QUIZTIME QUIZZES

May 29, 2006

Quiz 280506

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1. Which Premiership football team are nicknamed the Addicks?
Charlton Athletic
2. What is the title of Leo Sayer’s only UK No 1 single?
When I Need You
3. In which cult TV programme would you hear the catch-phrases "I love it when a plan comes together" and “You crazy fool”?
A-Team
4. Which country does the wine Blue Nun come from?
Germany
5. Which financial institution sponsors ITV1’s ‘The Bill’?
The Co-Operative Bank
6. Which cartoon character lives in Bikini Bottom?
Spongebob Squarepants
7. Ricky Wilson, Andrew "Whitey" White, and Nick "Peanut" Baines are amongst the members of which indie band?
Kaiser Chiefs
8. In which 2000 comedy film would you find Robert De Niro starring as Ben Stiller’s potential father-in-law?
Meet the Parents
9. In which UK county would you find the towns of Camborne and Redruth?
Cornwall
10. Which country is represented by the international car registration letter of P?
Portugal
11. Which car manufacturer produces the Sorento and Sedona models?
Kia
12. To which Spanish city can you travel by ferry from Portsmouth?
Bilbao
13. What word is used to describe a male squirrel?
Buck
14. Which brand of coffee was "good to the last drop" according to the advertisement?
Maxwell House
15. In which New England state was George W. Bush born?
Connecticut
16. What was the name of the character played by David Hasselhoff in ‘Baywatch’?
Lt./Capt. Mitch Buchannon
17. How many contestants take part in each edition of the TV gameshow Deal or Now Deal?
Twenty Two
18. The national lottery started in 1994, In which year did the Wednesday draw start?
1997
19. If you wrote the num 0 to 100, how many times would you write down the number 3?
Twenty
20. Family Fortunes Question - One point each - Top Seven Answers Required - Name an animal which appears in the name of a public house?
Lion / Bull / Dog / Horse / Fox / Stag / Pig (what happened to the Slug & Lettuce?)
21. Which Year - Ian Botham was banned from playing first class cricket for two months after admitting smoking cannabis, Irishman Bob Geldof was made an Honorary Knight by the Queen for his fund-raising events, Richard Branson’s powerboat, Virgin Atlantic Challenger II, completed the fastest Atlantic crossing in a time of 3 days, 8 hours and 31 minutes, British newspapers were banned from printing extracts from former M15 officer Peter Wright’s book ‘Spycatcher’ and Kurt Waldheim was elected President of Austria, despite growing evidence that he collaborated with the Nazis in World War II?
1986
22. What is the bony substance in a tooth just beneath the enamel?
Dentine
23. Which Somerset town has a “Grand Pier”?
Weston Super Mare
24. What ran for less than two years between St Joseph, Missouri and Sacramento, California?
Pony Express
25. San Miguel is the largest of which group of Portuguese-owned islands?
Azores
26. Which company hope to be offering “Galactic” sub orbital space cruises by 2008?
Virgin Galactic
27. In the world of film, whose prime directives were to “Serve the Public Trust”, “Protect the Innocent” and “Uphold the Law” as well as a fourth “Classified” directive?
Robocop’s
28. Which fishing village in France became a Mecca for the jet set after Bridgette Bardot moved there?
St Tropez
29. Who is Chairman of Selectors on England’s Cricket Board?
David Graveney
30. At which underground station will passengers alight for Olympic Park in 2012?
Stratford International
31. What was the name of the theme tune to the film "Bridge Over The River Kwai"?
Colonel Bogey
32. Where is Admiral Lord Nelson buried?
St Paul’s Cathedral
33. True or False – ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev was born on a ship?
False – he was born on a train
34. Which TV entertainer often used the catchphrase, ‘seems like a nice boy’?
Larry Grayson
35. The numbers board on Channel 4’s Countdown is known as CECIL, what does CECIL stand for? Countdown Electronic Calculator In Leeds
36. Who were the two captains in the first series of "Question of Sport"?
Cliff Morgan / Henry Cooper
37. Which female singer’s first two albums were entitled The Kick Inside and Lionheart?
Kate Bush
38. The first ever Lottery Draw on Saturday November 19th 1994, was presented by which famous celebrity?
Noel Edmunds
39. Which well known fruit juice drink brand is the Maori word for "Good Health"?
Kia Ora
40. Who invented the Kenwood Chef electric food mixer?
Ken Wood
Tiebreaker - The number of bananas in the world’s biggest ever banana split?
11,333

