QUIZERAMA QUIZ FILES

February 23, 2009

008-2009

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Round One - General Ignorance
1. Born in 1935, by what name is the scriptwriter, actor and director Allen Stewart Konigsberg better known?
Woody Allen
2. In 1844, the future Queen Alexandra was born. She became the wife of which British monarch?
Edward VII
3. In 1990, an historic meeting took place between Graham Fagg and Philippe Cozette. Where?
In the Channel Tunnel - the British and French engineers met when the two parts of the service tunnel were finally linked
4. Magician David Nixon died in 1978. Which puppet found fame on his television shows?
Basil Brush
5. What is its capital city of Portugal?
Lisbon

Round Two - Sporting 50-50
6. How many clay birds are released per shooter in an Olympic trap shooting event - 200 or 300?
200
7. Which is the oldest of the Glasgow football giants - Rangers or Celtic?
Rangers
8. Which cricketer had the most test match appearances - Kapil Dev or Ian Botham?
Kapil Dev
9. Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has a degree in what - Psychology or Economics?
Economics
10. Over how many laps is the Monaco Grand Prix raced - 68 or 78?
78

Round Three - British Wildlife
11. What type of creature can be red eft, crested & common ?
Newt
12. What animal eats rests and sleeps on its back?
Sea Otter
13. What sort of creature is a fluke?
Worm
14. Which is the commonest British bat and also the smallest?
Pipistrelle Bat - Common in woodland and farmland but also often seen in towns where it roosts in lofts and buildings
15. Which is the most common and familiar owl in Britain, found mainly in woodlands but also in urban parks and gardens with mature trees?
Tawny Owl

Round Four - At The Movies
16. There have been two versions of the film the Thomas Crown Affair, one in 1968 the other in 1999, who were the leading ladies in both versions?
Faye Dunaway / Rene Russo
17. Which Academy award winning film of the mid 90’s had the Tagline "What kind of man would defy a king?"?
Braveheart
18. Which cast member from TV’s Friends starred in the movie Scream?
Courtney Cox    
19. Who played Dr Tinkle in Carry on Doctor?
Kenneth Williams
20. Who composed the sound track for the Disney film Tarzan?
Phil Collins   

Round Five - Who was first?
21. - Jamaican act to have a number one hit in the UK?
Desmond Decker
22. - French act to have a number one hit in the UK?
Charles Aznavour
23. - Norwegian act to have a number one hit in the UK?
A-Ha
24. - German act to have a number one in the UK?
Kraftwerk
25. - Italian act to have a number one in the UK?
Black Box

Round Six - Colourful Questions
26. Which sweets have colours, orange, green, purple, red and yellow?
Skittles
27. Discovered in 1665 which planet famously has The Great Red Spot?
Jupiter
28. Which Mr. Man is shaped like a Red Square, and wears a green hat?
Mr. Strong
29. What is the name of the editor of the Daily Planet in Superman?
Perry White
30. In which TV series might you have heard the phrase "Smoke me a Kipper, I’ll be back before breakfast"?
Red Dwarf

Round Seven - Around Britain
31. In which range of hills are the Cheddar caves?
Mendips
32. From the coast of which county does the Padstow lifeboat get launched?
Cornwall
33. What is the low-lying area of East Anglia called?
The Fens
34. In which county are all ten of England’s highest peaks?
Cumbria
35. Which English county has the smallest perimeter?
Isle of Wight
(Where is there a Nelson’s column other than the one in London - Great Yarmouth)

Round Eight - Gardeners World
36. If you saved a poinsettia plant from the holidays and kept it growing outside through the summer, what would you have to do to make it turn red again next Christmas?
Keep it in darkness
37. What is the common name for the Antirrhinum?
Snapdragon
38. Which hanging basket favourite is also called Pelargonium?
Geranium
39. What is the term for plants that are resistant to pests and diseases, are often more vigorous and
productive and can withstand cold winters?
Hardy Plants
40. What is the common name for Impatiens?
Busy Lizzie

