QUIZERAMA QUIZ FILES

Round One - Animal Kingdom
1. What kind of animal is a Rhodesian Ridgeback?
A Dog
2. The name of which animal derives from the Greek for ‘nose horn’?
Rhinoceros
3. Which sort of mouse is a legally protected species in Britain?
Dormouse
4. Which crab, having no hard shell of its own, protects its soft body by taking over shells of dead mollusks?
Hermit crab
5. Which member of the dog family is also known as the prairie wolf and canis latrans?
Coyote

Round Two - English Counties
6. Which English county has exactly the same name as its county town?
Durham
7. The Battle of Naseby took place in which English county?
Northamptonshire
8. In which English county is Witney, famous for blankets and woollens?
Oxfordshire
9. Which English county is sometimes referred to as Constable County?
Suffolk
10. The Scilly Isles come under the authority of which English county?
Cornwall

Round Three - Money Money Money
11. What is the name given to a person who collects coins?
Numismatist
12. Which British coin was first issued in 1982?
Twenty Pence piece
13. What is the name of the Hong Kong stock exchange?
Hang Seng
14. What do the initials of the HSBC stand for?
Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
15. The portrait of Sir John Houblon was put on the back of £50 notes in 1990 because of him having held what position?
The Bank Of England’s first governor

Round Four - Telly Addicts
16. Who last hosted ITV-1’s The Price Is Right?
Joe Pasquale
17. Julian Lloyd Webbers ‘Variations’ is the theme tune to which long running TV programme?
The South Bank Show
18. Mike Burden is the sidekick to which TV detective?
Reg Wexford
19. What was the name of the severed hand which appeared in the Adams Family?
Thing
20. In which TV show were the game zones called Aztec / Futuristic / Medieval / Industrial?
The Crystal Maze

Round Five - Americanisms
21. What is the name for undertakers in the USA?
Morticians
22. What do the Americans call what we call curtains?
Drapes
23. We call it jam. What do the Americans call it?
Jelly
24. What do the Americans call a handbag?
Purse
25. Our drawing pins, in the USA, are what?
Thumb Tacks

Round Six - European Tour
26. In which European country is the world’s longest road tunnel?
Switzerland
27. The headquarters of the World Health Organisation can be found in which city?
Geneva
28. What is Europe’s largest active volcano called?
Mount Etna
29. Bodrum is a holiday resort in which country?
Turkey
30. Which city is the capital of the Italian District of Tuscany?
Florence

Round Seven - Transport
31. Which mode of transport first crossed the English Channel on 25/07/59?
Hovercraft
32. Which British Airline collapsed in 1982?
Laker Airlines / Skytrain
33. In which decade of the 20th century was the Volkswagen Beetle first launched?
Thirties / 1938
34. Which was the first railway station to be built in London?
Euston
35. In which country did Steve Fosset land following his successful Circumnavigation of the World in a hot air balloon in 2002?
Australia

Round Eight - Sporting Chance
36. Which English batsman scored a century that beat New Zealand at Lord’s in 2004, before announcing his retirement three days later?
Nasser Husain
37. In which sport has India won all of their eight Olympic gold medals to date?
Hockey
38. Which stadium did the Millennium Stadium replace?
Cardiff Arms Park
39. Who was the first player to captain the England football team and go on to manage them?
Alf Ramsey
40. Which Horse-Racing course is located in Lord Hesketh’s Northamptonshire Estate?
Towcester

Round Nine - Connections
41. What do Americans call a pack of playing cards?
DECK
42. True Cockneys are born within the sound of the bell of which church?
St Mary le BOW
43. The movie Private Parts starred which contraversial American radio DJ as himself?
Howard STERN
44. Which brand of butter is advertised on TV by dancing cows?
ANCHOR
45. What is the connection?
Parts of a ship  

