QUIZERAMA QUIZ FILES

Round One - Ships At Sea
1. What class of ship was the Sheffield, which was sunk in the Falklands conflict?
Destroyer
2. What does RMS on British liners stand for?
Royal Mail Ship or Royal Mail Steamer
3. The sinking of which ship by Germany in 1915 was instrumental in bringing the USA into the First World War?
Lusitania
4. At the Battle of Pearl Harbour only two ships were totally lost, one was the oklahoma, what was the other one?
The Arizona
5. What signal did Vice Admiral Nelson send to all Engish ships at Trafalagar?
England expects every man will do his duty  

Round Two - Hairy Questions
6. Its body is covered with long and silky hair which hangs down like the wool of sheep. Tibetans have domesticated this ruminant mammal whose typical habitat is in the highest and coldest regions of Central Asia. Name this animal?
Yak
7. She was tall and red-haired. She spent considerable time in the Tower of London. Her mother, Anne Boleyn, was beheaded at the order of her father. Who was this British queen?
Queen Elizabeth I
8. This describes what plant - When an insect brushes the trigger hairs on the edge of the leaves, the leaves close like clam shells?
Venus Flytrap
9. The name for certain heavenly objects is derived from a Latin word which literally means "hairy star." What do we call these objects?
Comets
10. Apparently the CIA once dreamed up a plan to dust a foreign leader’s shoes with a hair-removing substance which would cause his beard to fall out. Name that Communist leader?
Fidel Castro

Round Three - Around Britain
11. Which motorway links Telford to the M6?
M54
12. What town has the post code IM1?
Douglas (on the Isle of Man)
13. Warren Street, Goodge Street, Tottenham Court Road…what comes next?
Leicester Square
14. Which English county has the shortest coastline?
Durham
15. What comes next: Toddington, Newport Pagnell, Northampton?
Watford Gap (M1 service stations)

Round Four - Turning Japanese
16. What name is given to the rice wine which is the national drink of Japan?
Sake
17. What name is given to the Japanese art of flower arranging?
Ikebana
18. What form of entertainment means ‘empty orchestra’ in Japanese?
Karaoke
19. What name is given to the Japanese martial art whose name translates as ‘gentle skill’?
Ju-Jitsu or Ju-Jutsu
20. What name is given to the traditional Japanese style of theatre acted only by men with highly stylised song and dance routines?
Kabuki

Round Five - Flying High
21. Which company produced the world’s first commercial jet airliner?
De Havilland (the Comet)
22. What name was given to the Boeing B-52 bomber that first flew in 1952?
Stratofortress
23. What was the name of the (Java-born) Dutch aircraft manufacturer who, during World War I, produced more than 40 types of airplanes for the German High Command?
Anthony Fokker
24. Which company started as the Pacific Aero Products Company in 1916, was given its present name in 1917, and is today the largest aviation company in the world?
Boeing
25. Who was dubbed ‘Queen of the Air’ by the British press in the 1930s after her solo flight from England to Australia?
Amy Johnson  

Round Six - Natural World
26. In Norfolk they call the male of this creature a Jack, the female they call a Broadster. Found along the seashore, which creature is it?
Crab
27. ‘Cats tail’, ‘Cock’s foot’, ‘Sheep’s fescue’ and ‘Meadow foxtail’ are all species of what?
Grasses
28. Which is the largest species of parrot?
Macaw
29. Which tree has English, White and Slippery varieties?
Elm
30. Which animal has a foot but no legs?
Snail

Round Seven - Hi Ho Silver!
31. What name is given to the medieval practices which tried to turn lead into silver and gold?
Alchemy
32. Which silver emblem appears on New Zealand rugby jerseys?
A fern leaf
33. In which English city is the Cutlers Hall, which contains a collection of silver craftsmanship dating back to 1773?
Sheffield (Copper coated with silver is called Sheffield plate)
34. In heraldry what is silver called?
Argent
35. Which company is the world’s largest user of silver?
Kodak

