Quiz 230907
1. What do the boxer Chris Eubank and Patrick Moore the astronomer have in common?
Both wear monocles
2. Who was on the cover of the first issue of O K Magazine to be sold in India?
Shilpa Shetty
3. Which company offers ‘Bonza Car Insurance Deals’?
Sheila’s Wheels
4. What was Adolf Hitler’s rank during WWI?
Corporal
5. Who is believed to be the most sued man in British legal history?
Ian Hislop (Private Eye)
6. Which group had their fourth No 1 in 1981 with the song ‘Everything She Does Is Magic’?
Police
7. By what name is the United States Military Academy commonly known?
West Point
8. The late Magnus Magnesson, quizmaster of Mastermind was born in which country?
Iceland
9. What is the correct name for the device used by Boy Scouts to fasten a tie or scarf?
Woggle
10. What kind of steel is manufactured by adding chromium to ordinary steel?
Stainless
11. Which planet in our solar system has the most moons?
Jupiter (at least 63)
12. What connects November 30th and Birmingham City FC?
St Andrews (30th Nov St Andrews Day)
13. In which Italian city is the headquarters of the FIAT Motor Car Company?
Turin
14. Robbie the seal is the best friend of which other cartoon character?
Pingu the penguin
15. During the ‘Gulf War’, what was the name of the missiles used by the coalition to shoot down Iraqi ‘Scud’ missiles?
Patriot Missiles
16. Who was buried in 1981 with a Bible, a Gibson guitar and a Marijuana plant?
Bob Marley
17. Which rank in the British army does a crown on each shoulder signify?
Major
18. What does the Statue of Liberty hold in her right hand?
Torch
19. What is the name of the small thin discs used in the game of Tiddlywinks?
Winks
20. Quiztime Survey Question - Top Answer Required - Name a musical instrument that you can play in the bath?
Mouth Organ / Recorder / Flute / Trumpet / Fiddle
21. Who Am I? - I was once described as ‘a man with a brain the size of Kent’ and have been voted the most intelligent man on television by readers of Radio Times, I am a keen collector of teddy bears. I once spent three months in prison for credit card fraud, Nowadays I am Quite Interesting and have a passion for Twinings Tea?
Stephen Fry
22. Who said upon his arrival in the USA "I have nothing to declare except my genius"?
Oscar Wilde
23. What is the name of the character played now on TV by James Dreyfus and in the previous series by Ardel O’Hanlon?
Thermoman (My Hero)
24. What is the milky sap obtained from the rubber tree called?
Latex
25. What name is given to the tapering buttons used on duffle coats?
Toggles
26. What name was given to the signal lamps used by the British Royal Navy during the 19th and 20th Centuries for transmitting Morse Code?
Aldis Lamps
27. In Charles Dickens’ novel Oliver Twist how did Fagin die?
He was hanged
28. Formosa is an alternative name for which East Asia island?
Taiwan
29. Which British comedian, born in Bootle in Merseyside in 1939, was a teacher before making his break into television on The Comedians?
Tom O’Connor
30. Which musical instrument was invented in Berlin in 1822?
Accordion
31. Which word containing no vowels means to kill illegally?
Lynch
32. The letters RF on a postage stamp would indicate it is from which country?
France
33. Which Bond film was partly shot at the Eden Project in Cornwall?
Die Another Day
34. Of which English county is Newport the county town?
Isle of Wight
35. What was the original name of Wembley Stadium?
Empire Stadium
36. Which Belgian reporter and accomplished fighter pilot numbers Snowy and Captain Haddock among his friends?
Tintin
37. What name is given to a bullet whose course is made visible by a trail of flames or smoke, used to assist in aiming?
Tracer
38. Which hot drink was originally known as Johnston’s Fluid Beef?
Bovril
39. On the menu of an Italian restaurant what word means squid?
Calamari
40. What is the last line of the Flintstone’s theme song?
We’ll Have A Gay Old Time
Tiebreaker - When the first modern Olympics were held in Athens in 1896 how many male competitors took part?
311