Round Nine - Connections
41. What boxing weight is between flyweight and featherweight, which Barry Mcguigan was before he went on to box as featherweight?
Bantamweight
42. What word links the Israeli politician, Sharon (surname), the type of photograph taken from an aeroplane, or another name for an antenna, although spellings are different?
Aerial or Ariel
43. What are the salt flats called that cover a part of northwest Utah, where many speed records were set?    
Bonneville Salt flats
44. Who were the two stars of Kevin and Perry Go Large, about two hormonally challenged lads on a quest to lose their virginity and become the world’s top DJ mix-masters?
Harry Enfield and Kathy Burke
45. What is the connection?
Motorbikes; Bantam, Ariel, Bonneville and Enfield

Round Ten - The Numbers Game
46. How many number one hits did Take That have in the UK before they split?
Nine
47. According to the lyrics of the song, how old is Abba’s dancing queen?
Seventeen
48. Which group topped the charts in 2000 with the song ‘Never Had A Dream Come True’?
S Club 7
49. Which song, a chart topper for the Commodores features the line ‘and now that we’ve come to the end of our rainbow’?
Three Times A Lady
50. Sheila Ferguson provided lead vocals for which trio?
The Three Degrees

TIEBREAKER - THE MOST HORSES IN A RACE WAS IN THE GRAND NATIONAL IN 1929, HOW MANY HORSES WERE THERE?
66

Attachment: Quizerama 008-2009.txt

February 20, 2009

007-2009

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Round One - General Ignorance
1. Australian singer Kylie Minogue was born in 1968. What does Kylie mean in Aborigine?
Boomerang
2. Born in 1759 who was Britain’s youngest ever Prime Minister?
William Pitt the Younger
3. Where did Mathias Rust manage to land his plane in 1987?
In Red Square, Moscow
4. Which rocker starred in the film `Performance’, premiered in New York in 1970?
Mick Jagger
5. Founded in 1656, what is the senior regiment of the British Army?
The Grenadier Guards

Round Two - At The Movies
6. In the Harry Potter movies what is the name of the Professor played by Alan Rickman?
Severus Snape
7. Which 1998 movie told the story of a comet on collision course with Earth?
Deep Impact
8. In which 1995 movie did James Cromwell play farmer Arthur Hoggett?
Babe
9. Which movie character had a pet Elephant called Shep who thought he was a dog?
George Of The Jungle
10. In which movie did Judi Dench make her Bond debut as the character ‘ M ‘?
Goldeneye

Round Three - Football
11. Football, who received a Yellow Card, for Chelsea, against his former Club "Sheffield United", in a 1992 F.A. Cup Match, after only 3 seconds?
Vinnie Jones
12. Alan Shearer was the first player to score 200 Premiership goals. Who was the second?
Andy Cole
13. Who captained Arsenal when they won the League and Cup in 1970-71?
Frank McLintock
14. Which team first won an FA Cup semifinal on a penalty shoot-out?
Liverpool
15. Which football commentator used to play for Corinthian Casuals?
Martyn Tyler

Round Four - History
16. Which king was defeated at Battle of Bosworth, 22nd-Aug-1485 (the last battle of the Wars of the Roses)?
Richard III
17. What was Britain’s prize gain from the Treaty of Nanking, 1842?
Hong Kong
18. What term was used for the men recruited by the British government in 1920, to help fight the Irish Republican Army?
Black and Tans
19. Which ancient wonder of the world did Nebuchadnezzar build for his wife?
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
20. What was the codename of Hitler’s planned invasion of Britain, across the English Channel?
Operation Sea Lion

Round Five - Gangster’s Paradise
21. What was nicknamed A Chicago Piano by gangsters in the 1930’s?
A Machine Gun
22. John Dillinger was shot dead in 1934 outside what type of building, was it a Cinema, an ice cream parlour or an undertakers?
Cinema
23. In which 1980 film did Bob Hoskins play an East End gangster?
The Long Good Friday
24. Which American gangster was nicknamed Legs?
John Diamond
25. In what year did Coolio a Number 1 hit with Gangsta’s Paradise?
1995  

Round Six - Around Essex
26. The Romans called it Camulodunum & it claims to be the oldest town in England. Which Essex town?
Colchester
27. Three what appear on the badge of Essex County Cricket Club?
Swords
28. What is the County town of Essex?
Chelmsford
29. From which port do you take the SEACAT to the Hook of Holland?
Harwich (Not Felixstowe which is across the river in Suffolk)
30. As well as Greater London, Essex borders which Four counties?
Herts, Cambs, Suffolk & Kent (via an imaginary line in the middle of the Thames)
Spare - Which Essex town contains the name of the most expensive spice?
Saffron Walden

