QUIZERAMA QUIZ FILES

Round One - French Cuisine
1. What is the headwaiter in a French restaurant called?
Maitre D’Hotel
2. How is a drink served when it’s described as frappe?
Iced
3. What have you ordered if a thin pancake is cooked in butter, sugar, orange juice and Curaco, and then flambeed at your table?
Crepe Suzette
4. Francois-Rene de Chateaubriand was a novelist, poet and politician.  What type of food was name after him?
Fillet of Beef
5. At what stage of the meal would you eat a charlotte?
Dessert

Round Two - Art Gallery
6. What nationality was Salvador Dali?
Spanish
7. In which British city is the Baltic Art Gallery?
Newcastle
8. What is the name of the sculptor who cut created ‘The Kiss’?
Rodin
9. Which famous artist wrote in "mirror" writing?
Leonardo da Vinci
10. In which city did Tintoretto do most of his painting?
Venice

Round Three - Human Body
11. How many chambers are there in the heart?
Four
12. What are the tiny air sacs in the lungs called?
Alveoli
13. Which vitamin is required in blood clotting?
Vitamin K
14. Which is the human body’s largest organ?
The Skin
15. Where in the human body would you find the thalamus gland?
Front of the brain

Round Four - Famous Freds
16. What was Freddie Mercury’s real second name?
Bulsara
17. Freddie Powell is the real name of which comedian?
Freddie Starr
18. From which city did 60s group Freddie and the Dreamers come from?
Manchester
19. With which branch of science do you associate Fred Hoyle?
Astronomy
20. Which Fred famously won Mastermind?
Fred Housego

Round Five - Locations
In which modern country would you locate the following -
21) The world’s largest pyramid?
Mexico - "Pyramid of Tipanipa" at Cholula
22) The game of snooker was first devised in 1875?
India
23) The source of the River Rhine?
Switzerland
24) The world’s largest monolith?
Australia - Uluru (Ayers Rock)
25) The birthplace of John McEnroe?
Germany - Wiesbaden, Hessen

Round Six - Astronomy
26. Who was the first person to observe the heavens using a telescope?
Galileo Galilei in 1609
27. The Asteroid Belt lies between which two planets?
Mars and Jupiter
28. What is the term used by astronomers to measure star brightness?
Magnitudes
29. Which planet has moons called Deimos and Phobos?
Mars
30. What do we call a huge cloud of gas and dust found in the space between the stars- some glow?
Nebulas

Round Seven - In The Ring
31. Which boxer got a chunk or his ear bit off by Mike Tyson?
Evander Hollyfield
32. Who starred as Ali in the movie Ali?
Will Smith
33. Who did Ali fight in the rumble in the jungle?
George Foreman
34. Who was the first person to knock Mike Tyson out?
Buster Douglas
35. Which boxer was known as The Dark Destroyer?
Nigel Benn

Round Eight - Rock Bottom
36. Which footballer wrote an autobiography called Rock Bottom after his battle with drink and drugs?
Paul Merson
37. How many vowels are on the bottom row of a standard typewriter keyboard?
None
38. Horse Racing - on which famous course is Swinley Bottom?
Ascot
39. Which film featured the character Dusty Bottoms?
The Three Amigos
40. In what year did Queen have a hit with Fat Bottomed Girls?
1978

Round Nine - Connections
41. Who was director of the FBI from 1924 to 1972?
J Edgar HOOVER
42. Before joining the Police, Stewart Copeland had chart success with which group?
Curved AIR
43. The ‘Fred Basset’ cartoon strip appears in which daily newspaper?
Daily MAIL
44. On ‘The Fast Show’ what was the catchphrase of the insecure girl played by Arabella Weir?
‘Does my BUM look big in this?’
45. What is the connection?
BAGS
 
Round Ten - Locations
In which modern country would you locate the following -
46) The birthplace of Mohammed?
Saudi Arabia
47) First battle in which tanks were used?
France
48) The Kalahari Desert?
Botswana
49) The country at the other end of the Brenner pass from Austria?
Italy
50) The ruins of Carthage?
Tunisia

TIEBREAKER - For how many years did the golliwog appear on Robertson’s jam jars?
91 years 

Round One - The Gee Gees!
1. The three-part TV series "Killer" introduced which detective inspector in 1983?

