QUIZERAMA QUIZ FILES

Round One - Flood Warnings
1. On which river does Durham stand?
Wear
2. Which river forms 17 miles (27 km) of the South Eastern border between England and Scotland?
River Tweed
3. The Preserved Steam Railway which runs from Bridgenorth to Kidderminster has been affected by floods from which river?
River Severn
4. On which River is the resort town of Llangollen?
River Dee
5. The River Aire flows through which city?
Leeds

Round Two - Chewing Over The Answers
6. In which country was chewing gum first patented?
USA by William Fenley Semple in 1869
7. On Family Fortunes what was the top answer to the question - Name a food you can eat with hardly any chewing?
Soup
8. What are insects chewing jaws called?
Mandibles
9. There is a 25 year old packet of Wrigley’s spearmint chewing gum in the Smithsonian Institution is it because - Wrigley’s chewing gum was the first product advertised on American Television, it was the first bar scanner product in the world or it was the first commercial product in space?
It was the first bar scanner product in the world
10. In Big Brother 3, which animal did Jade Goody think that chewing gum was made from?
A Pig
- Who promoted their chewing gum in 1915 by mailing 4 sample sticks to each person in the US telphone books?
Wrigleys

Round Three - Journalistic Thread
11. In which TV drama series did Caroline Quentin play a journalist called Madeline Magellan?
Jonathan Creek
12. Jill Morrel was the fiancée of which British journalist kidnapped in Beirut in 1986?
John McCarthy
13. What is the name of the journalist who interviewed both Princess Di and Louise Woodward on TV?
Martin Bashir
14. Which Hitchcock movie has a journalist with a broken leg witness a murder?
Rear Window
15. What is the name of the BBC journalist who was abducted from a Gaza street on 12 March 2007?
Alan Johnston

Round Four - Minty Flavour
16. Which town is known as the ‘Gateway To The Lakes’, and is famous for its mint cake?
Kendal
17. Which greek dip is made from yoghurt, cucumber, garlic and mint?
Tzatziki
18. Which part of the mint plant is used to make mint sauce?
Leaves
19. Which herb, sometimes called wild marjoram, belongs to the mint family and is related to both marjoram and thyme?
Oregano
20. Which alcoholic crystal is mint flavoured and is used in many remedies for flu?
Menthol

Round Five - Wimbledon Tennis
21. Which woman won the wimbledon singles title seven times between 1988 and 1996?
Steffi Graf
22. In which year were male tennis players first tested for drugs at Wimbledon, 1984, 1986, 1988 or 1990?
1986
23. In a tiebreaker in tennis, after how many points do players change ends?
Six
24. Which Spanish tennis player beat Martina Navratilova in her last ladies singles final at Wimbledon?
Conchita Martinez
25. What type of fruit stands on top of the men’s singles tennis trophy for Wimbledon?
A Pineapple

Round Six - Jokers Wild
26. The Italian town of Pontedassia is home to a museum dedicated to which foodstuff, which was the subject of a April Fools joke many years ago?
Spaghetti
27. Which entertainer is in the Guinness Book of Records for telling 1,500 jokes non-stop in three and a half minutes?
Ken Dodd
28. In the Harry Potter stories what is the name of the joke shop in Hogsmeade?
Zonko’s
29. Which member of the Muppets always told bad jokes?
Fozzie Bear
30. Which ABBA song features the lyrics, I’m nothing special, in fact I’m a bit of a bore, if I tell you a joke , you’ve probably heard it before?
Thank You For The Music

Round Seven - Telly Trivia
31. Who plays Davina in the BBC series Sensitive Skin?
Joanna Lumley
32. Neil Oliver, Mark Horton and Nicholas Crane can be found on which award winning TV programme that is now in its third series?
Coast
33. Who presents National Lottery Jet Set 2012?
Eamonn Holmes
34. Amanda Redman, Dennis Waterman, James Bolam and Alun Armstrong star as an unlikely team of crack detectives in which series?
New Tricks
35. What is the name of Dawn’s baby in Eastenders?
Summer

