The A to Z of Quizzes

 

INTRODUCTION
Over 5000 trivia teasers await you in this comprehensive compilation. Each letter of the alphabet is represented by a different theme with each comprising of 20 separate quizzes.
This manuscript encompasses the letters A to H from Answerlinks to History with separate links for I to O (Initial quizzes to Odds & Ends), P to U and U (cont’) to Z.

CONTENTS

A is for Answerlinks
B is for Body Matters
C is for Celebrities
D is for Dirty Dozen
E is for Entertainment
F is for Food & Drink
G is for Geography
H is for History
I is for Initial Quizzes
J is for Just Trivia
K is for Kwizlets
L is for Letter Links
M is for Movies
N is for Name Games
O is for Odds & Ends
P is for Pop
Q is for Quest to Connect
R is for Read All About It
S is for Sport
T is for Television
U is for Useful Lists
V is for Vocabulary
W is for Who Am I?
X is for Xmas Quizzes
Y is for You Choose
Z is for Zoology







A is for Answer Links


ANSWER LINKS EXPLAINED

This section comprises of twenty quizzes of ten questions with each set of ten having a recurring theme that links the answers, as in the example below.

THE COUNTY SET
The answers to the following questions all contain the name of an English county.

1 What is the name of the mild mannered secret identity of Superman? (Clark KENT)

2 Who wrote the novel The Moon and Sixpence? (SOMERSET Maugham)

3 Who plays Emily Bishop in Coronation Street? (Eileen DERBYSHIRE)



















 A

ANSWER LINKS QUIZ ONE

TO BE OR NOT TO BE
The answers to the following ten questions all contain the name of a Shakespeare character.

1 What is the name of David & Victoria Beckham’s second son?

2 Who links the films The Mask of Zorro, Interview with the Vampire and Spy Kids?

3 Which TV series of the 1960s featured a submarine called The Seaview?

4 What six-letter H word is the name given to a small village?

5 What is the name of Rodney Trotter’s wife in the sitcom Only Fools and Horses?

6 Who is the patron saint of lovers?

7 In which film did Gene Kelly sing I Got Rhythm?

8 What is the name of the daughter of Sir John Mills who married the actor Maxwell Caulfield?

9 Which Dutch football club won the European Cup in 1971, 1972 and 1973?

10 Which pop trio had Top 10 hits in 1998 with the songs Life Ain’t Easy and I Want You Back?

Answers
ROMEO
ANTONIO Banderas
Voyage to the BOTTOM of the Sea
HAMLET
CASSANDRA
Saint VALENTINE
An American in PARIS
JULIET Mills
AJAX Amsterdam
CLEOPATRA

ANSWER LINKS QUIZ TWO

RIVER RIDDLES
The answers to the following ten questions all contain the name of a river.

1 Which female singer collaborated with Elton John on his first No 1 hit single?

2 Which of the Wombles was named after a South American river?

3 Which actor’s death in October 1985 raised world wide awareness of the disease AIDS?

4 Yummy, Yummy, Yummy was the biggest hit single of which 60s pop group?

5 On August 1, 1876 what became the 38th state of the USA?

6 In which story did Hercule Poirot solve the murder of Linnet Ridgeway?

7 In which 1988 film did Gene Hackman and Willem Dafoe play FBI agents investigating the activities of the Klu Klux Klan?

8 Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club play their home matches at which stadium?

9 Who connects the films Ghostbusters, Kingpin and Tootsie?

10 Who played Clint Eastwood’s female partner in the Dirty Harry movie The Enforcer?

Answers
Kiki DEE
ORINOCO
Rock HUDSON
OHIO Express
COLORADO
Death on the NILE
MISSISSIPPI Burning
TRENT Bridge
Bill MURRAY
TYNE Daly

ANSWER LINKS QUIZ THREE

AROUND THE USA
The answers to the following ten questions all contain the name of a city in the USA.

1 Who provides lead vocals for the pop group Dawn?

2 Which famous name in America’s Wild West was born in Iowa in 1846 and was buried on Lookout Mountain in June 1917?

3 Who was the only Scottish referee at football’s 2002 World Cup finals?

4 In which film did Antonio Banderas play the lover of Tom Hanks?

5 Which song contains the line, “You leave the Pennsylvania Station ‘bout a quarter to four”?

6 Which film won the 2003 Golden Globe for best musical?

7 Who signed a record breaking $100 million contract with Arista Records in 2001?

8 Who won a Best Actor Oscar for his role in the film Training Day?

9 What name was given to the tax protest of 1773 carried out by The Sons Of Liberty while disguised as Mohawk Indians?

10 With which group was Gloria Estefan when hitting the charts with the song, Dr Beat?

Answers
Tony ORLANDO
BUFFALO Bill
Hugh DALLAS
PHILADELPHIA
CHATANOOGA CHOO CHOO
CHICAGO
Whitney HOUSTON
Denzel WASHINGTON
The BOSTON Tea Party
The MIAMI Sound Machine


ANSWER LINKS QUIZ FOUR

THE COUNTY SET
The answers to the following ten questions all contain the name of an Irish county.

1 Who did Richard Chamberlain portray on TV when he was employed by Blair General Hospital?

2 Which Hollywood star died in 1957 whilst making the film Solomon and Sheba?

3 Who is the patron saint of television?

4 What is the full name of the character played by Richard Gere in An Officer and a Gentleman?

5 Which song provided Status Quo with their first chart topping single?

6 In 1977 which Australian billionaire established The World Series Cricket tournament?

7 Which musician acquired the nickname of The Man with the Golden Flute?

8 Which peer nicknamed Lord Porn died in 2001 aged 95?

9 What eight-letter L word is the name given to a five-line poem?

10 What is the name of the detective who solves the Ruth Rendell mysteries?

Answers
Dr KILDARE
TYRONE Power
Saint CLARE
Zack MAYO
DOWN DOWN
KERRY Packer
James GALWAY
Lord LONGFORD
LIMERICK
Inspector Reg WEXFORD

 

ANSWER LINKS QUIZ FIVE

FOR THE BIRD BRAINS
The answers to the following ten questions all contain the name of a bird.

1 Mount Ararat is the highest point in which country?

2 Which vessel sank on Coniston Water on January 4, 1967?

3 Who wrote an essay entitled Notes on Hospitals in 1859?

4 By what name is the fictional villain Oswald Cobblepot better known?

5 What was the name of the character played by Ben Vereen in the Emmy Award winning mini TV series Roots?

6 What was the name of the famous flying boat of Howard Hughes that saw its only flight in 1947?

7 What name is given to the dish of dried bummalo fish?

8 In which American soap of the 1980s did Jane Wyman play Angela Channing?

9 Which singer born in Missouri in 1962 won three Grammy Awards for her 1993 debut album Tuesday Night Music Club?

10 Which ballet by Tchaikovsky was first performed on May 4, 1877 in the city of Moscow?

Answers
TURKEY
BLUEBIRD
Florence NIGHTINGALE
The PENGUIN
CHICKEN George
Spruce GOOSE
Bombay DUCK
FALCON Crest
Sheryl CROW
SWAN Lake


ANSWER LINKS QUIZ SIX
CREATURE COMFORTS
The answers to the following ten questions all contain the name of an animal.

1 What is the name of the most southerly point on England’s mainland?

2 What is the name of the complex of small islands overlooked by the Niagara Falls?

3 What is the heraldic name for black?

4 Which girl group had hits with cover versions of the records The Tide Is High and Eternal Flame?

5 In which 1970 film did Richard Harris play an English aristocrat held captive by an American Indian tribe?

6 What is cockney rhyming slang for a road?

7 Which animated film featured a vulpine called Tod and a canine called Copper?

8 Which hit record by The Coasters opens with the line, “Take out the papers and the trash”?

9 Which Shakespeare play features a beggar called Christopher Sly?

10 Which novel by Walter Farley was adapted into a film starring Mickey Rooney?

Answers
LIZARD Point
GOAT Island
SABLE
Atomic KITTEN
A Man Called HORSE
FROG & TOAD
The FOX and the HOUND
Yakety YAK
The Taming of the SHREW
The Black STALLION

 

ANSWER LINKS QUIZ SEVEN

THE DEEP BLUE SEA
The answers to the following ten questions all contain the name of a sea creature.

1 Which rock band’s biggest hit was provided by the song, Don’t Fear the Reaper?

2 Bastinado is a form of punishment that involves beating the what?

3 Who won the Superbowl in consecutive years in 1973 and 1974?

4 Which novel by RM Ballantyne features the character of Ralph Rover?

5 What name is given to the wrestling hold where an aggressor grabs his opponent’s legs and sits on his back applying pressure?

6 Who recorded the song, Kiss from A Rose in 1995?

7 Composed by Sydney Torch, what is the title of the theme tune used by the TV series Blue Peter?

8 Which crime fighters were trained by a rat called Splinter?

9 In which 1977 film did Richard Harris play the sea faring character of Captain Nolan?

10 What is the name of the rival gang of The Faces in Saturday Night Fever?

Answers
Blue OYSTER Cult
The SOLES of the feet
Miami DOLPHINS
CORAL Island
Boston CRAB
SEAL
BARNACLE Bill
Teenage Mutant Ninja TURTLES
Orca, KILLER WHALE
The BARRACUDAS

 

ANSWER LINKS QUIZ EIGHT

A BODY COUNT
The answers to the following ten questions all contain the name of a part of the human body.

1 What is a young elephant called?

2 On which remote island was King Kong found living?

3 Who stole the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London on May 9, 1671?

4 Which 18th century war fought between Spain and Great Britain was also known as King George’s War?

5 What is the more common name for pre-patellar bursitis?

6 What is the more common name for the eucalyptus tree?

7 What is the title of the first sequel to the film Raiders of the Lost Ark?

8 Which part of the body shares its name with a punctuation mark and a foreign currency?

9 In which American sitcom did Billy Connolly play a teacher called Bill MacGregor?

10 In Greek mythology who is the goddess of the rainbow?

Answers
CALF
SKULL Island
Captain Thomas BLOOD
The War of Jenkins EAR
Housemaid’s KNEE
GUM Tree
Indiana Jones and the TEMPLE Of Doom
COLON
HEAD of the Class
IRIS


ANSWER LINKS QUIZ NINE

COLOUR CODED
The answers to the following ten questions all contain the name of a colour.

1 Which horse won the Aintree Grand National in 2001?

2 Celie is the name of the central character in which award winning novel by Alice Walker?

3 In which 1999 film was Samuel L Jackson killed by a shark?

4 Who played Private Pike in Dad’s Army?

5 Which song opens with the line, “I’m coming home I’ve done my time”?

6 What is the name of Cleveland’s NFL American football team?

7 By what name is Alecia Moore better known in the world of pop music?

8 Of the Home-Coming to Hampshire is the title of the final chapter of which novel by Arthur Conan Doyle?

9 Which novel by Robert Louis Stevenson set during the War of the Roses features the lead character of Richard Shelton?

10 By what colourful name is King William III better known?

Answers
RED Marauder
The Color PURPLE
Deep BLUE Sea
Ian LAVENDAR
Tie A YELLOW Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree
Cleveland BROWNS
PINK
A WHITE Company
The BLACK Arrow
William of ORANGE


ANSWER LINKS QUIZ TEN

THE ANNIVERSARY WALTZ
The answers to the following ten questions all contain the name of a wedding anniversary.

1 In which 1944 black comedy did Cary Grant play the role of Mortimer Brewster?

2 What is the official state nickname of Alabama?

3 What is the world’s largest sea?

4 Who invented the food processor in 1947?

5 What is the name of the Mayor of Springfield in The Simpsons?

6 What was the only No 1 hit single for the 70s glam rock group The Rubettes?

7 Which character did Jack Haley play in The Wizard of Oz?

8 Which song has been a hit for Melanie, Rod Stewart and The Rolling Stones?

9 Abidjan is the commercial capital of which African republic?

10 Which 2001 Hollywood blockbuster chronicled events that occurred on December 7, 1941?

Answers
Arsenic and Old LACE
The COTTON State
South CHINA Sea
Kenneth WOOD
DIAMOND Joe Quimby
SUGAR Baby Love
The TIN Man
RUBY Tuesday
The IVORY Coast
PEARL Harbor


ANSWER LINKS QUIZ ELEVEN

PAPAL INFALLIBILITY
The answers to the ten following questions all contain the name of a Pope

1 Who wrote the novel Anna Karenina?

2 Which entertainer once described as, “the funniest pianist on Earth” died at his Connecticut home on December 23, 2000?

3 Which Australian singer enjoyed a 1978 UK hit with the song Love Is in the Air?

4 Which horse beginning with L won the Grand National in 1978?

5 Who won a Best Actor Oscar for his role as Atticus Finch in the film adaptation of the novel To Kill a Mockingbird?

6 Who served as a Liberal MP from 1972 to 1987 and worked as a liaison officer at the Nuremberg War Trials?

7 Which 1983 album by Billy Joel included the tracks Uptown Girl and Tell Her About It?

8 Which Hamburg born composer founded the Academy of Arts in Berlin in 1841?

9 Which cartoon cat is the archenemy of Tweety Pie?

10 Which British swimmer won the 100m men’s backstroke gold medal at the 1988 Seoul Olympics?

Answers
LEO Tolstoy
VICTOR Borge
JOHN PAUL Young
LUCIUS
GREGORY Peck
Sir CLEMENT Freud
An INNOCENT Man
FELIX Mendelssohn
SYLVESTER
ADRIAN Moorhouse


ANSWER LINKS QUIZ TWELVE

A FILM REVIEW
The answers to the following ten questions all contain the name of a famous film each of which has a one-word title.

1 Which legendary sports star acquired several nicknames during his career including Herman the Great and The Home Run King?

2 Launched in July 2000, Craig Philips was the first winner of which reality TV show?

3 Which word of German origin literally means, “noisy ghost”?

4 Who composed the opera Cosi Fan Tutte?

5 Who played the role of Bootsie in the TV comedy of yesteryear Bootsie and Snudge?

6 Which Somerset born author, a famous name in the world of science fiction wrote his first book in 1951 entitled Prelude to Space?

7 Juno, Gold, Sword, Utah and Omaha were the code names given to what in June 1944?

8 In the army what comes between a section and a company?

9 Who was shot and killed in a garden in New Delhi on October 31, 1984?

10 Which jazz legend formed the Creole Jazz Band in 1922?

Answers
BABE Ruth
BIG Brother
POLTERGEIST
Wolfgang AMADEUS Mozart
ALFIE Bass
ARTHUR C Clarke
The BEACHES at the D Day landings
A PLATOON
Indira GANDHI
King OLIVER


ANSWER LINKS QUIZ THIRTEEN

TOP OF THE POPS
The answers to the following ten questions all contain the name of a well-known pop group.

1 How is November 1st otherwise known?

2 What is the US counterpart to the emergency number of 999?

3 Which character in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is associated with the cry of, “Off with her head”?

4 To which city did the German government relocate in 1990?

5 Which critically acclaimed sci-fi movie was adapted from the Arthur C Clark novel The Sentinel?

6 Which “ursine” American football team won the Superbowl in 1986?

7 What was the title of the first film to win Best Film Oscar?

8 In The game of Quidditch the characters of Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy are both what?

9 In which prison was Norman Stanley Fletcher incarcerated for five years in the sitcom Porridge??

10 Who in a series of TV ads says, “It’s not Terry’s, its mine”?

Answers
ALL SAINTS Day
911
QUEEN of Hearts
BERLIN
2001 A Space ODYSSEY
CHICAGO Bears
WINGS
SEEKERS
SLADE Prison
DAWN French


ANSWER LINKS QUIZ FOURTEEN

THE GOOD BOOK
The answers to the following ten questions all contain the name of a biblical character.

1 Which song topped the UK singles charts for George Michael in the first month of 1996?

2 How is Saint Sylvester’s Day otherwise known?

3 Who said “The ballot is stronger than the bullet”?

4 What was the surname of Granny as played by Irene Ryan in the 60s sitcom The Beverly Hillbillies??

5 Who was born on Monday, married on Wednesday, dead by Saturday and buried on Sunday?

6 Who famous name from the world of music provided the voice of Chef in the animated TV show South Park?

7 Who founded the religion of Christian Science?

8 Which Elton John hit contains the line “I can see the red tail lights heading for Spain?

9 What is the world’s largest species of beetle?

10 Which rock band recorded the album Hell Bent for Leather?

Answers
JESUS to a Child
New Year’s EVE
ABRAHAM Lincoln
MOSES
SOLOMON Grundy
ISAAC Hayes
MARY Baker Eddy
DANIEL
GOLIATH beetle
JUDAS Priest


ANSWER LINKS QUIZ FIFTEEN

DISCIPLE DISCIPLINES
The answers to the following ten questions all contain the name of one of the twelve disciples of Jesus.

