QUIZTIME QUIZZES

1. Which fruit got its name from the way it hangs in bunches like grapes?
Grapefruit
2. The pharmaceutical drug ’sildenafil citrate’ is much better known by what name?
Viagra
3. The Korean soup ‘Poshintang’ is a popular item on summertime menus, but is made from what?
Dogs
4. The blood of mammals is red and the blood of lobsters is blue, but what colour is the blood of insects?
Yellow
5. When Blackburn Rovers won the premiership in 1994/95, which sponsors name was on their shirts?
Mckewans lager
6. Which TV comedian took his stage name from his mothers maiden name?
Lily Savage
7. What is the name of the underground city in the Matrix films?
Zion
8. Alex Tremayne was the boss of which superhuman trio on TV?
The Champions
9. What british public service ceased on June 12th, 1921?
Sunday post deliveries
10. Which shirt number do Italian clubs reserve for their star player?
Ten
11. In football history, what was John Aldridge the first player to do in a FA cup final?
First player to miss an FA cup final penalty
12. Which male person has the most monuments erected in his name?
Buddha
13. Apart from the eyes and the fingers what is the other part of the body has patterns unique to each person?
Tongue
14. In which daily newspaper will you find the cartoon series "Rupert the bear"?
Daily express
15. What name is given to the member of a film crew who moves the film equipment?
Grip
16. What was the name of the BBC’s 90’s sci-fi detective show that starred Jesse Birdsall & Craig McLauchlan?
Bugs
17. From which material is an ice-hockey puck made?
Rubber
18. What country do the football team FC Jazz originate from?
Finland
19. Which F1 driver played in a band called Sex Hitler & the Hormones?
Damon Hill
20. How many capsules or pods are there on the London eye big wheel, located on the banks of the river Thames?
32

21. Which British city has an underground railway system that is nicknamed "The Clockwork Orange"?
Glasgow
22. Name the three Top Ten hits for the Beach Boys that contained a first name in the title of the song?
Barbara Ann, Sloop John B and Lady Lynda
23. Cricket, Which county plays its home matches at the Rose Bowl?
Hampshire
24. Snooker, Which former world snooker champion had previously been an apprentice jockey?
Alex Higgins
25. Horse Racing, Which racecourse was established by Queen Anne in 1711?
Ascot
26. What breed of dog was Lady in the Disney animation Lady and The Tramp?
Cocker Spaniel
27. What was the title of the Beatles last single released while they were still together?
Let It Be
28. Scientists claim that every minute, about 900 million tons of … what… hits the earth?
Rain
29. Charles Taze Russell is credited with founding what religious group, whose members number approximately 2.5 million worldwide?
Jehovah’s Witnesses
30. William Morgan was a YMCA physical director who invented what sport in 1895 as a substitute to basketball?
Volleyball
31. What part of Paris is named for the mythological place of supreme happiness and bliss where souls of the good go after death?
Champs Elysees
32. What organ in your body lies between the cardiac and pyloric sphincters?
Stomach
33. What 1955 movie musical used the vast cornfields of Arizona for location footage after producers were disappointed with the obvious site?
Oklahoma
34. Which Asian country has a green flag, for the fertility of the land, with a central red disc as the Sun of Independence?
Bangladesh
35. What event in history prompted the infamous phrase, "My God, what have we done?"
Dropping the first Atomic Bomb
36. On a movie set, what is the name of the person who is the assistant or apprentice to the head handyman?
Best Boy
37. What word does the "C" stand for in CAT scan?
Computerized - Axial Tomography
38. The founder of what airline was ordered by Hitler to build the Luftwaffe?
Lufthansa
39. By what name was the actor Lee Yuen Kam better known?
Bruce Lee
40. Who has smaller balls, British or American - golfers?
Brits can use balls as small as 4.11cm, and Americans 4.27cm