Round Eight - Sports News
36. Which former Bolton, Liverpool and Republic of Ireland midfielder has announced his retirement?
Jason McAteer
37. Who has been handed the England Cricket Team’s one-day captaincy?
Paul Collingwood
38. In which round did Ricky Hatton floor Mexico’s Jose Luis Castillo in Las Vegas on Saturday?
Fourth
39. Which Argentinean golfer won the 2007 US Open?
Angel Cabrera
40. How many times has Tim Henman been a competitor at Wimbledon?
Fourteen

Round Nine - Connections
41. Which Formula One commentator penned the autobiography Unless I’m Very Much Mistaken?
Murray WALKER
42. Which former British Prime Minister was voted Pipe Smoker of The Year on two occasions?
Harold WILSON
43. Which TV western of the 1970s starred Ben Murphy and Pete Duel as Kid Curry and Hannibal Heyes?
Alias Smith and JONES
44. Which freshwater fish is nicknamed The King Of The Lake?
PIKE
45. What is the connection?
Dad’s Army

Round Ten - The Last Smoke
46. In 1982, who infamously broke into Buckingham Palace, sat on the Queen’s bed and asked her for a fag?
Michael Fagin
47. What is the smoke passage of a chimney called?
Flue
48. Which was the first country in the world to impose a ban on smoking in the workplace?
Ireland
49. From which song do the Lyrics "I smoke old doggies I have found, short but not too fat or round"?
King of the Road - Roger Miller
50. In which US state is the ‘Valley Of Ten Thousand Smokes’?
Alaska

Round One - A Trip To Blackpool
1. Which came first – Blackpool’s Tower, Blckpool Trams or The Illuminations?
Illuminations - 1879 / Tower 1894
2. Which children’s TV star was bought for 7s and 6d on Blackpool’s North Pier?
Sooty
3. What in Blackpool’s Opera House is the largest in Britain?
Stage
4. In Blackpool Tower ballroom, what is the organist’s signature tune?
Oh I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside
5. Who sponsors Blackpool Pleasure Beach’s ‘The Big One’?
Pepsi Max

Round Two - Pirates Ahoy!
6. Which famous pirate commanded a captured French slave ship that he named Queen Anne’s Revenge and later died resisting capture in 1718?
Blackbeard (Edward Teach/Thatch)
7. What is the name of Captain Hook’s servant, played by Bob Hoskins in the 1991 film ‘Hook’?
Smee
8. ‘The Pirates Own Book - An Authentic Narrative of the Lives and Executions of the Most Celebrated Sea Robbers’ in 1844 includes an illustration of a punishment associated with pirates, the only account of this ever recorded. Which practise?
Walking the Plank
9. What is the name of Long John Silver’s parrot, also the name of the man who buried the treasure in Robert Louis Stevenson’s ‘Treasure Island’?
Captain Flint
10. What nationality was Captain William Kidd, who was hanged in 1701?
Scottish

Round Three - Sports Bag
11. Who were the first company to sponsor Manchester United`s football shirts?
Sharp
12. Which Grand Prix motor racing team are based at Woking in Surrey?
McLaren
13. Which American Baseball team are nicknamed the Diamondbacks?
Arizona
14. Which country had a goalkeeper named Mustapha Kamel at the 1934 World Cup Finals?
Egypt
15. What do the initials R.S.C. stand for in Boxing?
Referee Stopping Contest

Round Four - Telly Trivia
16. In Dad’s Army, what was Private Fraser’s day job?
Undertaker
17. Who played the sadistic PE teacher Doug Digby, in the TV series ‘The Grimleys’?
Brian Conley
18. On which show would you have seen the Travelator?
Gladiators
19. What is the name of the village church in ‘Emmerdale’?
St Mary’s
20. ‘Stop the pigeon’ was a spin off from which cartoon series?
Wacky Races

Round Five - Plant Pots
21. What is the common name of the flower Bellis Perennis?
Daisy
22. Which hanging basket favourite is also called pelargonium?
Geranium
23. Which flower is noted for its large black spotted red or orange flowers?
Tiger Lily
24. What colour is the rose ’silver jubilee’?
Pink
25. What flowers name translates from the Greek as Water Vessel?
Hydrangea

