QUIZTIME QUIZZES

1. The original series of CSI is set in which city?
Las Vegas
2. Which snooker player is known as the Preston Potter?
Ian McCulloch
3. A winner of eight heats of Channel 4’s "Countdown" normally referred to as what?
Octochamp
4. In horse racing, what betting odds are known as a `carpet`?
3-1
5. What police resource was first used in the Jack the Ripper case, a) Fingerprints b) Bloodhounds or c) The Telephone?
Answer - b) Bloodhounds
6. What is the name given to the spiked devices used by the police to burst the tyres of speeding cars, thus safely bringing them to a halt?  
Stingers
7. Which country has recorded the greatest number of shark attacks on humans?
Australia
8. What is the emblem of Islam, which is displayed on a number of national flags?
Crescent Moon
9. Whose only UK top ten single is "Oxygene (part IV)"?
Jean Michel Jarre
10. What sort of creature is a Wessex Saddleback?
Pig
11. Which RAF pilot scored 49 tries for England between 1984 and 1996?
Rory Underwood
12. Who lives at Number 12 Downing Street?
The government chief whip
13. The food poisoning bacteria salmonella is named after what - A- an American vet called Salmon, B- an Italian scientist called Sally Monelli, or C- a fish disease?
A- an American vet called Salmon
14. Which Manchester United Manager managed Great Britain’s soccer team in the 1948 Olympics?
Matt Busby
15. How many pieces does a Jenga set have?
54
16. Whose life story is chronicled in the 2005 film Walk The Line?
Johnny Cash
17. What word, found at the beginning of many Welsh place names means ‘at the mouth of’ a river?
Aber-
18. Which ex president of the US won the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize?
Jimmy Carter
19. What does the word ‘dick’ mean in the dessert spotted dick?
Pudding
20. Quiztime Survey Question - Top Answer Required - Name an item of 70s fashion?
Tank Top - Kipper Tie - Hot Pants - Platform Shoes - Flares

21. Which Year - An IRA ceasefire ends with a 1-ton bomb in London’s Canary Wharf District, the Prince and Princess of Wales, are formally divorced, The U.S. launches Operation Desert Strike against Iraq and Thomas Hamilton walks into the Dunblane Primary School in Scotland and opens fire?
1996
22. Which famous London tourist attraction is marked only with 13 tons, 3 cwt, 3 qtrs, 15 lbs?
Big Ben
23. In 1994 who was awarded the OBE for her services to holidays?
Judith Chalmers
24. Which company uses the advertising slogan ‘everything we know about coffee in an instant’?
Kenco
25. Which Country will host the 2007 Rugby Union World Cup?
France
26. How many wings does a bee have?
Four
27. What is now the World’s longest running musical having notched up an unbroken 21 years?
Les Miserables - has taken over from Cats
28. In which county is England’s largest forest?
Northumberland
29. Which 17th Century Explorer was buried with a pipe and a box of tobacco?
Sir Walter Raleigh
30. True or False - Wiltshire Horned sheep moult every Spring so they don’t need shearing?
True
31. Now a favourite short break destination, what was the last capital to be liberated from the Germans in WWII?
Prague
32. Mount Elbert is the highest peak of which mountain range?
The Rockies
33. In the television puppet series for which agency did Captain Scarlet work?
Spectrum
34. What name is given to a person who compiles dictionaries?
Lexicographer
35. Who scored Scotland’s only goal in the 1986 World Cup Finals in Mexico?
Gordon Strachan
36. Which successful TV series featured characters Grace Van Owen and Arnold Becker?
LA Law
37. Which perfume house produces the perfume Obsession?
Calvin Klein
38. Which band name with a female lead singer was also the name of Hitler’s dog?
Blondie
39. ‘Queenies’ are a name given to which type of shellfish?
Scallops
40. Who captained the Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar?
Captain Hardy

Tiebreaker - How high is the tallest rideable motorcycle in the world?
11 ft 3 in) tall to the top of handlebars
Gregory Dunham (USA) has constructed a rideable motorcycle that is 3.429 m (11 ft 3 in) tall to the top of handlebars, 6.187 m (20 ft 4 in) long and weighs 2.948 tonnes (6,500 lb). It is powered by a 8.2 litre (502 cu in) V8 engine and has tyres that are 1.88 m (74 in) tall

