QUIZERAMA QUIZ FILES

Round One - Advertising Slogans
1. Which drink “gives you wings”?
Red Bull
2. Name the Building Society that was “proud to be different”?
Nationwide
3. Which brand of sweets said that “only they had the answer”?
Smarties
4. Which product used the slogan “Plop, plop, fizz, fizz, Oh what a relief it is”?
Alka Seltzer
5. Which car firm encouraged drivers to “think small”?
Volkswagen

Round Two - Dance-X
6. In which European country did the dance known as the Tarantella originate?
Italy
7. In which country did the rumba originate?
Cuba
8. Which dance gets its name from a word meaning ‘to rub navels together’?
Samba
9. The ‘ample forth’ the ‘leap-frog’ and the ‘gallant hussar’ are all types of which dance?
Morris dances
10. In which country did the ‘Lambada’ dance originate?
Brazil

Round Three - Hobbies & Leisure
11. What is the practice of formal handwriting called?
Calligraphy
12. What is the practice of creating replicas of animals from their dead skins called?
Taxidermy
13. What would you have if you were a collector of coalport?
China
14. Which manufacturer produced the sonic the hedgehog computer game?
Sega
15. In which activity would you make a banjo cable or a leaf rib?
Knitting

Round Four - Food Glorious Food
16. Which city in SW England has a current bun topped with icing named after it?
Bath
17. What deep fried crispy Indian starter is made from pulse flour?
Poppadum
18. In France they are known as Coquilles St. Jacques, what is this food most commonly called in Britain?
Scallops
19. What vegetables name translates from Chinese as ‘white vegetable’?
Bok choy
20. The French call it ‘creame anglaise’ what do we call it?
Custard

Round Five - Telly Addicts
21. What mighty hero did Prince Adam turn into with the aid of Greyskull Castle?
He Man
22. Who plays Jim in the TV comedy series "The Royle Family"?
Ricky Tomlinson
23. The TV programme The X Files had which catchphrase?
The Truth is out There
24. Which two actresses played Sharon and Tracey in the situation comedy Birds of a Feather?
Pauline Quirk / Linda Robson
25. The three part TV series "Killer" introduced which detective inspector in 1983?
Taggart

Round Six - Forever Blowing Bubbles
26. Who is the owner of Chelsea FC?
Roman Abramovich
27. Who was the first overseas manager to win the FA Cup?
Rudd Gulitt (Chelsea)
28. Which Portuguese football team did Jose Morinho lead to the victory in the European Champions League before replacing Claudio Ranieri at Chelsea?
Porto
29. Which Andy has played for Southampton, Norwich ,Chelsea and Aston Villa?
Townsend
30. Who scored the first Chelsea goal in the 2006 Carling Cup Final?
Steven Gerard - Own Goal!

Round Seven - China & The Chinese
31. By what name was China known to the west in medieval times?
Cathay
32. What colour would a bride wear in China?
Red
33. Which sea lies between North East China and the western coast of Korea?
Yellow Sea
34. How old were the world’s youngest parents who lived in China in 1910 - 8 & 9, 9 & 10 or 11 & 12?
8 & 9
35. What dog, in ancient China, was restricted to the aristocracy?
Pekinese

Round Eight - Deck Of Cards
36. How many cards of each suit are there in a normal deck of cards?
Thirteen
37. In a deck of cards, all four Kings have beards, but only three of them also have moustaches. The one without a moustache is the King of what?
Hearts
38. Excluding Jokers, there are 42 what in a standard deck of cards?
Eyes
39. In which country was the 52-card deck & the 4 suites established” - Germany, Italy or France?
France
40. In a deck of cards what is the total value of the numeric cards in all four suits?
216

Round Nine - Connections
41. In which 1999 Disney animated film was Flik the leader of the ants?
A BUG’S Life
42. In golf what is an alternative name for a hole-in-one on a par three hole?
EAGLE
43. The Cage was the 1964 pilot episode of which TV series, which developed into six series and ten feature films?
STAR Trek
44. Which ten-letter word beginning with T means a newcomer to a particular activity?
TENDERFOOT
45. What is the connection?
Ranks in BOY SCOUTS

