QUIZERAMA QUIZ FILES

Round One - JACKS-OF-ALL-TRADES
1. Which slender long-legged wild dog feeds on carrion, game, and fruit, often hunts in packs, and is found in Africa and southern Asia?
Jackal
2. In swimming, what is the name of the dive in which the body is first bent at the waist and then straightened?
Jack-Knife
3. Noted for its inquisitiveness, which small grey-headed crow typically nests in tall buildings and chimneys?
Jackdaw
4. In sailing what is the name of a small rope extending vertically from the topping lifts to the boom for holding a fore-and-aft sail when taking it in?
Lazy Jack
5. What name is given to a stupid person or a male donkey?
Jackass

Round Two - Musicals
6. From which musical, first performed in 1951, do the songs I Whistle a Happy Tune and Getting to Know You originally come?
The King & I
7. From which musical, first performed in 1960, do the songs If Ever I Would Leave You and How to Handle a Woman originally come?
Camelot
8. From which musical, first performed in 1964, do the songs Matchmaker Matchmaker and If I Were a Rich Man originally come?
Fidler on the Roof
9. From which musical, first performed in 1950, do the songs Sit down You’re Rockin’ the Boat and Luck Be a Lady originally come?
Guys & Dolls
10. From which musical, first performed in 1943, do the songs Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’ and People Will Say We’re in Love originally come?
Oklahoma

Round Three - What Katie Did!
11. What is the name of Goldie Hawn’s actress daughter?
Kate Hudson
12. Who was the female lead in the movie "Pearl Harbour"?
Kate Beckinsale
13. Which singer had hit albums named "The Kick inside" and "The Hounds of Love"?
Kate Bush
14. What is Jordan’s real name?
Katie Price
15. Which singer reached number 1 in the UK album charts with "Call off the Search"?
Katie Melua

Round Four - Sports Round
16. Which sporting hero from the 1970s was born in Kilkenny in Ireland in 1965 with a Daddy called Quorum and a Mommy called Mared and died in 1995?
Red Rum
17. Which famous golf course is located at Virginia Water, Surrey, England?
Wentworth
18. In which Spanish city does the Spanish Premiere Liga team Real Betis play their home matches?
Seville
19. In which sport is a single front somersault with two-and-a-half twists called a Randolph?
Trampolining
20. What company are the principal sponsors of the Rugby Union Premiership?
Guinness

Round Five - The Body
21. Where in the body is the Hallux?
Foot
22. How is your Trachea better known?
Windpipe
23. What is the medical name for the longest bone in your body?
Femur
24. Where in your body is your Cochlea and your Stirrup?
Ear
25. What name is given to your pits of which hair grows from?
Folicules

Round Six - Music in Literature
26. ‘Stairway To Heaven’ was the title for a book about which band?
Led Zeppelin
27. ‘Life Is A Rollercoaster’ is the biography of which ex-Boyzone star?
Ronan Keating
28. Whose autobiography was entitled ‘Moonwalk’?
Michael Jackson
29. Which ex-Spice told her side of the story in ‘If Only’?
Geri Halliwell
30. Which female icon brought out a book entitled ‘Sex’?
Madonna
 
Round Seven - Can I Have A P Bob?
31. According to the poem what had poet John Milton lost?
Paradise
32. In which street did the great fire of London start?
Pudding lane    
33. What is the capital of Majorca?
Palma
34. Which two books of the Old Testament begin with the letter P?
Psalms and Proverbs
35. How many times does the letter "P" occur in the first line of the tongue twister Peter Piper?
Nine

Round Eight - Spud Missiles
36. Who is said to have been the first to bring potatoes back to England in 1588?
Sir Walter Raleigh
37. The French name for the potato is Pomme de Terre? What is the literal translation of this term?
Earth Apple
38. What is the principal vitamin obtainable from potatoes?
Vitamin C
39. Which comedian was the voice of Mr Potato Head in the 1995 film Toy Story?
Don Rickles
40. What is the name for the Irish dish consisting of mashed potatoes, cabbage, onion, milk and butter?
Colcannon

