QUIZTIME QUIZZES

1. What is the birthstone for the month of June?
Pearl
2. What kind of guns are targeted in the violent crimes bill 2006?
Replica
3. Who became Henry VIII’s first wife in 1509?
Catherine of Aragon
4. Who rocketed past established old rivals to become the world’s biggest media company by stock market value at 44bn pounds in 2006?
Google
5. The Keukenhof, which claims to be the world’s largest flower garden, is located in which country?
Netherlands - Holland
6. Born in 1910, which French explorer invented the aqualung?
Jacques Cousteau
7. Who kicked off one of sport’s highest profile libel actions by claiming his name had been "blackened" by football pundit Gary Lineker?
Harry Kewell
8. In which European country is Dalmatia, from where the Dalmation dog gets its name?
Croatia
9. Who played the title role in the musical ‘Barnum’, first performed in London in 1981?
Michael Crawford
10. What is the name of the baked, light, sweet or savoury, dish whose name derives from the French ‘to puff up’?
Souffle
11. How is the medical condition of Lateral Epicondylitis more commonly known?
Tennis Elbow
12. In 1953, who became the first professional cricketer to captain England?
Sir Len Hutton
13. True or False - In 1916, Jones Wister of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania invented a rifle for shooting around corners. It had a curved barrel and periscopic sights?
True
14. If a culinary dish has been devilled what has been done to it?
Spiced heavily
15. Born in 1819, who wrote the children’s story ‘The Water Babies’?
Charles Kingsley
16. What computer term evolved when an early computer had a moth get inside it causing it to crash?
Bug
17. A river in South Africa, a town in France and an area of Southern California all share which name?
Orange
18. Known as Hitler’s ’secret weapon’, which missile first landed in England in 1944?
The V-1 (also known as the flying bomb, the buzz bomb or the doodle bug)
19. Which keyboard symbol is the octothorpe more commonly known as?
Hash
20. Quiztime Survey Question - Top Answer Required - Name something you collect?
(Top Five Answers required - one point each)
Stamps / CD’s / Teddy Bears / £2 Coins / Keyrings
(other answers included - Parking Tickets / Rubbish / Elephants / Rugby Shirs & (worryingly) Guns!

21. Which Year - Bacofoil, the first aluminium kitchen foil, is launched on the British market, Iron City Beer in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, produces the first aluminium can with a ring-pull, The Australian tennis player Rod Laver achieves the Grand Slam, Golden Wonder introduces the flavoured potato crisp into the British market when it launches cheese and onion crisps and The Gentlemen v. Players cricket match, established in 1806, is played for the last time at Lord’s, London, as the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) votes to abolish the distinction between amateurs (’gentlemen’) and professionals (’players’)?
1962
22. Following the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, the US Army produced a set of playing cards featuring its 52 most wanted Iraqis. Which card was assigned to Saddam Hussein?
Ace of Spades
23. Which was the first colour film to win an Oscar?
Gone with the Wind
24. Prostitutes from which ancient civilization invented lipstick, Greek, Roman or Egyptian?
Egyptian
25. Who was the first Tudor monarch?
Henry VII
26. Denmark is connected to which country by a tunnel to and a bridge from Peppar Island?
Sweden
27. Which heavyweight boxer appears on the cover of the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s album?
Sonny Liston
28. It means Aunt Mary in English, but by what name do we usually know this drink?
Tia Maria
29. Which English cathedral is associated with a Devilish Imp?
Lincoln
30. The song ‘Never smile at a crocodile’ comes from which animated movie?
Peter Pan
31. Which of Boeing’s , passenger jets were first launched in 1958 seating 189 passengers?
Boeing 707
32. On which Greek island would you find the Acropolis of Lindos?
Rhodes
33. During which decade did Christian Dior introduce narrow shoulder and long billowing skirts as the New Look?
1940’s - 1947
34. Which two sides fought the Battle of Marston Moor in 1644?
The Roundheads and the Cavaliers
35. Which Australian man made structure is longer than the Great Wall of China?
The Dingo Fence
36. What is the Italian word for a square or marketplace?
Piazza
37. If you had a Cyberphobic secretary what would be her problem?
Fear of Computers
38. In Medieval England what name was given to the area presided over by a Lord?
Manor
39. What is the name of the metal covers that can be swung over portholes?
Deadlights
40. Farmer Higgs owns three pink pigs, four brown pigs, and one black pig. How many of Higgs’ pigs can say that it is the same color as another pig on Higgs’ farm?
Pigs can’t talk!