May 22, 2006

Quiz 210506

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1. What percentage of your brain is water — 45, 55, 65 or 75?
Around 75 per cent
2. A gymnast would perform a crucifix using what type of equipment?
The rings
3. What is 2006 in Roman numerals? 
MMVI
4. Spell “mouse” using the NATO alphabet?
Mike Oscar Uniform Sierra Echo
5. Who lived at 20 Forthlin Road, Allerton, Liverpool, in his youth?
Paul McCartney
6. How many shapes make up the British Telecom logo?
Six. Five ovals and a circle
7. If a Cockney gave his cheddars to his skin and blister at the Colonel Gadaffi what would he have done?
Given his keys to his sister at the cafe
8. What can be an industry, a cheese or a loaf?
Cottage
9. Which fish grow to become pilchards? 
Sardines
10. Against which three football team are England playing friendlies before the World Cup?
Belarus, Hungary and Jamaica
11. True or False - mountain biking is an Olympic sport?
True - since 1996
12. Anagram - WHEN I’M IN CLEAR is a well known British film director and producer?
Michael Winner
13. What part of your body might be affected by comedones?
Your skin, they’re blackheads
14. "I’m With Stupid" is which bands first top 10 hit in six years?
Pet Shop Boys
15. Which is further by road — Inverness to Newcastle-upon-Tyne or Newcastle to London?
Newcastle to London
16. What is a bindi to a Hindu?
An ornamental dot worn on the forehead
17. In which sport do you “clean the bar”?
Weightlifting
18. In the Government, who is currently the Minister for the Civil Service?
Tony Blair. His full title is Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister for the Civil Service
19. Pat Simmons, Brian Cobby and Lenny Henry have all recorded the voice of what?
The Speaking Clock. Pat Simmons was a former voice, Brian Cobby currently does it and Lenny Henry did it a few years ago for Comic Relief
20. Family Fortunes Question - Top Answer Required - Name something husbands borrow from wives?
Money / Comb / Hairdryer / Car Keys / Deodorant
21. One point each - Name the six football players who have been FIFA World Player of the Year since 1991, whose names end in the letter “O”?
Ronaldinho, Ronaldo, Figo, Rivaldo, Romario, Baggio
22. In the Roadrunner cartoons which company supplies Wile E. Coyote with equipment?
Acme
23. Who is the current British number one tennis player, with a World ranking of 40?
Greg Rusedski
24. Apart from Sherlock Holmes, which other fictional detective lived in Baker Street?
Sexton Blake
25. Coming from the Norse for a landslide what word is given to a collection of rocks on slopes or at the bottom of cliffs?
Scree
26. Which king in a standard pack of playing cards doesn’t have a sword?
King of Diamonds
27. Which car company uses the advertisement “mediocrity is a sin”?
Alfa Romeo
28. Which Australian state is the country’s Sunshine State?
Queensland
29. Sunlight is responsible for the production of which vitamin in the human body?
D
30. In the children’s books, whose favourite food is “haycorns”?
Piglet in Winnie The Pooh
31. True or False - Colonel Sanders of KFC restaurant fame was a real military colonel?
False - the title was honorary. The Governor of Kentucky, who enjoyed eating at his restaurant, made him a Kentucky Colonel
32. Which popular dance means “a crack of a whip” in Portuguese?
Lambada
33. Who was the top scorer for Chelsea in the 2005/2006 Premiership season?
Frank Lampard with 16
34. Which pop singer or group has the most fan clubs worldwide?
Elvis Presley - There are 613 active fan clubs with a combined membership of around 510,000 worldwide
35. Which part of the human body would be of most interest to a Pygophile?
Buttocks
36. What word for a hollow on a Scottish hillside is also a term of affection for a popular TV soap?
Corrie (Coronation Street)
37. Which Bond actor played Professor Donald Kessler in Mars Attacks!?
Pierce Brosnan
38. What’s the smallest brass instrument in an orchestra?
Trumpet
39. How often is a census taken?
Every 10 years
40. We call the edge of the pavement the kerb. What do they call it in the USA?
The curb
Tiebreaker - How many Pope’s have their been including Pope Benedict XVI?
266

