QUIZTIME QUIZZES

1. What is the most prevalent infectious disease in the UK?
The Common Cold
2. What was the name of the first British nuclear power station, which closed in March 2003?
Calder Hall
3. Which word can be both the process of shaping iron and the making of counterfeit money?
Forging
4. In the royal family, what relation in the Duke of York to the Earl of Wessex?
Brother
5. On BBC-2’s Top Gear, what is the test driver, who likes really sad music, known as?
The Stig
6. Which is the oldest club in the Football League, founded in 1862?
Notts County
7. In which 1980 film do Jane Fonda, Dolly Parton & Lily Tomlin try to bring down their boss?
Nine to Five
8. Into which estuary do the Rivers Trent and Ouse flow?
Humber
9. What name is given to a fruit thit is a cross between an orange and a tangerine?
Clementine
10. Which four-letter word describes a type of sherry which is pale, light and generally very dry?
Fino
11. Which countrys flag is green, white and red with an eagle holding a snake in its mouth in the centre?
Mexico
12. Which car model was first produced in 1999 by Toyota, as a replacement for their small car, the Starlet?
Yaris
13. What was photographed for the first time in 1959 and became the title of a top-selling album in 1973?
Dark Side Of The Moon
14. What name is given to pottery decorated with layers of coloured liquid clay?
Slipware
15. Who replaced Murray Walker as ITV’s Formula 1 commentator?
James Allen
16. In which TV sitcom did Alexei Sayle play Mr Balowski?
The Young Ones
17. In which country would you find the wine producing region known as Casablanca Valley?
Chile
18. Who owns a car with the registration number MOVE 1T?
Cliff Richard
19. The scoring system for which highly popular game/sport was devised by Brian Gamin of Bury in 1896?
Darts
20. Quiztime Survey - Top Answers Required - Name an occupation that takes courage?
Fireman / Police Officer / Stuntman / Pilot / Bomb Disposal expert

21. Which Year - Mark Thatcher disappears in the Sahara during the Paris-Dakar rally / The DeLorean Car factory in Belfast is put into receivership / The German singer Nicole wins the Eurovision Song Contest for Germany / Aston Villa win the European Cup beating Bayern Munich 1-0 / President Reagan becomes the first American chief executive to address a joint session of the British Parliament and Sony launches the first consumer compact disc player?
1982
22. Who was the famous wife of Leofric of Mercia?
Lady Godiva
23. Which product was advertised on television as ‘a break from the norm’?
Twix
24. What is the largest ship in the British Royal Navy?
HMS Ocean
25. What type of bird is a Lammergeier?
Vulture
26. In clothing care symbols, what does a cross over a triangle signify?
Do Not Bleach
27. What name is given in ballet to a jump from one foot to the other?
Jete
28. Which Paris landmark has 282 steps, and was planned as a monument to the military success of Napoleon I?
Arc De Triomphe
29. Which group had a best-selling L.P. entitled ‘Slippery When Wet’?
Bon Jovi
30. In military terms, the initials RHA stand for what?
Royal Horse Artillery
31. Which European country’s flag is red with a black double headed eagle in the centre?
Albania
32. Where do ‘demersal’ creatures live?
On the sea bed
33. From 1979-1992, in which Central American country did the left-wing guerrillas, the FMLN, operate?
El Salvador
34. Under which London landmark are buried a razor, cigars and a portrait of Queen Victoria?
Cleopatra’s Needle
35. Mohammed ldris Al-Senussi was the first, and last, king of which country?
Lybia
36. Who had a hit in the UK in the 1980s with "The Reflex"?
Duran Duran
37. In which country would you find the wine growing region known as Robertson?
South Africa
38. Which motor manufacturing company was founded by the brothers Louis, Fernand and Marcel?
Renault
39. What foodstuff is something shaped like, if is described as allantoid?
Sausage - http://www.thefreedictionary.com/allantoid
40. What is the only substance that can be a gas, a liquid and a solid in the natural world?
Water

