QUIZERAMA QUIZ FILES

Round One - Breakfast Time
1. A SNOB NO TASTE is an anagram of which meal?
Beans On Toast
2. What name is given to a sausage made of pigs blood and fat with oatmeal and seasoning?
Black Pudding
3. Which fish is smoked to produce kippers?
Herring
4. Which word literally meaning ’sweet paste’ is Paddington bears favourite breakfast spread?
Marmalade
5. What is the name of the Seaweed that is a national delicacy in Wales, where it is fried with bacon and eaten at breakfast?
Laver bread

Round Two - Food & Drink
6. Which London based brewery makes a beer called London Pride?
Fullers
7. Pegasus, Rhapsody and Bolero are all varieties of which fruit a) Strawberry b) Blackberry c) Grape?
a) Strawberry
8. What drink is added to vodka to make a Moscow Mule?
Ginger Beer
9. Celeste, Sunburst and Stella are all varieties of which fruit a) Peach b) Gooseberry c) Cherries?
c) Cherries
10. If you bought the following items packaged and did not open them which would last the longest - Custard powder, Plain flour or Ground Coffee?
Ground Coffee

Round Three - Russian About
11. Who became first president of the Russian Federation when the USSR was dissolved in 1991?
Boris Yeltsin
12. Who was the first Russian Cosmonaut in space?
Yuri Gagarin
13. Which Russian novelist wrote Dr Zhivago?
Boris Pasternak
14. What was the name of the last Russian Royal Family?
Romanov
15. Which Russian novelist wrote “Anna Karenina” and “War and Peace”?
Leo Tolstoy

Round Four - Sporting Chance
16. Durham County Cricket Club and Middlesbrough Football Club both have stadiums called what?
The Riverside
17. What is the highest score a judge can award in figure skating?
Six
18. Which three horse races make up the Triple Crown?
2000 Guineas, Epsom Derby and St Leger
19. In which famous race is the slowest man of the day given a red lantern?
Tour de France
20. In golf, what is referred to as a ‘golden ferret’?
Holing out from the bunker

Round Five - Mums the Word
21. What year did the Queen Mother sadly die?
2002
22. Who was the Mother of Elizabeth I?
Anne Boleyn
23.  Who had a 1997 number one song with Mama?
Spice Girls
24. Which mother would drop her baby six feet to the ground immediately after giving birth?
A Giraffe
25. Complete this well know World War II slogan - Be like Dad?
Keep Mum!

Round Six - Entertaining Underwear
26. In which 1992 thriller did Sharon Stone infamously cross her legs to reveal that she was wearing no underwear?
Basic Instinct
27. Which knight of the realm is well known for having certain items of ladies underwear thrown at him?
Sir Tom Jones
28. Who designed Madonna’s famous conical Basque?
Jean-Paul Gaultier
29. What brand and color of underwear is Marty wearing in Back to the Future?
Purple Calvin Klein briefs
30. On which TV programme might you have heard the line "Naturally you didn’t know I was wearing my special Super B long thermal underwear"?
Batman

Round Seven - Housey Housey
31. What is the usual name for the game of Housey Housey?
Bingo
32. Who had hit songs "Our House" and "House of Fun"?
Madness
33. In which city would you visit Anne Frank’s house?
Amsterdam
34. Which company’s website is www.house.co.uk?
British Gas
35. According to the proverb people in glass houses shouldn’t do what?
Throw Stones

Round Eight - Supermodels
36. Which Supermodel played Carol in Love Actually?
Claudia Schiffer
37. Which Supermodel became the first living Australian entertainer to be depicted on an Australian Postage Stamp?
Elle MacPherson
38. Which Supermodel played Ursula Andress in the film The Life and Death of Peter Sellers?
Heidi Klum
39. Which Supermodel carried out her Community service for the New York Sanitation Department in 2007?
Naomi Campbell
40. Which Supermodel was voted Britain’s Model Of The Year in 2006?
Kate Moss (Agyness Deyn - 2007 / Jourdan Dunn - 2008)

