Quiz 010407
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