Round Ten - Let There Be Light!
46. What is the name of the ring of light that can be seen around the sun during a solar eclipse?
Corona
47. Which word describes ‘the bending of light as it passes from one medium to another’?
Refraction
48. With reference to electronic readouts, what does LED stand for?
Light Emitting Diode
49. What is the light sensitive area of the eye called?
The Retina
50. Who invented the electric light bulb?
Thomas Edison

Round One - And The Colour Is…
1. What colour are the seats in the House of Lords?
Red - Commons green
2. Cobalt is a shade of what colour?
Blue
3. What colour is shown on starboard side of a boat?
Green
4. What colour is muscovado sugar?
Brown
5. What colour are the Amazon river dolphins?
Pink

Round Two - Silver
6. What is the chemical symbol for Silver?
AG
7. Which US State is nicknamed ‘The Silver State’?
Nevada
8. Who had a hit record with ‘Hi Ho Silver Lining’?
Jeff Beck
9. Which street in London is famous for its silversmiths?
Cheapside
10. Which English city is famous for its silver plated cutlery?
Sheffield

Round Three - Cartoon Time
11. Which cartoon character was born April 1st 1980?
Bart Simpson
12. Who starred in cartoon where the Tasmanian Devil first appeared?
Bugs Bunny
13. Which cartoon villain exclaimed, ‘Drat and double drat!’?
Dick Dasterdly
14. What was the name of Popeye’s arch enemy?
Bluto
15. Which cartoon character was originally pink and called Orsen - Porky Pig, Tweetie Pie or Bugs Bunny?
Tweetie Pie

Round Four - Scottish Sport
16. Which club won the first Scottish Premiership?
Rangers
17. Which Scot won the first major marathon that she entered?
Liz McColgan
18. Which Scottish driver was the first to have seven Grand Prix wins in a year?
Jim Clark
19. Which Scottish boxer was the World Lightweight Champion between 1979 & 1981?
Jim Watt
20. The Strathcona Cup is contested in which sport?
Curling

Round Five - The Royals
21. Which Royal survived a kidnap attempt in 1974?
Princess Anne
22. Who was the first royal bride to include her family’s motto on her marital coat of arms?
Princess Diana
23. Which princess’s first names are Marie Christine?
Princess Michael of Kent
24. Which member of the royal family was married to Lord Snowdon?
Princess Margaret
25. Who is the father of Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie?
Prince Andrew

Round Six - Exploration & Discovery
26. Who was the first man to fly across the English Channel?
Louis Bleriot
27. Who was the first man to set foot on all five continents?
Captain Cook
28. Who was the first woman to fly the Atlantic single-handed?
Amelia Earhart
29. Which 17th-century explorer was buried with a pipe and a box of tobacco?
Walter Raleigh
30. Who beat Scott to the S Pole in January 1912?
Amundsen

Round Seven - Food & Drink
31. What is beef fillet cooked in puff pastry called?
Beef Wellington
32. Which white wine grape variety is most widely planted in California?
Chardonnay
33. What shape is the pasta called farfalle?
Bows
34. What non-alcoholic drink is made from Pomegranate juice?
Grenadine
35. In which country is Peroni beer bottled?
Italy

Round Eight - Playing Games
36. In Draughts, what colour has the first move?
Black
37. In Scrabble, how many Triple Word spaces are there?
Eight
38. Zero on a roulette wheel is what colour?
Green
39. In a pack of cards, all the pictures of which king are always shown in profile?
King of Diamonds
40. Blitz, Boondock, Bristol, Scrunge, and Squop are terms in what game?
Tiddlywinks