Round Seven - Breakfast Quiztime
31. The Scottish word for it is Brochan, what do the English know it as?
Porridge
32. Who co-starred with Audrey Hepburn in the 1961 Blake Edwards-produced film ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’?
George Peppard
33. What is the name given to the husked coarse oatmeal that, when boiled, is served with breakfast in some regions of the U.S.A.?
Grits
34. Who, in 2006, became the longest serving presenter on breakfast TV before moving to Sky?
Eamonn Holmes
35. Name the group that enjoyed worldwide success with the album ‘Breakfast in America’?
Supertramp

Round Eight - A Piece Of The Action
36. Which children’s television puppet series began with the words - ‘Stand by for action - anything can happen in the next half hour’?
Stingray
37. Which Bank advertised itself on television as The Action Bank?
National Westminster
38. Who claimed that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction?
Sir Isaac Newton
39. What is the Action Man doll called in the USA?
GI Joe
40. Which group had a hit with Love Action in 1981?
Human League

Round Nine - Connections
41. Which mythical bird is said to rise from its own ashes?
Pheonix
42. Who is credited with introducing the potato to Britain?
Sir Walter Raleigh
43. What was the character name of televisions Six Million Dollar Man?
Steve Austin
44. Between June 14, 1962 and January 4, 1964, thirteen single women in America were strangled by Albert De Salvo, by what nickname was he known?
The Boston Strangler
45. What is the Connection?
USA State Capitals - Arizona, North Carolina, Texas & Massachusetts

Round Ten - Music Round
46. Which Madonna number one gave Kelly Osborne her first big chart hit?
Papa Don’t Preach
47. Who sings the opening line in the Band Aid 20 ‘Do they Know Its Christmas’ song?
Chris Martin (Coldplay)
48. The song ‘ Brass In Pocket ‘ was the first UK number one for which group?
The Pretenders
49. What was Roxy Music’s first No.1?
Jealous Guy
50. Whose 1979 debut album was entitled ‘ Signing Off ‘?
UB40

Attachment: Quizerama 007-2009.txt

February 11, 2009

006-2009

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ROUND ONE: CRIME & PUNISHMENT
1. THE YORKSHIRE RIPPER WAS THE GRUESOME NICKNAME GIVEN TO A MAN WHO CONFESSED TO 13 MURDERS IN 1987, WHAT’S HIS REAL NAME
(PETER SUTCLIFFE)
2. WHAT WERE THE LAST NAMES OF THE 1930’S AMERICAN CRIME PARTNERSHIP OF BONNIE AND CLYDE
(PARKER & BARROW)
3. WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE GUNMAN WHO TRAGICALLY MURDERED 14 PEOPLE AT HUNGERFORD IN 1987
(MICHAEL RYAN)
4. WHAT INNOCENT PART DID JACK MILLS AND DAVID WHITBY PLAY IN THE ANNALS OF BRITISH CRIME
(DRIVER & FIREMAN OF TRAIN IN GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY)
5. WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE ‘ELITE’ AMERICAN CRIME TEAM LED BY ELLIOT NESS
(THE UNTOUCHABLES)

ROUND TWO: GLUED TO THE BOX
6. WHICH TV WEATHER GIRL WAS THE DAUGHTER OF A FAMOUS FOOTBALLER
(SUZANNE CHARLTON)
7. WHAT WAS THE NAME OF FRANK SPENCER’S LONG·SUFFERING WIFE IN ‘SOME MOTHERS DO ‘AVE ‘EM’
(BETTY I MICHELLE DOTRICE)
8. WHAT IS THE SURNAME OF THE FAMILY WHO ARE DEPICTED IN THE AMERICAN COMEDY SERIES ‘ROSEANNE’
(CONNOR)
9. BARBARA MANDELL WAS THE FIRST WOMAN TO DO IT ON BRITISH TV IN 1955, DO WHAT
(READ THE NEWS)
10. FROM WHICH CITY DID INCOMPETENT WAITER MANUEL OF FAWLTY TOWERS FAME ORIGINATE
(BARCELONA)

