QUIZERAMA QUIZ FILES

Round One - Colour It In
1. What color is the flag flown on a ship where disease has broken out?
Yellow
2. What color belt does an improving judo practitioner trade in for brown?
Blue
3. What color is the slowest Pac-man ghost?
Orange
4. A dark shade of what color is called ‘hunter’?
Green
5. What color is the Lone Ranger’s bandana?
Red

Round Two - Spuds, Glorious Spuds
6. Who is said to have been the first to bring potatoes back to England in 1588?
Sir Walter Raleigh
7. What is the principal vitamin obtainable from potatoes?
Vitamin C
8. Which former leading American politician was mocked for his public inability to spell the word potatoes?
Dan Quayle
9. What is the name for the Irish dish consisting of mashed potatoes, cabbage, onion, milk and butter?
Colcannon
10. Which state of North America is called the Potato State?
Idaho

Round Three - Olympic Rings
11. In which sport did Shaun Curlly compete for Great Britain in the 1992 and 1996 Olympics?
Hockey
12. An Olympic swimming team medley relay starts with which stroke?
Backstroke
13. Which nine times Olympic gold medalist was voted athlete of the last century?
Carl Lewis
14. Who, in the 1976 Olympics, won Britain’s first skating medal for 24 years?
John Curry
15. The Olympic motto "Citius, Altius, Fortius" means what?
Faster, Higher, Stronger

Round Four - Sporting Chance
16. 1984 is the only year that more than one person won the BBC Sports personality Of The Year Award, who were they?
Torville And Dean
17. What is the nickname of the Australian rugby union team?
The Wallabies
18. Which soccer team became the first team of the 20th century to do the league and FA Cup double?
Tottenham Hotspur - 1961
19. Which annual race is 4 miles and 374 yards long?
The University Boat Race
20. Which jockey rode Shergar when it won the 1981 Derby?
Walter Swindburn

Round Five - It’s In The Song
21. In Dancing Queen how old is the dancing queen?
Seventeen
22. In The House Of The Rising Sun in which city was the house located?
New Orleans
23. In The Leader Of The Pack, what is the name of the leader?
Jimmy
24. In Lucille how many children did Lucille have?
Four
25. In the song The Coward Of The County what is the name of the coward?
Tommy

Round Six - Telly Addicts
26. Which TV series is described as - Dave Myers and Si King hit the road in search of culinary experience and cultural adventure all over the world?
The Hairy Bikers’ Cookbook
27. Which TV programmes is described as - Series in which celebrities trace their ancestry, discovering secrets and surprises from their past?
Who do you think you Are?
28. Which TV programme is described as - Quiz show in which everyone should know the answers because they were taught them at school?
Schools Out
29. Which TV Show sees Antony Worrall Thompson joined by Guest Chefs for a live interactive food show?
Saturday Kitchen
30. Which TV series features home improvement mishaps remedied by Nick Knowles?
DIY SOS

Round Seven - Go For Your Guns
31. Who played demolition expert in The Guns of Navaronne?
David Niven
32. In guns, what word is used to define the internal diameter of the barrel?
Calibre
33. Which James Bond theme was covered by Guns and Roses?
Live and Let Die
34. In the army what collective name is given to large guns?
Artillery
35. Which of Hitler’s associates is paraphrased as saying, in a 1936 broadcast: "Guns will make us powerful; butter will only make us fat"?
Goering

Round Eight - Human Body
36. In the human body, how is the soft substance called myeloid tissue better known?
Bone marrow
37. Which organs of the body are affected by the condition emphysema?
The lungs
38. What name is given to the veins which drain blood from the head?
Jugular veins
39. What is the name of the membranous sac enclosing the heart?
Pericardium
40. Where in the human body are the ossicles?
In the ears

Round Nine - Connections
41. Which character in children’s fiction was stalked by a crocodile?
Captain HOOK
42. Which two puppets were friendly with a panda called Sue?
Sooty and SWEEP
43. What was the title of the last hit for Wham before they split?
EDGE Of Heaven
44. What is the closely cropped hairstyle so named because it was originally worn by teams of rowers?
Crew CUT
45. What is the connection?
Strokes in the game of CRICKET

Round Ten - Musical Anagrams
46. Eggs A Threat – Gareth Gates
47. Cow Soldiers – So Solid Crew
48. Felt Wise – Westlife
49. Jean Built Me Skirt – Justin Timberlake
50. An Upset Ballad – Spandau Ballet  

Tiebreaker - In which year was the smoke detector invented?
1969