Round Nine - Connections
41. Which famous literary character made his first appearance in a story called A Study In Scarlet?
Sherlock HOLMES
42. Which author first introduced us to the character of Humpty Dumpty?
LEWIS Carroll (in Alice Through The Looking Glass)
43. Which daytime TV presenter famously “popped out” of her dress whilst receiving an award with her husband Richard?
Judy FINNIGAN
44. Which British MP relinquished the title of Viscount Stansgate?
Tony BENN
45. What is the connection?
Boxers
- SPARE - Which actress played a prostitute protected by Bob Hoskins in the film Mona Lisa?
Cathy TYSON

Round Ten - Destination, Destination
46. On which island is Montego Bay?
Jamaica
47. Which paradise holiday island is the most easterly of the West Indies?
Barbados
48. Key West and Key Largo are off the coast of which US state?
Florida
49. Which country occupies most of the Yucatan Peninsular, home to the Maya Indians?
Mexico (+ Belize & Guatamala)
50. Which 7000-island country lies in the Pacific, northeast of the South China Sea?
Philippines

Round One - Music Mix
1. Which female artist has had the most top ten hits in the UK singles Charts?
Madonna
2. Which song has been recorded by Barry Manilow, Donna Summer, and Take That?
Could It Be Magic
3. What is the title of Kate Bush’s only number one hit in the UK charts?
Wuthering Heights
4. Which pop singer is a blood relative of author Herman Melville, and takes his name from one of his works?
Moby
5. Which is the only pop group to top the UK singles charts in the 1960s, 70s and 80s?
Bee Gees

Round Two - Golden Oldies
6. Which Beatles hit reached Number One in the UK pop charts in 1967 and could be described as a hurried greeting?
‘Hello Goodbye’
7. In 1969, which group reached Number One in the UK pop charts with ‘Lily the Pink’?
The Scaffold
8. In 1969 who became the first Jamaican artist to reach the top of the UK pop charts with the song ‘The Israelites’?
Desmond Dekker (with the Aces)
9. In 1968, which Cliff Richard song was top of the UK pop charts, having been beaten in the Eurovision Song Contest?
‘Congratulations’
10. In 1968, which pop group topped the UK pop charts with ‘Jumpin’ Jack Flash’?
The Rolling Stones

Round Three - Boy Bands
11. Which group sang “Love Me For A Reason” in 1994?
Boyzone
12. Ant, Ryan, Duncan and Simon were the four members of which boy band?
Blue
13. Which of the 1990’s boy bands spent the most weeks in the U.K. charts?
East 17
14. Who reached number two in the UK singles charts with I Swear in 1994?
All-4-One
15. How many members were there in the group Village People?
Six (Policeman, Construction Worker, Red Indian, Hells Angel, Sailor, Soldier)

Round Four - Hits Of Seventies
16. In 1979, a song by Blondie provided the first ever instance of a No.1 in the charts having a day of the week in its title, What was it called?
Sunday Girl
17. Which was the first non-British Eurovision Song Contest winner to top the British charts?
Dana (All Kinds Of Everything – 1970 – Abba was 1974)
18. In 1974 which American male solo singer topped the UK charts with the song “The Streak”?
Ray Stevens
19. In 1978, Boney M topped the British charts with a double ‘A’ side. “Rivers of Babylon” was one of the titles. What was the other?
Brown Girl in the Ring
20. Which song replaced “Bohemian Rhapsody” at number one in 1976 in the UK charts. The title of which is contained in the lyrics of “Bohemian Rhapsody”?
Mama Mia (Abba)

Round Five - Song Lyrics
21. “We skipped the light fandango and turned cartwheels across the floor” are the opening words of which song?
A Whiter Shade of Pale
22. “Music and passion were always the fashion” is a line from which song?
Copacabana (Barry Manilow)
23. In “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”, what kind of eyes did she have?
Kaleidoscope
24. Which song, usually played at parties, contains the line “Flies are in your pea soup baby, they’re waving at me”?
Hi Ho Silver Lining
25. One point for the song title & one point for the group from these lyrics “Into the sea, You and me, All these years and no one heard, I’ll show you in spring, It’s a treacherous thing, We missed you”?
Love Cats - The Cure

