Quiz 210506
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
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
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
266
