QUIZTIME QUIZZES

1. Alphabetically, Which of the Seven Deadly Sins comes first?
Anger
2. Which company publishes the novel Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows?
Bloomsbury
3. What is measured by a bathometer?
Depth of Water
4. Which former building society merged with the Bank of Scotland in 2001?
The Halifax
5. What number does David Beckham wear at LA Galaxy?
Twenty-Three
6. One point each - Name the four American states whose name begins with a vowel but does not end with a vowel?
Utah, Oregon, Arkansas and Illinois
7. How many muscles does it take to smile 12, 17 or 19?
Seventeen
8. In the Die Hard series of films, what is the name of John McClane’s ex-wife?
Holly
9. In which year was the UK version of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire first shown?
1998
10. Which band, formed in 1980 in Basildon, Essex had hits with People Are People, Barrel of a Gun, and Precious?
Depeche Mode
11. Which TV character was sent to Earth as punishment for drawing a moustache on a picture of the "Solar Leader"?
Mork - from Mork & Mindy
12. How many stars are there on the Starbucks logo?
Two
13. What item of clothing connects songs by Tom Jones, Del Shannon and Paul Young?
Hats, Tom Jones sang "You Can Leave Your Hat On" , Del Shannon sang "Hats Off To Larry" and Paul Young sang "Wherever I Lay My Hat, That’s My Home"
14. Lady Haden-Guest is better known as which actress?
Jamie Lee Curtis
15. What is the name of the piece of modern sculpture by Antony Gormley now permanently erected on Crosby Beach, Liverpool?
Another Place
16. Which current Channel Five programme stars Marg Helgenberger and Gary Dourdan?
CSI / Crime Scene Investigation
17. Which Cheese was the traditional lunch of Welsh miners?
Caerphilly - another name for Caerphilly is Eppynt
18. Where in Hampshire is an International Airshow and trade fair for the aerospace business held biennially?
Farnborough
19. David Coulthard won two British Grand Prix at Silverstone in succession, who was previous British driver to do so?
Nigel Mansell
20. Quiztime Survey Question - Top Answer Required - Name a Famous Robber?
Dick Turpin / Ronnie Biggs / Robin Hood / Buster Edwards / Bonnie & Clyde

21. Which Year - Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrates over Texas upon reentry, killing all 7 astronauts onboard, BBC Choice closes for the final time to be replaced by BBC Three, The body of David Kelly, a scientist at the Ministry of Defence, is found a few miles from his home, leading to the Hutton inquiry, The last old-style Volkswagen Beetle rolls off its production line in Puebla, Mexico, Beagle 2 is scheduled to land on Mars, but nothing is heard from the lander and The world’s largest Hogmanay party in Edinburgh, Scotland is cancelled 20 minutes before midnight due to bad weather?
2003  
22. A pandemonium is the collective noun describing which kind of birds?
Parrots
23. Where are the headquarters of Interpol?
Paris
24. In which British police action series did every writer try to include the line ‘Get your trousers on your nicked’?
The Sweeney
25. The dish Chile Con Carne originates from which country a) Chile b) Cuba c) Mexico?
c) Mexico
26. The name of which country in Southern Africa means Houses of Stone?
Zimbabwe
27. At the start of a game of snooker, What is the total points value of all the balls?
Forty-Two
28. Which bond film did Joanna Lumley play a bond girl called Sue Anne?
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
29. True or False - Machines dispensing whiskey flavoured condoms display a warning which reads, "Do not drive while using this product"?
True
30. Which beer company sponsors the Nascar championship in USA?
Budweiser
31. In the ancient world what item of food symbolised eternity, due to its many layers?
Onion
32. The first archaelogical evidence of soup being eaten dates back to 6,000 BC, but from the bones of which animal was it made from, Zebra, Hippo or Girraffe?
Hippo
33. Which organisation is the largest private landowner in Britain?
National Trust
34. Which Indian Curry style is described as having been cooked dry in curd with spices and vegetables?
Khorma
35. The national Flag of which Middle Eastern country has a seven-pointed white star that represents the first seven verses of the Koran?
Jordan
36. In The Weakest Link, how much do contestants win for answering the first question of the round?
£20
37. What colour are Chinese coffins painted-to give the dead a happy life?
White
38. Which daily newspaper was first published on 7th October 1986?
The Independent
39. In which film is Sam Neil and Nicole Kidman’s boat trip ruined by the appearance of Billy Zane?
Dead Calm
40. According to a recent survey by Farming Today, how many men brought up on farms admitted to having sex with an animal a) 10% b) 30% c)50%?
c) 50%

