QUIZERAMA QUIZ FILES

Round One - Breakfast Time
1. A SNOB NO TASTE is an anagram of which meal?
Beans On Toast
2. What name is given to a sausage made of pigs blood and fat with oatmeal and seasoning?
Black Pudding
3. Which fish is smoked to produce kippers?
Herring
4. Which word literally meaning ’sweet paste’ is Paddington bears favourite breakfast spread?
Marmalade
5. What is the name of the Seaweed that is a national delicacy in Wales, where it is fried with bacon and eaten at breakfast?
Laver bread

Round Two - Doctor Who
6. What type of doctor specialises in diseases of the skin?
Dermatologist
7. A Doctor on an emergency may use what colour flashing light?
Green
8. What name is given to a doctor that specialises in children’s diseases?
Paediatrician
9. What name is given to a doctor who stands in for another doctor?
Locum
10. If a doctor wrote the letters p.c. on a medical prescription, should your medication be taken before or after meals?
After meals – from the latin ‘port cibum’

Round Three - Russian About
11. Who became first president of the Russian Federation when the USSR was dissolved in 1991?
Boris Yeltsin
12. Who was the first Russian Cosmonaut in space?
Yuri Gagarin
13. Which Russian novelist wrote Dr Zhivago?
Boris Pasternak
14. What was the name of the last Russian Royal Family?
Romanov
15. Which Russian novelist wrote “Anna Karenina” and “War and Peace”?
Leo Tolstoy

Round Four - Lakes Of The World
16. In which US state is Lake Placid?
New York state
17. What is the name of the largest lake in Italy?
Lake Garda
18. Which is the northernmost of North Americas five great lakes?
Lake Superior
19. What is the largest lake that the Equator passes through?
Lake Victoria
20. Which body of water, the largest lake in the Alps, lies on the border of France and Switzerland?
Lake Geneva

Round Five - Songs From Musicals - 1
21. Chess
22. South Pacific
23. Hair
24. Calamity Jane
25. The Student Prince

Round Six - Entertaining Underwear
26. In which 1992 thriller did Sharon Stone infamously cross her legs to reveal that she was wearing no underwear?
Basic Instinct
27. Which knight of the realm is well known for having certain items of ladies underwear thrown at him?
Sir Tom Jones
28. Who designed Madonna’s famous conical Basque?
Jean-Paul Gaultier
29. What brand and color of underwear is Marty wearing in Back to the Future?
Purple Calvin Klein briefs
30. On which TV programme might you have heard the line "Naturally you didn’t know I was wearing my special Super B long thermal underwear"?
Batman

Round Seven - Running A Marathon
31. In which year was the London Marathon first Run?
1981
32. How many completed miles must be run to complete a Marathon?
26 miles and 385yds
33. In the London Marathon, which famous ship do the competitors pass after about 10k?
Cutty Sark
34. During the London Marathon, which bridge do the runners cross after 12 miles then pass under after 22 miles?
Tower Bridge
35. Specifically, where does the London Marathon finish?
The Mall

Round Eight - Supermodels
36. Which Supermodel played Carol in Love Actually?
Claudia Schiffer
37. Which Supermodel became the first living Australian entertainer to be depicted on an Australian Postage Stamp?
Elle MacPherson
38. Which Supermodel played Ursula Andress in the film The Life and Death of Peter Sellers?
Heidi Klum
39. Which Supermodel carried out her Community service for the New York Sanitation Department in 2007?
Naomi Campbell
40. Which Supermodel was voted Britain’s Model Of The Year in 2006?
Kate Moss

Round Nine - Connections
41. Which Rowan Atkinson character drives a mini?
Mr Bean
42. Which Englishman led the expedition to the South Pole on the 18th January 1912?
Robert Falcon Scott
43. Who had a hit with Swinging on a Star in 1963?
Big Dee Irwin
44. Which jazz trumpet player and singer was known as ‘Satchmo‘?
Louis Armstrong
45. What is the connection?
Surnames - All walked on the moon / Astronauts

Round Ten - Songs From Musicals - 2
46. Grease
47. Half A Sixpence
48. Meet Me In St Louis
49. Cabaret
50. West Side Story

