QUIZERAMA QUIZ FILES

Round One - General Ignorance
1. Which pop group reached the top of the UK pop charts in 1975 with ‘Down Down’?
Status Quo
2. Born in 1736, which Scottish engineer gave his name to a unit of power?
James Watt
3. English physician and scholar Peter Roget was born in 1779. Which famous work of reference did he compile?
His ‘Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases’
4. Which American President was inaugurated in 1969?
Richard Nixon
5. In 1809, the author of ‘The Pit and the Pendulum’ and other macabre stories was born. Who was he?
Edgar Allan Poe

Round Two - Something Fishy
6. Fish was the name of the lead singer of which pop group?
Marillion - His real name is Derek Dick and his ex-landlady nicknamed him Fish because of the amount of time he spent in the bath
7. Which actor played Captain Quint in the film "Jaws"?
Robert Shaw
8. Name the actor who played Private Pike in Dad’s Army?
Ian Lavender
9. What is the world’s most poisonous fish?
Stonefish, direct contact with the spines of it’s fins which contain a strong toxic poison can prove fatal
10. Who wears The Fisherman’s Ring?
The Pope

Round Three - Human Body
11. Which organ is responsible for the production of glucose?
Pancreas
12. The intercostals muscles lie between your what?
Ribs
13. What is the medical term for the shoulder blade?
Scapula
14. Which is the largest tendon in the human body?
Achilles
15. What part of the Mona Lisa’s face did Leonardo da Vinci spend 12 years painting?
Lips or mouth

Round Four - Antiques Roadshow
16. With which area of antiques would you associate Thomas Chippendale?
Furniture
17. What can be either Bracket, Carriage or Mystery?
Clocks
18. Lalique was a famous maker of what?
Glassware
19. From which country did Delft ware originate?
Holland
20. If an antique was said to be distressed, what would have happened to it?
Artificially aged

Round Five - Give Us A Kiss!
21. Which nursery rhyme character "kissed the girls and made them cry"?
Georgie Peorgie  
22. On which Shakespeare play was the film "Kiss Me Kate" based?
The Taming Of The Shrew
23. Who caused a scandal when he was photographed kissing the Duchess of York’s toes?
John Bryant
24. Who sculpted The Kiss?
Rodin
25. Which Disney animation featured the song "Kiss The Girl"?
The Little Mermaid  

Round Six - London Visit
26. On which side of the river does the London Eye stand?
South
27. Which monarch’s monument stands directly opposite Buckingham Palace?
Victoria
28. Who was responsible for rebuilding St Paul’s Cathedral after the Great Fire of London?
Sir Christopher Wren
29. In which London street is Madam Tussaud’s?
Marylebone Road
30. Which major art gallery is set in an old power station?
Tate Modern

Round Seven - Bird Brains
31. What is the only bird from which leather is obtained?
Ostrich - lays the largest egg & is the fastest running creature on two legs
32. Canvasback and Khaki Campbell are both species of what bird?
Duck
33. What bird lays the smallest egg?
Hummingbird - Bee Hummingbird
34. Which bird was regarded as sacred and accordingly venerated in ancient Egypt?
Ibis
35. What does the syrinx help a bird to do?
Sing

Round Eight - Bashing The Bishops
36. What Is The Name Of A Bishops Head Dress?
Mitre
37. Ed Bishop Was The Leading Actor In Which Cult Sc-Fi T.V. Series?
U.F.O
38. Which City’s Bishop Signs His Name As Lindum?
Lincoln
39. What Was Emily Bishop’s Maiden Name In Coronation Street?
Nugent
40. Off The Coast Of Which County Is Bishops Rock Light House?
Cornwall

Round Nine - Connections
41. Which Gloucestershire wicket keeper played 54 times for England between 1988 and 1998?
JACK Russell
42. Danny Baker, Shane Richie and Bob Mills have hosted which TV game show based on sketch charades?
Win lose or DRAW
43. Who founded the famous Promenade Concerts at the Royal Albert Hall?
Henry WOOD
44. Who first came to prominence when he played hospital porter Jimmy Powell in Casualty in 1986?
Robson GREEN
45. What is the Connection?
Bowls

Round Ten - Sports Bag
46. In which sport are the ‘Cardiff Devils’ one of Britain’s premier teams?
Ice Hockey
47. Which side have won the most County Cricket Championships?
Yorkshire
48. In golf, who was the first European to win the U.S. Masters?
Seve Ballesteros - born in Pedrena, Spain in 1957
49. Which member of the royal family has played a rugby international?
Peter Phillips
50. Who is the world’s most capped goalkeeper in football?
Pat Jennings - he was the first to play in 1,000 first class matches
 
