QUIZTIME QUIZZES

1. Which European city linked up with London by phone in 1891?
Paris
2. In this country we reverse the charges on a phone call - what’s the term for the same thing in the USA?
Collect Call
- Which American holiday has the largest number of collect phone calls?
Fathers Day
3. Which mobile phone company made a record loss of £14.9bn in 2006?
Vodaphone
4. What does 3G mean in the mobile phone ads?
Third generation
5. In which year did it become an offence to use a mobile phone whilst driving?
2003
6. (60’s) The preacher talked to me and he smiled, Said, "Come and walk with me, come and walk one more mile, Now for once in your life you’re alone, but you ain’t got a dime, there’s no time for the phone."
I’ve Gotta get a message to you - Bee Gees
7. In mobile phone techonology, what does S.M.S. stand for?
Short message service
8. Who answered Batman and Robin’s phone when they were out together?
Alfred - the butler
9. The world’s largest mobile phone maker Nokia is based in which European country?
Finland
10. Who famously said ‘Watson, come over here, I want you’?
Alexander Graham Bell (First phone call)
11. In which country were Phone Cards invented, France, Italy or the USA?
Italy - first used in Rome 1976
12. Which comedy character would answer the phone with the words 4291?
Victor Meldrew
13. Who made the first ever phone call to the moon?
Richard Nixon
14. In which famous buiding is the phone picked up if you dial 001-202-456-1414?
The White House - 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW / Washington, DC 20500
15. Which mobile phone company changed its name to T Mobile?
One 2 One
16. On TV, who would always answer the phone saying "the lady of the house speaking"?
Hyacinth Bucket
17. Dialling 0034 would connect you to which country from a UK phone?
Spain
18. Who plays the lead role in the 2003 film “Phone Booth”?
Colin Farrell
19. What does SIM stand for, as in a SIM card for a mobile phone?
Subscribers Identity Module
20. Whose son answered the first commercial mobile phone call?
Alexander Graham Bell

21. When telephone exchanges were known by names, what building had the number Whitehall 1212?
Scotland Yard
22. In 1958 STD was first introduced in England, what does STD stand for?
Subscriber Trunk Dialling
23. What is the emergency telephone number in the USA and Canada, their equivalent of our ‘999′?
911
24. According to BT on which day of the year are the most telephone calls made in the UK?
Mothers Day
25. What do Americans call mobile phones?
Cell-phones
26. Before the formation of British Telecom in 1981 which organization was responsible for running Britain’s telephone system?
Post Office
27. Which Piece Of Electronic Equipment Connects A Computer To A Telephone Line In Order To Surf The Web?
Modem
28. What do Americans call what we in Britain know as an Ex-directory telephone number?
Unlisted
29. What number do you dial first if you don’t want the person you are calling to know your phone number?
141
30. (80’s) The phone rings in the middle of the night, my father yells, ‘what you gonna do with your life?’
"Girls Just Wanna Have Fun," Cyndi Lauper
31. Why do Icelandic phone books contain the people’s occupations in addition to the person’s name?
Because so many people there have the same name
32. Squidgygate was the name coined by The Sun newspaper for the taped phone conversations between The Princess of Wales and who in 1993?
James Gilbey
33. If you dialed a phone number beginning with the code 0121, which British city would you be calling?
Birmingham
34. According to the advert, which mobile phone company had no Eak’ in off-peak charges?
Orange
35. Jodie Foster, Mel Brooks and Cindy Crawford have all provided the voices of phone callers on what TV sitcom?
"Frasier"
36. Which group made a heartfelt phone call to Sylvia’s mother?
Dr Hook
37. What will a green phone kiosk only take for payment?
Phone cards
38. In the 2002/2003 season, which phone company, sponsored Arsenal Football Club?
O2
39. In what country do they answer phone by saying I’m listening?
Russia
40. If you end a mobile phone text message with CWYL what are you saying?
Chat with you later

Tiebreaker - On 1st January 1985 which comedian made the first British mobile phone call – to Vodaphone?
Ernie Wise
- To the nearest 3 kilogram’s, what weight was Nokia’s first mobile phone, the Mobria Senator, when it was introduced in 1982?
9.8 kgs