Tiebreaker - In what year were driving penalty points introduced in the UK?
1981

1. In motor racing, what is the colour of flag to signify ‘Danger, no overtaking’?
Yellow
2. What was the name of the first deodorant invented a) Right Guard b) Sure c) Mum?
Mum
3. How many squares are there on a traditional Snakes and Ladders board?
One Hundred
4. Yasmin, Meygan, Jade and Sasha are all associated with which product?
Bratz Dolls
5. Who had a hit with ‘The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore’?
Walker Brothers
6. In India, if you saw someone using a ‘pungi’, what would you be watching?
A snake charmer (that is name of his instrument)
7. Which dog was bred into existence by north of England miners in the 19th century?
Whippets
8. At which sport is Russia’s Irina Slutskaya, the current World champion?
Figure Skating
9. Gold is one of three metals that can carry a Hallmark. What are the other two?
Silver & Platinum
10. What numbers are at positions North, South, East and West on a dart board?
N - 20, S - 3, E - 6, W - 11
11. Which strong smelling herb, which tastes of aniseed, is most often used in fish dishes?
Fennel
12. Who or what in Portugal is called an arguido?
A Suspect
13. True or False - The opening bars to the theme tune of Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em spelt the title of the series in Morse code?
True
14. What is the only independent country in the world that ends in the letter H?
Bangladesh
15. What is the Russian word for satellite?
Sputnik
16. Which 1995, brink of nuclear disaster thriller, set aboard a submarine, starred Gene Hackman and Denzel Washington?
Crimson Tide
17. What is unusual about PM Gordon Brown’s mobile phone?
It does not take incoming calls
18. In computer speak, the document file format RTF stands for what three words?
Rich Text Format
19. In which year did Tony Blair become leader of the British Labour Party?
1994
20. Family Fortunes Question - Top Answer Required - Name something you would keep secret?
Affair - Weight - Age - Lottery Win - Bank Balance

21. Which Year - Margaret Thatcher defeats Edward Heath for the leadership of the UK Conservative Party / A major tube train crash at Moorgate station, London kills 43 people / Charlie Chaplin is knighted / The first episode of BBC sitcom The Good Life is broadcast / Rembrandt’s painting "The Night Watch" is slashed a dozen times at a gallery in Amsterdam and Bill Clinton marries Hillary Rodham?
1975
22. Which gland in the body controls human growth?
Pituitary Gland
23. Who is missing from this list of characters from Cluedo: ‘Colonel Mustard’, ‘Professor Plum’, ‘Reverend Green’, ‘Miss Scarlet’ and ‘Mrs White’?
Mrs Peacock
24. We have all heard of third degree burns. In medical literature, how many degrees can burns be classified in?
Six (in 6th degree burns, the actual bone is charred)
25. Who is known to fellow jihadists as Abu Abdullah?
Osama Bin Laden
26. The word Galaxy comes from the Greek word for what liquid?
Milk
27. What had the unglamorous name "Job number 736" while being built in a shipyard on the Clyde?
The QEII
28. What, starting with W, is the name given to the man who looks after the horses on a western cattle drive?
Wrangler
29. For which film did Humphrey Bogart get his only Oscar?
African Queen
30. True or False - The founder of  Which? magazine, Michael Young, also founded the Open University?
True
31. Which Disney film features a cat called Figaro and a goldfish called Cleo?
Pinocchio
32. What happens when thrust is greater than drag and lift is greater than gravity?
Flight
33. In which TV series would you have found the characters Shauni, Eddie, Stephanie, Matt, Hobie, Caroline, Logan and Ben?
Baywatch
34. What food was used to erase lead pencil marks, before rubber came into use?
Pieces of Bread
35. In what series of books would you find Marvin the Paranoid Android?
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
36. What is the only Scandinavian country that is not a monarchy?
Finland
37. What word links Margaret Thatcher, Raymond Burr and Alexandre Dumas?
Iron (Lady, Ironside, Mask)
38. Chinese five spice powder consists of fennel, cloves, cinnamon, peppercorns and which other spice?
Star Anise
39. What arrives at your table in Madrid if you say? "la cuenta, por favour"?
The Bill
40. Chance for 12 Points! For 2 points each name the only six countries in the world who have no scouts?
Cuba, Burma, Laos, China, North Korea and Andorra

