QUIZERAMA QUIZ FILES

Round One - Q For Answers
1. What was the first drug ever used to treat malaria?
Quinine
2. In which film did Peter Ustinov play Emperor Nero?
Quo Vadis
3. What is the smallest member of the partridge family?
Quail
4. Which eight-letter word describes marshy, boggy ground?
Quagmire
5. Which dish could be described as an egg tart?
Quiche Lorraine

Round Two - Spuds, Glorious Spuds
6. Who is said to have been the first to bring potatoes back to England in 1588?
Sir Walter Raleigh
7. What is the principal vitamin obtainable from potatoes?
Vitamin C
8. Which former leading American politician was mocked for his public inability to spell the word potatoes?
Dan Quayle
9. What is the name for the Irish dish consisting of mashed potatoes, cabbage, onion, milk and butter?
Colcannon
10. Which state of North America is called the Potato State?
Idaho

Round Three - It’s In The Song
11. In Dancing Queen how old is the dancing queen?
Seventeen
12. In The House Of The Rising Sun in which city was the house located?
New Orleans
13. In The Leader Of The Pack, what is the name of the leader?
Jimmy
14. In Lucille how many children did Lucille have?
Four
15. In the song The Coward Of The County what is the name of the coward?
Tommy

Round Four - Sporting Chance
16. 1984 is the only year that more than one person won the BBC Sports personality Of The Year Award, who were they?
Torville And Dean
17. What is the nickname of the Australian rugby union team?
The Wallabies
18. Which soccer team became the first team of the 20th century to do the league and FA Cup double?
Tottenham Hotspur - 1961
19. Which annual race is 4 miles and 374 yards long?
The University Boat Race
20. Which jockey rode Shergar when it won the 1981 Derby?
Walter Swindburn

Round Five - Attracting Flies!
21. In the game of poker, what name is given to a hand consisting of three card of one denomination and two of another?
Full HOUSE
22. Who is the religious character in the board game Cluedo?
Reverend GREEN
23. Which group had their first chart successes with the songs "Digging your scene" and "It doesn’t have to be this way" in the middle 80s?
BLOW Monkeys
24. What is the name of Frasier’s brother in the TV series?
Niles CRANE
25. In which film was Richard Harris captured by Red Indians?
A Man Called HORSE

Round Six - Put Your Jackets On!
26. In which 1967 film does Sidney Poitier share an evening meal with Spenser Tracy and Katherine Hepburn?
Guess who’s coming to DINNER
27. What was the nickname of the boxer Joe Louis?
The Brown BOMBER
28. In which Monty Python film is the title role played by Graham Chapman?
The LIFE of Brian
29. Which TV show was set in the studios of Globelink News?
Drop the Dead DONKEY
30. What was the first top ten hit for The Jam?
ETON Rifles

Round Seven - Famous Animals
31. In which city will you find a statue to a dog called Greyfriar’s Bobby?
Edinburgh
32. Burmese, a black mare, was a favoured mount of Queen Elizabeth 2nd at which annual state event?
Trooping The Colour
33. What was Guy, a famous inhabitant of London Zoo, who died in 1978?
Gorilla
34. What sort of animal was Socks, an inhabitant of the White House?
A cat
35. What sort of animal was Chi-Chi, a gift from China to London Zoo in 1958?
Giant Panda

Round Eight - Risings and Revolutions
36. In which city did the Easter Rising of 1916 take place?
Dublin
37. Against whom did Hereward the Wake lead a fenland revolt?
The Normans
38. Who was the leader of the 1917 Communist revolution in Russia?
Lenin
39. Which gladiator led a rising against Rome?
Spartacus
40. Which warrior race fought the British during an uprising in New Zealand in 1845?
Maoris