1. Which TV quiz was inspired by the Gestapo’s grilling of prisoners-of-war?
Mastermind
2. Cynthia Payne spent her first day in prison today in 1980. What was used for currency at her infamous parties?
Luncheon vouchers
3. In what sport would you find ‘a point’, ‘a barrel’ and ‘a flight’?
Darts
4.What is the name of the rock opera, performed live by The Who in its entirety for the first time today in 1969?
`Tommy’
5. Which has the higher alcohol content, Port or Bacardi?
Bacardi
6. King Henry VII died today in 1509. To which Royal House did he belong?
Tudor
7. Actor George Cole was born today in 1925. How did his best known character, Arthur Daley, often refer to his wife in TV’s `Minder’?
‘Er indoors
8. Car pioneer Henry Royce died today in 1933. What name was given to the first Rolls-Royce, produced in 1906?
`Silver Ghost’
9. Who was the first sovereign to be addressed as "Your Majesty"?
Henry VIII
10. On this day in 1500, on his way to India with 13 ships, Portuguese navigator Pedro Alvarez Cabral discovered which South American country and claimed it for Portugal?
Brazil
11. In a Cricket Match, what is the maximum number of people that can be on the pitch when the ball is in play?
17 - eleven fielders, two batsmen, two umpires & two runners
12. Which value coin was introduced in Britain on this day in 1983?
£1
13. True or False - Ex-Rolling Stone Bill Wyman has launched his own Metal Detector and his website, Billwymandetector.co.uk, includes his top ten locations for metal-detecting?
True - The press release for the Bill Wyman Signature Detector says it’s a "lightweight and adjustable implement and comes with a free informational DVD"
14. BBC 2 began broadcasting on this day in which year?
1964
15. How many points are awarded to the winner of a Grand Prix motor racing event?
Ten
16. In which town was the first Shakespeare Memorial Theatre opened today in 1879?
Stratford-upon-Avon
17. If a dog barks and a cow moos, what animal gibbers?
Apes and monkeys
18. The song `Ebony and Ivory’ reached the top of the UK pop charts today in 1982. Who performed it?
Stevie Wonder with Paul McCartney
19. What do you do after you masticate?
Swallow
20. Quiztime Survey Question - Name a buiding associated with the Royal Family?
Buckingham Palace / Windsor Castle / Balmoral / Sandringham / Tower of London

21. Which Year - An eighteen-month-old baby boy became the first British child to die of AIDS, British Telecom announces it is going to phase out its famous red telephone boxes, Mike Tyson makes his professional debut in New York, Mohammed Al Fayed buys the London-based department store company Harrods and on her 27th birthday Madonna marries actor Sean Penn?
1985
22. What were the first two game shows hosted by Bob Monkhouse on TV?
The Golden Shot and Celebrity Squares
23. On which 38-mile course are Kate’s Cottage and Ginger Hall?
The Isle of Man TT course
24. Who was the monarch when Britain last hosted the Olympic games?
George VI - 1948
25. In which TV series might you have heard the phrase "Smoke me a Kipper, I’ll be back before breakfast"?
Red Dwarf
26. What can be ribbon, rocket, streak or sheet?
Lightning
27. Which romantic novelist who died in May 2000 told the press in 1997, aged 95, "I Have The Body Of A Young Girl, I Often Think I Should Be Photographed Naked"?
Dame Barbara Cartland
28. Where is Lord Nelson buried?
St Paul’s cathedral
29. What is indicated by a flag on an Ordnance Survey map?
Golf Course
30. What does the acronym TIP (the TIP you give a waitress) stand for?
To Insure Promptness
31. Which song contains the line, "You can’t start a fire without a spark"?
Dancing In The Dark
32. In which English county is Wellington, from where the Duke of Wellington took his title?
Somerset
33. In which Tchaikovsky ballet would you find a scene set in the kingdom of the sugar plum fairy?
The Nutcracker Suite
34. Which fish pursued by anglers may be in bronze or silver varieties?
Bream
35. What is the name of the pig in Toy Story?
Hamm
36. Which European country ceased being a monarchy in 1974?
Greece
37. What line follows "and did those feet in ancient time"?
Walk Upon England’s Mountains Green
38. Who was Britains first worlds strongest man?
Geoff Capes
39. In the television series, Batman, umbrellas were the trade mark of which criminal?
The Penguin
40. Who played for both Scotland and England the last time they met at Hampden Park?
The Band that played the National Anthems

- On which planet did a man-made object first land?
Earth
- A man went into a café, sat down and ordered a cup of coffee, a glass of orange juice and a bacon and egg roll. ‘Ah’ said the waitress, ‘you must be a Policeman’. How did she know?
He was wearing his uniform
- A man is shipwrecked on a desert island. The only things he has in his possession are a flint, a can of lighter fuel, a penknife and a packet of cigarettes. How could he make a cigarette lighter?
Take some tobacco out of it / cut it in half etc. etc