Tiebreaker - How many different sizes of bath plug are currently available in Europe?
Forty

1. How many legs does an ant have?
Six
2. What is the shape of the US President’s office in the White House?
Oval
3. True or False - In the second world war, every Italian soldier in North Africa carried his own personal espresso machine?
True
4. Which country has the biggest army in the world at 2.3 million and has not fought a war since 1979?
China
5. Which city in England is furthest from the coast?
Leicester
6. What is Britain’s busiest telephone number?
National Rail Enquiries - Of the 50 million calls it receives a year, 25 million are now handled by call centers in Mumbai and Bangalore
7. Where is the Ceremony Of The Keys held each evening?
Tower Of London
8. Who presented Radio One’s breakfast show between May 1988 & October 1993 and can now be found on Radio Five Live?
Simon Mayo
9. Which Olympic sport has world records broken most often?
Weight Lifting
10. Who are the only father and son to have had separate, solo, chart-topping singles in the UK?
Julio (Begin The Beguine, 1981) and Enrique Iglesias (Hero, 2002)
11. Which American national park sits on top of a supervolcano?
Yellowstone
12. Which company’s logo comprises of a black letter M in a white circle?
Motorola
13. Neil Kinnock, Margaret Thatcher, Lester Piggott, Paul Daniels, Ronald Reagan and many other notables appeared in the video for which 1986 Number One hit?
The Chicken Song - Spitting Image
14. Syrian, Campbells and Chinese are all species of which pet animal?
Hamster
15. Which publication uses the so-called "walking fingers" logo?
Yellow Pages
16. What name is given to the printed circuit that contains the main components of a personal computer?
Mother Board
17. In which European country is Johansson the most common surname?
Sweden
18. Which Member of Parliament founded a church in 1951 and his current political party in 1971?
Ian Paisley
19. In which English city is the Diana Princess of Wales Children’s Hospital?
Birmingham
20. Family Fortunes Question - Top Answer Required - Name an animal which appears in the name of a public house?
Lion / Bull / Dog / Horse / Fox

