QUIZERAMA QUIZ FILES

Round One - Kissing
1. Which Nursery Rhyme Character "kissed the girls and made them cry"?
Georgie Porgie
2. On which Ship did Horatio Nelson allegedly say, "Kiss me, Hardy"?
HMS Victory
3. Which "Royal" caused a scandal by being photographed having her Toes kissed?
The "Duchess of York" (Sarah Ferguson)
4. Which Animated Disney film (1989), featured a song called "Kiss the Girl"?
The Little Mermaid
5. Which Actor said, "kissing Marilyn Monroe" was like kissing Hitler!"?
Tony Curtis, (after starring with her in the 1959 film, "Some Like it Hot")
 
Round Two - Sports
6. Who won the most Wimbledon men’s singles titles during the 20th century?
Pete Sampras
7. Which country won the first ever Rugby Union World Cup?
New Zealand
8. Uruguay won, but, which country lost the first ever football world cup?
Argentina
9. At which British venue can you find Paddock Hill Grandstand?
Brands Hatch
10. Which boxing weight is equal to 8 stones?
Flyweight

Round Three - Titanic Questions
6. Which Belfast shipbuilding company built Titanic?
Harland & Wolff
7. What was the name of Titanic’s older sister ship?
Olympic
8. How many watertight compartments was Titanic’s hull divided into?
Sixteen
9. What was the name of the ship that came to rescue Titanic’s survivors?
Carpathia
10. How many propellors did Titanic have?
Three

Round Four - Law & Order
16. Henry Fielding formed the first band of constables in London in the 18th century. What were they called?
The Bow Street Runners (sometimes known as Robin Redbreasts as they wore scarlet waistcoats)
17. George Savalas played Detective Stavros in what 1970’s police show?
Kojak (He was Telly Savalas’s real life brother)
18. Even though he retired from UK athletics in 1980, which ex-policeman still holds the record for most capped British male athlete of all time, with 67 international caps?
Geoff Capes
19. Who played the character Steve (Book him Danno) McGarrett?
Jack Lord (Hawaii Five-O)
20. Vatican City is policed by the Swiss Guards, who still wear a uniform that was designed in the 16th century. Who reputedly designed the uniform?
Michelangelo
Spare - What nationality was the Monk detective played by Derek Jacobi in Cadfael?
Welsh

Round Five - Off with their Heads!
21. Which fictional character is best remembered for the line  "Off with her head!"?
The Queen of Hearts
22. Who was the first of Henry VIII’s wives to lose her head?
Anne Boleyn
23. Which beast from classical mythology has many heads? 
The hydra
24. Which rock music artist, currently touring the North West, established his reputation as lead singer with the group Talking Heads?
David Byrne
25. Who wrote the novel Brideshead Revisited?
Evelyn Waugh

Round Six - The Movies
26. In which film did Robert DeNiro play a fire chief called Donald Rimgale? 
Backdraft
27. Who is the only man to have won an Oscar playing brothers? 
Lee Marvin in Cat Ballou
28. In which part of New York did the film ‘Shaft’ take place?
Harlem
29. What is the name of the 1999 film that starred Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver and Alan Rickman which was a spoof of the Star Trek TV Program?
Galaxy Quest
30. Which actor played a time-travelling law enforcer in the film ‘Timecop’?
Jean Claude Van Damme

Round Seven - Country & Western
31. Which hit, in letters, followed Stand by your Man for Tammy Wynette?
D-i-v-o-r-c-e
32. Who joined Kenny Rogers on the hit Islands in the Stream?
Dolly Parton
33. Which specialist type of singing links Frank Ifield & Slim Whitman?
Yodelling
34. Which band took Cotton Eye Joe to number one in 1994?
Rednex
35. Which Patsy Cline hit was covered by Julio Iglesias in 1994?
Crazy

Round Eight - Food and Drink
36. The Italians call them Zucchini how do we know them?
Courgettes
37. Which vitamin are carrots rich in?
A
38. What kind of Vegetable should you find in a Dubarry Soup?
Cauliflower
39. Whoopee Fizz Water is the American slang for which drink?
Champagne
40. Sapsago is a hard green cheese from which European country?
Switzerland