Tiebreaker - Longest Fall Survived In An Elevator?
Betty Lou Oliver (USA) an elevator operator, survived a plunge of how many stories in an elevator in the Empire State Building, New York, USA, on July 28, 1945.
75 -  (over 300 m or 1,000 ft)

1. Which star sign falls between Feb 20th and March 20th?
Pisces
2. In bullfighting, what name is given to the men who ride on horses carrying long lances?
Picadors
3. Three points - Other than London, three other British cities can hallmark gold and silver - point each for the three?
Edinburgh, Birmingham and Sheffield
4. Which Russian football team was the first to reach a European Final?
Moscow Dynamo
5. In 1974, singer Cher filed for divorce from her husband. Who was he?
Sonny Bono
6. What was the first decimal coin to be issued in Britain?
50p piece
7. In 1962, who became the first man to orbit the earth?
John Glenn - he orbited three times
8. By which river does Blackburn’s Ewood Park stand?
Darwen
9. Which Kylie Minogue song reached the top of the UK pop charts in Feb 1988?
`I Should Be So Lucky’
10. Which mail-order company specialises in trivial things like nose-hair trimmers and electric mole scarers?
Innovations
11. The first episode of `EastEnders’ was screened in which year?
1985
12. What was Helen Mirren’s character called in Prime Suspect?
Jane Tennison
In 1994, who was the first cricketer to be fined for misconduct?
Mike Atherton
13. Song Lyrics - "On the waves of the air, there is dancin’ out there. If it’s somethin’ we can share, we can steal it"?
Night Fever/ Bee Gees
14. Officially, how long was Prince Charles married?
14 years
15. Born in 1473 which Polish astronomer was considered the founder of modern astronomy?
Nicolaus Copernicus
16. What was the unlikely name of Dick Van Dyke’s girlfriend in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?
Truly Scrumptious
17. Which footballer wrote an autobiography called "Hell Razor"?
Neil Ruddock
18. What part of the Horseradish plant is used to make horseradish sauce?
Root
19. What one word can go before beer, bread and nut to make other words?
Ginger
20. Quiztime Survey Question - Top Answer Required - Name a Sexy Actress?
Halle Berry / Sharon Stone / Sandra Bullock / Julia Roberts / Jennifer Lopez!

21. Which Year - The first issue of the Sunday Telegraph was published, Danny Blanchflower became the first person to refuse appear on the television programme "This is Your Life", Russian dog Laika was launched into space aboard the spacecraft Sputnik 9 and Death of English entertainer George Formby?
1961
22. In the Robin Hood stories, who was the Sheriff of Nottingham’s chief henchman?
Guy of Gisburne
23. Which of the following foods has the lowest water content - carrots, tomatoes, whole milk or celery?
Milk
24. Who was the first royal after Henry VIII to marry after a divorce?
Princess Anne
25. With which sport would you associate the Newcastle Jesters?
Ice Hockey
26. How many Welsh teams are there in the 4 main football divisions?
Two
27. Which sportsman’s fiancée is model Heidi Wichlinski?
David Coulthard
28. What’s the top prize for the ultimate winner of Countdown?
Set of Oxford English Dictionary
29. Officially, between which two towns does the M6 run?
Rugby to Carlisle
30. Which herb is used to flavour the sauce on pizzas?
Oregano
31. How many Concordes were built?
Twenty
32. What sport takes place in an area 32ft by 21ft across, using a ball that weighs approximately 24 gms?
Squash
33. What colour are the berries of the Yew tree?
Red
34. If you were to fly to Los Angeles, what 3-letter code would be put on your luggage?
LAX
35. In Wales, many towns begin with Llan - what does it mean?
Church
36. Which famous author of spy stories was really an intelligence agent during World War II?
Ian Fleming
37. Which sea creature, beginning with a B, has sex organs 30 times its body length?
Barnacle
38. What penalty are you given in golf if you play with your opponent’s ball?
2 strokes
39. What, according to Groucho Marx, begins with F, ends with K, and if you can’t get one, you have to use your hand?
Fork
40. What was unique about the 1999 cup final?
It was the first time two Uniteds met in an FA Cup Final (Man Utd v Newcastle Utd)