Round Ten - Ships & Boats
46. In which city could you see Isambard Kingdom Brunels ship, The Great Britain?
Bristol
47. From which musical does the song ‘Ol’ Man River’ come?
Show Boat
48. The oldest ship currently still on the British Naval list is in dry dock at Portsmouth, what is it called?
HMS Victory
49. What colour was the owl & pussycats boat?
Pea Green
50. What is the name of the legendary ghost ship which is allegedly sighted off the coast of Africa during bad weather?
Flying Dutchman

Tie - How many Paintings and Drawings did Vincent Van Gough produce?
2057 (Watercolours 150 / Oil Paintings 870 / Drawings 1037)

Round One - Injuries
1. Many computer workers suffer from RSI – what does it stand for?
Repetitive Strain Injury
2. Which England Goalkeeper’s Career Was Ended By An Eye Injury In 1972?
Gordon Banks
3. Who recieved bionic parts after serious injury from a parachute accident?
Jamie Sommers - Bionic Woman
4. Despite having a hip injury and a double bypass in June 2003, which 59 year old became the first person to run seven marathons in as many days?
Sir Ranulph Feinnes
5. According to history, what injury did John Wilkes Booth suffer after shooting President Abraham Lincoln?
He broke his leg while leaping from the balcony to the stage
- In what sport are bacon, hamburgers, chips, prunes and spuds terms?
Mountain Biking (injury / damage)  

Round Two - Sports Bag
6. With which F1 team did Michael Schumacher win his first championship?
Benetton
7. What is the yacht race from the Solent to the Southern tip of Ireland and back called?
The Fastnet
8. In American football what name is given to the area of the pitch that attacking teams try to enter and score a touchdown?
End Zone
9. What tournament offers a trophy inscribed with the words "The Gentleman’s single-handed Championship of The World"?
Wimbledon’s Men’s Singles
10. In Show Jumping, how many penalty points are awarded if the rider falls off?
Eight Faults

Round Three - Costume Department
11. What is the name of the traditional skirt worn by men and women in Indonesia?
Sarong
12. Western men wearing evening dress sometimes add a brightly coloured sash around their waist, but what is this called?
Cummerbund
13. What colour are the robes of a Buddhist monk in Thailand?
Orange
14. The riding of bicycles encouraged women to wear what type of garment?
Bloomers
15. Which garment did the ancient Greeks regard as the infallible mark of a barbarian?
Trousers

Round Four - Watching The Clock
16. According to the nursery rhyme, what time was it when the mouse ran up the clock?
One O’clock
17. On which confectionary product is does a clock always-read 8.03pm?
After Eight Mints
18. The Eastgate Clock is the most photographed time-piece in the world after Big Ben. Which English city is it in?
Chester
19. In which famous London shop in Piccadilly, is an animated clock on the facade, where the original owners turn on the hour to bow to each other?
Fortnum and Mason
20. The song ‘Rock Around The Clock’, by Bill Haley And The Comets was on the soundtrack of which 1955 film?
Blackboard Jungle  

Round Five - What Age?
21. Supervise A Learner Driver?
21
22. Women Receive State Pension?
60
23. Serve On A Jury?
18
24. Donate Blood?
17
25. Qualify for a Pilots Licence?
17

Round Six - Drinks Round
26. With what is the Belgian beer Kriek flavoured?     
Cherries
27. Which fortified wine is named after the largest of a group of five Portuguese islands off the west coast of Africa?     
Madeira
28. What is the name of the liqueur made from whisky and heather honey?     
Drambuie
29. How many stars would be awarded to a quality cognac that has been in the barrel for between 5 and 8 years?
Three
30. By what name do the English call the light red wines of Bordeaux?     
Claret

