QUIZTIME QUIZZES

1    Who did Margaret Thatcher succeed as leader of the Conservative Party in 1975?
    Edward Heath
2    What is the scientific name for the bone commonly referred to as the thigh bone?
    Femur
3    What type of fruit is a Kumquat?
    An orange
4    Which unit of currency ceased to legal tender in England on March 11th 1988?
    One Pound Note
5    In what year did Yuri Gagarin make his historic space flight?
    1961
6    Which of the  Blackadder series was set in Elizabethan Times?
    Second
7    How many athletic throwing events are there in the Olympics?
    Four - Shot Put, Discus, Javelin and Hammer Throw
8    Where in London has the postcode SW1 1AA?
    Buckingham Palace
9    What name is given to the cry of a sheep or goat?
    Bleat
10    Who was British King throughout World War One?
    George V
11    In the books by Enid Blyton, what is the occupation of Noddy?
    Taxi Driver
12    What are the four herbs mentioned in the song ‘Scarborough Fair’?
    Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, Thyme
13    Which Disney film featured the character of Uncle Remus?
    Song of the South
14    Donald F. Duncan introduced in 1929 a toy based on a weapon used by 16th-century Filipino hunters. What is it called?
    Yo Yo
15    In a game of monopoly how many different sets of coloured properties are there?
    Eight
16    What is the name of The Secret Seven’s dog?             
    Scamper
17    Liverpudlians come from Liverpool, Mancunians from Manchester, where do LOYNERS come from?
    Leeds
18    What name is given to the alloy of tin & lead?
    Pewter
19    On a UK roadsign, what does a Red Car and a Black car inside a red Circle mean?
    No overtaking
20    One point each - Which five countries other than Germany use German as their official or one of their official languages?
    Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Leichtenstein

21    One point each - Stoke On Trent is officially made up of six towns, name them?
    Tunstall / Burslem / Hanley / Stoke-upon-Trent / Fenton / Longton
- alternative - Which five counties of England have a name beginning with the letter S?
    Somerset, Staffordshire, Suffolk, Surrey, Shropshire
22    In which TV show did you find the character Stringfellow Hawke?
    Airwolf
23    What are the three Cardinal Virtues?
    Faith, Hope and Charity
24    What is the largest denomination of the Euro currency that is available as a coin?
    Two Euros
25    Which one metal is contained in both brass and bronze?
    Copper
26    If you flew into Palma airport, where would you be on your holidays?
    Majorca
27    Which is the only song to have been number one in the UK charts for four different artists in four separate decades?
    Unchained Melody (Jimmy Young, The Righteous Brothers, Robson and Jerome and Gareth Gates)
28    How are War, Famine, Death and Pestilence collectively known?
    Four Horse Men of the Apocolypse
29    What name is given to a four sided geometrical figure, with only one pair of sides parallel?
    Trapezium
30    What type of hat did Sherlock Holmes wear?
    Deerstalker
31    Which was the first company to introduce the widget into beer cans?
    Guiness
32    Who was the super hero alter-ego of Linda Lee, and who was the alter-ego of Barbara Gorden?
    Supergirl, and Batgirl
33    Which widespread medical disorder includes grand mal and petit mal forms?
    Epilepsy
34    What are the christian names of Dalziel and Pascoe?
    Andy Daziel and Peter Pascoe
35    In Welding what does TIG stand for?
    Tungsten Inert Gas
36    Which actor played the man from Atlantis?
    Patrick Duffy
37    In the Hobbit who was the leader of the Dwarves that travelled with Bilbo?
    Thorin Oakenshield
38    Which city hosted the 1992 Olympic Games?
    Barcelona
39    What shape is the head of an allen Key?
    Hexagonal
40    Which of these is the odd one out Tom Jones, Queen, Garbage, A-Ha?
    Queen - The others have sung Bond themes