1 Which American astronaut went on to become Senator of Ohio in 1974?

2 Which Russian Czar was born Pyotr Alekseyevich in 1672?

3 Under Milk Wood was the last completed work of which author?

4 Which actor married Sarah Jessica Parker in 1997?

5 Who was the seventh President of the USA?

6 Which British driver was crowned Formula One world champion in 1976?

7 Which song contains the line, “The minute you let under your skin”?

8 In January 1953 who was made a marshal of the RAF, a field marshal and an Admiral of the Fleet?

9 Who wrote the play The Odd Couple?

10 Ian Hill, KK Downing, John Ellis and Alan Atkins were the original members of which Birmingham rock band founded in 1971?

Answers
JOHN Glenn
PETER the Great
Dylan THOMAS
MATTHEW Broderick
ANDREW Jackson
JAMES Hunt
Hey JUDE
Prince PHILIP
Neil SIMON
JUDAS Priest



ANSWER LINKS QUIZ SIXTEEN
CHINESE WHISPERS
The answers to the following ten questions all contain the name of a creature that represents a year in the Chinese calendar.

1 Which golfer won the US Open in 2000?

2 Which cult TV series based on an ancient Chinese folk tale called Hsi Yu Chi?

3 Which American Indian leader of the Sioux Wars was born along Rapid Creek in 1842 and died in 1877 from a bayonet wound?

4 What term in golf describes a fairway that bends sharply to either the left or the right?

5 Which theatre group was founded by Jo Collins and Mary Ward in 1974?

6 What two-word ovine expression is used to describe a disreputable member of a family?

7 Which film featured a gang of weasels called Greasy, Stupid, Wheezy, Psycho and Smart Ass?

8 What nickname was bestowed upon the army division led by Montgomery that defeated Rommel at El Alamein?

9 In which 1973 film did Bruce Lee enter a martial arts tournament on an island owned by an evil drugs baron called Han?

10 Which US plain extends 650 km westward from northwest Wyoming to the Idaho-Oregon border?
Answers
TIGER Woods
MONKEY
Crazy HORSE
DOG leg
CHICKEN Shed Theatre Group
Black SHEEP
Who Framed Roger RABBIT?
The Desert RATS
Enter the DRAGON
SNAKE River Plain


ANSWER LINKS QUIZ SEVENTEEN

A PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN
The answers to the following ten questions all contain the surname of a US President.

1 Which former England football captain spent the Christmas period of 1990 as an inmate of Chelmsford Prison?

2 Lasagne is the favourite food of which feline creation of Jim Davis?

3 Which ice skater was involved in a scandal that resulted in the deliberate injury of her rival Nancy Kerrigan?

4 What was the Boulder Dam renamed in 1947?

5 Who set a new world record when she flew solo from England to Australia in 1930?

6 In 1381 who led the Peasants Revolt?

7 Which singer’s first two albums were entitled The Kick Inside and Lionheart?

8 What make and model of car did Steve McQueen drive in the 1968 film Bullitt?

9 Which member of The Goodies wore a Union Jack waistcoat?

10 Ocean Greyness and Lavender Mist are amongst the works of which artist born in Wyoming in 1912?

Answers
Tony ADAMS
GARFIELD
Tonya HARDING
HOOVER Dam
Amy JOHNSON
Wat TYLER
Kate BUSH
FORD Mustang
Tim Brooke-TAYLOR
JACKSON Pollock

ANSWER LINKS QUIZ EIGHTEEN

ON THE BOX
The answers to the following ten questions all contain the title of a TV programme.

1 Which group had a 1986 No 1 hit with a cover version of Spirit in the Sky?

2 Common Blue, Orange Tip and Painted Lady are all the names of what?

3 Which former Wimbledon champion received a suspended two-year jail sentence in October 2002 for tax evasion charges?

4 In which 1965 film did Charlton Heston play Michelangelo?

5 What would a Scotsman stir with his spurtle?

6 What weapon is depicted on the badge of Arsenal FC?

7 In 1986 with which song did the Swedish pop group Europe top the UK singles charts?

8 In the Bible what is referred to as “the staff of life”?

9 Which song contains the line, “who wants to wallow in champagne”?

10 What collective name is given to the first ten amendments of the American Constitution?

Answers
Doctor and the MEDICS
BUTTERFLIES
Boris BECKER
The AGONY and the Ecstasy
PORRIDGE
CANNON
The Final COUNTDOWN
BREAD
WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONNAIRE
THE BILL Of Rights



ANSWER LINKS QUIZ NINETEEN

AND THE WINNER IS
The answers to the following ten questions all contain the surname of an Oscar winning film star.

1 What was the first No 1 hit to feature the vocals of Boy George?

2 Which boxer added the name Marvelous to his name by deed poll?

3 The Mindbenders were the backing group for which 60s singing artist?

4 In 1984 which British footballer won the Golden Boot Awards as Europe’s leading scorer?

5 Which nursery rhyme medical man travelled to Gloucester in inclement weather?

6 What is the surname of the TV family who founded International Rescue?

7 With which group did Terry Hall achieve chart success with the song Thinking of You?

8 Who connects the TV shows Eastenders, Heartbeat and Harbour Lights?

9 What is the name of the main town on the Isle of Man?

10 Who opposed the House of York in the War of the Roses?

Answers
Do You Really Want To HURT Me
MARVIN Hagler
WAYNE Fontana
Ian RUSH
Doctor FOSTER
TRACY
The Colour FIELD
Nick BERRY
DOUGLAS
The House of LANCASTER


ANSWER LINKS QUIZ TWENTY

LINGUISTICS
The answers to the following ten questions all contain the name of a language.

1 Which novel by Michael Ondaatjee was adapted into a 1990s Oscar winning film?

2 Who plays the role of Geraldine Grainger on TV?

3 Which notorious New York gangster was born Arthur Flegenheimer?

4 Terry Kath, one time member of the pop group Chicago, died whilst playing which deadly game?

5 Who wrote the novel Trainspotting?

6 What is the national game of Ireland?

7 What is advertised on TV with the tag line, “Full of Eastern promise”?

8 What species of jellyfish, prevalent off the coast of Hawaii, is called the palalia in the Hawaiian language?

9 Which 1981 song provided the only UK chart hit for The Passions?

10 What name is given to the riverside area of Paris that houses the Sorbonne and is generally associated with artists and students?

Answers
The ENGLISH Patient
Dawn FRENCH
DUTCH Schulz
RUSSIAN Roulette
Irving WELSH
GAELIC Football
TURKISH Delight
PORTUGUESE Man O’ War
I’m In Love with a GERMAN Film Star
The LATIN Quarter


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20 quizzes all pertaining to the human body














BODY MATTERS QUIZ ONE

GENERAL

1 What is the name of the hormone that stimulates the nervous system and raises the heart rate?

2 By what name was Hansen’s disease known in the Bible?

3 What are there 26 of in the human body, 7 of which are cervical and 5 of which are lumbar?

4 What part of the body did Tony Curtis lose in the film The Vikings?

5 The largest tendon in the body is named after which Greek hero?

6 Why might Charles Dickens have suffered from Scrivener’s Palsy?

7 Who founded The Body Shop?

8 Addison’s Disease is caused by failure of the what?

9 Which Hollywood legend was nicknamed The Girl with the Million Dollar Legs?

10 What is the hardest substance in the human body?

Answers
Adrenalin
Leprosy
Vertebrae
Hand
Achilles
It is the technical name for writer’s cramp
Anita Roddick
Adrenal glands
Betty Grable
Tooth enamel



BODY MATTERS QUIZ TWO

THE BRAIN DRAIN

1 What is also known as the little brain?

2 Which character was known as Brains in the TV series Thunderbirds?

3 Which side of the brain is responsible for logic and rational thought?

4 Which Pink Floyd album included the track Brain Damage?

5 Of all the animals in the world, which has the largest brain?

6 Who played the title role in the film, The Man with Two Brains?

7 ECT is a form of treatment, which involves passing an electric current through the brain. What do the initials stand for?

8 In which film did Anthony Hopkins feed Ray Liotta a portion of his own brain?

9 What type of operation involves the severing of nerve fibres in the prefrontal area of the brain to effect behavioural changes?

10 What does the majority of the brain comprise of?

Answers
Cerebellum
Hiram Hackenbacker
Left
Dark Side of the Moon
Sperm whale
Steve Martin
Electro convulsive therapy
Hannibal
Lobotomy
Water




BODY MATTERS QUIZ THREE

GENERAL

1 How many chambers are there in a human heart?

2 What so the initials CNS stand for with regard to the human body?

3 What is the longest bone in the human body?

4 Where in the human body are the smallest bones located?

5 What is the alternative name for lockjaw?

6 What is the smallest cell in the body of a male human?

7 What is the liquid portion of the blood called?

8 Which is the only bone in the human body not connected to another bone?

9 Which musical features the song, Take That Look off Your Face?

10 Whose heart beats faster, males or females?

Answers
Four
Central Nervous System
Femur
The ear
Tetanus
Sperm cell
Plasma
The hyoid bone, a small bone in the throat
Tell Me on Sunday
Female






BODY MATTERS QUIZ FOUR

MAKE NO BONES ABOUT IT
What are the medical names for the following bones?

1 Shin bone

2 Breast bone

3 Cheek bone

4 Fingers or toes

5 Lower jawbone

6 Collar bone

7 The two bones of the lower arm

8 The one bone of the upper arm

9 Shoulder blade

10 Skull

Answers
Tibia
Sternum
Zygomatic bone
Phalanges
Mandible
Clavicle
Radius and ulna
Humerus
Scapula
Cranium





BODY MATTERS QUIZ FIVE

GENERAL

1 What name is given to the soft spot on top of a baby’s head?

2 What does an electrocardiograph record?

3 In the human body what has an average length of 22 feet?

4 What type of joint is the shoulder joint?

5 What is the medical name for the largest vein in the human body?

6 In which African city was the first human heart transplant successfully performed?

7 What grows the faster, fingernails or toenails?

8 What was the world’s first effective antibiotic?

9 What does an emetic medicine induce?

10 Crick & Watson won a Nobel Prize for the discovery of what?

Answers
Fontanelle
Heartbeat
Small intestine
Ball & socket joint
Vena cava
Cape Town
Fingernails
Penicillin
Vomiting
DNA






BODY MATTERS QUIZ SIX

ALSO KNOWN AS
What is the more common name for….

1 Hypermetropia

2 A comedo

3 The hallux

4 Herpes zoster

5 A singultus

6 Hemicrania

7 Varicella

8 Sputum

9 Trachea

10 Leucocytes

Answers
Long-sightedness
Blackhead
Big toe
Shingles
Hiccup
Migraine
Chickenpox
Phlegm
Windpipe
White blood cells






BODY MATTERS QUIZ SEVEN

GENERAL

1 What do the initials REM stand for?

2 What B word is the name given to a feet first birth?

3 Where on the body is a yarmulke worn?

4 What is the philtrum?

5 The adrenal glands are located on top of which organ?

6 What is the name of the protein that forms hair and nails?

7 What P word is the name given to the manufacture of artificial limbs?

8 What A word describes a person who lacks skin pigment?

9 What five-letter word is the alternative name for haemorrhoids?

10 Who wrote the novel Jaws?

Answers
Rapid eye movement
Breech birth
On the head, it is a skullcap
The groove between the top lip and the nose
Kidneys
Keratin
Prosthetics
Albino
Piles
Peter Benchley






BODY MATTERS QUIZ EIGHT

SONGS FROM THE HEART
Who recorded the following singles in the given years?

1 1985 A Good Heart

2 1979 Heart of Glass

3 1972 Heart of Gold

4 1967 Let the Heartaches Begin

5 1977 It’s a Heartache

6 1989 Hand On Your Heart

7 1956 Heartbreak Hotel

8 1982 Heartache Avenue

9 1966 & 1974 What Becomes of the Broken Hearted

10 2001 Queen of My Heart

Answers
Feargal Sharkey
Blondie
Neil Young
Long John Baldry
Bonnie Tyler
Kylie Minogue
Elvis Presley
The Maisonettes
Jimmy Ruffin
Westlife






BODY MATTERS QUIZ NINE

GENERAL

1 What is hypnophobia the fear of?

2 What F word derived from “brotherly” is used to describe non-identical twins?

3 The Dick test is used to test a person’s immunity against which disease?

4 If a person is suffering from hypoglycaemia, what does the blood lack?

5 Where do the intercostals muscles lay?

6 What does the medical abbreviation, DVT stand for?

7 Which part of the body prevents food from entering the windpipe?

8 Which pop group were one hit wonders in 1979 courtesy of the song, Nice Legs Shame about the Face?

9 What name is given to the study of human characteristics by examining the bumps on the head?

10 What is the more common name for dichromatic vision?

Answers
Sleep
Fraternal
Scarlet fever
Glucose or blood sugar
Between the ribs
Deep vein thrombosis
Epiglottis
The Monks
Phrenology
Colour blindness




BODY MATTERS QUIZ TEN

DISEASE DILEMMAS
Which parts of the body are affected by the following?

1 Cirrhosis

2 Glossitis

3 Rhinitis

4 Meningitis

5 Glaucoma

6 Pneumonia

7 Pyorrhoea

8 Cystitis

9 Haemophilia

10 Arthritis

Answers
Liver
Tongue
Nose
Brain
Eyes
Lungs
Gums
Bladder
Blood
Joints





BODY MATTERS QUIZ ELEVEN

GENERAL

1 What E word is the name given to the blockage of a blood vessel?

2 What disability did Socrates, Alexander the Great and Lord Byron have in common?

3 Which organ is responsible for the production of glucose?

4 What S word is the name given to the gap between two nerve cells?

5 What part of the Mona Lisa’s face did Leonardo da Vinci spend twelve years painting?

6 What does approximately 70% of house dust consist of?

7 Who was the first US President to be born in a hospital?

8 How many milk teeth do children have?

9 How many teeth are in a full set for an adult?

10 What are there 639 of in the human body?

Answers
Embolism
Epilepsy
Pancreas
Synapse
Lips or mouth
Shed human skin
Jimmy Carter
20
32
Muscles





BODY MATTERS QUIZ TWELVE

THE EYES HAVE IT

1 What S word is the technical term for the white of the eye?

2 What one-eyed mythological creature shares its name with the electronic eye used at Wimbledon?

3 How many eyes does a bee have?

4 What name is given to the inner lining of the eye that receives images formed by the lens and transmits them to the brain through the optic nerve?

5 Which singing siblings had a No 1 hit with Ebony Eyes?

6 Which member of England’s 1966 World Cup winning team lost the sight of one eye following a car crash?

7 Which statesman invented bifocals?

8 Which song was a hit for Andy Williams in 1968 and for the Boystown Gang in 1982?

9 What is the name of the transparent outer surface of the eye?

10 In which battle did Admiral Nelson put a telescope to his blind eye in order to ignore a signal to break off hostilities?

Answers
Sclera
Cyclops
Five
Retina
Everly Brothers
Gordon Banks
Benjamin Franklin
I Can’t Take My Eyes off You
Cornea
The Battle of Copenhagen

 

BODY MATTERS QUIZ THIRTEEN

GENERAL

1 What has the most bones a human baby or a human adult?

2 If an X chromosome is combined with a Y chromosome is the resultant birth male or female?

3 What T word is the anatomical word for the chest?

4 Which organ of the body is a renologist concerned with?

5 Where in the human body are the deltoid muscles?

6 Also beginning with A what is the more common name for the axilla?

7 Where in the human body is the cuboid bone?

8 Which gland of the body controls the production of hormones?

9 What does the acronym AIDS stand for?

10 The lack of which vitamin causes the disease beri- beri

Answers
Babies, they have 300 bones, an adult has just 206 bones
Male
Thorax
Kidneys
Shoulders
Armpit
Ankle
Pituitary gland
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
Vitamin B1




BODY MATTERS QUIZ FOURTEEN

IT’S IN THE BLOOD

1 Which member of the original crew of the Starship Enterprise has a T Negative blood group?

2 Which is the only vein in the human body that carries oxygenated blood?

3 What colour is a grasshopper’s blood?

4 What blood group abbreviated to Rh is named after a species of monkey?

5 What was the title of Michael Jackson’s last UK No 1 hit single of the 20th century?

6 Who was the first member of the British Royal Family to donate blood?

7 What nickname was bestowed upon the monarch of England and Ireland who reigned from 1553 to 1558?

8 Russia’s first ever blood bank was opened in 1932 in which city?

9 In 1628 who discovered the circulation of the blood?

10 What common substance is added to blood to prevent it from clotting until it is ready to be transferred to a patient?

Answers
Mr Spock
Pulmonary vein
White
Rhesus
Blood on the Dancefloor
Prince Charles
Bloody Mary for Mary Tudor
Leningrad
William Harvey
Salt



BODY MATTERS QUIZ FIFTEEN

GENERAL

1 What is removed in a hysterectomy?

2 What is a person losing if suffering from alopecia?

3 Which acid is present in the human stomach?

4 The pericardium is the name of the outer membrane of which organ?

5 An otologist is concerned with which part of the body?

6 In the human body what is the name of the largest artery?

7 Who was the world’s first test tube baby, born in Oldham in 1978?

8 What is the nationality of the neurologist who first identified and gave his name to Alzheimer’s disease?

9 Which literary character, created by Washington Irving, suffered from trypanosomiasis?

10 Is the calcaneus bone located in the hand, the head or the foot?

Answers
The uterus or womb
Hair
Hydrochloric acid
Heart
The ear
Aorta
Louise Brown
German
Rip Van Winkle, trypanosomiasis is the medical name for sleeping sickness
The foot, it is the heel bone



BODY MATTERS QUIZ SIXTEEN

AT THE MOVIES
Identify the following films all of which have part of the body in the title.

