QUIZTIME QUIZZES

1. Which giant Watchman with 100 eyes from Greek Mythology has given his name to a chain of High Street Shops?
Argos
2. What colour are the vertical stripes of the Italian Flag?
Green, White & Red
3. Which Snooker player had the nickname of the Romford Robot?
Steve Davis
4. What is the name of the capital of the Tamil Nadu region of India which is also associated with curries?
Madras
5. For how many years are children’s passports valid?
Five Years
6. In which sport do sprinters go deliberately slow for most of the race?
Cycling
7. How many spices and herbs go into Kentucky Fried Chicken, is it - 8, 11, or 15?
Eleven
8. Which was the first human organ to be successfully transplanted?
Kidney
9. In Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, which planet do the Mysterons come from?
Mars
10. What is the French vegetable dish based on aubergine, courgette, pepper and tomato?
Ratatouille
11. After the Lake District what is England’s largest national park?
The Yorkshire Dales
12. In 1979, a song by Blondie provided the first ever instance of a No.1 in the charts having a day of the week in its title, what was it called?
Sunday Girl
13. According to a recent survey, The average adult in Britain now spends four hours and seven minutes a day doing a single task, what is it?
Watching television
14. Which World Championships are held at the Egremont Crab Fair, where challengers place their heads in a horse collar?
The Gurning World Championships
15. Which famous building can be found at 350 Fifth Ave. New York?
Empire State Building
16. Which food item has Gills, Spores, a Crown and a Stalk?
Mushrooms
17. "The Old Man Of Hoy" is a large pillar of rock rising from the sea. In which island group is it situated?
The Orkneys
18. Of the following four film stars, which one lived to the oldest age, Danny Kaye, Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, or Cary Grant?
Fred Astaire
19. Cochon is the French word for which creature?
Pig
20. Four Points available, one point each, name Four Mr Men who begin with the letter ‘B’?
Bump, Busy, Brave and Bouncy

21. In which year did the Red Arrows give their first ever aerobatic display, Was it 1950, 1955, 1960 or 1965?
1965
22. Whose titles include Earl of Carrick, Baron Renfrew and Great Steward of Scotland?
Prince Charles / The Prince Of Wales
23. What sort of creature killed John Wayne in the 1943 movie ‘ Reap the Wild Wind’?
An Octopus
24. How many people sit on a criminal jury in Scotland?
Fifteen
25. Which British River did the Romans call Sabrina and the Welsh name Hafren?
Severn
26. On which TV show did Les Dawson say, ‘My prizes are so bad, some people leave them in the foyer"?
Blankety Blank
27. On 17th November 1913, the Steamship Louise became the first ship to pass through which canal?
Panama
28. Which current daily newspaper was first published in 1978?
Daily Star
29. The theme from which Australian soap gave Lynne Hamilton her only UK chart single?
Prisoner Cell Block H
30. In which country would you find the Kramat Tunggak, the world’s largest red-light district?
Indonesia
31. In golf a warning shout of ‘fore’ may be heard. In which sport might you hear a shout of ‘timber’?
Archery (Toxophily)
32. Which No.1 hit song of the 60’s contains the following lyrics: "All the rainbows in the sky, Start to weep and say goodbye, you won’t be seeing rainbows anymore"?
It’s Over - Roy Orbison
33. Custer led the US 7th Cavalry regiment to disaster at the Battle of Little Bighorn, in which US State can you find Custer County and a city named Custer?
South Dakota
34. Which country boasts the World’s best selling Newspaper, with up to 14 million sales per day?
Japan
35. Which Scandinavian country has the longest north sea coast?
Norway
36. In 1965, which brand of Lager became the first to be sold on draught in English Pubs?
Carling Black Label
37. Which one of the following districts of London lies south of the River Thames, Bermondsey, Bethnal Green, Camden Town or Hackney?
Bermondsey
38. How long does each quarter last for in Australian Rules football?
25 minutes
39. What do you have to drive 110 miles to find, from Southead in Scotland, the greatest distance to reach one on mainland Britain?
A Railway station
40. In terms of Games, what items have men played with for longer than anything else?
Dice

Tiebreaker - How many 30 minute episodes of Tv’s Spitting Image were made?
122