Round Nine - Connections
41. Which Rowan Atkinson character drives a mini?
Mr Bean
42. Which Englishman led the expedition to the South Pole on the 18th January 1912?
Robert Falcon Scott
43. Who had a hit with Swinging on a Star in 1963?
Big Dee Irwin
44. Which jazz trumpet player and singer was known as ‘Satchmo‘?
Louis Armstrong
45. What is the connection?
Surnames - All walked on the moon / Astronauts   

Round Ten - Ooodles & Ooodles
46. What is the main food ingredient of a noodle?
Flour
47. In the term Kit and Caboodle, what does caboodle mean?
Everything
48. What are the three main types of Poodle?
Standard Miniature and Toy
49. In the nursery rhyme Cock a doodle doo what have the dame and master lost?
A shoe and a fiddling stick
50. In which TV show would you find a dog called Doodle?
Tweenies

Round One - Boom & Bust
1. What is a group of producers acting together to fix prices called?
Cartel
2. In which oil producing country was OPEC founded?
Iraq
3. Which body assesses whether a takeover is in the public interest?
Monopolies and Mergers commission
4. What is the Japanese share index called?
Nikkei
5. Where are the headquarters of the International Monetary fund?
Washington

Round Two - Knights Out
6. What was the name of the car driven by David Hasselhoff in the TV series Knight Rider?
Kitt - (Knight Industries Two Thousand) there are five ‘Kitts’ including one in Cumbria at The Cars Of The Stars
- What kind of car was Kitt in Knight Rider?
Pontiac Trans Am
7. Who was the first British popstar to become a Knight?
Cliff Richard
8. Which Knight of the Round Table found the Holy Grail?
Sir Galahad
9. Who was a knight of the order of the inverted dragon in Hungary?
Count Dracula
10. According to the 2000 census in the UK, what is now a religion?
Jedi Knight

Round Three - Sports Bag
11. Who were the first company to sponsor Manchester United`s football shirts?
Sharp
12. Which Grand Prix motor racing team are based at Woking in Surrey?
McLaren
13. Which American Baseball team are nicknamed the Diamondbacks?
Arizona
14. Which country had a goalkeeper named Mustapha Kamel at the 1934 World Cup Finals?
Egypt
15. What do the initials R.S.C. stand for in Boxing?
Referee Stopping Contest

Round Four - Telly Addicts
16. Which popular comedy show featured a man called Bulldog and a dog called Eddie?
Frasier
17. At the first British Soap Awards in 1999, which "Eastenders" actress won the "sexiest female" award?
Tamzin Outhwaite
18. Pam Dawber played the female lead in which American comedy series?
Mork & Mindy
19. In which of the following soap operas has Oscar winning actor Russel Crowe appeared in - "Neighbours", "Home And Away" or "The Flying Doctors"?
Neighbours
20. In which 1980’s American TV show were the two main characters called Christine and Mary Beth?
Cagney And Lacey

Round Five - The Far East
21. Which desert covers a large part of Mongolia?
Gobi
22. In what year did China regain possession of Hong Kong from Britain?
1997
23. The Yellow Sea separates North and South Korea from which country?
China
24. In which Asian capital did Spiderman 3 premiere?
Tokyo
25. What is the longest river in China?
Yangtze

Round Six - Plant Pots
26. What is the common name of the flower Bellis Perennis?
Daisy
27. Which hanging basket favourite is also called pelargonium?
Geranium
28. Which flower is noted for its large black spotted red or orange flowers?
Tiger Lily
29. What colour is the rose ’silver jubilee’?
Pink
30. What flowers name translates from the Greek as Water Vessel?
Hydrangea