Round Nine - Around the World
41. Which U.S. city is named after an ancient capital of Egypt?
Memphis
42. Which country’s national symbol is a Lotus flower?
India
43. Which of the four main Balearic Islands is closest to Spain?
Ibiza
44. Based on the height above sea level, which South American city is the highest capital city in the world?
La Paz (in Bolivia)
45. How many American states begin with the letter ‘M’?
Eight

Round Ten - Alcohol
46. Which US state is Jim Beam distilled?
Kentucky
47. Which spirit is contained in the drink little devil used with molasses?
Rum
48. Which movie featured a mouse in a bottle of beer?
Strangebrew
49. How many seconds does it cost to pour the perfect pint of Guinness?
19.5
50. Which cartoon character said, "I would like to kill everyone in the room for a drop of sweet beer"?
Homer Simpson

Round One - General Ignorance
1. Which volcano erupted in 79AD, burying the city of Pompeii?
Vesuvius
2. Born in 1957, who played General Hogmanay Melchett in the TV comedy ‘Blackadder Goes Forth’?
Stephen Fry
3. Now a broadcaster which footballer made his debut for Chelsea in 1957 at the age of 17?
Jimmy Greaves
4. Born in 1724, which artist is renowned for his paintings of animals, especially horses?
George Stubbs
5. Who reached Number One in the UK pop charts in 1980 with ‘Ashes to Ashes’?
David Bowie

Round Two - Animated Films
6. What is Simba’s uncle called in the Lion King?
Scar
7. What were the names of the parents of the 101 Dalmatians?
Pongo and Perdita
8. Which birds take part in the ballet in Fantasia?
Ostriches
9. "I am a nice shark, not a mindless eating machine" is a line from which film?
Finding Nemo (Bruce the friendly shark)
10. What is the princess called in Aladdin?
Jasmine

Round Three - A Round Of Beers
11. Which country is the home of Kronenbourg beer?
France
12. Which Dutch river is also the name of a beer?
Amstel
13. What was the first nationally distributed beer in the US?
Budweiser
14. Which product was advertised as ’smooth enough to sell itself’?
John Smith’s Bitter
15. If you were drinking Castle beer in what country would you be?
South Africa

Round Four - 80’s Song Lyrics (One point each - Name Title & Artist)
16. And mama always told me be careful what you do, don’t go around breaking young girls’ hearts
"Billie Jean," Michael Jackson
17. Buying bread from a man in Brussels, he was 6 foot 4 and full a muscles
"Down Under," Men At Work
18. Who needs a heart when a heart can be broken?
"What’s Love Got to Do With It," Tina Turner
19. No chocolate covered candy hearts to give away
"I Just Called To Say I Love You," by Stevie Wonder
20. I’m gonna buy me a one way ticket, nothin’s gonna hold me back. Your love’s like a slow train comin and I can feel it comin down the track- whoah
"When The Going Gets Tough," Billy Ocean

Round Five - Around Britain
21. What is Britain’s longest tunnel?
Severn Tunnel
22. The Goodwin Sands are at the entrance to which straights?
Straights of Dover
23. Which city has a famous Royal Crescent?
Bath
24. Which castle is at the west end of the Royal Mile?
Edinburgh
25. The Old Bailey is on the site of which former prison?
Newgate
 
Round Six - American English
26. We have bumpers on our cars, but what do American cars have?
Fenders
27. In this country we reverse the charges on a phone call - what’s the term for the same thing in the US?
Collect Call
28. In England we grill steak etc, but what is the American word for it?
Broiling
29. At a fairground we ride on the Big Wheel - what’s the American equivalent?
Ferris Wheel
30. Hooters is American slang for what?
Breasts (of the large female variety)

Round Seven - Sports Bag
31. Who is the only footballer to have played for Manchester United, Manchester City, Liverpool & Everton?
Peter Beardsley
32. Who is the only Olympian to have won gold medals in five different summer Olympic Games?
Sir Steve Redgrave
33. Who, in 1980, was the first overseas player to win the World Snooker Championship?
Cliff Thorburn
34. Brad Friedel of the USA was the first goalkeeper in the 2002 world cup to do what?
Save a penalty
35. When a referee in karate calls ’shobu sanbon hajime’, what happens?
The match begins

