Quiz 080407
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 When was that law repealed - A- 1760, B- 1860, or C- 1960?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)