ROUND THREE: ENGINEERING MARVELS
11. IN WHICH EUROPEAN COUNTRY IS THE WORLD’S LONGEST ROAD TUNNEL LOCATED
(SWITZERLAND)
12. WHAT WAS THE ENGINEERING SIGNIFICANCE OF THE MEETING BETWEEN GRAHAM FAGG AND PHILIPE COZETTE IN 1990
(FIRST MEETING OF ENGLISH & FRENCH TUNNEL CONSTRUCTION TEAMS)
13. IN WHICH LONDON ARTS AND RESIDENTIAL COMPLEX IS THE SHAKESPEARE TOWER, BRITAINS TALLEST BLOCK OF FLATS
(THE BARBICAN)
14. THE ULTIMATE, THE STEEL PHANTOM AND DESPERADO ARE ALL TYPES OF WHAT
(ROLLERCOASTERS)
15. WHICH WAS THE WORLD’S THEN LONGEST UNDERWATER TUNNEL, COMPLETED IN ENGLAND AT A COST OF £7 MILLION IN 1932
(LIVERPOOL / BIRKENHEAD - MERSEY TUNNEL)

ROUND FOUR: FEATHERED FRIENDS
16. WHICH GROUP HAD A HIT WITH PRETTY FLAMINGO IN 1966
(MANFRED MANN)
17. IN WHICH CARTOON SERIES WOULD YOU HAVE FOUND ‘THE VULTURE SQUADRON’
(DASTARDLY & MUTTLEY)
18. WHAT DO EMPEROR PENGUINS MAKE THEIR NESTS FROM
(PEBBLES)
19. WHO PROVIDED THE VOICE ON THE WOODY WOODPECKER CARTOONS
(MEL BLANC)
20. WHICH IS THE WORLD’S SMALLEST BIRD
(HUMMINGBIRD)

ROUND FIVE: TELLY-ADDICTS
21. WHICH TV DETECTIVE HAS THE FIRST NAME, ENDEAVOUR
(INSPECTOR MORSE)
22. WHO PLAYED THE OXO-MUM AND STARRED IN ‘ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL’
(LYNDA BELLINGHAM)
23. IN WHICH AMERICAN CITY WAS ‘DUE SOUTH’ SET
(CHICAGO)
24. WHO PLAYED ‘MOTHER’ IN ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS
(JUNE WHITFIELD)
25. IN WHICH SERIES WOULD YOU FIND ALFRED PENNYWORTH, AUNT HARRIET COOPER & CHIEF OHARA
(BATMAN)

ROUND SIX: TAKE YOUR PICK
26. IS THE DISTRICT LINE ON A LONDON UNDERGROUND MAP BROWN, GREEN, RED OR YELLOW
(GREEN)
27. WHAT GIFT IS ASSOCIATED WITH A 13TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY, CRYSTAL, IVORY, LACE OR SILK
(LACE)
28. WHICH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING PUBLICATIONS IS WEEKLY, CAR, COUNTRY LIFE, PRIVATE EYE OR READERS DIGEST
(COUNTRY LIFE)
29. WHICH SHOTGUN HAS THE SMALLEST BORE SIZE, 4 BORE, 12 BORE, 16 BORE OR 28 BORE
(28 BORE)
30. WHICH OF THESE LONDON GALLERIES IS SOUTH OF THE THAMES, HAYWARD, ROYAL ACADEMY, SEPENTINE OR TATE
(HAYWARD)

ROUND SEVEN: SPORTSGEAR
31. FROM WHICH FAIRLY LIGHT-WEIGHT WOOD IS A CRICKET BAT MADE
(WILLOW)
32. HOW MANY RED BALLS ARE THERE IN A GAME OF SNOOKER
(15)
33. ‘KENDO’ IS A TRADITIONAL JAPANESE MARTIAL ART, FROM WHAT IS THE SWORD MADE
(STRIPS OF BAMBOO)
34. WHICH SPORT USES ‘STONES’ AND A ‘HOUSE’
(CURLING)
35. WHICH SPORT HAS FOUR DIFFERENT COLOUR CODES FOR THE BALLS, RANGING FROM YELLOW FOR HOT CONDITIONS TO BLUE FOR COLD CONDITIONS (SQUASH)