May 15, 2006

Quiz 140506

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1. What is the bodies largest internal organ - taking up on average 12% of the body?
Brain
2. Whom is the Chairman of the BBC?
Michael Grade
3. What is the maximum number of stars a restaurant can win from the Michelin Guide?
Three
4. One point each, name the four main blood groups?
A, B, AB, O
5. Who was the labour leader before Tony Blair?
John Smith
6. According to the Guiness Book of Records - which country hold the record for the worst road casualties in a year - India, China or Russia?
India
7. Which feature of Star Trek might just work in reality according to two mathematicians, Milton and Nicorovici?
A cloaking device
8. Which Stateley Home and safari park belongs to the Marquis of Bath?
Longleat
9.  Club, Farm and Abbey are all the names of corners at which motor racing circuit?
Silverstone
10. What letter is given to a car number plate when the age or identity of the vehicle is unknown or if it may have been built from parts?
Q
11. Which aircraft safety device was invented by British engineer James Martin?
Ejector seat
12. Prior to winning the World title how many tournaments had Graeme Dott won?
None
13. True or False - Harry Houdini was the first man to fly solo across Australia?
True
14. One point each - Who were the winners of the 4 football league divisions?
Chelsea, Reading, Southend, and Carlisle
15. Which English explorer was imprisoned in the Tower of London and beheaded in 1618?
Sir Walter Raleigh
16. What would North American Indians do with a calumet?
Smoke it - it’s a peace pipe
17. Whose green image took a knock recently when it was revealed that although he cycles to work, his shoes, papers and other clothes follow behind him in a chauffeur driven Lexus?
David Cameron
18. How many old threepenny bits were in a pound?
Eighty
19. What is the name of the fictional tube station in "Eastenders"?
Walford East
20. Family Fortunes Question - Top Answer Required - Another name for a wife!
Missus, Better or Other Half, Her Indoors, Trouble & Strife, Spouse
21. Which Year - The popularity of CB (citizens-band) radio leads to a record licence applications, US spacecraft Viking 1 and Viking 2 soft-land on Mars, With the launch of videocassette recorders on the market by Sony and JVC, television advertising rates are hit, as viewers can now choose not to view commercials, The Queen opens the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham and for the first time there are more colour than black and white TV licences in Britain?
1976
22. What nationality were both the men’s and women’s singles tennis champions at Wimbledon in 1989?
German (Boris Becker and Steffi Graff)
23. Which mobile phone company changed its name to T Mobile?
One 2 One
24. Who played Guy Gibson in the 1954 film “The Dambusters”?
Richard Todd
25. In Golf, at what age can a player join the Seniors’ Tour?
Fifty
26. How many squares are there on a traditional Snakes and Ladders board?
100
27. Which country lies immediately south of Nicaragua?
Costa Rica
28. In Cockney rhyming slang, what does ‘frog and toad’ refer to?
Road
29. In area what is the largest Railway Station in Britain?
Clapham Junction
30. Which country’s territory was divided up between Russia, Prussia and Austria during the latter part of the 18th century so that it effectively vanished from the map of Europe until 1918?
Poland
31. According to the title of a 1983 film directed by Brian De Palma, by what name was Antonio Montana better known?
"Scarface"
32. What is the name of the ground at which the Scottish national soccer team plays its home matches?
Hampden Park
33. Into which ocean does the Amazon flow?
Atlantic
34. What type of vegetable is a tree ear?
Mushroom
35. What make of car did Nurse Gladys Emanuel drive in "Open All Hours"?
Morris Minor
36. At which sporting venue can players compete at The Jubilee Course, The New Course, The Old Course and The Eden Course?
St Andrews
37. What was Simply Red’s first top ten hit?
Holding back the years
38. By the time he died in 1227, whose empire stretched from the Black Sea to the Pacific?
Genghis Khan
39. After whom was the first football World Cup trophy named?
Jules Rimet
40. What do you call a female duck?
Duck
Tiebreaker - How many Popes have died in the middle of having sex?
Four

