Quiz 010608
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
