Quiz 020706
1. Who is the only member of the British royal family ever to have competed in a first-class tennis tournament when he entered the men’s doubles event at Wimbledon in 1926?
George VI
2. According to superstition, which shoulder should you throw spilt salt over to avoid bad luck?
Left
3. Which is the nearest city to Chernobyl?
Kiev
4. Which tennis player was ranked in the world top ten continuously from 1973 to 1988; in his career, he won 109 singles titles - more than any other man?
Jimmy Connors
5. Which of the British bank notes has the most money in circulation?
Ten Pound
6. Which tennis player took over from Anneka Rice in C4’s "Treasure Hunt"?
Annabel Croft
7. Which Scandinavian country has the longest North Sea coast?
Norway
8. In which year were male tennis players first tested for drugs at Wimbledon, 1984, 1986, 1988 or 1990?
1986
9. Who was the leader of the US Air Force band in Europe during WWII?
Glenn Miller (still missing!)
10. What is the nationality of tennis player Kim Clijsters?
Belgian
11. How many pins can be seen in full when viewing ten-pins face on?
Seven
12. In a tie breaker in tennis, after how many points do players change ends?
Six
13. What is 190 feet long, 66 feet high and had its nose shot off by Napolean’s troops?
The Sphinx
14. Which tennis player was beaten by Pat Cash in the final of the 1987 Wimbledon men’s singles tournament?
Ivan Lendl
15. What colour is the 15 on a roulette wheel?
Black
16. Which woman, in 1988, completed the first “Golden Slam,” winning all of tennis’ grand slam events and an Olympic gold medal?
Steffi Graf
17. Which 1965 film theme is always listed last in lists of British pop songs?
Zorba’s Dance
18. A winner of all four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, who’s father competed for Iran at the Olympic Games?
Andre Agassi
19. Which Football League club has the postal address of ‘Liverpool, L4 4EL’?
Everton
20. Family Fortunes Question - Top Answer Required - Name a plant from a modern garden that Adam could use as a fig leaf?
Cabbage leaf / Rhubarb leaf / Dock leaf / Rubber plant / Fern leaf / Conifer!!!
21. Which Year - The Queen began paying Income Tax, Tennis champion Monica Seles was stabbed on a tennis court, The Government announced plans to privatise British Rail and Nelson Mandela shared the Nobel Peace Prize with South African President FW de Klerk?
1993
22. Which southern state of India gave its name to a curry before its name was changed to Tamil Nadu?
Madras
23. Which was the 1967 sports champion Gay Brewer - a golfer, a horse or a tennis player?
A Golfer
24. Which pop star of the sixties and seventies auctioned off all his material possessions in 1981?
Cat Stevens
25. Which London park features a drive called The Ladies Mile?
Hyde Park
26. Which country is closest to Cyprus?
Turkey
27. Which scientist’s actual finger is mounted pointing skyward in the Florence Museum of the History of Science?
Galileo’s
28. Which sex should your truffle-seeking pig be - male, female or either?
Female
29. How many rounds of the Open Golf Championship are played before the first cut of players is made?
Two
30. Which animal provides the polar bear with the major portion of its carnivorous diet?
Seal
31. Who is the only fictional character to be awarded a degree in sleuthing by Colorado State University?
Sherlock Holmes
32. What do you get 32 of in a Monopoly game?
Houses
33. Which Scottish winner of The Open was actually born in Shropshire?
Sandy Lyle
34. Which European country produces Manchego cheese?
Spain
35. What is HANDFASTING – is it a) a font used in printing , b) counting on your fingers c) an Anglo Saxon marriage ceremony, or d) a technique of building walls without mortar?
c) an Anglo Saxon betrothal ceremony
36. What is an upward striking ‘flaschenblitz’ an unusual form of?
Lightning
37. When a post mortem was carried out on Oliver Cromwell one of his organs was found to be twice its normal size, Which one?
His brain
38. What prevented the playing of the third test at Old Trafford in 1890?
Rain!
39. What was the name of the police detective palyed by Helen Mirren in the Prime Suspect dramas?
Jane Tennison
40. Which bay does Table Mountain in South Africa overlook?
Table Bay
Tiebreaker - How many goals did David Beckham score in his career with Man Utd?
Beckham scored 86 goals in 397 games
- Sam Widdowson was the first footballer to wear shinguards in which year?
1874
Do any Pubs still have Harvey Wallbangers on their sweets menu?
