Quiz 100906
1. According to statistics, which creature are you more likely to be attacked by - a Crocodile, a Shark or a Cow?
A Cow
2. Which film opens with George Clooney reassuring a prison board of his detemination to go straight?
Ocean’s Eleven
3. Calvados is a type of Brandy made from which fruit?
Apples
4. Which book and film character lives at Little Whinging, Surrey?
Harry Potter
5. Five Points / One point each - Name the five largest islands in the mediterranean?
Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, Corsica, Crete
6. In which European city did the world’s first motorway open today in 1921?
Berlin
7. Which African countries name translates into English as ‘farthest west’?
Morocco
8. Who played Simon Templar in TV’s `The Return of the Saint’, first screened today in 1978?
Ian Ogilvy
9. Who holds the record for the most matches played in the Ryder Cup competition?
Nick Faldo
10. Who became the youngest Formula 1 motor racing world champion today in 1972?
Emerson Fittipaldi
11. Which rare species of water bird has one of its few breeding sites at Leighton Moss in Lancashire?
Bittern
12. In Michelin travel guides, what item of furniture is put beside the name of a hotel to indicate that the guide considers it to be peaceful?
Rocking Chair
13. Richard III was the last English King to die in battle but who was the last English King to lead his troops into battle?
George II
14. Which BBC radio station also broadcasts on 198 Long Wave?
Radio 4
15. Which country were the first to ban the movie ‘The Da Vinci Code’ - Saudi Arabia, Iran or Pakistan?
Pakistan
16. Which singer & actor played Che Guevara in the original London production of Evita?
David Essex
17. Where in the human body would you find the ‘oval window’ and the ’round window’?
In the Ear
18. Which motorway runs from Rotherham to Goole?
M18
19. For which sport is the Eisenhower Trophy awarded?
Golf
20. Quiztime Survey Question - Top Answers required - Name something that annoys you in a supermarket?
Long Queues / Wonky Trollys / No price shown / Moving everything about / Special Offers Empty
21. Which Year - The wife of the former Russian leader, Raisa Gorbachev, died at the age of 67 / David Bowie became the first pop artist to release the first e-album “Hours” on the Internet, two weeks before being released in the shops / The Bank of Scotland revamped its bid of £20billion for NatWest Bank / Florida’s Disney World was closed for the first time in its history as the State prepared for the arrival of Hurricane Floyd and A cat called Modhu was elected leader of the Monster Raving Looney Party following the death earlier that year of Screaming Lord Sutch?
1999
22. In which TV series was there ‘a local shop for local people’?
The League Of gentlemen
23. In Modern Pentathlon, how long is the cross-country course?
4,000m
24. On TV, whose phone number is 0161 - 715 - 1515?
Streetcars - Coronation Street
25. Cowley Street, London is the HQ of which political party?
Liberal Democrats
26. Luxury versions of which items are made by Jimmy Choo?
Shoes
27. Queen Alia Airport serves which middle-east city?
Amman, Jordan
28. The plot of which James Bond film centres around a stolen Faberge Egg?
Octopussy
29. What sort of animal is a Bettsville - an insect, a bird or a fish?
Bird - type of Turkey
30. Where was Europe’s biggest US Air Force Base in the 1940’s & 50’s?
Burtonwood, Lancashire
31. In which TV series would you find PC Mike Bradley?
Heartbeat - played by Jason Durr
32. Which athlete was known as the ‘Jarrow Arrow’?
Steve Cram
33. One point each - name the two wives of Henry VIII that survived him?
Anne of Cleeves & Catherine Parr
34. Which radio station would you listen to on 1089kz on Medium Wave?
Talk Sport
35. Which Yorkshire racecourse never stages flat racing?
Wetherby
36. Which pair of crime fighters have the forenames Andy & Peter?
Dalziel & Pascoe
37. Canadian Terry Sawchuck was one of the all time greats in which sport?
Ice Hockey
38. Where in London will you hear the cry "Queen Elizabeth’s Keys"?
Tower of London
39. By what nickname are the Newcastle Rugby Union side known?
The Falcons
40. According to official regulations, 9mg of what substance is allowed per kilo of wheat?
Rat Droppings
Tiebreaker - Frank Sinatra’s FBI file was how many pages long?
2,403