Round One - That’s Magic
1. What was the name of King Arthur’s magic sword?
Excalibur
2. In 1991, who became the first woman to be admitted into the Magic Circle?
Debbie McGee
3. Which song contains the lyrics “Spirits move me, every time I’m near you whirling like a cyclone in my mind”?
Could It Be Magic (Barry Manilow 78 & 93, Donna Summer 76, Take That 92)
4. Which English magician was sometimes known as the Great Suprendo?
Geoffrey Durham
5. Which of these is a transsexual magician - A) Madge Trix B) Fay Presto C) Anna Cadabra?
Fay Presto

Round Two - Marine Crearures
6. What type of marine creature is a "Sea Fox"?
Shark
7. Is a sea cucumber animal, vegetable or mineral?
Animal - marine invertebrate related to the starfish
8. Where is the world’s largest marine protected area?
Great Barrier Reef
9. In most of the Animal Kingdom, it’s the female who bears the young, but the male of which marine animal carries & delivers their young?
Seahorse
10. On TV, whenever trouble threatened the Coral Key Marine Preserve, who was on hand to help out?
Flipper (as well as Ranger Porter Ricks and sons Sandy & Bud)

Round Three - Investigations
11. What is the name of the army training barracks in Surrey the subject of a police investigation listing more than 100 allegations of serious abuse?
Deepcut Barracks
12. What was the name of the Police Chief who lead the investigation into the Great Train Robbery in 1963?
Jack Slipper
13. Which law enforcement agency was founded in Washington DC in 1908?
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
14. In 2005, who replaced Matthew Kelly for three episodes as the host of “Star’s in their eyes”, while he was under police investigation?
Davina McCall
15. Which TV programme used the tagline "Every day we meet people on the worst day of their lives"?
C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigation

Round Four - Y Viva Espana
16. Who became King of Spain in 1975?
Juan Carlos
17. Which of the Balearic Islands is closest to mainland Spain?
Ibiza
18. Which region of Spain has Barcelona as its capital?
Catalonia
19. Which dance (in which dancers make abrupt turns and perform complicated steps in syncopated rhythms) is considered to be the national dance of Spain?
Bolero
20. The most famous Spanish festival is the running of the bulls in July in which city?
Pamplona

Round Five - Music Intros - 1

Round Six - Grand National Trivia
26. Who became the first woman to complete the Grand National course in 1992?
Geraldine Rees
27. Carl Llewellyn brought home an appropriate winner of the Grand National in the General Election year of 1992, what was the horses name?
Party Politics
28. Which Jockey overcame cancer to win the 1981 Grand National?
Bob Champion
29. In which year did Red Rum win the Grand National for the third time?
1977
30. What is the tallest fence on the Grand National course at Aintree?
The Chair

Round Seven - Tractor Driving
31. What is the name of the tractor in the Thomas The Tank Engine stories?
Terrence
32. Which famous American designed the first tractor?
Henry Ford
33. Which Scottish pop group shares its name with the Tractor in The Bob The Builder stories?
Travis
34. Which English football team are nicknamed the Tractor Boys?
Ipswich Town
35. At what age can you legally drive a tractor on the road?
Sixteen

Round Eight - Visiting Yorkshire
36. In which industrial city in West Yorkshire on the River Calder, would you find the National Coal Mining Museum?
Wakefield
37. Which children’s T.V. character has a museum in Saltby, Yorkshire?
Sooty
38. Which Yorkshire racecourse never stages flat racing?
Wetherby
39. Which Yorkshire stately home was used in the TV series ‘Brideshead Revisited’?
Castle Howard
40. In which city did the ‘Yorkshire Ripper’ Peter Sutcliffe live?
Bradford

Round Nine - Connections
41. In which country were the first ever Commonwealth games held?
Canada
42. Which actor played the andriod ‘Data’ in Star Trek The Next Generation?
Brent Spiner
43. Which Queen of England reigned for only nine days?
Lady Jane Grey
44. By what name do we call any marine crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia, often found on ship’s hulls?
Barnacle
45. What is the connection?
Types of Geese

Round Ten - Music Intros - 2

Round One - That’s Entertainment
1. Which film features the hit song "I was born under a wandering star"?
Paint Your Wagon
2. Who wrote the thriller The Day of The Jackel?
Frederick Forsyth
3. What is the television equivalent of the cinema’s Oscar?
Emmy
4. Who played the lead role in the 1990’s series "House of Cards"?
Ian Richardson
5. Who was the star of the film ‘Dog Day Afternoon’?
Al Pacino