Round Nine - Connections
41. What is the first property you pass on a standard Monopoly board?
Old KENT Road
42. The US lawyer Francis Scott Key wrote a poem about a flag. This poem was later set to music. By what title is it now known?
"The Star Spangled BANNER"
43. Which US jazz musician was nicknamed ‘Bird’?
Charlie PARKER
44. Who played The Ringo Kid in the 1939 film Stagecoach and won an Oscar for his role in True Grit?
John WAYNE
45. What is the connection?
Aliases used by SUPERHEROES - Clark Kent (Superman) / David Banner (The Incredible Hulk) / Peter Parker (Spiderman) / Bruce Wayne (Batman)

Round Ten - The Wheels Go Round
46. What do Americans call what we know as an estate car?
Station WAGON
47. Which horror film starred Vincent Price in the original and Jeff Goldblum in the remake?
The FLY
48. Who was the first wife of King Henry VIII?
CATHERINE Of Aragon
49. Which Charles Kingsley novel is about a young chimney sweep called Tom?
The WATER Babies
50. Who played Ma Larkin in the TV show The Darling Buds of May?
Pam FERRIS

Round One - General Ignorance
1. Name the Scottish author of the adventure story `Where Eagles Dare’, who died in 1987?
Alistair Maclean
2. Born in 1928, which singer had fifties hits with `Green Door’ and ‘Garden of Eden’ and is famous for his high kicks?
Frankie Vaughan
3. In 1913, the largest railway station in the world opened in New York. What is its name?
Grand Central Station
4. In 1873 Lord Trenchard was born. He was known as the `father’ of which armed service?
The Royal Air Force - he founded it
5. Name the notorious punk rocker, who died in 1979 and was the subject of the film `Sid and Nancy’?
Sid Vicious

Round Two - Women
6. Which female is highest in line to the throne?
Princess Beatrice
7. Lady Haden-Guest is better known as which actress?
Jamie Lee Curtis
8. On the roof of which building in the City of London is there a 12 foot bronze statue of a woman by FW Pomeroy?
The Old Bailey
9. In which country was Florence Nightingale born?
Italy
10. In 1980 who became the first British Solo Female to have a UK number one album?
Kate Bush

Round Three - Sports
11. Who was the first person to hold the world record for the mile, 1500m and 800m at the same time?
Sebastian Coe
12. I’m sitting on the strip, watching the Christmas tree - what sport am I taking part in?
Drag Racing
13. Which annual race is 4 miles and 374 yards long?
The University Boat Race
14. How many players are there in a baseball team?
Nine
15. What is the perfect score in 10 pin bowling?
300

Round Four - Myths & Legends
16. Which bird, in Greek legend, was given the 100 eyes of Argus?
The Peacock
17. In Hindu mythology, the symbol of fertility is ‘Nandini’, but what sort of animal is ‘Nandini’?
A Cow
18. What remained at the bottom of Pandora’s Box?
Hope
19. How many heads had the Hydra?
He had 9 heads
20. In Norse mythology who had a magic hammer?
Thor

Round Five - 5 B.C. - The answers all have names with the intials B.C.
21. Who merited an entry in the Guiness book of records in 1983 for writing 26 novels in one year?
BARBARA CARTLAND
22. Who played Captain Billy Bones in Muppets Treasure Island in 1996?
BILLY CONNOLLY
23. Which singer left the Go-Go’s to forge a solo career?
BELINDA CARLISLE
24. Who appeared on tv along side Larry the Loafer?
BRIAN CONLEY
25. Who coached Torvill and Dean to an Olympic gold medal?
BETTY CALLOWAY

Round Six - Colours
26. On a Monopoly board, what colour is Bond Street?
Green
27. What colour is a 5-amp fuse?
Black
28. What colour are French pillar-boxes?
Yellow
29. What colour is the semi-precious stone lapis lazuli?
Blue
30. What colour was Queen Elizabeth I’s hair?
Red / Ginger

Round Seven - Nature
31. What name is given to a Fox’s home?
An Earth
32. Which bird can be little, pygmy or burrowing?
Owl
33. What sort of creature is a water moccasin?
Snake
34. Apple, Pepper and Spear are types of which plant?     
Mint
35. Leather, Mirror, Golden, Black, Bighead and Common are all types of which fish?
Carp