Tiebreaker - An RAF Tornado costs how much an hour to fly?
£40,000

1. DAB radios are the latest thing. What do the initials stand for?
Digital Audio Broadcasting
2. What is the name of the farm that used to be occupied by the Tates and is now occupied by the Kings in Emmerdale?
Home Farm
3. Three artists have had hits with the song ‘True Colours’. Phil Collins is one, name either of the other 2?
Cindy Lauper or Go West
4. Which children’s game is described by its manufacturers as ‘the saddle stacking game with the moody mule’?
Buckaroo
5. What is the name of the Lottery draw which replaced Lotto Extra Draw?
Dream Number
6. What was the first vegetable to be put into a can?
Peas
7. Which two seas are connected by the Keil canal?
North Sea and Baltic Sea
8. Which much loved children’s character could be described as an ursine Peruvian asylum seeker?
Paddington Bear
9. What is the stretch of Spanish coast from Alicante to Valencia called?
Costa Blanca
10. How many star signs are represented by four legged animals?
Four
11. What were Jason and the Argonauts looking for?
Golden Fleece
12. In Coronation Street what is the name of Deirdre’s mother?
Blanche Hunt
13. Traditionally, what would a bride not want to see on her way to the wedding - (A) A Spider (B) A Toad (C) A Pig
A Pig
14. Who was the first British monarch to circumnavigate the World?
Elizabeth II
15. True or False - In medieval Britain, a man proposed to a lady by placing a hawthorn branch at the lady’s door. If she left it there, she accepted. If she did not accept it, she replaced it with a cauliflower?
True
16. Which TV series did Peter Sallis once describe as being Just William with pension books’?
Last Of The Summer Wine
17. Lake Balaton, is the largest lake in central Europe, in which country is it?
Hungary
18. Who were the first company to produce paper handkerchiefs?
Kleenex
19. How many degrees does a clock’s hour hand pass through between 1am and 6am?
150 degrees
20. Family Fortunes Question - Top Answer Required - Something that is thrown on a beach?
Ball / Frisbee / Seashell / Towel / Pebble

21. Which Year - Reverend Ian Paisley, hardline Protestant leader in Northern Ireland, is jailed for 3 months for illegal assembly / Apollo 9 returns safely to Earth after testing the Lunar Module / The Hawker Siddeley Harrier enters service with the Royal Air Force / Robin Knox-Johnston becomes the first person to sail around the world solo without stopping / Tommy, the first of two rock operas by The Who is released and Monty Python’s Flying Circus airs its first episode on the BBC?
1969
22. What does the medical abbreviation, DVT stand for?
Deep vein thrombosis
23. Who merited an entry in the Guinness book of records in 1983 for writing 26 novels in one year?
Barbara Cartland
24. What part of the Mona Lisa’s face did Leonardo da Vinci spend twelve years painting?
Lips or mouth
25. Which breakfast cereal characters were sacked for being too aggressive?
The Weetabix bovver boys
26. What common substance is added to blood to prevent it from clotting until it is ready to be transferred to a patient?
Salt
27. In which 1997 film did Jack Nicholson fall in love with Helen Hunt?
As Good As It Gets
28. What country did the Russians invade in 1968?
Czechoslovakia
29. How many points are scored for getting the Countdown Conundrum?
Ten
30. True or False - The first person to pass a driving test in Britain was a Mr Beane?
True
31. Which song was a hit for Andy Williams in 1968 and for the Boystown Gang in 1982?
I Can’t Take My Eyes off You
32. On what would you see Ogham writing?
Stone
33. Which TV presenter’s autobiography is entitled Memoirs Of An Unfit Mother?
Anne Robinson
34. Which day of the week is Dimanche in French?
Sunday
35. Which company provided James Bond’s cover?
Universal Import and Export
36. In which sport did a Scottish team win the World Cup held in Nepal in 2001?
Elephant Polo
37. What British public service ceased on June 12th, 1921?
Sunday Postal Service
38. What in inches is the diameter of a standard competition dartboard?
Eighteen
39. Apart from Australia, which country’s flag features the Southern Cross constellation and the Union Jack?
New Zealand
40. Which island lies halfway between Japan and San Francisco?
Midway Island

Tiebreaker - In what year was The Gunfight at the OK Corral?
1881