Round Six - Boom & Bust
26. What is a group of producers acting together to fix prices called?
Cartel
27. In which oil producing country was OPEC founded?
Iraq
28. Which body assesses whether a takeover is in the public interest?
Monopolies and Mergers commission
29. What is the Japanese share index called?
Nikkei
30. Where are the headquarters of the International Monetary fund?
Washington

Round Seven - Pops The Question
31. Which artist first achieved success with the album ” White Ladder”?
David Gray
32. Which No 1 hit for the New Seekers was based in a Coca Cola jingle?
I’d Like to Teach the world to Sing
33. Which all-girl group were originally called Touch?
Spice Girls
34. Which pop star sports two tattoos, one saying “Elvis grant me security” and “born to be Mild”?
Robbie Williams
35. In 1965, which group were beaten to the Best Pop Vocal Grammy Award by the Anita Kerr singers?
The Beatles

Round Eight - Movie Trivia
36. The film “You’ve Got Mail” reunited the male and female leads from which hit 1993 movie?
Sleepless In Seattle (Hanks and Ryan)
37. Mel Gibson was caught wearing a pair of tights by his daughter in which film released in 2001?
What Women Want
38. ‘Somewhere My Love’ was the theme song of which movie?
Doctor Zhivago
39. Who appeared in Guy Ritchie’s gangster movie, SNATCH, as Bullet Tooth Tony?
Vinnie Jones
40. What movie cast included James Garner, Richard Attenbourough, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasance, James Coburn, Gordon Jackson, Angus McPhee among many others?
The Great Escape

Round Nine - Connections
41. Which former England goalkeeper had his career ended by an eye injury in 1972?
Gordon Banks
42. Who presented BBC TV’s ‘Gardener’s World’ from 1969 to 1976?
Percy Thrower
43. Who played the lead role in Spiderman - The Movie?
Toby Maguire
44. Which singer had hits called ‘Wisemen’ and ‘Goodbye My Lover’?
James Blunt
45. What is the connection?
Friends of Thomas the Tank Engine

Round Ten - Living Creatures
46. What is the only venomous snake in Britain?
Adder or Viper
47. Which animals has breeds called Rex, Netherlands Dwarf, Satin & Dutch?
Rabbit
48. What is the name of the only Monkey native to Europe?
The Barbary Ape
49. Which massive horse was once called the Great Horse of England?
The Shire Horse
50. A Group of geese is called a gaggle. What is the name used to describe a group of geese in flight?
Skein

Tiebreaker - In which year was the Shake ‘n’ Vac dance advert first shown on TV?
1985

Scientists claim that every minute, about 900 million tons of rain hits the earth…..

1. Who had a hit in 1984 with the song ‘Here Comes the Rain Again’?
Eurythmics
2. Raymond and Charlie Babbitt were the names of the two principal characters in the film ‘Rain Man’, Which actor played Charlie Babbitt?
Tom Cruise
3. The first record played by Tony Blackburn on radio one in 1967 eventually got to number 2. It had the lyrics “Woke up one morning half asleep, with all blankets in a heep.” What was its title?
Flowers in the rain
4. “The Rain in Spain” comes from which musical?
My Fair Lady
5. With extensive horizontal development; what type of cloud formation is most likely to deliver persistent rain?
Stratiform
6. What is the driest US state, averaging about 4″ of rain per year?
Nevada
7. Acid rain is composed mainly of the oxides of which two elements?
Sulphur & Nitrogen
8. Which singer songwriter’s autobiography was entitled ‘Laughter in The Rain’?
Neil Sedaka
9. What is the name of the method of calculating runs required in a rain interrupted one day cricket match?
Duckworth-Lewis method
10. For how many days is it supposed to rain, if it rains on Saint Swithin’s Day?
Forty
11. Who made the classic Purple Rain in 1984?
Prince
12. Who won an Oscar for his appearance in Rain Man?
Dustin Hoffman
13. When did Carole King decide it might as well rain until?
September (No 3 – 1962)
14. Which family went “Walking In The Rain” in 1973?
The Partridge Family
15. The King of Thailand was given a patent for which invention, A, a new method of gold plating crowns B, a new way of seeding clouds for rain or C, an improved system for yoking horses to a carriage?
B - a new way of seeding clouds for rain
16. What musical was produced on London stage 30 years after the film?
Singing in the Rain - Tommy Steel - 1983
17. Barring rain - in which athletics event would you get wet?
Steeplechase
18. Who had a hit with November Rain?
Guns n Roses
19. The Golden Rain is the common name of what tree?
Laburnum
20. Who are Misty Rain, Sunshine Blue and Honey Rose?
Porn Stars

