Quiz 181107
1. On which London thoroughfare is the Cenotaph?
Whitehall
2. OFF-HAND I’M NUTS is an anagram of which actor?
Dustin Hoffman
3. Which ancient Greek word meant “I’ve found it”?
Eureka
4. Name the four characters from the TV series Men Behaving Badly?
Gary, Tony, Deb, Dorothy
5. It is 230 feet long and 20 inches high, it portrays 626 people, 202 horses and 55 dogs, what is it?
The Bayeux Tapestry
6. What word describes a wine made from the produce of a single year?
Vintage
7. What is the feminine version of the word Gaffer - Is it Gaffette, Gammer, Giffer, or Gadder?
Gammer
8. Who reigned in England between 1509 & 1547?
Henry VIII
9. What is a tiddy-oggie - is it a Cornish pasty, a Welsh stew or a Norfolk fish pie?
Cornish Pasty
10. Which is the largest of these islands: Zanzibar, Sri Lanka or Madagascar?
Madagascar
11. What name is given to the spreading of ideas and opinions, often by giving one sided information?
Propaganda
12. Which Roman goddess appeared in the title of hit singles by Frankie Avalon, Mark Wynter & Bananarama?
Venus
13. What colour is the semi precious stone Amethyst?
Purple
14. The Union Jack is flown over government buildings on the 20th November to celebrate what?
The wedding anniversary of the Queen and Prince Philip
15. In which series of adventure stories and John Clayton and Jane Porter the leading characters?
Tarzan
16. Which two Scrabble letters have eight point values?
J & X
17. What bone is between your femur and your tibia?
Patella
18. Who pioneered frozen food production – Clarence Birdseye, Henry Walls, Olaf Findus or Robert Falcon Scott?
Clarence Birdseye
19. Where was the first ever formula one grand prix held – Brands Hatch, Le Mans, Silverstone or Imola?
Silverstone
20. There were four British kings in the 20th century, which was the only one not to have been the Prince of Wales beforehand – Edward VII, George V, Edward VIII, George VI?
George VI
21. In which season were play-offs first used to decide promotion and relegation issues in the English Football League - 85/86, 86/87, 87/88, or 88/89?
86/87
22. Apart from England, N. Ireland, Scotland and Wales, which three islands in the UK are allowed to issue their own stamps?
Jersey, Guernsey, the Isle of Man
23. Which fruit did Columbus discover on Guadaloupe island in 1493, the pineapple, banana or melon?
Pineapple
24. Which word means to gulp down food, to fasten and to break away?
Bolt
25. Whose first album in 1975 was called “One Fing ‘n’ Anuvver”?
Chas & Dave
26. Which once common disease was known as the White Death?
Tuberculosis
27. What is a chicken called that is less than a year old?
Pullet
28. In American Football, how many points are awarded for a field goal?
Three (Six for a Touchdown)
29. Which planet has moons called Miranda, Umbriel, Titania, Ariel & Oberon?
Uranus
30. Which four European Countries have reached a football World Cup final but have never won it?
Czechoslovakia, Holland, Hungary and Sweden
31. What is the nickname of British Boxer Jane Couch?
The Fleetwood Assassin
32. In which modern country is the site of the ancient city of Troy?
Turkey
33. What is a Grackle - is it a fish, a lizard or a bird?
Bird
34. What does the Australian word ‘dinkum’ mean?
Honest
35. What was Madonna’s first single to enter the UK charts?
Holiday
36. What is the English name for the vegetable that is called a Rutabaga in the USA?
Swede
37. On a German wine bottle, was does ‘sekt’ mean?
Sparkling
38. What was the malfunctioning penguin in Toy Story 2 called?
Wheezy
39. Which two acts had a hit record with ‘The Floral Dance’?
Terry Wogan and The Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band
40. If you have two coins totalling 11p and one of the coins is not a 10p piece, what are the two coins?
10p & 1p
- A farmer has some animals. They are all pigs except two of them, all goats except two of them and all chickens except two of them – How many animals does he have?
Three, a pig, a goat & a chicken
Tiebreaker - According to scientific research, what is the optimum time in seconds for dunking a chocolate digestive biscuit into tea?
8 seconds