1 In which 1958 film did Paul Newman play Billy the Kid?

2 What is the title of the 1998 film in which Steve Martin plays an unsuccessful film producer and Eddie Murphy plays a Hollywood superstar?

3 In which 1996 film did Sally Field wreak vengeance on Kiefer Sutherland for assaulting her daughter?

4 In which 1957 film did James Cagney play Lon Chaney Snr?

5 In 1988 Judi Dench and Kirsten Scott Thomas co-starred in which film adapted from an Evelyn Waugh novel?

6 Which 1985 film starring Michael J Fox featured the song, The Power of Love?

7 In which Carry On film did Jim Dale play Lord Darcy and Peter Butterworth play Citizen Bidet?

8 What is the title of the 1967 film in which Michael Caine plays the spy Harry Palmer?

9 In which 1986 film did Clint Eastwood play an ageing gunnery sergeant?

10 What was the title of the 1935 film in which Errol Flynn played a Caribbean pirate?
Answers
The Left Handed Gun
Bowfinger
An Eye for an Eye
The Man of a 1000 Faces
A Handful of Dust
Back To the Future
Carry On, Don’t Lose Your Head
Billion Dollar Brain
Heartbreak Ridge
Captain Blood


BODY MATTERS QUIZ SEVENTEEN

GENERAL

1 A pulmonary embolus is a clot affecting where in the body?

2 What are produced by the lachrymal glands?

3 What type of body does a mesomorphic person have?

4 Which ancient Greek physician is known as, The Father of Medicine?

5 Anne Boleyn suffered from polydactyly. What does this mean?

6 What is algophobia the fear of?

7 What is the only part of the human body that has no blood supply?

8 Which part of the body contains 27 bones?

9 What does a Snellen chart test?

10 Which disease is known as the kissing disease?

Answers
Lungs
Tears
A muscular body
Hippocrates
Polydactyly is having extra digits on the hands or feet. Anne Boleyn had 11 fingers
Pain
Cornea
The hand
Eyesight, it is the standard chart used by opticians
Glandular fever





BODY MATTERS QUIZ EIGHTEEN

SKIN DEEP

1 What colour does the skin turn if suffering from jaundice?

2 Which new wave group had a chart hit with the song Skin Deep in 1984?

3 What kind of ologist studies skin diseases?

4 Where on the human body is the skin the thinnest?

5 Which American football team won the Super Bowl in 1983, 1988 and 1992?

6 Which pop group is fronted by a female lead singer called Skin?

7 What E word is the name for the outer layer of the skin?

8 What six-letter word is the name for calfskin that is used for parchment after being soaked in lime?

9 What infestation of the skin is caused by the pediculosis louse?

10 Which song contains the line, “Why not use your mentality-step up, wake up to reality”?

Answers
Yellow
The Stranglers
Dermatologist
The eyelid
Washington Redskins
Skunk Anansie
Epidermis
Vellum
Scabies
I Got You under My Skin



BODY MATTERS QUIZ NINETEEN

GENERAL

1 What disease takes its name from the Italian for, “bad air”?

2 Which sex blinks the most, male or female?

3 What is the medical name for the upper jawbone?

4 What S word is the name for the fluid that lubricates the joints?

5 Where are red blood cells produced?

6 What is the more common name for the Drinker Respirator?

7 Which part of the intestine is shaped like a horseshoe?

8 What uses the most muscles, smiling or frowning?

9 What L word is the name given to the connective tissue that binds together?

10 What name is given to the study of causes and the nature of diseases?

Answers
Malaria
Women
Maxilla
Synovial fluid
In the bone marrow
Iron Lung
Duodenum
Frowning uses 42 muscles, smiling uses only 17
Ligament
Pathology





BODY MATTERS QUIZ TWENTY

ORGAN MUSIC
Identify the following songs all of which mention a body part in the lyrics

1 “Close your eyes, give me your hand darling, can you feel my heart beating?”

2 “Guilty feet have got no rhythm”

3 “Put a gun against his head, pulled the trigger now he’s dead”

4 “Place your hands on your hips and bring your knees in tight”

5 “Take the ribbon from your hair, shake it lose and let it fall”

6 “Lend me your ears and I’ll sing you a song”

7 “Her lips are devil red and her skin’s the colour mocha”

8 “Give him two arms to cling to, and something warm to come to”

9 “Skinned our hearts and skinned our knees”

10 “One little chap then had a mishap, broke his horse’s head”

Answers
Eternal Flame
Careless Whisper
Bohemian Rhapsody
The Time Warp
Help Me Make It through the Night
With A Little Help from My Friends
Livin’ La Vida Loca
Stand By Your Man
Seasons in the Sun
Two Little Boys




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Test your knowledge of the celebrity circuit with the 200 teasers contained in this section, encompassing film heroes, TV personalities, sporting icons, politicians, the Royals and pop stars.


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CELEBRITIES QUIZ ONE

GENERAL

1 Which celebrity chef received an OBE in the 2003 New Years Honours List?

2 Mohammed Al Fayed is the chairman of which Premiership football club?

3 In which suburb of Liverpool was Ken Dodd born?

4 Name the world famous knighted entertainer who died on Christmas Day 1977 aged 88.

5 In which 1993 film did Bette Midler play a wicked witch?

6 Which celebrity is affectionately referred to by the initials TPT?

7 What is the name of the restaurant chain opened in 1993 by Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis and Sylvester Stallone?

8 Which pop star won the Celebrity Big Brother in 2002?

9 Who portrayed Tina Turner in the biopic What’s Love Got to Do with It?

10 What is the name of Dame Edna Everage’s husband?


Answers
Rick Stein
Fulham
Knotty Ash
Charlie Chaplin
Hocus Pocus
Tara Palmer Tompkinson
Planet Hollywood
Mark Owen
Angela Bassett
Norm



CELEBRITIES QUIZ TWO

POP CELEBS

1 Who kissed Anna Kournikova in the video for the song, Embrace?

2 Who wrote the song True, a hit for Spandau Ballet?

3 Who replaced Glen Matlock in the Sex Pistols?

4 In which US city did George Harrison die?

5 Who did Michael Jackson marry in 1994?

6 Which famous name in the world of pop formed Planet 24 TV Company?

7 Which singer’s life story was chronicled in the film Why Do Fools Fall In Love?

8 Which female rock star was arrested for an air rage assault in February 2003?

9 At the 2003 Brit Awards who received the accolade for Outstanding Contribution to British Music?

10 Name the lead singer of Coldplay who married Gwyneth Paltrow.

Answers
Enrique Iglesias
Gary Kemp
Sid Vicious
Los Angeles
Lisa Marie Presley
Bob Geldof
Frankie Lymon
Courtney Love
Tom Jones
Chris Martin



CELEBRITIES QUIZ THREE

GENERAL

1 In January 2003 who appeared on Larry King’s US chat show and announced that he was willing to sell 64 love letters?

2 Who played the father of Macauley Culkin in the film Home Alone?

3 Who was crowned Miss Texas in a 1979 beauty contest and went on to become a famous model?

4 In which 1974 film did Spike Milligan play the husband of Raquel Welch?

5 The 1985 film Sweet Dreams was based on the short life of which female singer?

6 What birthday did Yoko Ono celebrate in 2003?

7 What is the name of the office manager played by Ricky Gervais in the award winning TV comedy The Office?

8 Which football club does the violinist Nigel Kennedy support?

9 Which famed crooner died whilst playing golf in La Moraleja, Madrid?

10 In February 2003 which Baywatch star seriously injured his back after crashing his Harley Davidson motorbike?

Answers
James Hewitt
John Heard
Jerry Hall
The Three Musketeers
Patsy Cline
Her 70th
David Brent
Aston Villa
Bing Crosby
David Hasselhoff

 

CELEBRITIES QUIZ FOUR

POLITICALLY CORRECT

1 Who was the first black female MP to sit in the House of Commons?

2 In 2002 whose party did Jeffrey Archer attend that caused his transfer to Lincoln Prison?

3 Who made the first ever telephone call to the moon?

4 Beginning with M what is Michael Foot’s middle name?

5 Who served as Vice President to Jimmy Carter?

6 Name the former Chancellor of the Exchequer who died in January 2003?

7 In what year was John F Kennedy assassinated?

8 Which British Prime Minister of the 20th century was born in the Yorkshire town of Huddersfield?

9 In which stately home was Winston Churchill born?

10 Who succeeded George Washington as President of the USA?

Answers
Dianne Abbott
Gillian Shepherd
Richard Nixon
Mackintosh
Walter Mondale
Roy Jenkins
1963
Harold Wilson
Blenheim Palace
John Adams




CELEBRITIES QUIZ FIVE

GENERAL

1 Which rock star is backed by a group called The Heartbreakers?

2 In 1953 who was crowned Miss Manila?

3 Which entertainer was born David Kotkin?

4 Which entertainer had an unlikely hit record with the rock song Stairway To Heaven in 1993?

5 When Miles O’Keefe played Tarzan who played Jane?

6 Which role was played by Ian Mercer in Coronation Street?

7 Who played the author and naturalist Joy Adamson in the film Born Free?

8 Who replaced David Coleman as the host of the TV game show A Question Of Sport?

9 In which 1953 film did Doris Day sing The Deadwood Stage?

10 Which Cambridge professor made a guest appearance in the sci-fi TV series, Star Trek: the Next Generation?

Answers
Tom Petty
Imelda Marcos
David Copperfield the magician
Rolf Harris
Bo Derek
Gary Mallett
Virginia McKenna
Sue Barker
Calamity Jane
Stephen Hawking


CELEBRITIES QUIZ SIX

A QUESTION OF ROYALTY

1 Which member of the British royal family was born on November 15, 1977?

2 Why did Queen Elizabeth II receive a gold disc in July 2002?

3 Who was the last teenage monarch of Great Britain?

4 Who was the only English king to win the Epsom Derby as an owner?

5 Which king was nicknamed, The Merry Monarch?

6 Who led the English troops at the Battle of Agincourt?

7 Anthony Richard Louis are the middle names of which member of the British royal family?

8 To which of his wives was Henry VIII married for the shortest period?

9 Who was the first member of the British royal family to acquire a pierced tongue?

10 Who held the post of the Baron of Greenwich at the beginning of the 21st century?

Answers
Peter Philips
For album sales of Party in the Park
Queen Victoria
Edward VII
Charles II
Henry V
Prince Edward
Anne of Cleves
Zara Philips
Prince Philip


CELEBRITIES QUIZ SEVEN

GENERAL

1 Who connects the TV shows Happy Days and Father Dowling Investigates?

2 Which film star married Maria Shriver, the niece of John F Kennedy?

3 Who has given birth to children called Peaches, Pixie, Fifi Trixibelle and Heavenly Hirani Tiger Lily?

4 What connects an Olympic gold medal for Muhammed Ali, a Nobel Prize for Boris Pasternak and an Oscar for George C Scott?

5 Who hosted the 2003 BAFTA Awards?

6 Which actress enjoyed a summer holiday with Cliff Richard before settling down as the girlfriend of Worzel Gummidge?

7 Which silent movie star was nicknamed The Little Tramp?

8 In 2002 who did Ricky Gervais defeat in a celebrity boxing match?

9 What is the name of the theatre company founded by Andrew Lloyd Webber in 1977?

10 Who hosted the Tonight Show on US TV for over thirty years?

Answers
Tom Bosley
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Paula Yates
All three refused their awards
Stephen Fry
Una Stubbs
Charlie Chaplin
Grant Bovey
Really Useful Theatre Group
Johnny Carson

CELEBRITIES QUIZ EIGHT

A ROUND OF SPORT

1 In what year did Martina Navratilova win her first Wimbledon Singles title?

2 Which Ulsterman announced he was quitting Formula One racing in January 2003?

3 Which footballer released his autobiography entitled My World in 2002?

4 In 1998 who was crowned WBF World Heavyweight Champion at the age of 48?

5 Which Japanese football club did Gary Lineker play for briefly?

6 Glorious Uncertainty is the title of the autobiography of which lady, a famous name in the world of horseracing?

7 In 1996 who resigned as England rugby union captain and divorced his wife Julia?

8 Which French footballer enrolled at RADA for acting lessons in 2003?

9 Which golfer owns a Ferrari bearing the registration plate, DC 60?

10 From which club did Kevin Keegan join Liverpool as a player?

Answers
1978
Eddie Irvine
David Beckham
Joe Bugner
Grampus 8
Jenny Pitman
Will Carling
David Ginola
Darren Clarke
Scunthorpe United

CELEBRITIES QUIZ NINE

GENERAL

1 Which glossy magazine did Catherine Zeta Douglas and Michael Douglas sue over the publication of wedding photos in 2003?

2 Which TV presenter is the daughter of Nanette Newman?

3 On British TV who was the first man to be seen on Channel 4?

4 Who owns Sydney Harbour Casino?

5 Who provided the voice of Rocky in the film Chicken Run?

6 Which football team does the comedian Frank Skinner support?

7 Which football team does Skinner’s comedy partner David Baddiel support?

8 In December 2001 which world famous author married Dr Neil Murray at the couples home in Scotland?

9 Which artist died of heart failure after undergoing gall bladder surgery in February 1987?

10 In which American state was Nicole Kidman born?

Answers
Hello
Emma Forbes
Richard Whitely as host of Countdown
Kerry Packer
Mel Gibson
West Bromwich Albion
Chelsea
JK Rowling
Andy Warhol
Hawaii


CELEBRITIES QUIZ TEN

FILM STARS

1 Who won an Academy Award for his portrayal of George M Cohen?

2 Which star of the film How to Make an American Quilt was convicted of shop lifting in 2002?

3 Who played the role of Annie Porter in two films, the second of which is sub-titled Cruise Control?

4 Which film star was arrested in the company of Divine Brown in 1995?

5 Which Oscar winning film star was born Mary McGregor?

6 In 2002 which Hollywood actor became Artistic Director at the Old Vic Theatre?

7 Who played Professor Dumbledore in the first Harry Potter movie?

8 Which actor’s autobiography is entitled The Eternal Male?

9 At the 2003 BAFTAs who won the gong for Best Actor?

10 What is the name of the flashy lawyer portrayed by Richard Gere in the musical Chicago?

Answers
James Cagney
Winona Ryder
Sandra Bullock
Hugh Grant
Jessica Lange
Kevin Spacey
Richard Harris
Omar Sharif
Daniel Day Lewis
Billy Flynn

CELEBRITIES QUIZ ELEVEN

GENERAL

1 Which singer was born in Scotland with the name of Shirley Orr?

2 In February 2003 which supermodel gave birth to a 7-pound baby boy?

3 Name the creator of Alf Garnett who died in 1998.

4 Who did Sylvester Stallone marry in 1985 and divorce four years later?

5 Who collaborated with Andrew Lloyd Webber on the musical Whistle down the Wind?

6 Who provided the singing voice of Bob the Builder?

7 Which supermodel was born Eleanor Nancy Gow?

8 Who played the husband of Lee Remick in the film The Omen?

9 Which cricket star won the 2003 edition of I’m a Celebrity Get Me out Of Here?

10 In March 2003 who made his first live appearance on Top Of the Pops for seventeen years, singing an anti war song called The Grave?