Round Eight - Cars
36. Classic cars - Which British sports car’s chassis is still made out of wood?
Morgan
37. The Ranger is a pick-up truck made by which company?
Ford
38. Which supercar manufacturer makes a model called the Diablo?
Lamborghini
39. Those funny small Smart cars are part of which major international motor manufacturing group?
Daimler Chrysler
40. The A Class is a small car from which motor manufacturer?
Mercedes Benz
Spares - The Signum was a 2003 model from which carmaker?
Vauxhall
- The Land Cruiser is a bloody great 4x4 made by which company?
Toyota
- Which car manufacturer makes a model called the Camargue?
Rolls Royce

Round Nine - Connections
41. Who reigned over England for only nine days?
Lady Jane GREY
42. Who played the Jackal in the Day of the Jackal?
Edward FOX
43. What was the title of the first Rambo film?
First BLOOD
44. Which England football manager was played in a movie by Ricky Tomlinson?
Mike BASSETT
45. What is the connection?
Hounds

Round Ten - Streets
46. Which cartoon superhero had his base in a post box in baker street?
Dangermouse
47. In which European capital city would you find the train station called Tara Street?
Dublin
48. Designed by John Nash what monument was relocated at the top end of Oxford Street in 1851?
Marble Arch
49. Which american singer has a backing band called the E Street band?
Bruce Springsteen
50. Name the Motown group who were dancing in the street during the sixties?
Martha Reeves and the Vandellas

TIEBREAKER - How many million dollars worth of golf balls do golfers use annually?
800

ROUND ONE - GENERAL IGNORANCE
1. Which singer was born Annie Mae Bullock in 1938?
TINA TURNER
2. Born in 1923 who played Elsie Tanner in `Coronation Street’?
PAT PHOENIX - died 1986
3. Which bandleader and trombonist of the swing era formed an orchestra with his brother Jimmy and died in 1956?
TOMMY DORSEY
4. What is the name of the American cartoonist who created the highly successful Peanuts strip who was born in 1922?
CHARLES SCHULTZ
5. The Sex Pistols released their first single in 1977, what was its title?
ANARCHY IN THE UK

ROUND TWO - AROUND THE HOUSE
6. Who does the Monarch send to summon the Commons to her State opening of Parliament?
BLACK ROD
7. What name is given to the longest serving member in the House of Commons?
FATHER OF THE HOUSE
8. Who gave up the title Viscount Stansgate, so he could sit in the House of Commons?
TONY BENN
9. Who did Margret Thatcher replace as conservative leader?
TED HEATH
10. Of which party were Will Rogers and Roy Jenkins founder members?
THE SOCIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY

ROUND THREE - LETS PLAY DOCTORS
11. Which part of the body is inflamed by Hepatitis?
LIVER
12. What is the common name for the Tympanic Membrane?
EAR DRUM
13. Where could you find your medulla and your cortex?
KIDNEYS
14. Which of the five senses develops first?
SMELL
15. If you were diagnosed as suffering from ACUTE NASOPHARYNGITIS what would you have?
A COLD

ROUND FOUR - BELIEFS & CUSTOMS
16. What form did the Egyptian god Anubis take?
A JACKAL OR DOG
17. Which Tor in England is one of the reputed resting places of the Holy Grail?
GLASTONBURY TOR
18. What colour are Chinese coffins painted-to give the dead a happy life?
WHITE
19. In which river was Jesus baptized?
JORDAN
20. What colour dress do Hindu brides wear?
RED

ROUND FIVE - DRESSING UP
21. Who designed Liz Hurley’s famous ’safety pin’ dress?
VERSACE
22. Which 1966 UK hit song contains the lyrics "Crimson dress that clings so tight, She’s out of reach and out of sight"?
PRETTY FLAMINGO
23. Which designer is best remembered for ‘The Little Black Dress’?
COCO CHANNEL
24. In which film was Marilyn Monroe’s skirt famously blown up around her waist?
THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH
25. What is the name of the short skirts worn by cheerleaders?
Rah Rah