ROUND EIGHT: SUPERHEROES
36. MR FANTASTIC, THE INVISIBLE GIRL, THE HUMAN TORCH AND THE THING ARE COLLECTVELY KNOWN BY WHAT NAME
(FANTASTIC FOUR)
37. WHO WAS THE LEADER OF MARVEL’S INTERNATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, THE AVENGERS
(CAPTAIN AMERICA)
38. WHICH MANIACAL SUPERHERO CAVORTS THROUGH THE STREETS OF EDGE CITY (THE MASK)
39. WHO PLAYED SUPERHERO ‘CONDORMAN’ IN A 1981 FILM
(MICHAEL CRAWFORD)
40. WHAT IS DON DIEGO VEGA’S SECRET IDENTITY
(EL ZORRO I THE FOX)

ROUND NINE: WHAT’S IN A NAME
41. BORN JOYCE FRANKENBERG SHE CHANGED HER NAME TO ONE OF KING HENRY VIII’S WIVES, WHICH ACTRESS IS IT
(JANE SEYMOUR)
42. FRANCES GUMM AND JOE YULE JUNIOR WERE FAMOUS CHILD ACTORS OF THE 30’S, WHAT WERE THEIR STAGE NAMES
(JUDY GARLAND I MICKEY ROONEY)
43. CHARLES WESTOVER HAD HITS WITH SWISS MAID, LITTLE TOWN FLIRT, HATS OFF TO LARRY, WHO WAS HE
(DEL SHANNON)
44. WHICH DIMPLE~CHINNED SCREEN HERO WENT TO HOLLYWOOD UNDER THE GUISE OF ISSUR DANIELOVITCH DEMSKY
(KIRK DOUGLAS)
45. ANNEMARIE ITALIANO FAMOUSLY SEDUCED DUSTIN HOFFMAN IN 1967, WHAT IS HER STAGE NAME
(ANNE BANCROFT . MRS ROBINSON)

ROUND TEN: FOOD AND DRINK
46. FROM WHICH FISH DOES CAVIAR COME
(STURGEON)
47. WHAT IS THE WORLD’S MOST EXPENSIVE SPICE
(SAFFRON)
48. WHICH FRUIT IS OFTEN SERVED WITH PARMA HAM AS A FIRST COURSE
(MELON)
49. WHAT DO WE CALL YOUNG HERRINGS AND SPRATS, WHEN COATED IN FLOUR AND DEEP-FRIED UNTIL CRISP AND BROWN
(WHITEBAIT)
50. BEEF-STROGANOFF WAS FIRST MADE IN THE 1700’S FOR COUNT ALEXANDER STROGANOFF, AFTER THE MEAT IS COOKED, WHAT IS ADDED
(SOUR CREAM)

February 5, 2009

Quizerama Music Quiz

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Round One - Musical Ignorance
1. Which music programme started on BBC TV, in 1958, with a Saturday Night slot hosted by David Jacobs?
Juke Box Jury
2. 1963, Lesley Gore started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with which song which was also a UK number one for Dave Stewart and Barbara Gaskin in 1981?
‘It’s My Party’
3. 1968, Simon and Garfunkel went to No.1 on the US singles chart with which song, the song was also a UK hit for the Lemonheads in 1992?
‘Mrs Robinson’ - Featured in the Dustin Hoffman and Ann Bancroft film ‘The Graduate’
4. 1982, Madness were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with which song which was the groups only No.1 from 27 UK Top 40 hits?
‘House Of Fun’
5. 1996, the official song of the England Football team went to number one in the UK Charts, who were the artists?
Baddiel and Skinner and The Lightning Seeds - Three Lions

Round Two - Superstars
6. Who is Britain’s most successful female chart artist, who became a Dame in 2000?
Shirley Bassey
7. Who was the first singer to have No 1 hits in five decades?
Cliff Richard
8. Who has recorded singles with Paul McCartney, Julio Iglcsias and Diana Ross?
Stevie Wonder
9. Which American singer had 35 consecutive UK Top Ten Hits between 1984 and 1994?
Madonna
10. Which Frank Sinatra single won him a Grammy, only the ninth ever awarded?
"Strangers In The Night"

Round Three - ‘B’ Groups
11. With which group did Jimmy Somerville provide lead vocals on the hit record ‘Smalltown Boy’?
Bronski Beat
12. Keith Richardson, Nick Carter and Brian Littrell are all members of which US boy band?
Backstreet Boys
13. Which group had their first number one for nineteen years with the 1999 chart topper ‘Maria’?
Blondie
14. Richie Sambora plays the lead guitar for which rock group?
Bon Jovi
15. In which group did Jacqui O’Sullivan replace Siobhan Fahey?
Bananarama

Round Four - Who was first?
16. - Jamaican act to have a number one hit in the UK?
Desmond Decker
17. - French act to have a number one hit in the UK?
Charles Aznavour
18. - Norwegian act to have a number one hit in the UK?
A-Ha
19. - German act to have a number one in the UK?
Kraftwerk
20. - Italian act to have a number one in the UK?
Black Box

Round Five - Music Tracks
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25.