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 - Gardeners World
46. What colour are Edelweiss flowers?
White
47. How many points does a Sycamore leaf have?
Five
48. What shape are flowers, which include the name Campanula?
Bell shaped
49. What colour are Borage flowers?
Blue
50. What is another name for the plant Belladonna?
Deadly Nightshade

TIEBREAKERS -
In the Football Association handbook how many words does it take to explain the offside rule? 225
In What year did Alanson Crane patent the fire Extinguisher? 1863

 

Round One - General Ignorance
1. Scheduled for its start in 1964, what TV event had to be postponed because of power failure?
Opening of BBC2
2. Who wrote the first modern detective story, The Murders in the Rue Morgue’ published in 1841?
Edgar Allan Poe
3. Who played the title role in Woody Allen’s film ‘Annie Hall’ released in 1977?
Diane Keaton
4. Which armless statue was discovered by a peasant on the Aegean island of Melos?
The Venus de Milo
5. Born in 1957, which legendary horse won the Cheltenham Gold Cup three times?
Arkle

Round Two - Sporting Chance
6. Which Olympic events have a course of one mile, 427 yards?
Rowing events
7. After how many points do players change service in table tennis?
Five
8. In which sport could you see a flying camel?
Ice Skating
9. Which player stands on the mound in the middle of the diamond in baseball?
The Pitcher
10. In which sport would you find a ‘kissing button’?
Archery - on a bowstring

Round Three - Metal Work
11. What is the Earth’s most abundant metal?
Aluminium
12. Which metal is obtained from the minerals haematite and magnetite?
Iron
13. What is the lightest (least dense) metal?
Lithium
14. Which metal is obtained from the mineral cinnabar?
Mercury
15. Which metal is obtained from the mineral galena?
Lead

Round Four - F-Words
Which F-Word can be…
16. Floating wreckage at sea?
Flotsam
17. Small deer with white spotted reddish brown summer coat?
Fallow
18. Former Royal coat of arms of France?
Fleur-de-lis
19. A narrow crack or split?
Fissure
20. Seasoned smoked sausage?
Frankfurter

Round Five - Doctor Who?
21. In Doctor Who, what was the name of the leader of the Daleks?
Davros
22. The Scandanavian pop group Aqua had a hit single about which doctor?
Doctor Jones
23. Who wrote the novel about Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde?
Robert Louis Stevenson
24. Who had a eighties hit with the song ‘Doctor Doctor’?
Thompson Twins
25. Which number is referred to as ‘doctors orders’ in bingo?
Nine
Spare - Which cult TV show featured the character of Doctor Jacobi?
Twin Peaks
Spare - In chronological order, who was the fourth actor to play Doctor Who in the famous TV series?
Tom Baker

Round Six - Call My Bluff
26. CROVEY - it’s Yoof Slang for a) someone who tries too hard to be cool, b) Hopelessly unfashionable, c) a swot, or d) really cool?
27. GOSSOON - is it a) An idiot, b) a boy-servant, c) A type of cloth or d) an dialect word for gooseberry?
28. RAMMY - Scottish - is it a) another word for randy, b) a small drink, like a nip, c) a free-for-all fight, or d) a narrow passage between two rows of houses?
29. OBANG - is it a) a brand of Irish fireworks, b) A Japanese coin, c) a hardwood tree from the Congo, or d) A Chinese board game?
30. MILSEY - again is Scots dialect for a) a milk-strainer, b) homosexual, c) misty or d) a young salmon?
ANS = D / B / C / B / A

Round Seven - Telly Addicts
31. Which two men co-ran the Woolpack in Emmerdale Farm during the 70’s & 80’s
Amos Brearley and Henry "Mr" Wilkes
32. In which Cartoon series has an Evil Character called ‘The Hooded Claw’ + 1 Point for his Alter Ego
The Perils of Penelope Pitstop / Sylvester Sneekly
33. In which TV series did Stephanie Cole play the aging character ‘Diana Trent’
Waiting for God
34. Name Rita’s 4 Different Surnames in Coronation Street
Bates / Littlewood / Fairclough / Sullivan
35. Who wrote the Stories in the TV series ‘Tales of the Unexpected’
Roald Dahl

