Quiz 060507
1. Which famous professor recently enjoyed 25 seconds of weightlessness on-board NASA’s zero-gravity plane, G Force One?
Stephen Hawkins
2. Which was the first chocolate bar created by Forest Mars in 1923, a) Mars Bar b) Bounty or c) Milky Way?
c) Milky Way
3. Which veteran actress has been offered a big-bucks deal to become Emmerdale’s latest queen of mean?
Joan Collins
4. What is the American equivalent of May Day?
Labour Day
5. Who was born in Dudley in 1954, played for the Tampa Bay Rowdies in the early 80’s before moving to Limerick as a player / manager?
Sam Allardyce
6. Catherine Zeta Jones came to fame in which TV drama?
The Darling Buds Of May
7. How many of the 1966 England World Cup winning squad have died?
Two - Alan Ball & Bobby Moore
8. What was officially opened on May 6th, 1994 by a President & a Queen?
Channel Tunnel
9. An arrest warrant was recently issued in India for which US actor for publicly kissing Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty during an aids awareness rally?
Richard Gere
10. Who was sacked as the England soccer team manager in May 1974?
Sir Alf Ramsey
11. What was the slogan emblazoned on the Anya Hindmarch £5 shopping bags that recently sold out at Sainsbury’s within a few hours of going on sale, then selling on eBay at 30 times their original price?
I’m Not A Plastic Bag
12. In which Bond movie did Grace Jones play a baddie called May Day?
A View To A Kill
13. True or False - St Mirren is the Patron Saint of tartan makers?
False
14. Which country’s embassy was stormed by the SAS in May 1980?
Iran
15. Which is the most watched daytime telly show other than the BBC’s One o’clock news?
Neighbours
16. At which race track was Ayrton Senna killed in May 1994?
Imola (San Marino Grand Prix)
17. What was the name of the famous German airship, which crashed today in 1937?
The Hindenburg
18. Which British Crown Dependencies celebrate May 9th as Liberation Day?
The Channel Islands
19. True or False - Wine Advertising is banned on French TV?
True - banned in 1991
20. Family Fortunes Question - Top Answer Required - Name A Fruit You Put In A Drink?
Lemon / Orange / Cherry / Lime / Olive
21. Which Year - Space exploration entered a new era as the US space station Skylab 1 blasted off for orbit, The world’s tallest building, Sears Tower, Chicago, was completed, America watched in fascination as televised Senate hearings on the Watergate affair opened, The engagement of Princess Anne and Lieutenant Mark Phillips was officially announced and The Greek Government abolished the monarchy and proclaimed the country a republic?
1973
22. In 1991, a VAT tribunal ruled that which McVities product wasn’t a biscuit and gave it a zero VAT rating?
Jaffa Cakes
23. Which current member of the England football team has a dad that also played for England?
Frank Lampard
24. Which reconnaissance aircraft is named after the biblical figure described as the mighty hunter?
Nimrod
25. Which country has won the Eurovision Song Contest the most times?
Ireland
26. The world’s first submarine was propelled through the water by what means - by propeller, by oars or by jets of water?
Oars
27. Who is the Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoon’s most famous officer?
Prince William
28. Which daily newspaper, still going today, first appeared on 5th May, 1896?
Daily Mail
29. Which film featured Geri Halliwell’s version of the song It’s Raining Men?
Bridget Jones’s Diary
30. What was the name written on the side of the Scooby Doo van?
The Mystery Machine
31. What is the official march tune for the Royal Marines?
A Life On The Ocean Waves
32. What was the name of the mouse that appeared with Tom Hanks in the film The Green Mile?
Mr Jangles
33. True or False - Asda’s buttock-slap is one of the few gestures to have been trademarked?
True
34. How many Presidents of the USA have used the first name George?
Three - Washington, Bush and Bush
35. Which football team does Postman Pat support?
Pencaster United
36. Which car manufacturer uses a badge consisting of four interlocked circles?
Audi
37. In the UK, Who were the most successful comedy recording group with 13 hits in over 19 years?
The Barron Knights
38. What part of the human body is divided into hemispheres?
Brain
39. Which sign of the Zodiac covers from the 20th of April to the 20th of May?
Taurus
40. What do birds have two of, bees have five of, and spiders have eight of?
Eyes
Tiebreaker - In the 2007 London Marathon how many people did St John Ambulance Brigade treat?
5,032
- On average, how many babies are born every minute in China?
Thirty-Seven
