Quiz 040307
1. What is the collective noun for a group of Turkeys - A Gaggle, A Flock or A Gobble?
A Flock
2. Which sport means ‘to beat with a whip’ when spelt backwards?
Golf / Flog
3. What is the name of the islamic militant group based in the Lebanon?
Hezbollah
4. Which North-West team won the first ever FA cup final to be held at Wembley stadium?
Bolton Wanderers
5. What did Wonder Woman’s lasso always make people do?
Tell the truth
6. We all know that Henry VIII had six wives, but which of his wives herself had four husbands?
Catherine Parr
7. The name of which animal derives from the Greek for ‘nose horn’?
Rhinoceros
8. Which City is 143 miles from London, 74 miles from Leeds and 53 miles from Leicester?
Lincoln
9. In the army what collective name is given to large guns?
Artillery
10. What animal’s fat was a main ingredient in explosives throughout WWII?
Pigs
11. The entrance to which sea is guarded by rocks called the ‘Pillars of Hercules’?
The Mediterranean
12. What species of fish is caught the most?
Anchovetta - Anchovy
13. What is the connection between a number one hit for The Pretenders, Scar in The Lion King and the island of Cyprus?
Metals, Brass In Pocket, Jeremy Irons voiced Scar and Cyprus was named after copper
14. In which century did the Chinese Ming Dynasty start?
Fourteenth
15. What do you get if you boil sugar above 115% Centigrade?
Caramel
16. Danes, led by Ivar the Boneless, captured which British town from the Vikings in 867?
York
17. Which organisation provides shops and canteen facilities for British military personnel at home and abroad?
NAAFI
18. In which Bond film does the villain try to cheat at golf?
Goldfinger
19. The Brand Name for Marks & Spencer is taken from the Christian name of one of the founders, but which one - Marks or Spencer?
Marks - Michael
20. Family Fortunes Question - Top Answer Required - Name a nice way of saying someone is Fat?
Chubby / Tubby / Cuddly / Plump / Voluptuous
21. Which Year - Britain produced its answer to the Hollywood screen romance when two of its best-known actors, Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor were married in Montreal, Barbara Streisand triumphed on Broadway with a new musical comedy show, Funny Girl, The pirate station Radio Caroline began transmitting from a ship in the North Sea, Thirty people were arrested in London after fights between Mods and Rockers and Britain’s Great Train Robbers were sentenced to a total of 307 years imprisonment after being found guilty of stealing more than £2.6 million from mail bags?
1964
22. Which motor manufacturer made the Spitfire, Dolomite & Herald?
Triumph
23. Television comic Bernie Clifton was famous for riding which comedy bird?
Ostrich
24. Who was the longest reigning King of England?
George III
25. Which Disc Jockey was the first to be heard on Radio 1 in 1967?
Tony Blackburn
26. What was the nationality of the first non-American and non-Russian to go into space?
Czechoslovakian
27. Who is the only actor to have won an Oscar playing twins?
Lee Marvin in Cat Ballou
28. What company owned the ‘Herald of Free Enterprise’ that sank in 1987 with massive loss of life?
Townsend Thorenson
29. Which Shania Twain song includes the lyrics “Okay, so you’re Brad Pitt”?
That Don’t Impress Me Much
30. Which truck manufacturer made the Lynx, Hippo, Lion and Octopus?
Leyland
31. Inventor, Robert Alder, who died recently at the age of 93, invented which coach potato aid in 1956?
TV Remote Control
32. Which UK seaside resort is home to the Volk’s Electric Railway, the world’s oldest operating electric railway?
Brighton
33. Which is the only horse to have won both the Grand National and the Scottish Grand National in the same season?
Red Rum
34. What is the official language of the Vatican City?
Latin
35. What sort of animal is the common zorro?
Fox
36. Which cinema chain was named after the greek word for theatre?
Odeon
37. Which is not a shell fish - Prickly Helmet, Arthritic Spider or Stargazer?
Stargazer is a fish
38. In which sport would you find Snake and Horseshoe corners?
Bob Sleighing
39. Which garment did the ancient Greeks regard as the infallible mark of a barbarian?
Trousers
40. Which mountain has the second highest peak in the world?
Everest - it has two peaks!
Tiebreaker - How many locations in Great Britain are called Beacon Hill?
95
- How many letters of the alphabet can be transmitted in semaphore using only one flag?
Seven
