QUIZERAMA QUIZ FILES

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