Round Eight - The Highway Code
36. On traffic lights what does the amber light mean if it is on by itself?
Stop
37. What does the abbreviation MSM stand for?
Mirror Signal Manoevre
38. In the highway code there are two types of drivers exempt from wearing a seat belt give both?
Under medication and making deliveries
39. According to the highway code children under which age should wear a helmet whilst using the road on a bike?
14
40. What shape is the road sign for no overtaking?
Round

Round Nine - Flying Around
41. What is the name of the legendary ghost ship which is allegedly sighted off the coast of Africa during bad weather?
Flying Dutchman
42. What sort of creature is a flying fox?
A bat
43. In which sport could you see a flying camel?
Ice Skating
44. If you were flying ‘Marco Polo Class’ with which airline would you be flying?
Cathay Pacific
45. How was Chris Beardshaw better known in the title of his TV programme?
The Flying Gardener

Round Ten - Food & Drink
46. What was the first fresh fruit to carry a trademark?
Oranges - in 1919 the California Fruit Growers Exchange burned ‘Sunkist’ on their oranges. ‘Sunkist was burned into the skin of the first orange with a heated flyswatter
47. Roquefort cheese is made from the milk of which animal?
Sheep - (ewes’ milk) - All true Roquefort cheese has a red sheep brand on the foil label
48. More than 75% of the world’s supply of maple syrup comes from which country?
Canada
49. Which was first to be sold in bottles, beer or milk?
Beer - Milk was first sold in bottles in 1879 when Echo Farms Dairy began to deliver them in Brooklyn, New York. English brewer Francis Manning-Needham first sold Beer in bottles in 1869
50. Name this vegetable: In ancient Egypt, paintings of this vegetable appear on the inner walls of the pyramids and in the tombs. It is mentioned as a funeral offering and they are depicted on the banquet tables of the great feasts. They were shown upon the altars of the gods. King Ramses IV, who died in 1160 B.C. was entombed with this vegetable in his eye sockets?
Onion
 

Round One - Famous People
1. Who was the first woman to fly solo from Britain to Australia?
Amy Johnson
2. Which former Prime Minister is buried in Blaydon churchyard in Oxfordshire?
Winston Churchill
3. In the world of showbiz how were Cyril Mead and Edward McGuinness better known?
Little & Large
4. Who was the last white President of South Africa, elected in 1989?
FW de Klerk
5. What did Paul Neal change his name to when he took up Firefighting?
Red Adair

Round Two - TV Detectives
6. Whose boss is "Horn-rimmed Harry"?
Frost
7. Which magical sleuth lives in a windmill?
Jonathan Creek
8. Joe Beck was a dependable sergeant in which cop show?
Juliet Bravo
9. Who worked for the Bureau des Estrangers?
Bergerac
10. Henry Crabbe opened a restaurant after retiring from the police in which TV series?
Pie in The Sky

Round Three - Craft Workshop
11. What is the Japanese name for the art of paper folding?
Origami
12. Thomas Sheraton and George Hepplewhite lived in the 18th century, they were two of the three most renowned what?
English furniture makers
13. Rene Lalique was a famous designer, renowned for his stunning creations in what material?
Glass
14. In which European country did Delft ware originate?
Holland
15. What name is given to the Art of fine writing to write decoratively?
Calligraphy

Round Four - Around Britain
16. In which county are the Mendip Hills, an area of outstanding beauty?
Somerset
17. The Grand Union Canal was built to link London with which other city?
Birmingham
18. On which river does Chepstow stand?
Wye
19. What is the only county in England to have two separate coastlines?
Devon
20. Of Blackpool’s three piers, which is the longest?
North Pier

Round Five - Around The World
21. What is the largest city in the Sierra Madre mountains?
Mexico City
22. The name of which area in the Pacific means "many islands"?
Polynesia
23. In which country would one find 8 of the world’s 10 highest mountains?
Nepal
24. Which country beginning with a ‘T’ has a shoreline on the Andaman Sea?
Thailand
25. The island of Bahrain is connected by a causeway to which country?
Saudi Arabia