Round Eight - Snookered
36. Born in 1957, this player has won the World Championship six times, currently ranked 13th, won the World Trick shot competition in 1994, 96 & 97 and first won Pot Black on TV in 1982, who is it?
Steve Davis
37. Hitting one ball first, which in turn (possibly indirectly) causes another ball to be potted is called a what?
Plant
38. Jimmy White is nicknamed the Whirlwind but which player has the nickname of the Tornado?
Tony Drago - from Malta
39. Which player beat seven times world champion Stephen Hendry 18-17 in the 2002 World Championship final?
Peter Ebdon
40. The highest possible score in a break that can be achieved without receiving penalty points is 147 but what is the highest possible score achievable in a single break?
155 points - happens when an opponent fouls before any balls are potted and leaves every red ball at least partially obscured by a colour. The player nominates and sinks a colour which is scored as a red, then sinks the black for a total of 8 points. He then clears the table to score the 147 points maximum, and adds that to his 8 points for a total of 155

Round Nine - Connections
41. The Dewey Decimal System is used to catalogue which items?
BOOKS
42. In Doctor Who the time travelling TV programme apart from a time machine what actually is the Tardis?    
Police BOX
43. What device was traditionally used to secure a babies nappy?
SAFETY Pin
44. In connection with sport what do the initials MCC stand for?
Marylebone CRICKET Club
45. What is the connection?
The word MATCH

Round Ten - Newspapers
46. Which current Sunday newspaper used to be called the Sunday Pictorial, before it adopted its current name in 1963?
Sunday Mirror
47. The Daily Sketch was merged into which other daily newspaper in 1971?  
Daily Mail
48. Which Sunday newspaper did Rupert Murdoch take over in 1969?
News of the World
49. In which year was the Sunday Sport newspaper first published, 1983, 1986, 1989, or 1992?
1986                                   
50. Which current daily newspaper was first published in 1978?                                                 
Daily Star
Spare - Which man bought the Mirror group newspapers in 1984?   
Robert Maxwell
Spare - Newspaper cartoonist Reg Smythe, who died in 1998 aged 80, was best known for creating which working-class comic strip character?
Andy Capp
Spare - Which daily newspaper was first published on 7th October 1986?
The Independent
Spare - Which national daily paper has ‘The Crusader’ as its logo?
Daily Express

Tiebreaker - How many times was Kevin Keegan capped for England?
64

Round One - Going for a Song
Song Lyrics - One point title / One point artist
(example -  "She looks like a sugar in a plum" / "Brown Girl In The Ring" - Boney M)
1. "Why do I find it hard to write the next line"?
"True" - Spandau Ballet
2.  "And I would have liked to have known you, but I was just a kid"?
"Candle In The Wind" - Elton John
3. "Take a look up the railtrack from Miami to Canada"?
"Letter To America" - The Proclaimers
4. "Linger on the sidewalk where the neon signs are pretty"?
"Downtown" - Petula Clark
5.  "The disco is migrating, the sound is loud and grating, it’s truly nausiating"?
"The Chicken Song" - Spitting Image

Round Two - Science
6. What dye is obtained from lichens and used as an indicator to distinguish between acid and alkali solutions?
Litmus
7. What do we call the electromagnetic waves between radio waves & infra red. They are actually higher frequencies of radio waves?
Microwaves
8. What name is given to the device that increases or decreases a voltage?
Transformer
9. What was Thomas Edison’s sound recording apparatus called?
Phonograph
10. Is a Hurricane Wind Force 10, 11 or 12?
12 - 10 = Storm / 11 = Violent Storm

Round Three - Sports Round
11. What is always the first event in the three day equestrian eventing?
Dressage
12. Which club was Kevin Keegan with when he was the leading First division goal scorer in 1981-82?
Southampton
13. Which country is Fairyhouse racecourse in?
Republic of Ireland
14. What sport is run by the ITTF?
Table Tennis
15. What sport do you get 1 for a behind?
Aussie Rules Football
Spare - In which sport do you use balls weighing from 6lbs to 16lbs?
Ten Pin Bowling

Round Four - Nature
16. Wolf, zebra, wasp and water are species of which common creature?
Spider
17. What name is given to an animal that eats both meat and vegetable matter?
Omnivore
18. What is another name for the snow leopard that is also an old weight?
Ounce
19. What type of creature is a white throat?
Bird
20. What farmyard animal is used to search for truffles?
Pig
 