Answers
Sheena Easton
Claudia Schiffer
Johnny Speight
Brigitte Nielsen
Jim Steinman
Neil Morrissey
Elle Macpherson
Gregory Peck
Phil Tuffnell
George Michael


CELEBRITIES QUIZ TWELVE

Which contestant on I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here…

1 Played the first record on Radio One?

2 Had Michael Jackson as the best man at his wedding?

3 Appeared naked in the 1984 TV production The Ebony Tower in which starred alongside Laurence Olivier?

4 Penned the autobiography Hell Razor?

5 Provided lead vocals for the Three Degrees?

6 Was temporarily sacked as the lead vocalist for East 17 after foolishly endorsing the taking of ecstasy?

7 Played Huggy Bear in the TV show Starsky & Hutch?

8 Acquired the nickname of The Cat during his cricket playing days, so named due to the amount of time he slept?

9 Was replaced by Nicholas Wytchell as BBC royal correspondent

10 Is the cousin of football star Paul Ince?


Answers
Tony Blackburn
Uri Geller
Toyah Wilcox
Neil Ruddock
Sheila Ferguson
Brain Harvey
Antonio Fargas
Phil Tufnell
Jenni Bond
Nigel Benn

CELEBRITIES QUIZ THIRTEEN

GENERAL

1 What is the favourite colour of the pop star Prince?

2 In 1990 who said, “I am still at the crease, though the bowling has become more hostile lately”?

3 Who was the only boxer to twice inflict defeat on Chris Eubank?

4 Jodie Foster won an Oscar for her portrayal of Sarah Tobias in which film?

5 Which celebrity chef became the father of a baby girl called Poppy Honey in 2002?

6 What is the name Will short for with regard to Will Smith?

7 Whose portrait features on an American $100 bill?

8 Which Dutch player was voted Footballer of the Year in England in 1998?

9 Which 60s singing star played the role of Viv Harker in the short-lived soap Albion Market?

10 Who did Richard Gere portray in the 1995 film First Knight?

Answers
Purple
Margaret Thatcher
Steve Collins
The Accused
Jamie Oliver
Willard
Benjamin Franklin
Dennis Bergkamp
Helen Shapiro
Sir Lancelot


CELEBRITIES QUIZ FOURTEEN

ANAGRAMATICAL
Unravel the anagrams to give the names of ten famous men

1 BATT DRIP

2 IT JUST BE A KREMLIN

3 CRY TO BLANK BUN

4 GOODE WRIST

5 TORY IN LAB

6 SHAM KNOT

7 RAG TORN SIR

8 SCARE WILL

9 ICY JAM ERR

10 PAWN MANUEL

Answers
Brad Pitt
Justin Timberlake
Tony Blackburn
Tiger Woods
Tony Blair
Tom Hanks
Ringo Starr
Carl Lewis
Jim Carrey
Paul Newman





CELEBRITIES QUIZ FIFTEEN

GENERAL

1 Which country and western legend was a posthumous chart topper in 1966?

2 In March 2003 which Oscar winning actor walked down the aisle with Stella Arroyave?

3 In what year did John Smith, the former Labour leader die?

4 Which Elvis Presley film was set in Mexico?

5 In 1998 which sports star appeared in court, accused of assaulting his partner Margaret Moore?

6 Which Dame, a popular name in the world of entertainment, died in March 2003 aged 91?

7 In which British city was the singer Bonnie Tyler born?

8 What is the title of the West End stage show that debuted in 2003 and featured Jerome Flynn playing the late comedian Tommy Cooper?

9 Of which musical instrument is Bill Clinton a notable player?

10 Who was the first male Austrian tennis star to win a Grand Slam event?

Answers
Jim Reeves
Sir Anthony Hopkins
1992
Fun In Acapulco
Geoffrey Boycott
Thora Hird
Swansea
Jus’ Like That
Saxophone
Thomas Muster


CELEBRITIES QUIZ SIXTEEN

ANAGRAMATICAL
Unravel the anagrams to give the names of ten female film stars

1 FILLY DEALS

2 ROMEO DIME

3 A LUNAR RENT

4 SEMI INK BRAG

5 PERM TERSELY

6 GERMANY

7 WANDER IRONY

8 INVADE AGES

9 RIPENED PITH

10 DONNA ATE IKE

Answers
Sally Field
Demi Moore
Lana Turner
Kim Basinger
Meryl Streep
Meg Ryan
Winona Ryder
Geena Davis
Tippi Hedren
Diane Keaton




CELEBRITIES QUIZ SEVENTEEN

GENERAL

1 Which man of the cloth was the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984?

2 Which husband and wife connect the pop groups Simple Minds and The Pretenders?

3 In which film did Will Smith play Captain Steve Hillier?

4 What constituency did John Major represent during his time as Prime Minister?

5 Name the co-founder of the London Marathon who died in 2003 aged 74.

6 Which female singer was appointed as a UN Special Ambassador in October 1998?

7 Which famous name in the world of animation has a tombstone that bears the inscription, That’s All Folks?

8 Kermit the frog was made from a green coat belonging to whose mother?

9 In February 2003 who knocked out Clifford Etienne after just 49 seconds?

10 Which singer was born Enrique Morales?

Answers
Desmond Tutu
Jim Kerr of Simple Minds was once married to Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders
Independence Day
Huntingdon
Chris Brasher
Geri Halliwell
Mel Blanc
Muppet creator Jim Henson
Mike Tyson
Ricky Martin



CELEBRITIES QUIZ EIGHTEEN

TV CELEBRITIES

1 What letter of the alphabet would you associate with the TV star who was born Laurence Tureaud?

2 Which award winning film director played the role of Ritchie Cunningham in the TV sitcom Happy Days?

3 On TV who has played Sapphire, Purdey and Patsy?

4 Which popular TV actor died in February 2002 after losing his battle against cancer?

5 Which Professional went on to play Judge John Deed on TV?

6 Which sitcom did John Cleese and Prunella Scales co-star as a constantly bickering married couple?

7 What was the name of the character played by Pamela Anderson in Baywatch?

8 Who played the role of Amanda Woodward in the US soap Melrose Place?

9 Which presenter of the game show Dog Eat Dog began her TV career as an early morning weather girl?

10 Who played the role of Tony Nelson in the sitcom I Dream Of Jeannie and went on to achieve greater fame portraying a ruthless oil baron?

Answers
T, Laurence Tureaud is better known as Mr T
Ron Howard
Joanna Lumley
John Thaw
Martin Shaw
Fawlty Towers
CJ Parker
Heather Locklear
Ulrika Jonsson
Larry Hagman


CELEBRITIES QUIZ NINETEEN

GENERAL

1 Who played the title role in the 2002 film comedy Maid in Manhattan?

2 Who collaborated with Paul McCartney on the hit single, Ebony and Ivory?

3 In 1990 which footballer turned up drunk on Terry Wogan’s chat show?

4 Who played the role of Jill Munroe in the original TV series of Charlie’s Angels?

5 Which famous name in the world of music played the role of Jimmy Rabbit Smith Jnr in the 2002 film 8 Mile?

6 As a contestant who links Celebrity Fit Club and Pop Idol?

7 Who played the role of Ice in the film Top Gun and went on to play Batman?

8 Which founder member of The Clash died in December 2002?

9 Who played two roles in the Hitchcock thriller Vertigo?

10 Which legendary comedian celebrated his 100th birthday in May 2003?

Answers
Jennifer Lopez
Stevie Wonder
George Best
Farrah Fawcett
Eminem
Rik Waller
Val Kilmer
Joe Strummer
Kim Novak
Bob Hope



CELEBRITES QUIZ TWENTY

HUSBANDS AND WIVES

1 Who co-starred with his wife Judi Dench in the TV comedy drama A Fine Romance?

2 Which married couple were featured kissing on the cover of the album, Double Fantasy?

3 Who did Courtney Cox marry in 1999?

4 Which Oscar winning actor married his long-term girlfriend Danielle Spencer in 2003?

5 Which director of the film Husbands And Wives married his adopted daughter?

6 On March 17, 2002 Michael Jackson was one of the guests of honour at a celebrity wedding. Who was the bride?

7 Which of Liz Taylor’s husbands perished in a plane crash?

8 Which famous husband and wife met on the set of the film, Hellcats Of The Navy?

9 In 2003 which Oscar winning actress announced that she was splitting from her husband Daniel Moder, after just one year of marriage?

10 When Madonna married the film director Guy Ritchie she wore a diamond tiara at her wedding. To which screen legend did the tiara once belong?

Answers
Michael Williams
John Lennon and Yoko Ono
David Arquette
Russell Crowe
Woody Allen
Liza Minnelli
Mike Todd
Ronald and Nancy Reagan
Julia Roberts
Grace Kelly

 

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The following twenty quizzes each comprise of twelve questions, with each quiz concentrating on a specific theme.


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THE DIRTY DOZEN     GET LOST     QUIZ ONE
1 Who penned the novel Lost Horizon?

2 Which nursery rhyme character lost her pocket?

3 Which soccer nation were the losing finalists in the 1958 World Cup?

4 Which 70’ hit record included the lyric “And a million stars were glowing and I looked round for a telephone”?

5 Which 60s TV show starring Guy Williams was adapted for the big screen in 1998 in a movie starring Matt Le Blanc?

6 Whose autobiography is entitled Losing My Virginity?

7 At which battle did Horatio Nelson lose his right arm?

8 In which year did Mark Thatcher get lost in the Sahara Desert whilst competing in the Paris to Dakar Rally?

9 Who is the patron saint of lost causes?

10 The stockbroker Nick Leeson lost billions causing the collapse of Barings Bank. Which film starring Ewan McGregor told his story?

11 Who recorded the album Midnight at the Lost and Found?

12 Which group of orphans live in Never Never Land?


Answers
James Hilton
Lucy Lockett
Sweden
Lost in France
Lost in Space
Richard Branson
Santa Cruz de Tenerife
1982
St Jude
Rogue Trader
Meat Loaf
The Lost Boys

THE DIRTY DOZEN     HAIR RAISING     QUIZ TWO

1 Which DJ acquired the nickname The Hairy Monster?

2 What is a Mexican hairless?

3 What T word is the name given to the study of hair?

4 Which song opens with the line “Take the ribbon from your hair, shake it loose and let it fall”?

5 At which zoo did the Hair Bear Bunch live?

6 What was the sequel to Gentlemen Prefer Blondes?

7 What is the more common name of sebhorric dermatitis?

8 In a 2004 survey conducted by Morphy Richards which actress was voted as having had the most influential hairstyle?

9 In which 1975 film did the amorous actor Warren Beatty play an amorous Beverly Hills hairdresser?

10 Which Czechoslovakian born film director directed the film version of the rock musical Hair in 1979?

11 What is the title of the UK TV series first screened in 1982 in which Angela Griffin plays a hairdresser called Darcey Henshall?

12 Who composed the opera The Barber of Seville?


Answers
Dave Lee Travis
A breed of dog
Trichology
Help me Make it Through the Night
Wonderland Zoo
Gentlemen Marry Brunettes
Dandruff
Jennifer Aniston
Shampoo
Milos Forman
Cutting It
Rossini


THE DIRTY DOZEN     DOWN ON THE FARM     QUIZ THREE

1 Who wrote the novel Cold Comfort Farm?

2 Which US President is descended from a family of peanut farmers?

3 On which farm did Worzel Gummidge live?

4 Which English football club are nicknamed the Tractor Boys?

5 Which King George was nicknamed Farmer George?

6 Which chart topping rap artist did Stan Collymore almost come to blows with on the TV reality show The Farm?

7 In which 70s TV series starred Gillian Blake as Dora, a teenager sent to live on her uncle’s farm whilst her parents travelled around the world?

8 What was the name of the man who allowed his farm to be used as the venue for the 1969 Woodstock concert?

9 What is the name of the farm in the novel Animal Farm?

10 In the festive song The Twelve Days of Christmas, what did my true love give to me on the sixth day?

11 Which group had a 1974 chart entry with Junior’s Farm?

12 Which hit for The Farm was England’s official anthem for Euro 2004?

Answers
Stella Gibbons
Jimmy Carter
Scatterbrook Farm
Ipswich Town
George III
Vanilla Ice
Follyfoot
Max Yasgur
Manor Farm
Six geese a laying
Wings
All Together Now
THE DIRTY DOZEN     GOLD STANDARDS     QUIZ FOUR

1 In which 1986 film did Eddie Murphy play asocial worker assigned to protect an infant with supernatural powers?

2 What was officially opened in San Francisco on May 27, 1937?

3 What is the chemical symbol for gold?

4 Who won a track gold medal for the Men’s 100m at the 2000 Sydney Olympics?

5 Which new romantic band had a 1983 hit with the song Gold?

6 What was the name of the pop duo formed by Andrew Gold and Graham Gouldman, whose biggest hit record was entitled Bridge To Your Heart?

7 Which James Bond film centred on a plot to rob Fort Knox?

8 Which football club left the Goldstone Ground to move to the Withdean Stadium?

9 What name is given to the science of attempting to turn base metals into gold?

10 By what more common name is iron pyrites better known?

11 Which horse won the 1982 Epsom Derby?

12 Which US state is nicknamed The Golden State?

Answers
The Golden Child
The Golden Gate Bridge
Au
Maurice Greene
Spandau Ballet
Wax
Goldfinger
Brighton
Alchemy
Fool’s gold
Golden Fleece
California


THE DIRTY DOZEN     TIME FOR T     QUIZ FIVE
The answers to the following twelve questions all begin with the letter T

1 On which river does the city of Lisbon stand?

2 What branch of mathematics is concerned with sines and cosines?

3 What ten-letter word is the name given to the ornamental container for storing communion bread and wine?

4 What is the largest island in the world beginning with the letter T?

5 What is the state capital of New Jersey?

6 Which novel by Irvine Welsh was adapted into a film starring Ewan McGregor?

7 What synthetic fibre was invented by JR Whinfield and JT Dickson in 1941?

8 What is the nickname of Bolton Wanderers FC?

9 Which 1997 film was nominated for fourteen Oscars, winning eleven?

10 In 2000 which group had a UK hit with the song, Dancing in the Moonlight?

11 What is the capital city of Estonia?

12 A mutation is the collective noun for a group of which birds?

Answers
Tagus
Trigonometry
Tabernacle
Tasmania
Trenton
Trainspotting
Terylene
Trotters
Titanic
Toploader
Tallinn
Thrush

THE DIRTY DOZEN     A STAR IS BORN     QUIZ SIX
Who born in …
1 January 1937 was painted gold in the Bond movie Goldfinger?

2 February 1931 played Agent Z in the Men in Black movies?

3 March 1927 became the first black male singer to record a number one hit single in the UK?

4 April 1987 replaced Sarah Jessica Parker as head spokeswoman for Gap?

5 May 1969 is rather unkindly nicknamed Biggles by his Arsenal team mates?

6 June 1969 was the first female tennis star to win the Golden Slam?

7 July 1951 voiced the Genie in the Disney animation Aladdin?

8 August 1975 won an Oscar for her portrayal of serial killer Aileen Wuornos?

9 September 1963 has the middle names of Elconn Lynwall and is nicknamed Big Bird?

10 October 1969 played the role of the movie star Jean Harlow in the Oscar nominated movie The Aviator?

11 Nov 1935 became the first South African sportsman to feature on a stamp?

12 December 1957 acquired the nickname of The Bard of Barking?

Answers
Shirley Eaton
Rip Torn
Harry Belafonte
Joss Stone
Dennis Bergkamp
Steffi Graf- a Golden slam –the 4 Grand Slam tournaments and an Olympic gold
Robin Williams
Charlize Theron
Curtly Ambrose
Gwen Stefani
Gary Player
Billy Bragg

 

THE DIRTY DOZEN     INSTRUMENT INFO     QUIZ SEVEN

1 Bartolomeo Christofori is credited with inventing which instrument?

2 On which part of the bagpipes is the melody played?

3 Pablo Casals and Julian Lloyd Webber are both famous exponents of which musical instrument?

4 Who composed the opera The Magic Flute in 1791?

5 In which city in the Italian region of Lombardy was the famous violin maker Antonio Stradivari born?

6 Who wrote the novel Captain Corelli’s Mandolin?

7 Who wrote the song Mr Tambourine Man?

8 76 Trombones in a Big Parade. How many cornets followed right behind?