Round Six - Horses For Courses
26. In a nursery rhyme where would you go to see "a fine lady on a fine horse"?
Banbury Cross
27. Which ancient city fell to The Wooden Horse?
Troy
28. Which magazine uses the mythological winged horse Pegasus for its logo?
Readers Digest
29. On the TV show The Lone Ranger, what was the name of Tonto’s horse?
Scout
30. Allegedly this horse pulled the fastest milk-cart in the west, what was his name?
Trigger

Round Seven - History Class
31. Who was Aristotle’s most famous student?
Alexander the Great
32. Who was Cleopatra’s lover before she married Marc Anthony?
Caesar
33. Which country defeated the Persians in the 5th Century BC?
Greece
34. How many Catherines did Henry VIII marry?
Three - Catherine of Aragon, Catherine Parr, and Catherine Howard
35. Who was Socrates’s most famous student?
Plato

Round Eight - Keep Your Nose Out
36. What land animal has the longest nose?
Elephant
37. Which English company first made a ‘bull nosed’ car?
Morris
38. What spirit is mixed with beer to make the drink a "Dog’s Nose"?
Gin
39. The name of which animal derives from the Greek for ‘nose horn’?
Rhinoceros
40. In which comedy series was Elizabeth Montgomery constantly twitching her nose?
Bewitched

Round Nine - Connections
41. What do Americans call a pack of playing cards?
DECK
42. True Cockneys are born within the sound of the bell of which church?
St Mary le BOW
43. The movie Private Parts starred which controversial American radio DJ as himself?
Howard STERN
44. Which brand of butter is advertised on TV by dancing cows?
ANCHOR
45. What is the connection?
Parts of a ship

Round Ten - Call My Bluff
46. Taphephobia - A) Dread of being buried alive, B) The fear of extreme cold C) The fear of an invasion by the Welsh?
A) Dread of being buried alive
47. Samogon - A) Any combination of vitamins, B) A Japanese bodyguard C) Illicitly-distilled vodka?
C) Illicitly-distilled vodka
48. Bardolatry - A) Excessive worship of public houses B) An expert in medieval musical instruments C) Excessive worship of Shakespeare and his works
C) Excessive worship of Shakespeare and his works
49. Decatize - A) To release pressure suddenly B) Cause to uncurl by steaming or damping C) The removal of reflectors used to indicate the middle of a road
B) Cause to uncurl by steaming or damping
50. Gelogenic - A) Producing laughter B) Producing gelatine C) Producing glue
A) Producing laughter

TIEBREAKER - What year were taximeters first used in London Cabs?
1907

Round One - General Ignorance
1. Terry Wogan was born in 1938. What was his pop hit of the seventies?
‘The Floral Dance’
2. What is the name of Milan’s opera house, opened 1778?
La Scala
3. What footballing first was achieved by John Charles in 1957?
He was the first British player to be transferred to a foreign club (Juventus)
4. Which English king was killed in the New Forest in 1100 after being mistaken for a deer?
William II (William Rufus)
5. Fairy tale writer Hans Christian Andersen died in 1875. What was his nationality?
Danish

Round Two - Food Glorious Food
6. A combination of cumin, black mustard, fennel, fenugreek and nigella seeds is known as what?
Five-spice
7. What are mortadello, chipolata and boudin blanc?
Type of sausage
8. Redcurrant jelly, port and orange juice are the basis of which sauce?
Cumberland
9. Oval balls of minced fish, meat or poultry are called what?
Quenelles
10. Which popular spice is made from the bark of a Ceylon laurel tree?
Cinnamon

Round Three - Top Of The Pops
11. Who has recorded with Cliff Richard, Steve Harley and Jose Carreras?
Sarah Brightman
12. Who was the lead singer of the Bay City Rollers?
Les McKeown
13. Who were the next Irish group to top the British charts after the Bachelors?
Boomtown Rats
14. Who was the first British female to have two consecutive No.1’s?
Helen Shapiro
15. Who wrote the hits for the Electric Light Orchestra?
Jeff Lynne

