QUIZTIME QUIZZES

1. Who slept for 20 years in the Catskill Mountains?
Rip Van Winkle
2. What is the Chemical Symbol for Mercury?
Hg
3. What’s the third part of J.R.R. Tolkien’s ‘Lord of the RIngs’ trilogy?
The Return of the King
4. The construction of which famous New York City builing was completed in 1931?
Empire State Building
5. Which French composer wrote the music to the opera Carmen?
Georges Bizet
6. Who had a top ten hit single in 1986 with ‘Dancing on the Ceiling’?
Lionel Richie
7. The 1988 film ‘Hellbound’ was a sequel to which horror movie?
Hellraiser
8. How many strings on a cello?
Four
9. What is the name given to the Jewish festival of New Year?
Rosh Hashanah
10. What colour is the cross of the Swedish National Flag?
Yellow
11. What spirit gives a Sinapore Sling its kick?
Gin
12. In which of these years was Isaac Newton alive A)1601 B)1701 C)1801 D)1901 ?
B) 1701
13. What is the substance that the human body over produces in an allergic reaction to pollen ?
Histamine
14. Which fruit comes from the tree prunus armeniaca?
Apricot
15. Which country won the 1996 Eurovision Song Contest?
Ireland
16. From which language does the word shampoo come from?
Hindi
17. Which cult TV series began each episode with "There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to men"?
The Twilight Zone
18. Musically speaking, what does R & B stand for?
Rhythm and blues
19. Which flower is the emblem of Holland?
Tulip
20. In which year was the Quartz Digital Watch invented?
1971 - George Theiss & Willy Crabtree

21. Which line makes a diagonal pass across the Bering Sea?
The International Date Line
22. Which Bee Gees UK number one hit had a question in the title?
How deep is your love?
23. Who was America’s 40th president?
Ronald Regan
24. How many octaves above a flute is a piccolo?
One
25. What is your sport if you rub kilster on your equipment?
Skiing
26. Which mythological Greek hunter gave his name to a famous star constellation?
Orion
27. What was the name of Pugsley and Wednesday’s mother in ‘The Adams Family’?
Morticia
28. How many pipes stick out of a bagpipe bag?
Five
29. What can be ‘up’ ‘down’, are sometimes ’strange’ and sometimes ‘charmed’?
Quarks (atomic particles)
30. What colour is the Hope Diamond?
Blue
31. Which bit of your body sticks out further than that of the average man if you are prognathous?
Your jaw
32. "On A Dark Desert Highway, Cool WInd In My Hair" is the beginning words of what song?
Hotel California
33. Who are more likely to be colour-blind, men or women?
Men
34. In 1880, Louis Pasteur invented which disease fighting process?
Vaccination
35. What has a gardner grown if he proudly shows you his Early Horn?
A carrot
36. What close-fitting garment worn by dancers is named after a 19th century French trapeze artist?
The Leotard
37. Which country is immediately south of Egypt?
Sudan
38. How many toes does Bugs Bunny have on each foot?
Three
39. Which war hero gave his name to a type of footwear?
The Duke of Wellington
40. What ready-made object did Marcel Duchamp exhibit under the title ‘Fountain’?
A Urinal

Tiebreaker - How many millionaires were aboard the ill-fated Titanic?
57