Round Seven - Conservation
31. In conservation, what do the letters FOE stand for?
Friends Of The Earth
32. In 1961 an international organisation was established to raise funds for conservation and was called The World Wildlife Fund, but what is it called now?
World Wide Fund for Nature
33. What type of Mountain animals inhabit the forests of the Virunga range of extinct volcanoes along the borders of Zaire, Rwanda and Uganda?
Gorillas
34. In which country did operation Tiger begin, with the object of creating a nature reserve for tigers?
India
35. What is the name of the outer London suburb and part conservation area that is used in rhyming slang as part of the male genitalia?
Hampton Wick

Round Eight - Chocoholics
36. Which two countries are generally said to produce Europe’s best quality chocolate?
Belgium and Switzerland
37. What is the name of the village built by George Cadbury to house his Birmingham workforce?
Bourneville
38. Which chocolate bar was advertised on TV by Mel Smith & Griff Rhys-Jones?
Wispa
39. In which city was the chocolate company Terry’s originally based?
York
40. Which popular chocolates are named after a play by J.M. Barrie?
Quality Street

Round Nine - Connections
41. Which U.S. golfer won five British Open championships between 1975 and 1983?
TOM Watson
42. What is Crème Anglaise?
Vanilla CUSTARD
43. Who wrote the book Swallows and Amazons in 1930?
ARTHUR Ransome
44. According to the song, what leaves the Pennsylvania station ’bout a quarter to four?
Chattanooga CHOO CHOO
45. What is the connection?
Screen Cats - TOM & Jerry, Roobarb & CUSTARD, ARTHUR (Spillers Foods Ad), CHOO CHOO from Top Cat
Spare - Which U.S. president did Charles J. Gaiteau assassinate?    
James Garfield, GARFIELD

Round Ten - Anagrams
46. CLOCK HIM MID EAR
Charlie Dimmock
47. UKTV BLIND DATE
David Blunkett
48. MARK A BITCH VOICE
Victoria Beckham
49. MOORLAND CARVER
Carol Vorderman
50. CHARM THAT SNAIL
Alan Titchmarsh

Round One - Great Danes
1. Which building toy was designed by a Dane, Ole Kirk Christiansen?
Lego
2. If Clare Danes was Juliet in the 1996 film “Romeo & Juliet” who was Romeo?
Leonardo Di Caprio
3. Which Dane wrote The Ugly Duckling?
Hans Christian Anderson
4. Danes, led by Ivar the Boneless, captured which British town from the Vikings in 867?
York
5. Which cartoon dog is a Great Dane?
Scooby Doo

Round Two - Pass The Biscuits
6. Following a recent scientific study, what was said to be the best biscuit for dunking in tea?
Ginger Nut
7. What do the Americans call what we in Britain know as a biscuit?
Cookie
8. Which famous biscuit was originally called Rowntrees chocolate crisp when it was first advertised?
Kit Kat
9. Which is Britain’s biggest biscuit company?
McVitie’s
10. In 1950 a biscuit factory was built for the mass production of just one product. It’s a chocolate biscuit still extremely popular today. What is it?
Penguin

Round Three - Stop Cheating
11. Whose first cookbook was entitled ‘How to cheat at cooking’?
Delia Smith
12. Who starred as the cheat in the film Quiz Show?
Ralph Fiennes
13. "I’ve been cheated by you since I don’t know when" are words from what Abba song?
Mamma Mia
14. In which Bond film does the villain try to cheat at golf?
Goldfinger
15. In which year did Major Charles Ingram, his wife and their peculiar accomplice famously cheat on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?
2001

Round Four - Five Alive
16. Who was the first man to set foot on all five continents?
Captain James Cook
17. What Was The Name Of Dog In The Famous Five Stories?
Timmy
18. Which English football club name begins with five consonants?
Crystal Palace
19. In the Rhyme, What do five magpies stand for?
Silver
20. In December 1990, Who Became The Only Act To Top The Charts In Five Decades?
Cliff Richard

