Quiz 200806
1 Which political party are dumping their blue flaming torch logo in favour of a green tree?
CONSERVATIVE
2 Which letters are written on comedian Jimmy Cricket’s wellies?
L & R (FOR LEFT & RIGHT)
3 Wearing which two articles of clothing together has recently been voted the worst fashion mistake a man can make?
SANDALS AND SOCKS
4 Which is the oldest club in the Premiership?
READING
5 In 1894, the first public striptease was performed in which European city?
PARIS
6 Will Smith topped the UK charts 9 years ago this week, with the theme tune to which film?
‘MEN IN BLACK’
7 Which country is staging the World Rowing Championships?
ENGLAND
8 Which is the greater - The number of test matches played by Allan Border, (with 158) the maximum speed in mph of a human body in free fall, or the number of verses in the Greek national anthem?
NUMBER OF VERSES IN THE GREEK NATIONAL ANTHEM
9 In the game of pool, what colour is the 9 ball?
YELLOW
10 Who ended the Roger Federer’s run of 55 straight hard-court wins?
ANDREW MURRAY
11 Which Brit was recently named the world’s ninth highest earner, raking-in £77 a-minute over the last twelve months?
J K ROWLING
12 At which racecourse does the Shergar Cup take place?
ASCOT
13 Who did Lisa Marie Presley marry just a few days prior to the 25th Anniversary of her father’s death?
NICOLAS CAGE
14 Colchester United fans chanted, “You only need two more” as Kem Izzet was yellow carded by which referee officiating his first match since his World Cup nightmare?
GRAHAM POLL
15 According to Paris Hilton’s latest single what are the stars?
BLIND
16 One Point Each - Athletics - Name the quartet of who won European gold in the 4 x 100m in Gothenburg?
DWAIN CHAMBERS, DARREN CAMPBELL, MARLON DEVONISH AND MARK LEWIS-FRANCIS
17 Gene Simons, the bass guitarist with Kiss, is just as famous for which 13” part of his body as he is for his music?
TONGUE
18 Which banknote features a view of the west face of Worcester Cathedral?
A £20 NOTE
19 Norse explorer, Erik The Red, gave which country its optimistic name to encourage his countrymen to settle there?
GREENLAND
20 Quiztime Survey Question - Name a famous British Inventor?
ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL / GEORGE STEVENSON / JAMES WATT / BARNES WALLIS / FRANK WHITTLE / CHRISTOPHER COCKRIL / CLIVE SINCLAIR
21 Which Year - Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein vowed to take over Kuwait, The French Riviera suffered its biggest art robbery when thieves stole paintings worth £25 million, It was announced that an average employee wasted a week and a half a year waiting for the kettle to boil, Actor Harrison Ford signed a record breaking five movie deal which would earn him £26 million, Snap! were at No.1 with `Rhythm Is A Dancer’, In Budapest, Nigel Mansell won the Hungarian Grand Prix to become the Formula One World Champion and In Tombstone, Arizona, a cowboy was fined £100 for riding his horse without lights?
1992
22 Which famous architect designed London’s St Paul’s Cathedral?
CHRISTOPHER WREN
23 Which team has the largest ground capacity in the Scottish Premier League?
CELTIC
24 Wellington is one of the characters in which Daily Mirror strip cartoon?
THE PERISHERS
25 Natasha Hamilton, Liz McLarnon and Jenny Frost were collectively known as which pop trio?
ATOMIC KITTEN
26 In Greek mythology, what did Paris use to kill Achilles?
A BOW AND ARROW
27 One Point Each - Name the five men who have captained England at football the most times?
BILLY WRIGHT (90), BOBBY MOORE (90), BRYAN ROBSON (65), DAVID BECKHAM (58) AND ALAN SHEARER (34)
28 In which role did Derek Young make regular appearances on ‘The Golden Shot’?
BERNIE (The bolt)
29 A PSV licence is required to drive what type of vehicle?
PUBLIC SERVICE VEHICLE
30 What is the name of the drama about John Prescott’s love affair commissioned by ITV?
PREZZA
31 Veteran actor, Patrick Allen, who died last week at the age of 79, starred in which TV ads during the 70’s and 80’s when he arrived on a housing development by helicopter?
BARRATT
32 What type of establishment would you find at Shepton Mallet, Armley and Belmarsh?
PRISONS
33 Which vegetable is added to green pasta to give it that colour?
SPINACH
34 What colours are on the Russian flag?
WHITE, BLUE AND RED
35 In cricket, which Twenty20 Cup competition team are called the Dragons?
GLAMORGAN
36 Which London building once answered their telephone calls with the greeting ‘Whitehall 1212’?
SCOTLAND YARD
37 ‘Tokyo Joe’ gave which singer a 1977 hit single?
BRIAN FERRY
38 In which 1992 film did Mr White, Mr Orange and Mr Pink take part in a botched jewellery raid?
‘RESERVOIR DOGS’
39 Which former coin is also the name of the second most popular pub name in Britain?
THE CROWN
40 Mrs Brown’s bungalow is decorated entirely in pink. The carpet, lampshades, ceiling, walls etc are all pink. What colour are her stairs?
Bungalows don’t have stairs!
Tiebreaker - What is the New Premiership Attenance Record?
75,115
- How many toilet rolls were used by the housemates during ‘Big Brother 5’? 245
- How many days is the gestation period of a sheep?
175
- According to a recent survey how long did the average commuter spend a year travelling to and from work?
139 hours
Extra -
Name the 3 new planets in our solar system.
CERES, CHARON AND 2003 UB313
