QUIZERAMA QUIZ FILES

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’.