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