21. Which type of cloud usually brings rain? Nimbostratus, Cirrus, Cumulus, or Stratocumulus?
Nimbostratus
22. Lyric: “the barber shaves another customer we see the banker sitting waiting for a trim and then the fireman rushes in from the pouring rain, very strange”?
Penny Lane – Beatles – 1967
23. In which English county is Styhead Tarn? With an average of 170 inches of rain per year, it is officially the wettest place in Britain?
Cumbria
24. Which dancer was famous for “Singing in the Rain”?
Gene Kelly
25. What P Is The Collective Name For Rain, Snow, Hail And Sleet?
Precipitation
26. Who had a 1960’s hit with Rhythm Of The Rain?
Cascades
27. In which planet of the solar system does it constantly rain acid?
Venus
28. What did it “rain” on the Australian town of Ipswich in 1989: (a) frogs (b) sardines or (c) snails?
Sardines (a violent storm probably caused updraughts which took the fish from the shallow Brisbane waters into the atmosphere)
29. Which song begins with the lyrics “Hey where did we go, days when the rain came”?
Brown Eyed Girl
30. True or False - When the first weather forecast was broadcast on BBC radio in 1923 it predicted a spell of fine weather?
False - Rain!
31. What type of bird did Noah first release from the ark after the rain stopped?
Raven
32. Which song contains the lyric: “Looking out on the morning rain, I used to feel uninspired”?
(You make me feel like) a natural woman
33. Which two actors star as American police officers in pursuit of an escaped Yakuza criminal in the Japanese port of Osaka in the Ridley Scott-directed film ‘Black Rain’?
Michael Douglas and Andy Garcia
34. Who began his solo career with a Bob Dylan song “a hard rain’s gonna fall” reaching no 10 in the UK in 1973?
Brian Ferry
35. If you were using a pine cone to forecast weather, how would you know it was going to rain?
it closes
36. Which classic film sees a character called Don Lockwood getting extremely wet in one scene?
Singing In The Rain
37. Which 1970’s song contains the following lyrics “Well, The Rain Exploded With A Mighty Crash As We Fell Into The Sun, And The First One Said To The Second One There I Hope You’re Having Fun”?
“Band on the Run” (by Wings)
38. Who had a hit with ‘Kiss The Rain’?
Billie Myers
39. What N is the name given to low-level clouds sometimes called ‘rain clouds’?
Nimbus
40. In the song ‘I Believe’, what happens for every drop of rain that falls?
A flower grows

- Which horse won the Melbourne cup in both 1968 and 1969?
Rain Lover
- Which politician sued the Move over a promotional postcard for Flowers in the Rain, which had a caricature of him in the nude?
Harold Wilson
- Lyrics - I’m lying in the rain, but I never wave bye bye, but I try?
“Modern Love,” David Bowie

Round One - Derby Day
1. Which company sponsors the ‘Derby’?
Vodaphone
2. What is the name of Derby County FC’s Ground?
Pride Park
3. What age horses run in the Derby?
Three
4. In which city is the Kentucky Derby run?
Louisville - Churchill Downs
5. The americans call which item a ‘derby’?
Bowler Hat

Round Two - Who Am I
6. Journalist, writer, broadcaster, married with a grown up family, trained as a nurse, presented medical programmes about childbirth & family matters on tv & radio, written fiction including The Poppy Chronicles?
Claire Raynor
7. Member of the sports council, ex- professional footballer 1976-1994, played for Everton & Spurs, captained England 1990-92, now a journalist & broadcaster?
Gary Lineker
8. Broadcaster for TV and radio since 1970, married with two grown up children, was on Nationwide & Tonight and made many documentaries, presented radio 4’s desert island discs since 1988?
Sue Lawley
9. Born of Irish parents, lives in England, leading actor on stage tv and films, member of RSC, directed and starred in film of shakespeare play, won awards for acting and directing?
Kenneth Branagh
10. Lives in London and Norfolk where he was brought up, an actor, in films and on TV, best selling novels are The Liar and the Hippopotomas and 1997 autobiography ‘Moab is my washpot’?
Stephen Fry