Tiebreaker - How many full time staff are employed by Man Utd?
462
- In which year did Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers last dance together?
1966 (Oscar Ceremony)

1. In which Bond film does the character of Q appear for the first time?
From Russia With Love
2. How many bonus points does a ‘Scrabble’ player receive when playing all seven of his tiles in a single turn?
Fifty
3. Which of the nine types of cream commonly on offer in supermarkets has the highest butterfat content?
Clotted Cream
4. Which company are looking for 5,000 people to test their products in the UK in a similar scheme that attracted 14,000 people in France?
Durex
5. Which current Premiership manager won the PFA Young Player of the Year Award in 1985?
Mark Hughes
6. In what sport is a series of events called a barrage?  
Fencing
7. A Vision Clearance Executive, that was recently voted the most stupid job title of all time, is better known by what name?
Window Cleaner
8. Which band performed the theme tune to the tv show "Friends"?
The Rembrandts
9. Which artist was known as the "prince of shadows"?
Rembrandt
10. Which British newspaper was the first to sell over one million copies daily?
Daily Mail
11. What is the heaviest object ever created by man used for?
An oil platform -  The Statfjord B is the heaviest object created at 824,000 tons. It is a huge oil platform west of Norway in the North Sea
12. Which port is 171 miles from Newport (Gwent), 50 miles from Southport and 37 miles from Ellesmere Port?
Stockport
13. A Bogle is the name given to a cross between which two breeds of dog?
Boxer and Beagle
14. Which Lancashire town was the birthplace of the footballer brothers Phil and Gary Neville?
Bury
15. Girls Aloud were formed from the TV programme ‘Pop Stars - The Rivals’, what was the name of the boy group formed at the same time that split up?
One True Voice
16. Which novel features the character Leigh Teabing?
Da Vinci Code
17. What creatures are affected by ‘Newcastle disease’ - Cows, Poultry or Zebras?
Poultry / Wild birds
18. The Veyron motor car is capable of 252 mph, and is one of the world’s most expensive - which company produces it?
Bugatti
19. Which South American town, named after a monk, gave its name to a popular food brand?
Fray Bentos
20. Quiztime Survey Question - Name an English Seaside Resort?
Blackpool, Scarborough, Bournemouth, Skegness, Torquay

21. In which year was the Superman comic first issued; the steam locomotive "Mallard" set a world speed-record;-nylon was discovered by Du Pont?
1936
22. What began in 1567, was outlawed in 1826, and re-introduced in 1994?
The Lottery
23. The Rock of Gibraltar is part of which mountain range?
Atlas Mountains
24. Which radio and TV personality, well known for his Everest double glazing adverts in the 1980’s, was the first guest on "Dictionary Corner" on TV’s "Countdown"?
Ted Moult
25. Which member of the Royal Family spent a term at Geelong Grammar School, Australia, in 1966?
Prince Charles
26. Which tennis player writes novels with Liz Nickles about a tennis champion turned sleuth, called Jordan Myles?
Martina Navratilova
27. In TV’s "Are You Being Served", Trevor Bannister played which character?
Mr. Lucas
28. The Cockney slang term ‘Vera’ refers to which drink?
Gin (Vera Lynn)
29. Who is the only Dutch footballer to have been voted World Footballer of the Year?
Marco Van Basten
30. Which 1977 Steven Spielberg film ends at Devil’s Tower, Wyoming?
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
31. Which British bird, known as "The Clown of the Sea" is the only one to moult its beak?
Puffin
32. The White Rose express train used to run from King’s Cross in London and terminate at which City?
Leeds
33. Which real-life character was played by John Wayne in the film ‘The Alamo’?
Davy Crockett
34. The advert for which manufacturer’s cars describes them as having, "The Power to Surprise"?
Kia
35. Which UK town or city is served by Eastleigh airport?
Southampton
36. Which animals intestines, after stewing are battered and fried and called Chitterlings?
Pig
37. According to the proverb, what can’t you do by looking at the tracks?
Tell which way the train went
38. The Brockenbahn is a narrow gauge railway in which European country?
Germany
39. What member of the falcon family is the smallest native to Britain?
Merlin
40. What kind of animal is the resident of Barcelona Zoo that is nicknamed ‘Snowflake’?
Gorilla (it’s albino)

Tiebreaker - At what age did Otto Butcher become the oldest golfer to hit a hole in one?
99
- At what age did a great gran become the oldest person ever to sink-ahole in one?
102
- How much does the World’s Largest Hockey Stick weigh?
5 tons and is 110 feet long (Eveleth, Minnesota)
- How many were killed at the Pentagon as a result of the 2001 terrorist attack?
184

