Quiz 180407
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