Taggart
2. Which actress plays the character of Tracy who marries James Bond in "On her majesty’s secret service"?                                    
Diana Rigg
3. What was the surname of the professor played by Rex Harrison in the 1964 film "My Fair Lady"?    
Higgins
4. Which baseball player married Marilyn Monroe?                    
Joe di Maggio
5. If Paul Michael Glazer and David Soul played "Starsky and Hutch", who did Antonio Fargas play?    
Huggie Bear

Round Two - Hairy Questions
6. Its body is covered with long and silky hair which hangs down like the wool of sheep. Tibetans have domesticated this ruminant mammal whose typical habitat is in the highest and coldest regions of Central Asia. Name this animal?
Yak
7. She was tall and red-haired. She spent considerable time in the Tower of London. Her mother, Anne Boleyn, was beheaded at the order of her father. Who was this British queen?
Queen Elizabeth I
8. This describes what plant - When an insect brushes the trigger hairs on the edge of the leaves, the leaves close like clam shells?
Venus Flytrap
9. The name for certain heavenly objects is derived from a Latin word which literally means "hairy star." What do we call these objects?
Comets
10. Apparently the CIA once dreamed up a plan to dust a foreign leader’s shoes with a hair-removing substance which would cause his beard to fall out. Name that Communist leader?
Fidel Castro

Round Three - Days Like These…
11. On TV and Film, what was the name of the daughter of the Addams Family?
Wednesday
12. What is the literal translation of Mardi Gras?
Fat Tuesday
13. Which film featured a gang called the Barracudas?    
Saturday Night Fever
14. Which Number One hit was inspired by Brenda Spencer?
I Don’t Like Mondays
15. Which long running TV series was first broadcast in 1969 and was created and presented by Jess Yates?
Stars On Sunday

Round Four - Movie Titles
Movies often have working titles whilst being made, what name did these movies eventually find fame as?
16. A tale of Christ (1959)
Ben Hur
17. Journey Beyond the Stars (1966)
2001 - a space odyssey
18. Stillness in the Water (1975)
Jaws
19. Star beast (1979)
Alien
20. Ship of dreams (1997)
Titanic

Round Five - Blockbusters
21. What CDS is an annual UK event which was held for the first time in Islington in 1891?
Cruft’s Dog Show
22. What HCA was an author whose autobiography is entitled The Tale Of My Life?
Hans Christian Andersen
23. What AOTC was lost when the Babylonians destroyed Jerusalem in 586 BC?
Ark of the Covenant
24. What LM is a famous novel and stageshow, which was penned by Victor Hugo on the island of Guernsey?
Les Miserables
25. What BFAM were the first words spoken by God to man in the Bible?
Be fruitful and multiply

Round Six - The Royal Navy
26. Which English King was responsible for originally forming the Royal Navy?
Henry VIII  
27. What is the highest rank in the Royal Navy?
Admiral of the fleet
28. Which country did Britain declare war on in 1739 when a captain in the Royal Navy had an ear chopped off?
Spain - THE WAR OF JENKINS’ EAR
29. In Royal Navy History, Which was the first ship sank by a British Nuclear Submarine?
The Belgrano - by HMS Conqueror
30. What did HMS Bulldog and HMS Aubretia capture from the Germans in 1941 (also the subject of a recent film)?
The Enigma Machine

Round Seven - Hi Ho Silver!
31. What name is given to the medieval practices which tried to turn lead into silver and gold?
Alchemy
32. Which silver emblem appears on New Zealand rugby jerseys?
A fern leaf
33. In which English city is the Cutlers Hall, which contains a collection of silver craftsmanship dating back to 1773?
Sheffield (Copper coated with silver is called Sheffield plate)
34. In heraldry what is silver called?
Argent
35. Which company is the world’s largest user of silver?
Kodak

