Quiz 051008
1. Who led the Sioux Indians to victory at the Battle of the Little Big Horn?
Sitting Bull
2. If you ordered Caneton in a French restaurant what would you get?
Duck
3. If Livestock is a farmer’s animals, what is Deadstock?
Farm Equipment
4. The Grand National, The Laurels and The Scurry Gold Cup are all classic races for which animals?
Greyhounds
5. Which film was summarised by a critic as "a building catches fire, some people die, some people don’t"?
Towering Inferno
6. Where did Wallace Hartley and his orchestra give their final performance?
On board the Titanic
7. What sort of creature is a White-Eye, is it a bird, an insect or a reptile?
A Bird
8. When were the first Newspaper Horoscopes published, 1730, 1830 or 1930?
1930
9. Which cocktail contains Dark Rum, Coconut Milk and Crushed Pineapple?
Pina Colada
10. What is the Army equivalent of a Royal Navy Captain?
Colonel - Group Captain in RAF
11. The Lone ranger’s horse was called Silver, what was Tonto’s horse called?
Scout
12. In Monopoly, how many pounds difference between the cheapest and dearest properties?
£340 - Old Kent road = £60 / Mayfair = £400
13. What natural phenomenon occurs at average intervals of 12 hours, 24 minutes and 30 seconds?
High & Low Tides
14. What name is given to the imaginary line on the Earth’s surface, which lies at 66 degrees 33 minutes South of the Equator?
Antarctic Circle
15. A Swedish Tresilling Yellow was sold in Zurich for a record £1.4m, what was it?
A rare Postage stamp
16. In which country can The Bog of Allen be found?
Republic of Ireland
17. To what was the Under Secretary for Trade and Industry, Cranley Onslow referring, in 1972, when he said, "we are doing our utmost to quieten it"?
Concorde
18. Which US singer, who had his first hit in 1952, was awarded the first ever Platinum disc for selling 200 million records?
Bing Crosby
19. Who received a proposal of marriage, without a carriage, but on a bicycle made for two?
Daisy
20. What do Robber Crabs climb trees to steal, Dates, Coconuts or bananas?
Coconuts
21. By what name is Hydrated Magnesium Silicate more commonly known when used in the home?
Talc
22. Which Comedian, who died in 1968, had a statue dedicated to his memory unveiled outside a Blood Donor Centre in Birmingham?
Tony Hancock
23. What is the traditional Romany delicacy Furze Pig better known as?
Hedgehog
24. Canker is a nasty disease, but what are its victims, Plants, Chickens or Elderly People?
Plants
25. Which part of a Chameleon can grow up to three and a half times the length of its body?
Tongue
26. In a traditional snakes & Ladders game how many ladders are there on the board?
Eight
27. Which independent European state, with less than 1,000 inhabitants, has a nil birth rate?
Vatican City
28. What is created when light from a laser interfaces with light from a photographic plate?
A Hologram
29. What name connects the tallest US President, a City in England and the State capital of Nebraska?
Lincoln
30. The Sahara Desert stretches across how many North African countries?
Ten
31. What is the Russian word for a fortified enclosure in a town or city, the most famous being in Moscow?
Kremlin
32. What happened to Dick Scobee, Mike Smith, Judith Resnik, Ronald McNair, Ellison Onizuka, Christina McAuliffe and Gregory Jarvis in January 1986?
Died - The Challenger Explosion
33. On which day of the week will Pancake Day fall next year?
Tuesday!
34. In which century was the Post Office started?
17th Century - 1635
35. Which is the odd one out, Acrylic, Nylon, Canvas or Ployester?
Canvas - other are man made
36. What was authoress Beatrix Potter’s middle name?
Beatrix - her first name was Helen
37. What sort of creature is a Rifleman, a Bird, an Insect or a Fish?
A Bird
38. The Bummalo Fish is salted, dried and eaten as a relish called what?
Bombay Duck
39. Which King’s dying words were reputed to be "all is lost, Monks, Monks, Monks"?
Henry VIII
40. How is the home of the 15th Earl of Shrewsbury now better known?
Alton Towers
TIE-BREAKER - How many Footballs are made in Europe each year?
40 Million
