Quiz 080807
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