Round Eight - Wine Cellar
36. Which European country has the largest vine growing area?
Spain
37. On a German wine label, what would Trocken mean?
Dry
38. Where is the Sonoma wine growing region?
California
39. Claret wine is produced in the region surrounding which French city?
Bordeaux
40. Which country is the largest wine producer in South America?
Argentina

Round Nine - Connections
41. Who was the female star of the film ‘A Fish Called Wanda’?
JAMIE Lee Curtis
42. Who partnered Jeremy Bates to victory in the Wimbledon mixed doubles tournament in 1987?
JO Durie
43. Which singing sisters had a 1987 No 1 hit with "Respectable"?
MEL and Kim Appleby
44. Which 1983 TV series starring Sam Neill as a double agent, was based on a novel by Robin Bruce Lockhart?
Reilly ACE of Spies
45. What is connection with above five answers?
Dr Who assistants

Round Ten - Cannibalism
46. In 1972 a rugby team resorted to cannibalism after there plane crashed where?
Andes
47. Which children’s Folk story is supposedly based on real life cannibalism in 14th C Germany?
Hansel and Gretel
48. The 1921 famine in the Vulga region of which country forced many people to eat the dead?
Russia
49. According to 16th C explorers which ancient society used to sacrifice up to 8000 people a day?
Aztecs
50. Apparently, What is the best human organ to eat if you need to survive?
The Liver

Round One - Bloody Questions!
1. What is the medical term for an obstruction of a blood vessel by a clot or air bubble?
Embolism
2. Which organization’s motto is "Blood and Fire"?
The Salvation Army  
3. Which military leader acquired the nickname of "Old Blood and Guts"?
General Patton  
4. What word is the name given to the smallest blood vessels in the body?
Capillaries
5. Who was the first member of the British royal family to donate blood?
Prince Charles in 1985
Spare - Which rocker wrote the song "Only Women Bleed"?
Alice Cooper  

Round Two - The Eyes Have It
6. What is the light sensitive portion of the eye called?
The retina  
7. According to a song lyric in which American state is "The corn as high as an elephant’s eye"?
Oklahoma, the song being Oh What A Beautiful Morning  
8. Which eye condition is also the name of a type of waterfall?
Cataract
9. Of all the creatures in the world which has the largest eyes?
The giant squid, their eyes can measure up to 20 inches or 500 millimetres in diameter
10. What is the connection between the 1993 song "Dreams", the film "True Grit" and the ship HMS Victory?
Eye patches, the singer of Dreams, Gabrielle wore an eye patch as did the lead character Rooster Cogburn in the film True Grit. The HMS Victory was the flagship of Admiral Nelson who also wore an eye patch

Round Three - Telly Addicts
11. In which TV show did the character Seymour Utterthwaite occasionally appear?
Last of the Summer Wine
12. In which role did Lynda Bellingham replace Carol Drinkwater?
Helen Herriott - All Creatures Great and Small
13. Which TV newsreader went on to present Treasure Hunt?
Kenneth Kendall
14. In which comedy series did Rik Mayall appear as Lord Flashheart?
Blackadder
15. In whose show did Charley Farley and Piggy Malone solve the case of "The phantom raspberry blower of old London town"?
The Two Ronnies

Round Four - Capital Punishment
16. Which Mexican state’s name and state capital are also the name of a breed of small dog?
Chihuahua
17. In which US state’s capital is the headquarters of the Mormon Church?
Utah
18. Who sang about the capital of Catalonia in 1992?
Montserrat Caballe, Freddie Mercury
19. Which capital is known as the Eternal City?
Rome
20. ‘They Came to’ which Middle Eastern capital in the title of a mystery by Agatha Christie?
Baghdad
Spare - The name of the capital of which country means ‘good air’?
Argentina

Round Five - Food For Thought
21. What type of nuts are used in the preparation of satay sauce?
Peanuts
22. What name is given to a dish of Chicken or veal in a sauce of white wine, tomato, mushroom and garlic?
Marengo
23. Which vegetable popular in Chinese dishes is obtained from the stems of the bulrush?
Water Chestnuts
24. What was the first commercially manufactured breakfast cereal? Cornflakes, Shredded Wheat, Sugar Puffs, Rice Krispies or Weetabix
Shredded Wheat
25. What dessert is made from the starch extracted from the pith of a palm tree?
Sago