Tiebreaker - How many lakes are there in Finland?
60,000

1. Which 1970’s pop group had their own TV show called Shang - A - Lang?
The Bay City Rollers
2. Which book of the old testament is named because the opening chapters concern a census of Israelite tribes?
Numbers
3. Of the five coloured Olympic rings which colour represents Europe?
The Blue Ring
4. Which building in London contains a slab on the floor marking the tomb of an Unknown Warrior of World War One?
Westminster Abbey
5. Which singers name is Cockney rhyming slang for gin?
Vera Lynn
6. What was the name of IBM’s computer which famously beat Gary Kasparov at Chess in 1997?
Deep Blue
7. Which comedian’s autobiography is entitled And There’s More?
Jimmy Cricket - I use the term comedian very loosely!
8. Which ABBA song features the lyrics, I’m nothing special, in fact I’m a bit of a bore,
if I tell you a joke , you’ve probably heard it before?
Thank You For The Music
9. In which country is the world’s longest canal?
China
10. Little Jackie Paper was the human friend of which famous fictional character?
Puff the Magic Dragon - who lived in Honalee!
11. Which Cult Sci - Fi TV series featured a character called Servalan as an arch villainess?
Blakes 7
12. The capital of the American state of New Hampshire shares its name with which aeroplane?
Concorde
13. Who is the head of the organisation called Special Executive for Counter Intelligence,Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion?
Ernst Stavro Blofeld - SPECTRE
14. Other than The Beatles which Liverpool group had three No 1 hits in 1963?
Gerry & the Pacemakers
15. Which actress does Shakespeare fall in love with in the film Shakespeare In Love?
Gwyneth Paltrow
16. On the Beaufort Scale what comes between a whole gale and a hurricane?
Storm
17. By what name was the American business woman Florence Nightingale Graham, noted for her beauty salons and cosmetics, better known?
Elizabeth Arden
18. The colour supplement of which national Sunday newspaper is called You?
Daily Mail
19. Who was the first soloist to have a number one hit with the same name as himself?
Mr Blobby
20. Family Fortunes Question - Top answer required - Name a job that receives a lot of publicity?
Politician / Actor or Actress / Pop Star / Sporting Personality / Model

21. Which Year - The Queen began paying Tax, Tennis champion Monica Seles was stabbed, Graham Taylor resigned as England manager, The Government announced plans to privatise British Rail and Nelson Mandela shared the Nobel Peace Prize with South African President FW de Klerk?
1993
22. Who were denounced by Mary Whitehouse when they made their debut on Top Of The Pops in 1967?
Pans People
23. Which Everton fan was expelled from the Labour Party in 1987?
Derek Hatton
24. What type of soup was traditionally made from the saliva of a swiftlet?
Birds Nest Soup
25. In which film does Denzil Washington play a bedridden Forensic expert hunting for a serial killer?
The Bone Collector
26. In American football what name is given to the area of the pitch that attacking teams try to enter and score a touchdown?
End Zone
27. Which television character gave Ken Barrie his only chart hit?
Postman Pat
28. What creatures live in a vespiary?
Wasps or Hornets
29. In which series of films does the character of Inspector Dreyfus appear?
The Pink Panther
30. Which was the first group beginning with the letter V to have a No 1 hit in the UK?
Village People
31. The opening sequence to the film Chariots Of Fire was filmed at which famous Golf Club?
St Andrews
32. Which fish’s skin was once commercially used as sandpaper?
Shark
33. When Paddington Bear was left stranded on a station he had a label around his neck with seven words on it. The first five were Please look after this bear, What were the final two words?
Thank You
34. One Point each - Name the four brothers of Wyatt Earp?
Morgan, Jim, Virgil & Baxter
35. What was the Silver Streak in the 1976 film called The Silver Streak?
A Train
36. What type of fruit stands on top of the men’s singles tennis trophy for Wimbledon?
A Pineapple
37. What was the name of the bank manager in The Beverly Hillbillies?
Mr Drysdale
38. What was advertised using the slogan "A drink’s too wet without one"?
McVities Rich Tea biscuits
39. What was a hypocaust in a Roman building - A whirlpool Bath, A Heated seat or An Underfloor Heating System?
An Underfloor Heating System
40. What colour socks do the Barbarian Rugby team wear?
Each player wears his own club socks!

