QUIZERAMA QUIZ FILES

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