QUIZTIME QUIZZES

1. What was the title of Cliff Richard’s first No.1 single in the UK?
LIVING DOLL
2. Vanilla comes from which flower?
ORCHID
3. Mariachi and Marimba are types of music from which country?
MEXICO
4. Plantain is a cooking variety of which fruit?
BANANA
5. Which motorway runs from the M6 to Colne in Lancashire?
M65
6. in "The Simpsons" TV programme, who is Marge Simpson’s favourite singer?
TOM JONES
7. What is the state capital of Louisiana?
BATON ROUGE
8. What instrument was jazz musician Woody Herman famous for?
CLARINET
9. Which country’s wine may be labelled DOCG?
ITALY (Denominazionne di Origine e Garantia)
10. In children’s literature, who was the sister of John and Michael Darling?
WENDY
11. Which song contains the lyric "Strummin’ my Pain with his Fingers"?
KILLING ME SOFTLY
12. The San Diego Padres play which sport?
BASEBALL
13. The word "tulip" comes from the word "tuliban", which means "turban" in which language?
TURKISH
14. How man sixpences were there in half a crown?
FIVE
15. Name the first British nuclear power station, which closed in March 2003?
CALDER HALL
16. Which famous contemporary artist, now a resident of California, was born in Bradford in 1937?
DAVID HOCKNEY
17. In the Bible, who was the wife of King David?
BATHSHEBA
18. Which country is the base of the ANA Airline?
JAPAN
19. Which company makes "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" for ITV?
CELADOR
20. In the "E" food classification, what do the numbers 100 to 199 cover?
COLOURS

21. In the "E" food classification, what do the numbers 200 to 299 cover?
PRESERVATIVES
22. By what name is the singer Marie Lawrie better known?
LULU
23. What does the culinary term "farci" mean?
STUFFED
24. Which English rock group’s name is also a medieval instrument of torture?
IRON MAIDEN
25. Which of the planets has the satellites Calypso, Phoebe, and Titan?
SATURN
26. The active PLO Islamic resistance movement is better known as what?
HAMAS
27. Which animal lives in a holt?
OTTER
28. The battles of Blore Heath, Ferrybridge and Hedgeley Moor were fought during which 15th century conflict?
WARS OF THE ROSES
29. Which European country’s parliament is called the Storting; its national anthem being "We Love This Country"?
NORWAY
30. Which US state has the smallest population?
WYOMING
31. Which group recorded the albums "Duke" and "We Can’t Dance"?
GENESIS
32. In which town are the HQ of Camelot, organisers of the Lotto?
WATFORD, HERTS.
33. Which herb is associated with remembrance?
ROSEMARY
34. Which Italian immigrant family to the USA give their name to a type of whirlpool bath?
JACUZZI
35. Which 60s singer returned to the charts in 1984 with the Smiths singing ‘Hand In Glove’?
SANDIE SHAW
36. Who wrote detective novels based in the fictional town of Kingsmarkham?
RUTH RENDELL
37. Traditionally, what sort of traders would be found working in a ‘Shambles’?
BUTCHERS
38. Which record company was founded by Berry Gordy Junior in 1959?
TAMLA MOTOWN
39. What was General Custer’s first name?
GEORGE
40. Name the year: President de Gaulle resigned; Colonel Gadaffi assumed power in Libya; Manchester City win the FA Cup
1969

Tiebreaker - In which year was Dick Whittington born?
1350 (-1423)