Round Eight - Pops The Question
36. In which song did 10cc claim that they did not like cricket?
Dreadlock Holiday
37. Which song has been a hit for Eddie Floyd, Otis Redding and David Bowie?
Knock On Wood
38. Which playing card was a disco hit for K C and the Sunshine Band?
Queen Of Clubs
39. What was Abba’s last No 1 hit in the UK?
Super Trooper
40. What type of hot food gave Fat Les a No 2 hit in 1998?
Vindaloo

Round Nine - Connections
41. Who was the female star of the film ‘A Fish Called Wanda’?
JAMIE Lee Curtis
42. Who partnered Jeremy Bates to victory in the Wimbledon mixed doubles tournament in 1987?
JO Durie
43. Which singing sisters had a 1987 No 1 hit with "Respectable"?
MEL and Kim Appleby
44. Which 1983 TV series starring Sam Neill as a double agent, was based on a novel by Robin Bruce Lockhart?
Reilly ACE of Spies
45. What is connection with above five answers?
Dr Who assistants  

Round Ten - Sports Round
46. Which heavyweight boxer is nicknamed `The Real Deal`?
Evander Holyfield
47. Which sport do you play if you if you compete in the Mosconi cup?
Pool
48. Which English football club used to call themselves `Garibaldi Reds` after being inspired by Guiseppe Garibaldi?
Nottingham Forest
49. With which sport would you associate the Eisenhower trophy?
Golf - golf trophy awarded to the winner of a biennial international amateur competition open to teams of three or four players from all nations
50. Which football team lost both the 1982 and 1986 World Cup finals?
West Germany  

Tiebreaker - How many years old is the oldest discovered playable flute?
9,000

Round One - Connect This!
1. What word connects a breed of heavy draught horse and a bank based in Scotland?
Clydesdale
2. What name links a Shakespeare king, a nineteenth century poet and painter, and a manufacturer of jet aircraft?
Lear
3. What word links a type of shoe with a distinctive heel, a type of golf club and a tapering piece of wood?
Wedge
4. What word can mean a chamber for storing grain, an airtight pit for storing green fodder or an underground chamber housing a guided missile?
Silo
5. What name connects a nineteenth century German statesman and the state capital of North Dakota?
Bismark

Round Two - Entertainment
6. Who was Batman’s first Arch enemy in the 1990 film "Batman"?
The Joker
7. What type of car did nurse ‘Glady’s Emanuelle’ drive in "Open all Hours"?
Morris Minor
8. Who played the star Detective in the the film "Spy Hard"?
Leslie Nielson
9. Dreamworks Productions is owned by whom?
Stephen Speilberg
10. Which British TV and Film Comedian is an anagram of ‘Raw Onion stank’?
Rowan Atkinson

Round Three - Antiques Roadshow
11. With which area of antiques would you associate Thomas Chippendale?
Furniture
12. What can be either Bracket, Carriage or Mystery?
Clocks
13. Lalique was a famous maker of what?
Glassware
14. From which country did Delft ware originate?
Holland
15. If an antique was said to be distressed, what would have happened to it?
Artificially aged

Round Four - Monkey Business
16. What is the name of the monkey that gave its name to a blood group?
Rhesus monkey
17. What are the ‘monkeys’ called that are native to Gibraltar?
Barbary apes
18. What was the name of the self proclaimed ‘King of the Swingers’ in The Jungle Book?
King Louie
19. What was the name of the monkey played by Roddy McDowall in the film version of Planet Of The Apes?
Cornelius
20. What was the name of the monkey that raised Tarzan in the Edgar Rice Burroughs novel?
Kala

Round Five - True or False?
21. The clock face of Big Ben is the largest clock face in Britain?
False - The clock-face on the Liver Buildings in Liverpool is the biggest
22. A group of sea cucumbers is known as a pickle?
True
23. Robbie Williams once appeared as an extra in Coronation Street?
False - He appeared as an extra in Eastenders
24. Sean Connery won the Mr Universe bodybuilding contest in 1953?
False - He came third
25. Postman Pat is banned in Japan?
True - Because he only has three fingers!

