Quiz 130607
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)