21. Which Year - Horse-racing stalls were first introduced in Britain in the Chesterfield Stakes at Newmarket, US Mariner transmitted the first close-up pictures of Mars, The Mont Blanc road tunnel, linking France with Italy, was opened, Sir Alec Douglas-Home resigned as leader of the Conservative Party and Cigarette advertising on British television was banned?
1965
22. Which alcoholic drink is advertised with the slogan "Born 1820 - still going strong"?
Johnnie Walker
23. Which was the first company to market waterproof watches?
Rolex
24. Which ex - Coronation Street actor appeared in the hit film The Full Monty as a would be stripper who hadn’t got the bottle?
Bruce Jones (Les Battersby)
25. Which pop group takes its name from a lesbian love position?
Scissor Sisters
26. Which London borough was created from the amalgamation of Wembley and Willesden and has the country’s highest percentage of people born outside of the United Kingdom?
Brent
27. Which chocolate bar was renamed after a horse belonging to the Mars family?
Snickers
28. The Eden Course and the Jubilee Course can both be found at which sporting venue?
St Andrews
29. Davy Crockett’s hat was made from the hide of which animal?
Racoon
30. Which famous London square was once known as ‘porridge island’ because the surrounding squalid courtyards were filled with cheap eating houses?
Trafalgar Square
31. Which Goodies song featured the character of The Queen of Northern Soul?
Black Pudding Bertha
32. Which African country became landlocked in 1993 following the granting of independence to a formerly annexed province?
Ethiopia
33. In The Beatles song When I’m 64 where can a cottage be rented every summer?
Isle Of Wight
34. Mr Roy, Mr Derek and Mr. Rodney were three sidekicks of which puppet?
Basil Brush
35. Which rock star took his stage name from an anagram of oral sex?
Axl Rose
36. Which of the Baltic states includes 1,520 islands in the Baltic Sea?
Estonia
37. Who played a spoon salesman called Mr Hutchinson in an episode of Fawlty Towers?
Bernard Cribbins
38. Which country is Europe’s largest exporter of oil?
Norway
39. What was advertised on television with the slogan "all bubble no squeak"?
Aero Chocolate Bars
40. Which plasterer represented Great Britain in the 1988 Winter Olympics?
Eddie ‘The Eagle’ Edwards

Tiebreaker - How many countries were involved in WWII?
57

If you add up the value of all the scoring segments on a dartboard what is the total?
1545

1. Today is the feast of St Swithin. According to legend, if it rains today, what will happen?
It will rain for 40 days
2. Speeding is the most common motoring offence in the UK, what is the second most common?
Driving Without Insurance
3. Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?
Spongebob Squarepants
4. Patented today in 1869, what food was invented "for the navy and less prosperous classes" and gets its name from the Greek for pearls?
Margarine
5. Which comic book heroes were led by Professor Charles Xavier?
X-Men
6. How many red boxes are there in TV’s Deal or No Deal?
Twenty Two / 25 if you include the three phone in contestants boxes
7. What in computing terms were Melissa, Chernobyl and Anna Kournikova?
Viruses
8. Which American film actor is probably best known in the UK as Stringfellow in ‘Airwolf’ on TV. His films include ‘The Mechanic’, ‘Hooper’ and ‘Born in East L.A.’?
Jan-Michael Vincent, 63  (born 15 July 1944)
9. Which character in The Muppets once warned ‘Never eat more than you can lift’?
Miss Piggy (I got a pig into the quiz again!)
10. Put the following inventions in order..the earliest first……Compact Disc; Gramaphone; Tape Recorder; Television?
Gramaphone (1878); Tape Recorder (1899); Television (1926); Compact Disc (1978)
11. What does the Spanish phrase ‘vino de casa’ mean?
House Wine
12. Envy, Rush and Kanon are all fragrances made by which perfume company?
Gucci
13. True or False - In Florida, Unmarried women who parachute on sundays may be jailed?
True
14. What was the name of the spin off series from Buffy the Vampire Slayer that starred David Boreanaz as the title character?
Angel
15. Which Italian motorcycle racer is nicknamed "The Doctor"?
Valentino Rossi
16. Which London building has four miles of corridors, four thousand windows, and one man working full time just cleaning clocks?
Buckingham Palace
17. Which song contains the lyric: “You can almost taste the hot dogs and french fries they sell”?
Under The Boardwalk
18. In which year was the first email sent?
1971
19. According to Scottish custom which traditional breakfast dish should be eaten standing up?
Porridge
20. Quiztime Survey Question - Top Answer Required - Something that is not easy to open?
Bleach Bottles / Ring-Pull Cans / Corned Beef Tins / Milk & Juice Cartons / Soap Powder Boxes / Biscuits

