Quiz 060708
1. In Iraq, are there more Sunni Muslims or more Shiite Muslims?
Shiite
2. Which Scottish Sport star is the owner of the luxurious Columbus Hotel in Monaco?
David Coulthard
3. In which English seaside town might an organisation hold its conference at the Spa Centre?
Scarborough
4. According to Daniel Defoe, how many years did Robinson Crusoe spend on his island, 8, 18 or 28?
28 years
5. Which 1977 hit record had a French title meaning ‘Love Poem’?
Chanson d’amour by Manhattan Transfer
6. In which country is the ancient city of Dubrovnik?
Croatia
7. Who circled the world in just 1 hour and 29 minutes in April 1961?
Yuri Gagarin
8. In Mythology, who was the father of Jupiter?
Saturn
9. What is the name of the black terrier in the Fred Bassett cartoon strip?
Jock
10. Which Italian football club is sometimes referred to as the ‘Grand Old Lady’?
Juventus
11. In which English county is the Watford Gap service station?
Northamptonshire
12. Who narrated the classic children’s TV series Chigley, Trumpton and Camberwick Green?
Brian Cant
13. Which European city has a famous street called Las Ramblas?
Barcelona
14. Which branch of the armed forces was founded in 1918?
R.A.F.
15. How is the National Campaign for the Homeless more commonly known?
Shelter
16. Which country’s two main political parties are the Congress Party and the B.J.P?
India
17. One point each, name the three female Cluedo murder suspects?
Mrs Peacock, Miss Scarlet and Mrs White
18. Which Cheshire town was traditionally the base of Britain’s Silk industry?
Macclesfield
19. Who climbed the Eiger in 1962 and was awarded the CBE in 1975?
Chris Bonnington
20. Rampant Rabbitt is one of the best selling items in Ann Summers shops, what is it?
A Vibrator!
21. Which country has the International car registration PNG?
Papua New Guinea
22. Which small European country is home to 611 breweries?
Belgium
23. What is the largest species of British beetle?
Stag Beetle
24. Mythology, on which Greek Island did Sappho write poems for her female admirers?
Lesbos
25. What was designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott and originally known as K6?
Red Telephone Box
26. In home buying, what does GCH stand for?
Gas Central Heating
27. What was the surname of the first man to fit pneumatic tyres to a car?
Michelin (1895)
28. For what was Operation Z the codename in World War II?
The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour
29. Which English man played on the losing side in the 1980 European Cup Final?
Kevin Keegan (Hamburg)
30. Which company, who make toy cars and other models, won the first toy of the year award in 1965 for a model Aston Martin from the first James Bond film?
Corgi
31. In 1941, the Rainbow Bridge was opened over which waterfalls?
Niagra Falls
32. What started with Singapore in 1940 and ended with Hong Kong in 1962?
Road Movies starring Bing Crosby & Bob Hope
33. What type of ball did Nolan Ryan once throw at a record speed of 100.9 mph?
Baseball
34. What links the English towns of Barton and Hessle?
The Humber Bridge
35. Which TV Chef plays drums in the pop group Scarlet Division?
Jamie Oliver
36. The phrase ‘mind your p’s and q’s’ originally meant to watch how much you had to drink, but what did the letters p & q stand for?
Pints & Quarts
37. When the TV sitcom Fawlty Towers was sold to Spanish television, what nationality did they make the character Manuel?
Italian
38. Which pop duo was made up of Colin Routh and Alan Barton?
Black Lace
39. Who was the famous widow of the oil billionaire J Howard Marshall?
Anna Nicole Smith
40. Which animal can help give you the temperature in Fahrenheit by adding the number of noises it makes in 14 seconds and adding 40?
A Cricket
TIEBREAKER – How many different languages and dialects are spoken throughout India?
1,652