Round Three - Pussy Galore
11. According to the nursery rhyme, who put pussy in the well?
Little Johnny Green
12. Born in London in 1812, which writer’s best-known poem was entitled “The Owl and the Pussy-Cat”?
Edward Lear
13. George Galloway was the pet pussy of which fellow inmate in Celebrity Big Brother?
Rula Lenska
14. In Are You Being Served, what was the name of Mrs Slocombes pussy?
Tiddles
15. In the nursery rhyme who pulled Pussy out of the well?
Little Johnny Stout

Round Four - Russian Roulette
16. What is Russia’s national airline called?
Aeroflot
17. Which stretch of water separates America from Russia?
The Bering Straits
18. In Russia, which member of the family is called a babushka?
Grandmother
19. Nenen-Kona is sold in Russia - what do we call it?
Pepsi-Cola
20. Who was the first leader of Communist Russia?
Lenin

Round Five - Family Fortunes
21. Something you close your eyes to do?
(sleep / kiss / sneeze / think / pray)
22. Something you lick?
(ice-cream / stamps / envelope / lips / fingers)
23. Something that squirts?
(orange / grapefruit / lemon / grapes / tangerine)
24. Something that goes up and down?
(lift / seesaw / yoyo / stock market / aircraft)
25. Something sticky?
(glue / gum / syrup / honey / jam)

Round Six - What The Romans Did For Us
26. Which day of the week is named after the Roman god of agriculture?
Saturday - after Saturn
27. Occuring once a year in Britain, what is the modern day equivalent of the ancient Roman festival of Hilaria?
April fools day
28. The word Salary is derived from the Latin name for the allowance paid to Roman soldiers to buy what?
Salt
29. During the Roman occupation of Britain, which English City was called Aquae Sulis?
Bath
30. Which Roman road linked Dover and St Albans?
Watling Street

Round Seven - Looking Through The Ferns
31. What name is given to the leaves of ferns?
Fronds
32. Fern Britton is married to which “celebrity” chef?
Phil Vickery
33. Which TV presenter and author is an avid collector of ferns?
Alan Tichmarsh
34. ‘Together we are beautiful’ was a 1980 number one hit for who?
Fern Kinney
35. Which presenter has fronted “Love Island”, “Make Me A Supermodel”, and “Top of the Pops”, and gave the UK’s votes at this year’s “Eurovision song Contest”?
Fearne Cotton

Round Eight - Project Mercury
36. What is the chemical symbol for mercury?
Hg - Hydra Gyrum was the latin name for mercury
37. In Astrology mercury is the ruling planet of which area of technology?
Communication
38. In our solar system only Mercury and which other planet have no moons?
Venus
39. Who stars in the film ‘Mercury Rising’?
Bruce Willis
40. What was the first solo Number one credited to Freddie Mercury in the UK charts?
Living On My Own

Round Nine - Connections
41. What is Cliff Richard’s real name?
Harry WEBB
42. In Red Dwarf who is the last human being in the known universe?
David LISTER
43. Whose single It’s Raining Men features on the soundtrack of the film Bridget Jones’s Diary?
Geri HALLIWELL
44. Who stood for Parliament as a candidate for the “Payne and Pleasure Party” in the Kensington by-election in July 1988?
Cynthia PAYNE
45. What is the connection?
Surnames of actors and actresses in EMMERDALE
Spare - Who wrote the book About A Boy, which was later turned into a successful film starring Hugh Grant?
Nick HORNBY

Round Ten - Anagrams - Rugby League Teams
46. STRATEGIC FOLDERS (CASTLEFORD TIGERS)
47. SIGHED FEEL FALSE (SHEFFIELD EAGLES)
48. LINED HORSES (LEEDS RHINOS)
49. NOW LOW TRAVERSING (WARRINGTON WOLVES)
50. BOLD SCORN NOON (LONDON BRONCOS)

