QUIZERAMA QUIZ FILES

Round One - General Knowledge
1. Born in 1926, John Bartholomew was the real name of which bespectacled comedian?
ERIC MORECAMBE
2. Author Sir Henry Rider Haggard died in 1925. Which of his novels was made into a film starring Stewart Granger and Deborah Kerr?
‘KING SOLOMON’S MINES’
3. Released in 1993, which film tells the story of a man offering another man $1m to sleep with his wife?
`INDECENT PROPOSAL’
4. To which American President was a memorial at Runnymede unveiled in 1965?
JOHN F. KENNEDY
5. In which American state did the first Englishman settle in 1607?
VIRGINIA

Round Two - Cinema
6. What were the Christian names of the Blues Brothers?
JAKE & ELWOOD
7. Which actress, born in Berlin in 1940, starred with Peter Sellers in A Shot in the Dark?
ELKE SOMMER
8. Who was killed in a plane-crash shortly after completing her starring role in Queen Of The Damned?
AALIYAH
9. Who won an Oscar in 2003 for her part in the film Chicago?
CATHERINE ZETA JONES
10. In the 2001 film Behind Enemy Lines a US Navy pilot is shot down in which country?
BOSNIA

Round Three - The Arts
11. Who painted The Laughing Cavalier?
FRANS HALS
12. What operatic heroine works in a cigarette factory?
CARMEN
13. Which style of art is characterised by lightness, delicacy and elaborate ornamentation and corresponds with the reign of Louis XV of France?
ROCOCO
14. Which of Shakespeare’s plays begins with the words "If music be the food of love, play on"?
TWELFTH NIGHT
15. L.S. Lowry, what was the artist’s first name?
LAURENCE

Round Four - Sports Bag
16. Only one tennis player has achieved a ‘Golden Grand Slam’, winning all four major tournaments and an Olympic gold medal in the same year. Who was it?
STEFFI GRAFF
17. Which football team were the first to be promoted to the Premier League?
NEWCASTLE UNITED
18. Which Formula 1 team made their debut in Australia 2002?
TOYOTA
19. It’s played over four periods of 15 minutes and only two of the seven players can score, which sport?
NETBALL
20. In cricket how many runs are scored when the ball hits a helmet left on the ground by the fielding team?
FIVE

Round Five - Titanic Questions
21. Which Belfast shipbuilding company built Titanic?
HARLAND & WOLFF
22. What was the name of Titanic’s older sister ship?
OLYMPIC
23. How many watertight compartments was Titanic’s hull divided into?
SIXTEEN
24. What was the name of the ship that came to rescue Titanic’s survivors?
CARPATHIA
25. How many propellors did Titanic have?
THREE

Round Six - Food & Drink
26. In corned beef what are the corns?
SALT
27. Which company opened the first Burger Restaurant in Britain in 1954?
WIMPEY
28. The wine Marsala comes from which region of Italy?
SICILY
29. What kind of nuts are used in a bar of Cadbury’s Fruit And Nut?
ALMONDS
30. What is the world’s most popular bottled malt whisky?
GLENFIDDICH

Round Seven - Music
31. The Beatles had several earlier names. Which wasn’t one of them: The Quarrymen, Johnny and the Moondogs, The Silver Beetles, Rory Storme and the Hurricanes?
RORY STORME & THE HURRICANES (It was Ringo´s band before joining)
32. What Elton John song begins "It’s a little bit funny, this feeling inside…"?
YOUR SONG
33. What was Bob Dylan’s first hit single in the UK?
TIMES THEY ARE A CHANGIN’
34. According to The Eagles, where can you check out but never leave?
HOTEL CALIFORNIA
35. Who had a 90s hit with ‘Born Slippy’?
UNDERWORLD

Round Eight - Around The World
36. Which country is home to the Mosquito Coast, El Salvador, Costa Rica or Honduras?
HONDURAS
37. In what county is Canvey Island?
ESSEX
38. The Strait of Hormuz separates Oman from which country?
IRAN
39. Where is the Thar Desert?
INDIA
40. Where would the next place you came to if you travelled due west from Cape Horn?
CAPE HORN

