Quiz 310107
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
