QUIZERAMA QUIZ FILES

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