QUIZTIME QUIZZES

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1. In 1984 more than one person won the BBC TV Sports Personality of the Year Trophy, name them?
Torville & Dean
2. The headquarters of Greenpeace is in which European city?
Amsterdam
3. If you kiss someone under the mistletoe, what should you then remove?
One of the berries (for good luck)
4. Who were the husband and wife team who created Thunderbirds and many other puppet series?
Gerry and Sylvia Anderson
5. Who discovered and named Christmas Island on December 25th 1777?
Captain James Cook
6. One Point Each - According to the advertising for Kellogg’s ‘Fruit & Fibre’ - what six fruits were in each pack?
Apples - Hazelnuts - Bananas - Raisins - Coconuts - Sultanas
7. In May 1987, which actor had top ten hits with Respect Yourself & Under The Boardwalk?
Bruce Willis
8. In the famous children’s story what did each of the three little pigs use to build their houses?
Straw, sticks & bricks
9. In which Australian state is ITV-1’s I’m a Celebrity held?
Queensland
10. With six, which sport has the most winners of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year?
Motor Racing - F1
11. How were Clyde, Ding-a-ling, Zippy, Pockets, Snoozy, Softy, and Yak-Yak better known?
The Ant-Hill Mob - in the Bullet-Proof Bomb (Wacky Races)
12. Which tasteless cooking ingredient is available in translucent brittle solid sheets?
Gelatine
13. True or False - Santaclaustrophobia is the fear of christmas?
True
14. Who did Sean Connery portray in the film Robin Hood, Prince Of Thieves?
Richard the Lionheart
15. Which organization pays for nurses for cancer patients in British hospitals?
McMillan Cancer Relief
16. Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has a degree in what - Psychology or Economics?
Economics
17. What was opened in 1869, nationalised in 1956, blocked in 1967 and reopened in 1976?
The Suez Canal
18. True or False - Santaphilia is the sexual preference for someone dressed as santa claus?
False
19. If you had one of each of the Euro coins in use, in your pocket, what would the total value be?
3.88 Euros (1, 2, 5, 10, 20 and 50 cent or EUR 1 and EUR 2)
20. Quiztime Survey Question - Top Answer Required - Name something that is pulled?
Cracker / Leg / A Pint / Caravan / Trailer

21. What year of the 1970’s saw top three hits for the one hit wonders - The Mixtures - The Piglets and Ashton Gardner & Dyke with hits entitled The Pushbike Song, Johnny Reggae and The Resurrection Shuffle?
1971
22. Benjamin who - was the first Lord Mayor of Dublin?
Benjamin Guinness
23. What is the piece of metal that swings inside a bell called?
Clapper
24. Which winners of the Eurovision Song Contest are mentioned in the lyrics of the John Lennon hit Imagine?
Brotherhood of man
25. Which craftsman would use a reed knife, a needle & a bodkin in the course of their work?
Thatcher
26. What animal comes between a crab and a virgin?
Lion - in the zodiac
27. What is the name of the very large pale green to yellow citrus fruit that has a thick spongy rind and the flavour of sweet grapefruit?
Pomelo
28. In which Disney movie would you find a villain called Governor Ratcliffe?
Pocahontas
29. What is the more familiar name of the line of latitude 66 degrees 32 minutes south?
Antarctic Circle
30. Which sportsman published his autobiography in 1977 called `My Life And The Beautiful Game`?
Pele
31. Which large triangular muscle covering the shoulder serves to raise the arm laterally?
Deltoid
32. The only number one to feature a mother and her son (Hilda Woodward and her son, Rob) was ‘Mouldy Old Dough’ in Sep 1972 what name did they record under?
Lieutenant Pigeon
33. If you flew directly from Paris in France to Milan in Italy which other country would you fly over?
Switzerland
34. Church bells of Maralnello in Italy ring on Sundays, Public Holidays and on which sporting occasion?
When the Ferrari team win
35. Which type of pasta is handmade using a rolling pin on an implement resembling a zither?
Tagliatelle
36. Who played the bride in the 1997 romantic comedy ‘My Best Friends Wedding’?
Cameron Diaz
37. Which animal appears on the badges of both Dumbarton and Coventry Football Clubs?
Elephant
38. Which spice gives mulled wine its distinctive taste?
Cinnamon
39. In each county of the UK there is an official Queens representative. What title do they each hold?
Lord Lieutenant
40. What was the title of Queen’s Christmas No1 of 1991?
Bohemian Rhapsody (re-issue) / These Are The Days Of Our Lives

