Quiz 010807
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