9 Which Irishman is nicknamed The Man with the Golden Flute?

10 Which stringed instrument is plucked with a mezrab?

11 In which country was Adolph Sax, the inventor of the saxophone born?

12 The name of which musical instrument is derived from the Greek meaning “beautiful sounding”?

Answers
Piano
The chanter
Cello
Mozart
Cremona
Louis de Bernieres
Bob Dylan
110 cornets right behind
James Galway
Sitar
Belgium
Euphonium

 

THE DIRTY DOZEN     FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE     QUIZ EIGHT

1 What name did Leningrad revert to in 1991?

2 What is the name of the national airline of Russia?

3 According to the hit single recorded by Boney M, who was “Russia’s greatest love machine”?

4 What is the surname of the Russian author, who has a park named after him in Moscow?

5 In Moscow, what is known as the city within a city??

6 Which state did Russia sell to the USA in 1867?

7 What is the chief ingredient of the Russian soup Solyanka?

8 Which world leader described Russia as “a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma”?

9 Who sang the Bond theme for From Russia with Love?

10 Which Russian born tennis star was the surprise winner of the Ladies Singles at Wimbledon in 2004?

11 Rosaviakosmos is the name of the Russian counterpart to which organisation in the USA?

12 In 1984, who succeeded Yuri Andropov as Soviet leader?


Answers
St Petersburg
Aeroflot
Rasputin
Gorky
Kremlin
Alaska
Cucumber
Winston Churchill
Matt Monro
Maria Sharapova
NASA
Konstantin Chernenko


THE DIRTY DOZEN     RAINING CATS AND DOGS     QUIZ NINE

1 What five-letter word is the alternative name for the snow leopard?

2 What was the name of the canine partner of Tom Hanks in a 1989 film?

3 Which song from the musical Cats provided Elaine Paige with a top 10 hit in 1981?

4 Nipper the dog is the symbol of which record label?

5 Which baseball team won the World Series in 1984?

6 What is the name of the pet dog of Dennis the Menace?

7 Which is the only cat to have non-retractable claws?

8 What is the name of Little Orphan Annie’s pet dog?

9 Under what name did Yusuf Islam enjoy several hit records?

10 What was the name of Sir Walter Scott’s black greyhound, named after a Shakespeare play?

11 Who played Professor Brady in the 2001 film Cats and Dogs?

12 What is the name of the mythological three-headed dog that guards the entrance to Hades?


Answers
Ounce
Hooch
Memory
HMV – His Masters Voice
Detroit Tigers
Gnasher
Cheetah
Sandy
Cat Stevens
Hamlet
Jeff Goldblum
Cerberus

THE DIRTY DOZEN     FOR THE CHOCAHOLICS     QUIZ TEN

1 Which lead singer of Hot Chocolate received an MBE in 2003?

2 Who wrote the novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?

3 Which Scottish sextet recorded the 1988 hit record Chocolate Girl?

4 Which village, four miles south of the city centre of Birmingham, was established by George Cadbury in the 19th century?

5 Which European country is the leading consumer of chocolate per person?

6 Who did Terry Brooks portray in a series of chocolate bar adverts?

7 Which group were originally called The Mars Bars, but were forced to change their name after the threat of legal action from the chocolate company?

8 From what tree is chocolate obtained?

9 Which Pennsylvanian candy and chocolate manufacturer died in 1945 before seeing the company he founded becoming the USA’s largest chocolate company?

10 Who wrote the novel Chocolat?

11 Which children’s TV series features the Cookie Monster?

12 Nestle is one of the world’s largest confectionary companies. How does its name translate into English?

Answers
Errol Brown
Roald Dahl
Deacon Blue
Bournville
Switzerland
The Milky Bar Kid
Gerry and the Pacemakers
Cacao tree
Milton Hershey
Joanne Harris
Sesame Street
Little nest


THE DIRTY DOZEN     TRANSPORT TRIVIA     QUIZ ELEVEN

1 Which female singer caught a Midnight Train To Georgia in 1976?

2 Who played a shower ring salesman in Planes, Trains and Automobiles?

3 In which country do trains travel down the Khyber Pass line?

4 Varig is the national airline of which South American country?

5 Which TV duo pursued villains through the streets of Los Angeles driving a red and white Ford Torino?

6 In 1928 who became the first female pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic?

7 Which car manufacturer has made models called the Malaga and the Marbella?

8 Which singer born Virginia Patterson Hensley perished in a plane crash in 1963?

9 Which cartoon character drove the Crimson Haybailer in Wacky Races?

10 Who played Hercule Poirot in the 1974 film Murder on the Orient Express?

11 Which song contains the line, “I bought it at Primrose Hill from a bloke in Brazil”?

12 What stage name was adopted by the country and western star born Lecil Martin?

Answers
Gladys Knight
John Candy
Pakistan
Brazil
Starsky & Hutch
Amelia Earhart
Seat
Patsy Cline
The Red Max
Albert Finney
Driving In My Car by Madness
Boxcar Willie


THE DIRTY DOZEN     NAME THAT YEAR     QUIZ TWELVE

In what year…

1 Did Dennis Taylor win the World Snooker Championship?

2 Did Paul Gascoine burst into tears in a World Cup semi-final?

3 Was John Lennon assassinated?

4 Was the first Harry Potter novel published?

5 Was the Woodstock concert held at the farm of Max Yasgur?

6 Was Queen Elizabeth II born?

7 Did Alcatraz prison close?

8 Witnessed the last visit around Earth of Halley’s Comet?

9 Was Hugh Grant arrested in the company of Divine Brown?

10 Did Abraham Lincoln deliver the Gettysburg Address?

11 Did Howard Carter uncover Tutankhamen’s tomb?

12 Was Robert Kennedy assassinated?

Answers
1985
1990
1980
1997
1969
1926
1963
1986
1995
1863
1922
1968

THE DIRTY DOZEN     MONKEY BUSINESS     QUIZ THIRTEEN

1 What T word is the collective noun for a group of monkeys?

2 Which of the following has the longest gestation period? Is it a chimpanzee, a gibbon or a gorilla?

3 Which French actors final screen appearance came in the 1967 film comedy Monkeys Go Home?

4 What kind of ape acquired the nickname of Wild Man of the Woods?

5 Which former England cricket captain was nicknamed Guy the Gorilla?

6 Which group had a 1970 hit with the song, Apeman?

7 Digging Your Scene was the 1986 debut hit for which pop group?

8 Who created Tarzan of the Apes?

9 What is the largest species of monkey in the world?

10 Which actor was shot in a World War I trench as he travelled through time in the film 12 Monkeys?

11 Who wrote the novel Cold Comfort Farm?

12 Who directed the 2001 film remake of Planet of the Apes?

Answers
Troop
A gorilla (260 days)
Maurice Chevalier
Orang utan
Ian Botham
The Kinks
The Blow Monkeys
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Mandrill
Bruce Willis
Stella Gibbons
Tim Burton

 

THE DIRTY DOZEN     C IS FOR CAPITAL     QUIZ FOURTEEN
Identify the capital cities, county towns and state capitals of the following all of which begin with the letter C

1 Australia

2 Ohio

3 Essex

4 Denmark

5 Venezuela

6 Sardinia

7 Sri Lanka

8 Wyoming

9 Egypt

10 St Lucia

11 Tipperary

12 French Guyana

Answers
Canberra
Columbus
Chelmsford
Copenhagen
Caracas
Cagliari
Colombo
Cheyenne
Cairo
Castries
Clonmel
Cayenne

THE DIRTY DOZEN     FASHION FACTS     QUIZ FIFTEEN

1 Who opened her first boutique in 1955 and went on to design the mini skirt?

2 Who was appointed head of the Chanel fashion empire in 1983?

3 Which pop group has a name taken from the French meaning, “fast fashions”?

4 Which Japanese garment has a name that literally means, “wear thing”?

5 What Z word is the name given to the white skullcap worn by the Pope?

6 Where on the body is a babouche worn?

7 Which group had a hit record in 1963 with the song Hippy Hippy Shake?

8 What is the connection between the Chloe fashion house and The Beatles?

9 What type of garment was named after a French trapeze artist who was born in 1830 and died in 1870?

10 In which Italian city is the headquarters of the Armani fashion empire?

11 What six-letter B word describes the style of hat associated with Napoleon Bonaparte?

12 What type of hat was named after a character in the Dickens novel Barnaby Rudge?

Answers
Mary Quant
Karl Lagerfeld
Depeche Mode
Kimono
Zucchetto
On the feet, it is a type of slipper
The Swinging Blue Jeans
Paul McCartney’s daughter Stella was appointed Chief Designer at Chloe
Leotard after Jules Leotard
Milan
Bicorn
Dolly Varden


DIRTY DOZEN     RODENT RIDDLES     QUIZ SIXTEEN

1 The cartoon cat Mr Jinks “hated those meeces to pieces”. What were the names of the two mice?

2 Who created the literary characters of Toad, Rat, Mole and Badger?

3 Which No1 hit for The Boomtown Rats recounted the true story of Brenda Spencer?

4 In which river did the Pied Piper drown the rats of Hamelin?

5 What is the world’s largest rodent?

6 Which song contains the line, “a little mouse with clogs on, well I declare”?

7 Who wrote the horror novel, The Rats?

8 In Fawlty Towers what was the name of Manuel’s pet rat?

9 In the 1999 film Stuart Little, who played Mrs Little?

10 Guinea pigs originated from which South American country?

11 What is the name of the rat that gave the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles martial arts tuition?

12 Who wrote the novel Of Mice and Men?

Answers
Pixie & Dixie
Kenneth Grahame
I Don’t Like Mondays
Weser
Capybara
A Windmill in Old Amsterdam
James Herbert
Basil
Geena Davis
Peru
Splinter
John Steinbeck


DIRTY DOZEN     SLEEPY SERENADES     QUIZ SEVENTEEN
Name the artists who recorded the following songs in the given years.

1 1984 Wake Me Up Before You Go Go

2 1978 Talking In Your Sleep

3 1962 Dream Baby

4 1981 I Go To Sleep

5 1980 Dreams Of Children

6 1998 Daysleeper

7 1992 Sleeping Satellite

8 1980 Sleepwalk

9 1967 Don’t Sleep In The Subway

10 1985 Sleeping Bag

11 1959 Dream Lover

12 1987 No Sleep Till Brooklyn

Answers
Wham
Crystal Gayle
Roy Orbison
The Pretenders
The Jam
REM
Tasmin Archer
Ultravox
Petula Clark
ZZ Top
Bobby Darin
The Beastie Boys

THE DIRTY DOZEN     CRIME & PUNISHMENT     QUIZ EIGHTEEN

1 What was stolen from the Louvre in Paris on August 22, 1911?

2 From which prison did Ronnie Biggs escape in 1965?

3 Who was arrested on suspicion of causing actual bodily harm at the 1996 Brit Awards?

4 Which disgraced former Cabinet minister married the ex-wife of Richard Harris in June 2003?

5 Which penal system for young offenders was named after a village in Kent?

6 In which city is Sing Sing prison?

7 Hanged in 1915, what nickname was given to the serial killer George Joseph Smith?

8 Who was executed for treason in 1535, despite holding a knighthood?

9 In which film did Ewan McGregor play the disgraced banker Nick Leeson?

10 By what name was Robert Leroy Parker better known in the Wild West?

11 In September 1999 Rachel Goldwyn was jailed for singing protest songs in which country?

12 What is the name of the murder victim in the board game of Cluedo?


Answers
Mona Lisa
Wandsworth
Jarvis Cocker
Jonathan Aitken
Borstal
New York
The Brides in the Bath Murderer
Sir Thomas More
Rogue Trader
Butch Cassidy
Burma
Dr Black


DIRTY DOZEN     THE 20TH CENTURY     QUIZ NINETEEN

1 In 1903 Maurice Garin became the first ever winner of which famous race?

2 Which famous American Indian chief died in Oklahoma on February 17, 1909?

3 Whose assassination in August 1914 precipitated the outbreak of World War I?

4 In 1918 Elmo Lincoln became the first actor to play which literary character on screen?

5 On May 16, 1920 who was declared a saint by Pope Benedict XV?

6 What became the world’s tallest building when it was officially opened in May 1931?

7 In 1941 who became the first ever person to receive a gold disc?

8 What was the name of the first man made satellite to orbit the Earth, launched in 1957 by the Soviet Union?

9 Which 1962 film saw the screen debut of James Bond?

10 In 1972 who became the first American to be crowned World Chess Champion?

11 In March 1986, which became the first British daily newspaper to feature colour photographs?

12 On October 17, 1998 which world leader was arrested in a London clinic?


Answers
Tour de France
Geronimo
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Tarzan
Joan of Arc
Empire State Building
Glenn Miller
Sputnik 1
Dr No
Bobby Fischer
Today
General Pinochet

 


DIRTY DOZEN     RHYMING RIDDLES     QUIZ TWENTY
All twelve answers rhyme with each other

1 Which gothic horror was penned by Mary Shelley in 1818?

2 Who played the President of the USA in the film Dave?

3 In the Bible, David was an Israelite. What was Goliath?

4 What does an oenologist study?

5 Which 1990 hit record was collaboration between Lindisfarne and Paul Gascoine?

6 If feline equates to cat, what word equates to bear?

7 What stood on the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia according to Laurel & Hardy?

8 Who topped the UK charts in 1955 with the song, Christmas Alphabet?

9 High on the Rhine is the title of the National Anthem for which country?

10 In which film did Geoffrey Rush play the character of David Helfgott?

11 According to the Bible how old was Methuselah when he died?

12 What was Lee Dorsey working in according to the title of a 1966 hit record?

Answers
Frankenstein
Kevin Kline
Philistine
Wine
Fog on the Tyne
Ursine
Trail of the Lonesome Pine
Dickie Valentine
Liechtenstein
Shine
969
In a coal mine

 

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ENTERTAINMENT     GENERAL     QUIZ ONE

1 Which album by the pop group Blur shares its title with that of a film starring Steve McQueen?

2 Which actress was an appropriate choice to play the mother of Bridget Jones in the film Bridget Jones’s Diary?

3 Who voiced the character of Princess Fiona in the animated movie Shrek?

4 Which Beatles hit mentions a fireman, a nurse, a banker and a barber in the lyrics?

5 2001 saw the release of the album Echoes, the greatest hits album of which rock group?

6 Jane, Michael, Mary and Bert are four of the main characters in which film?

7 Who duetted with Donny Osmond on the hit record, I’m Leaving It All Up You?

8 What was the first name of the character played by Rene Zellweger in the film Chicago?

9 In which 1996 film did Eddie Murphy play the characters of Sherman Klump and Buddy Love?

10 Who played the wife of Tom Hanks in the film The Money Pit?

Answers
The Great Escape
Gemma Jones
Cameron Diaz
Penny Lane
Pink Floyd
Mary Poppins
Marie Osmond
Roxie
The Nutty Professor
Shelley Long



ENTERTAINMENT     CONNECTIONS     QUIZ TWO

1 What name connects the central family in the film Mary Poppins and the TV series The Fresh Prince of Bel Air?

2 On film which actor has played the husband of Judi Dench, the father of Rene Zellweger and the employer of Nicole Kidman?

3 Sting, Ian Dury, Mark Knopfler and Bryan Ferry all followed what profession before becoming pop superstars?

4 Who links the TV shows Happy Days and Father Dowling Investigates?

5 What is the connection between Jane Fonda in Klute, Jamie Lee Curtis in Trading Places and Elizabeth Taylor in Butterfield 8?

6 Which actor connects the films Convoy, A Star Is Born and Heaven’s Gate?

7 What is the connection between the hit records Mary’s Prayer, At the Hop and Moon River?

8 What film role connects Samuel L Jackson and Richard Roundtree?

9 Which story by Mary Hayley Bell became a film starring Hayley Mills and a musical composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber?

