QUIZTIME QUIZZES

1. How many drum beats can be heard at the end of each episode of Eastenders?
Nine
2. Who sends his Urbi et Orbi at Easter time?
The Pope
3. What Olympic event only takes place at 70 and 90 meters?
Ski Jumping
4. Who is the only man to have managed a team to win the European Cup three time?
Bob Paisley
5. On which ground to the Scotland Rugby Union team play their home matches?
Murrayfield
6. What was James Bond author Ian Fleming’s middle name — Lancaster, Lichfield, or Leicester?
Lancaster
7. What is Frances largest vehicle manufacturer?
Renault
8. A Roman mixture of vinegar, honey and salt was the first known example of what?
Toothpaste
9. How is a drink served when its described as frappe?
Iced
10. What is the official residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury?
Lambeth Palace
11. Who is the elder, Rowan Atkinson or Clive Anderson?
Clive Anderson
12. Which rank in the Royal Navy is junior to a rear admiral but senior to a commander?
Captain
13. Which sports commentator officially described his last race in September 2001?
Murray Walker
14. What is the youngest age at which a horse may enter the Grand National?
Seven
15. What was Oliver Reed`s last film?
`Gladiator`
16. Which venue has seen more boxing World Title fights than any other?
Madison Square Gardens, NY
17. Toothpaste was famously the first ad on TV, what was the second?
Drinking Chocolate
18. Which three towns make up Torbay?
Paignton, Torquay And Brixham
19. In what year did ITV start broadcasting?
1955
20. Which Year - Grange Hill, a realistic children’s series about life in a comprehensive school, starts on British television, Garfield the cat appears in syndicated newspapers for the first time, The first product bar code in the UK is used, The music magazine Smash Hits is launched and The UK celebrates May Day as a public holiday for the first time?
1978

21. Quiztime Survey Question - Top Answer Required - Name a popular funny man?
Peter Kay / Jack Dee / Billy Connelly / Joe Pasquale / Al Murray
22. If a clock in a mirror reads 2.25 what is the actual time?
9.35
23. Which city 3000ft above sea level, is the centre of Brazils coffee industry?
Sao Paulo
24. What is the name given to the amount of Money given to the Monarch for her personal expenditure?
The Privy Purse
25. Which `F` is the name for the metal band on the end of a pencil that holds in the rubber?
Ferrule
26. What was Jeffrey Archers first successful novel?
Not a penny more, not a penny less
27. What nationality was Che Guevara?
Argentinean
28. What is added to brandy to make a sidecar?
Cointreau
29. Imran Khan played cricket for Worcestershire and which other English county?
Sussex
30. What job does Carmen do in Bizet’s opera?
Cigar-maker
31. Which has more rainfall - The Sahara or Antarctica?
The Sahara
32. What famous world-wide organisation developed from a pamphlet called Un Souvenir de Solferino written by a Swiss Jean Henri Dunant in 1862?
The Red Cross
33. Which state was founded by Mohammed Ali Jinnah?
Pakistan
34. In which famous Sci-fi film did Leonard Rossiter have a part as a Russian Scientist?
2001: A Space Odyssey
35. Which charity does the ‘Race for Life’ raise money for?
Cancer Research
36. Of what is pumpernickel a German variety?
Bread
37. In which decade of the twentieth century did the Loch Ness Monster first hit the headlines?
1930’s
38. In which Californian town is the Disneyland Park?
Anaheim
39. How long must a person have had to be dead to qualify for a blue plaque?
20 years
40. What is the minimum possible score with 3 darts?
Zero

Tiebreaker - What age did Pelé score his first goal in the World Cup?
17