Round Two - Murders & Assasinations
6. Which country’s Prime Minister was Olaf Palme, who was assassinated in 1986?
Sweden
7. In what district of East London did Jack the Ripper pray on women?
Whitechapel
8. In which year were all the bodies murdered by Fred West discovered at 25 Cromwell Street?
1994
9. Which world leader was assasinated in 1948?
Mahatma Ghandi
10. The Warren Commission investigated the assasination of who?
President John F Kennedy

Round Three - Between The Covers
11. What was the name of the hero of Vernes Around The World In Eighty Days?
Phileas Fogg
12. Which American thriller writer created the private detective Phillip Marlowe?
Raymond Chandler
13. In the ‘Rime of the Ancient Mariner’ which bird is it fatal to shoot?
An Albatross
14. The novel ‘Fever Pitch’ is about a fan of which football club?
Arsenal
15. In which book does livestock start a revolution, only to be betrayed by their leaders the pigs, who treat them worse than man did?
Animal Farm

Round Four - Food & Drink
16. What name is given to French Brandy distilled north of Bordeaux?
Cognac
17. The sweet confection marshmallow contains no real marshmallow, inspite of it’s name, what is the main ingredient?
Egg Whites
18. What name is given to the fruit of the Blackthorn?
Sloe
19. What name is given to a side of unsliced bacon?
A Flitch
20. What is the name of the Japanese native drink made from rice which is usually drunk warm?
Sake

Round Five - Abbreviations
21. MIRA - Motor Industry Research Association
22. PDSA - Peoples Dispensary For Sick Animals
23. BAFTA - British Academy of Film And Television Arts
24. ASH - Action on Smoking and Health
25. RADA - Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts

Round Six - Sporting Challenge
26. How many seconds can a professional boxer have around the ring?
Four
27. Who captained the team that won the 1974 Football World Cup?
Franz Beckenbauer
28. What is the name of the cycle race where two riders start opposite one another and try to catch the opponent?
The pursuit
29. Name either of the two clubs who have won the FA cup final after being two goals down?
Blackpool (1953) Everton (1966)
30. Where is this years British Open Golf tournament venue?
Carnoustie

Round Seven - Around The World
31. Which Italian city, famous for its art and architecture is the capital of Tuscany?
Florence
32. Which city, 3000ft above sea level, is the centre of Brazils coffee industry?
Sao Paulo
33. Which area of France is known for the breeding of white horses and black bulls?
Carmargue
34. Which European country has four official languages, German, Italian, French and Romansch?
Switzerland
35. Which is the largest island in the West Indies?
Cuba

Round Eight - Pop Trivia
36. Who had albums entitled Complete Madness and Divine Madness?
Madness
37. Which group had a smash hit debut album ‘Songs About Jane’ which featured the top 10 singles "This Love" and "She Will Be Loved."
Maroon 5
38. In which country was singer Mika born who recently topped the charts with his first single "Grace Kelly"?
Lebanon
39. Which song from ‘The Sound of Music’ is used in Gwen Stefani’s single "Wind It Up"?
The Lonely Goatherd
40. What number in the series is the new Now! That’s What I Call Music! album?
Sixty-Six

Round Nine - Connections
41. Who was murdered by Feliks Yusupov and friends on December 31st 1916 in Russia?
RASPUTIN
42. About which London Street did Gerry Rafferty sing?
BAKER
43. By what relative name was Shirley Crabtree better known?
Big DADDY
44. Which city would you associate one of the seven wonders of the world called the Hanging Gardens?
BABYLON
45. What is the connection?
Boney M - Rasputin / Ma Baker / Daddy Cool / Rivers Of Babylon

Round Ten - Which Is The Bigger?
For each of the following which is the larger?
46. 5 inches or 10cm - 5 inches
47. A4 or B4 paper size - B4 (A4 - 210 x 297, B4 - 250 x 353)
48. The size of California or the size of Florida - California
49. The air distance from London to Delhi or London to Chicago - London to Delhi
50. The population of the United Kingdom or the population of Spain - UK (a 1/3 larger)
- The road distance from London to Bristol or London to Birmingham - The same (120 miles)

Round One - Up The Wall
1. What Is 73 Miles Long And Stretches From The Solway Firth To Wallsend On Tyne?
Hadrian’s Wall
2. What name is given to a wall that divides two properties but is owned by both?
Party Wall
3. Who Took ‘Wonderwall’ Into The Charts For The Second Time In 1995?
Mike Flowers Pops!
4. What’s the name for the technique of Painting directly onto wet plaster walls?
Fresco
5. What’s the name of the famous wall in Jerusalem?
Wailing Wall

