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