TIEBREAKER - In 1925, how many restaurants were in New York City?
In 1925 a New Yorker had 17,000 restaurants to choose from
 

Round One - Who Are They?
1. Which television chef, who married Fern Britton, shares his name with an England Rugby Union forward of recent times?
Phil Vickery
2. In 1999, PC Sue Aldridge made history by becoming the first woman police officer to guard what?
10 Downing Street
3. Which British explorer died on South Georgia Island on his fourth Antarctic Expedition?
Ernest Shackleton
4. Which film star died during filming of his movie ‘Game Of Death’ in 1973?
Bruce Lee
5. Which American General was granted an Honary Knighthood by the Queen in 1991?
Norman Schwarzkopf - Stormin’ Norman

Round Two - The Rules of Sport
6. In test match cricket, the captain of the bowling team may elect to take a new ball, after how many overs?
80
7. In golf, what is the maximum number of golf clubs that a player is permitted to carry in his bag?
14
8. In tennis, during a tie-break , after how many points do the players change ends?
6
9. In football, imagine the playing conditions are blustery and the goalkeeper takes a goal kick. The ball is blown backwards past the keeper and into his own net. What is the correct referee decision?
Corner
10. In Rugby League, how long does a player have to sit out of the game when sent to the sin bin?
10 minutes

Round Three - Initial Names
11. Donald Duck’s middle name was Fauntleroy, per a WWII cartoon. But what was that E for in Wile E Coyote’s name, Edgar, Elijah or Ethelbert?
Ethelbert
12. What middle initial was shared by actor George Scott, comedian William Fields, writer Arthur Clarke, auto pioneer William Durant and US governor George Wallace?
C - namely George Campbell Scott, William Claude Fields, Arthur Charles Clarke, William Crapo Durant and George Corley Wallace
13. There was a famous literary TS, namely TS Eliot, the TS being what, Thomas Stearns, Thomas Sykes or Thomas Steven?
Thomas Stearns - and C S Lewis was Clive Staples Lewis!
14. What does the T stand for in James T Kirk?
Tiberius - On a celebrity edition of Who Wants to be a Millionaire, William Shatner once did a ‘fastest fingers’ in which he answered that he’d played Captain Tiberius William Kirk
15. Some people leave a stray initial at the beginning of their names. What did the F stand for in the name of F Scott Fitzgerald, Fenway, Francis or Franklin?
Francis - the W in Somerset Maugham (for whom a prize for young writers is named) was William and the J in J Edgar Hoover was John
(Famous presidential middle names include George Walker, Richard Milhous, Lyndon Baines, John Fitzgerald and Franklin Delano)

Round Four - Pop Posers
16. Which group had a huge 1981 hit singing about the capital of Austria?
Ultravox - Vienna
17. Which group take their name from the Gaelic word for family?
Clannad
18. Who was the first Canadian singer to have a number one hit in the UK?
Paul Anka
19. Which group’s line-up included Helen O’Hara on violin?
Dexy’s Midnight Runners
20. Who with a 118-inch waist topped the Christmas charts of 1993?
Mr Blobby

Round Five - Around of Beers
21. Which England International goalkeeper’s career came to an end after a 1972 car crash?
Gordon Banks
22. Which word with Viking origins means "Good Health"?
Skol
23. Who was the first female head of MI5?
Stella Rimmington
24. Which actor would connect the film "Bridge on the River Kwai" & the TV. Productions " Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy"?
Sir Alec Guinness
25. Who was Larry Grayson’s fictional friend when he hosted "The Generation Game"?
Everard

Round Six - Around The World
26. Indonesia and Monaco share a flag that is identical - which two colours are on the flag?
Red & White
27. Robben Island lies in the bay of which city?
Cape Town
28. Which US State shares its name with a country, which was formerly part of the USSR?
Georgia
29. Which African capital city has a name deriving from Greek and literally means three towns?
Tripoli - capital of Libya
30. Which of these is the not one of the Great Lakes, Lake Superior, Lake Missouri, Lake Michigan or Lake Huron?
Lake Missouri

Round Seven - Films at Sea
31. What was the name of Captain Nemo’s submarine in the film 20,000 leagues under the sea?
The Nautilus
32. In which film is Sam Neil and Nicole Kidman’s boat trip ruined by the appearance of Billy Zane?
Dead Calm
33. Which ship was the subject of the 1958 British movie ‘A night to remember’?
Titanic
34. Which James Cameron film starring Ed Harris won the 1989 Oscar for best visual effects?
The Abyss
35. Who starred in the 1940 pirate film ‘The Sea Hawk?
Errol Flynn

