QUIZERAMA QUIZ FILES

November 25, 2008

Quiz 049-2008

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Round One - Crazy Start
1. Who recently had a hit with ‘The Closest Thing To Crazy’?
Katie Melua
2. To which tribe of Indians did Crazy Horse belong?
Sioux
3. In which song will you find the lyrics "I got a gal named Daisy, She almost drive me crazy"?
Tutti frutti - Little Richard
4. Which football team were nicknamed ‘the crazy gang’?
Wimbledon FC
5. Who originally had a hit with the most popular jukebox song of all time ‘Crazy’?
Patsy Cline

Round Two - Sports Bag
6. 1988 saw the first British golfer to win the US Masters, what was his name?
Sandy Lyle
7. Which female tennis star played in 22 Wimbledons in 23 years, winning 6 singles, 10 doubles and four mixed doubles titles?
Billie Jean King
8. To the nearest mile, what is the length of the marathon?
26 miles
9. In which year was the first Soccer World Cup?
1930
10. What are the small indentations on a golf ball called?
Dimples

Round Three - Around The World
11. What is the largest city in the Sierra Madre mountains?
Mexico City
12. The name of which area in the Pacific means "many islands"?
Polynesia
13. In which country would one find 8 of the world’s 10 highest mountains?
Nepal
14. Which country beginning with a ‘T’ has a shoreline on the Andaman Sea?
Thailand
15. The island of Bahrain is connected by a causeway to which country?
Saudi Arabia

Round Four - A Few Drinks
16. The name of which Spanish wine means ‘bleeding’?
Sangria
17. What is the spirit base of Blue Curacao [pr. "coora-sow"]?
Gin
18. In terms of the amount of alcohol you get, which is the most expensive: whiskey, beer, or wine?
Beer
19. In which region in France are Chardonnay wines produced?
Burgundy
20. From which country does Sherry originate?
Spain
- What does a sommelier do?
Taste Wine

Round Five - Actorgrams
21. SO I’M CUTER (3,6) TOM CRUISE
22. OLD WEST ACTION (5,8) CLINT EASTWOOD
23. FINE IN TORN JEANS (8,7) JENNIFER ANISTON
24. GENUINE CLASS (4,8) ALEC GUINNESS
25. ANESTHETIZE JAR ONCE (8, 4-5) CATHERINE ZETA-JONES

Round Six - History Class
26. Who was Aristotle’s most famous student?
Alexander the Great
27. Who was Cleopatra’s lover before she married Marc Anthony?
Caesar
28. Which country defeated the Persians in the 5th Century BC?
Greece
29. How many Catherines did Henry VIII marry?
Three - Catherine of Aragon, Catherine Parr, and Catherine Howard
30. Who was Socrates’s most famous student?
Plato

Round Seven - Animal Magic
31. Which is the fastest land mammal?
Cheetah
32. How many pairs of legs has the crab?
Five
33. What name is given to a badger’s dwelling?
Set
34. Which breed of animal is the chinchilla?
Cat
35. What name is given to the male swan?
Cob

Round Eight - Connections
36. Which British MP relinquished the title of Viscount Stansgate in 1963 so that he could enter the House of Commons as an MP?
Tony BENN
37. Which author first introduced us to Humpty Dumpty?
LEWIS Carroll (In Alice Through The Looking Glass)
38. Which actress played a prostitute protected by Bob Hoskins in the film Mona Lisa?
Cathy TYSON
39. Which motorcycle manufacturer made the models Atlas and Commando?
NORTON
40. What is the connection?
Surnames of BOXERS

Round Nine - Flying Around
41. What is the name of the legendary ghost ship which is allegedly sighted off the coast of Africa during bad weather?
Flying Dutchman
42. What sort of creature is a flying fox?
A bat
43. In which sport could you see a flying camel?
Ice Skating
44. If you were flying ‘Marco Polo Class’ with which airline would you be flying?
Cathay Pacific
45. How is Chris Beardshaw better known in the title of his TV programme?
The Flying Gardener  

Round Ten - Connecting Answers
46. Name the famous footballer that connects adverts for Brut Aftershave, Patrick Boots, Shredded Wheat, and Sugar Puffs?
Kevin Keegan
47. Who connects the films Independence Day, The Fly, and Jurasic Park?
Geoff Goldblum
48. If the knee bone is connected to the thigh bone, what is the thigh bone connected to?
The Hip Bone
49. Which actress connects, The Colour Purple, Ghost & Sister Act?
Whoopi Goldberg
50.  What football event connects Leeds, Liverpool, Leicester, Blackpool, Fulham, Huddersfield, Manchester United and West Ham?
The clubs of the players in the England 1966 World Cup winning team

Attachment: Quiz 049-2008.txt
Attachment: Quizerama 50Q Answer Sheet.xls






















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