Tiebreaker - In which year was the chocolate manufacturer Lindt founded?
1855
- How many clay birds are released per shooter in an Olympic trap shooting event?
200

1. From which country do Venetian Blinds originally come?
Japan
2. Which latin word associated with the Christmas period means ‘coming’ when translated into English?
Advent
3. What in the human body are True, False and Floating?
Ribs
4. What name is given to the person who is the custodian of the exhibits in a museum or art gallery?
Curator
5. What is the most common pet in Great Britain?
Goldfish
6. Is an icicle a stalagmite or stalagtite?
Stalagtite
7. A native of S Africa, what type of creature is a marabou?
Bird - Stork
8. Which letters describe a website’s address?
URL
9. What animal appears on the flag of Sri Lanka?
Lion
10. What is the real name of Batman’s sidekick Robin?
Dick Grayson
11. What would you do with a Muumuu - eat it, wear it or play it?
Wear it - Loose fitting dress worn by natives of Hawaii
12. In what Olympic event are you penalized 50 points if you stop smiling?
Synchronized Swimming
13. What drink is made from “DEMON ALE”?
Lemonade
14. If it’s noon GMT, what time is it in Helsinki?
2pm
15. What position does Harry Potter play in the game of Quidditch?
Seeker
16. In the novel Peter Pan what is the name of the Indian Princess rescued by Peter?
Tiger Lily
17. What is the better known name of “Simpsons” character Armen Tamzarian?
Seymour Skinner
18. De Beers manages the central selling system for which product?
Diamonds
19. Pinewood Film Studio’s are located in which English county?
Buckinghamshire (Iver Heath)
20. Quiztime Survey Question - Top Answer Required - Name something you can do with an egg?
Boil - Fry - Scramble - Poach - Break

21. Which Year - Leeds won the FA Cup, Jane Fonda caused controversy by broadcasting live from Hanoi against America’s involvement in the Vietnam and Slade had a number one hit with Mama We’re All Crazy Now?
1972
22. What is most common method of murdering women in Britain?
Strangulation
23. In which U.S city can you find the Wrigley Building?
Chicago
24. Which league football team has spent the longest time at their ground (they have been there since 1881)?
Preston North End - the first to win the League and Cup double in 1889
25. In which city is the former Royal yacht Britannia now moored?
Edinburgh
26. What name is given to a layer of mortar finishing off a floor of a base layer of plaster on a wall?
Screed
27. Which David Bowie video was censored because of nudity?
China Girl
28. Which cake is said to have been named by an exiled Polish king after his favourite character in The Thousand and One Nights?
Rum Baba
29. Which TV presenter represented Wales in rhythmic gymnastics at the 1990 Commonwealth Games?
Gabby Logan (nee Yorath)
30. Brainteaser - Four men were in a boat on the lake. The boat turns over and all four men sink to the bottom of the lake, yet not a single man got wet! How?
Because they were all married and not single
31. Which animal (whose name begins with the letter ‘c’) is the only one with oval blood cells?
Camel
32. What type of precious stone is the “Star of India”?
Sapphire
33. Whose only tune was over the hills and far away?
Tom, Tom the piper’s son
34. What was Gerry Andersons first TV series without puppets?
UFO
35. Where will you see a clock face which is always stuck at three minutes past 8:00?
On a box of After Eight mints
36. Of the five coloured Olympic rings which colour represents Europe?
Blue
37. Which Andrew Lloyd Weber musical featured a train called “Rusty”?
Starlight Express
38. Who is associated with the phrase ‘Live long and Prosper’?
Spock from Star Trek
39. How many times do you sing Jingle in a chorus of Jingle Bells?
Six
40. According to statistics, around 80 thousand Britains are likely to go where over the Christmas period?
Hospital - accidents in the home vastly increase over the Christmas period

Tiebreaker - In the 1983 general election B C Wedmore (Finchley) recorded the lowest number of votes cast for a single candidate, but how many?
13
- What weight (in pounds), according to the Guinness Book of Records is the heaviest Turkey ever recorded?
86lbs