Round Eight - Relationships
36. What is the name of the character played by Jean Alexander on TV in ‘The Last of the Summer Wine’?                              
Auntie Wainwright
37. Twiggy played Polly Browne in Ken Russell’s 1971 film version of which musical?                          
The Boyfriend
38. Which woman, who, according to legend, was a famous prophetess, is reputed to have been born in a cave near Knaresborough about 500 years ago?
Mother Shipton
39. By what name is the insect, the crane fly, more commonly known?                                     
Daddy Long Legs
40. What name is given to a very distinctive range of chalk cliffs near Beachy Head on the Sussex coast?
The Seven Sisters
Spare - Which 1960’s TV spy adventure series starred Robert Vaughn and David McCallum?          
The Man from UNCLE

Round Nine - Connections
41. Which primary colour was invariably used in medieval art when painting the clothes worn by the Virgin Mary?
Blue
42. Which seven-letter word is used in a Court of Law to describe second-hand evidence of conversations etc. that is not normally admissible?
Hearsay
43. What is the name of the state of enlightenment sought by Buddhists and Hindu’s?
Nirvana
44. Norman Stanley Fletcher was a Prisoner in the TV comedy Porridge Name where he was confined?
Slade Prison                                  
45. What is the connection?
Pop Bands

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

TIEBREAKER - In which year was the yellow jersey introduced into the Tour de France?
1919

Round One - Gone To The Gods
1. Who was the King of the Gods?
Jupiter / Zeus
2. Who was the God of the Underworld?
Pluto
3. The Greek Gods lived on which mountain?
Olympus
4. How many ‘Labours’ did Hercules complete?
Twelve
5. Who was Cupid’s mother?
Venus

Round Two - At The Movies
6. What is the robots name in the movies "Short Circuit 1 and 2"?
Johnny
7. In Blazing Saddles, what is the last name of everybody in the town of Rock Ridge?
Johnson
8. In Halloween, Michael Meyers wore a Halloween mask of what famous character?
Captain Kirk
9. In Jumanji, a stampede is released. What is the slowest animal?
Rhinoceros
10. What was the very first James Bond movie that was shown in the 80’s?
For Your Eyes Only

Round Three - Sports Mix
11. What is considered to be the worlds fastest team game?
Ice Hockey
12. Where was the first British Grand Prix held in 1926?
Brooklands
13. In athletics which event has styles called scissors and western roll?
High Jump
14. Which sport uses the most muscles in the body?
Swimming
15. Which Olympic sport has world records broken most often?
Weight Lifting

Round Four - THE "L" IT IS!
16. Which L is a British funk-rock band who burst on the scene in 1987 with a hit whose title was also the name of the band?
Living In A Box - Other hits include "Blow the house down" & "Room in your heart"
17. Which L is the American equivalent of May day?
Labour Day
18. Which L is a landlocked country in SE Asia?
Laos
19. Which L is a natural dye used in chemistry to test whether a liquid is acidic or alkaline?
Litmus
20. Which L is an American southern rock band whose biggest hits include, "Sweet Home Alabama" & "Freebird"?
Lynyrd Skynyrd

Round Five - What’s Cooking
21. Which country features Sukiyaki as its most famous national dish?
Japan
22. Crottin de Chavignol, Roquefort en Tranche and Petit Munster are all varieties of which type of food?
Cheese
23. What species of fish is used to produce bloaters?
Herring - smoked
24. If you ordered an oyster in a butcher’s shop, what kind of meat would he serve you?
Veal - shoulder with the knuckle removed
25. What would you be eating if you had been served with a portion of lamb’s fries?
Testicles - from 2-3 month old animals!

Round Six - Animal World
26. Which is the largest web-footed bird?  
Albatross
27. What is a female ferret called?
A jill
28. What is a group of crocodiles called - a snap, a float or a swim?
A float
29. What is the most common bird of prey in Britain?
The Kestrel
30. Which is the only bird to give us leather?  
Ostrich

Round Seven - Killers
31. In which song will you hear the line: "Dynamite with a laser beam, guaranteed to blow your mind"?
Killer Queen - by Queen
32. According to Greek mythology, who killed Achilles by shooting him in the heel with a poisoned arrow?
Paris
33. Which rock ‘n’ roll singer’s biography was titled "Killer"?
Jerry Lee Lewis
34. In which film starring Tom Hanks does a 7 foot tall convicted killer bring an inmates pet mouse back to life?
Green Mile
35. Killed by lightning in 1964, the Scottish international John White played for which English football club?
Spurs
Spare - From which ship was the shot fired that killed Nelson at Trafalgar?
Redoubtable

Round Eight - Food and Drink
36. What is the usual shape of a Camembert cheese?
Round
37. What flavour is the liqueur Midori?
Melon
38. What colour wine is Beaujolais Nouveau?
Red
39. Picholine, sevillana and cerignola are all types of what?
Green Olives
40. What are Northern Ireland’s fadge cakes made from?
Potatoes