Mystery Word - Titubate - is it A - To rock and roll in a stumbling manner, B - To abuse and torture hostage victims or C - To feel around in the dark?
A - To rock and roll in a stumbling manner

1. A glass walkway has recently been unveiled at which US tourist attraction?
Grand Canyon
2. Which motor manufacturer introduced the Roomster model of car in 2006?
Skoda
3. The Wigan based company Santos manufacture what confection?
Uncle Joe’s Mint Balls
4. The street voted the worst named street in the UK is in Lincolnshire, is it called A- Cowpat Lane, B- Pigswill Lane, or C- Goosemuck Lane?
Goosemuck Lane  - Sibsey near Boston
5. What cake is traditionally eaten on Easter Sunday?
Simnel Cake
6. What does a grabologist collect - Model JCB’s, Ties or Crab Shells?
Ties
7. In the BBC TV series Last of the Summer Wine, who plays the role of Auntie Wainwright?
Jean Alexander
8. Introduced in the early twentieth century, what was Big Willie - A- a large aeroplane, B- the first tank, or C- an enormous cannon
The First Tank
9. Which ex-England Rugby Union hooker, now BBC TV commentator, was nicknamed, "Le Pit Bull" by the French because of his aggressive playing style?
Brian Moore
10. Which kitchen item is also the name of a male ferret?
Hob
11. In 1363 King Edward III decreed that every Englishman and boy should practice archery every week. When was that law repealed - A- 1760, B- 1860, or C- 1960?
1960
12. Which current host of a daily TV programme has an autiobiography titled ‘Bananas Can’t Fly’?
Des O’Connor
13. Tommy Todd held a world speed record of 87.8 mph between 1873 & 1890 in which sport?
Downhill Skiing
14. ‘Where Are You?’ by Shirley Bassey was the theme tune to which Bond film?
Moonraker
15. A skulk is the collective noun for which group of animals?
Foxes
16. What is the most southwesterly of the UK racecourses?
Newton Abbot
17. Who is the voice behind the children’s TV programme Bob the Builder?
Neil Morrissey
18. In which English county is The Wyre Forest?
Worcester
19. Before wooden tees were invented, what did golfers stand their balls on?
Sand
20. Quiztime Survey Question - Name something associated with pigs?
Bacon, Trotters, Stye, Mud, Pork, Truffles

21. Which Year - Humphrey Bogart dies of throat cancer at age 57, Egypt reopens Suez Canal for all shipping, Stanley Matthews plays his final international game, John Lennon and Paul McCartney meet for the very first time and the year saw the Invention of the laser?
1957
22. In which language was the children’s’ cartoon series SuperTed originally written?
Welsh
23. Which perfume company makes the fragrance ‘Opium’?
Yves St Laurent
24. Where would you find mention of the Pangalactic Gargleblaster?
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy - a drink!
25. Glenda Slagg, the First Lady of Fleet St appeared in which satirical magazine?
Private Eye
26. Which artist painted The Persistence of Memory which featured ‘wobbly clocks’?
Salvador Dali
27. What colour is Scooby Doo’s collar in the TV cartoons?
Blue
28. Which football club is also an expensive piece of furniture?
Chesterfield
29. One point each - Which two cricketing counties did Dickie Bird play for?
Yorkshire & Leicestershire
30. True or False - The music for the TV series Inspector Morse was made up from the sound the word ‘Morse’ makes in Morse code?
True - composed by Barrington Pheloung
31. In the Harry Potter tales what sort of creature is Scabbers?
A rat (although actually a wizard in animal shape)
32. Which Andrew Lloyd Webber musical has been the subject of films made in 1925, 1943 and 1962?
Phantom of the opera
33. The first programmable machine was made in 1808, what was it?
A Loom (The first mass production began in 1808 - Wooden pulley blocks)
34. What was the first name of Sherlock Holmes companion Dr. Watson?
John
35. One point each - Between which two buildings on both banks of the Thames does the Millennium Bridge run?
St Paul’s Cathedral & The Tate Modern
36. A Heritage plaque fixed to 251, Menlove Avenue, Liverpool, denotes that a famous person lived there, was it a, John Lennon, b, Bill Shankly, or c, Ken Dodd?
John Lennon
37. Mission to Moscow in 1994 was the seventh and final film in which series?
Police Academy
38. In which century was chocolate introduced into the UK, was it a, 15th, b, 16th or c, 17th?
Seventeenth
39. What kind of fruit are Green Williams?
Pears
40. Model Venice Kong has an unusual distinction. In 1985, she was the last Playboy centrefold to have what?
Staples
- What horse won the Seagram Grand National in 1991?
Seagram

