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