Quiz 171007
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