Round Six - No Smoke Without Fire
26. Which pop group hit the charts in 1959 with the song "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes"?
Platters
27. What type of smoked sausage took it’s name from a German city?
Frankfurter
28. Harold Wilson, James Galway and Freddie Trueman are all past winners of which award?
Pipe Smoker Of The Year  
29. Which European capital city has a name that means "smoky bay"?
Reykjavik
30. Name the actor who played the fire chief in the 1974 film "The Towering Inferno"
Steve McQueen

Round Seven - At The Movies
31. Who plays Professor Xavier in the X Men movies?
Patrick Stewart
32. Which actress links the films Cold Mountain, Chicago and Me Myself and Irene?
Renee Zellwegger
33. Who is Eric Claudin who has been played on film by Herbert Lom, Claude Rains and Lon Chaney?
Eric Claudin is the name of the Phantom of the Opera
34. Who is the only Oscar winning actress to have two Oscar winning parents?
Liza Minnelli, who won a Best Actress Oscar for the 1972 film "Cabaret". Her mother Judy Garland won a special Academy Award in 1939 and her father Vincente Minnelli won a Best Director Oscar for the 1958 film  "Gigi"
35. Which child actress was adopted as the official mascot of the Chilean Navy on the orders of President Allessandri?
Shirley Temple, the Chilean President was besotted with the child actress and viewed all of her films on a private screen at his official residence in Santiago

Round Eight - Get the Beers in!
36. Which company produces McEwan’s and Theakston’s?
Scottish & Newcastle
37. Where are lambic and faro beers made?
Belgium - they are beers made without yeast
38. Which Kent brewer is believed to be the oldest continuous brewer in the country?
Shepherd Neame - make my favourite - Spitfire Ale!
39. What does beer contain which ale traditionally did not?
Hops
40. Which brewery makes Abbot Ale?
Greene King
Spare - For which beer is Rutland famous?
Ruddles

Round Nine - Song Lyrics
41. Me with the floorshow / Kickin’ with your torso / Boys getting high / And the girls even more so
Rock DJ - Robbie Williams
42. As I walk along I wonder / What went wrong with our love / A love that was so strong
Runaway - Del Shannon
43. She would never say where she came from / yesterday don’t matter cause it’s gone / while the sun is bright - or in the darkest night / no one knows - she comes and goes
Ruby Tuesday - Rolling Stones
44. I’m gonna write a little letter / gonna mail it to my local DJ / It’s a rockin’ rhythm record
I want my jockey to play
Roll Over Beethoven - Chuck Berry or ELO
45. Charlie had a think and he thought we ought / to take off all the handles / And the things that hold the candles / but it did no good, well I never thought it would
Right Said Fred - Bernard Cribbins

Round Ten - General Ignorance
46. ‘When you’re in Love with a Beautiful Woman’ reached Number One in the UK pop charts in 1979. Who sang it?
Dr. Hook
47. Chris Eubank won the WBO title in 1990, but at what weight?
Middleweight (He stopped defending champion Nigel Benn in the 9th round)
48. American actor Burgess Meredith was born in 1908. Which of Batman’s villains did he play in the sixties TV series?
The Penguin
49. In 1852, the Duke of Wellington was buried in St. Paul’s Cathedral. What was his nickname?
‘The Iron Duke’
50. Known as the ‘Grand Old Lady of the Atlantic’, which liner set sail from Liverpool in 1907?
The Mauritania

Round One - Speed Kings
1. Who was driving for Ferrari when they became the first manufacturer to have 100 Grand Prix wins?
Alain Prost
2. Who was the British driver with most Grand Prix wins before Nigel Mansell?
Jackie Stewart
3. Which British motorcyclist won 14 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy titles?
Mike Hailwood
4. Which Briton broke the world land speed record in the US in 1983?
Richard Noble
5. Who did Barry Sheene ride for when he won his world championships?
Suzuki