1. IN 1950 A BISCUIT FACTORY WAS BUILT FOR THE MASS PRODUCTION OF JUST ONE PRODUCT. IT’S A CHOCOLATE BISCUIT STILL EXTREMELY POPULAR TODAY. WHAT IS IT?
2. YVONNE GOOLAGONG HAS WON WIMBLEDON TWICE. WHAT WAS HER NAME WHEN SHE WON IT FOR THE SECOND TIME?
3. WHO DID ANTHONY ARMSTRONG JONES MARRY ON 6TH MAY 1960
4. WHAT WAS TERRY GILLIAM’S CONTRIBUTION TO MONTY PYTHON’S FLYING CIRCUS?
5. VONDA SHEPHERD PLAYS THE PART OF THE BAR-ROOM PIANIST IN WHICH TV SHOW
6. WHAT WAS THE NAME OF SHERLOCK HOLMES’ OLDER BROTHER
7. WHOSE BODY WAS FOUND FROZEN IN 1999 ON MOUNT EVEREST, 75 YEARS AFTER HE DISAPPEARED
8. WHO WAS THE FIRST DIRECT DESCENDANT OF THE QUEEN, NOT TO BEAR A TITLE
9. WHAT WAS THE NAME OF BRITISH RAIL’S REVOLUTIONARY TILTING TRAIN, WHICH MADE PASSENGERS SICK
10. WHAT IS THE LARGEST CARIBBEAN ISLAND?
11. WHICH IS THE MOST EASTERLY ISLAND OF THE WEST INDIES
12. WHICH NEWSPAPER AWARDED LOUIS BLERIOT £1,000 IN 1909, FOR BECOMING THE FIRST PERSON TO PILOT A PLANE ACROSS THE ENGLISH CHANNEL
13. WHEN FAWLTY TOWERS WAS SOLD TO SPAIN, WHAT NATIONALITY DID THEY MAKE MANUEL?
14. WHICH COMEDY DUO FIRST HIT THE TV SCREENS IN A COMIC STRIP FILM CALLED, "FIVE GO MAD IN DORSET"?
15. WHICH SPORT, ORIGINALLY KNOWN AS KITTEN·BALL, BEGAN IN CHICAGO IN 1887 AS AN INDOOR VERSION OF BASEBALL
16. WHAT WAS THE NAME OF BLUE PETER’S FIRST TORTOISE, THAT HAD TO CHANGE ‘HIS’ NAME
17. THE DVLA WERE SWAMPED WITH REQUESTS, IN 1999, FOR WHICH NUMBER PLATE, WHICH COULD IMPROVE A PERSONS PERFORMANCE
18. WHO WAS THE STAR, IN HIS FIRST HOLLYWOOD FILM, ‘GONE IN SIXTY SECONDS’ WITH NICHOLAS CAGE AND ROBERT DUVALL
19. FIVE OF THE TOP TEN MOST EXPENSIVE PAINTINGS EVER SOLD AT AUCTION WERE PAINTED BY WHICH ARTIST
20. LORD SALISBURY WAS THE FIRST IN 1900, MARGARET THATCHER BECAME THE SECOND, TO DO WHAT
21. WHICH CONTINENT INCLUDES THE WORLDS’ LARGEST AND SMALLEST COUNTRIES BY AREA
22. WHICH FILM FESTIVAL HANDS OUT THE GOLDEN PALM AWARD
23. WHICH MOVIE CHARACTER WAS THE WORLDS’ FASTEST TOPIARY ARTIST AND ICE SCULPTOR
24. WHO ONCE TOLD THE RUGBY UNION SELECTORS THAT THEY WERE 57 OLD FARTS
25. TRUE OR FALSE: IN THE CANADIAN PROVINCE OF NEWFOUNDLAND, THERE IS A TOWN CALLED ‘DILDO’
26. WHO ALWAYS TALKED TO ORSON AT THE END OF THE DAY
27. WHAT WAS CHARLES (CHUCK) YEAGER THE FIRST MAN TO BREAK
28. WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE MARTIANS WHO MADE CAPTAIN SCARLET SO HIGHLY STRUNG
29. MADE FROM THERMO·PLASTIC PAPER AND THE MANILA HEMP USED TO MAKE ROPE, IT IS DESIGNED TO WITHSTAND BOILING WATER, WHAT IS IT
30. WHICH MAP WAS ‘ONGAR’ DROPPED FROM IN 1994
31. WHICH DISNEY FILM FEATURED THE OSCAR WINNING SONG ‘A WHOLE NEW WORLD’
32. WHICH SHAKESPEARE ROLE REQUIRES AN ACTOR TO LEARN 11,610 WORDS
33. WHICH FAMOUS BILLIONAIRE FILM ·MAKER WAS ONCE SMACKED BY A TEACHER FOR TAKING A LIVE MOUSE INTO THE CLASSROOM
34. WHAT LINKED 23 PEOPLE IN 1971, 40 MILLION PEOPLE IN 1997 AND 50 MILLION PEOPLE BY THE YEAR 2001
35. IN WHICH MOVIE DOES DANNY DE VITO SNARL AT MICHELLE PFEIFFER AND SAY YOU LOUSY MINX, I OUGHT TO HAVE YOU SPAYED"
36. WHICH SHIP’S 65 DAY JOURNEY IN 1620 SAW FIVE DEATHS AND TWO BIRTHS
37. WHO HAS 114 STREETS NAMED AFTER HER IN CENTRAL LONDON
38. WHICH COMMON NAME IS MENTIONED 1,064 TIMES IN THE BIBLE
39. WHAT WAS MATTHEW WEBB COVERED WITH WHEN HE BECAME THE FIRST TO SWIM THE CHANNEL, SHEEP FAT, DOLPHIN (PORPOISE) OIL OR ENGINE GREASE
40. WHICH COUNTRY BOASTED THE MOST FRENCH LANGUAGE SPEAKERS AT THE START OF 2009
T.B. HOW MANY WOMEN PLAYED IN THE FIRST LADIES’ CHAMPIONSHIP AT WIMBLEDON IN 1884