Round Seven - Pops The Question
31. Which artist first achieved success with the album " White Ladder"?
David Gray
32. Which No 1 hit for the New Seekers was based in a Coca Cola jingle?
I’d Like to Teach the world to Sing
33. Which all-girl group were originally called Touch?
Spice Girls
34. Which pop star sports two tattoos, one saying "Elvis grant me security" and "born to be Mild"?
Robbie Williams
35. In 1965, which group were beaten to the Best Pop Vocal Grammy Award by the Anita Kerr singers?
The Beatles

Round Eight - Movie Trivia
36. The film "You’ve Got Mail" reunited the male and female leads from which hit 1993 movie?
Sleepless In Seattle (Hanks and Ryan)
37. Mel Gibson was caught wearing a pair of tights by his daughter in which film released in 2001?
What Women Want
38. ‘Somewhere My Love’ was the theme song of which movie?
Doctor Zhivago
39. Who appeared in Guy Ritchie’s gangster movie, SNATCH, as Bullet Tooth Tony?
Vinnie Jones
40. What movie cast included James Garner, Richard Attenbourough, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasance, James Coburn, Gordon Jackson, Angus McPhee among many others?
The Great Escape

Round Nine - Connections
41. Which classic TV comedy show starred Windsor Davies, Don Estelle and Melvyn Hayes?
It Aint Half Hot Mum
42. Who was hunted for five months but with the help of Flora Macdonald he crossed from Benbecula to Portree, disguised as her maid?
Bonnie Prince Charlie
43. Which presenter of Opportunity Knocks was eventually found out to be Paula Yates Father?
Hughie Green
44. Which items belonging to the Duchess of Windsor were auctioned for £31 million in 1987?
Her Jewels
45. What is the connection?
Crown - Half Crown / Crown Prince / Crown Green / Crown Jewels

Round Ten - Living Creatures
46. What is the only venomous snake in Britain?
Adder or Viper
47. Which animals has breeds called Rex, Netherlands Dwarf, Satin & Dutch?
Rabbit
48. What is the name of the only Monkey native to Europe?
The Barbary Ape
49. Which massive horse was once called the Great Horse of England?
The Shire Horse
50. A Group of geese is called a gaggle. What is the name used to describe a group of geese in flight?
Skein

Tiebreaker - In which year was the Shake ‘n’ Vac dance advert first shown on TV?
1985

Round One - Telly Addicts
1. Which animated TV programme begins with a warning that it is "not to be viewed by anyone"?
South Park
2. What is the name of the original presenter of BBC TV’s Tomorrow’s World, who died in 2006?
Raymond Baxter
3. Which TV comedy series sometimes featured a policeman called Roy Slater?
Only Fools & Horses
4. How are Blossom, Bubbles & Buttercup collectively known on children’s TV?
Power Puff Girls
5. Which TV comedy show featured the characters Jesse, Bob Fleming and Competitive Dad?
The Fast Show

Round Two - Made With Girders
6. Which of these is the longest bridge, Sydney Harbour, Humber or Golden Gate?
Humber
7. Which bridge, spanning the River Avon in Bristol was designed by Brunel and opened in 1864?
The Clifton Suspension Bridge
8. Which river flows under the bridge linking Scotland and England at Cold stream?
River Tweed
9. Which is the only London mainline rail terminus to share its name with a bridge over the Thames?
Waterloo
10. Which is the widest and heaviest arch bridge in the world?
Sydney Harbour Bridge

Round Three - Boxing Clever
11. How many British World Heavyweight boxing champions were there between 1892 and 1992, one, two or three?
One
12. In Boxing, what is a punch to back of head called?
Rabbit Punch
13. In Which Year Did Mike Tyson Become The Youngest Heavyweight Boxing Champion?
1986
14. Who managed Frank Bruno through most of his boxing career?
Terry Lawless
15. Who was the only Heavyweight boxing champion to remain undefeated throughout his entire professional carear?
Rocky Marciano