1. A broad breasted bronze is a breed of which bird?
Turkey
2. Which sweets were originally given the charming name of Energy Balls?
Maltesers
3. Who wrote the original book of The Golden Compass on which the latest film is based?
Philip Pullman
4. Which business developed from a snack drive-in near Pasadena selling hotdogs and milk-shakes?
McDonalds
5. In the News - The Orthodox Church of Cyprus has ordered priests to pray for what?
Rain - to end one of the island’s worst droughts
Fact - The Orthodox Church is among Cyprus’ biggest landowners, with sizeable investments in banking, construction, hotels and wine-making
6. Which of the Spice Girls has been taking part in the US TV show Dancing with the Stars?
Mel B - finished second
7. What did Marcus the Mole become the official mascot of in 1993?
The Channel Tunnel
8. Which is the only English Football League Club with five letter “R’s” in its name?
Kidderminster Harriers
9. Who presents ITV-1’s The X-Factor?
Dermot O’Leary - announced he is quitting as presenter of Big Brother’s Little Brother
10. Who was the first artiste to actually receive a gold record for selling a million copies of one title?
Glenn Miller - and he’s still missing!
11. In the News - A book called ‘A True and Perfect Relation of the Whole Proceedings Against the Late Most Barbarous Traitors, Garnet, a Jesuit and his Confederates’, which was published in 1606 is bound in what material?
Human Skin - thought to be from Father Henry Garnet
12. What is added to coffee to make Caribbean coffee?
Rum
13. Would most men love an ODALISQUE - Yes or No?
Yes - a female slave!
14. According to the Johnny Cash song, who finally caught up with his father in the town of Gatlingburg?
A Boy Named Sue
15. What is the full name of the new Australian PM?
Kevin Rudd
16. What is GROG-BLOSSOM - is it down on the chin of a boy who hasn’t started shaving, the red nose of a habitual drunk or a fungal disease of fish?
The red nose of a habitual drunk
17. Rats are enjoying a popularity boom with a 30% rise in sales at the Pets at Home chain since the release of which Disney film about a cartoon rat working in a Parisian restaurant?
Ratatouille
18. Who is the main star of the TV show Diagnosis Murder?
Dick Van Dyke
19. What is the only olympic sport that has a finish line that no competitor will ever cross?
Swimming
20. Quiztime Survey Question - Top Answer Required - Name an occupation you’d hate to have?
Undertaker / Sewage Worker / Taxman / Traffic Warden / Dustbin Collector

21. Which Year - An epidemic of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) is reported in beef cattle in Britain, The musical Les Misérables is first performed in English, at the Palace Theatre in London, The US Bell Laboratories develops an optical fibre capable of simultaneously sending 300,000 telephone conversations or 200 high-resolution television channels and The British pop group Dire Straits releases the album Brothers in Arms. It becomes the first CD to sell 1 million copies?
1985
22. Which eight-word letter describes marshy, boggy ground?
Quagmire
23. To protect it from imitation which Swiss chocolate bar was granted a patent in 1909?
Toblerone
24. One point each - Which are the four tallest inhabitable buildings in the UK that have a name ending with the word Tower?
Canary Wharf Tower, Nat West Tower, British Telecom Tower, Blackpool Tower
25. What is the only form of tobacco allowed inside the Commons Chamber of the House of Commons?
Snuff
26. What is the main ingredient of a chasseur sauce?
Mushrooms
27. Who has given Labour more than £650,000 under other people’s names over four years?
Property developer David Abrahams
28. Which British city was known to the Romans as ‘Magnus Portus’?
Portsmouth
29. Who are the two stars of the recent movie 3-10 To Yuma?
Russell Crowe and Christian Bale
30. True or False - Beer has fewer calories than a similar measure of wine, milk or fruit juice?
True - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7103268.stm
31. ‘Six of One’ is an appreciation society for which cult TV show?
The Prisoner
32. At the start of a game of Scrabble, what is the minimum number of letters that the first player must use to form a word?
Two
33. What is Frigophobia the fear of?
The Cold
34. Which team have been relegated in all four seasons in which they have played in the Premiership?
Crystal Palace - (1992-3, 1994-5, 1997-8, 2004-5)
Three times for - Lecester City (1994-5, 2001-2, 2003-4) & Nottingham Forest (1992-3, 1996-7, 1998-9)
35. Collectively, Coffee, Gold, Lipstick, Octopus and Sausage are all names of Paint colours, Card games or Trees?
Trees
36. There’s only one mobile national monument in the USA, What is it?
The cable cars in San Fransisco
37. Which TV presenter wrote the book “Cricket mad and football daft”?
Michael Parkinson
38. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles lived in the sewers of which North American city?
New York
39. Which of these is a type of horse - Irish Wrought, Irish Draught, Irish Aisling or Irish Spirit?
Irish Draught
40. In which famous buiding is the phone picked up if you dial 001-202-456-1414?
The White House - 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW / Washington, DC 20500

Tiebreaker - How many names were in the first British telephone directory in 1880?
248
- The Bridgewater canal is one of the oldest in the country. When was it completed?
1763