10 Which country connects Pete Best, Spike Milligan, Julie Christie and Cliff Richard?

Answers
Banks
Jim Broadbent in Iris, Bridget Jones’s Diary and Moulin Rouge
They were all teachers
Tom Bosley
They all played prostitutes
Kris Kristofferson
The name Danny, hits for Danny Wilson, Danny and the Juniors and Danny Williams
Shaft
Whistle Down the Wind
They were all born in India


ENTERTAINMENT     GENERAL     QUIZ THREE

1 How is the character of April Dancer otherwise known in the title of a TV series?

2 In which film did Liza Minnelli perform at the Kit Kat Club?

3 In which US state are the country roads according to the lyrics of the song, Take Me Home Country Roads?

4 Norman Stanley Fletcher is the lead character in which classic sitcom?

5 Who is the older, Paul Simon or Art Garfunkel?

6 Which pop group have had hit records singing about people called Lynda, John, Rhonda and Barbara Ann?

7 In which film does Deloris become Mary Clarence?

8 What is the name of Yogi Bear’s best friend?

9 In which film did Burt Reynolds say, “You don’t beat this river”?

10 Which chart topping pop group took their name from one of the cats created by TS Eliot?

Answers
The Girl from UNCLE
Cabaret
West Virginia
Porridge
Paul Simon by just one month
The Beach Boys
Sister Act
Boo Boo
Deliverance
Mungo Jerry






ENTERTAINMENT     IT’S THE MUPPET SHOW     QUIZ FOUR

1 What is the name of Waldorf’s heckling partner in The Muppets?

2 Who plays the drums for Dr Teeth and the Electric Mayhem Band?

3 What is the nationality of the chef on The Muppet Show?

4 What is the name of the ever-nervous assistant of Dr Bunsen Honeydew?

5 In Pigs in Space what is the name of the vessel captained by Link Hogthrob?

6 The word muppet is a combination of puppet and which other word?

7 What is the name of Kermit the Frog’s nephew?

8 What musical instrument is played by Rowlf in The Muppet Show?

9 In the show what type of animal is Rizzo?

10 Which film featuring the Muppets is based on a novel by Robert Louis Stephenson?

Answers
Statler
Animal
Swedish
Beaker
The Swine Trek
Marionette
Robin
Piano
Rat
The Muppets Treasure Island







ENTERTAINMENT     GENERAL     QUIZ FIVE

1 The Cybermen and the Ice Warriors were both sworn enemies of whom?

2 Which knighted actor played Lord Marchmain in Brideshead Revisited?

3 In which film was Jeff Bridges shot dead by Glenn Close?

4 Who was born Jerome Silberman and went on to star in several movies directed by Mel Brooks?

5 What was the name of the sergeant played for many years by Eric Richard in the TV drama The Bill?

6 In which film did Pierce Brosnan make his debut playing 007?

7 Who represented the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest singing, Better The Devil You Know?

8 What is the name of the pirate that captained The Flying Dustman in the TV show Captain Pugwash?

9 Who played the lead villain in the films Shane, Young Guns and Tango And Cash?

10 Who won a Best Director Oscar for the film Silence Of The Lambs?

Answers
Dr Who
Laurence Olivier
Jagged Edge
Gene Wilder
Bob Cryer
Goldeneye
Sonia
Cut-throat Jake
Jack Palance
Jonathan Demme



ENTERTAINMENT     HUSBANDS AND WIVES     QUIZ SIX

Which husband and wife provide a connection between……

1 The films That’ll Be the Day and The Spy Who Loved Me?

2 The TV shows Brass and Fawlty Towers?

3 The films Cool Hand Luke and The Long Hot Summer?

4 The song Homeward Bound and the film Star Wars?

5 The films Marathon Man and Gone with the Wind?

6 The films Convoy and Octopussy?

7 The album Definitely Maybe and the TV show Emmerdale?

8 The films Casino Royale and The Man with the Golden Gun?

9 The films Troy and Bruce Almighty?

10 The TV drama Goodnight Mr Tom and the film Carry On Cleo?

Answers
Ringo Starr and Barbara Bach
Timothy West and Prunella Scales
Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward
Paul Simon and Carrie Fisher
Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh
Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge (sang the Bond theme)
Liam Gallagher and Patsy Kensit
Peter Sellers and Britt Ekland
Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston
John Thaw and Sheila Hancock





ENTERTAINMENT     GENERAL     QUIZ SEVEN

1 Which female duo co-starred in the period comedy drama, Let Them Eat Cake?

2 Which musical features the song, Talk to the Animals?

3 Which comedian played the role of Yorick in Kenneth Branagh’s 1996 version of Hamlet?

4 In 1989 who married the actor Don Johnson for the second time?

5 Which 1970s disco star was backed by the Sex-0-Lettes?

6 Which movie star once claimed that, “Kissing Marilyn Monroe is like kissing Hitler”?

7 Who is the owner of the nuclear power plant in The Simpsons?

8 Who played Dracula in the 1992 film, Bram Stoker’s Dracula?

9 Which comedian received the 1991 Charlie Chaplin International Award and died the following year?

10 Fleegle, Drooper and Snork. Who is missing from the line up of the Banana Splits?

Answers
French & Saunders
Dr Doolittle
Ken Dodd
Melanie Griffith
Disco Tex
Tony Curtis
Montgomery Burns
Gary Oldman
Benny Hill
Bingo




ENTERTAINMENT     TITLE ROLES     QUIZ EIGHT

Who played the title roles in the following films from the 1990s?

1 1990 Pretty Woman

2 1991 Bugsy

3 1992 Hoffa

4 1993 Demolition Man

5 1994 Ed Wood

6 1995 Nixon

7 1996 Jerry Maguire

8 1997 Mrs Brown

9 1998 Elizabeth

10 1999 The Talented Mr Ripley

Answers
Julia Roberts
Warren Beatty
Jack Nicholson
Sylvester Stallone
Johnny Depp
Anthony Hopkins
Tom Cruise
Judi Dench
Cate Blanchett
Matt Damon





ENTERTAINMENT     GENERAL     QUIZ NINE

1 According to the title of a TV series how old are the characters of Hope and Michael Steadman?

2 The film The Forbidden Planet was based on which Shakespeare play?

3 Who played Jones in the TV western Alias Smith and Jones?

4 Which pop star links the films Body of Evidence, Shanghai Surprise and Dick Tracy?

5 What is the first name of the male member of The Corrs?

6 Who did Kenny Baker play in Star Wars, although his face was never seen on screen?

7 Of all the Bee Gees hits in the 20th century which was the only one that had a title asking a question?

8 Who played the title role in the Ken Russell directed film Tommy?

9 Which actor once said, “I was a fourteen year old boy for thirty years”?

10 In which 1993 film did Bill Murray play a weatherman trapped in a perpetual day?

Answers
Thirtysomething
The Tempest
Ben Murphy
Madonna
Jim
R2 D2
How Deep Is Your Love
Roger Daltrey
Mickey Rooney
Groundhog Day



ENTERTAINMENT     ANIMALS ON THE BOX     QUIZ TEN

What types of animals are the following in the given TV shows?

1 Brian in The Magic Roundabout

2 Geraldine in The Good Life

3 Hercules in Steptoe & Son

4 Ramsbottom in The Sooty Show

5 Randy in Coronation Street

6 Blubber in The Wacky Races

7 Elvis in Miami Vice

8 Clarence in Daktari

9 Bobtail in Rag, Tag and Bobtail

10 Snowball in The Simpsons

Answers
Snail
Goat
Horse
Snake
Budgie
Bear
Alligator
Lion
Rabbit
Cat






ENTERTAINMENT     GENERAL     QUIZ ELEVEN

1 Who composed the theme music for the film The Pink Panther?

2 In which film did Shirley Temple sing, On the Good Ship Lollipop?

3 On April 8, 1994 which grunge rock star committed suicide?

4 What name did Liam Gallagher and Patsy Kensit give to their son?

5 Which record company was co-founded by Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss?

6 In which city was the legal drama Petrocelli set?

7 In which sitcom did Jasper Carrot play the partner of Robert Powell?

8 Which 60s pop star was backed by The Mindbenders?

9 What is the name of the family’s local pub in the TV series The Royle Family?

10 Which member of The Monkees was born in Manchester?

Answers
Henry Mancini
Bright Eyes
Kurt Cobain
Lennon
A & M
Tucson
The Detectives
Wayne Fontana
The Feathers
Davy Jones







ENTERTAINMENT     MEET THE CAST     QUIZ TWELVE

Identify the following films from three of the characters in the movie

1 Major Reisman, Archer J Maggot and Pedro Jimenez

2 Evelyn Tremble, Widow McTarry and James Bond

3 Jack Dawson, Captain Smith and Molly Brown

4 Bullet Tooth Tony, Boris the Blade and Franky Four Fingers

5 Jimmy Conway, Henry Hill and Frankie Carbone

6 Father Merrin, Regan MacNeil and Father Karras

7 RP McMurphy, Mildred Ratched and Billy Bibbit

8 Ratso Rizzo, Joe Buck and Woodsy Niles

9 Detective Buddy Russo, Popeye Doyle and Henri Devereaux

10 Eglantine Price, Emelius Browne and Charlie Rawlins

Answers
The Dirty Dozen
Casino Royale
Titanic
Snatch
Goodfellas
The Exorcist
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Midnight Cowboy
The French Connection
Bedknobs and Broomsticks






ENTERTAINMENT     GENERAL     QUIZ THIRTEEN

1 The first No 1 hit for Dexy’s Midnight Runners was a tribute song to which music legend?

2 Who won The Eurovision Song Contest for the UK in 1997?

3 What is the last name of Chandler in the sitcom Friends?

4 In which country is the opera The Magic Flute set?

5 Who founded the Virgin Record Company in 1969?

6 Who was the first male presenter of the children’s TV show Blue Peter?

7 Who co-starred with her father Ryan in the film Nickelodeon?

8 What is the surname of the character played by Sigourney Weaver in the film Alien?

9 Which US sitcom features a shop called Buy the Book?

10 Which song begins with the line, “Isn’t it rich, aren’t we a pair”?

Answers
Geno Washington
Katrina and the Waves
Bing
Egypt
Richard Branson
Christopher Trace
Tatum O’Neal
Ripley
Ellen
Send In the Clowns





ENTERTAINMENT     FAMILY AFFAIRS     QUIZ FOURTEEN

1 Who played Morticia Addams in the 1991 film The Addams Family?

2 Under what name did Bill Medley and Bobby Hatfield top the pop charts?

3 Who played the wife of Dustin Hoffman in the controversial film Straw Dogs?

4 In which film did Joe Pesci defend Ralph Macchio in a courtroom?

5 In which 1989 film did the brothers Jeff and Beau Bridges play a pair of brothers called Jack and Frank?

6 Who played Uncle Albert in the popular TV sitcom Only Fools and Horses?

7 Which chart topping song features the line, “but I made my mind up, I’m keeping my baby”?

8 Which 1950 film starring Spencer Tracy was remade in 1991 starring Steve Martin?

9 In which pop group did David Cassidy perform with Shirley Jones?

10 Which film features the songs Think, Minnie the Moocher and Gimme Some Lovin’?

Answers
Anjelica Huston
The Righteous Brothers
Susan George
My Cousin Vinny
The Fabulous Baker Boys
Buster Merryfield
Papa Don’t Preach
Father of the Bride
The Partridge Family
The Blues Brothers



ENTERTAINMENT     GENERAL     QUIZ FIFTEEN

1 In the Spice Girls what is the surname of Baby Spice?

2 In which city was the sitcom Bread set?

3 In 1999 which teenager recorded the album Voice of An Angel?

4 Which 1971 musical starring Twiggy was set in the town on Portsmouth in the late 1920s?

5 Who played the role of Reg Houldsworth in Coronation Street?

6 Which actor moved from the Ponderosa to Walnut Grove?

7 Which 1999 film starring Kevin Costner shares its title with a No 1 hit for The Police?

8 Who played the role of Grace Van Owen in the legal drama LA Law?

9 Which TV soap features a public house called The Waterhole?

10 What make of car does Inspector Morse drive?

Answers
Bunton
Liverpool
Charlotte Church
The Boy Friend
Ken Morley
Michael Landon from Bonanza to Little House on the Prairie
Message in a Bottle
Susan Dey
Neighbours
Jaguar





ENTERTAINMENT     BLACK AND BLUE     QUIZ SIXTEEN

1 In which 1955 film did Spencer Tracy play a mysterious one-armed stranger in town?

2 Who had hit records with the songs Agadoo and Superman?

3 Who did the boy band Blue collaborate with on the hit record Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word?

4 Madeline Bell and Roger Cook shared lead vocals with which pop group?

5 In which TV series did Judi Bowker play the role of Victoria Gordon?

6 In which western TV series did Mark Slade play the role of Billy Blue Cannon?

7 Which rock group recorded the albums Dehumanizer and Forbidden?

8 In which TV sitcom does Rowan Atkinson play Inspector Raymond Fowler?

9 Which 1953 musical featured the song The Black Hills of Dakota?

10 Which 1961 film starring Elvis Presley was set in Honolulu?

Answers
Bad Day at Black Rock
Black Lace
Elton John
Blue Mink
The Adventures of Black Beauty
The High Chaparral
Black Sabbath
The Thin Blue Line
Calamity Jane
Blue Hawaii





ENTERTAINMENT     GENERAL     QUIZ SEVENTEEN

1 Which singer was born Elaine Bookbinder?

2 Mr Big was the lead villain in which Bond film?

3 In which state of the USA is the TV drama Northern Exposure set?

4 Which pop group have three Taylors in their line up, Roger, John and Andy?

5 Which character from the TV soap Dallas was infamously resurrected in the shower?

6 On film who did Daniel Hillard become when he dressed as a woman?

7 What connects the hit records Can I Get a Witness and That’s What Love Will Do?

8 Which 1986 album earned Paul Simon a clutch of Grammy Awards?

9 Which TV duo took their orders from Captain Dobie?

10 Which former lead singer of the pop group Manfred Mann shares his name with a type of dance?

Answers
Elkie Brooks
Live and Let Die
Alaska
Duran Duran
Bobby Ewing
Mrs Doubtfire
The songs were hits for Sam and Joe Brown, daughter and father
Graceland
Starsky & Hutch
Paul Jones





ENTERTAINMENT     A WEATHER REPORT     QUIZ EIGHTEEN

Which films in the given years featured the following songs, all with a weather theme?

1 1968 Don’t Rain On My Parade

2 1949 Baby its Cold Outside

3 1939 Over the Rainbow

4 1967 Foggy Mountain Breakdown

5 1942 Little April Showers

6 1969 They Call the Wind Mariah

7 1969 Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head

8 1953 Too Darn Hot

9 1964 The Rain in Spain

10 1988 Wind Beneath My Wings

Answers
Funny Girl
Neptune’s Daughter
The Wizard of Oz
Bonnie and Clyde
Bambi
Paint Your Wagon
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Kiss Me Kate
My Fair Lady
Beaches






ENTERTAINMENT     GENERAL     QUIZ NINETEEN

1 In which series of films does Courtney Cox play the character of Gale Weathers?

2 Who did Richard Widmark portray in the film The Alamo?

3 Which Oscar winning film of the 1980s was directed by Hugh Hudson?

4 Who played the role of Batman in the 60s TV series?

5 Who were the first ever duo to be inducted into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame?

6 Which singer was born Dino Paul Crocetti?

7 According to the lyrics of the song American Pie, which month made the singer shiver?

8 Laverne and Shirley was a spin off from which popular US sitcom?

9 Which musical features the song I Know Him So Well?

10 Who co-starred with her husband Paul in the film Mr and Mrs Bridge?

Answers
Scream
Jim Bowie
Chariots Of Fire
Adam West
Everly Brothers
Dean Martin
February
Happy Days
Chess
Joanne Woodward alongside her husband Paul Newman







ENTERTAINMENT     FIRST TO LAST     QUIZ TWENTY

1 Which song written by Cat Stevens was a No 1 hit for Rod Stewart?

2 Which song contains the line, “Its no wonder I feel abused, I never get a thing that ain’t been used”?

3 In which sitcom does John Lithgow play the character of Dick Solomon?

4 Which 1987 film starring Michael Caine was based on a novel by Frederick Forsythe?

5 In which film did Bruce Willis play a futuristic taxi driver called Korben Dallas?

6 In which film did an eight-year-old boy called Cole Sear see dead people?

7 Which film company made the 1961 epic Cleopatra?

8 Which film set in Liverpool saw Samuel L Jackson wearing a kilt?

9 What is the alternative title of the Simon and Garfunkel hit Feeling Groovy?

10 In which 1996 film did Bruce Willis play the role of John Smith?

Answers
The First Cut Is the Deepest
Second Hand Rose
Third Rock from the Sun
The Fourth Protocol
The Fifth Element
The Sixth Sense
20th Century Fox
The 51st State
The 59th Bridge Street Song
Last Man Standing





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Are you a gourmet genius or a culinary disaster? Discover which category you fall into with the following twenty quizzes, stuffed with tasty trivia.




   
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FOOD & DRINK     GENERAL     QUIZ ONE

1 Which drink has a name that means “water of life”?

2 What is the main spirit base for a Singapore Sling cocktail?

3 What E word is the alternative name for chicory?

4 The culinary term en Brochette is French for what?

5 Who wrote the poem Ode to a Haggis?

6 Which Indian cooking instruction means to braise?

7 Gillyflower, Discovery, Gladstone’s, Northern Spy and Rome Beauty are all varieties of what?

8 What does a cucumber become when it is pickled?

9 Which tasty group had a 1997 hit with Love Rollercoaster?

10 What dessert is made from the starch extracted from the pith of a palm tree?

Answers
Whisky
Gin
Endive
On a skewer
Robert Burns
Korma
Apple
Gherkin
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Sago






FOOD & DRINK     WINE WISDOM     QUIZ TWO

1 In which country is the wine growing area of Barossa Valley?

2 What is the four-letter name of the valley that stands north of San Francisco and is an important grape growing area of the USA?

3 What does the word spumante signify on a wine bottle?

4 In which village did Jesus turn water into wine?

5 In which European country did Bull’s Blood wine originate?

6 Who is the Roman god of wine?

7 What seven-letter word is defined as, “the aroma given off by a wine”?

8 Who had a No 1 hit in 1983 with the song Red, Red Wine?

9 Which author of the novel The Old Man and the Sea was once quoted as saying, “Wine is the most civilised thing in the world”?

10 Which chart topping singer released the first bottle of his Vida Nova wine from his Portuguese vineyard in 2002?

Answers
Australia
Napa
Sparkling
Cana
Hungary
Bacchus
Bouquet
UB 40
Ernest Hemingway
Cliff Richard





FOOD & DRINK     GENERAL     QUIZ THREE

1 Which confection was originally obtained from the sapodilla tree?

2 Who said “The House of Lords is like a glass of champagne that has stood for five days”?

3 In which state of the USA was Coca Cola invented?

4 What type of meat is used in the preparation of Wiener schnitzel?

5 Gorgonzola cheese was named after a town near which Italian city?

6 What name is given to a 12 size bottle of champagne?

7 From which fruit is slivovitz distilled?

8 What is the country of origin of Red Stripe lager?

9 Which chef presented the TV show A Taste of the Sea?

10 Which song, a chart entry for several different acts includes the line “seeing her skin feeling silky smooth, colour of café au lait”?