Round Six - Animal World
26. Which is the largest web-footed bird?
Albatross
27. What is a female ferret called?
A jill
28. What is a group of crocodiles called - a snap, a float or a swim?
A float
29. What is the most common bird of prey in Britain?
The Kestrel
30. Which is the only bird to give us leather?
Ostrich

Round Seven - Water Water Everywhere
31. What is the name of the stretch of water that separates the Isle of Wight from mainland Britain?
The Solent
32. Which is the world’s busiest ship canal?
The Panama
33. In which country is the River Kwai?
Thailand
34. Which is the world’s largest freshwater lake?
Lake Superior
35. Of all the rivers in the world which contains the greatest amount of water?
The Amazon, the flow of the Amazon is sixty times greater than that of the Nile and at it’s deepest point it is 407 feet deep

Round Eight - Food and Drink
36. What is the usual shape of a Camembert cheese?
Round
37. What flavour is the liqueur Midori?
Melon
38. What colour wine is Beaujolais Nouveau?
Red
39. Picholine, sevillana and cerignola are all types of what?
Green Olives
40. What are Northern Ireland’s fadge cakes made from?
Potatoes

Round Nine - Connections
41. What is the former name of the country now known as Ghana?
GOLD Coast
42. Which plant has the scientific name Trifolium?
CLOVER
43. What is the name of the famous English ceramic design created by the potter Thomas Minton in the late 18th century?
WILLOW Pattern
44. Which Scottish heroine is remembered for her part in the escape of Bommie Prince Charlie in 1746?
FLORA Macdonald
45. What is the connection?
Names of MARGARINES or SPREADS

Round Ten - Never Mind the Buzzcocks
46. Which song begins with the words "When I was a little girl, I had a rag doll"?
River Deep Mountain High
47. Which instrument did Lionel Richie play in the Commodores?
Saxaphone
48. Reach Out, I’ll be There was the first British No 1 for which group?
Four Tops
49. Which group’s last British No 1 was Figaro, in 1978?
Brotherhood Of Man
50. The Famous Flames backed which classic soul performer?
James Brown

Tiebreaker - What is the furthest distance that a grape has been thrown and caught in the mouth?
Eighteen Feet

Round One - Snake Bite!
1. Which is the only poisonous British snake?
Adder or Viper
2. Who, according to legend, rid Ireland of its snakes?
St Patrick
3. Which group had a top ten hit in 1983 with ‘Union of the snake’?
Duran Duran
4. In Greek mythology, whose head was surrounded by a mass of writhing snakes instead of hair?
The Gorgon Medusa
5. Which is the heaviest snake in the world?
Anaconda - has been measured up to 500lb / 27ft 9ins length

Round Two - Human Body
6. How many chambers are there in the heart?
Four
7. What are the tiny air sacs in the lungs called?
Alveoli
8. Which vitamin is required in blood clotting?
Vitamin K
9. Which is the human body’s largest organ?
The Skin
10. Where in the human body would you find the thalamus gland?
Front of the brain

Round Three - Where In The World
11. Casablanca is the title of a well-known film starring Humphrey Bogart, in which country is the town of Casablanca?
Morocco
12. Guadalcanal was the sight of fierce fighting during WWII, in which group of islands is it?
Solomon islands
13. In which country is Transylvania, home of the vampire legends?
Romania
14. ‘The girl from Ipanema’ was a popular tune of the 60’s, in which country is Ipanema?
Brazil
15. The Crimea is famous for the scene of a war that included ‘the Charge of the Light Brigade’, which country does it belong to?
Ukraine

Round Four - Famous Freds
16. What was Freddie Mercury’s real second name?
Bulsara
17. Freddie Powell is the real name of which comedian?
Freddie Starr
18. From which city did 60s group Freddie and the Dreamers come from?
Manchester
19. With which branch of science do you associate Fred Hoyle?
Astronomy
20. Which Fred famously won Mastermind?
Fred Housego

