Quiz 200607
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
