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)