QUIZTIME TRIVIA ANSWERS

1. (PENGUIN)
2. (YVONNE CAWLEY)
3. PRINCESS MARGARET
4. (ANIMATOR)
5. ALLY MCBEAL
6. MYCROFT
7. GEORGE MALLORY
8. PETER PHILIPS
9. ADVANCED PASSENGER TRAIN / APT
10. (CUBA)
11. BARBADOS
12. THE DAILY MAIL
13. (ITALIAN)
14. (FRENCH & SAUNDERS)
15. SOFTBALL
16. FRED (CHANGED TO FREDA)
17. V14 GRA (VIAGRA)
18. VINNIE JONES
19. PABLO PICASSO
20. RE-ELECTED FOLLOWING A FULL TERM IN OFFICE
21. EUROPE
22. CANNES
23. EDWARD SCISSORHANDS
24. WILL CARLING
25. TRUE (IF A MANCUNIAN COMES FROM MANCHESTER / WHAT !!)
26. MORK (IN MORK AND MINDY)
27. SOUND BARRIER
28. MYSTERONS
29. TEA BAGS
30. LONDON UNDERGROUND MAP
31. ALADDIN
32. HAMLET
33. WALT DISNEY
34. INTERNET
35. BATMAN RETURNS
36. MAYFLOWER
37. QUEEN VICTORIA
38. DAVID
39. DOLPHIN (PORPOISE) OIL
40. FRANCE !!!
TIE - 13 

1. What word can go before ’shot’ and after ‘cauliflower’?
EAR
2. How many hoops are there in a crocquet set?
SIX
3. Which actor links Chancer, Chariots of Fire and The Whistle Blower?
NIGEL HAVERS
4. Which boxer has the Christian names Christopher Livingstone?
CHRIS EUBANK
5. Who wrote "Journey to the Centre of the Earth?"  
JULES VERNE
6. A ship’s Captain would be very concerned over reports of Growlers in the vicinity of his/her ship. What is a Growler?
SMALL ICEBERG
7.  Green Goblin and Doctor Octopus are villains in which superhero films?
SPIDERMAN
8. How many old threepenny bits were in a pound?
EIGHTY
9. Who is the writer of "Prime Suspect"?
LYNDA LA PLANTE
10. ‘The last lighthouse keeper’, ‘Mr. Macgregor’ and ‘Only dad’ are novels by which author?
ALAN TITCHMARSH
11. In which sport did one originally receive a new hat for performing a hat-trick?
CRICKET
12. The battleship USS Arizona is a designated US War Memorial. Where is it to be found?
PEARL HARBOUR
13. True or false? The character of Indiana Jones was named after George Lucas’s dog.
TRUE
14. To which British airport would you be flying if your bags were marked LBA?
LEEDS BRADFORD
15. In which film did Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito as Julius and Vincent Benedict?
TWINS
16. Which country claims to be the oldest country in the world, having become Independent in the 6th century BC?
IRAN
17. What is the currency of Japan?
YEN
18. Which organisation has its headquarters in a very distinctive cream and green building on the banks of the River Thames at 85, The Embankment, Vauxhall Cross, London?
MI6
19. Where would an American wear a fanny pack?
ROUND THE WAIST (BUM BAG)
20. Quiztime Survey Question - Top Answer Required - Another name for a wife!
MISSUS, BETTER OR OTHER HALF, HER INDOORS, TROUBLE & STRIFE, SPOUSE

21. Which Year - The finding of oil in the North Sea was announced by BP, "Cracklin’ Rose" by Neil Diamond went gold, American dare-devil Gary Gavelich broke the world land speed record in his rocket-propelled car "Blue Flame", driving at 631.367 mph, Anwar Sadat became president of Egypt and Jimi Hendrix was buried in his home town of Seattle?
1970
22. Which English cricketer was the first in the world to score a century and take ten wickets in the same test match?
IAN BOTHAM
23. Which Stateley Home and safari park belongs to the Marquis of Bath?
LONGLEAT
24. Which country was the first to win a World Cup final on penalties?
BRAZIL
25. One point each, name the four main blood groups?
A, B, AB, O
26. Which aircraft safety device was invented by British engineer James Martin?
EJECTOR SEAT
27. Which English explorer was imprisoned in the Tower of London and beheaded in 1618?
SIR WALTER RALEIGH
28. What would North American Indians do with a calumet?
SMOKE IT - IT’S A PEACE PIPE
29. How many previous German popes have there been - 4, 6 or 8?
EIGHT
30. In what kind of shop might you or an assistant use a Brannock Device?
SHOE SHOP
31. Wesley Snipes appeared in which 1987 Michael Jackson video?
BAD
32. On which English course is the Lancashire Oaks run?
HAYDOCK PARK
33. True or false - Tony Blair is an only child?
TRUE
34. How many times has Michael Schumacher been World Champion?
SEVEN
35. Who plays the part of Detective Inspector Rebus on TV?
KEN STOTT
36. What Is The Alternative Name For Crane Fly?
DADDY LONG LEGS
37. According to the ad, what put the T in Britain?
TYPHOO
38. In which sport might you see the two teams defending goals of different sizes?
WATER POLO (the goal in the shallow end can be higher)
39. According to the insurance company Elephant.co.uk, is it men or women who are more likely to have an accident on a roundabout?
WOMEN (ALSO CAR PARKS & TRAFFIC LIGHTS)
40. What do you call a female duck?
DUCK

