QUIZERAMA QUIZ FILES

Round One - Doctors & Nurses
1. Which Doctor did the author Hugh Lofting write about in a series of children’s books?
Doctor Doolittle
2. International Nurses Day is held on May 12, the anniversary of the birth of which famous nurse?
Florence Nightingale
3. Which "Doctor" was arrested in 1910 on board the SS Montrose for the murder of his wife and is regarded as the first criminal to be arrested with the help of radio comunication?
Dr. Crippen
4. Which Italian motorcycle racer is nicknamed "The Doctor"?
Valentino Rossi
5. What is the first name of Sherlock Holmes’ sidekick Doctor Watson?
John
Spare - Which Oscar winning actress played the title role in the 2000 film "Nurse Betty"?
Renee Zellweger

Round Two - Islands
6. What is the largest and also most southern of the Greek islands?
Crete
7. St Mary`s, St Martins and Tresco are main islands in which group?
Scilly Isles
8. What major city is on an island in the St Lawrence river?
Montreal
9. What is the name of the group of 1196 islands in the North Indian Ocean, none of which are bigger than 5 square miles?
The Maldives
10. The island of Gotland belongs to which country?
Sweden

Round Three - Science
11. How many inches of Mercury equal 1 Bar (1000 millibars) - 9.5, 19.5 or 29.5?
29.5
12. What are the three parts of the spine called?
Cervical, thoracic and lumbar
13. What is a molluscs tongue called - a chippel, a radula or an andilla?
Radula
14. What is the only bird in the world to have its nostrils at the tip of its long beak, just like a nose?
Kiwi
15. Who is known as the father of geometry?
Euclid

Round Four - Entertainment
16. What two things are fake on Sheryl Crow?
Front two teeth are fake - she had them knocked out when she tripped on the stage earlier in her career.
17. Who is the most nominated actor for an Oscar?
Jack Nicholson, nominated 12 times, winning 3
18. In Silence of the Lambs, what is the full name of the FBI agent played by Jodie Foster?
Clarice Starling
19. What are the five main male characters in American Pie?
Jim, Oz, Kevin, Finch, Stifler
20. In which movie do you see a man sitting in a shed, wrapped in Cling Film, eating a Mars Bar?
The Full Monty, 1997

Round Five - Rampant Rabbits - Handout Round
21. Frank, Donnie Darko
22. Peter Rabbit. Beatrix Potter
23. Hutch, Were-Rabbit, Wallace & Grommit
24. Killer Rabbit, Monty Pythons search for the holy grail
25. Quickie, Nesquick

Round Six - History
26. Which British Prime Minister, in 1938, returned from Germany with a paper signed by Hitler, declaring that it meant `peace for our time`?
Neville Chamberlain
27. On the 16th April 1746, the last pitched land battle to have taken place in Britain took place, in which the hopes of ‘Bonnie Prince Charlie’ came to an end. What was the name of this battle?
Culloden
28. Which famous person in history was born in 356 BC and had a horse called Bucephalus?
Alexander the Great
29. On which side did Japan fought in the First World War?
With the United Kingdom against Germany
30. The Battle of the Coral Sea was most crucial for the Allies in defending which country in WWII?
Australia
Spare - After being released from prison in 1953, to which country was Fidel Castro exiled?
Honduras

Round Seven - Geography
31. If your geographical position was 0° latitude, 0° longitude, where in the world would you be?
Options: Greenwich, Ghana, The Atlantic Ocean
Answer: The Atlantic Ocean   
32. Name the two landlocked countries in South America.
Paraguay and Bolivia
33. In which two countries is the third-highest mountain in the world?
India and Nepal - Kanchenjunga
34. Lusitania was the Roman name for which EU country?
Portugal
35. In which country is Timbuktu?
Mali

Round Eight - Art
36. What name is given to the art of clipping hedges into artistic shapes.
Topiary
37. By what nickname, meaning little barrel, is the artist born Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi better known?
Botticelli
38. Which twentieth century artist had a studio called `The Factory`?
Andy Warhol.
39. The painter Caneletto is famous for painting landscapes of which two European cities?
Venice and London.
40. What style of painting has a name meaning `fresh` in Italian?
Fresco

Round Nine - Sport 5-4-3-2-1
41. Name the last 5 sponsors of the League Cup (football, include the current one) Carling, Worthington, Coca-Cola, Rumbelows and Littlewoods (Milk Marque was the first sponsor)
42. At the 2007 bWimbledon Championships, who were the British top 4 male tennis players?
Andy Murray, Greg Rusedski, Tim Henman and Alex Bogdanovic
43. Who competes in rubgy union’s tri-nations tournament?
South Africa, Austalia and New Zealand
44. Which two events did Kelly Holmes win in the 2004 olympics?
800m and 1500m running.
45. Which is the only non-league football team to have won the FA Cup since the league began? (clue 1: in 1901, clue 2: they are currently in the premiership) Tottenham Hotspur
 
Round Ten - Rampant Rabbits - Handout Round
46. Rabbit, Pooh
47. Swift Heart, Carebear Cousins
48. Thumper, Bambi
49. General Woundwart, Watership Down
50. Jackalope

How many minutes does it take the Hubble Space Telescope to complete one orbit around the earth?
97