Quiz 030607
1. In which year was the Kronenberg brewery founded?
1664!
2. Which is the only country to have its name on its national flag?
Brazil
3. How long is the Derby?
1.5 Miles
4. According to a recent university survey, which British city’s women have on average the largest bust measurement?
Chester - a somewhat appropriate name!
5. More money is spent on which hobby than on any other?
Gardening
6. In which London postcode area are the Wimbledon Tennis championships held?
SW19
7. Whose first stage billing was as " Professor Yaffle Chuckabutty - operatic tenor and sausage knotter"?
Ken Dodd
8. Which nautical phrase which describes the ropes controlling the sails flapping about loosely, is still used today to describe a person who is the worse for drink?
Three sheets to the wind
9. Which singer once had a red telephone box shipped from his native Pontypridd to his Los Angeles home?
Tom Jones
10. Which shrub produces the flowers commonly known as May Blossom?
Hawthorn
11. In English superstition, what does the sighting of a single magpie supposedly foretell?
Bad Luck
12. In which year did it become an offence to use a mobile phone whilst driving?
2003
13. Who or what is a Gekkin - Is it; (a) A Japanese musical instrument (b) a small amphibious lizard (c) A Nordic container for beer, made from reindeer antlers?
(a) A Japanese musical instrument
14. Which singer first tasted fame on the Oz TV show ‘Young Talent Time’ and went on to play the role of Emma in ‘Home & Away’. In 1990, her debut single, ‘Love & Kisses’ made the top ten in the UK?
Danni Minogue
15. Collins Class and Oberon Class are what type of military equipment?
Submarines
16. Which Comedy series was set mainly at 34 Claremont Avenue, London, W11 4BS?
Absolutely Fabulous
17. Who - according to Paul Burrell - warned him of "powers at work about which we have no knowledge"?
The Queen
18. Which film actors real first names are Kong Sung?
Jackie Chan
19. What is the lowest possible hand in poker?
2, 3, 4, 5, 7. (If there were a six in the hand, it would be a straight)
20. Quiztime Survey Question - Top Answers Required - Name a hazardous occupation?
Fire fighter, Astronaut, Racing Driver, Football Player, Police Officer and Fisherman
21. Which Year - Sweden becomes the first nation to ban aerosol sprays, U.S. President Jimmy Carter decides to postpone production of the neutron bomb, Regular radio broadcasts of British Parliament proceedings start, Volkswagen becomes the first non-American automobile manufacturer to open a plant in the United States, commencing production of the Rabbit and Cricketer Ian Botham becomes the first man in the history of the game to score a century and take eight wickets in one innings of a Test match?
1978
22. Which sitcom features one of its episodes entitled: "Kicking Bishop Brennan up the arse"?
Father Ted
23. Which US state would you visit to drive down Alligator Alley?
Florida
24. What treatment is based upon the idea that there are energy channels in the feet that relate to every organ and function of the body?
Reflexology
25. Blutwurst is the German equivalent of which British delicacy?
Black Pudding
26. Captain Snort and Sergeant Major Grout lived in Pippin Fort, what was the programme?
Camberwick Green
27. How many times did John McEnroe win the Men’s Singles title at Wimbledon?
Three / 81, 83, 84
28. Which item, when shipped from England to the USA, was classified by US customs as a ‘large antique’?
London Bridge
29. Which company logo was actually called Volney and lived at Memphis Zoo?
The MGM Lion
30. Which item on a Chinese menu literally translates as ’swallowing a cloud’?
Wonton
31. Which is the largest of our internal organs?
Liver - The mass of a healthy human liver is approximately 1.2 - 1.5 kg (2.4 - 3.0 lb)
32. What is the name of Playboy magnate Hugh Hefner’s super jet a) Big Bunny b) Busty Bunny or c) Honey Bunny?
a) Big Bunny
33. Who was the original killer in Friday the 13th?
Jason’s mother. Jason didn’t come in until the sequel
34. Which country-singing star’s first two hits were ‘Dumb Blonde’ and ‘Something Fishy’?
Dolly Parton
35. Which was the tallest building in the world until the Eiffel Tower was erected in 1889?
The Great Pyramid at Giza in Egypt
36. Who wrote the novel ‘Hollywood Wives’?
Jackie Collins
37. What breed of farm animal is a Polwarth?
Sheep
38. Which UK city has the world’s oldest surviving passenger station?
Manchester
39. When Virginia Wade won the Wimbledon Ladies singles title in 1977, which other Briton lost in the semi-finals?
Sue Barker
40. What was stopped on trains in Britain in 1984 but restarted in 1994?
Sale of Pork Pies!
Tiebreaker - Britain’s first motor racing Grand Prix was held at Brooklands; on 7th August 1926, the winning car averaged what speed?
71.61 mph
- In which year will the next total eclipse be visible from Britain?
2090 (or 2081 if you count the Channel Isles)
- What is the size in inches of the average human erect penis?
5.3inches