Answers
Chewing gum
Clement Attlee
Georgia
Veal
Milan
Salmanazar
Plum
Jamaica
Rick Stein
Lady Marmalade





FOOD & DRINK     SUGAR, SUGAR     QUIZ FOUR

1 What is the alternative name for grape sugar?

2 Which spirit is distilled from molasses derived from sugar cane?

3 In The Magic Roundabout, sugar lumps are the favourite food of which character?

4 In which country is Sugar Loaf Mountain?

5 Which sugar merchant donated an art collection and gallery that was opened to the British public in 1897?

6 Which cartoon group had a No 1 hit with the song, Sugar Sugar?

7 In which film did Marilyn Monroe play the role of Sugar Kane?

8 Who was the first boxer to defeat Sugar Ray Leonard?

9 What is the chemical symbol of sugar?

10 Which film features the song, A Spoonful of Sugar?

Answers
Glucose
Rum
Dougal
Brazil
William Tate
The Archies
Some Like It Hot
Roberto Duran
C12H22OH
Mary Poppins






FOOD & DRINK     GENERAL     QUIZ FIVE

1 Matador, Sidecar, Adonis and Bronx are all the names of what?

2 What fruit was Nell Gwynn famed for selling on Drury Lane?

3 What is a Bath Oliver?

4 What type of bread has a name that literally means slipper?

5 Cos and iceberg are both varieties of what?

6 What vegetable is known as an eggplant in the USA?

7 Which plants leaves provide the staple diet of silkworms?

8 Which part of the gut absorbs water from the food?

9 Which Derbyshire village gave its name to an almond flavoured tart?

10 What type of pasta is named after the Italian for small tongues?

Answers
All names of cocktails
Oranges
A type of biscuit
Ciabatta
Lettuce
Aubergine
Mulberry
Colon
Bakewell
Linguini







FOOD & DRINK     TASTY TUNES     QUIZ SIX

Name the artist who recorded the following tasty tunes.

1 1980 Two Pints of Lager and A Packet of Crisps Please

2 1980 Banana Republic

3 1989 Orange Crush

4 1962 Sherry

5 1962 Nut Rocker

6 1979 Green Onions

7 1978 Lilac Wine

8 1994 Cigarettes and Alcohol

9 1982 Black Coffee in Bed

10 1997 Sugar Coated Iceberg

Answers
Splodgenessabounds
Boomtown Rats
REM
The Four Seasons
B Bumble and the Stingers
Booker T and the MGs
Elkie Brooks
Oasis
Squeeze
The Lightning Seeds






FOOD & DRINK     GENERAL     QUIZ SEVEN

1 Which cocktail was named after a surfer called Tom Harvey?

2 In brewing what is dried in an oast house?

3 From what meat is pastrami made?

4 Which vegetable is the chief ingredient of sauce lyonnaise?

5 Who wrote the novel Goodbye Mr Chips?

6 In Victorian times what were known as, little bags of mystery?

7 Which Swiss cheese is named after a valley near the city of Berne?

8 What type of soup is nicknamed, Jewish penicillin?

9 Java, Columbian and Kenyan are all types of what?

10 What does the E stand for in food additives known as E numbers?

Answers
Harvey Wallbanger
Hops
Beef
Onion
James Hilton
Sausages
Emmanthal
Chicken soup
Coffee
European







FOOD & DRINK     MOVIE MORSELS     QUIZ EIGHT

1 In which classic 1931 movie did James Cagney push a grapefruit into the face of Mae Clarke?

2 Which pair of Disney canines shared a plate of spaghetti and meatballs in a 1955 animation?

3 In the film Cool Hand Luke what did Paul Newman eat fifty of to win a bet?

4 Who played Willy Wonka in the 1971 film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory?

5 What type of wine did Hannibal Lecter say he drank to wash down a dish of liver and fava beans?

6 In which 1988 comedy did Kevin Kline insert French fries into Michael Palin’s nostrils?

7 Who sang Underneath the Mang Tree after emerging from the sea in a 1962 film?

8 In which 1971 film did Clint Eastwood die after eating poisonous toadstools?

9 What brand of beer did the alien ET get drunk on from the family fridge?

10 Which musical features the song Food Glorious Food?

Answers
Public Enemy
Lady and the Tramp
Hard-boiled eggs
Gene Wilder
Chianti
A Fish Called Wanda
Ursula Andress in Dr No, although her singing voice was dubbed by Diana Coupland
The Beguiled
Coors
Oliver



FOOD & DRINK     GENERAL     QUIZ NINE

1 Which decade of the 19th century witnessed the Irish potato famine?

2 The damson fruit was named after which city?

3 What is the surname of the Quaker family that founded a chocolate factory in York?

4 With which group did Roy Wood have a No 1 hit with the song, Blackberry Way?

5 From what cereal are cornflakes made?

6 What vegetable is used to make sauerkraut?

7 What fruit is the official national symbol of Spain?

8 From which language did the word alcohol originate?

9 The spirit slivovitz is distilled from which fruit?

10 Which is the hotter, a green chilli or a red chilli?

Answers
1840s
Damascus
Rowntree
The Move
Maize
Cabbage
Pomegranate
Arabic
Plums
Green chilli






FOOD & DRINK     THREE OF A KIND     QUIZ TEN

Identify the fruit or veg from each group of three varieties.

1 Bartlett, Williams and Kaiser

2 Turbo, Blood Red and Lancastrian

3 Little Marvel, Shaft and Hurst Green

4 Russet, Gillyflower and Discovery

5 Morello, Napoleon and Amarelle

6 Santa Rosa, Victoria and Greengage

7 Derby Day, January King and April

8 Alpha, Canberra and Nevada

9 Alicante, Tiny Tim and Big Boy

10 Density, Arctic King and Little Gem

Answers
Pear
Onion
Pea
Apple
Cherry
Plum
Cabbage
Cauliflower
Tomato
Lettuce







FOOD & DRINK     GENERAL     QUIZ ELEVEN

1 What type of tea has a name that when translated into English means, “Black dragon”?

2 Jasmine and long grain are both varieties of what?

3 To which flower family does garlic belong?

4 What ingredient gives pumpernickel bread its dark colour?

5 How many noggins are in a pint?

6 If an animal is described as succivorous, what does it feed on?

7 If a dish is described as Dubarry what is it garnished with?

8 In the Jewish religion by what eight-letter name is the Feast of Unleavened Bread also known?

9 Who wrote the novel The Cider House Rules?

10 The word mocha means flavoured with what?

Answers
Oolong
Rice
Lily
Molasses
Four
Sap
Cauliflower
Passover
John Irving
Coffee





FOOD & DRINK     THAT’S THE SPIRIT     QUIZ TWELVE

1 According to legend Bonnie Prince Charlie provided the original recipe of which drink, a mixture of whisky and heather honey?

2 What spirit is the chief ingredient in the cocktail known as a Moscow Mule?

3 Which cocktail comprises of rum, pineapple juice and coconut milk?

4 Which spirit is affectionately known as, “mother’s ruin”?

5 Sherry was named after a town in which country?

6 What is added to brandy to make a B & B cocktail?

7 Which Scottish city features on the label of a Bell’s whisky bottle?

8 Which cocktail comprises of tequila, orange juice and grenadine?

9 Whisky in the Jar was the debut hit for which Irish rock group?

10 Who wrote the novel Whisky Galore?

Answers
Drambuie
Vodka
Pina Colada
Gin
Spain, after the town of Jerez
Benedictine
Perth
Tequila Sunrise
Thin Lizzy
Compton Mackenzie






FOOD & DRINK     GENERAL QUIZ     THIRTEEN

1 Which tea was named after the British Prime Minister who served from 1830 to 1834?

2 Which nut is also known as a filbert or a cobnut?

3 Which vegetable is the chief ingredient of lyonnaise sauce?

4 Which red pepper is used to flavour goulash?

5 Moussaka is the national dish of which country?

6 In which country is the meat processing city of Fray Bentos?

7 What nut is used to make satay sauce?

8 What does the French term “plat du jour” mean on a restaurant menu?

9 In which city did the Waldorf salad originate?

10 In the Bible what is referred to as, “the staff of life”?

Answers
Earl Grey
Hazelnut
Onion
Paprika
Greece
Uruguay
Peanut
Dish of the day
New York
Bread






FOOD & DRINK     FOOD AROUND THE WORLD     QUIZ FOURTEEN

1 What is a samovar?

2 Which US state produces the greatest number of pineapples?

3 In which country did chutney originate?

4 Mozambique is the world’s largest producer of which nut?

5 Which variety of pepper is traditionally used to flavour goulash?

6 In which US state did Jack Daniels whisky originate?

7 The dish Chicken Marengo is named after a battle in which war?

8 Gelato is the Italian word for what?

9 In which US state did the world’s first McDonalds restaurant opening 1955?

10 If a diner chose maiale from an Italian restaurant menu what type of meat would they have ordered?

Answers
Russian tea urn
Hawaii
India
Cashew nut
Paprika
Tennessee
Napoleonic War
Ice cream
California
Pork






FOOD & DRINK     GENERAL     QUIZ FIFTEEN

1 What is the name of the canal that takes food around the human body?

2 What is fermented to produce the drink mead?

3 Which area of New York gave its name to a cocktail of gin, vermouth and orange?

4 From which language does the word marmalade originate?

5 What vegetable is served with the dish egg florentine?

6 What is crossed with a tangerine to make an ugli fruit?

7 Wheeler’s Restaurant in London specialises in what type of food?

8 What is the name of Popeye’s hamburger eating buddy?

9 What connects a sandwich, Peach Melba, Pavlova and stroganoff?

10 Which Scottish football team are nicknamed The Jam Tarts?

Answers
Alimentary canal
Honey
Bronx
Portuguese
Spinach
Grapefruit
Fish
Wimpy
All were named after people
Hearts







FOOD & DRINK     A FEAST OF FRUITS     QUIZ SIXTEEN

1 From which fruit is the drink kirsch distilled?

2 From which grape is Asti Spumante distilled?

3 In a TV series how were Fleegle, Bingo, Drooper and Snork collectively known?

4 What is the alternative Oriental name for a kiwi fruit?

5 Prunus persica is the scientific name for which fruit?

6 On which continent did the nectarine originate?

7 Which 60s pop group’s biggest hit was entitled Green Tambourine?

8 Who wrote the novel Oranges Are Not the Only Fruits?

9 What is the world’s most nutritious fruit?

10 What is the world’s least nutritious fruit?

Answers
Cherry
Muscat
The Banana Splits
Chinese gooseberry
Peach
Asia
Lemon Pipers
Jeanette Winterson
Avocado
Cucumber







FOOD & DRINK     GENERAL QUIZ     SEVENTEEN

1 Courgettes and pumpkins both belong to which plant family?

2 What is a baine marie?

3 How many gallons are in a firkin of beer?

4 In which European country did Limburger cheese originate?

5 If nectar is the drink of the gods, what is the food of the gods?

6 What five-letter C word is the name given to the dried kernel of a coconut?

7 Which siblings starred in the 1933 comedy Duck Soup?

8 What is Cockney rhyming slang for eyes?

9 Venison is meat obtained from which animal?

10 What E word is the name given to a steak cut from between the ribs?

Answers
Marrow
A double walled pan or cooking pot
Nine
Belgium
Ambrosia
Copra
The Marx Brothers
Mince pies
Deer
Entrecote







FOOD & DRINK     A COMMERCIAL BREAK     QUIZ EIGHTEEN

What products are advertised on TV with the following slogans?

1 Made in Scotland from girders

2 Tastes like chocolate never tasted before

3 Gives a meal man appeal

4 Makes exceedingly good cakes

5 Milk from contented cows

6 Graded grains make finer flour

7 Refreshes the parts other beers can’t reach

8 Full of Eastern promise

9 Makes tea bags, makes tea

10 How do you eat yours?

Answers
Iron Bru
Cadbury’s Flake
Oxo
Mr Kipling
Carnation
Homepride
Heineken
Turkish Delight
Tetley’s
Cadbury’s Cream Eggs






FOOD & DRINK     GENERAL     QUIZ NINETEEN

1 What drink is derived from the German meaning, “to store”?

2 In brewing, what is a spile?

3 What is a tiddy oggie?

4 Which fruit family do kumquats belong to?

5 Jerusalem and globe are both varieties of what?

6 What name is given to a pilchard under one year old?

7 Which decade witnessed the Boston Tea Party?

8 What is Cockney rhyming slang for the feet?

9 The town of Dijon is famed for its production of which condiment?

10 Which comic strip character could often be seen eating cow pie in Cactusville?

Answers
Lager
A bung
Cornish pasty
Orange
Artichoke
Sardine
1770s (1773)
Plates of meat
Mustard
Desperate Dan







FOOD & DRINK     SAY CHEESE     QUIZ TWENTY

1 Which English cheese is known as, The King of Cheeses?

2 Serat cheese is obtained from the milk of which animal?

3 In which European country did Kernhem cheese originate?

4 What is the national cheese of Greece?

5 Traditionally what colour of cheese is the moon said to be made from?

6 Which leader was once quoted as saying, “How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese”?

7 Alverca cheese originates from which European country?

8 In which English county is Cheddar Gorge?

9 From what types of seeds does cheddar derive it’s orange colour?

10 Gammelost cheese originates from which Scandinavian country?

Answers
Stilton
Sheep
Netherlands
Feta
Green
Charles de Gaulle
Portugal
Somerset
Annatto
Norway





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A trivia trek from the USA to Bombay, from Spain to the Ukraine, from Iran to Milan, from New York to County Cork, from Marseilles to Hudson Bay, from Albania to Transylvania and from Waterloo to Timbuktu






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GEOGRAPHY     GENERAL     QUIZ ONE

1 Which state of the USA was an independent nation from 1836 to 1845?

2 In which country do one hundred sen make one ringgit?

3 Of the eleven founder members of OPEC which is the only South American country?

4 After which goddess was the city of Calcutta named?

5 In which country is Europe’s highest waterfall?

6 During which century did Denmark rule England?

7 What is the second largest city in Sweden?

8 In which city did the St Valentine’s Day Massacre take place?

9 What is the largest county in the Republic of Ireland?

10 Of which German city is Spandau a suburb?

Answers
Texas
Malaysia
Venezuela
Kali
Norway
11th century
Gothenburg
Chicago
Cork
Berlin






GEOGRAPHY     RIVER RIDDLES     QUIZ TWO

1 Which is the largest city that stands on the River Limmat?

2 The Kariba Dam stands on which river?

3 In which country is the source of the River Rhine?

4 What is the most highly populated city that stands on the River Nile?

5 Which river is overlooked by the Leaning Tower of Pisa?

6 Which state of the USA is also the name of the longest river in North America?

7 Into which sea does the River Jordan empty?

8 In New York, Manhattan lies between the Hudson River and which other river?

9 Who topped the UK singles chart with the song The Rivers of Babylon?

10 Which river flows from Lake Winnipeg to Hudson Bay?

Answers
Zurich
Zambezi
Switzerland
Cairo
Arno
Mississippi
Dead Sea
East River
Boney M
Nelson River







GEOGRAPHY     GENERAL     QUIZ THREE

1 In which country did the Inca civilisation originate?

2 What sea is connected to the North Sea by the Baltic Canal?

3 Which European capital city was devastated by an earthquake in 1755?

4 What is the capital city of Liberia?

5 Which city is served by Ataturk Airport?

6 Which country’s national flag depicts the image of a cedar tree?

7 Which country is separated from Spain by the Straits of Gibraltar?

8 What name is given to the parliament of Israel?

9 What is the official language of Angola?

10 What is the national sport of Malaysia?

Answers
Peru
Baltic Sea
Lisbon
Monrovia
Istanbul
Lebanon
Morocco
Knesset
Portuguese
Badminton







GEOGRAPHY     DOWN UNDER     QUIZ FOUR

1 What is the official national flower of Australia?

2 The colony of Botany Bay led to the establishment of which city?

3 Which Australian state covers the greatest area?

4 What is the state capital of Tasmania?

5 What is the state capital of Queensland?

6 The Australian coat of arms is supported by a kangaroo and which other creature?

7 Which major town stands almost at the geographical centre of Australia?

8 Who was elected as Prime Minister of Australia in 1996?

9 How many stars are on the flag of Australia?

10 The city of Melbourne lies in which state?

Answers
Wattle
Sydney
Western Australia
Hobart
Brisbane
Emu
Alice Springs
John Howard
Six
Victoria






