QUIZTIME QUIZZES

1. How many months do not have 31 days?
Five
2. The explorer Sir Edmund Hillary was from which country?
New Zealand
3. Who represented Britain at ski-jumping in the 1988 Winter Olympics?
Eddie (the Eagle) Edwards
4. What country has the most individual beer brands?
Belgium - around 400
5. What does a herpetologist study?
Reptiles & Amphibians
6. Rick Baker won the first make-up Oscar for which 1981 horror film set in England?
"An American Werewolf In London"
7. In a round robin tournament with 5 teams, how many games in total would be played?
Ten
8. In which country is the city of Mecca?
Saudi Arabia
9. In Britain, what was classified as either A or B in 1920?
Roads
10. Which company gets its name from the latin "hominis vis" meaning mans strength?
Hovis
11. The theft of a painting by Monet forms part of the plot for which 1999 film?
The Thomas Crown Affair
12. Which capital city has a name meaning "I see the mountain"?
Montevideo, Uruguay
13. What two-letter abbreviation in the computer industry stands for 1,048,576 bytes?
MB (for megabyte)
14. Which artist produced two versions of Madonna of the Rocks between 1483 and 1508?
Leonardo DaVinci
15. What is the highest number on a roulette wheel?
Thirty-Six
16. What building does King Kong climb in the 1976 film version?
World Trade Center
17. How many prime numbers are there between 10 and 20?
Four (11, 13, 17 and 19)
18. Who is the highest-selling Colombian artist of all time, having sold more than 50 million albums worldwide?
Shakira
19. Between 1939 and 1966 the Best Cinematography award was divided into which two categories?
Colour and Black & White
20. What are the four primary ingredients of Beer?
Water, Malt, Hops and Yeast

21. What are the six colours on a standard Rubik’s cube?
Red, Blue, White, Yellow, Green and Orange
22. Which city is 74 miles from Oxford, 85 miles from Birmingham and 75 miles from Southampton?
Bristol
23. First published in 1929, for which character is Belgian George Remi best known for creating?
Tintin
24. How many pawns does a player have in a game of chess?
Eight
25. Evil Edna, Mavis Cruet, The Moog, Carwash and Arthur were characters in which children`s TV programme?
Willo the Wisp
26. Who, in 1985, said `Only free men can negotiate; prisoners cannot enter into contracts`?
Nelson Mandela
27. What type of drink was also the title of a number one single for All Saints?
Black Coffee
28. Which of Shakespeare`s plays has a title which is also a proverb?
`All’s Well That Ends Well`
29. What species is Gizmo in the `Gremlins` movies?
Mogwai
30. How many fences are jumped in the Grand National?
Thirty
31. What countries national anthem is "inno di mameli"? (meaning Hymn of Mameli)
Italy
32. Who was the third man on the Apollo 11 moon mission, who didn`t get to walk on the moon?
Michael Collins
33. On the London Underground, which is the only line to connect at some point with every other line on the system?
The Jubilee Line
34. How many tiles are used in a game of Scrabble?
100
35. Haggis is made from Sheeps Inards, what kind of animal is Haggamuggie made from?
Fish
36. According to the `Hitchikers` Guide To The Galaxy`, the name of which country is the foulest word in the universe?
Belgium
37. What is the name given to fossilised feaces, or dino poo?
Coprolite
38. Which American wrestler famously used the finishing move `The Peoples Elbow`?
The Rock
39. What is Chang Cheng better known as in English?
The Great Wall Of China
40. How is nessiteris rhombopteryx better known?
Loch ness monster

Tiebreaker - Antony Worrall Thompson once got into trouble with his Snickers pudding recipe. How many calories are in each slice?
1,250 (women are meant to have 2,000 daily, men 2,500)