Round Six - Eighties Hits
26. Which group reached Number One in the UK pop charts in 1982 with `The Land of Make Believe’?
Bucks Fizz
27. In 1987 George Michael topped the UK pop charts with the duet ‘I Knew You Were Waiting For Me’. Who sang with him?
Aretha Franklin
28. In 1980, Olivia Newton-John topped the UK pop charts with the title track to a film in which she starred with Gene Kelly. Name it?
‘Xanadu’
29. Kim Carnes reached Number One in the American pop charts in 1981 with a song about which Hollywood legend?
Bette Davis
30. In 1986 A-Ha reached number 1 in the UK charts for the first time. What nationality were the group?
Norwegian

Round Seven - Girl Groups
31. It was the last No 1 of 2002 but who reached it with the “Sound Of The Underground”?
Girls Aloud
32. Who topped the UK singles charts in 1998 with “Under The Bridge”?
All Saints
33. Which girl group had a 1995 hit with Waterfalls?
TLC
34. Which group had a UK No. 1 in 2001 with “Survivor”?
Destiny’s Child
35. One point for the song title & one point for the group from these lyrics “Strange voices are saying, Things I can’t understand, It’s too close for comfort, This heat has got, Right out of hand”?
Cruel Summer - Bananarama

Round Eight - Nineties Music
36. Who topped the charts with ‘Brimful of Asha’ in 1997?
Cornershop
37. Which alternative comedian reached Number One in the UK pop charts with ‘Dizzy’ in 1991?
Vic Reeves (with the Wonder Stuff)
38. Louis Armstrong still holds the distinction for being the oldest male to top the US Singles chart with “What a wonderful World” in 1968 at the ripe old age of 66 years 10 months. Who has the honour of being the oldest solo female when she topped the charts in 1999 at the age of 62?
Cher (Blondie topped the charts in 1999 also, with Debbie Harry 64)
39. Who had a 1990s hit with the old Dionne Warwick hit “Walk On By”?
Gabrielle (also accept Sybil – No 6 in 1990)
40. Which group whose first name is three consecutive letters of the alphabet had number 2 hits in the 90’s with “Let’s Get Rocked” and “When Love and Hate Collide”?
Def Leppard

Round Nine - The 2000’s
41. Which song was a No 2 hit for the Baha Men in the 2000 UK charts?
Who Let The Dogs Out?
42. In 2000, who became the first female artist to reach number one in the charts as a soloist, who had also had hits in a duo and as part of a group?
Mel C
43. Who asked “Are You Ready For Love” in 2003 to reach the No 1 spot?
Elton John
44. She was the first to get to Number 1 in 2004 with “All This Time”, who?
Michelle McManus
45. Who topped the charts in 2001 with Mambo No.5?
Bob The Builder

Round Ten - Music Trivia
46. Which non-human act have spent the most number of weeks in the UK charts?
The Wombles
47. Who were the first group to top the charts with one of the members wearing an eye-patch?
Johnny Kidd and The Pirates
48. Which song has entered the charts on the greatest number of different occasions?
My Way
49. At 9yrs 251 days in 1972, who was the youngest person to have a UK No.1?
Little Jimmy Osmond
50. Which is the only song to have been No 1 in the charts for four different artistes in four different decades?
Unchained Melody (Jimmy Young, Righteous Brothers, Robson and Jerome, Gareth Gates)

Tiebreaker - How many weeks did Frank Sinatra spend in the charts between 1969 and 1971 with ‘My Way’?
122