Round Five - Fat Friends
21. What is the correct name for the bellybutton?
Navel
22. From which Shakespeare play does the line "Let me have men about me that are fat" come?
Julius Caesar
23. Which overweight US band had a hit in 1982 with ‘Zoom!’?
Fat Larry’s Band
24. Salevaa Fuali Atisnoe of Hawaii is the world’s heaviest competitor in which sport?
Sumo Wrestling - he is known as Konishiki
25. What was the name of one of the major stars of the silent screen who was charged with the rape and resulting death of an obscure 25-year-old starlet in 1921?
Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle

Round Six - American English
26. We have bumpers on our cars, but what do American cars have?
Fenders
27. In this country we reverse the charges on a phone call – what’s the term for the same thing in the US?
Collect Call
28. In England we grill steak etc, but what is the American word for it?
Broiling
29. At a fairground we ride on the Big Wheel – what’s the American equivalent?
Ferris Wheel
30. Hooters is American slang for what?
Breasts (of the large female variety)

Round Seven - Sports Bag
31. Who is the only footballer to have played for Manchester United, Manchester City, Liverpool & Everton?
Peter Beardsley
32. Who is the only Olympian to have won gold medals in five different summer Olympic Games?
Sir Steve Redgrave
33. Who, in 1980, was the first overseas player to win the World Snooker Championship?
Cliff Thorburn
34. Brad Friedel of the USA was the first goalkeeper in the 2002 world cup to do what?
Save a penalty
35. When a referee in karate calls ’shobu sanbon hajime’, what happens?
The match begins

Round Eight - Bell Ringing
36. What name is given to the practice of bell-ringing?
Camponology
37. Who wrote ‘For Whom The Bell Tolls’?
Ernest Hemmingway
38. Which male instrumentalist was famous for his ‘Tubular Bells’?
Mike Oldfield
39. What message was given by the ‘Bells of St Clements’?
Oranges & Lemons
40. In which famous building will you find the world’s heaviest bell, The Tsar Kolokol?
Kremlin - Moscow

Round Nine - Connections
41. Who was director of the FBI from 1824 to 1972?
J Edgar HOOVER
42. Before joining the Police, Stewart Copeland had chart success with which group?
Curved AIR
43. The ‘Fred Basset’ cartoon strip appears in which daily newspaper?
Daily MAIL
44. On ‘The Fast Show’ what was the catchphrase of the insecure girl played by Arabella Weir?
‘Does my BUM look big in this?’
45. What is the connection?
BAGS  

Round Ten - Shopaholics
46. Which is the world’s biggest chain of department stores?
Woolworths (6,309 stores worldwide)
47. What is the name of the world’s biggest toy shop in Regent Street, London?
Hamleys
48. Which fictional department store set the scene for TV’s ‘Are you being served’?
Grace Brothers
49. Which two colours make up the packaging of the famous Harrods store in Knightsbridge?
Green and Gold
5o. What is the name of the vast shopping mall in Gateshead, which featured in TV’s ‘Trouble In Store’?
The Metro Centre

Round One - Body-parts
1. What name is given to the flap of cartilage which prevents food from entering your windpipe?
Epiglottis
2. Where in your body would you find a fontanelle?
In the skull
3. Which acid builds up in the muscles during strenuous excercise?
Lactic acid
4. What part of your body would interest a rhinologist?
Nose
5. What is the membranous sac enclosing the heart called?
Pericardium

Round Two - At The Movies
6. What is the robots name in the movies "Short Circuit 1 and 2"?
Johnny
7. In Blazing Saddles, what is the last name of everybody in the town of Rock Ridge?
Johnson
8. In Halloween, Michael Meyers wore a Halloween mask of what famous character?
Captain Kirk
9. In Jumanji, a stampede is released. What is the slowest animal?
Rhinoceros
10. What was the very first James Bond movie that was shown in the 80’s?
For Your Eyes Only