ROUND SIX - THE DEMON DRINK
26. Which fortified wine takes its name from a Portuguese island?
MADEIRA
27. Which alchoholic drink is advertised using the following slogan - we only let you drink it when its ready?
GROLSH
28. Tokay and Bull’s Blood are wines from which country?
HUNGARY
29. Which alcoholic spirit has a name which translated into English means ‘water’ or ‘little water’?
VODKA
30. A cocktail known as a TNT comprises of Tia Maria and Neapolitan Brandy. What does the second T stand for?
TEQUILA                                                           

ROUND SEVEN - THE BLUES
31. Which American state is known as the Bluegrass State?
KENTUCKY
32. Which Spanish artist is famous for his Blue Period?
PICASSO
33. In which Turkish city is the Blue Mosque?
ISTANBULL
34. What is the name of the character in European folklore whose seventh wife enters a forbidden room in their house to discover the bodies of his six previous wives?
BLUEBEARD
35. What kind of creature is a Russian Blue?
CAT

ROUND EIGHT - CARTOON TIME!
36. Which national daily newspaper features the cartoons ‘Striker’, ‘Badlands’ and ‘George & Lynne’?
THE SUN
37. What is the cartoon character Mr Magoo’s first name?
QUINCY
38. Spaceman First Class Albert Digby is the companion of which spage-age comic hero?
DAN DARE
39. Which famous cartoon dog was created by the late Alex Graham and has been featured in the Daily Mail since 1963?
FRED BASSET
40. What type of animal was the cartoon character "Chilly Willy"?
PENGUIN

ROUND NINE - KIDDIES CORNER
41. What are the names of the Lion King and the evil Lion in Disney’s The Lion King?
SIMBA & SCAR
42. How do the dogs disguise themselves to escape the evil Cruella De Ville in 101 Dalmatians?
THEY ROLL IN COAL DUST
43. What is the name of Ariel’s lobster friend in The Little Mermaid?
SEBASTIAN
44. Which 1996 film was based on a book by Dick King-Smith entitled The Sheep Pig?
BABE
45. Which two animals led Pinnochio astray as he made his way to school?
THE FOX AND THE CAT

ROUND TEN - BOB’S YOUR UNCLE
46. Who played Napoleon Solo in "The Man From UNCLE"?
ROBERT VAUGHAN
47. Who was head of the Wombles family?
GREAT UNCLE BULGARIA
48. In the film of the same name who played "Uncle Buck"?
JOHN CANDY
49. Which mischievous character did Uncle Remus tell tales about?
BRER RABBIT
50. Where were ‘Old Uncle Tom Cobbleigh and All’ going?
WIDDECOMBE FAIR

TIE-BREAKER - In what year did Heinz tomato sauce first go on sale?
1886

Round One - General Ignorance
1. Which singer was born Marie McDonald McLaughlin in 1948?
Lulu
2. In 1903, Panama proclaimed its independence from which South American country?
Colombia
3. Born in 1954, which singer had UK Number One chart hits with `Prince Charming’ and ‘Stand and Deliver’?
Adam Ant
4. Born in 1921, which craggy-faced American actor once said: "I look like a rock quarry that someone has dynamited"?
Charles Bronson - (Died 2003) American actor who appeared in films such as The Magnificent Seven and Death Wish
5. Nicknamed `Little Sure Shot’, which member of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show died in 1926?
Annie Oakley (born Phoebe Anne Oakley Moses)

Round Two - You Can Call Me AL
6. In the Earth’s crust which metal is the most abundant?
Aluminium
7. Which woman climber perished on K2 in 1995?
Alison Hargreaves
8. What name was given to the practice which tried to turn lead into silver and gold?
Alchemy
9. Who had a horse called Bucephalus?
Alexander the Great
10. Which TV sitcom, starring Derek Nimmo, was set in and around St Ogg’s Cathedral?
All Gas and Gaiters