Round Six - Country Music
26. Who won a 2002 Grammy for Best Country Album, the year before his death?
Johnny Cash
27. Under what name do the country trio Natalie Maines, Martine Maguire and Emily Robinson record?
The Dixie Chicks
28. Who was backed by the First Edition on his first hit record?
Kenny Rogers
29. Which country and western star was born Virginia Pugh?
Tammy Wynette
30. Which legend of country music penned the song ‘Always On My Mind’?
Willie Nelson

Round Seven - The Numbers Game
31. How many number one hits did Take That have in the UK?
Nine
32. According to the lyrics of the song, how old is Abba’s dancing queen?
Seventeen
33. Which group topped the charts in 2000 with the song ‘Never Had A Dream Come True’?
S Club 7
34. Which song, a chart topper for the Commodores features the line ‘and now that we’ve come to the end of our rainbow’?
Three Times A Lady
35. Sheila Ferguson provided lead vocals for which trio?
The Three Degrees

Round Eight - Shared Song Titles
Which song title was a hit for…
36. The Beatles, Bay City Rollers, Samantha Fox and Dollar?
I Want To Hold Your Hand
37. The Bee Gees, Portrait and Take That?
How Deep Is Your Love
38. Buddy Holly, Showaddywaddy and Nick Berry?
Heartbeat
39. Buddy Holly and the Crickets, Leo Sayer and Bobby Vee?
More Than I Can Say
40. The Righteous Brothers, Robson & Jerome and Gareth Gates?
Unchained Melody

Round Nine - Elvis Lyrics
41. You know I can be found, Sittin’ home all alone, If you can’t come around, At least please telephone?
Don’t Be Cruel
42. Your lips excite me, Let your arms invite me, For who knows when, We’ll meet again this way?
It’s Now Or Never
43. Baby let me be around you every night, Run your fingers through my hair and cuddle me real tight?
Teddy Bear
44. If I found a lucky penny, I’d toss it across the bay, Your love is worth all the gold on earth, No wonder that I say?
Good Luck Charm
45. Bright light city gonna set my soul, Gonna set my soul on fire, Got a whole lot of money that’s ready to burn, So get those stakes up higher?
Viva Las Vegas

Round Ten - Music Tracks
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47.
48.
49.
50.

Tiebreaker - How old was Elton John when he hit No I with the single in memory of Diana  Princess of Wales?
Fifty-one

Attachment: Quizerama 50Q Answer Sheet.xls

 

Attachment: Quizerama Music Quiz.txt

005-2009

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The Bible
Q 1    What do Obadiah, Philemon and Jude have in common in the bible?
Answer    They are all books of only one chapter.
Q 2    In the bible, what was a publican’s job?
Answer    He collected taxes, he did NOT serve drinks.
Q 3    According to the Bible, where did Noah’s Ark come to rest after the flood ?
Answer    On Mount Ararat, Turkey.
Q 4    Which two books in the Old Testament of the Bible are named after women?
Answer    Ruth and Esther.
Q 5    According to the Bible, what is the ‘Number of the Beast’?
Answer    666.
 
TV Soaps
Q 6    What hyped but ill-fated BBC ’soap for Europe’ sank without trace in 1993?
Answer    Eldorado.
Q 7    Which village near Bradford, used as the setting for ‘Emmerdale’, was threatened with the axe in 1996?
Answer    Esholt.
Q 8    In the TV soap ‘Home and Away’, how did Bobby receive her fatal injury?
Answer    Speed boat accident.
Q 9    Cliff Richard sang the theme song of which horsey BBC soap which galloped into the sunset in 1992?
Answer    ‘Trainer’.
Q 10    What 1980s TV series featuring boats, and boardrooms was described as ‘the first Thatcherite soap’?
Answer    ‘Howards Way’.
 
