Quiz 040407
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
