Quiz 141107
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!!!)
