QUIZERAMA QUIZ FILES

Round One - Food and Drink
1. What is another name for ground almond paste?
Marzipan
2. In uht milk what does uht stand for?
Ultra high temp
3. What fruit does the hawthorne produce?
Sloe
4. What was the first line of the Italian song "O Sole Mio" altered to in a long series of TV adverts for a food brand?
"Just One Cornetto"
5. Which two popular fruits are anagrams of each other?
Lemon and Melon

Round Two - Four of a Kind
6. Which four American Presidents have their faces scultped on Mount Rushmore?
George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln
7. What are the names of the four stations on a Monopoly board?
Kings Cross, Marylebone, Fenchurch Street and Liverpool Street
8. What are the names of the Four Horseman of the Apocalypse?
War, Famine, Pestilence and Death
9. In four colour process printing, which is also known as CMYB, which are the only four colours that are used?
Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black
10. Which four American states begin with the letter I?
Idaho, Illinois, Indiana and Iowa
 
Round Three - Entertainment
11. Which two films that have won best picture Oscar`s in the 1990s have types of animals in their title?
`Silence of the Lambs` and `Dances with Wolves`
12. What are the first names of `The Blues Brothers`?
Jake and Elwood
13. Who played Rene Artois in `Allo Allo`?
Gordon Kaye
14. In which movie did Vincent Price make his last appearance?
Edward Scissorhands
15. Which film was the first to use Dolby surround sound?
`Star Wars`
Spare - In `Star Wars`, what do the letters `TIE` stand for in `TIE Fighter`?
Twin Ion Engine

Round Four - TV Locations
16. Which series took place at the New York high school for performing arts?
Fame
17. In which American city does Alley Mcbeal work?
Boston
18. What was the name of the beach where Baywatch was set?
Malibu beach
19. Where does postman Pat deliver letters?
Greendale
20. Where is Eastenders filmed?
Elstree Studios

Round Five - Robots & Androids - Handout Round
21. Iron Giant from the Iron Giant
22. Data from Star Trek
23. Rosie from the Jetsons
24. T-800 from The Terminator
25. Bender from Futurama

Round Six - War
26. Which battle of 1746 ended the Jacobite revolution?
Culloden
27. Which country declared war on both Germany and the Allies in World War II?
Italy
28. In which city was Archduke Ferdinand assassinated leading to the World War I?
Sarajevo
29. In which war was the Victoria Cross first awarded?
Crimean
30. The Battle of Bosworth in 1485 was the last battle of which series of wars?
The Wars Of The Roses

Round Seven - Quotes of 2005
31. In April 2005, who said "I think I need to apologise to the nation for having to stop like that, but I was losing 10 seconds every time my stomach cramped up"?
Paula Radcliffe
32. To what was Tony Blair referring to when he said "It is not often in this job that you get to punch the air and do a little jig and embrace the person standing next to you"?
London winning the Olympic Bid
33. After being given the freedom of his home town, who said in 2005 "That means I can drive a flock of sheep through the town centre, drink for free in no less than 64 pubs and get a lift home with the police when I become inebriated - what more could you want" and which town was he talking about?
Andrew Flintoff - Preston
34. In 2005, which actor said that he celebrated with "a couple of Martinis" after being chosen to play a high profile role?
David Craig (to play James Bond)
35. After his side were beaten by a controversial goal, which football manager said "Liverpool scored, if you can say that they scored, because maybe you should say the linesman scored"?
Jose Mourinho

Round Eight - Beer
36. Which Beer boasts the oldest registered trademark in the world?
Bass
37. Other than the United States which other country produces Budweiser, also known as Budvar?
Czech Republic
38. Which country brews a beer called Steinlager?
New Zealand
39. What beer uses the communist star on their label?
Heineken
40. The saying ‘Mind your P’s and Q’s’ originally meant to be careful how much you drank.
From what words does the saying originate?
Pints and Quarts
A popular saying comes from the time when alcoholic beverages were sold only in pints and quarts. So what is the phrase that originally meant: "Be careful how much you drink."

Round Nine - 5-4-3-2-1 Sports & Games
41.  Which five English league football teams have names which start and end with the same letter?
Aston Villa, Liverpool, Northampton Town, Charlton Athletic and York City
42. Which 4 letters have a tile value of 3 in Scrabble?
B, C, M and P
43. In horse racing, which three racecourses stage the five English "classics"?
Doncaster, Epsom and Newmarket
44. Of the four different athletic jumping events included in the Olympics, which two are only performed by men?
Pole vault, triple jump
45. How many columns are their in the game Connect 4?
7

Round Ten - Robots & Androids - Handout Round
46. Johnny 5 from Short Circuit
47. Marvin the Paranoid Android from Hitchikers
48. Twiki from Buck Rogers
49. Cybermen from Dr Who
50. ED-209 from Robocop