Round Three - Bashing The Bishops
11. What Is The Name Of A Bishops Head Dress?
Mitre
12. Ed Bishop Was The Leading Actor In Which Cult Sc-Fi T.V. Series?
U.F.O
13. Which City’s Bishop Signs His Name As Lindum?
Lincoln
14. What Was Emily Bishop’s Maiden Name In Coronation Street?
Nugent
15. Off The Coast Of Which County Is Bishops Rock Light House?
Cornwall

Round Four - Blood and Guts
16. What is the medical term for an obstruction of a blood vessel by a clot or air bubble?
Embolism
17. Which military leader acquired the nickname of "Old Blood and Guts"?
General Patton
18. What word is the name given to the smallest blood vessels in the body?
Capillaries
19. Who was the first member of the British royal family to donate blood?
Prince Charles in 1985
20. Which organization’s motto is "Blood and Fire"?
The Salvation Army

Round Five - Call The Fire Brigade
21. Which disaster movie was about a fire in the world’s tallest building?
Towering Inferno
22. What was the name Of the Fire Station on TV’s London’s Burning?
Blackwall
23. In which film did Robert DeNiro play a fire chief called Donald Rimgale?
Backdraft
24. Which London tube station was destroyed by fire in 1987, killing 27 people?
King’s Cross
25. What Is The Name Of Fireman Sam’s Fire Engine?
Jupiter

Round Six – Its Very Froggy!
26. To what classification/group of animals does the frog belong?
Amphibian
27. Which Florida-born writer’s first success was the 1865 book ‘The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County’?
Mark Twain
28. What is the name of Kermit the Frog’s nephew who appeared on The Muppets singing ‘Halfway Down The Stairs Is The Stair Where I Sit’?
Robin
29. In which part of a horses body is there a frog?
Foot
30. Name the Paul McCartney hit that featured The Frog Chorus?
We All Stand Together

Round Seven – Gone To The Gods
31. Who was the King of the Gods?
Jupiter / Zeus
32. Who was the God of the Underworld?
Pluto
33. The Greek Gods lived on which mountain?
Olympus
34. How many ‘Labours’ did Hercules complete?
Twelve
35. Who was Cupid’s mother?
Venus

Round Eight - Connections
36. Which film introduced us to the horrific character called Freddy Kruger?
Nightmare On ELM street
37. Cousin It, Uncle Fester and Morticia were all members of what?
The Addams FAMILY
38. Which song did Laurel and Hardy sing in the film "Way Out West"?
"The Trail Of The Lonesome PINE"
39. Which six-letter word is defined as neat and tidy?
SPRUCE
40. What is the connection?
TREES

Round Nine - Sports - True or False
41. Horses in an Olympic Equestrian event need to have a passport to compete?
True
42. Snooker player Terry Griffiths once played pantomine in Aladdin in Rhyl?
False
43. Racehorse Shergar once turned on the Christmas lights in Wolverhampton?
False
44. One handed weightlifting featured in the 1896 Olympics?
True
45. Charlton Athletic manager Alan Curbishley starred in a TV commercial for Heinz Spaghetti hoops?
False

Round Ten - Food & Drink
46. What is an opaque jelly made from cornflour and milk that has been sweetened and flavoured called?
Blancmange
47. How many gallons are there in one Firkin of beer?
Nine
48. What is the name for split pulse, a common foodstuff in India?
Dhal
49. Marian, Purple Top and Acme are all varieties of which vegetable?
Swede
50. From which country does Arborio rice come?
Italy

