QUIZTIME QUIZZES

1. Michael Owen has 36 goals for England but who of the current squad is the 2nd highest with 17?
David Beckham
2. When was the fruit machine invented, 1905, 1925, or 1945?
1905
3. What fruit is the cross between a peach and a plum?
A nectarine
4. What does the internet company elephant.co.uk sell?
Car Insurance
5. What is the name of the character played by Steve Coogan in his new BBC2 TV series?
Tommy Saxondale
6. Which seaside resort would you find between the great and little Orms?
Llandudno
7. Which make of car is advertised with the slogan “Give people the impression you work harder than you do”?
Mercedes Benz
8. LEFT SOFT DINNER is an anagram of which cartoon character?
Fred Flintstone
9. Who did the dance of the seven veils in the first century AD?
Salome
10. Which product is currently being advertised with the tagline “Fuel of Britain isn’t it”?
Pot Noodle
11. What, also the name of a Laurel and Hardy film, is the nickname of the Saudi Arabian Soccer team?
Sons of the Desert
12. Which film actress visited Hanoi during the Vietnam war to demonstrate her opposition to it?
Jane Fonda
13. What did tom tom the pipers son steal according to the nursery rhyme?
A Pig
14. Which river is crossed by the longest steel-arch bridge in Britain?
Mersey / Runcorn bridge
15. Which food was originally used by the Aztecs as currency?
Cocoa beans / chocolate
16. Who, with 125, has the most caps for England?
Peter Shilton
17. Which ancient tourist attraction is seen at its best between ‘Corbridge’ and ‘Vincolanda’?
Hadrian’s wall
18. What unusual occupation did Anne Bonny and Mary Read follow?
Female Pirates
19. Which sport uses the most muscles?
Swimming
20. Family Fortunes Question - Top Answer Required - Name a non-edible fish?
Goldfish / Piranha / Jellyfish / Starfish / Stickleback / Catfish / Pike

21. Which Year - America’s strategic air command. one of the last relics of the cold war, was disbanded, Nicotine patches were launched in Britain, Monica Seles won her third French Open title with a victory over German tennis player Steffi Graf and claims that Cabinet Minister David Mellor’s mistress Antonia de Sancha was a ‘class act’ with ambitions to play Shakespeare were offset by reports that she had appeared as a one-legged prostitute in a soft porn movie called ‘The Pieman’
1992
22. In a standard pack of playing cards, if 17 red cards have been played, how many red cards are left?
Nine
23. Which American dog food has the advertising slogan ‘dogs ask for it by name’?
Woof
24. Which word can go after "beach", and before "gown"?
Ball
25. What surname links a Wimbledon champion, a blues guitarist, an author of horror stories & a Canadian PM?
King
26. Which church appeared on the Thames TV logo?
St Pauls Cathedral
27. In Golf, to which side of the target does a pulled ball fly?
Left
28. Which is the longest river that flows into the Mediterranean?
The Nile
29. World championship boat races take place at Peel Harbour on the Isle of Man, in what sort of boats?
Viking Longboats
30. What does Southampton have four of each day that most ports only have two of?
Tides
31. 100 Sen make 1 Yen in which country?
Japan / 100 Fen = 1 Yuan in China
32. What kind of creature is the coconut-eating South Pacific Robber?
Crab
33. King John, Henry II and Edward I were all buried with their ‘what’ on, gloves, boots or armour?
Gloves
34. In bookies’ slang, how much does a ‘monkey’ and a ‘pony’ add up to?
£525
35. Melody Radio in London was the first radio station to broadcast without what on 9/7/90?
Disc-Jockeys
36. With reference to the human body, what word means of the brain?
Cerebral
37. What nationality was Father Abraham who had hit records with the Smurfs?
Dutch
38. What was the top speed of a Sinclair c5, 15, 20 or 25mph?
15mph
39. How many of the ten commandments tell you not to do things?
Eight
40. Why did the TV presenter change the name of his business ‘Stuart Hall International Travel’?
People started using its acronym!