Tiebreaker - In which year was the first Prime Suspect shown on ITV?
1991 

1. In which seaside resort did the first Butlins holiday camp open in 1936?
Skegness
2. What is the US equivalent of the S.A.S.?
Delta Force
3. In which capital city are the ancient remains of the Pantheon, the Forum, and the Coliseum?
Rome
4. Which car is advertised with the slogan “Big Small”?
Toyota Yaris
5. Which short-lived conflict between Egypt and Israel began in 1967?
The Six Day War
6. Alex Turner, Jamie Cook, Andy Nicholson and Matthew “the cat” Helders are the members of which group?
Arctic Monkeys
7. Which herb is used to flavour the sauce on pizzas?
Oregano
8. Which annual sports competition takes place on the grounds of the Beaufort Hotel in Gloucestershire?
Badminton horse trials
*9. Which country will host this years (2009) Eurovision Song Contest?
Russia
10. For a motorbike to carry a pillion passenger legally it must have a proper passenger seat and (a) a grab handle, (b) rear footrests, (c) an engine over 250cc?
Rear Footrests
11. Middlesborough stands at the mouth of which river?
The Tees
12. Which Latin American revolutionary was born in Argentina, came to prominence in Cuba then fought in the Congo and died in Bolivia?
che gueverra
13. True or False - Enorma was a huge bearded lady who, at the turn of the century had a circus act which involved pulling a gun carriage with her teeth whilst juggling 4 china plates?
False - Enorma = type of runner bean!
14. Which character in the Arabian Nights was the son of Mustafa the Tailor?
Aladdin
15. Which Welsh town was awarded city status to mark the Queen’s Golden Jubilee in 2002?
Newport
16. What name is given to a covered walkway to the side of an open courtyard in a convent or monastery?
Cloister
17. What is the name of the grossly obese Little Britain character portrayed by Matt Lucas, who spends all her time being pampered at a heath spa?
Bubbles
18. Europe’s largest oil port, Sullom Voe, is found in which group of islands off the Scottish coast?
Shetlands
19. Which suffragette suffered fatal injuries in 1913 after throwing herself in front of the King’s horse at the Derby?
Emily Davison
20. Quiztime Survey Question - Top Answer Required - Name a very popular TV Character?
Del Boy / Inspector Morse / Inspector Frost / Homer Simpson / Bart Simpson

21. Which three flavours make up a Neapolitan ice cream? (Must have all 3 correct for 2 points)
Vanilla, Chocolate and Strawberry
22. In bingo lingo, which number is ’snakes alive’?
Fifty Five
23. What was the surname of Charles, the dog expert, who organised the first annual dog show in London in 1886?
Cruft
24. In which war was the siege of Sebastopol?
Crimean War
25. Which Dutch city was the scene of an airborne invasion of allied forces in September of 1944, the incident being the subject matter of the film The Longest Day?
Arnhem
26. What is missing, Dog, Boot, Ship, Car, Top Hat?
Iron - Monopoly
27. Which British airport was the first have its own Railway Station?
Gatwick
28. In which film does the leading character Don Lockwood gets a good soaking?
Singing In The Rain
29. Habanero is the hottest type of what in the world?
Chilli Pepper
30. On a Premier League football pitch what must be either a ‘Thunderer’ or ‘Tornado’ and made by ACME?
Referee’s Whistle
31. Who in Greek Mythology was the brother of Zeus and God of the sea?
Poseidon
32. What mode of transport ran in London for the last time in 1962?
The trolleybus   
33. Which slang word for prostitutes came from the name of an American General - Hooker, Slapper or Tart?
Hooker
34. Against which country did Gary Lineker score two penalties in the 1990 World Cup?
Camaroon  
35. What is the most popular sport played in American Nudist Camps?  
Volleyball
36. What is the nationality of the pop group A-Ha, who had eight top-ten hits in the 1980’s?  
Norwegian
37. In which Asian country would you find the Salt range of mountains?  
Pakistan
38. Doodles the dog appears in which children’s television program?
The Tweenies
39. Who or what is the biggest employer for the people of Hounslow in Middlesex?
Heathrow Airport
40. The President of the USA, what was his name in 1962?
Barack Obama - he was called that in 1962! (born August 4, 1961)