Round 1 - 80s Movie Quotes
1. You can be my wingman any time.
Top Gun
2. That’s not a knife…. That’s a knife
Crocodile Dundee
3. Wait a minute, Doc. Are you telling me you built a time machine out of a DeLorean?
Back To The Future
4. We’re all pretty bizarre. Some of us are just better at hiding it, that’s all.
The Breakfast Club
5. Cyborgs don’t feel pain. I do. Don’t do that again.
Terminator
6. I love you, but we only have fourteen hours to save the Earth!
Flash Gordon
7. I said, I’m not gonna hurt ya… I’m just gonna bash your brains in.
The Shining
8. Nobody puts Baby in a corner.
Dirty Dancing
9. We want the finest wines available to humanity, and we want them here, and we want them now.
Withnail And I
10. - Are you the police? - No, ma’am. We’re musicians
The Blues Brothers
11. “More human than human” is our motto.
Blade Runner
12. Man who catch fly with chopstick accomplish anything.
The Karate Kid
13. Rod didn’t kill Tina and he didn’t hang himself. There’s this guy. He’s after us in our dreams.
A Nightmare On Elm Street
14. My name is Drago. I’m a fighter from the Soviet Union. I fight all my life and I never lose.
Rocky IV
15. Snakes… Why’d it have to be snakes?
Raiders Of The Lost Ark

Round 2 - In The News
1. Which U.S. President announced his country were boycotting the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow?
Jimmy Carter
2. In 1988, who became the first British golfer to win the US Masters?
Sandy Lyle
3. In 1986, who was Prince Andrew’s best man when he married Sarah Ferguson?
Prince Edward
4. Which British coin was introduced for the first time in June 1982?
20 pence
5. What was the name of the Space Station launched by the Soviet Union in 1986?
Mir
6. In the 1980s, who did Ronald Reagan famously describe as the “best man in England”?
Margaret Thatcher
7. Fluoxetine Hydrochloride was launched in the 1980s, but by what name is this drug better known?
Prozac (it’s an antidepressant)
8. What was the name of the I.R.A. terrorist, who died in prison in April 1981 after a 66 day hunger strike?
Bobby Sands
9. Which former entertainer was elected mayor of Palm Springs in California in 1988?
Sonny Bono
10. In which city is Tiananmen Square, where a large number of protestors were killed in 1989?
Beijing

Round 3 - Toys And Games
1. The Rubik’s cube became a worldwide sensation after being exported from which European country? Austria, Hungary or Czechoslovakia?
Hungary
2. What toy would you have bought in the 1980s if you received a unique birth certificate with it, signed by it’s creator Xavier Roberts?
A Cabbage Patch Kid
3. The video game character Pacman was inspired by which food item? A pizza (with a slice missing)
4. BMX bikes became popular in the 1980s, but what do the initials BMX stand for?
Bicycle Moto Cross
5. Which range of animal figures were voted Toy of the Year in 1987, 1988 and 1989?
Sylvanian Families
6. Which brand of toy was launched in 1982 with varieties called Blossom, Minty, Butterscotch, Cotton Candy, Blue Belle and Snuzzle?
My Little Pony
7. What was the sequel to the ZX Spectrum computer game Manic Miner?
Jet Set Willy
8. Released in 1982, how many “roll again” spaces are there on a standard Trivial Pursuit board?
12
9. Which line of toys from the 1980s came from the planet Cybertron?
Transformers
10. In the arcade game Mario Brothers, what were the first names of the two title characters?
Mario and Luigi

Round 4 - Connections
1. Kidnapped by terrorists in April 1986, who became Britain’s longest-held hostage in Lebanon and wasn’t released for over 5 years?
John McCarthy
2. Often referred to as the 80s fashion bible, which magazine was created by Nick Logan, who had previously created the magazine Smash Hits?
The Face
3. Which James Bond actor played a secret agent called J.B. in the 1983 TV movie The Return Of The Man From U.N.C.L.E.?
George Lazenby
4. Which fictional villain first appeared in the 1981 novel Red Dragon and was played on screen by Brian Cox in the 1986 film Manhunter?
Hannibal Lecter
5. The Power Station had a hit single in 1985 with a cover version of Get It On, but who originally had a hit with this song?
T Rex
6. In 1981, a series of 33 books called Little Miss were published as an accompanying series to which series of books from 10 years earlier?
Mr. Men
7. Who had a top ten hit in 1980 with To Be Or Not To Be and also wrote and performed on the Scotland’s 1982 World Cup song We Have A Dream?
B. A. Robertson
8. For 3 points, which 1980s TV show connects the previous 7 answers?
The A-Team - characters