Round Five - Do Not Pass Go
21. How much money does each player have at the start of a game of Monopoly?
£1,500
22. In the game of Monopoly, if you owned Pall mall and Whitehall, which other property would you need to complete the set?
Northumberland Avenue
23. What is the highest bank note in monopoly?
£500
24. In Monopoly, which property completes the set with Fleet Street and the Strand?
Trafalgar Square
25. How much does it cost to buy a station in the board game Monopoly?
£200

Round Six - The Devil You Know
26. What Is The Devil’s Picture Book?
Pack Of Playing Cards
27. What Kind Of Devil Did Novelist Fay Weldon Write About?
A She-Devil
28. According to the proverb, what does the devil make work for?
Idle hands
29. What Insect Can Also Be Known As The Devil’s Darning Needle?
Dragonfly
30. Who plays the character of the Devil in the 1997 film "The Devils Advocate"?
Al Pacino

Round Seven - Military Manoevers
31. What is the most prestigious British military medal, first awarded in 1856?
Victoria Cross
32. What one time military invention, used all over the world now, was invented by Robert Watson Watt?
Radar
33. After WW2, the British Commandos became part of which military corps?
Royal Marines
34. Which organisation provides shops and canteen facilities for British military personnel at home and abroad?
NAAFI
35. Which is the only country that competes in the Eurovision Song Contest, that has compulsory military service for women?
Israel

Round Eight - The L It Is
36. At which ground does Ireland play their home International Rugby Union matches?
Lansdowne Road
37. What Do You Call A Revolving Tray In The Centre Of A Table?
Lazy Susan
38. Which Car Company Make The Defender?
Landrover
39. In what language was The Magna Carta written?
Latin
40. Which Toy Was Voted Toy Of The 20th Century?
Lego

Round Nine - Connections
41. Which of England’s World Cup winning team of 1966 is remembered for doing a spontaneous jig after the presentation, holding the Jules Rimet Trophy in one hand and his false teeth in the other?
NOBBY Stiles
42. In a circus, what are the funambulists?
Tight Rope WALKERS
43. Which band did Morrissey leave in 1987 to pursue a solo career?
The SMITHS
44. Who in Star Trek was nicknamed Bones?
Dr. McCOY
45. What is the connection?
Snack Brands

Round Ten - Doctor’s Orders
46. Rene Laennac invented which aid for doctors in 1810?
Stethoscope
47. In sailing ship days, who often acted as the ships doctor?
The Cook
48. If a doctor gave you an Ishihara test, what is he testing for?
Colour blindness
49. According to doctors, people with what pets fall asleep the easiest?
Fish
50. In 1845 Boston, it was illegal to do what without a doctors note - Bathe, Smoke or have sex?
Bathe

Round One - The Sweet Counter
1. Which chocolate bar was described as a ‘taste of paradise’?
Bounty
2. What did Opal Fruit sweets change their name to?
Starburst
3. From what sort of confectionery is the character Bertie Bassett constructed?
Liquorice Allsorts
4. What name is given to almonds fried in boiling sugar syrup, often found in Belgian chocolates?
Praline
5. Which confection is a mixture of boiled syrup, beaten egg whites, nuts and fruit?
Nougat

Round Two - Not Good, Not Bad, Just Ugly!
6. Which gorgon was so ugly that all who saw her face were turned to stone?
Medusa
7. What is the ability to pull ugly, grotesque and strange faces called?
Gurning
8. An old Russian saying goes "There are no ugly women in the world, only a shortage of…..", what?
Vodka
9. With which television show do you associate "The Ugly Bloke" spot?
TFI Friday
10. If Clint Eastwood was the "Good", and Lee Van Cleef was the "Bad" who was the "Ugly" in the film "The Good the Bad & The Ugly"?
Eli Wallach

Round Three - Organisations
11. Which organisation is responsible for the running of the annual Crufts Dog Show?
The Kennel Club
12. What organisation do the initials "PCC" stand for?
Press Complaint Commission
13. What organisation publishes a journal called ‘Rucksack’?
The Ramblers’ Association
14. Which Organisation Began Life As The Brighton Motor Road Patrol?
The AA
15. Which organisation is responsible for the care of all lighthouses in England, Wales, The Channel Islands and Gibraltar?
Trinity House  