Tiebreaker - How many teams will take part in this year’s tour de France?
21
- In which year were Sweden Olympic Football Champions?
1948

1. Which side of the brain is responsible for logic and rational thought, the left or the right?
Left
2. The tarantula spider is named after a town in which country?
Italy (Taranto)
3. Who has scored a number one hit in the charts with "Maneater"?
Nelly Furtado
4. Which food product features a man with a handlebar moustache on the packaging?
Pringles
5. Which team in the current World Cup has a player called Pinpong?
Ghana
6. One Point Each - The first five letters of a British football manager’s name and his team are the same, what are they?
Arsene Wenger & Arsenal
7. In Formula 1 racing, which colour flag is used to mean “A hazard has been cleared up and the cars can proceed at racing speed”?
Green
8. Which country used to be called Mesopotamia?
Iraq
9. In which 2000 film did Liz Hurley play the devil?
Bedazzled
10. Which great Dutch striker is Holland’s current manager?
Marco van Basten
11. In which London borough is the Royal Albert Hall located?
Kensington
12. When a grasshopper is picked up, it will most likely do which of the following - urinate, rub its legs together or spit?
Spit
13. RAW BRAINS BROAD is an anagram of which British Actress?
Barbara Windsor
14. Which male pop star had more duet partners in the 20th century than any other chart artist?
Elton John
15. Which England footballer is currently being seen in adverts for the new Hyundai?
Peter Crouch
16. How many legs does a shrimp have?
Ten
17. What company was founded by Adolph Dassler?
Adidas
18. Which Leicester band, who are currently back on tour, had nine top ten singles between 1975 and 1978, all cover versions?
Showaddywaddy
19. If you travelled due south from Rome what would be the first African country you would come to?
Libya
20. Family Fortunes Question - Top Answer Required - Name a famous Tom?
Jones / Cruise / Hanks / Selleck / Clancy

21. Which Year - Shergar won the Derby by a record ten lengths, Blanks were fired at the Queen during the Trooping the Colour ceremony, John McEnroe beat Bjorn Borg to win the men’s singles title at Wimbledon for the first time, The Humber Estuary Bridge, the world’s longest single-span structure, was officially opened by the Queen and Shakin’ Stevens was at No.1 with `Green Door’?
1981
22. Of the twenty official languages spoken by the European Union, which one has the most native speakers?
German (90 Million)
23. What is the seasoned jellied loaf made from the head of a pig or calf known as?
Brawn
24. Which car manufacturer makes the IS200, RX300 & GS430?
Lexus
25. Which fashion and fragrance company makes Allure Sensuelle?
Chanel
26. Which sitcom character was the Chairman of Cavendish Foods?
Richard De Vere (in "To The Manor Born")
27. Which vehicle manufacturer produced the first successful front wheel drive vehicle?
Citroen
28. Since the year 2000, the original Tate Art Gallery in London has been known as what?
Tate Britain
29. Which is the first planet mentioned in the lyrics of the song "Fly me to the moon"?
Jupiter (Fly me to the moon, And let me play among the stars, Let me see what spring is like, On Jupiter and Mars, In other words hold my hand, In other words darling kiss me)
30. What was introduced to the Indianapolis 500 in 1911, that no other previous auto race had - Pit stops were made for the first time for refueling, Rubber tyres with air were introduced or Rear-view mirrors were fitted to the racecars?
Rear-view mirrors - instead of a passenger acting as lookout!
31. If you were on a boat called "Maid of the Mist" which famous tourist attraction and natural phenomena can you see?
Niagara Falls
32. Betz cells are found in which part of the human body Brain, Heart, Lungs or Stomach?
Brain
33. In the steak dish Tournedos Rossini what is spread on top of the steak?
Pate
34. Who was the first Beatle who could accurately sing When I’m Sixty Four?
Ringo Starr
35. True or False - In Saudi Arabia most of the telephone boxes in the desert are solar powered?
True
36. In which 2005 movie does Naomi Watts play the character Ann Darrow?
King Kong
37. Which precious metal is the best conductor of electricity?
Silver
38. Who won the 1972 Miss World competition but was disqualified for being a man?
Was it Miss China, Miss Hong Kong, or Miss India?
Miss Hong Kong
39. In the Beatrix Potter books what kind of animal is Aunt Dorcas?
A Pig
40. Who is the only American President to have been seen wearing a NAZI uniform?   
Ronald Reagan - in a movie!

Tiebreaker - What year was the first VCR made?
1956
- In which year was the first patent made on the Ouija Board?
1892

June 4, 2006