Round Four - Sports Round
16. In an Olympic swimming final, the two fastest qualifiers race in which lanes?
4 and 5
17. In which sport do you have a 100-metre transition zone, which you have to enter twice to change footwear?
Triathlon
18. In which sport do you use balls weighing from 6lbs to 16lbs?
Ten pin bowling
19. What piece of sporting equipment is 5 metres long and just 4 inches wide?
Balance Beam
20. Which famous sports commentator once said "Fred Davies is getting on a bit, but he can’t get his right leg over, so he prefers to use his left arm instead"?
‘Whispering’ Ted Lowe

Round Five - Movies
21. What is the name of the dolphin that Jim Carey had to find in "Ace Ventura Pet Detective"?
Snowflake
22. In which film did Mel Gibson play an advertising executive with the ability to read the minds of the female sex?
What Women Want
23. Which 2000 film starred Nicholas Cage and Vinnie Jones as car thieves?
Gone In Sixty Seconds
24. In which Bond film did Vijay Amritraj play the part of a tennis player?
Octopussy
25. What type of creature is Poomba in Disney’s Lion King?
Warthog

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 - Water Water Everywhere
31. What is the name of the stretch of water that separates the Isle of Wight from mainland Britain?
The Solent
32. Which is the world’s busiest ship canal?
The Panama
33. In which country is the River Kwai?
Thailand
34. Which is the world’s largest freshwater lake?
Lake Superior
35. Of all the rivers in the world which contains the greatest amount of water?
The Amazon, the flow of the Amazon is sixty times greater than that of the Nile and at it’s deepest point it is 407 feet deep

Round Eight - First Names
36. In Rising Damp what was Rigsby’s first name a) John b) Robert c) Rupert?
c) Rupert
37. In the films what was Rambo’s first name?
John
38. What is singer Shaggy’s real first name, a)Orville b) Alvin c) Martin?
a) Orville
39. What was the first name of Dad’s Army’s Captain Mainwaring?
Arthur
40. What was Ivanhoe’s first name a) Alexander b) Wilfred c) William?
b) Wilfred
Spare -What was Rumpole’s first name in the legal TV series Rumpole of the Bailey?
Horace
 
Round Nine - Connections
41. What is the former name of the country now known as Ghana?
GOLD Coast
42. Which plant has the scientific name Trifolium?
CLOVER
43. What is the name of the famous English ceramic design created by the potter Thomas Minton in the late 18th century?
WILLOW Pattern
44. Which Scottish heroine is remembered for her part in the escape of Bommie Prince Charlie in 1746?
FLORA Macdonald
45. What is the connection?
Names of MARGARINES or SPREADS

Round Ten - Back to School
46. What was the name of the school that was attended by Billy Bunter?
Greyfriars
47. Where did Tom Brown spend his schooldays?
Rugby
48. What was the name of the school where Buffy The Vampire Slayer, slayed on?
Sunnydale High
49. Which title character of a film attended Crunchem Hall Primary and was eventually adopted by one of the teachers, Miss Honey?
Matilda
50. In which school would you find Togger Johnson in year 7; Maddie Gilks in year 9 and Calvin Braithwaite in year 11?
Grange Hill
Spare - Which school did Danny, Toots, Erbert, Plug, Wilfred, Smiffy, Spotty and Sydney attend?
Bash Street 

Round One - General Ignorance
1. The musical `Fiddler on the Roof’ opened in London in 1967. What was the title of Topol’s top ten hit from the show?
‘If I Were A Rich Man’
2. In 1926, director John Schlesinger was born. Which film, starring Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman, won him an Oscar?
`Midnight Cowboy’
3. John McEnroe was born in 1959. In which year did he first win the Men’s Singles Championship at Wimbledon?
1981
4. Knighted in 1993 which TV celebrity and interviewer has the middle name `Paradine’?
Sir David Frost
5. In 1973, Frank Spencer first appeared in TV’s `Some Mothers Do `Ave `Em’. What was the name of the character’s daughter?
Jessica

