Quiz 180307
1. What colour is Dr Who’s TARDIS?
Blue
2. Which twisting circuit on the F1 Grand Prix calendar is only 1.95 miles long?
Monaco
3. What’s the world’s most widely taken drug?
Caffeine, found in tea, coffee, chocolate and soft drinks
4. Which three member countries of the International Olympic Committee were not invited to the 1948 Olympics in London?
Germany, Italy and Japan
5. Oceanic flight 815 to Los Angeles features in which TV series?
Lost
6. Which is the world’s biggest airline?
United
7. What are the two main ingredients of ‘Bubble & Squeak’?
Cabbage & Potato
8. Which series starring John Nettles is adapted for television from the novels of Caroline Graham?
Midsomer Murders
9. A shoat is the young of which farm animal?
It’s a young pig just after weaning
10. Which musical instrument has stickers, pallets and a windchest?
Organ
11. What did medieval lord & ladies hope to trap by wearing fur or feather neckties?
Fleas
12. What gas is commonly found in disposable cigarette lighters?
Butane - chemical formula C4H10
13. True or false, the Sumarian Goddess of Feasting was called “Burpa”?
False
14. What is the number 39 in Roman numerals?
XXXIX
15. Which country produces more varieties of cheese — Britain or France?
Britain, which produces more than 700 regional cheeses
16. What colour are your eyes if you have comparatively little pigment in your iris?
Blue
17. Which of the following isn’t native to Britain — rabbit, hedgehog, badger?
The rabbit, introduced from France in the 12th Century
18. Which game is played by the Blackpool Panthers?
Rugby League
19. Where are you most likely to see the instructions “slide finger under flap and move from left to right”?
On a packet of breakfast cereal
20. Quiztime Survey Question - Name a breed of dog beginning with B?
Bloodhound, Basenji, Boxer, Beagle, Bulldog, Basset hound, Bichon frise
21. Which Year - A large bomb explosion devastates Manchester City Centre, Dolly the sheep, the first mammal to be successfully cloned from an adult cell, is born, Martina Hingis becomes the youngest person in history (age 15 years and 282 days) to win at Wimbledon and The O.J. Simpson civil trial begins in Santa Monica, California?
1996
22. Which is older - Lytham or St Annes?
Lytham - Lytham was founded in about 600CE as Lidun and is mentioned in the Domesday book / St Annes-on-the-Sea (also known as St Annes-on-Sea or St Annes) was a 19th century planned town, officially founded in 1875
23. The 1940 film ‘Puss Gets The Boot’ was the first to feature which duo?
Tom and Jerry
24. True or False - The copyright on the song Happy Birthday runs out on April 1st this year?
False - 2010
25. What popular type of meal takes its name from a Tamil word for sauce?
Curry, from the Tamil “kari”
26. When was the first Isle of Man TT race held — 1907, 1917, 1927 or 1937?
1907
27. How old will Prince Charles be on his next birthday?
Fifty-Nine / He was born on November 14, 1948
28. Bloody Point, Broken Woods, Bull Valley and Sunken Meadow in the USA are all what?
Golf Courses
29. Which UK city was the first in the world to have its own fire service — Edinburgh, London, Birmingham or Cardiff?
Edinburgh
30. Celeste is a shade of which colour?
Blue, like the sky
31. Macaroni, gentoo and chinstrap are all types of which bird?
Penguin
32. What is the name of the scarecrow in Bob The Builder?
Spud
33. What does RDA mean on a bottle of vitamin pills?
Recommended daily allowance or amount
34. True or False - No sportsperson has ever won both Summer and Winter Olympic medals in the same year?
False - in 1988 Christa Luding-Rothenburger won Winter gold for Speed Skating and also a silver for Match Sprint Cycling in Seoul
35. Where would someone wear a tarboosh — on their body, hands, feet or head?
Their head — it’s another name for a fez
36. Which Animal Is Also Known As The Quill Pig?
Porcupine
37. The Fujita Scale is used to measure what - ocean currents, tornadoes or newborn babies’ weights?
Tornadoes
38. Which flower is the national symbol of the Netherlands?
Tulip
39. In a Spanish supermarket it is naranja, what is it in English?
Orange
40. Where could you find Claret, Burgundy, Port, Sherry and Champagne freely and legally available to children?
In a packet of wine gums
Tiebreaker - In what year was the last public execution by guillotine in France?
1939
- How many Prime Ministers have governed the United Kingdom?
51, from Sir Robert Walpole in 1721 to Tony Blair
- How many germs do humans exchange when they kiss?
40,000