Round Three - Sport & Leisure
11. In Rugby Union which two countries can win the Six Nations Trophy but not the Triple Crown?
France & Italy
12. What is the most northerly racecourse in the UK?
Perth
13. In golf what is the American term for a bunker?
Sandtrap
14. A Morgan, A Small Dog, A Liner and an Iron, where will you find them together?
Monopoly Board
15. What kind of animal stands on top of Rugby Unions Calcutta Cup?
Elephant

Round Four - Technicolour
16. During which war was the 1968 film The Green Berets set?
Vietnam War
17. In which building is the American TV drama series The West Wing set?
The White House
18. In which 1990 film did Sean Connery play a defecting Soviet submarine commander?
The Hunt For Red October
19. Which 1970’s children’s animated series narrated by Richard Briars featured a green dog and pink cat?
Roobarb & Custard
20. In which 1990 film did Jamie Lee Curtis play a rookie cop hunting a serial killer?
Blue Steel
Spare - Which 1986 film featured Eddie Murphy as the bodyguard to an infant with supernatural powers?
The Golden Child

Round Five - Choose Your Weapon
21. What name is given to a red Indians war axe?
Tomahawk
22. How many bullets does a Colt .45 revolver hold?
Six
23. What did the British army first use in Belfast in 1971?
Rubber Bullets
24. What type of weapon is a Claymore?
Sword
25. What Is The Murder Weapon In The Film Basic Instinct?
Ice Pick

Round Six - Connections
26. Which actor did Jennifer Anniston marry in July 2000?
Brad Pitt
27. Who had a top 40 hit in 1966 with Mustang Sally?
Wilson Pickett
28. What is the name of the botanical gardens situated in Cornwall sometimes dubbed the 8th Wonder of the World?
The Eden Project
29. Which English cathedral has the highest spire?
Salisbury
30. What is the Connection?
British Prime Ministers - William Pitt, Harold Wilson, Anthony Eden & Marquess of Salisbury

Round Seven - Around The World
31. If you travelled due west from Melbourne in Australia, what is the first country you would hit?
Argentina
32. The State capital of Missouri is named after which American President?
Jefferson - Jefferson City
33. Which European country has the greatest consumption of beer per capita in the world?
The Czech Republic (Ireland is second)
34. How many countries are there in Central America - 7, 10 or 13?
Seven - Honduras, Guatemala, Belize, Panama, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica
35. The Stanley Falls can be found on which river, which is the second longest river in Africa?
The Congo

Round Eight - Great Questions
36. Which breed of dog was originally a cross of an Irish Wolfhound and an English Mastiff?
Great Dane
37. Which book tells the story of Philip Pirrip, known as Pip?
Great Expectations
38. What is the nickname of the rugby player Martin Offiah?
Great Balls Offiah!
39. Which large flightless seabird that was native to the north atlantic coast became extinct in 1844?
Great Auk
40. Which is the principal seaside resort in the county of Norfolk?
Great Yarmouth

Round Nine - Young And Old
41. Which financial institution is nicknamed the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street?
The Bank of England
42. By what other nickname was Bonnie Prince Charlie (Charles Edward Stuart) also known?
The Young Pretender - note, James Edward Stuart - Old Pretender 1688-1766
43. What do the Americans call Old Glory?
The Flag
44. Which 1974 Mel Brooks film starred Gene Wilder and Marty Feldman as his sidekick Igor?
Young Frankenstein
45. which organisation was founded in London in 1844 by George Williams?
YMCA

Round Ten - Famous Buildings
46. In which building are the Scottish Crown Jewels kept?
Edinburgh Castle
47. Which building in Paris houses a 7,800-pipe organ?
Notre Dame Cathedral
48. Which building in London contains a slab on the floor marking the tomb of an Unknown Warrior of World War One?
Westminster Abbey
49. What is the name of the building where WW II German codes were broken?
Bletchley Park
50. Which is the oldest Royal palace in England?
Windsor Castle