May 8, 2006

Quiz 070506

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1. Which part of the body consumes 40% of the blood’s oxygen?
The Brain
2. In which TV series did the children Primrose, Petunia, Zinnia and Montgomery appear?
Darling Buds Of May
3. One point each - name the three teams relegated from this years’ Premiership?
Sunderland, Birmingham City and West Bromwich Albion
4. In chess, what is the move called whereby the King may move two squares?
Castling
5. The American volcano of Mount St. Helens erupted in May 1980, in which state is the volcano?
Washington
6. Which Beatle spent weeks in a coma and almost died at the age of six?
Ringo
7. What was the name of the British ship sunk by a German submarine on 7th May 1915?
Lusitania
8. What is the nickname of New Orleans and also the title of a 1987 film?
The Big Easy
9. Clear Run At Helm is an anagram of which sports person?
Ellen Macarthur
10. Which word can precede all of the following: day, fly, flower, oral and pole?
MAY - Mayday, mayfly, mayflower, mayoral and maypole
11. Which dance was once described as "stubbing out cigarettes with both feet, whilst drying your back with a towel"?
The twist
12. Who played Lord Flashheart in the TV series "Blackadder the Second"?
Rik Mayall
13. One point each - In Britain, name the four cities that may hallmark gold and silver?
London, Birmingham, Edinburgh & Sheffield
14. Who played Bernardo May in Seven and Danny Valinski in the great escape?
Charles Bronson
15. Which mighty German airship burst into flames in May 1937 in New Jersey?
Hindenberg (36 lives lost)
16. Which Indian Curry style is described as having been cooked dry in curd with spices and vegetables?
Khorma
17. What was the name of Jed Clampett’s daughter in ‘ The Beverly Hillbillies ‘?
Elly May - played by Donna Douglas
18. Which Manchester pop group were originally called the Frantic Elevators?
Simply Red
19. What is the name of Doctor Who’s home planet?
Gallifrey
20. Family Fortunes Question - Top Answer Required - Name a Kind of Pole?
North or South / Totem / May / Flag / Vault (used 260904)
21. Which Year - Nurse Alison Sparrow made legal history by becoming the first person to win a “Passive Smoking” case, Singer Frank Sinatra died, it was announced that Geri Halliwell was to leave the Spice Girls, There were ten mile tailbacks on the recently re-named M60 and Manchester City were relegated to the Second division (previously division three)?
1998
22. If you mix Eggs, Mustard, Oil and Vinegar, what do you get?
Mayonnaise
23. What part of a Roman Legionnaire’s uniform was a balteus?
A belt
24. In which Bond movie did Grace Jones play a baddie called May Day?
A View To A Kill
25. Executioners, Harry, Thomas and Albert all shared the same surname, what was it?
Pierrepoint
26. At which race track was Ayrton Senna killed in May 1994?
Imola (San Marino Grand Prix)
27. Which Roman Catholic group have asked for a disclaimer to be placed on the “The Da Vinci Code” film?
Opus Dei
28. Which Asian capital lies on the river Barada, thought to derive from the local word for “cold”?
Damascas
29. In the film industry what does MGM stand for?
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
30. Under English law, a person may be declared dead if they cannot be traced after how many years?
Seven
31. On a Map of the London Underground, what colour is the Hammersmith & City Line?
Pink
32. What is the last square on which houses may be built on a London Monopoly board?
Mayfair
33. One point each - name the three club sides that Alan Shearer has played for?
Southampton, Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle United
34. "It’s late September and I really should be back at school" are lyrics to be found in which number one hit record?
Maggie May - Rod Stewart ("I laughed at all of your jokes. My love you didn’t need to coax.")
35. What was the name of the comic character played on TV by Bill Maynard whose catchphrase was ‘Magic our Maurice’?
Selwyn Froggit
36. The Flag of which country consists of three horizontal bands of blue, white and blue with an emblem known as the ‘Sun of May’ in the centre?
Argentina
37. Which Company made England’s Glory matches?
Bryant & May
38. In a 1950’s advert, which famous actor said “Take it easy driving, the life you save may be mine”?
James Dean
39. In which year did the UK last win the Eurovision Song Contest?
1997
40. The 1999 FA cup final between Man Utd & Newcastle Utd made history by achieving which first in FA cup history?
First time two ‘United’s’ had met in the final!
Tiebreaker - The last finisher in this year’s London Marathon finally crossed the line wearing a suit of armour and hauling an 8ft dragon, how long did it take Lloyd Scott to complete the course?
Eight days and 13 minutes - he could only walk 100 yards before having to stop and rest!!!
- A cognac produced during the French revolution is said to be the most expensive drink on sale in Britain. How much would a glass of the 1790 cognac cost at the Lanesborough in London?
£1,700

