Quiz 140506
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
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
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
Four
