Quiz 071107
Round One - F-Words
Which F-Word can be…
1. Floating wreckage at sea?
Flotsam
2. Small deer with white spotted reddish brown summer coat?
Fallow
3. Former Royal coat of arms of France?
Fleur-de-lis
4. A narrow crack or split?
Fissure
5. Seasoned smoked sausage?
Frankfurter
Round Two - Around The World
6. What country provides only overland exit from S America?
Panama
7. What Euro capital is 208 miles from London by air?
Paris
8. What is the official language of Cuba?
Spanish
9. What is Santa Clara Valley in California better known as?
Silicon Valley
10. What European country colonised Mozambique and Angola?
Portugal
Round Three - Food & Drink
11. In cookery what type of food is the Italian " Frittata"?
Omelette
12. Which Dutch beer features a five pointed red star in it’s logo?
Heineken
13. Lobster Thermadore is a dish of lobster served with which type of sauce?
Cheese
14. On a Spanish menu, what are gambas?
Prawns
15. Which cartoon duo share their name with a cocktail of rum, brandy, nutmeg, egg and milk?
Tom & Jerry
Round Four - Sporting Chance
16. Which Olympic events have a course of one mile, 427 yards?
Rowing events
17. After how many points do players change service in table tennis?
Five
18. In which sport could you see a flying camel?
Ice Skating
19. Which player stands on the mound in the middle of the diamond in baseball?
The Pitcher
20. In which sport would you find a ‘kissing button’?
Archery - on a bowstring
Round Five - Nicknames and Aliases
21. Who was William Frederick Cody better known as?
Buffalo Bill
22. Who has as one of his titles ‘Patriarch of the West’?
The Pope
23. By what name is Brown Owl (the leader of Brownies) now officially known?
Brownie Guider
24. What other name is the fruit ‘Bramble’ better known as?
Blackberry
25. I’m the urban spaceman, a hit for the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band was produced by Apollo C. Vermouth. Whose alias is this?
Paul McCartney
Round Six - Metal Work
26. What is the Earth’s most abundant metal?
Aluminium
27. Which metal is obtained from the minerals haematite and magnetite?
Iron
28. What is the lightest (least dense) metal?
Lithium
29. Which metal is obtained from the mineral cinnabar?
Mercury
30. Which metal is obtained from the mineral galena?
Lead
Round Seven - Transport
31. Which mode of transport first crossed the English Channel on 25/07/59?
Hovercraft
32. Which British Airline collapsed in 1982?
Laker Airlines / Skytrain
33. In which decade of the 20th century was the Volkswagen Beetle first launched?
Thirties / 1938
34. Which was the first railway station to be built in London?
Euston
35. In which country did Steve Fosset land following his successful Circumnavigation of the World in a hot air balloon in 2002?
Australia
Round Eight - History Class
36. In WWII, how was the Japanese aircraft, the Mitsubishi A6M known to the allies?
Zero
37. Who was Prime Minister at the time of the abdication of Edward VIII?
Stanley Baldwin
38. In what year was the first maritime SOS signal sent?
1912 (Titanic)
39. In 1965 Douglas Englebart invented which computer accessory?
Mouse
40. Which battle took place on 21st October 1805?
Battle of Trafalgar
Round Nine - Connections
41. Who was the origonal presenter of A Question of Sport?
David VINE
42. What was Elvis Presley’s first ever Uk hit single?
Heartbreak HOTEL
43. Which TV series featured the Ingal family of Walnut Grove?
Little HOUSE on the prairie
44. Which song topped the charts for Abba in 1978?
Take a CHANCE on me
45. What is the connection?
Monopoly
Round Ten - What Happened Next?
46. 11 Feb 1990, a gate opens and a frail 73-year-old man walks towards a small crowd of people?
Nelson Mandela walks free from prison
47. It’s 1969 and Lulu has just entered a BBC television studio?
…and relieves herself all over the Blue Peter Studio because she’s an elephant!
48. April 1985, Ten minutes past midnight, he places his hand on the table after a very tiring night’s work…?
Denis Taylor’s last pot in the 1985 World Snooker final
49. June 1988 and a bell rings in Atlantic City?
91 seconds later (at a pay rate of $219,780 per second) Mike Tyson has destroyed Michael Spinks
50. A young orphan who witnessed his parents’ murder returns from self imposed exile in the Orient and discovers a cavern under his home…?
Batman begins!
Tiebreaker - What is the greatest number of miles ridden backwards on a Uni cycle without stopping?
53 miles