21. Which Year - Laura Ashley opened her first US shop in San Francisco, Don Revie became the new manager of the England football team, The national police computer began operating, Mama Cass of The Mamas and the Papas died at the age of 32 after choking on a sandwich, Richard Nixon became the first US president to resign from office and Forty thousand British holidaymakers woke up to find themselves stranded after the owners of Clarksons and Horizon Holidays went bust?
1974
22. In which sport might you perform a Baby Fliffus, a Cody, a Kaboom or a Randy?
Trampolining
23. In New York, which of these are you allowed to do, smoke in public, drink alcohol in public, swear in public, feed the pigeons or ride a bike with your feet off the pedals?
Swear in public!
24. To which group of islands do ferry services run from Penzance?
Scilly Isles
25. Derived from the Latin for ‘licking’, what word describes a syrupy medicinal preparation taken to relieve coughs and sore throats?
Linctus
26. Which European countries phone books contain people’s occupations as well as their names because so many people have the same names?
Iceland
27. What is the name given to the small bear-like Australian marsupials, which live in burrows in the ground?
Wombats
28. Which TV spy series featured a spymaster named Mother?
The Avengers
29. What would you be suffering from if you had Herpes Simplex One?
Cold Sores
30. If a Coca-Cola Championship team finishes the season without playoff aspirations or relegation worries, how many of the teams that it played in that season will it play again in the next season?
Seventeen
31. In which year did Major Charles Ingram, his wife and their peculiar accomplice famously cheat on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?
2001
32. The MOBO awards are held annually in London. But what does MOBO stand for?
Music Of Black Origin
33. Who played Henno in the ITV drama series Ultimate Force’?
Ross Kemp
34. Which car manufacturer shares its name with an end of the Oval cricket ground?
Vauxhall
35. Mark King was the singer with which 80s group?
Level 42
36. What is the most mobile joint in the human body?
The Shoulder
37. One of the greatest art collections in the world is in the National Museum of Paintings and Sculpture (known as the Prado) which city is it located in?
Madrid
38. Which actress played a Bond girl, married and divorced singer Jack Jones and later married Robert Wagner in 1990?
Jill St. John
39. Which city is located where the Mississippi meets the Missouri river?
St. Louis
40. After cars, what are the next most commonly used four wheeled devices used by the public?
Supermarket Trolleys
- Jack works in a butchers shop, he is 6 ft tall very fit exersises regualy is married with two children, what does he weigh?
Meat
- In Peter Pan what is the trade of the fairy Tinkerbell?
Tinker (she mends pots and pans)

Tiebreaker - David Morgan of Oxfordshire has Britain’s biggest private collection of road traffic cones.
How many does he have?
137
- In square miles, what is the area of the Welsh county of Powys?
1,961

1. What is the tennis term for missing on first and second service?
Double fault
2. Who is to become Doctor Who’s new assistant in the next series on TV?
Catherine Tate
3. What is the only vegetable or fruit that is never sold frozen, canned, processed, cooked, or in any other form but fresh?
Lettuce
4. Which current TV soap character has had four marriages, at least two affairs and 27 girlfriends?
Ken Barlow - William Roache, 75-year-old actor, was in the first episode in 1960 and has played Ken Barlow for 46 years
5. What age followed the Bronze Age?
The Iron Age
6. A statue of which cartoon character was recently unveiled in Hartlepool?
Andy Capp
7. How many times did Pete Sampras win the Wimbledon Men’s Singles Championships?
Seven
8. Which bird was the emblem of the Roman Empire?
The Eagle
9. What two word term is given to a shot in Basketball whereby a basket is scored by a downward thrust?
Slam Dunk
10. Which music icon can be found in the album charts with ‘Get The Party Started’?
Shirley Bassey
11. Who has been appointed as the new Home Secretary?
Jacqui Smith
12. Promoter Dennis Hobson has offered which boxer £5m to fight Ricky Hatton in Britain?
Floyd Mayweather
13. For centuries the wives of Burma walked behind their husbands in public. But after World War II, why did the men suddenly insist that their wives walk ahead of them?
To protect them from Landmines!
14. In which year was Sven-Göran Eriksson born?
1948
15. Which singer has topped the UK charts for seven weeks with “Umbrella”?
Rihanna
16. What type of dance takes its name from the German for “Revolve”?
Waltz
17. Tim Henman was knocked out of Wimbledon by which Spaniard?
Feliciano Lopez
18. Which canal was opened to great acclaim in November 1869?
The Suez Canal
19. If you times the number of Dwarfs to the number of Wonders of the World then minus the number of blind mice, what do you get?
Forty Six
20. Quiztime Survey Question - Top Answers Required - Name A Brand Of Cigarettes?
Marlboro, Embassy Regal, Lambert & Butler, Benson & Hedges, Berkely