Extras
- In 1955, which record that went to number one in the charts and sold over 7 million copies, caused a new rage of wearing racoon skin hats?
The Ballad Of Davy Crockett - the first TV theme song to hit number one in US
- Which was the first Dutch group to top the UK singles charts?
Pussycat
- Who was the first British female singer to have a number one album in the UK charts?
Kate Bush
- Which sixties singer returned to the charts in 1984 with The Smiths singing “Hand In Glove”?
Sandie Shaw
- Which 60s singer returned to the charts in 1987 with the Pet Shop Boys singing “What Have I Done To Deserve This”?
Dusty Springfield
- Which former chart-topping British duo re-formed in 1999 to record an album titled “Peace”?
Eurythmics

Spot Prize Questions
Which five American male singers have spent the most weeks in the UK charts?
Elvis Presley / Michael Jackson / Roy Orbison / Frank Sinatra / Stevie Wonder

From when the charts began until the end of the year 2002 which five Irish groups had had most weeks in the UK singles charts?
U2 / Boyzone / Bachelors / Westlife / Thin Lizzy

My first single release “Chills and Fever” in late 1964 was a flop but my next release went to #1 in the UK singles charts. Who am I?
Tom Jones

In 2005 who hit the Number One spot in the British Pop Charts 33 years after reaching number 18 with the same song?
Tony Christie - Is This The Way To Amirillo

What was the title of Rod Stewart’s last number one hit in 1983?
Baby Jane

Who is the only Austrian to top the UK charts?
Falco

Under what name did Welsh born singer Gaynor Hopkins top the charts in 1983?
Bonnie Tyler

What famous heavy metal band is named after a medieval torture device?
Iron Maiden

Which pop group had the most number one singles in the American charts in the seventies?
Abba

How many top 10 hits did 1980’s band Spandau Ballet have in the UK charts?
Ten

How many top 10 hits have ELO had in the UK charts?
Fifteen

Elvis had how many separate number one UK singles during the sixties?
Eleven - Crying In The Chapel ’65 (twice), Devil In Disguise ’63, Return to Sender ’62, She’s Not You ’62, Good Luck Charm ’62, Rock a hula baby/Cant help falling in love ’62, Maries the name his latest flame/Little sister ’62, Surrender ’61, Wooden Heart ’61, Are You Lonesome Tonight ’61, Its Now Or Never ‘60

Round One - Playing The Game
1. In the game of chess, which piece has the combined powers of the rook and the bishop?
The Queen
2. How many topics are there in a Trivial Pursuits© game?
Six
3. Which company was the biggest video game manufacturer of the 1980’s?
Atari
4. What game’s name comes from the French for “little wheel”?
Roulette
5. Who had a number one hit in 1977 with ‘The Name Of The Game’?
Abba

Round Two - Hunting Buffalo
6. What is the buffalo of North America really called?
Bison
7. What was Buffalo Bill’s real name?
William F Cody
8. Which song begins “Oh give me a home where the buffalo roam”?
Home On The Range
9. In which US state is the port of Buffalo?
New York State
10. In which film did the FBI hunt a serial killer they called Buffalo Bill?
Silence Of The Lambs

Round Three - Fight The Good Fight
11. Who was the only man to knock out Muhammad Ali in a heavyweight title fight?
Larry Holmes (October 2, 1980 - 11th round TKO) - Trevor Berbick defeated Ali in his last fight but not a KO
12. Who, in 1995, ended Chris Eubank’s 43 fight unbeaten record?
Steve Collins
13. Who decided to give up his world title rather than fight Lennox Lewis?
Riddick Bowe
14. At what weight did Amir Khan fight when winning his Olympic silver medal?
Lightweight (60 k)
15. Who was the first boxer to beat Lennox Lewis in a professional fight?
Oliver Mcall

Round Four - Cheesy Answers
16. Which animals milk is used to produce Feta cheese?
Goat
17. Which type of cheese is pierced with copper needles to produce a greenish blue mould?
Gorgonzola
18. Which county does Wensleydale cheese traditionally come from?
Yorkshire
19. What do cheese-makers call the holes in Swiss Cheese?
Eyes
20. Which blue veined french cheese, similar to Stilton, is made with Ewe’s milk?
Roquefort

