QUIZERAMA QUIZ FILES

Round One - It’s A Dirty Job
1. What was the name of the detective who was famous for his dirty raincoat?
Columbo
2. In shipping what name is given to the dirty water that collects in the hull of a ship?
Bilge
3. In which city is Dirty Harry set?
San Francisco
4. Which song featured the lyrics "Well you’re dirty, sweet, clad in black, don’t look back and I love you"?
Get It On (T-Rex/Power Station)
5. Who starred opposite Patrick Swayze in Dirty Dancing?
Jennifer Gray

Round Two - Read All About It
6. Which country boasts the World’s best selling Newspaper, with up to 14 million sales per day?
Japan
7. In 2005, which British newspaper sacked its editor and admitted that the photographs he published of British soldiers apparently abusing an Iraqi detainee were fake?
Daily Mirror - Piers Morgan
8. Which national daily newspaper has "The crusader" as it’s logo?
Daily Express
9. The New York World newspaper started offering this feature in December 1913 and soon newspapers throughout the world began copying their success. What was the feature?
Crossword puzzles
10. ‘Stick It Up Your Punter’ is the title of a history of which newspaper?
The Sun

Round Three - Hairy Moments
11. What commercial was Michael Jackson singing for when his hair caught on fire?
Pepsi
12. What Was Medusas Hair Made From?
Snakes
13. Which Footballer Joined Jennifer Aniston In TV Commercials For Elvive Hair Products?
David Ginola
14. What Cloth Is Produced From Tangled Moistened Fibres Of Hair And Wool, Heated And Rolled Together?
Felt
15. The average person grows how many inches of hair in a year 6", 10" or 15"?
Six Inches

Round Four - Royal Family
16. Who is the eldest of Prince Andrew’s daughters: Beatrice or Eugenie?
Beatrice
17. What is Prince Charles’s country home called?
Highgrove
18. Which member of the Royal Family said "Constitutionally, I don’t exist"?
Prince Philip
19. On what occasion was it when the Queen Elizabeth II last curtsied officially?
Father’s funeral
20. Who are the parents of Lady Helen Taylor?
Duke and Duchess of Kent

Round Five - Telly Addicts
21. Which TV celebrity has a cottage in Mill Water Gardens in Romsey, Hampshire?
Charlie Dimmock (it’s in a water garden centre)
22. In which series did Robson Green launch his TV career?
Casualty (hospital porter)
23. Who had ‘Weird Weekends’ on TV?
Louis Theroux
24. In which show did Angus Deayton show potentially embarrassing clips of celebrities in their early days?
Before they were famous
25. What did Wonder Woman’s lasso always make people do?
Tell the truth

Round Six - Sports Round
26. In the 2012 Olympic Games, Horse Guards Parade in London will be the venue for which sport?
Beach Volleyball
27. Who in 1989 became the first Englishman to win the US Masters golf title?
Nick Faldo
28. Who was the first person to play over one hundred singles matches at Wimbledon?
Billie Jean King
29. In 1988, the tallest gold medalist recorded in the Olympic Games was in which sport?
Basketball
30. One point each, what are the two racecourses near Chichester in West Sussex?
Goodwood & Fontwell

Round Seven - Bet You Know
31. What does ‘Super Bertha’ in Las Vegas claim to be the largest example of?
Fruit Machine
32. In which American state is Las Vegas?
Nevada
33. What is the name of the first major resort built on the Las Vegas Strip in 1947 - El Dorado, El Bingo or El Rancho?
El Rancho
34. What is never shown in a Las Vegas Casino?
The Time - No Clocks
35. The World Series of which game takes place annually in Las Vegas?
Poker
- An average of 8,400 what take place each month in Las Vegas?
Marriages

Round Eight - Through The Window
36. In a stained glass window, which metal is traditionally used to separate the different pieces of glass?
Lead
37. Which Nursery Rhyme Character "Rapped At The Window And Cried Through The Locks"?
Wee Willie Winkie
38. What name is given to a window or door with a series of outward sloping slats?
Louvre
39. What was the first UK #1 in which the title posed a question?
How Much Is That Doggy In The Window?
40. What is a vertical divider in a window called?
Mullion

Round Nine - Connections
41. Which Tamla Motown megastar was shot dead by his own father?
MARVIN Gaye
42. Which chatshow format has the son as the main presenter with the family also asking questions from the sofa?
The Kumars at No. 42
43. On Countdown what is the name of the woman who is the regular in ‘Dictionary Corner’?
Susie DENT
44. What is the 2-word catchphrase, sometimes repeated in quick succession, shouted out by Corporal Jones of Dad’s Army in times of a crisis?
DON’T PANIC
45. What is the connection?
THE HITCH HIKERS GUIDE TO THE GALAXY  

Round Ten - Swinging Sixties
46. What was the name of the teenage showgirl who caused MP John Profumo to resign?
Christine Keeler
47. Whose report led to massive cuts on the railways?
Dr Beeching
48. Where was the big British pop festival held in 1969?
Isle of Wight
49. Who did Lulu marry in 1969?
Maurice Gibb
50. What was ITV’s live pop music show called?
Ready Steady Go