21. Which Year - The original Tomb Raider adventure game sold over 3 million copies, Trainspotting, Toy Story and William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet were box office hits, mobile phones took off but for schoolkids (who wouldn’t be able to afford a mobile phone for another year or so) a new range of flashy transparent pagers was all the rage, there was a new outbreak of BSE, dancing legend Gene Kelly died and Dolly the sheep was born?
1996
22. In which sport might you perform a Turntable, a Rob-Roy, a Cat Twist or a Barani?
Trampolining
23. In 1914, Mary Phelps Jacobs gave women everywhere a boost by inventing what?
The Bra
24. Graphology is a study that interprets personality and character from what?
Handwriting
25. Which of Henry VIII’s wives was his former sister-in-law?
Catherine of Aragon
26. Which character in the Winnie-the-Pooh stories eats thistles?
Eeyore the donkey
27. The Tago River is crossed by the Vasco de Gama bridge in which European city is it situated?
Lisbon, Portugal
28. The Worthington Method, named after Jim Worthington, is a system for doing what - Feeding Chickens, Brewing Beer or Glass Blowing?
Feeding Chickens
29. In the film “The Lord of the Rings” who plays the part of Saruman?
Christopher Lee
30. With which metal was dentist Robert Arthur the first to fill a cavity, in 1855?
Gold
31. What game is played with sticks, having at their top end a network of leather thongs enclosed in a triangular frame?
Lacrosse
32. Which Beatle appeared in denim on the Abbey Road album cover?
Geogre Harrison
33. According to the nursery rhyme, what did Tom Tom, the Piper’s son steal?
A Pig
34. Which US state has a series of licence plates with the slogan “Birthplace of Aviation”?
Ohio
35. In ten pin bowling, what is the name of the area before the foul line, on which the bowler stands and walks towards the pins?
Approach
36. The local handyman, Ted Glen, can be found in which children’s TV series?
Postman Pat
37. If all these ingredients are blended together what dish would I create - stale white bread, smoked cods roe, olive oil, lemon and a slice of onion?
Taramosalata
38. Which Disney movie was based on a book titled, ‘A Life in the Woods’?
Bambi
39. Which famous London Police Station closed in 1992, when it was 230 years old?
Bow Street
40. What is Canada’s national anthem called?
O Canada
- Amnesiphobia is the fear of what?
Fear of amnesia
- What is in; “The beginning of eternity. The end of time and space. The beginning of every end, and the end of every place.”
The letter E

Tiebreaker - Andy Roddick still holds the record for the fastest ever tennis serve, how fast?
155 mph (248 kph)
- Farthest thrown object-an “Aerobie” flying ring, 383 m (1,257′)

