Quiz questions

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Some of these are quite easy...

Books,Films & TV ROUND ONE – 15 QUESTIONS

1. Which famous novel features the characters of Ralph, Jack and Piggy?


2. What was the name of Caractacus Potts girlfriend in the film "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"?


3. Anthony, Barbara, Dave, Denise, Jim and Norma make up which famous family on British TV?


4. Which author created the character of Miss Marple?


5. When Walt Disney's seven dwarfs went off to work in the mines, what were they looking for?


6. Who was the general manager of the Slough branch of a paper merchants company called Wernham-Hogg?


7. To what animal was Robert Burns referring in his poem with the lines "Wee, sleekit, cow'rin, tim'rous beastie"?


8. Which famous female character of TV and films was played by a male when she was first introduced to our screens in 1943?


9. TV Running from 1990 to 2000, which TV show ended when the main character was killed by a hit and run driver?


10. What was the name of the lioness raised by George and Joy Adamson in the book Born Free?

11. Who provided the voice of the genie in the 1992 animated film "Aladdin"?

13. Who wrote "The old man of Lochnagar"?


14. Which Robert Louis Stevenson story became Disney's first non animated film in 1950?


15. What was the name of the ship's original computer in the TV show Red Dwarf?

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Sports, Games & Pastimes ROUND TWO

1. Which sport was author Bill Bryson talking about when said "It is the only sport in which spectators burn as many calories as players - more if they are moderately restless"?|



2. How many pieces are there in a standard set of dominoes?



3. Who was the first unseeded player to win the Wimbledon Mens Singles title?




4. Which are the highest scoring tiles in the game of Scrabble?




5. What type of racing has only two cars competing on the track at the same time?




6. Which British team were knocked out of the 1974 World Cup Finals on goal difference, but ended up the only unbeaten side in the competition?



7. In what sporting event do only the winners have to go backwards?



8. Which famous race takes place annually between Putney and Mortlake?



9. How many GOLD medals did the British Team win at the Olympic Games in Beijing?



10. What colour is the centre scoring zone on an archery target?

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FOUR LETTER WORDS - ROUND THREE

You may have heard that Preston City Council is experimenting with a ban on swearing in the City Centre, with a fine of £75 for every swear word.! But this round has got nothing whatsoever to do with that… EVERY ANSWER has four letters, which hopefully may help you work out the answers!


1. Which animal has the Latin name of Lupus?


2. Which chemical element has the symbol "Fe"?


3. In Cockney Rhyming Slang, what is your Whistle and Flute?


5. Who was the King of the Gods in Greek mythology?


6. What was the nickname of the French fashion designer ‘Chanel’?

7. What tiny-eyed mammal with fossorial forefeet might spoil an English lawn but not an Irish one?


8. What name is given to a racing sled for one or two people that is ridden with the

9. In greyhound racing, what trap does the greyhound wearing an orange jacket run from?



10. What plant was traditionally cultivated in Europe for its unique blue dye?

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Food & Drink - ROUND FOUR

1. What did Earl John Montagu allegedly invent so that he could eat with one hand while playing cards with the other?


2. Which drink is advertised with the slogan "made in Scotland from girders"?



3. What fruit is used to make Tarte Tatin?


4. What is the only fruit to have seeds on the outside?



5. Which famous British beer features a five-pointed blue star as its logo?



6. A Marron Glacé is what, preserved and coated in sugar?



7. What is the most widely eaten meat in the world?


8. Pekoe is a type of which drink?



9. Carrageen is an edible variety of what?


10. A cantaloupe belongs to which family of fruits?

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History – ROUND FIVE

1. After which famous person in history was the teddy bear named?



2. Who was the first person pictured on a British postage stamp?



3. Who killed whom in 1963 in what is generally regarded as the first LIVE televised murder?



4. What place in history do "Little Boy" and "Fat Man" hold?



5. What type of headgear was named after a battle in the Crimean War?



6. In what year did Adolf Hitler commit suicide?


7. In 1959, what became the 50th state of the USA?



8. What historical event does the nursery rhyme ' Ring a ring a roses' commemorate?



9. In 1785, Blanchard and Jefferies became the first to cross the English Channel using which method of transport?


10. Who was the first US President to be assassinated?

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Geography - ROUND SIX

1. What is the capital city of China?



2. In which county would you find Stansted Airport?




3. Patagonia is a region of which two south American countries?



4. In which ocean are the Falkland Islands?


5. What is the worlds most southerly capital?

6. What is the second largest country in the world?

7. Into which sea does the Nile flow?


8. What is the largest country in the Caribbean?


9. What is the only country which is crossed by both the equator and the tropic of capricorn?


10. Can you name a country that borders both Sweden and Russia?

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General Knowledge – ROUND SEVEN

1. What two words are normally used when calling the number "one" in a game of Bingo?


2. What colour is the number 10 on the door of 10 Downing Street – Black, White or Gold?


3. What number do the Roman numerals XL represent?


4. In 1647, which puritan leader introduced a law banning Christmas?


5. Alfred Nobel, the man after whom the Nobel Prizes are named, was originally well known for inventing what?


6. What is the only sign in the Zodiac not named after a living creature?


7. How many years of marriage are celebrated on the Pearl Anniversary?


8. In 1949, which charity organization produced the first charity Christmas card?


9. In heraldry what colour is sable?


10. A colour TV picture is made up of dots in which 3 different colours?

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Science & Nature ROUND EIGHT

1. If the cheetah is the fastest thing on four legs, what is the fastest on two legs?


2. What is the only bird that can swim but not fly?




3. Which acid is produced in the muscles during strenuous exercise?



4. Which planet has the Great Red Spot in its atmosphere?



5. What is Charles Babbage's most notable invention?



6. The pistil is the reproductive organ of what?



7. Where in the body are the olfactory nerves?



8. Which animal has the longest gestation period at around 22 months?



9. What type of natural substance is caoutchouc (pronounced kachook)?


10. What is the boiling point of water in degrees Fahrenheit?