Round 5 - Music
1. Which former soap star released the album Ten Good Reasons, which went on to become the biggest selling album in the UK in 1989?
Jason Donovan
2. In 1989, a charity version of Ferry ‘Cross The Mersey was released in aid of the victims of what disaster?
The Hillsborough
Disaster
3. Which group who had a top ten hit in 1987 were made up of 8 brothers and sisters from the Wolfgramm family?
The Jets (their hit was
called “Crush On You”)
4. Which 1980s number one single was based on an old African song called Mbube, which had earlier been adapted into a song called Wimoweh?
“The Lion Sleeps Tonight” (by Tight Fit)
5. Paul Young’s voice was the first heard on Band Aid’s song Do They Know It’s Christmas, but whose was the second voice to be heard?
Boy George’s
6. Do They Know It’s Christmas was the biggest selling single in the UK in the 80s, but which controversial song was the second biggest seller?
“Relax” by Frankie Goes To Hollywood
7. What groundbreaking roles did Nina Blackwood, Mark Goodman, Alan Hunter, J.J. Jackson and Martha Quinn have in music in the 1980s?
They were the original MTV VJs (Video Jockeys)
8. Banned by the South African government who said it incited riots among schoolchildren, what was the first UK number one hit of the 1980s?
Another Brick In The Wall (by Pink Floyd)
9. Who performed his song Looking For Freedom at the Berlin Wall on New Year’s Eve 1989, shortly after it had been dismantled?
David Hasselhoff
10. Which group recorded the song Have A Screw, an x-rated version of a number one hit they’d had earlier in the 1980s?
Black Lace (based on the song “Agadoo”)

Round 6 - Initial Letter Link
1. First shown in 1984, who hosted the TV show Surprise, Surprise?
Cilla Black
2. Which 1980s TV series was inspired by Sinclair Lewis’ novel It Can’t Happen Here and featured aliens who looked liked humans arriving on Earth?
V
3. What was the name of the lead singer of Joy Division who hanged himself in May, 1980?
Ian Curtis
4. Willy Russell wrote two plays in the 1980s with girls names in their titles that were adapted into films in the same decade. One was Shirley Valentine, but what was the other?
Educating Rita
5. Which team knocked England out of the 1986 football World Cup?
Argentina
6. Which country’s Prime Minister was assassinated on October 31st, 1984?
India’s (Indira Gandhi)
7. Which tennis player won more singles titles at Wimbledon in the 1980s than anyone else?
Martina Navratilova (6 ladies singles titles)
8. What was the name of the Irishman who managed to break into the Queen’s bedroom in Buckingham Palace?
Michael Fagan
9. Which 1984 film featured child actor Jonathan Ke Quan playing a character called Short Round?
Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom
10. The initial letters of the previous 9 answers can be rearranged to spell out the name of which popular 80s TV show?
Miami Vice

Round 7 - Stick Or Twist
1. Who won the World Snooker Championship more than any other player in the 1980s? Steve Davis or Stephen Hendry?
Steve Davis
2. What was the name of the Greenpeace ship that was bombed and sunk in 1985? Exxon Valdez, Vital Spark or Rainbow Warrior?
Rainbow Warrior
3. Who did Alex Ferguson succeed as Manchester United manager in 1986?
Ron Atkinson
4. First appearing on TV in the 1980s, which of the names of the four Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles would score the least number of points if allowed in Scrabble?
Leonardo (9 pts, Raphael = 12 pts, Michelangelo = 20 pts, Donatello = 10 pts)
5. Who was Time Magazine’s Man Of The Year in 1987, and in 1989 was named as their Man Of The Decade?
Mikhail Gorbachev

Tie Breaks
1. Using the retail price index, £1 in 1980 would be the equivalent of how much money
in 2006?
£2.96
2. How many times is the “f” word used in the 1983 film Scarface?
207