Round Two - Movie Stories
6. 1961 film starring Natalie Wood and Richard Beymer based on Romeo and Juliet?
West Side Story
7. 1970 film Starring Ryan O’Neal and Ali McGraw as his wife who dies of Leukemia?
Love Story
8. 1940 film starring Katharine Hepburn as a bride to be and James Stewart as a reporter sent to cover the wedding?
Philadelphia Story
9. 1981 horror film with Fred Astaire and Dougals Fairbanks jnr in which four elderly men are tormented by a 50-year-old secret?
Ghost Story
10. 1978 film starring Gary Busey as one of rock n’ rolls legends?
Buddy Holly Story

Round Three - Ghost Hunting
11. Which Midlands based group had a UK No.1 in 1981 with Ghost town?
Specials
12. Who was the female actress who played Dana Barrett, who gave the "Ghostbusters their first job?
Sigourney Weaver
13. Which classic computer game contained character Inky, Pinky, Blinky and Clyde that eat Ghosts?
Pac Man
14. What everyday item used by everybody on a daily basis should you throw at Ghosts to scare them away?
Keys
15. In which of Shakespeare’s plays do 11 ghosts appear?
Richard III

Round Four - Bill & Ben
16. In which range of mountains is Ben Nevis?
Grampians
17. In the American Wild West, who killed Billy the Kid?
Pat Garrett
18. Which American golfer was given the nickname Gentle Ben?
Ben Crenshaw
19. Which actor played Colonel Benjamin Martin in the 2000 film "The Patriot"?
Mel Gibson
20. Which musical instrument was former US President Bill Clinton famous for playing?
Saxophone (Not Harmonica)

Round Five - Around Britain
21. Pinewood Film Studios are in which English county?
Buckinghamshire
22. In which town is the University of Teesside based?
Middlesborough
23. Which Roman Road ran from London to Lincoln and on to York?
Ermine Street
24. Hillhead, Maryhill and Pollock are parliamentary constituencies in which city?
Glasgow
25. What is the name of Britain’s largest reservoir?
Kielder Water

Round Six - Play Your Cards Right
26. Which character was played by Jack Nicholson in the original Batman film?
The JOKER
27. Atlantic City in the USA is home to one of the world’s premier boxing venues, what is it called?
TRUMP Plaza
28. Which single recorded by Bob & Earl, on the island record label, made the British charts in 1969?
Harlem SHUFFLE
29. What name is given to the type of boat used as a temporary support during the building of a bridge?
PONTOON
30. Which recording artiste had UK top 100 entries in the 1980’s with the titles "between the wars" & "days like these"?
Billy BRAGG
Spare - According to the proverb, what is a virtue?
PATIENCE

Round Seven - Religions
31. What are members of the Unification Church better known as?
Moonies
32. Which country has the largest Orthodox Church?
Russia
33. Who have uncut hair worn in a turban and uncut beards?
Sikhs
34. What are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints better known as?
Mormons
35. In which religion are Shiva and Vishnu major gods?
Hinduism

Round Eight - ‘Art’ Attack
11. Which actor famously said the line "Here’s looking at you, kid" in the film "Casablanca"?
Humphrey BogART
12. Who plays Sabrina in the television show "Sabrina the Teenage Witch"?
Melissa Joan HART
13. What French phrase meaning "from the menu" is often used in the English language?
A la cARTe
14. What was Winston Churchill’s home in Kent called?
ChARTwell
15. The three-part TV series "Killer" introduced which detective inspector in 1983?
TaggART

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 - Brand Names
46. Which hot drink was originally known as Johnstons Fluid Beef?
Bovril
47. Which bread, originally called Smith’s Patent Germ Flour in 1887, became widely known due to the television commercials for the product to the accompaniment of Dvorak’s New World Symphony?
Hovis
48. What product, invented in 1897 by William Harbutt, was originally called The Complete Modeller but is now a household name in many countries and is a world-wide registered trademark?
Plasticine
49. Which product, named Britain’s National Beverage for Health in 1937 and assisted by its Radio Luxembourg radio programme, developed its own club with a membership of over 5 million by 1939? Ovaltine
50. What animal can be found surrounded by trees on every jar of Lyles Golden Syrup?
Lion