Round Five - Destination, Destination
21. What is the destination, which is part of the title of a novel by Jules Verne, where the expedition, led by Professor Lidenbrock, sets out to reach?
The Centre of the Earth
22. What made its first trip in 1883, taking 87 and a half hours to reach its south-easterly destination from Paris?
The Orient Express - Istanbul
23. Which well-known Spanish holiday destination has a name meaning ‘Golden Coast’?
Costa Dorada
24. What was the destination of the plane in the film, Airplane II?
The Moon
25. ‘Second on the right and carry straight on until morning’ were Peter Pan’s directions to which destination?
Neverland

Round Six - Shark Attack
26. Which country has recorded the greatest number of shark attacks on humans?
Australia
27. What was the name of the town that was terrorized by the shark in the film Jaws?
Amity
28. What can a shark do with its eyes that no other fish can do?
Blink
29. In the film “Finding Nemo” what is the name of the friendly shark?
Bruce
- In which film would you hear the line “I am a nice shark, not a mindless eating machine”?
Finding Nemo
30. What is the largest type of shark?
Whale shark

Round Seven - Around Manchester
31. Which would you be more likely to see on a menu in a Manchester chippy - Chip Butty, Chip Barm, Chip Cob or a Chip Muffin?
Chip Barm
32. Manchester is the home to several Universities including: Manchester, Salford, Manchester Metropolitan and U.M.I.S.T. but what does U.M.I.S.T. stand for?
University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology
33. Manchester is home to one of the biggest municipal parks in Europe, what is it called?
Heaton Park - was part of the estate of the Earls of Wilton. It contains Heaton Hall, a farm, a boating lake, trams and various other attractions
34. Which Rugby League teams home ground is The Willows?
Salford Reds
35. In the Manchester version of Monopoly, what is the most expensive property?
The Lowry

Round Eight - Not Much On Telly
36. Who are the two presenters of Animal Park?
Ben Fogle & Kate Humble
37. Comedian Jasper Carrott hosts which show where four players can win life-changing amounts of cash?
Golden Balls
38. Who presents Granada TV’s ‘The Way We Were’ a trip down memory lane to look back at how life was lived in the North West?
Stuart Hall
39. Who stars as the celebrity gossip editor Lucy Spiller in the hit US series Dirt?
Courteney Cox
40. Which US drama series is about a former defence attorney, played by James Woods, who has switched sides by joining the prosecutor’s office?
Shark

Round Nine - Connections
41. What are the four categories that Musical Instruments are divided into?
STRINGS, wind, keyboard & percussion
42. Which characters appear in the books written by Roger Hargreaves?
MR men
43. What nationality was the author Jules Verne?
FRENCH
44. Kevin Rowland was the lead singer with which eighties band?
Dexy’s midnight RUNNERS
45. What is the connection?
Bean/s

Round Ten - May Contain Eggs
46. Who resigned from the British government in 1988 after saying most eggs were unsafe to eat?
Edwina Currie
47. What is the creamy Italian sauce with bacon and eggs as its base?
Carbonara
48. If you mix eggs, mustard, oil and vinegar, what do you get?
Mayonnaise
49. The dish Eggs Florentine contains which vegetable?
Spinach
50. Which is the only vitamin not present in eggs?
Vitamin C

Tiebreaker - How many free car parking places were there at the Trafford Centre in Manchester when it was opened?
10,000

Round One - Tourist Attractions
1. In which English County is Cheddar Gorge?
Somerset
2. In which city could you visit the Bolshoi Theatre?
Moscow
3. In which capital city could you climb the Spanish Steps?
Rome
4. What can be found at Xian in China?
The Terracotta Army
5. In which country was is the original Legoland?
Denmark

Round Two - Sporting Nicknames
6. Which Formula One driver was nicknamed The Professor?
Alain Prost
7. Which snooker player was nicknamed The Grinder?
Cliff Thorburn
8. Which sportsman is known as The Golden Bear?
Jack Nicklaus
9. Which famous European football club is known as The Old Lady?
Juventus
10. Which British sporting personality was known as The Dark Destroyer?
Nigel Benn

