QUIZERAMA QUIZ FILES

Round One - Around The World
1. Which Central-American country is known as "the land of lakes and volcanoes"?
Nicaragua
2. Which stretch of water separates the north & south islands of New Zealand?
The Cook Strait
3. Which country has sovereignty over Greenland?
Denmark
4. By what name is the world’s largest salt-water lake known?
The Caspian Sea
5. In which us state will you find the river Thames, and the towns of Norwich Essex and Colchester?
Connecticut

Round Two - Couples & Pairs
6. Who was Peter Seller’s co-star in the film "The Millionairess"?
Sophia Loren
7. Which two countries joined the EEC at the same time as Britain?
Denmark and Eire
8. Which tennis pair won a record 109 consecutive ladies doubles matches?
Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver
9. Which two woodwind instruments are classified as double reeds?
Oboe and Bassoon
10. In the hit 80’s cop series Miami vice, what parts were played by Don Johnson & Philip Michael Thomas?
Crockett & Tubbs

Round Three - Clothes Show
11. What apparel is designer David Shilling famous?
Hats
12. Which river gives its name to a woollen fabric?
Tweed
13. What’s the name given to the veil worn by Moslem women in public?
Yashmak
14. Which product, patented in 1937 in New York and London became the height of women’s fashion for several decades?
Nylons - Ny(New York) -lon(London)
15. If you were at a village fete, and you are taking part in ‘dwyle-flonking’, what would you be doing?
Throwing a wellington boot

Round Four - Story Time
16. What did ‘peter pan’ say were made from every new baby’s first laugh?
Fairies
17. In which Dickens novel does Bill Sykes and a dog called Bullseye appear?
Oliver Twist
18. Which author created the character Captain Nemo?
Jules Verne
19. Who in Enid Blyton’s fiction collectively owned a dog called ’scamper’?
The Secret Seven
20. What was the first James Bond novel to be written by Ian Fleming?
Casino Royale

Round Five - Looney Tunes - Handout
21. Daffy Duck
22. Speedy Gonzales
23. Foghorn Leghorn
24. Pepe Le Pew
25. Porky Pig

Round Six - Connections
26. In which film did Cliff Richard drive a red double-decker bus?
SUMMER Holiday
27. Which Shakespeare play features King Leontes of Sicilia?
A WINTERS Tale
28. Which song taken from the album War of the Worlds, was a hit for Justin Hayward?
Forever AUTUMN
29. Which now deceased women sang the first song on Top of The Pops?
Dusty SPRINGfield
30. What is the connection?
The Four Seasons

Round Seven - Black Or White
31. In which song did Procal Harem sing about 16 vestal virgins?
A Whiter Shade Of Pale
32. Which rock group led by Ozzy Osbourne took their name from a Dennis Wheatley novel?
Black Sabbath
33. How is 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue better known?
The White House
34. Who shared a home with Ginger and Merrylegs?
Black Beauty
35. The Nawab of Bengal was responsible for establishing which Indian prison?
Black hole of Calcutta

Round Eight - All At Sea
36. Which British passenger ship was sunk by a German U-boat off the coast of Ireland on may 7, 1915?
SS Lusitania
37. Who wrote the enduringly popular poems ‘Sea Fever’ and ‘Cargoes’?
John Masefield
38. What type of vessel was the main theme of the film "Grey Lady Down?
Submarine
39. What was the name of Christopher Columbus’s flagship?
The Santa Maria
40. Which nuclear powered submarine passed under the north pole in august 1958?
USS Nautilus

Round Nine - Same Initials
41. Which very famous novel features the character Philip Pirrip?
Great Expectations
42. Which unpleasant inflammation of the stomach is usually caused by eating contaminated food?
Gastro Enteritis
43. Which well known bird of prey has the scientific name aquila chrysaetos?
Golden Eagle
44. For Which event of 1851 was the Crystal Palace constructed in Hyde Park?
Great Exhibition
45. Who had hits during the 1980s as lead singer with the Miami sound machine?
Gloria Estefan

Round Ten - Looney Tunes - Handout
46. Elmer Fudd
47. Yosemite Sam
48. Bugs Bunny
49. Taz (Tasmanian Devil)
50. Sylvester