Quiz 070908
1.What was the name of the MGM Lion?
Leo!
2. Of which name has England had one King, France two and Poland three?
John
3. What name is given to the fruit that is a cross between a Grapefruit and a Tangerine?
Ugli Fruit
4. In which century did Cleopatra live?
1st Century BC
5. Which is the fastest animal on two legs?
Ostrich
6. Queen Alexandra’s Bird wing, found on Papua New Guinea, is the World’s largest species of what?
Butterfly
7. What connects Paul McCartney, Jimi Hendrix and Leonardo da Vinci?
All Left Handed
8. Which well-known drink had the original name of Bib-Lable Lithiated Lemon Lime Soda?
7-UP
9. Which former milkman, drummer and driver, who became an assistant stage manager before appearing in ‘Stars in Battledress’ during WWII, was named TV Personality of the year in 1954 and had a number one hit record in 1971?
Benny Hill
10. Which TV series was known in France as ‘Bowler Hat and High Leather Boots?
The Avengers
11. Labology is the name given to the collecting of what?
Beer Bottle Labels
12. How long can a bed bug live without food, one day, one month or one year?
One Year
13. Which is the longest month of the year?
October – 31 days plus one extra hour as the clocks are put back to GMT from BST
14. How many miles long is the Manchester Ship Canal, 40, 50 or 60 miles?
40 Miles
15. In which two languages are some street signs written in the City of Chester?
English & Latin / Roman
16. How many James Bond film theme songs did Shirley Bassey sing?
Three
17. Which Red Indian / Native American tribe did Crazy Horse lead?
Sioux or Dakota
18. Which competition starts at the Tea Olive and finishes at the Holly?
US Masters Golf Tournament
19. In which century was Highwayman Dick Turpin hanged?
18th – 1739 in York
20. London’s first Pillar Boxes were installed in 1855, what colour were they?
Green – there were six of them
21. Which item of food was known in Victorian times as Little Bags of Mystery?
Sausages
22. Is the Blue-Grey Gnatcatcher, a bird, a lizard or a spider?
A Bird
23. Cryptic Proverb – An excess of individuals skilled in the preparation of edibles impairs the quality of thin soup?
Too many cooks spoil the broth
24. Which Canal’s biggest lock is called Pedro Miguel?
Panama Canal
25. Fescue, Cocksfoot and Couch are all species of which common plant?
Grass
26. The Bridgewater Canal runs forty miles from Manchester to where?
Runcorn / Liverpool
27. What would you be doing is you engaged in an Open Telemark and a Cross Hesitation & Backward Lock?
Waltzing / Dancing
28. What is Spermophobia the fear of?
Germs
29. In which part of your body would you find the smallest muscle?
Ear - Stapes
30. What is the average capacity of the human stomach, in pints?
Four
31. Cryptic Proverbs – A feathered biped in the terminal part of the arm equals in value a pair of feathered bipeds in densely branched shrubbery?
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
32. Cambridge Favourite & Cambridge Vigour are types of which fruit?
Strawberry
33. What innocent part did Jack Mills and David Whitby play in the annals of British Crime?
Driver & Fireman of the Train in the Great Train Robbery
34. Which screen hero went to Hollywood under the guise of Issur Danielovitch Demsky?
Kirk Douglas
35. How many of the Ten Commandments tell you NOT to do things?
Eight
36. Where would you find an Escapement below a Rampart?
In a Clock
37. What was the name of the first yacht to win the America’s Cup?
America
38. If you mix eggs, mustard, oil and vinegar, what should you get?
Mayonnaise
39. The tomb of the wife of Shah Jahan is better known by what name?
Taj Mahal
40. How many prisoners got away completely free in the film ‘The Great Escape’?
Only three!
TIEBREAKER – The average Car has how many feet of wiring running its electrical systems?
2,959 feet / 900 metres