FA Cup
Q 11    In what year was the first FA cup tie played that was decided by penalties?
Answer    1991, Rotherham V’s Scunthorpe, Scunthorpe won 7-6.
Q 12    In 1997 which second division side reached the semi-final of the FA Cup?
Answer    Chesterfield.
Q 13    Which manager won three FA Cups in the 1960’s with Tottenham Hotspur?
Answer    Bill Nicholson.
Q 14    Dave Whelan broke a leg in an FA Cup Final. To what rule change did this lead?
Answer    The permitting of substitutes.
Q 15    Who was Southampton’s manager when they lifted the FA Cup in 1976?
Answer    Lawrie McMenemy.
 
Ships and the Sea
Q 16    What does the inhabitant of the crow’s nest on a ship keep?
Answer    Look out or watch.
Q 17    Name the Penlee lifeboat, lost in 1981 with all hands?
Answer    The Solomon Browne.
Q 18    What did the Soviets call their first nuclear-powered ship?
Answer    Lenin.
Q 19    What was the name of Germany’s largest World War II battleship?
Answer    The Bismarck.
Q 20    Relating to cruise ships, what do the letters P & O stand for?
Answer    Peninsular & Oriental.
 
The Beatles
Q 21    Where did the Beatles last all play together?
Answer    On top of the Apple building, in Savile Row, London.
Q 22    Who did Ringo Star replace in the Beatles?
Answer    Pete Best.
Q 23    Which priest writes ‘the words of a sermon that no-one will hear’ in a Beatles song?
Answer    Father Mackenzie, in Eleanor Rigby.
Q 24    How many British No. 1 hits had the Beatles?
Answer    Seventeen.
Q 25        The Beatles founded their own record label. What was it called?
Answer    Apple.

Collective Names
Q 26    A collection of what creatures is called a ‘bed’?
Answer    Oysters.
Q 27    What is the collective name for a group of bees?
Answer    A swarm.
Q 28    A collection of what creature is called a rabble?
Answer    Rats.
Q 29    What collective noun is used to describe a group of widows?
Answer    An Ambush.
Q 30    What collective noun is used to describe a group of boys?
Answer    A blush.
 
The 1990s
Q 31    Which two nurses were pardoned by King Fahd of Saudi Arabia in May 1998?
Answer    Lucille McLauchlan and Deborah Parry.
Q 32    Prince Albert of Liege succeeded to which throne in 1993?
Answer    Belgium.
Q 33    ‘A Clown Too Many’ is the autobiography of which British comedian who died in 1993?
Answer    Les Dawson.
Q 34    On what exact date did Hong Kong revert to Chinese rule?
Answer    1st July 1997.
Q 35    What was the name of the IBM chess playing computer that challenged Kasparov in 1995/96?
Answer    Deep Blue.

Trees
Q 36    What is the common name for the tree Salix Babylonica?
Answer    Weeping willow.
Q 37    What name is given to the flower truss of the willow tree?
Answer    Catkin.
Q 38    How often does a deciduous tree shed its leaves?
Answer    Once a year.
Q 39    What are cone-bearing trees called?
Answer    Conifers.
Q 40    A bristlecone pine tree in California has what distinction?
Answer    That of being the oldest known living thing in the world.
 
History
Q 41    Which monarch lost the Battle of Actium?
Answer    Cleopatra.
Q 42    What in the early 1940s was the Manhattan Project?
Answer    The plan to build the atomic bomb.
Q 43    In what year was the Great Fire of London?
Answer    1666.
Q 44    At whom were the 1913 ‘Cat and Mouse’ Acts aimed?
Answer    The Suffragettes.
Q 45    What took place in 1897 at Bonanza Creek, Alaska?
Answer    The Klondike gold rush.

Words
Q 46    Which German word for ‘lightning war’ was used for ‘air raid’ in Britain?
Answer    Blitzkrieg or Blitz.
Q 47    From which language does the word ‘cherub’ originate?
Answer    Hebrew.
Q 48    What is the only English anagram of ALARMING?
Answer    Marginal.
Q 49    ‘Vox populi’ means what?
Answer    Voice of the people.
Q 50    What do the Chinese words ‘Kung Fu’ actually mean?
Answer    ‘Leisure time’.






















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