TIEBREAKER - What is the population of the US?
281 million

1. Which three spaghetti westerns did director Sergio Leone make that starred Clint Eastwood as the cowboy with no name?
Fistful of dollars; For A Few Dollars More; The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
2. Whose father was Uther Pendragon?
King Arthur
3. In which classic film does gunfighter Frank Williams arrive on the midday train?
High Noon
4. Which British athlete’s autobiography is entitled A Time To Jump?
Jonathan Edwards
5. Who is the only actor from the original Magnificent Seven still alive?
Robert Vaughn - Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Horst Buchholz, Charles Bronson, Robert Vaughan, Brad Dexter, and James Coburn made up the original Magnificent Seven
6. Which town on the South coast of England became a city as part of the millennium celebrations?
Brighton
7. The ancient Chinese artists never painted one part of a women’s body in their pictures. Which part?
Feet
8. Which English monarch had a horse called White Surrey?
Richard III
9. What film was advertised with the slogan "an adventure 65 million years in the making"?
"Jurassic Park"
10. In 1996, Paul Hogan starred in which film that was based on a 1960’s children’s TV series?
Flipper
11. Who ended Bjorn Borg’s five-year winning streak in the mens’ singles title in 1981?
John McEnroe
12. What Is Indiana Jones’s Real First Name?
Henry
13. True or False - The inventor of Vaseline, Robert Chesebrough, believed that you should eat a spoonful a day of the stuff to ensure good health, which he did everyday until his death at the age of 96?
True!
14. Who is the oldest Billy Joel, Billy Ocean or Billy Idol?
Billy Joel
15. "The Cage" was the 1964 pilot episode of which successful series?
Star Trek
16. ‘Through early morning fog I see visions of the things to be’ are the first words in which TV series’ theme tune?
Mash
17. Which three Scottish league team feature on a compass?
Queen of the south, East Fife, East Stirling
18. Which two animals appear on the Australian Coat of Arms?
Kangaroo and Emu
19. Which TV police series began as a one off programme called "Woodentop"?
The Bill
20. How Many Different Prime Ministers Have There Been During The Present Queen’s Reign?
11 - Churchill, Eden, Macmillan, Douglas-Home, Wilson, Heath, Callaghan, Thatcher, Major, Blair, Brown

21. On which gameshow could you go from gold to gold in 60 seconds to win?
Blockbusters - on the Gold Run
22. What was the only type of wood used by Thomas Chippendale?
Mahogany
23. "A Man Advised" is an anagram of which famous footballer?
David Seaman
24. Whose love rival was two ton Ted from Teddington?
Ernie (the fastest milkman in the west)
25. In which film does a dog called Two Socks befriend Kevin Costner?
"Dances With Wolves"
26. According to the nursery rhyme, who put pussy in the well?
Little Johnny Green
27. How old was Tiger Woods when he first won the British Open Golf Tournament?
24
28. With which 80’s pop duo would you associate Theresa Bazaar and David Van Day?
Dollar
29. How old was Mike Tyson when he won his first World Heavyweight title?
20
30. Whose ghost is said to haunt the White House?
Abraham Lincoln’s
31.Which motor racing driver said "When a man holds you round the throat, I don’t think he has come to apologise" after a collision with Nigel Mansell in 1987?
Ayrton Senna
32. How is the fictional "Charles Townsend Associates Private Detective Agency" better known?
Charlie’s Angels
33. What was the name of the old Naval punishment that involved dragging the victim underwater from one side of the ship to the other?
Keel-hauling
34. This week’s very sad question! - What was the name of the Walton’s Pet Dog?
Reckless
35. In which American state is Harvard University?
Massachusetts
36. Only two nuts are mentioned in the Bible. One is the cashew, what is the other?
Almond
37. Which English comedian was awarded the freedom of the capital city of Albania?
Norman Wisdom
38. Which 1980’s pop duo named themselves after a form of Greek dance and mime?
The Eurythmics
39. Who scored the last goal at Wembley, the goal that ended Kevin Keegan’s reign as England manager?
Dietmar Hamman
40. What do men take seven minutes to do in bed, on average?
Fall Asleep!

TIEBREAKERS - For how many years was the decimal halfpenny legal tender in the UK?
14 (71-85)
What Is The Number Of Coca Cola Soft Drinks Consumed Every Second, Worldwide?
10,450
In which year did the first bungee jump in Britain take place?
1979
In what year will Halley’s Comet next appear?
2062
In which year was a World Cup final first decided on penalties?
1994
How many people does the Terminator played by Arnold Schwarzenegger kill in the film "Terminator 2"?
None!