1. How many Olympic Games have been cancelled because of World Wars?
Three (1916, 1940, 1944)
2. Which vessel is to become a floating hotel permanently berthed at a new man-made island off the coast of Dubai?
QEII
3. Which product is currently advertised as being knit by a group of OAP’s?
Shreddies
4. Which EastEnders actor, who plays Jim Branning, was taken to hospital recently following a suspected stroke?
John Bardon
5. How many consecutive wins did Bjorn Borg have in the men’s singles at Wimbledon?
Five
6. The Battle for where took place between 28th and 29th May 1982?
Goose Green
7. In which year was F1 Driver Lewis Hamilton born?
1985
8. Who are the sponsors of the 8th series of Big Brother?
Virgin Media
9. Which animal appeared on British eggs for the first time in 1957?
The crowned lion
10. Which item of clothing was Queen Elizabeth I the first Englishwoman to wear a bra, silk stockings or high heeled shoes?
Silk Stockings
11. Mirka Vavrinec is the girlfriend and manager of which sports star?
Roger Federer
12. Which two sides fought the Battle of Marston Moor in 1644?
The Roundheads and the Cavaliers (Parliamentarians)
13. One point each - Which three stadiums will be hosting English Premiership football next season after winning promotion of the Coca Cola Championship?
Stadium Of Light, St Andrews & Pride Park
14. Which planet in the solar system has a Great Red Spot?
Jupiter
15. Which former member of Squeeze now has his own Rhythm and Blues Orchestra?
Jools Holland
16. In which sport do teams compete for the Carnegie Challenge Cup?
Rugby league
17. Grand Duke Henri I is the current ruler of which European country?
Luxembourg
18. Which channel will be the first to switch to Digital TV?
BBC2
19. What do Tiggers do best?
Bounce
20. Quiztime Survey Question - Name a Way of Giving Up Smoking?
Patches / Hypnosis / Chewing Gum / Will Power / Don’t Buy Any

21. Which Year - Prime Minister John Major unveiled the government’s ‘Citizen’s Charter’ aimed at improving public services, Hostage John McCarthy came home, five years and three months after being kidnapped and held hostage in Beirut, At a superpower summit in Moscow, Presidents Bush and Gorbachev signed the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, The International Olympic Committee lifted a 21-year-old boycott on South Africa, the Japanese translator of Salman Rushdie’s Satanic Verses, was found stabbed to death in Tokyo and The public lavatories in Charing Cross Road were sold for £335,000?
1991
22. True or False - The original name of Trafalgar Square was to have been King William the Fourth’s Square?
True
23. One point each - which three European countries have hosted football’s World Cup but have never won it?
Spain, Sweden & Switzerland
24. England cricketer Matthew Prior is wicket keeper for which county side?
Sussex
25. What would a judo player do with a judogi?
Wear it (Its a suit)
26. Wallace and Gromit live at 62 West Wallaby Street in which Lancashire town?
Wigan
27. What is the title given to the ruler of Oman?
Sultan
28. In which year did the BBC first show Neighbours?
1986
29. Which country was commonly called “Little Russia” before independence?
Ukraine
30. ‘Piper at the Gates of Dawn’ was the title of the first LP by which group?
Pink Floyd (1967)
31. ‘The Secret of the Ooze’ was the subtitle of the second film in which series?
“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II” released in 1991
32. What is the name of the Australian firm that built the new Wembley stadium?
Multiplex
33. One point each - which three teams are still above England in their Euro qualifying group?
Croatia, Israel and Russia
34. Some of the largest trees on Earth are to be found in the Redwood National Park. In which Us state can this be found?
California
35. What kind of car did Charlie Hungerford drive in Bergerac?
White Rolls Royce
36. Which Five-time Open winner will miss this year’s championship at Carnoustie because his daughter Meg is getting married?
Tom Watson (1975, 1977, 1980, 1982, and 1983)
37. In which science fiction TV series did Fred Astaire play Captain Dimitri?
Battlestar Galactica
38. Which England Cricketer had a 2005 Autobiography entitled ‘Calling the Shots’?
Michael Vaughan
39. Who is the MP for the Oxfordshire town of Witney?
David Cameron (born 1966)
40. Valenica is the capital of which Spanish province?
Valencia

Tiebreaker - How much is the overall fund for the 2007 Wimbledon Tournament?
£11,282,710
- How many recorded injuries involving toilet seats were there during 2006?
322