Quiz 290807
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