TIEBREAKER - In the first New York Marathon of 1970 how many runners completed the course?
55
How many movies did Roy Rogers make in his film career?
86
In what year were women first allowed to compete at the Olympic games?
1900
How many Paintings  and Drawings did Vincent Van Gough produce?
2057 - Watercolours 150, Oil Paintings 870, Drawings 1037

1.On which racecourse is the Derby run?
Epsom
2.Who was the Prime minister at the time of Edward the VIII’s abdication?
Stanley Baldwin
3.Which company was involved in the tragedy the killed 2000 people in Bhopal India in 1987?
Union Carbide
4.Which seaport do sailors nickname "pompey"?
Portsmouth
5.In which year was the first stretch of motorway opened in the UK.51,59 or 63?
1959
6.Name the three books the make up "The Lord Of the Rings"?
The Two Towers, the Fellowship of the Ring and Return of the King
7.Which continent has the longer coastline, Africa or Europe?
Europe
8.The Moon’s a Ballon is the autobiography of which debonair actor?
David Niven
9.What was Kojak’s first name?
Theo
10.What do we call the range of hills which forms the border between England and Scotland?
The Cheviots
11.Which country hosted the first women’s world cup in 1991, Italy, Brazil or China?
China
12.In the film "The Third Man" which character does Orsen Welles play?
Harry Lime
13.Which Democrat did Ronald Reagan defeat to become President in 1980?
Jimmy Carter
14.The Polish port of Gdansk was formerly known in Britain by what name?
Danzig
15.What is the official national anthem of the USA?
The Star Spangled Banner
16.Can you name the two other contries that joined the Common Market with Britain in 1973?
Denmark and The Republic of Ireland
17.From which film do we get the song "White Christmas"?
Holiday Inn
18.Which device in a car drives the water pump and the alternator?
The fan belt
19.Who became the president of Nationalist China on Taiwan in 1949.
Chan Kai-Shek
20.Exactly what type of feul do jet aircraft use?
Kerosene

21.Which rare radioactive metal is used to provide energy in nulcear reactors?
Uranium
22.Which failed TV soap was set on the Costa Del Sol?
El Dorado
23.What name is give to solid carbon dioxide used in refrigeration?
Dry Ice
24.In which year was the battle of the Somme?
1916
25.What title is give to the Chairman or woman of the House of Commons?
The Speaker
26.Which doctor wrote The Common Sence Book of Baby and Child Care?
Dr Spock
27.Which Motorway links South Wales to London?
M4
28.Three countries boycotted the 1980 Olympic Games can you name them?
Kenya USA W Germany
29.When were the first parking meters installed.1951,58 or 62?
51
30.In the world of motorcycling what do the initials TT stand for?
Tourist Trophy
31.How many sides has a trapezium,4 9 or 12?
4
32.According to the nursery rhyme,what happened to the nose of the maid that put out the clothes?
It was snapped off by a blackbird
33.If you were on holiday in Capri,which country would you be in?
Italy
34.What do we call a period of play in Polo?
A Chukka
35.What is the bole of a tree,the roots,the trunk or the bark?
The trunk
36.What is the basic ingredient of the drink Mead?
Honey
37.What would you expect to find in a cruet?
Salt and pepper
38.What is 1/2 - 1/3?
1/6th
39.What do we call a young goose?
Gosling
40.With what do you play a Vibraphone,your fingers,a bow or small hammers?
Small hammers

