Quiz 100808
1. Who is the only male athlete to have successfully defended the Olympic 100 metres title?
Carl Lewis
2. Halle Berry plays the part of Catwoman in the new (2004) film but who played Catwoman in the movie ‘Batman Returns’?
Michelle Pfeiffer
3. Which toy, long popular in China, has now acquired more popularity in the west, especially in the ’stunt’ version?
Kite
4. Which actors films have included ‘Ricochet’, ‘Crimson Tide’ and ‘Courage Under Fire’?
Denzel Washington
5. In which country could you buy a chocolate bar called ‘Plopp’, Italy, Sweden or Poland?
Sweden
6. Which game was invented in 1875 by British Army officers serving with the Devonshire Regiment in India?
Snooker
7. Eddie Butler and Nigel Starmer-Smith are TV Commentators on which sport?
Rugby Union
8. Which American Indian Chief was killed at Wounded Knee?
Sitting Bull
9. Luke, Bo and Daisy were cousins in which TV series?
Dukes of Hazzard
10. In which sport would you perform adolphs, randolphs and rudolphs?
Trampoline
11. What colour are the flowers of Wild Garlic?
White
12. Which Formula One racing team are based at Maranello?
Ferrari
13. Which young actor died whilst shooting the 1993 film ‘Dark Blood’?
River Phoenix
14. Who declared Britain a Republic in 1649?
Oliver Cromwell
15. What is the Royal Dog of China?
Pekingese
16. For which security organisation did Captain Scarlet work?
Spectrum
17. What was the first US consumer product to be sold in the Soviet Union?
Pepsi-Cola
18. What did Darius Perkins do, before Jason Donovan?
Play Scott Robinson in Neighbours
19. Which London terminus is at the end of the Chiltern Line?
Marylebone
20. In which century did Brown Bears become extinct in the UK?
11th C
21. True or False - Sharon Stone, Nigel Mansell and John Fashanu are all black belts at karate?
True
22. In which country was the world’s first motorway?
Germany
23. What does MFI stand for?
Mullard Furniture Industries
24. Which band took their name from a cramped appartment they once shared?
Crowded House
25. Which is the only Australian State to have borders with five others?
South Australia
26. Which Israeli city gives its name to a type of orange?
Jaffa
27. On which racecourse is the Champion Hurdle run?
Cheltenham
28. Which Internationally successful pop brothers were born on the Isle of Man?
Bee Gees
29. In Alice in Wonderland, who put butter in the Mad Hatter’s watch?
The March Hare
30. Which member of the Monty Python team once appeared as a surfer on Home & Away?
Michael Palin
31. What sort of creature is a ‘Frogmouth’?
A Bird - Nocturnal
32. Chris Norman was the lead singer of which seventies band?
Smokie
33. In which county is Stilton cheese traditionally made?
Leicestershire
34. Which monster, in Greek Mythology, had nine heads?
Hydra
35. What does the brand name BISTO stand for?
Browns, Seasons, Thickens-In-One
36. Which river does Balmoral Castle overlook?
Dee
37.In 1956, who was voted the very first European footballer of the Year?
Stanley Matthews
38. What sort of beer takes its name from the German word for ’store’?
Lager
39. Choo Choo and Spook were members of whose gang?
Top Cat / Boss Cat
40. What crime did Kristin Shepard commit in 1980?
She shot JR Ewing in Dallas!
Tiebreaker - To which century do Umbrellas date back?
2nd Century BC