Tiebreaker - In which year did Charlotte Bronte write Jane Eyre
1847

1. In a Disney film, which character is befriended by Timothy Q. Mouse?
Dumbo
2. What type of plant is tequila made from?
Cactus
3. In which decade could you have first used a ATM in this country?
1960’s
4. Which BBC Sports Presenter was formerly a leading amateur flat jockey and Champion Lady Rider of 1990?
Clare Balding
5. Verdana, Tahoma and Courier are examples of what?
Typefaces or Typing Fonts
6. How many pieces of wood make up a complete set of cricket wickets?
10 pieces - (3 stumps & 2 bails at both ends)
7. Cyclophobia - is the fear of bicycles, waves or one-eyed beings?
Bicycles
8. Which building is situated at 10 Broadway London SWI?
New Scotland Yard
9. Which Blue Peter presenter was fired in 1998 for snorting cocaine?
Richard Bacon - now on Radio 5 Live
10. Anagram - LIES - LET’S RECOUNT (8,7)?
Election Results
11. In which 1993 film did Robin Williams pretend to be a female housekeeper for his ex wife, in order to spend time with his children?
Mrs Doubtfire
12. Used in technical drawing, what shape is a ’set square’?
Triangle
13. ‘The World of Crinkley Bottom’, a tourist attraction based on Noel Edmund’s TV show opened and closed within 13 weeks in 1994, in which seaside resort?
Morecambe
14. Which formula one Grand Prix saw Lewis Hamilton’s first winner’s podium?
Canadian
15. What are known as ‘zeppelins in a fog’ in an American diner?  
Sausage & mash
16. Benidorm and Alicante are on which Spanish Costa?
Blanca
17. On a computer keyboard you need to press ’shift’ and which number to produce the ‘&’ sign?
Seven
18. In Greek Mythology who was the father of Hercules?
Zeus
19. In the Rocky films, starring Sylvester Stallone, who played the part of Mickey Goldmill, Rocky’s Manager?
Burgess Meredith
20. Which Year - Wearing of seatbelts became compulsory. Neil Kinnock elected leader Labour Party. Cecil Parkinson admitted affair with secretary, Sir Ralph Richardson died. Shergar kidnapped, Ghandi won 8 Oscars, Tories won general election. World record speed of 663.5 mph by Richard Noble?
1983

21. Quiztime Survey Question - Name a Foreign Cheese?
Gouda / Gruyere / Brie / Edam / Gorgonzola
22. Which National Park includes the Black Mountains used by the SAS for their training?
Brecon Beacons
23. By what name is the Dutch East Indies now known?  
Indonesia
24. "Leigh Delamere" and "Sarn Park" service areas can be found on which of Britain’s motorways?
M4
25. Which Russian dancer gave his name to a famous racehorse?
Nijinsky
26. North Yorkshire in terms of area is England’s largest county. Which is the second largest?
Cumbria
27. Who once said, "I am not anorexic. I eat five packets of crisps almost every day"?
Victoria Beckham
28. From which race of people does the word ‘chocolate’ originate?
Aztecs
29. Which village does Inspector Wexford live in?
Kingsmarkham
30. By what name was the pop star Mark Feld better known?
Marc Bolan (T.Rex)
31. What was the last number in the Triumph TR range of sports cars?
TR 8
32. In the song "The Deadwood Stage" sung by Doris day in the film, "Calamity Jane", how many miles had the stage travelled that day?
Twenty-Three
33. Fuggles’, ‘Styrian Goldings’ and ‘Target’ are all varieties of which plant?
Hops
34. Which US singer was born Alecia Moore in 1979, her hits include ‘Get the Party Started’, ‘Family Portrait’, ‘Stupid Girls’ and ‘Who Knew’?
Pink
35. In which TV programme does Bruce Parry live with, and in the style of, various remote native peoples?
The Tribe
36. In Indian cuisine, what is the main vegetable ingredient in a saag dish?
Spinach
37. In the United Kingdom what is the shortest distance a flat Race can be over?
Five Furlongs
38. On which Scottish Island is Laphroaig whisky distilled?
Islay
39. Who wrote the classic county and western song "Crazy"?
Willie Nelson
40. Which European country claims it has no dogs, trains or trees?
Iceland

