Quiz 141007
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