Round Four - D.I.V.O.R.C.E
16. Which Royal Couple Divorced On 30th May 1996?
Duke and Duchess Of York
17. Which city in the US state of Nevada is famous for ‘quickie’ divorces?
Reno
18. Who is the only US president to have been divorced?
Ronald Reagan
19. In Coronation Street, Who did Mike Baldwin marry after he was divorced from Alma?
Linda
20. Which famous Australian actress after her divorce said "At least I can wear high heels now"?
Nicole Kidman

Round Five - Juicy Juices
21. What name is given to a frozen dessert made from fruit juice?
Sorbet
22. Which well known fruit juice drink brand is the Maori word for “Good Health”?
Kia Ora
23. Gin, lemon Juice, Sugar and soda water make what cocktail?
Tom Collins
24. In Indian cookery, what dish literally translates as Red Juice?
Rogan Josh
25. In sport what substances are known as ‘Gorilla Juice’?
Steroids

Round Six - Down Under
26. Which Australian bird does not fly?
Emu
27. Which is Australia’s largest state?
Western Australia
28. In which kind of tree does a koala bear spend almost its entire life?
Eucalyptos / gum tree
29. What is the name of the long chain of coral off the coast of Queensland?
Great barrier reef
30. What is the word for a baby kangaroo?
Joey

Round Seven - Russian Roulette
31. Who did Vladamir Putin succeed as Russian leader?
Boris Yeltsin
32. In 2003 who became the first Russian act to have a No 1 in the UK?
Tatu
33. What Is Another Name For The Russian Wolfhound?
Borzoi
34. Which Russian leader eliminated all opposition between 1936 and 1938 in the ‘Great Purge’?
Joseph Stalin
35. Which Russian dancer gave his name to a famous racehorse?
Nijinsky

Round Eight - Mouse Trap
36. Who Provided The Original Voice For The Cartoon Character Mickey Mouse?
Walt Disney
37. What were the names of the two cartoon mice pursued by the cat Mr. Jinx?
Pixie and Dixie
38. Which Great Secret Agent, Who Wore An Eye-Patch, Had His Base In A Baker Street Postbox?
Danger Mouse
39. In the film Dumbo what is the name of the mouse that befriends Dumbo?
Timothy
40. Which mice are proverbially poor?
Church Mice

Round Nine - Connections
41. Which is the only pop group to top the UK singles charts in the 1960s, 70s and 80s?
BEE Gees
42. Which sporting projectile weighs between five and a half and five and three quarter ounces?
CRICKET Ball
43. What was the name of the yacht in which Francis Chichester circumnavigated the globe?
Gypsy MOTH
44. What did Stuart Goddard change his name to when he took up a singing career?
Adam ANT
45. What is the connection?
Insects   

Round Ten - Pickup-a-Penguin
46. At which Pole are penguins found?
The South Pole - Antarctic
47. What is the collective name for a group of penguins?
Rookery
48. Where do Emperor penguins keep their eggs?
Balanced on their feet
49. In which film does Dick Van Dyke dance with Penguins?
Mary Poppins
50. Who insisted on ‘no penguins’ in a John Smiths Bitter TV ad?
Jack Dee

Round One - Turkey Trivia
1. From which country does the Turkey originate - Turkey, Mexico or China?
Mexico
2. What is a baby Turkey called - A Poult, A Gobbler or A Turk?
A Poult
3. What is a Turkey’s FURCULA better known as?
Wishbone
4. What is the collective noun for a group of Turkeys - A Gaggle, A Flock or A Gobble?
A Flock
5. Which country eats most Turkey per head of population - UK, Israel, France or USA?
Israel
Spare - What weight (in pounds), according to the Guiness Book of Records is the heaviest Turkey ever recorded?
86lbs

Round Two - Waving Flags
6. Which botanical emblem appears on the flag of Canada?
Maple leaf
7. How many stars appear on the national flag of Australia?
Six
8. What colour is the cross on the national flag of Finland?
Blue
9. Which country’s national flag shows the Union Jack in the top left corner and four red stars on a dark blue background?
New Zealand
10. On which country’s national flag is there an image of a cedar tree?
Lebanon

