http://quizerama.blogsome.com Themed Quiz Files Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:46:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Round One - Halloween Happenings1. Which Prime Minister of India was assassinated on 31 October in 1984? Indira Gandhi 2. Which escapologist died on 31st October 1926? Harry Houdini 3. Who died outside Jonny Depp’s club on 31st October 1993? River Phoenix4. On 31st October 1997, which British nanny was ... http://quizerama.blogsome.com/2009/10/25/halloween-2/ Round One - First or Last1. The first elevator in England was seen in which London Department store in 1898?Harrods2. What was the name of the last woman to be hung in Britain in 1955?Ruth Ellis3. Flowers in the Rain was the first song ever played on Radio 1, who ... http://quizerama.blogsome.com/2009/10/19/041-2009/ Round One - Famous Addresses1. Which famous building will you find at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue?The White House2. According to the Beatles, where is there a barber showing photographs and a banker sitting waiting for a trim?Penny Lane 3. Who lived at 263 Prinsengracht in Amsterdam, which is now a museum?Anne ... http://quizerama.blogsome.com/2009/10/19/040-2009/ Round One - General Ignorance1. Born in 1786, who was referred to in the song as the ‘King of the Wild Frontier’?Davy Crockett2. Which high-ranking Nazi died in 1987 after 46 years in prison?Rudolf Hess3. Which pop group reached Number One in the US charts in 1974 with ‘The Night ... http://quizerama.blogsome.com/2009/10/19/039-2009/ Round One - JACKS-OF-ALL-TRADES1. Which slender long-legged wild dog feeds on carrion, game, and fruit, often hunts in packs, and is found in Africa and southern Asia?Jackal2. In swimming, what is the name of the dive in which the body is first bent at the waist and then straightened?Jack-Knife3. Noted ... http://quizerama.blogsome.com/2009/09/29/038-2009/ Round One - General Ignorance1. Which volcano erupted in 79AD, burying the city of Pompeii?Vesuvius2. Born in 1957, who played General Hogmanay Melchett in the TV comedy ‘Blackadder Goes Forth’?Stephen Fry3. Now a broadcaster which footballer made his debut for Chelsea in 1957 at the age of 17?Jimmy Greaves4. Born ... http://quizerama.blogsome.com/2009/09/29/037-2009/ Round One - Famous People1. Who was the first woman to fly solo from Britain to Australia?Amy Johnson2. Which former Prime Minister is buried in Blaydon churchyard in Oxfordshire?Winston Churchill3. In the world of showbiz how were Cyril Mead and Edward McGuinness better known?Little & Large4. Who was the ... http://quizerama.blogsome.com/2009/09/21/036-2009/ Round One - General Ignorance1. 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 Scala3. What footballing first was achieved by John Charles in 1957?He was the first British player to be transferred ... http://quizerama.blogsome.com/2009/09/11/035-2009/ Round One - General Ignorance1. 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 ... http://quizerama.blogsome.com/2009/09/04/034-2009/ Round One - French Cuisine1. What is the headwaiter in a French restaurant called?Maitre D’Hotel2. How is a drink served when it’s described as frappe?Iced3. What have you ordered if a thin pancake is cooked in butter, sugar, orange juice and Curaco, and then flambeed at your table?Crepe ... http://quizerama.blogsome.com/2009/08/30/033-2009/