May 1, 2006

Quiz 300406

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1. What was stolen on March 20,1966 that made world news headlines? 
The World Cup
2. Which US president was described by the American novelist Gore Vidal as ‘A triumph of the embalmer’s art’?
Ronald Regan
3. In what year did British garages begin selling petrol by the litre? 
1981
4. What was the showgirls name in Barry Mannilow’s hit Copacabana?
Lola
5. With which sport would you associate Clive Everton?
Snooker - Commentator for the BBC
6. On an Ordinance Survey map, which part of which animal denotes a wildlife park?
A Stag’s Head
7. Published in 1932, which fictional flying ace first appeared in the novel The Camels Are Coming?
Biggles (James Bigglesworth)
8. Famous for its stilton cheese and pork pies, Melton Mowbray is a market town in which county?
Leicestershire
9. The opening line of which story is "The Mole had been working very hard all the morning, spring cleaning his little home."?
Wind In the Willows
10. What can you hold in your right hand but never in your left?
Your left elbow or left hand
11. Where, according to the Beatles, did somebody keep his fire engine clean with a clean machine?
Penny Lane
12. Who is the compare in Phoenix Nights - character name?
Jerry Sinclair - played by Dave Spikey
13. Which footballer, in the first round of the 2002 World Cup, admitted: "Obviously the ball   didn’t hit me in the face, but I was still the victim. I’m not a player who fakes things"?
Rivaldo (After the ball hit him in the leg and he collapsed to the ground holding his face)
14. What colour is the outer ring on an archery target?
White
15. Which book of the Bible has the shortest name?  
Job
16. What do the Americans call curtains?
Drapes
17. RED ROSE OIL LIDS is an anagram of which TV series?  
Soldier Soldier
18. Which country is home to the greatest number of Buddhists? 
Japan
19. Who’s catchphrase was "It’s Good But it’s not Right"?
Roy Walker
20. Family Fortunes Question - Top Answer Required - Name something found in Hawaii?
Beach or Sands / Palm Trees / Grass Skirts / Volcanoes / Pineapples
21. Which Year - A KLM Boeing 747 collides during takeoff with a Pan Am 747 still on the ground at Tenerife in the Canary Islands, The first Laker ‘Skytrain’ flies from London to New York for $102 a ticket, Australian publisher Rupert Murdoch acquires The New York Post, Spain holds its first general election since 1936 and Political parties are banned in Chile and censorship is tightened under General Augusto Pinochet?
1977
22. What four letter word can precede stone, light, walk?
Moon
23. How many counties border Oxfordshire?
Six
24. What sort of creature is a Greylag?
A goose
25. Who was the first cricketer to captain, coach and manage the England cricket team? 
Ray Illingworth
26. What parts of the body are examined with an otoscope?
Ears
27. What is the only capital city mentioned in the book of Genesis that is still in existence today?
Damascus
28. In the nursery rhyme, what line is next after "How does your garden grow"?
With silver bells and cockleshells
29. Which TV Sitcom was set in the town of Nouvion?  
Allo Allo
30. Which famous zoological park is situated three miles south of Dunstable? 
Whipsnade
31. Who did Estelle Skornik play in a series of car adverts? 
Nicole in the Renault Clio ads
32. On which Caribbean Island did the Calypso originate?
Trinidad
33. Which was the first company to develop waterproof watches? 
Rolex
34. Which castle would you find at the west end of the Royal Mile?
Edinburgh Castle
35. Who was the only female singer to have three UK No1 hits in the 1960s?  
Sandie Shaw
36. Which comedian was the sidekick of the Monkey in the adverts for the ill-fated ITV Digital?
Johnny Vegas
37. Which river rises in the Rockies and flows into the Bering Sea? 
Yukon
38. In which sport would you serve, dig and spike?
Volleyball
39. If you scored an Albatross on a par 4 hole whilst playing golf, what would you have scored?
A hole in one!
40. In the Addams Family, what is the middle name of Wednesday Addams? 
Thursday
Tiebreaker - In which year were the first gold sovereign coins were issued in Britain?
1817
If all the UK number one hit singles were listed alphabetically which song would come last? 
You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling





















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