Round Four - Goalkeepers
16. Which England International goalkeeper’s career came to an end after a 1972 car crash?
Gordon Banks
17. Who in 1989 became England’s most expensive goalkeeper, and the first to be transferred for a million pounds?
Nigel Martyn
18. Which goalkeeper was beaten by Maradonna’s “hand of god goal” in 1986?
Peter Shilton
19. Before fame as a Singer, Julio Inglesias was a Goalkeeper with which club?
Real Madrid
20. Which US film star played the goalkeeper in the film ‘Escape To Victory’?
Sylvester Stallone

Round Five - It’s A Puzzle
21. A Cruciverbalist is interested in what?
Cossword Puzzles
22. Student Julian Chivers became British champion of what in 1981 by taking only 26 seconds?
Rubik’s Cube
or - What frustrating puzzle won the toy of the year award in both 1980 and 1981?
Rubik’s Cube
23. What word describes a poem, word puzzle or other composition, written in such a way as letters line up to form other words?
Acrostic
24. Mark Nyman, a former Scrabble world champion, became a producer on which TV show?
Countdown
25. On which TV show do contestants have to solve word puzzles by selecting letters they think are found in the hidden phrase?
Wheel Of Fortune

Round Six - Lancashire
26. In which town in Lancashire would you find the Thwaites brewery?
Blackburn
27. Lancashire’s Industrial Landscape was often the subject for which Famous Artist?
L.S Lowry
28. On which English course is the Lancashire Oaks run?
Haydock Park
29. Which comedy double act worked as welders in a Lancashire factory before forming a singing duo called The Harper Brothers?
Cannon and Ball
30. Which TV and newspaper fortune teller was born in Accrington, Lancashire?
Mystic Meg

Round Seven - Magic Moments
31. Which film contains the magic words ‘Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo’?
Cinderella
32. Who Was The First British Magician To Become A TV Star?
David Nixon
33. In Norse Mythology who had a magic hammer?
Thor
34. What nationality was the famous magician and illusionist Harry Houdini?
American
35. Which film with an animated sequence featured Angela Lansbury using her magic powers against the Nazis?
Bedknobs and Broomsticks

Round Eight - Whale Meat Again!
36. Which is the largest type of whale which can grow to over 100 feet long?
The Blue Whale
37. What is a baby whale called?
Calf
38. What colour was the whale in Moby Dick?
White
39. What name is given to minute plants and animals floating on the surface of the water, used as food by whales and other creatures?
Plankton
40. What is the collective noun for a group of whales?
Pod (also Gam)

Round Nine - Connections
41. What character was played by Felicity Kendall in The Good Life?
BARBARA Good
42. Who was the first New Zealander to reach the summit of Mount Everest?
Sir Edmund HILLARY
43. Who did Ricky Valance want told he loved her according to the title of his Number 1 hit of August 1960?
LAURA (Tell Laura I Love Her)
44. Which female detective featured in the books `The Hidden Staircase`, `The Bungalow Mystery` and `The Secret Of The Old Clock`?
NANCY Drew
45. What is the connection?
The first names of the recent FIRST LADIES of the USA  

Round Ten - Which Is Not?
46. Which is not a sheep - Tamworth, Jacob or Herdwick?
Tamworth is a pig
47. Which is not a fish - Shad, Finfoot or Grunt?
Finfoot is a bird
48. Which is not a shell fish - Prickly Helmet, Arthritic Spider or Stargazer?
Stargazer is a fish
49. Which is not a bird - Noddy, Shag or Cardy?
Cardy is a sheep
50. Which is not a plant - Townhall Clock, Creeping Jenny or Butcher’s Broom?
Butcher’s broom is a tree