Round Three - Telly Addicts
11. Who was the first female presenter of The National Lottery?
Anthea Turner
12. Which Eastender’s actress played the role of Saucy Nancy in the television series Worzel Gummidge?
Barbara Windsor
13. Which actor played the role of television cop Nash Bridges?
Don Johnson
14. In the television series Kavanagh QC, what was Kavanagh’s first name?
James
15. Nick Frost plays Comamnder Michael Henderson in which series?
Hyperdrive

Round Four - Food & Drink
16. Cambridge Favourite and Cambridge Vigour are types of what?
Strawberries
17. What colour wine goes into sangria?
Red
18. What is the outer layer of a Baked Alaska made from?
Meringue
19. Mozarella cheese is used on top of which snack food?
Pizza
20. Is ‘green bacon’ smoked or unsmoked?
Unsmoked  

Round Five - January
21. Which god gave his name to the month of January?
Janus - a two faced Greek god of gates and doors
22. On 1st January in 1785, the Daily Universal Register first appeared. By what name do we now know it?
The Times - it was published under its new name exactly three years later
23. Whose birthday is celebrated by a public holiday on the third monday in January in the USA?
Martin Luther King
24. Which group of islands celebrate ‘Thatcher Day’ on January the 11th?
Falklands
25. Which city has a name that literally translates into English as "River of January"?
Rio de Janeiro

Round Six - Movie Madness
26. 1983 film, Shirley Maclaine, Debra Winger, Jack Nicholson, Danny Devito, about a feuding mother and daughter?
Terms of endearment
27. 1993 film, Richard Gere, Jodie Foster, Bill Pullman, James Earl Jones, a man returns from the civil war?
Sommersby
28. 1992 film, Mel Gibson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Elijah Wood, test-pilot from 1939 is frozen in suspended animation?
Forever young
29. 1994 film, Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Kevin Spacey, Gwyneth Paltrow, icy tale of a serial killer?
Se7en
30. 1955 film, Frank Sinatra, Kim Novak, Darren Mcgavin, Eleanor Parker, card dealing and heroin addiction?
Man with the golden arm

Round Seven - Great Britain
31. Fort William is at one end of which canal?
Caledonian
32. In which county is East Midlands airport?
Derbyshire
33. Which port is connected to London by the A3?
Portsmouth
34. Over which river does the Clifton suspension bridge cross?
River Avon - Somerset
35. Off which English county are the Goodwin Sands?
Kent

Round Eight - Human Body
36. What name is given to the four small bones at the base of the spine?
The coccyx
37. Which part of the body is affected by glaucoma?
The eyes
38. What name is informally given to the spot where the ulna nerve lies over the humerus?
Funny bone
39. What is produced by lacrimal glands?
Tears
40. What is the scientific name for the upper jaw?
Maxilla

Round Nine - Connections
41. In which well-known musical were there gangs named The Jets and The Sharks?
West SIDE Story
42. Which was the first film to feature the character Marty McFly?
BACK to the Future
43. Which singer songwriter formed the vocal group The Miracles in the 1950s?
SMOKEY Robinson
44. What name is given to the area west of India which includes the countries of the Arabian peninsula?
MIDDLE East
45. What is the connection?
Cuts or Types of BACON

Round Ten - Sports’ Bag
46. Which sport is governed by the BDA?
Darts - British Darts Association
47. Which ex-Liverpool manager was born in Bootle in October 1948?
Roy Evans
48. Which country does golfer Ian Baker-Finch come from?
Australia
49. Which Spanish football club did Mark Hughes play for?
Barcelona
50. Which county cricket club has its home at Grace Road?
Leicestershire

Spot Prize -
In the Proclaimers record "Letter from America" there are 9 places in Scotland mentioned in the song;
Lochaber (no more)
Linwood
Bathgate
Irvine
Sutherland
Methil
Lewis
Skye
And the hard one…..Wester Ross!