London and southern England in 1944 was given a more popular name by the British people had what name?
Doodlebug
36. Harold Edgerton has taken all the worlds photos of what?
US nuclear bomb explosions
37. Whose picture was on the A-Bomb dropped on Bikini?
Rita Hayworth
38. By law every Swiss citizen must have access to what?
Personal bomb shelter
39. In 2000 Howard Brown sang Extra in a Halifax advert, with the lyrics set to which former Tom Jones hit?
Sex Bomb
40. True or False - If you fart consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb?
True
Tiebreaker - In which year - A Terrorist bomb reeks havoc in Oklahoma City killing 158 people?
1995 - city was rocked by a bomb planted outside a federal building

235 = I of U in the AB = Isotope of Uranium in the Atomic Bomb

Round One - Beer Delivery
1. Which beer uses the strap line ‘We only let you drink it when its ready’
Grolsh
2. If you were delivered a hogshead of beer, how many gallons of beer would you have?
Fifty Four
3. Which beer or lager was advertised with the slogan “Reassuringly Expensive”?
Stella Artois
4. Which is more likely to go off, beer in green bottles or brown bottles?
Green (let’s in more light, causing reaction)
5. Which beer is advertised with the line "1664. A bad year for music. A good year for beer"?
Kronenberg

Round Two - Chinese Takeaway
6. Which is China’s most populous city?
Shanghai
7. How many stars are there on the flag of the Peoples Republic of China?
Five
8. Which is China’s longest river?
Yangtze
9. Which breed of dog takes its name from the former capital of China?
Pekinese
10. What country does China have its longest land border with?
Mongolia

Round Three - Deathly Questions
11. Who wrote the novel ‘Death on the Nile’?
Agatha Christie
12. Which insects account for most human deaths?
Mosquitoes
13. Millions of Americans dimmed their lights for a few minutes in 1931 to remind them of the death of which great inventor?
Thomas Edison
14. Which Playing Card Symbolizes Death?
Ace Of Spades
15. What is the Greek word, in every day use, for “Easy Death”?
Euthanasia

Round Four - A Bunch Of Flowers
16. What flower is the symbol of secrecy?
Rose
17. Which flower is noted for its large black spotted red or orange flowers?
Tiger Lily
18. Which two flowers are associated with artist Vincent Van Gogh?
Irises & Sunflowers
19. What flower, which takes its name from the Greek for ‘gold flower’ is a symbol of Japan’s Imperial Family?
Chrysanthemum
20. Which singer has an entire garden of flowers tattooed on her bum?
Cher

Round Five - Proud Preston
21. In which year did Preston become a City?
2002
22. Which is officially the longest ’street’ in Preston (not road)?
Brook Street
23. Which King of England granted Preston its Royal Charter in 1179?   
Henry II
24. In 1838, Preston’s first train line opened. It linked Preston to which other town?  
Wigan
25. In which street will you find the Corn Exchange?
Lune Street

Round Six - Five Under Par
26. Who was the first European player to win the US Masters golf championship?
Seve Ballesteros
27. What is the lowest par golf hole that you can shoot a double-eagle on?
Par-Five
28. How many times has Nick Faldo won the British Open golf championship?
Three
29. How many minutes does a golfer have to find a lost ball?
Five
30. Which island has more golf courses per square mile than anywhere in the world?
Bermuda

Round Seven - Military Muscle
31. Where would you find the British Royal Military Academy?
Sandhurst
32. In which European Country is Military service compulsory for all males in this country despite their nation not having participated in any wars for two hundred years?
Sweden
33. What is the name of the largest US military base in Germany?
Ramstein
34. What name is given to the US army’s part-time military force that is called out in times of emergency?
National Guard
35. By what name is the U.S. Military Academy in New York State usually known?
West Point

Round Eight - Quizophobia
36. Somniphobia is the fear of?
Sleep
37. Which phobia is a fear of foreign things, individuals or groups?
Xenophobia
38. If you suffer from ‘demo-phobia’ of what are you afraid?
Crowds
39. Papaphobia is the fear of which person?
The Pope
40. Ichthyophobia is the fear of which creatures?
Fish

Round Nine - Connections
41. What was demolished in London and reassembled in Arizona in the 1960s?
London BRIDGE
42. What name is given to the list of 92 naturally occurring chemical elements arranged according to their atomic numbers?
Periodic TABLE
43. Who was the original lead vocalist with rock band Led Zeppelin?
Robert PLANT
44. What name is given to a garden shack which is generally used as a store for tools and seedlings?
POTTING Shed
45. What is the connection?
Terms associated with Snooker / Pool / Billiards

Round Ten - Cryptic Nineties
for example - 1990 BY - P of R
Boris Yeltsin - President of Russia
46. 1991 ODS in the GW
Operation Desert Storm In The Gulf War
47. 1992 SG and LC W O G
Sally Gunnell and Linford Christie won Olympic Golds
48. 1994 TB - L P L
Tony Blair - Labour Party Leader
49. 1997 D of PD
Death of Princess Diana
50. 1998 GFA for NI
Good Friday Agreement for Northern Ireland