Quiz 250606
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