Round Five - Oscar Winning Blockbusters
21. TBOTRK - THE BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER KWAI
22. ITHOTN - IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT
23. OFOTCN - ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOOS NEST
24. TSOTL - THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
25. SIL - SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE

Round Six - Play your Cards
26. Who was the only Australian to win the men’s singles final in the 1980’s?
Pat CASH - Beat Lendl 7-6 (7-5), 6-2, 7-5
27. Which song opens with the line "They paved paradise and put up a parking lot"?
Big YELLOW Taxi
28. In a TV sitcom of the 1960’s, who owned a talking horse called Mister Ed, played by Alan Young?
Wilbur POST
29. What name is given to a series of Rugby or Cricket games played between international teams?
TEST match
30. "God bless everyone" are the closing words of which Dickens novel?
A CHRISTMAS Carol

Round Seven - For Sale
How many of these places from literature, myth, and legend can you recognize? Descriptions are written in the format of real estate want-ads
(example - To let: large tract of wooded land in Nottinghamshire, perfect for hunting and jousting. Tenants’ association holds banquets and tournaments - Sherwood Forest)
31. To let: one acre of land near rabbit hole. Close to recreation, such as croquet games. No smoking permitted, except for giant caterpillars. Ask for Mr. Hare
Wonderland
32. To let: large castle, fit for a king. Furnishings include one very large round table, can seat twelve. Ask for Arthur
Camelot
33. To let: One acre golden land of opportunity, located somewhere in South America. Must sell: owner covered with so much gold dust, he can no longer keep up property. Greedy conquistadors need not apply
El Dorado
34. To let: Holy bargain! House in bustling city. Located one block from Pink Sandbox Club and What a Way to Go-Go. Ask for Bruce Wayne
Gotham City
35. For sale: large waterfront vacation property on Mediterranean island; previous owners killed in earthquake. Great view of Pillars of Heracles. Close to horse racing track and hot springs. Small pets permitted; no elephants
Atlantis

Round Eight - Chessgame
36. Sir Galahad, Sir Lancelot and Sir Galahad were all members of which order of chivalry?
KNIGHTS of the round table
37. Who does Eileen Derbyshire play in Coronation Street?
Emily BISHOP
38. Three suspended metal balls are the traditional symbol for what type of shop?
PAWN Broker
39. Which Liner, built in 1936, became a floating hotel in Long Beach, California in 1967?
QUEEN Mary
40. Which band provided backing vocals for the singer Emile Ford?
CHECKMATES

Round Nine - Whats the Link?
41. Who, in 1954, became a sporting legend in the city of Oxford, in less than four minutes?
ROGER Bannister
42. Which programme first aired in 1958, is the longest running children’s programme on British TV?
Blue PETER
43. Who wrote the song "Mr Tambourine Man", that was a hit for "The Byrds"?
Bob DYLAN
44. Name the BBC’s 90’s Sci-Fi Detective show that Starred Jesse Birdsall & Craig McLauchlan?
BUGS
45. What is the link?
Famous Rabbits

Round Ten - The Bands all here
46. VA / MB / MC / EB / GH - SPICE GIRLS
47. FM / RT / BM / JD - QUEEN
48. AFL / AF / BA / BU - ABBA
49. MO / HD / RW / JO / GB - TAKE THAT
50. AC / SC / SC / JC - THE CORRS

Tiebreaker - How many athletes took part in the 2004 Olympics? (10,651) 

Round One - DISHES OF THE WORLD
1. In France, Carbonade is a beef stew made with which type of drink?
Beer
2. Parmentier means cooked or garnished with which vegetable?
Potato
3. What is the name of the pate made from goose or duck liver?
Pate de Foie Gras
4. In Indonesia, What name is given to grilled marinated meat kebabs with a peanut sauce?
Satay
5. Which Indian Curry style is described as having been cooked dry in curd with spices and vegetables?
Khorma

Round Two - SE7EN
6. Aphabetically, Which of the Seven Deadly Sins comes first?
Anger
7. After the seven year war in 1763, which Caribbean country did Britain give to Spain in an exchange deal where Spain gave Florida to Britain?
Cuba
8. Who wore the number seven shirt in England’s World Cup Victory against West Germany in 1966?
Alan Ball
9. Which day of the week do Seventh Day Adventists observe as the Sabbath?
Saturday
10. The Commonwealth Games have been held in seven different countries around the world, which country has hosted the games the most times?
Canada