Round Two - The Italian Job
6. Which Italian City Is Still Threatened By Mount Vesuvius?
Naples
7. What type of bath is named after its Italian inventor?
Jacuzzi
8. Which Seafood Is Named From The Italian For Shrimps?
Scampi
9. Who was the only Italian to win the European Footballer of the year in the 1990s?
Roberto Baggio
10. In the original film, In which city did the Italian Job take place?
Turin

Round Three - Roses Grow On You
11. Which film starred Sean Connery as a Franciscan monk and Christian Slater as his novice apprentice?
The Name Of The Rose
12. Which group sang the theme tune to the 1976 film "Car Wash"?
Rose Royce
13. Who Wrote The Children’s Book ‘The English Roses’?
Madonna
14. Who had the 1981 hit single ‘Good Year For the Roses’?
Elvis Costello
15. Which Popular Garden Shrub Takes Its Name From Greek Words Meaning ‘Rose Tree’?
Rhododendron

Round Four - Living World
16. What name is given to a horse, which is black with white patches?
Piebald
17. What sort of creature is a Pouter?
Pigeon
18. Common, Crested and Palmate are all varieties of which creature native to Great Britain?
Newts
19. What name is given to the young of a squirrel?
Kit(ten)
20. What name is a horse of Arab blood, pale tan, yellow or gold colouring with a white/silver mane and tail?
Palomino

Round Five - In The News
21. In which country was the recently-deceased cricketer Bob Woolmer born?
India
22. Where did Sir Elton John hold a concert to celebrate his 60th birthday?
New York’s Madison Square Garden
23. How many Royal Navy personnel have been seized in the Gulf by Iran accused of being in the country’s waters?
Fifteen  
24. Which country broke its own world rail speed record (030407)?
France - TGV - Travelling at 357 miles an hour
25. In which city are the current World Swimming Championships being held?
Melbourne

Round Six - Sports Mix
26. Which English football team play at the National Hockey Stadium?
MK Dons
27. What is the nationality of the golfer Thomas Bjorn?
Danish
28. Which former England footballer managed Fulham, Vancouver Whitecaps, and Sporting Lisbon?
(Sir) Bobby Robson
29. Lancashire and England cricketer, Sajid Mahmood is the cousin of which other famous sportsman?
Amir Khan
30. Which is the only English football team to be mentioned in the Harry Potter Books?
West Ham United

Round Seven - Telly Trivia
31. In the detective series, "Rosemary and Thyme", which actress stars alongside Felicity Kendall in the title role?
Pam Ferris
32. Detective Sergeant Jackie Reid appears in which TV Series?
Taggart
33. What is the name of the character played by Kiefer Sutherland in 24?
Jack Bauer
34. Detective Superintendent Peter Boyd appears in which TV Series?
Waking The Dead
35. On Play School, there were three windows through which one could see things. Two were square and round, but what shape was the other?
Arched
- In Coronation Street Tracy Barlow is played by which actress?
Kate Ford

Round Eight - Pop Music
36. Who has beaten his fellow X Factor contender Ben Mills to the top of the UK albums chart with “Doing It My Way”?
Ray Quinn
37. Who sang with Roy Orbison on the recording ‘Crying’, recorded shortly before Orbison’s death?
K D Lang
38. Which was the only group to have 3 Christmas number one hits in the 1990s?
Spice Girls
39. Two of which famous singer’s tours were named, "Blonde Ambition" and "Drowned World"?
Madonna
40. Who are the two actors who starred in the film ‘The Dirty Dozen’ that went on to top the UK Charts?
Lee Marvin & Telly Savalas

Round Nine - Connections
41. The southern part of the largest island in the Outer Hebrides is called Harris. What is the name of the northern part?
LEWIS
42. In Cockney rhyming slang Frankie means porn. Which Frankie did it come from?
Frankie VAUGHAN
43. Which Austrian family of composers is associated with the Viennese Waltz?
STRAUSS
44. What is the first name of Buffy Summers mother in Buffy The Vampire Slayer?
JOYCE
45. What is the connection?
England Cricketers
- Which American president was the only person to be elected twice as Vice-President and twice as President?
Richard NIXON

Round Ten - Beers Around The World
46. Pilsner Urquell?
Czech Republic
47. Victoria Bitter?
Australia
48. Gauloise Brune?
Belgium
49. Castle Lager?
South Africa
50. Moosehead?
Canada