Round Nine - Round Of Golf
41. What nationality is Reief Goosen?
South African
42. What is the number of Majors played in a year?
Four
43. Which course was Europe’s choice of location for the first Ryder Cup to be played outside the UK?
Valderama
44. On which golf course would you find The Coffin, The Grave, The Valley of Sin, Hell Bunker and the Road Hole?
St Andrews
45. Which golfer has won the World Matchplay five times, was the youngest ever Masters champion in 1980 and won the British Open in 1979, 1984 and 1988?
Seve Ballesteros

Round Ten - POLITICAL ANAGRAMS
46) Vote re perversion - fancy accent - (12 / 5 / 10) - Conservative Party Conference
47) Some treachery - (4 / 9) - Home Secretary
48) Cut ties to the Union! - (3 / 2 / 12) - The EU Constitution
49) Am I not boastful here? - (3 / 6 / 9) - The Labour Manifesto
50) Fine memorable tramps - (7 / 2 / 10) - Members Of Parliament

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

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 - Lingerie Trivia
11. The word "lingerie" is French, and means what, Underneath, A lingering feeling or Linen?
Linen
12. In the 1860s, when wide hips and full figures were fashionable, women wore up to…  
Four, Seven or Fourteen layers of heavily starched petticoats?
Fourteen
13. The first modern brassiere was patented in 1913, and was made from two silk handkerchiefs and some pink ribbon. Who patented it, Count Robaire de Brassiere, New York socialite Mary Phelps Jacob or Otto Titzling?
New York socialite Mary Phelps Jacob
14. The word "Brassiere" comes from… The Old French word for ‘arm protector’, The French word for ‘Brazil’, where the bra was first seen or A Canadian lake called "Bras d’Or Lake", where women wore bras as primitive bikini tops?
The Old French word for ‘arm protector’
15. The padded bra was originally intended as a what, A sanitary device for nursing mothers, A sports protection garment, A support garment after surgery or A breast flattener for flappers?
A sports protection garment

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 - Around Britain
21. In which range of hills are the Cheddar caves?
Mendips
22. From the coast of which county does the Padstow lifeboat get launched?
Cornwall
23. What is the low-lying area of East Anglia called?
The Fens
24. In which county are all ten of England’s highest peaks?
Cumbria
25. 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 Six - Historical
26. Between which two towns was the railway for Stephenson’s first locomotive?
Stockton and Darlington
27. Which publishing company introduced the first mass-market paperback in 1935?
Penguin
28. Who was killed in the world’s first televised murder in 1963?
Lee Harvey Oswald
29. What was the invention of Robert Fulton, which was tried out in the River Seine in 1801?
First submarine
30. Who was Ronald Reagan’s Vice President?
George Bush Snr.

Round Seven - Around The World
31. In which Australian state is the city of Sydney?
New South Wales
32. What is the capital of Jordan?
Amman
33. Flowing through France at speeds of 40 mph, what is the worlds fastest flowing river?
The Rhone
34. What is the only Portuguese speaking country in South America?
Brazil
35. Laganas is a holiday resort on which Greek island?
Zante aka Zakynthos

Round Eight - Rhyming Answers…
36. What hot beverage comprises of espresso coffee topped with steamed milk and frothy foam?
Cappuccino
37. What type of horse is known for its golden coat and silvery mane and tail?
Palomino
38. Which city in Nevada became known for its quickie divorces?
Reno
39. Which violent 1995 film co-starred Joe Pesci and Sharon Stone?
Casino
40. What name describes a creature that is lacking in melanin?
Albino

Round Nine - Connections
41. What is the name of the layer between the crust and the core of the earth?
Mantle
42. Which film of 1987 revolves round a stockbroker called Gordon Gecko?
Wall Street
43. What was the end product of the so-called Manhattan Project?
Atomic bomb
44. Which bird is well known for its habit of laying its eggs in other bird’s nests?
The Cuckoo
45. What is the connection?
Types of Clock
(Spare - Which group first entered the charts in 1983 with a song called ‘68 Guns’?
The Alarm)

Round Ten - Lets Go!
46. Which TV series saw Nicholas Lyndhurst playing the time travelling character of Gary Sparrow?
Goodnight Sweetheart
47. Which Bond novel centres on a plot to rob Fort Knox?
Goldfinger
48. What is the national dish of Hungary?
Goulash
49. On film which dinosaur has battled against the Smog Monster, King Kong and Monster Zero?
Godzilla
50. In Greek mythology, Medusa was what type of mythical beast?
Gorgon