QUIZERAMA QUIZ FILES

Round One - Up On The Roof
1. Which Country Is Sometimes Referred To As The Roof Of The World?
Tibet
2. Which Motown group had a UK Top 10 Hit in 1970 with the song ‘Up The Ladder To The roof’?
Supremes
3. Who played Bert the Chimney Sweep in the film "Mary Poppins"?
Dick Van Dyke
4. Which duo achieved a UK No. 1 in 1995 with the song ‘Up on the Roof?
Robson and Jerome
5. Which entertainer died in 1999 after falling from his roof while attempting to adjust his TV aerial?
Rod Hull

Round Two - At The Movies
6. In which Bond film would you find Thumper and Bambi?
Diamonds Are Forever
7. Which was the first film directed by Kevin Costner?
Dances With Wolves
8. Who provided the voice of the main ant in Antz?
Woody Allen
9. Which sport is the subject of the films ‘Big Wednesday’ and ‘Point Break’?
Surfing
10. Which cinema chain was named after the greek word for theatre?
Odeon

Round Three - Tool Box
11. Which every day tool is one of the murder weapons in the game of Cluedo?
Spanner
12. Which machine tool shapes material by rapidly turning it against a stationary cutting device?
Lathe
13. What is the No. 1 best selling DIY tool bought in Britain?
Cordless Drill
14. The Distance Between Each Thread In A Screw Is Known As What?
Pitch
15. What kind of tool is a Glasgow Screwdriver?
Hammer

Round Four - Music Music Music
16. Who wrote "Knockin on heavens door"?
Bob Dylan
17. What 1980 film musical had appearances from Aretha Franklin, Twiggy, James Brown, Cab Calloway and Ray Charles?
The Blues Brothers
18. Who released an album called "Automatic for the people"?
REM
19. Amelle Berrabah replaced Mutya Buena in which girl group?
Sugarbabes
20. Who had a 2006 chart hit with a song called ‘Even God Can’t Change The Past’?
Charlotte Church

Round Five - American Sports
21. FLORIDA MARLINS - Baseball
22. MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES - Basketball
23. CAROLINA PANTHERS - American Football
24. CLEVELAND CAVALIERS - Basketball
25. SAN JOSE SHARKS - Ice Hockey

Round Six - Towers
26. In which US city is the Sears Tower?
Chicago
27. Who was the last man to be locked up in the Tower of London?
Rudolph Hess
28. What was ruled out of bounds to tourists for safety reasons in 1990, the first time it had been closed since around 1275?
The Leaning Tower of Pisa
29. Which organisation produces a magazine called the Watchtower?
Jehovah’s Witnesses
30. According to The Beatles’ song ‘I Am The Walrus’, up what is semolina pilchard climbing?
The Eiffel Tower

Round Seven - Animal World
31. What sort of animal is the common zorro?
Fox
32. What name is given to the fleshy lobe that hangs down from the neck or head of a turkey?
Wattle
33. What is a young eel called?
Elver
34. What type of hog-nosed animal is only two centimetres long?
Bat
35. What is the name of the only big cat that cannot draw it’s claws back fully?
Cheetah

Round Eight - European Union
36. What is the official language of the Vatican City?
Latin
37. Who became King of Spain in 1975?
Juan Carlos
38. What is the longest river in Europe?
Volga
39. One point each - In which two European Union countries does the Head of State have the title of ‘Chancellor’?
Germany & Austria
40. Which is Europe’s largest port?
Rotterdam

Round Nine - Connections
41. In which 1970 film did Clint Eastwood sing I Talk To The Trees?
Paint Your WAGON
42. Which 1986 film had the tag line "Be afraid. Be very afraid"?
The FLY
43. What were the surnames of Bonnie and Clyde?
Parker and BARROW
44. Who was the most borrowed author from British libraries for twenty years before losing the title to Jacqueline Wilson in 2004?
CATHERINE Cookson
45. What is the connection?
Types of Wheel

Round Ten - Anagrams - Historical Figures
46. LOW MILL COVERER - Oliver Cromwell
47. A WEATHER GRILL - Walter Raleigh
48. CASUAL JURIES - Julius Caesar
49. CHRONIC TWIN HULLS - Winston Churchill
50. CRANKED FAIRS - Francis Drake