Round Nine - Connections
41. What is the general term used to describe the woman in charge of a religious community of women - for example nuns?
MOTHER SUPERIOR
42. In which U.S. State would you find Detroit?
MICHIGAN
43. Which Spice girl had hit with "this groove / let your head go"?
VICTORIA BECKHAM
44. What is the name of the international agreement that established a code for the treatment of prisoners of war?
GENEVA CONVENTION
45. What is the connection?
LAKES

Round Ten - Kissing
46. Which Nursery Rhyme Character "kissed the girls and made them cry"?
GEORGIE PORGIE
47. On which Ship did Horatio Nelson allegedly say, "Kiss me, Hardy"?
HMS VICTORY
48. Which "Royal" caused a scandal by being photographed having her Toes kissed?
THE "DUCHESS OF YORK" (SARAH FERGUSON)
49. Which Animated Disney film (1989), featured a song called "Kiss the Girl"?
THE LITTLE MERMAID
50. Which Actor said, "kissing Marilyn Monroe" was like kissing Hitler!"?
TONY CURTIS, (AFTER STARRING WITH HER IN THE 1959 FILM, "SOME LIKE IT HOT")

ROUND ONE. FOOD & DRINK
1.    WHICH IS THE BEST SELLING FLAVOUR OF HEINZ SOUP IN THE UK
(TOMATO)
2.    WERE BANANAS FIRST SOLD IN BRITAIN IN 1633, 1733 OR 1833
(1633 - OLIVER CROMWELL WAS PRESENTED WITH ONE!)
3.    WHICH IS THE BEST SELLING CONFECTIONARY BAR IN THE UK
(KIT KAT)
4.    HOW MANY NORMAL SIZE BOTTLES ARE EQUIVALENT TO A JEROBOAM
(FOUR)
5.    FROM WHICH FISH DOES THE DELICACY CAVIAR COME
(STURGEON)

ROUND TWO. PUSSY CATS
6.    WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE CAT, ALONG WITH RIPLEY, THAT IS A SURVIVOR IN THE FILM ‘ALIEN’
(JONES)
7.    WHAT IS THE NAME OF ALICE’S CAT IN ‘ALICE IN WONDERLAND’
(DINAH)
8.    WHO HAD A HIT IN 1979 & 1992 WITH ‘COOL FOR CATS’
(SQUEEZE)
9.    WHICH CARTOON CAT WAS THE FIRST TO BE A FILM STAR IN 1927
(FELIX)
10.    WHAT IS THE MOST POPULAR NAME FOR A CAT IN BRITAIN
(SOOTY)

ROUND THREE. SPORTS TRIVIA
11.    HOW LONG IS A DRAG RACING STRIP
(A QUARTER OF A MILE)
12.    WHAT IS THE WOMENS EQUIVALENT OF THE RYDER CUP
(SOLHEIM CUP)
13.    HOW LONG IS THE PLAYING TIME IN A HOCKEY MATCH
(60 MINUTES / ONE HOUR)
14.    IN JUDO, WHAT IS THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE GRADE ATTAINABLE
(12TH dan / WHITE BELT)
15.    HOW MANY PEOPLE FORM A TUG-O-WAR TEAM
(EIGHT)

ROUND FOUR. WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE!
16.    WHICH CLASSICAL COMPOSER WROTE ‘THE WATER MUSIC’
(HANDEL)
17.    HOW MANY PLAYERS ARE IN THE WATER AT ONE TIME IN A WATER POLO MATCH
(14)
18.    WHO WROTE ‘WATERSHIP DOWN’
(RICHARD ADAMS)
19.    FOR WHAT PRODUCT IS THE IRISH TOWN OF WATERFORD FAMOUS
(CRYSTAL GLASS)
20.    WHO WROTE THE CLASSIC NOVEL ‘THE WATER BABIES’
(CHARLES KINGSLEY)  

