Quiz 121008
1. Which was the last Apollo mission that put men on the Moon?
Apollo 17 - December 1972
2. Which breed of dog, despite its name, was originally bred in Germany to hunt for Boar?
Great Dane
3. Which event features Calf Romping and Steer Wrestling?
Rodeo
4. What did Rudyard Kipling invent to help golfers playing in the snow?
Red Balls
5. Dogs, Humans or Cows, which one has the best hearing?
Dogs
6. What problem caused Catherine the Great to jail her hairdresser to prevent her talking about it?
Dandruff
7. It’s played over four periods of 15 minutes and only two of the seven players can score, which sport?
Netball
8. What were the first three food items to be rationed, when rationing was introduced in January 1940?
Bacon, Butter and Sugar
9. If you were using thin paper and heelball, what pastime would you be participating in?
Brass Rubbing
10. What is the next number in the series, 20 - 1 - 18 - 4 - 13 - 6?
10 - Clockwise around a dartboard
11. What colour is Tin Tin’s dog in Herge’s famous adventure books?
White - Snowy!
12. Which coin went out of circulation in 1984?
Half Pence Piece
13. If Yesterday’s Tomorrow was Saturday, What day is the day after Tomorrow’s Yesterday?
Sunday
14. In medieval times, what was held and hung in a metal cage, to act as a deterrent to criminals?
A dead body
15. How many times do most insects mate during their lifetime?
Just Once!
16. Which of the Armed Services was founded in the 9th century by Alfred the Great?
Royal Navy
17. Which is the World’s most popular brand of cigarette?
Marlboro
18. From which part of a Pig does Ham come?
Its hind legs
19. In the Magpie Rhyme, one is for sorrow, two is for joy, what is seven for?
A secret never to be told
20. A Quadruped has four feet, a Biped has two feet, what does a Palmiped have?
Webbed feet
21. What is Bathophobia the fear of?
Depths
22. Which Pop-Star started his career singing under the name of Lieutenant Lush?
Boy George
23. Who, in the Bible, was six cubits and a span tall?
Goliath
24. Which organisation’s motto is ‘Service before self’?
Rotary Club
25. There are now over ten million Brits living abroad, in which country do the largest number live?
Canada
26. Film star Roy Sherer died in 1985, what was his more famous screen name?
Rock Hudson
27. In the Nursery Rhyme what did Tom Tom the Piper’s son steal?
A Pig
28. Exactly where in the world would you see fog called ‘The Tablecloth’?
On Table Mountain
29. What sort of creature is a Coley, is it a bird, a fish or an insect?
Fish
30. Which British Island, about eighty feet across, is in the Atlantic, 230 miles west of the Hebrides?
Rockall
31. What is the name of the metal discs in the rim of a Tambourine, are they Pings, Tinklers or Jingles?
Jingles
32. How many colours represent all the properties on a Monopoly board?
Eight
33. Where would you find a Daglock, in a canal, on a sheep’s rear end or in a safe?
Sheep’s rear end - dirt covered clump of wool
34. What name is given to a joint of Beef cut from the breast next to the ribs?
Brisket
35. Who played Tommy Steele in the film ‘The Tommy Steele Story’?
Tommy Steele!
36. JEWELS RITUAL is an anagram of which famous actress?
Julie Walters
37. Which sport is believed to have originated on Pentecost Island as an initiation ceremony?
Bungee Jumping
38. According to Mythology, what did Perseus’s Helmet do for him?
It made him Invisible
39. In the 19th century, what were Piccadilly Weepers were they Knee Ribbons, False Eyelashes or Droopy Whiskers?
Droopy Whiskers
40. What was the name for the Wooden Head of a woman with a clay pipe in her mouth at which people threw wooden balls at fairs?
Aunt Sally
TIE BREAKER - How old was Sean Connery when he starred in his first James Bond film
32 – (Dr No)
