QUIZERAMA QUIZ FILES

Round One - Geographical Trivia
1. Which holiday islands belonging to Portugal have the same name as a type of rich sponge cake?
Madeira Islands
2. Which island country in the Indian Ocean lies off the coast of east Africa about 400 miles from Mozambique?
Madagascar
3. Calcutta is the Indian city built on the westernmost mouth of the delta of which river?
Ganges
4. Where in the world is the Kruger National park?
South Africa
5. Which British island in the South Atlantic takes its name from the day of the year on which it was discovered in 1501?
Ascension

Round Two - Movies
6. Which video game and film takes place in Racoon City?
Resident Evil
7. In the 1938 film `Going Places`, Louis Armstrong sung the song `Jeepers Creepers`. Who or what was `Jeepers Creepers`?
A racehorse
8. What was the name of the dog that befriended Kevin Costner in `Dances With Wolves`?
Two Socks
9. What was the name of Courtney Cox`s news reporter in the `Scream` films?
Gale Weathers
10. Which James Bond film caused controversy over the spelling of it`s title, when Americans wanted a letter `c` where the British wanted a letter `s`?
`License To Kill`

Round Three - Science
11. What is oncology?
Cancer Study
12. Who developed the general theory of relativity?
Albert Einstein
13. Camera films bear an ISO number.  What does ISO stand for?
International Standards Organisation
14. Ascorbic acid is which vitamin?
Vitamin C
15. Where in the Human body would you find the Vitreous Humour?
Eye
Spare - What name is given to the lowest layer of the atmosphere?
Troposphere

Round Four - History
16. What has been the most used Papal name?
John
17. In which century did James VI of Scotland become James I of England?
17th (1603)
18. Which country was the first to have two successive elected female heads of state?
Ireland
19. The throne of which country has been occupied by the same family since the sixth century?
Japan
20. In Greek mythology, what was the name of the river which rendered Achilles invincible, apart apart from his heel, when his mother dipped him in it?
The Styx

Round Five - Heroes - Handout Round
21. Thermoman
22. Earthworm Jim
23. The Tick
24. HellBoy
25. Mr Fantastic

Round Six - Bigger or the Same
For each of the following which is the larger or are they the same size…
26. The air distance from London to Delhi or London to Chicago?
London to Delhi
27. 1 mile or 1.61 kilometres?
The same
28. A4 or B4 paper size?
B4 (A4 - 210 x 297, B4 - 250 x 353)
29. The atomic weight of Lithium or the atomic weight of carbon?
Carbon (approx. Twice as heavy)
30. The population of the United Kingdom or the population of Spain?
UK (a 1/3 larger)

Round Seven - Sport
31. Whose motto is "Nil Satis Nisi Optimum" Nothing but the best is good enough?
Everton F.C.
32. Which country won the FIFA World Cup in 1954, 1974 and 1990?
West Germany
33. What is the maximum score possible with 6 darts?
360
34. Of what are "Dog nobbler", "Hare’s Ear Nymph" and "Greenwell’s Glory" all examples?
Flies (for fishing)?
35. Who beat Tim Henman in the semi-final of the 2004 French Open?
Guillermo Coria

Round Eight - Literature
36. What was the first book of the trilogy that ended with Pitcairns Island?
Mutiny on the Bounty
37. What story features Flopsy, Mopsy and Cottontail?
Tales of Peter Rabbit
38. In which Dickens novel did Miss Havisham appear?
Great Expectations
39. What was the name of the of the title character of Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice?
Antonio
40. Huxley’s Brave New World was set in the year 632 AF.  What did AF stand for?
After Ford
Spare - What was the name of the Utopian city built in the sky by the birds in Aristophanes’ comedy The Birds, which has since come to refer to visionary schemes in general?
Cloud Cuckoo Land

Round Nine - Random 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
41. Which 5 James Bond films have just one word in their title?
Goldfinger, Thunderball, Octopussy, Moonraker, GoldenEye,
42. Which 4 football teams appear on a monopoly board?
Liverpool, Oxford, Coventry & Leicester
43. Which 3 cities are the terminals for the Eurostar service?
London, Paris and Brussels
44. Which 2 royal houses fought the Wars of the Roses?
York and Lancaster
45. What was Cliff Richards first number one in the UK?
Living Doll

Round Ten - Heroes - Handout Round
46. Ace Rimmer
47. Daredevil
48. Radioactive Man
49. Darkwing
50. Dash