ROUND FIVE. CAR-A-GRAMS (MAKE & MODEL OF CARS)
21. SOFT RECORD (FORD ESCORT)
22. KNOWS GLOVE FLAG (VOLKSWAGEN GOLF)
23. SINS ANY NUNS (NISSAN SUNNY)
24. LOYAL ACTOR TOO (TOYOTA COROLLA)
25. VIA COD CHIN (HONDA CIVIC)

ROUND SIX. LIVING WORLD
26. WHAT IS A MALE HONEY BEE KNOWN AS
(DRONE)
27. IS A GURNARD - A BIRD, A FISH OR AN INSECT
(A FISH)
28. WHICH BIRD IS ASSOCIATED WITH LUNDY ISLAND
(PUFFIN)
29. WHICH IS THE LARGEST MEMBER OF THE CROW FAMILY
(RAVEN)
30. WHAT DO POLLED CATTLE NOT HAVE
(HORNS)

ROUND SEVEN. ANIMATED MOVIES
31. WHICH OF THE SEVEN DWARFS HAS THE LONGEST NAME
(BASHFUL)
32. WHO CREATED ‘WALLACE & GROMIT’
(NICK PARK)
33. WHICH ANIMATED FILM TAKES PLACE IN PEPPERLAND
(YELLOW SUBMARINE)
34. WHAT IS SIMBA’S UNCLE CALLED IN THE LION KING
(SCAR)
35. WHAT IS THE PRINCESS CALLED IN ALADDIN
(JASMINE)

ROUND EIGHT. NUMBER TWO’S!
36. ONE FOR SORROW, TWO FOR WHAT
(JOY or MIRTH)
37. THE ANIMALS WENT IN TWO BY TWO, THE ELEPHANT AND THE WHAT
(KANGAROO)
38. VALENTINE AND PROTEUS WERE THE NAMES OF TWO GENTLEMEN FROM WHERE
(VERONA)
39. THE GOD ‘JANUS’ HAD TWO WHAT
(HEADS)
40. WHAT NATIONALITY WERE THE 90’s CHART TOPPING DUO ‘2 UNLIMITED’
(DUTCH - maybe double-dutch!)

ROUND NINE. AROUND THE WORLD
41. IN WHICH MOUNTAIN RANGE CAN YOU MOUNT THE JUNGFRAU (PRON: YOUNG-FROW)
(THE ALPS)
42. WHICH VOLCANO RAINED ASH ON WASHINGTON STATE IN 1980
(MOUNT ST.HELENS)
43. WHAT IS THE ENGLISH NAME FOR MOSCOWS’ ATTRACTION KNOWN LOCALLY AS KRASNAVA PLOSCHAD
(RED SQUARE)
44. WHICH SEASONAL KIDDY ATTRACTION IN FINLAND RECEIVES A £125,000 E.U. GRANT
(SANTA’S GROTTO)
45. WHICH TURKISH MOUNTAIN RANGE SHARES ITS NAME WITH A SIGN OF THE ZODIAC
(TAURUS)

ROUND TEN. TRUE OR FALSE!
46. HUMANS ARE THE ONLY SPECIES ON EARTH WHO HAVE SEX FOR PLEASURE
(FALSE - DOLPHINS)
47. A PIG’S ORGASM LASTS FOR 30 MINUTES
(TRUE)
48. LEFT HANDED PEOPLE LIVE, ON AVERAGE, NINE YEARS LONGER THAN RIGHT HANDED PEOPLE
(FALSE - OTHER WAY ROUND)
49. THE HUMAN HEART CREATES ENOUGH PRESSURE WHEN IT PUMPS OUT TO THE BODY TO SQUIRT BLOOD 30 FEET
(TRUE)
50. IF YOU FART (PASS WIND) CONSISTENTLY FOR 6 YEARS AND 9 MONTHS, ENOUGH GAS IS PRODUCED TO CREATE THE ENERGY OF AN ATOMIC BOMB
(TRUE!!!)