Tiebreaker - In which year did Fidel Castro come to power in Cuba?
1959

1. What was the name of the ship in which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed to America in 1620?
The Mayflower
2. Housing around 25,000 workers, which is the world’s largest office building?
The Pentagon
3. What name is given to the list of matters to be dealt with at a meeting?
Agenda
4. "Strumming my pain with his fingers, singing my life with his words" were the opening line of what hit song?
Killing Me Softly
5. Palermo is the capital of which Mediterranean island?
Sicily
6. On a restaurant menu describing the dish ’surf and turf’ which word is the meat element?
Turf
7. In which country would you find the world renowned Winter Sports resort of St Moritz?

Switzerland
8. What is the larval stage of a butterfly or moth called?
Caterpillar
9. How many players in an Ice Hockey Team?
Six
10. The seeds from the garden flower Helianthus Annus, often provide oil for culinary use. How is it usually known?
Sunflower
11. Who played Popeye in the 1980 film?
Robin Williams
12. Which type of dog has varieties including Japanese, Sussex & King Charles?
Spaniel
13. In English, what is the only anagram of the word English?
Shingle
14. Who won Great Britain’s only gold medal in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics?
Steve Redgrave & Matthew Pincent
15. Who is the only ‘James Bond’ to have presented ‘Sunday Night At The London Palladium’?
Roger Moore
16. What type of bird is a Bookbook?
Owl
17. What is the worlds flattest continent?
Australia
18. Which game originated in India and was originally called Caturanga?
Chess
19. Which word is the most searched for on the internet?
Sex
20. Which Year - Bill Gates, aged 19, and his friend found Microsoft, A British scientist produces the first clone of a rabbit, Gillette launches the first disposable razors made of plastic, The film Monty Python and the Holy Grail is released in the UK and The first ‘drive-thru’ McDonald’s hamburger restaurant is opened?
1975

21. Quiztime Survey Question - Name something you jump on?
Trampoline / Bus / Bed / Train / Scales
22. Which 1989 film cast Tom Cruise as real-life paralysed Vietnam War veteran Rob Kovic?
Born On The Fourth Of July
23. In 2003, Penny Lancaster, became the fourth woman to give birth to a child , fathered by what rock singer?
Rod Stewart
24. Which farmyard creature has breeds including, ‘Large Black’, ‘Berkshire’ and ‘Landrace’?
Pig
25. What is the official language of San Marino?
Italian
26. Which king of Wessex and defeater of the Danes, lived from 849AD to 901AD?
Alfred The Great
27. Lycanthropy involves men changing into what?
Wolves
28. For which English county did West Indian, Brian Lara, score a record 501 not out in 1994?
Warwickshire
29. Which Spanish dance in triple time is usually accompanied by a guitar and castanets?
Fandango
30. The male of which large member of the seal family has a large snout which can be inflated in times of anger or sexual provocation?
Elephant Seal
31. Which car manufacturer produced the Volante and Vanquish models?
Aston Martin
32. "The art of kicking and punching". Which Korean martial art has that literal meaning?
Taekwondo
33. If you suffered from Alektorophobia, of which sort of animals would you be afraid?
Chickens
34. Which American President married a lady named Mary Todd?
Abraham Lincoln
35. The Botany Bay colony eventually became which city?
Sydney
36. Al-Lubnan is the official, albeit abbreviated name of which Middle-Eastern country?
Lebanon
37. Which radio and TV star lost his fight against AIDS in April 1995?
Kenny Everett
38. Which Shakespearean play features the line, "The evil that men do, lives after them"?
Julius Caesar
39. Which barbarian animal fighting was banned in Britain in 1848?
Cock Fighting
40. The Parthenon, in Athens, was built as a temple to who?
Athena

Tiebreaker - How many miles is it from Manchester to Baghdad?
2,614