Round One - General Knowledge
1. What sexy item of women’s clothing went on sale for the first time in the UK in 1940?
Nylon stockings
2. The first British jet aeroplane ‘the Gloster E28/39′ had its test flight in 1941. Who designed it?
Sir Frank Whittle
3. Who represented the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1993 with ‘Better The Devil You Know’?
Sonia
4. Which powerful weapon was patented in 1718 by James Puckle?
The machine gun
5. What name was given to the New York vigilantes who began patrolling the London Underground in 1989?
The Guardian Angels

Round Two - Animal World
6. What is unique about the two mammals, the spiny anteater and the duck billed platypus?
The lay eggs
7. What is the present name for what used to be called the Camelopard?
Giraffe
8. Which insect is popular with gardeners because it feeds on aphids?
Ladybird
9. What is the only carnivore native to Australia?
Dingo
10. What is the largest wild mammal native to Britain?
Red Deer

Round Three - Sport
11. With which team did Michael Schumacher win his first World Drivers Championship?
Benetton
12. Which sport, governed by the ICF, was introduced into the Calgary Olympics as a demonstration sport in 1988?
Curling
13. Which Scottish footballer is the only player to have scored 100 goals in both the English and Scottish football leagues?
Kenny Daglish
14. What is the nickname of the Australian rugby union team?
The Wallabies
15. Which left handed batsman has scored most runs for England?
David Gower

Round Four - Geography
16. In which country is Cotapaxi, the worlds highest volcano?
Ecuador
17. Which US sate lies between California and Utah?
Nevada
18. Which country has the most European neighbours?
Germany - 6
19. Which Turkish city was formerly known as Byzantium and Constantinople?
Istanbul
20. In which ocean are the Maldives?
Indian

Round Five - Anagrams - INDIAN CUISINE
ACCORDION HIT KEN = TANDOORI CHICKEN
CHAIN BY ICERINK = CHICKEN BIRYANI
HOBO JEANNIE = ONION BHAJEE
GUM THE CANYON = MANGO CHUTNEY
HAS AMOROUS MOMS = MUSHROOM SAMOSA

Round Six - Proverbially Speaking!
According to the Proverb…………………
26. What do five magpies stand for?
SILVER
27. What will a drowning man clutch at?
A STRAW
28. To where do ‘all roads lead’?
ROME
29. What did a faint heart never win?
FAIR LADY
30. What grow from little acorns?
MIGHTY OAKS

Round Seven - Pop Music
31. ‘All You Can Eat’ was an album title for which Canadian singer?
kd lang
32. Which Sheffield band made the Top 10 twice with ‘Temptation’?
Heaven 17
33. Which Australian band had the hit ‘Taste It’?
INXS
34. Tim Booth is lead singer of which Band?
James
35. Which band had a No. 1 UK hit album titled ‘Automatic To the People’?
REM

Round Eight - Blue Films
36. Who played the headmistress in “Blue Murder at St Trinians “?
Alistair Sim
37. Which actress played the part of Elvis Presley’s mother in the film Blue Hawaii and later went on to play a TV detective?
Angela Landsbury
38. The inspiration for the long running TV series “Dixon of Dock Green” was called what?
The Blue Lamp
39. What was the second film in which Bing Crosby co-starred with Fred Astaire?
Blue Skies
40. What was the method of transport featured in the 1986 film “Blue Thunder”?
Helicopters

Round Nine - Food & Drink
41. Which spirit is used in a Manhattan?
Whiskey
42. What type of meat is used in moussaka?
Lamb
43. Everards beers were originally based near which city?
Leicester
44. What colour is the flesh of an avocado?
Green
45. What type of milk has a bottle with a blue & silver checked cap?
Skimmed

Round Ten - CRYPTIC FOOTBALL TEAMS
HURRY TO FOX’S HOUSE WITH PRECIOUS GEMS = RUSHDEN AND DIAMONDS
PROMINENT HILL WITH A JETTY = TORQUAY
IT’S A HOME FOR SUB-MACHINE GUNS FRANK = STENHOUSEMUIR
FOUND BETWEEN THE WHEELS = CARDIFF
COTTON FACTORY’S OWN BARRIER = MILLWALL