Tiebreaker - How many people were on the ‘Nautilus’ when it reached the North Pole in 1958?
116
- In which year were the infamous Pendle witch trials held?
1612
- In which year did Winnie the Pooh run for President?
1972 (Winnie-the-Pooh in Seventy Two - Disney film)

1. Which season begins with the vernal equinox?
Spring
2. Which Russian town was reported to be the site of mutant giant trees in 1989?
Chernobyl
3. Which Boxer Advertises The Lean, Mean, Fat Reducing Grilling Machine?
George Foreman
4. How many ‘downs’ does each team have to travel ten yards in American Football?
Four
5. Which is the lowest toned brass instrument in an orchestra?
The Tuba
6. Through how many countries do the Alps pass?
Six
7. Which body of water forms Turkey’s northern Border?
Black sea
8. Who was the daughter of a prime minister, the mother of a prime minister and was also a prime minister herself?
Mrs Gandhi
9. What was the name of the Hunchback of Notre Dame’s girlfriend?
Esmeralda
10. Around 25% of the milk consumed in the UK is used for what?
Cups Of Tea
11. Which country boasts Wood Buffalo National Park; the world’s largest?
Canada
12. What main ingredient have I missed from this cocktail - Tabasco sauce, worcestershire sauce, lemon juice, vodka, lots of ice?
Tomato juice - Bloody Mary
13. Lady Zazal performed which circus act for the very first time, 130 years ago this week, at London’s Amphitheatre - Was it putting her head in a lions mouth, the first human cannonball or the first blind folded knife thrower?
Human Cannonball
14. Who murdered Police Officer Tippit in Dallas on November 22nd 1963?
Lee Harvey Oswald
15. What do doctors peep into with their auriscope?
The ears
16. Which gas is produced by the explosion of a hydrogen bomb?
Helium
17. Who did Cheryl Ladd once refer to as ‘Chuck’s Cherubs’?
Charlie’s Angels
18. What was first given a human name by Clement Wragge of Australia in 1887?
A hurricane
19. Which side of your brain are you using when you realise that you know the answer to this question?
Right
20. Quiztime Survey Question - Name Something You can Crack But Don’t Eat?
Glass / Mirror / Joke / Whip / Fingers or Bones

21. Which six countries signed the Treaty of Rome to found the EEC?
Belgium, France, Italy, West Germany, the Netherlands and Luxemburg
22. What was the surname of the 1878 Cup Final referee, that has often been attached to referees since?
Bastard
23. Which Cartoon Bird’s Favourite Song Is Camptown Races?
Foghorn Leghorn
24. Which 1986 movie told the brief life story of pop idol Ritchie Valens?
La Bamba
25. At which football ground is the Scottish Football Museum?
Hampden Park
26. Which American state has an element named after it?
California (californium)
27. What name is given to an amateur radio operator or a bad actor?
Ham (is this the secret Pig question?)
28. What are sticking out over the end of the board if a surfer ‘Hangs five’?
His toes
29. Aspirin was originally obtained from the bark of which tree?
Willow
30. How many metres do Olympic highboard divers fall before they get wet?
Ten
31. Which publishing company introduced the first mass-market paperback in 1935?
Penguin
32. How many circuits of an Olympic velodrome must a cyclist cover to complete 1000 meters?
Three
33. Whose painting The Patato Eaters was stolen in 1988?
Van Gogh’s
34. Which farm animal is called a ‘Teg’ at the age of two?
A sheep - bet you put pig!!!
35. Which Asian peak is named after a former British Surveyor General in India?
Everest
36. Which famous film cop had the badge number 2211?
Dirty Harry Callaghan
37. Of what does the average male body have five million?
Hairs
38. Which American band is always at the bottom of any alphabetical list of hit record makers?
Z.Z. Top
39. According to a 1971 UK No. 1 Whose love rival was two ton Ted from Teddington?
Ernie (the fastest milkman in the west)
40. Who Saved A Penalty From Gary Lineker, Wrestled Big Daddy And Bowled Out Ian Botham, All Within The Space Of Six Weeks?
Tony The Tiger on a TV Advert
- Who traditionally found who on the Juan Fernandez islands?
Robinson Crusoe found Friday
- From what sort of sheep has "pulled wool" been taken?
A dead one

Tiebreaker - The largest ever teddy bears picnic was held in Dublin in 1995. How many bears were there?
33,573