Round Three - COME ON YOU REDS!
11. What is the most common name for British Pubs?
Red Lion
12. Which athlete did Sharon Davis divorce in 2000?
Derek Redmond
13. Which Manchester pop group were originally called the Frantic Elevators?
Simply Red
14. What was the title of the 1984 film which starred a young Patrick Swayze as the leader of a gang of rebels fighting against a Russian Invasion of America?
Red Dawn
15. What did Paul Neal change his name to when he took up Firefighting?
Red Adair

Round Four - CHEESE & WINE
16. What gives Windsor Red Cheese both its colour and flavour?
Red Wine
17. Rioja comes from which country?
Spain
18. Which Cheese was the traditional lunch of Welsh miners?
Caerphilly -  another name for Caerphilly is Eppynt
19. In which country is the wine making area of Stellenbosch?
South Africa
20. A great companion to Stilton Cheese, which drink comes in Ruby, Tawny and Vintage varieties?
Port

Round Five - SAY IT WITH FLOWERS
21. In 1993, Which pop group had a number one hit with the song ‘Young ar heart’?
The Bluebells
22. What is the name of Donald Duck’s girlfriend?
Daisy Duck
23. Which famous racehorse won the Cheltenham Gold Cup in 1989?
Desert Orchid
24. In Greek mythology, who was the goddess of the rainbow?
Iris
25. Which novel by Umbert Eco told the story of a priest who was also a medieval detective?
The Name of the Rose

Round Six - MODEL CARS
26. What is the name of the Paris Underground Railway system?
Metro
27. What name is given to an eminent musical composer, teacher or conductor?
Maestro
28. What name can be an Army Horseman or a Gallant Gentleman escorting a Lady?
Cavalier
29. Which Constellation in the night sky is supposed to depict a hunter from Greek Mythology?
Orion
30. In which TV series did Richard Chamberlain play the Captain of a ship that was wrecked on the shores of Japan during a storm?
Shogun

Round Seven - IT’S THE SIZE THAT COUNTS!
31. What do the initials BFG stand for in the title of the Roald Dahl novel?
Big Friendly Giant
32. When Shirley Crabtree met Luke McMasters, which two wrestlers were in the ring?
Big Daddy & Giant Haystacks
33. Which 1995 film set in Las Vegas co-starred John Travolta, Gene Hackman, Danny Devito and Rene Russo?
Get Shorty
34. In the world of showbiz how are Cyril Mead and Edward McGuinness better known?
Little & Large
35. In 1999 Michael J Fox provided the voice for which screen rodent?
Stuart Little

Round Eight - EUROTOUR
36. Which country has no armed forces and its capital city is Vaduz?
Liechstenstein
37. Which sea lies to the north of Poland?
Baltic
38. Albert II became King of which country in 1993?
Belgium
39. Which county is also called Elleniki Dimokratia or the Hellenic Republic?
Greece
40. In which country is the Po the chief river?
Italy

Round Nine - CREEPY CRAWLIES
41. Which Disney animated film featured a hero called Flik?
A Bug’s Life
42. What did Master Po call the young Cain in the TV series Kung Fu?
Grasshopper
43. In Coronation Street, What was the name of Emily Bishop’s nephew?
Spider Nugent
44. What was the name of the yacht in which Francis Chichester circumnavigated the globe?
Gypsy Moth
45. Which sporting projectile weights between five and a half and five and three quarter ounces?
A Cricket Ball

Round Ten - DOWN ON THE FARM
46. Which glove puppet was the partner of the ventriloquist Shari Lewis?
Lamb Chop
47. What is the nickname of Bradford Football Club?
The Bantams
48. In which TV gameshow was Jim Bowen assisted by Tony Green?
Bullseye
49. What name is given to the small island at the southern tip of the Isle of Man?
Calf of Man
50. What name was given to the disastrous 1961 invasion of Cuba that forced John F Kennedy to issue a grovelling apology?
Bay of Pigs

TIE-BREAKER - HOW MANY AIRPORTS ARE THERE IN PERU?
232