Quiz 260206
1. On which mediteranean island will you find the Troodos Mountains?
Cyprus
2. Which advert currently advertises its product with a game of hide and seek between cars?
Vauxhall Corsa
3. Inventor Richard Gatling died today in 1903. His Gatling gun consists of how many barrels?
Ten
4. Who will be Britain’s number one male tennis player in the next published rankings?
Andrew Murray
5. Which Grand National jump is named after a rider who fell there during the first race on this day in 1839?
Becher’s Brook (after Captain Becher)
6. In curling, what name is given to the target area called where the “stones” need to land?
House
7. Born today in 1802, who was the French author of the classic works `Les Miserables’ and `The Hunchback of Notre Dame’?
Victor Hugo
8. A new version of The Pink Panther has topped the North American box office charts. Who plays Clouseau in this version?
Steve Martin
9. British general Orde Wingate was born today in 1903. What name was given to his specially trained jungle fighters in Burma in World War Two?
The Chindits (or `Wingate’s Riders’)
10. Which team beat the Ivory Coast to win the African Nations Cup?
Egypt
11. He died in 1723, His tomb in St. Paul’s Cathedral says: ‘Reader, if you seek a monument, look around’. Who is he?
Sir Christopher Wren
12. The great England manager Ron Greenwood recently died aged 84, with which team did he win a Championship medal in 1955?
Chelsea
13. In 1983, Samantha Fox made her first appearance on Page Three of the Sun. What was the pop hit she had three years later?
`Touch Me (I Want Your Body)’
14. Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon are the current leader and deputy leader of which political party?
Scottish National Party (SNP)
15. Which planet is named after the Roman god of the Dead?
Pluto
16. What is the title of the new series with Stephen Tompkinson and Amanda Holden set in South Africa?
Wild at Heart
17. Knighted in 1993 which TV celebrity and interviewer has the middle name `Paradine’?
Sir David Frost
18. Who plays the character Professor Hood in the TV series “Eleventh Hour”?
Patrick Stewart
19. What motoring aids were first introduced in Britain in 1928 after a one-day trial in Wolverhampton?
Traffic lights
20. Family Fortunes Question - Top Answer Required - Name Something You Grind?
Coffee - Teeth - Meat - Pepper - Nuts
21. Which Year - The FA sacked Glenn Hoddle as manager of the England soccer team following his comments that disabled people were paying for sins in a past life, After 122 years, the Queen withdrew the Royal Warrant from Gallaher’s who make Benson and Hedges cigarettes, King Hussein of Jordan died, aged 63, The Actor Brian Moseley died six weeks after his Coronation Street character, Alf Roberts and The producers of Vanessa Feltz’s chat show were accused of using fake guests on the programme?
1999
22. Who is to host the new series of ‘The Price Is Right’ on ITV?
Joe Pasquale
23. Which musical instrument with 4 or 5 pairs of strings is descended from the lute and so called because of its almond shaped body?
Mandolin (Italian mandola = almond)
24. Which British cheese is the only one that has its name registered as a trademark and can only be produced in Notts, Derbys and Leics?
Stilton
25. Which naval base is on the Hawaiian island of Oahu?
Pearl Harbor
26. Which DJ was famous for presenting ‘Our Tune’ on Radio 1?
Simon Bates
27. Which haulage company began its own fan club in 1992?
Eddie Stobart
28. How many people make up an Olympic Curling team?
Four
29. In which North Wales resort are the Sky Tower and the Ocean Beach Amusement Park?
Rhyl
30. True or False - Kenny Everett did the strangulated cat voice in the Charley Says Public Information Films?
True
31. The Taj Mahal in India is built from which material?
Marble
32. By what nickname are the Yeoman Warders of the Tower of London known?
Beefeaters
33. Of what did the town of Raudhatain in Kuwait start to pump out 5 million gallons a day, after a valuable 1961 discovery?
Water
34. Which Asian country was divided into North and South in 1954?
Vietnam
35. What name is given to the flesh of a mature sheep used as food?
Mutton
36. In cockney Rhyming slang what are dustbin lids?
Kids
37. By what name did Leonard, Adolphe, Julius, Milton and Herbert make a fortune?
Marx Brothers
38. On what was millionaire John Jacob Astor standing at the time of his death?
The Titanic
39. What did Leofric the Earl of Mercia’s wife have between her legs when she made her most famous historical gesture?
A Horse
40. Why don’t cars ever run out of petrol when travelling through the Simplon Tunnel?
It is a Railway Tunnel
Tiebreaker - The Bank of England issued the first ever pound note in which year?
1791