Tiebreaker - Year that Bonnie Prince Charlie was born?
1720-1788

Round One - General Ignorance
1. What song replaced "Bohemian Rhapsody" at number one in the UK Charts in 1975, the title of which can be found in the lyrics of Bohemian Rhapsody?
Mamma Mia
2. Which synthetic material was named by combining the French words for Velvet and Hook?
Velcro
3. With which game would you use a "squidger"?
Tiddly Winks
4. In 1970 - What did Football Referees get that they hadn’t had before?
Red & Yellow Cards
5. The Melody for which famous song was written by sisters and school teachers Patty and Mildred Hill in Kentucky in 1893?
Happy Birthday

Round Two - Food & Drink
6. In which century was chocolate introduced in the UK?
Seventeenth
7. From which country does Dao wine come?
Portugal
8. Caraway is related to which family of vegetables?
Carrot
9. In which country did satsumas originate?
Japan
10. Which traditional pudding ingredient comes from the cassava plant?
Tapioca

Round Three - Sporting terms
In which sport would you —
11. Throw stones at houses
Curling
12. Sit in a sulky
Harness Racing
13. Employ the O’Brien shift
Shot Putt
14. Trim your sheets
Yachting
15. Abide by the Cartwright Rules
Baseball

Round Four - The Four Seasons
16. Who had a 1950’s hit with "Summertime Blues"?
Eddie Cochran
17. Who received an Oscar for her performance in the film "The Lion In Winter"?
Katherine Hepburn
18. Which spring flower has the Latin name " Narcissus pseudonarcissus "?
Daffodil
19. From which play does the line "Now is the winter of our discontent" come?
Richard the Third
20. Autumn is generally reckoned to start from the equinox in which month of the year?
September

Round Five - Around Britain
21. In which English county is most of the Forest of Dean?
Gloucestershire
22. What are the canals in Cambridge called?
The Backs
23. Which English county with a sea border has the shortest coastline?
Durham
24. The Orkney’s are separated from mainland Britain by which body of water?
Pentland Firth
25. Which English Football League club’s ground is farthest away from any other?
Carlisle

Round Six - Letter Sandwiches
All answers start and end with the same letter
26. Which detective did George C Scott think he was in the film They Might be Giants?
Sherlock Holmes
27. In which country would you find the Cape York Peninsula?
Australia
28. Who had top 10 hits with Going Back, All I See Is You, and Losing You?
Dusty Springfield
29. Which breed of dog is also known as the badger-dog?
Dachshund
30. Who dresses up as Herne the Hunter in Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor?
Falstaff

Round Seven - Name the Monkey
31. In the film The Jungle Book
King Louie
32. That raised Tarzan in the novel
Kala
33. That gives its names to a blood group
Rhesus
34. Played by Roddy McDowell in the film The Planet of the Apes
Cornellius
35. In the film The Lion King
Rafiki

Round Eight - Movie Links
36. Who links The Witches of Eastwick and Batman Returns?
Michelle Pfeiffer (NOT Jack Nicholson - Batman)
37. Who links Twelve Monkey’s and Thelma and Louise?
Brad Pitt
38. Which actor links The Beach and The World Is Not Enough?
Robert Carlysle
39. Which director links A Clockwork Orange and Spartacus?
Stanley Kubrick
40. Who links Trainspotting and Rogue Trader?
Ewan McGregor

Round Nine - Totaliser
41. If you started a game of scrabble by laying down the word QUIZ on the empty board, how many points would you score?
44
42. The binary number 1010 is equivalent to which decimal number?
10
43. How many old pence were there in a Guinea?
252
44. How many EDGES are there on a cube?
12
45. In cricket, what score is described as a Nelson?
111

Round Ten - Science Fiction
46. Who is the captain of the USS Voyager?
Catherine Janeway
47. Which programme starred Scott Bakula as Sam Beckett?
Quantum Leap
48. Who narrated "The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy"?
Peter Jones
49. Which series featured Moonbase Alpha?
Space 1999
50. Which series featured Tweaky?
Buck Rogers