Round Two - Sporting Chance
6. What nationality is motorcyclist Troy Bayliss?
Australian
7. Which racecourse hosts the Champion Hurdle?
Cheltenham
8. Who was runner up in the BBC Sports Personality of the year in both 1998 and 2000?
Denise Lewis
9. What sport has a ball that has six sets of three stripes on each side?
Basketball
10. A game of netball is played over four periods of how many minutes each?
15 minutes

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 - Bird Brains
16. The Sea Parrot is more usually known by which more common name?
Puffin
17. The nests from which type of birds are used in Bird’s Nest Soup?
Chinese Swallows
18. What do we call a chicken when it is under one year old?
Pullet
19. How many claws does a Golden Eagle have on each foot?
Four
20. Which black and white wader bird is the symbol for the RSPB?
Avocet

Round Five - History
21. Which king was defeated at Battle of Bosworth, 22nd-Aug-1485 (the last battle of the Wars of the Roses)?
Richard III
22. What was Britain’s prize gain from the Treaty of Nanking, 1842?
Hong Kong
23. What term was used for the men recruited by the British government in 1920, to help fight the Irish Republican Army?
Black and Tans
24. Which ancient wonder of the world did Nebuchadnezzar build for his wife?
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
25. What was the codename of Hitler’s planned invasion of Britain, across the English Channel?
Operation Sea Lion

Round Six - Who Said That
16. Which broadcaster said "The British motor industry is … owned by Nazis" and South Koreans are "too busy eating dogs to design a decent car"?
Jeremy Clarkson
17. Who said; ‘For years politicians have promised the moon; I am the first one to be able to deliver it’?
Richard Nixon
18. Which cricketer said "Nobody’s perfect. You know what happened to the last man that was - they crucified him"?
Geoff Boycott
19. Which page-3 girl once said; "I have 10 pairs of trainers, one for each day of the week"?
Samantha Fox
20. Who said "If Everton were playing in my garden, I’d draw the curtains!"?
Bill Shankly

Round Seven - Deal Or No Deal
31. In which TV quiz show would you have seen Dolly Dealers?
Play Your Cards Right
32. A Business Situation, where an Individual takes advantage of Information about a Company before it is made Public in order to make a Profit, is known by what Term?
Insider Dealing
33. What was the name of the Sitcom staring Windsor Davies & Donald Sindon as Antique Dealers?
Never the Twain
34. In which TV sitcom does Charlie Higson play an eccentric second-hand car dealer?
Swiss Toni 
35. How many red boxes are there in TV’s Deal or No Deal?
Twenty Two

Round Eight - The Highway Code
36. On traffic lights what does the amber light mean if it is on by itself?
Stop
37. What does the abbreviation MSM stand for?
Mirror Signal Manoevre
38. In the highway code there are two types of drivers exempt from wearing a seat belt give both?
Under medication and making deliveries
39. According to the highway code children under which age should wear a helmet whilst using the road on a bike?
14
40. What shape is the road sign for no overtaking?
Round

Round Nine - Connections
41. A character called CJ said,  "I didn’t get where I am today" in which classic TV Series?
The FALL & Rise of Reginald Perrin
42. What did Red Indians generally smoke to cement their relationships with other tribesmen?
Peace PIPE
43. What is the name of the snooker based quiz show hosted by Jim Davidson?
Give us a BREAK
44. Which Birmingham TV studios produced Good Morning with Anne and Nick, and also produced a lunchtime chat show at one O clock daily, which ran from 1973 to 1986?
Pebble MILL
45. What is the connection?
WIND (windfall, windbreak, windpipe & windmill)

Round Ten - Rubber Goods
46. What type of transport has rubber skirts?
Hovercraft
47. Which rubber soled canvas shoes are named after the MP who invented the load line on the side of a ship?
Plimsolls
48. Which group had a No.1 Hit in 1973 with Rubber Bullets?
10 CC
49. What was the call sign of Kris Kristofferson in the film ‘Convoy’?
Rubber Duck
50. Which rubber-based product was patented in the United States in 1869?
Chewing gum

TIEBREAKER - In 1925, how many restaurants were in New York City?
In 1925 a New Yorker had 17,000 restaurants to choose from