QUIZERAMA QUIZ FILES

Round One - Telly Addicts
1. In which TV series were Mike Stone and Steve Keller the lead characters?
The Streets Of San Francisco
2. Who owned a hamster called ‘Special Patrol Group’ on TV?
Vivian in The Young Ones
3. Who was the chief navigator on the USS Enterprise in the original series of Star Trek?
Sulu
4. In Only Fools and Horses what was the name of Boycies wife?
Marlene
5. Which TV family had a dog called Duke?
The Clampetts in The Beverly Hillbillies

Round Two - Animal World
6. Which highly venomous snake is able to dilate its neck into a hood like shape when exited?
Cobra
7. Which noisy bird do Australians call ‘the bushman’s clock’?
The Kookaburra, or laughing jackass
8. What is the young of a hippo called?
Calf
9. Which wading bird has crowned, whooping and sandhill varieties?
Crane
10. What animal’s fat was a main ingredient in explosives throughout WWII?
Pigs

Round Three - Sports Round
11. Which boxer was nicknamed the Brockton Blockbuster?
Rocky Marciano
12. In which year did George Best last play for Man Utd?
1974
13. What is baseballs equivalent of the cup final?
The World Series
14. Who was the first professional cricketer to captain England?
Len Hutton
15. What did the football club Kettering do before any other club in the 1970’s?
They had advertising on shirts during a match

Round Four - Alright Jack
16. In swimming, what is the name of the dive in which the body is first bent at the waist and then straightened?
Jack-Knife
17. What title is often given to a person who climbs tall structures such as chimneys in order to carry out repairs?
Steeplejack
18. In sailing what is the name of a small rope extending vertically from the topping lifts to the boom for holding a fore-and-aft sail when taking it in?
Lazy Jack
19. What name is given to a personification of winter weather?
Jack Frost
20. Which slender long-legged wild dog feeds on carrion, game, and fruit, often hunts cooperatively, and is found in Africa and southern Asia?
Jackal

Round Five - Food & Drink
21. What name is given to the cocktail of vodka, Tia Maria and Coke?
Black Russian
22. Which desserts name, French in origin, literally means "white food"?
Blancmange
23. What four-letter word can mean both a joint of ham and a German white wine?
Hock
24. How many noggins are in a pint?
Four
25. What two fruits are crossed to make an ugli fruit?
Grapefruit & Tangerine

Round Six - Assistant Needed
26. Who Was The Cowardly Assistant Of Dangermouse?
Penfold
27. Who did the investigative journalist Maddy Magellan assist?
Jonathan Creek
28. What’s the name of Mr. Burns’s assistant in the Simpsons?
Smithers
29. What is the character name of Inspector Morse’s assistant?
Sergeant Robbie Lewis
30. Who Was Dr Bunsen Honeydew’s Accident-Prone Muppet Show Assistant?
Beaker

Round Seven - Smells Nice
31. Which Small London perfumier, became a giant in the cosmetics industry when they launched their London look range in the 1960’s?
Yardley
32. "Beautiful" "Body Power" was a turn-of-the-century perfume, released only a couple of years ago, and "Pleasures" are perfumes by whom?
Estee Lauder
33. Which perfume company produces the range ‘Today’ Tomorrow’ and ‘Always’?
Avon
- Envy, Rush and Kanon are all fragrances made by whom?
Gucci
34. "Farenheit" designed specifically for men, made by whom?
Christian Dior
35. Marylin Monroe was famously quoted as saying she wore nothing to bed except?
Channel No.5

Round Eight - Terrorists
36. What nationality is Osama Bin Laden?
Saudi Arabian
37. Which terrorist group took responsibility for murdering eleven Israelis at the 1972 Olympics?
Black September
38. What is the name of the islamic militant group based in the Lebanon?
Hezbollah
39. What is the name of the Sri Lankan militant group responsible for terrorist acts on the island?
Tamil Tigers
40. Which supporters of Terrorist Acts have just won the elections in Palestine?
Hammas
- Which term for militant moslem anti communists means holy warrior in Afghanistan?
Mujhadeen

Round Nine - Connections
41. Which building did King Kong climb in the final scene of the classic 1933 movie?
EMPIRE State Building
42. Liverpool hold the record for the most wins of the League cup with 7 wins, which team are next with 5 wins?
Aston VILLA
43. Which ecclesiastical sounding term is used to describe the fatty flesh at the rump of cooked fowl?
Parson’s NOSE
44. What name is generally given to the main seaside promenade at Blackpool?
Golden MILE
45. What is the connection?
The ROMANS

Round Ten - A Commercial Break
Which products or brands are advertised on TV with the following slogans?
46. Because I’m worth it = L’Oreal
47. They’ll be around forever    = Hula Hoops
48. For all those little important places    = Johnson’s Baby Powder
49. Good things come to those who wait = Guinness
50. Has there ever been a better way of ending the day? = Ovaltine

Tiebreaker - How long can an ant survive underwater?
Two Days