Quiz 047-2008
1. What Were The First Names Of Rogers & Hammerstein?
Richard, Oscar
2. Roger Hargreaves created which characters in a series of books in the 1970’s?
The Mr.Men
3. Which Song Was A 1965 Number One Hit For Roger Miller?
King Of The Road
4. Who scored the first ever goal to be shown on Match of the Day and went on to be a World Cup winner with England?
Roger Hunt
5. What is the nationality of tennis player Roger Federer?
Swiss
Round Two - Blue Is The Colour
6. Which Rugby League Team Are The Blue Sox?
Halifax
7. Who Wrote And Sang Blue Suede Shoes?
Carl Perkins
8. The 1950 film The Blue Lamp was the inspiration for which long-running TV series?
Dixon Of Dock Green
9. Who Played The Music Shop Owner In The Blues Brothers?
Ray Charles
10. What breed was the dead parrot in the famous Monty Python sketch?
Norwegian Blue
Round Three - Driving Test
11. Which car is advertised as the ‘Ultimate Driving Machine’?
BMW
12. When you reach 70 years old, how often do you have to re-apply for your driving Licence?
Every Three Years
13. Are you breaking the law by driving at 64km an hour in a 50 mph limit?
No, you’re only doing 40 mph
14. How many years must a person have held a full driving Licence before they can supervise a learner?
3 years
15. Speeding is the most common motoring offence in the UK, what is the second most common?
Driving Without Insurance
Round Four - Write It Down
16. Which cricket umpires autobiography is entitled ‘White Cap And Bails’?
Dickie Bird
17. In which Roald Dahl novel was the central character tormented by two evil aunts called Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker?
James And The Giant Peach
18. Who wrote the book ‘A Royal Duty’?
Paul Burrell
19. Who created the fictional detective Mike Hammer?
Micky Spillane
20. In childrens literature, who lived in a house for one?
Noddy
Round Five - At The Movies
21. How many Mini’s drove through the sewers in, The Italian Job?
Three
22. In which spoof movie was Fluffy Bunny Feet needed on Operation Sleepy Weasle?
Hot Shots
23. What was the name of The Robot in the Short Circuit films?
Johnny Five
24. Dream Warriors , dream Master and Dream Child were all sequels to which movie?
A Nightmare On Elm Street
25. What was the nationality of Mr Doubtfire in the film of the same name?
Scottish
Round Six - Measure By Measure
26. What land measurement was originally the amount that a team of oxen could plough in a day?
Acre
27. In Which Unit Is Domestic Gas Consumption Measured?
Therms (BTUs)
28. What Instrument Would You Use To Measure The Diameter Of A Cylinder?
Calipers
29. The ‘Yard’ is a measurement introduced by Henry 1st as the distance between which 2 parts of the body?
Nose to Finger
30. Which precious stone is measured in ‘grains’?
Pearl
Round Seven - Sports Bag
31. Over what distance is the 1000 Guineas horse race run?
One Mile
32. Which country has won most Commonwealth Games medals?
Australia
33. In which country would you find a rugby club called Garryowen?
Ireland
34. Who became Brazil’s Minister of Sport in 1994?
Pele
35. Who was the first track athlete to hold World Olympic, European and Commonwealth titles at the same time?
Linford Christie
Round Eight - The Germans
36. What was the capital of West Germany prior to reunification in 1990?
Bonn
37. In which city was the first series of Auf Wiedersehen Pet chiefly set?
Dusseldorf
38. Which is the longest river wholly in Germany?
Elbe
39. Which has been Germany’s most successful football club?
Bayern Munich
40. Tegel is the largest airport serving which German city?
Berlin
Round Nine - Connections
41. Which man made construction connects the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans?
The Panama Canal
42. What is the name of Britain’s most poisonous type of mushroom?
The Death Cap Mushroom
43. Who is this he was born in Bellshill, Lanarkshire he played football for Liverpool and Manchester City, then went on to manage Manchester United? (born May 26 1909)?
Matt Busby
44. During which 1854 battle did the famous Charge of the Light Brigade occur?
The Battle of Balaclava
45. What is the connection?
Types of Hats or headwear
Round Ten - On The Telly
46. In which cartoon series would you have been attacked by the Vulture Squadron?
Stop The Pigeon - Dastardly & Mutley
47. What was Rigsby’s first name in Rising Damp?
Rupert
48. Who sings the theme tune for the BBC series " A Life Of Grime"?
Louis Armstrong
49. What song ended every episode of "It Ain’t Half Hot Mum"?
Land Of Hope And Glory
50. What was the name of the deaf old lady played by Joan Sanderson in Fawlty Towers?
Mrs Richards
Attachment: Quizerama 50Q Answer Sheet.xls