Round Three - Heist Films
11. In which film did Frank Sinatra lead a gang attempting to rob five Las Vegas casinos at once?
Ocean’s Eleven
12. For which film did Peter Ustinov win an Oscar as a member of a gang robbing a Constantinople museum?
Topkapi
13. Who led the ex-army officers who robbed a bank in ‘The League Of Gentlemen’?
Jack Hawkins
14. Who teamed up with Audrey Hepburn to rob an art museum in How To Steal A Million?
Peter O’Toole
15. In the comedy film Two Way Stretch what did Peter Sellers and his friends steal?
Diamonds

Round Four - Creature Collectives
What sort of animal has the following varieties?
16. Pipistrelle, Vampire and long-eared?
Bats
17. Weddell, elephant and Ross?
Seal
18. Raft, house and trapdoor?
Spider
19. Leghorn, Buff Orpington and Plymouth Rocks?
Chicken
20. Burchell’s, mountain and Grevy’s?
Zebras

Round Five - Music Miscellany
21. Which group were the first chart-topper to be named after a European city?
Berlin
22. Who was the only artist to have a number One mentioning Liverpool?
Little Jimmy Osmond
23. ‘I Wanna Be The Only One’ was the first No. 1 for which group?
Eternal
24. What was the first UK Eurovision Song Contest song of the 1990’s to top the UK singles charts?
Ooh Ah Just A Little Bit
25. Which 1970’s number One gave Steps a huge 1990’s hit?
Tragedy

Round Six - Foreign Names
26. Which group of islands in the Aegean Sea has a name meaning twelve islands?
Dodecanese
27. Which island situated on the tip of South America has a name meaning Land of Fire?
Tierra Del Fuego
28. The Nepalese call it Sagamartha and in Tibet it is Mi-ti gu-ti cha-pu long na what is its English name?
Mount Everest
29. Which great river takes its name from the Indian word meaning Destroyer of Boats?
Amazon
30. Known in Romanian as the Dunarea and in Hungarian as the Duna, what is the English name of this great river?
The Danube

Round Seven - Science Class
31. Which two metals make up Brass?
Copper and Zinc
32. Which gas is the most abundant constituent of air?
Nitrogen
33. What is the positive heavy particle of the nucleus of an atom called?
Proton
34. What is made in a Bessemer Converter?
Steel
35. H2SO4 is the chemical formula for which acid?
Sulphuric

Round Eight - Telly Trivia
36. Which TV programme has “Barnacle Bill” as it’s theme music?
Blue Peter
37. Which TV series was centred around Skeldale House?
All Creatures Great and Small
38. Who succeeded Bob Monkhouse as presenter of Family Fortunes?
Max Bygraves - terrible mistake!
39. In Heartbeat, what was the name of Nick’s first wife?
Kate
40. In the X-Files, what was Scully’s first name?
Dana

Round Nine - Crime & Punishment
41. What did Thomas Blood try to steal in the 17th century?
Crown Jewels
42. In which city did the bodysnatchers Burke and Hare operate?
Edinburgh
43. In which sensational case was wireless telegraphy first used to apprehend a murderer?
Dr Crippen
44. John Hinckley wounded which World Leader in 1981?
Ronal Reagan
45. Which parts of the body went into a pillory?
Neck & Wrists

Round Ten - Mystery Year
46. Who was Margaret Thatcher’s first Chancellor of the Exchequer?
Geoffrey Howe
47. At which hospital was the first British heart transplant carried out?
Papworth
48. Who became the first British footballer to attract a £1m transfer fee when Brian Clough bought him from Birmingham City for Nottingham Forest?
Trevor Francis
49. Who was revealed to be the fourth Russian spy in the Burgess, Maclean and Philby affair?
Anthony Blunt
50. Manchester United lost in the FA Cup Final of this year - which year is it?
1979