1. Which are the only two chess pieces that can make the first move?
Pawns & Knights
2. In an orchestra, do Celloists sit left or right of the conductor?
Right
3. What was the first craft to land on Mars called?
Viking I
4. Which country did Hannibal attack via the Alps?
Italy
5. Four Points - One Point Each - Which four nations fought in the Crimean war?
Britain, France, Russia & Turkey
6. Circus performer, Jules Leotard is immortalized in which well known song?
That Daring Young Man On The Flying Trapeze
7. William Cody died in 1917. What is his more familiar name?
Buffalo Bill
8. Which singer songwriter’s autobiography was entitled ‘Laughter in The Rain’?
Neil Sedaka
9. Name the cartoon character, described as a ‘Belgian boy scout’ who first appeared in a newspaper in 1929?
Tintin (created by Herge)
10. The heroine of which opera had a bullfighter lover called Escamillo?
Carmen
11. What was the name of Sir Clive Sinclair’s electric trike, launched in 1985?
The C5
12. In which country would you find the Kramat Tunggak, the world’s largest red-light district?
Indonesia
13. American actor Ray Bolger was born in 1904. Which character did he play in the classic film ‘The Wizard of Oz’?
The Scarecrow
14. Rachel Miner is the estranged wife of which young actor?
Macauley Culkin
15. Which Snooker player had the nickname of the Romford Robot?
Steve Davis
16. In which country are over a quarter of the male population Buddhist monks?
Tibet
17. For how many years are children’s passports valid?
Five Years
18. Which American city has 8 of the world’s 10 largest hotels?
Las Vegas
19. Rolf Harris was once Australian Junior Champion at which sport?
Swimming - Backstroke
20. Family Fortunes Question - Top answer required - Something that is Black & White?
Newspaper / Zebra Crossing / Barcode / Penguin / TV

21. Which Year - Fidel Castro declared himself a Marxist-Leninist who would lead Cuba to communism, Birth control pills became available on the NHS, The Elvis Presley album "Blue Hawaii" went to number one in the U.S and The Beach Boys played their first gig?
1961 - The Beatles were rejected for the first time by EMI Records, They later signed them!
22. What was the name of Inspector Clouseau’ s unpredictable manservant in "The Pink Panther"?
Cato
23. Which famous building can be found at 350 Fifth Ave. New York?
Empire State Building
24. Which Scandinavian country has the longest north sea coast?
Norway
25. In which sport do sprinters go deliberately slow for most of the race?
Cycling
26. Roger Lloyd Pack played Trigger in "Only Fools and Horses" but in which comedy did he play Owen Newitt?
The Vicar of Dibley
27. How many spices and herbs go into Kentucky Fried Chicken, is it - 8, 11, or 15?
Eleven
28. Whose titles include Earl of Carrick, Baron Renfrew and Great Steward of Scotland?
Prince Charles / The Prince Of Wales
29. In "The Odyssey", into what did the witch Circe change the sailors?
Pigs
30. Which city in Siberia gives its name to a character in "The Wombles"?
Tomsk
31. Who was pictured on the reverse of the last English pound notes?
Sir Isaac Newton
32. Which was the first human organ to be successfully transplanted?
Kidney
33. From which country does the martial art Taekwondo originate?
Korea
34. What have Wayne from Wayne’s world and Rodney from Only Fools and Horses got in common?
Both have a girlfriend / wife called Cassandra  
35. In Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, which planet do the Mysterons come from?
Mars
36. In which American state is Jack Daniel’s distilled?
Tennessee
37. On which TV show did Les Dawson say, ‘My prizes are so bad, some people leave them in the foyer"?
Blankety Blank
38. What does Grumpy reply in Snow White & the Seven Dwarves’ when she (SW) says to him ‘How do you do’?
How do you do what?
39. Six out of the seven goals scored by England at the 1986 World Cup finals were scored by Gary Lineker, Who scored the other one?
Peter Beardsley
40. Who won the World Proffesional snooker Championship’s between 1957 - 1964?
No - one - it was not held!
TIE-BREAKER - How many 30 minute episodes of Tv’s Spitting Image were made?
122
Spare - In golf a warning shout of ‘fore’ may be heard. In which sport might you hear a shout of ‘timber’?
Archery (Toxophily)