GEOGRAPHY     GENERAL     QUIZ FIVE

1 Which British city is home to the greatest number of canals?

2 From which country did Panama claim its independence in 1903?

3 What collective name is given to the eight oldest universities in the USA?

4 Alphabetically what is the first country in Africa?

5 How many red stripes are there on the flag of the USA?

6 What is the world’s driest desert?

7 Which sea separates Africa from the Arabian Peninsula?

8 The Gulf of Venice is the most northerly point of which sea?

9 What is the largest lake through which the equator passes?

10 In Berlin what is the U-bahn?

Answers
Birmingham
Colombia
The Ivy League
Algeria
Seven
Atacama Desert
The Red Sea
Adriatic Sea
Lake Victoria
Underground railway system







GEOGRAPHY    ISLAND INFO     QUIZ SIX

1 What is the largest island in the Indian Ocean?

2 On which island was Napoleon Bonaparte born?

3 What is the largest of the Dodecanese Islands?

4 What is the name of the main town on the island of Guernsey?

5 Kalatdlit Nunat was granted home rule in 1979. What is the more common name of this large island?

6 On which island is the Mafia said to have originated?

7 In which bay does the island of Capri lie?

8 Which Mediterranean island is affectionately known as George Cross Island?

9 Andreanof, Rat and Fox are three of the main islands in which island group?

10 Corfu, Zante and Paxos are the three main islands in which Greek island group?

Answers
Madagascar
Corsica
Rhodes
St Peter Port
Greenland
Sicily
Bay of Naples
Malta
Aleutians
Ionian






GEOGRAPHY     GENERAL     QUIZ SEVEN

1 In which country is mainland Europe’s most westerly point?

2 In which building are new Popes elected?

3 Which city is served by Marco Polo Airport?

4 What was built in Berlin in 1788 as a victory monument for the triumphant Prussian army?

5 CH is the international car registration plate for which country?

6 Which European capital city was formerly called Kristiania?

7 In which African country does the majority of the Kalahari Desert lie?

8 What is the world’s largest gulf?

9 What is the national bird of India?

10 If all the European capital cities were listed alphabetically which would come last?

Answers
Portugal
Sistine Chapel
Venice
Brandenburg Gate
Switzerland
Oslo
Botswana
Gulf of Mexico
Peacock
Zagreb






GEOGRAPHY     FAR EAST FACTS     QUIZ EIGHT

1 What type of flower provided the name of the throne sat upon by Japanese Emperors?

2 In 1945 which country was divided by the 38th Parallel?

3 In terms of population, which is the largest city in China?

4 On which island does the city of Tokyo stand?

5 What is the main currency unit of Nepal?

6 What did Formosa change its name to?

7 What is the English title of the Chinese national anthem?

8 What colour is exclusively reserved for the cars of the Japanese Imperial Family?

9 What is the capital of Tibet?

10 The city of Ulan Bator lies in which country?

Answers
Chrysanthemum
Korea
Shanghai
Honshu
Rupee
Taiwan
March of the Volunteers
Maroon
Lhasa
Mongolia






GEOGRAPHY     GENERAL     QUIZ NINE

1 If airport luggage bears the identification tag of CPH, which city is the destination?

2 What is the second largest desert in the world?

3 In ancient Greece what was the capital of Laconia?

4 Which North African city has a name that means, “white house” in Spanish?

5 Which country is nicknamed, “the cockpit of Europe”?

6 What was the former name of Ethiopia?

7 What is the capital of Angola?

8 Of which US state was Bill Clinton the governor?

9 In which country does Sturm Graz FC play their home matches?

10 In which ocean does the Seychelles lie?

Answers
Copenhagen
Gobi Desert
Sparta
Casablanca
Belgium
Abyssinia
Luanda
Arkansas
Austria
Indian Ocean







GEOGRAPHY     ROCKING ALL OVER THE WORLD     QUIZ TEN
Name the artists who had hits with the following songs in the given years.

1 1978 Lost In France

2 1986 Going Down To Liverpool

3 1978 Boy from New York City

4 1961 Midnight in Moscow

5 1983 Africa

6 1996 Australia

7 1981 Vienna

8 1996 Rotterdam

9 1982 Rio

10 1973 All The Way from Memphis

Answers
Bonnie Tyler
The Bangles
The Darts
Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen
Toto
Manic Street Preachers
Ultravox
The Beautiful South
Duran Duran
Mott the Hoople







GEOGRAPHY     GENERAL     QUIZ ELEVEN

1 By what four-letter name is the French Sudan now known?

2 What is the largest city in Egypt after Cairo?

3 Which sea is linked to the Mediterranean Sea by the Bosphorus Bridge?

4 What is the name of the French stock exchange?

5 On which river does the English city of Leicester stand?

6 What is the official language of Cuba?

7 In which country is the Atacama Desert?

8 S is the international car registration plate of which country?

9 Which South American country has a name that means, “Little Venice”?

10 In which city does the CN Tower overlook Lake Ontario?

Answers
Mali
Alexandria
Black Sea
Bourse
River Soar
Spanish
Chile
Sweden
Venezuela
Toronto







GEOGRAPHY     PEAK PRACTICES     QUIZ TWELVE

1 What is the world’s second highest mountain?

2 Which range of hills, 35 miles in length forms part of the border between England and Scotland?

3 What is the name of the chief mountain range in North Africa?

4 What is the world’s longest mountain range?

5 Which is the highest peak in the Rockies?

6 Which Greek mountain shares its name with one of the Three Musketeers?

7 Which Swiss mountain was first climbed in 1858 by Charles Barrington and Christian Almar?

8 What is the name of the flat-topped mountain that overlooks the city of Cape Town?

9 What is the highest point of the Pyrenees?

10 Which is the highest mountain in Africa?

Answers
K2
Cheviots
Atlas Mountains
Andes
Mount Elbert
Athos
The Eiger
Table Mountain
Mount Aneto
Kilimanjaro




GEOGRAPHY     GENERAL QUIZ     THIRTEEN

1 Which capital city is served by King Khaled Airport?

2 Which is the only US state beginning with the letter L?

3 On which river does the city of Calcutta stand?

4 Which African country gained its independence from the UK in 1962?

5 In which Scottish town is Queen of the South Football Club based?

6 On which island are the holiday resorts of Larnarca and Limassol?

7 What is the capital of Liechtenstein?

8 The inscription, Suomi features on the stamps of which European country?

9 What is the smallest county in Northern Ireland?

10 Which is the nearest country to the North Pole?

Answers
Riyadh
Louisiana
Ganges
Uganda
Dumfries
Cyprus
Vaduz
Finland
Armagh
Greenland







GEOGRAPHY     BEST OF BRITISH     QUIZ FOURTEEN

1 In which seaside resort did Billy Butlin open his first holiday camp?

2 Which range of hills is known as, The Backbone of England?

3 In which county is Wentworth Golf Course?

4 On which Scottish island is Fingal’s Cave to be found?

5 In which county is the most easterly town in England?

6 In the Welsh town of Llandudno, a popular tourist attraction is a statue of a white rabbit. To whom is this statue a memorial?

7 The Wrekin is an extinct volcano lying in which English county?

8 Eboracum was the Roman name for which English city?

9 Which river is spanned by the Clifton Suspension Bridge?

1 0 In which building is the tomb of the Duke of Wellington?

Answers
Skegness
Pennines
Surrey
Isle of Staffa
Suffolk
Lewis Carroll
Shropshire
York
Avon
St Paul’s Cathedral






GEOGRAPHY     GENERAL     QUIZ FIFTEEN

1 In 1989 which country changed its name to Myanmar?

2 In which country can one visit the ruins of the ancient city of Troy?

3 On which island did reggae music originate?

4 What C word is the name given to social classes in India?

5 Shaped like a boot, the country of Italy appears to be kicking which island?

6 What animal features on the crest of the Falkland Islands?

7 Which town does Britain’s highest mountain Ben Nevis overlook?

8 What lies at the centre of the flag of Israel?

9 What is the only colour that features on the flag of Libya?

10 On which island was Prince Philip born?

Answers
Burma
Turkey
Jamaica
Castes
Sicily
Sheep
Fort William
The Star of David
Green
Corfu







GEOGRAPHY     BRAZIL NUTS     QUIZ SIXTEEN

1 With which Brazilian football club did Pele spend the majority of his career?

2 What is the most highly populated city in Brazil?

3 What replaced Rio de Janeiro as the capital of Brazil?

4 What is the official language of Brazil?

5 What is the main religion adhered to in Brazil?

6 What colour is the lozenge on the flag of Brazil?

7 With which country does Brazil form its longest land border?

8 In what year did Brazil first win football’s World Cup?

9 Which Brazilian beach has been the subject of a hit record and a stage musical by Barry Manilow?

10 What is the name of the statue located on top of Corcovado Mountain that overlooks the city of Rio?

Answers
Santos
Sao Paulo
Brasilia
Portuguese
Roman Catholic
Yellow
Bolivia
1958
Copacabana
Christ the Redeemer





GEOGRAPHY     GENERAL     QUIZ SEVENTEEN

1 What was the Roman name for the city of Chester?

2 Which Italian city built on three clay hills lends its name to a colour?

3 What is the longest river in Portugal?

4 Which is the largest Scandinavian country?

5 Which was the first city in the world to have two TV stations?

6 What letter of the alphabet appears on the cold-water taps in France?

7 What is the national flower of Mexico?

8 What is the world’s second largest French speaking city?

9 Which English city is known as, the city of the dreaming spires?

10 Duffel coats took their name from a town in which European country?

Answers
Deva
Siena
Tagus
Sweden
New York
F
Dahlia
Montreal
Oxford
Belgium







GEOGRAPHY     FILMS AROUND THE WORLD     QUIZ EIGHTEEN

1 Which Rome landmark links a trio of romances together in the 1954 film, Three Coins in a Fountain?

2 Which controversial 1973 film co-starred Marlon Brando and Maria Schneider?

3 In which Oscar winning movie did Meryl Streep play the role of Karen Blixen?

4 In the film The French Connection, which French city provided the connection with New York?

5 In which 1978 film did Gregory Peck play a renegade Nazi?

6 In which Italian city was the film The Italian Job set?

7 In which 1988 comedy did Eddie Murphy play a wealthy African prince who posed as a poor student in New York?

8 What was the title of the second James Bond film?

9 In which country were the hills alive with the sound of music?

10 Where did Brad Pitt spend seven years according to the title of a 1997 film?

Answers
Trevi Fountain
Last Tango in Paris
Out of Africa
Marseilles
The Boys from Brazil
Turin
Coming To America
From Russia with Love
Austria
Tibet




GEOGRAPHY     GENERAL     QUIZ NINETEEN


1 What is the capital of Latvia?

2 If one was to fly due west from Paris, which would be the first country to be flown over after leaving France?

3 Which statue is nicknamed, Brussels oldest citizen?

4 Which European capital stands on the River Vistula?

5 What is the world’s saltiest sea?

6 What is the Spanish word for river?

7 In which city is the headquarters of The International Red Cross?

8 What is the largest of the Canary Islands?

9 What is the most highly populated city in Alaska?

10 In which country do planes land at Agadir Airport?

Answers
Riga
Canada
Mannekin Pis
Warsaw
Red Sea
Rio
Geneva
Tenerife
Anchorage
Morocco







GEOGRAPHY     LONDON CALLING     QUIZ TWENTY

1 Which area of London was terrorised by Jack the Ripper?

2 What is the first property that can be purchased on a British Monopoly board?

3 Which famed London arts centre opened in 1982?

4 How many hands does Big Ben have?

5 Which car manufacturer shares its name with a London bridge?

6 Which statue stands in the centre of Piccadilly Circus?

7 Which bridge connects St Paul’s Cathedral and the Tate Modern?

8 After who was Big Ben named?

9 On which street was London’s first public convenience opened?

10 What was the capital of England before London?

Answers
Whitechapel
Old Kent Road
The Barbican
None, Big Ben is the name of the bell
Vauxhall
Eros
Millennium Bridge
Sir Benjamin Hall
Fleet Street
Winchester






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HISTORY     GENERAL     QUIZ ONE

1 Which US President gave the White House its name?

2 What was the nationality of the first man to climb Mount Everest?

3 Who designed the uniform of the Swiss Guard, the bodyguards of the Pope?

4 Which sea is named after a 16th century Dutch navigator who made three voyages in search of the North West passage?

5 Who was the first US President to marry whilst in office?

6 In 1932 who founded the British Union of Fascists?

7 To which saint is Westminster Abbey dedicated?

8 In which capital city was the Nobel Prize winner Marie Curie born?

9 What name was given to Britain’s first Polaris submarine?

10 Who resigned as leader of the SDP in 1987?

Answers
Theodore Roosevelt
New Zealander
Michelangelo
The Barents Sea after Willem Barents
John Tyler
Oswald Moseley
St Peter
Warsaw
HMS Resolution
Dr David Owen






HISTORY     KINGS AND QUEENS     QUIZ TWO

1 Which King of England married Catherine of Valois?

2 The Babington Plot was a plot to assassinate which monarch?

3 Between 1714 and 1830 what were all the British monarchs called?

4 In 1948 which king laid the foundation stone for the Aswan Dam?

5 With regards to Queen Elizabeth II, what connects the years of 1948, 1950, 1960 and 1964?

6 Who was proclaimed Empress of India in 1877?

7 Which king died at the Battle of Bosworth Field?

8 What nationality was Anne of Cleves?

9 Which British monarch died at the Battle of Flodden Field?

10 Which king was executed on January 30, 1649?

Answers
Henry V
Queen Elizabeth I
George
King Farouk
The births of her four children
Queen Victoria
Richard III
German
James IV
Charles I






HISTORY     GENERAL     QUIZ THREE

1 Who was the British government’s Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1983 to 1989?

2 In 2002 Queen Elizabeth II celebrated her Golden Jubilee. Which jubilee was celebrated by Queen Victoria in 1897?

3 Warren Hastings became the first Governor General of which country?

4 What profession connects Sir Walter Scott, Margaret Thatcher and Lenin?

5 The TV series Sharpe was set during which war?

6 What was the Roman name for England?

7 In what year was the race horse Shergar kidnapped?

8 What title was used by German Emperors until 1917?

9 Which leader was once quoted as saying, “A single death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic”?

10 Who was the Roman Emperor at the time of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ?

Answers
Nigel Lawson
Diamond Jubilee
India
All former lawyers
Napoleonic War
Albion
1983
Kaiser
Stalin
Tiberius




HISTORY     THE 20TH CENTURY     QUIZ FOUR

1 Who designed the Volkswagen Beetle?

2 In 1992 which city replaced Lagos as the capital of Nigeria?

3 Which American President penned an autobiography entitled, Where’s the Rest of Me?

4 Which disc jockey is credited with coining the phrase, rock and roll?

5 Who was hanged for the murder of David Blakely?

6 In 1991 who was appointed as the first female head of MI5?

7 By what name was the dictator Francois Duvalier also known?

8 Which Poet Laureate died in 1998?

9 In the 1990s which member of the British Royal Family was offered the throne of Estonia?

10 In 1907 what became the first European country to allow female MPs?

Answers
Ferdinand Porsche
Abuja
Ronald Reagan
Alan Freed
Ruth Ellis
Stella Rimington
Papa Doc
Ted Hughes
Prince Edward
Finland





HISTORY     GENERAL     QUIZ FIVE

1 Which century witnessed The Gunpowder Plot?

2 Which country joined the Commonwealth in 1947, left it in 1972 and rejoined in 1989?

3 In which decade of the 19th century did the Irish Potato Famine occur?

4 Which was the first ever country to adopt the metric system?

5 Which South American country was named after the man who sailed on the Santa Maria?

6 Who wrote a book entitled The History of the World whilst imprisoned in the Tower of London?

7 Who, the subject of a hit record by Boney M, was nicknamed The Mad Monk?

8 Who was the tallest ever President of the USA?

9 Who was the captain of the HMS Bounty, a vessel that witnessed an infamous mutiny in 1879?

10 Who made an unsuccessful attempt to steal the crown jewels in 1671?

Answers
17TH century
Pakistan
1840s
France
Colombia, after Christopher Columbus
Sir Walter Raleigh
Rasputin
Abraham Lincoln
William Bligh
Thomas Blood



HISTORY     WARS AND BATTLES     QUIZ SIX

1 Which race was named after a battle fought in 490 BC?

2 What shade of red was named after a battle contested during the struggle for Italian independence?

3 Which war gave Britain control of Hong Kong?

4 In World War II which country was invaded by the Allies in Operation Avalanche?

5 Name any year in which the US Civil War was contested?

6 What was the name of the only full scale naval battle of World War I?

7 Who opposed the Roundheads in the English Civil War?

8 What was the name of the first land battle of the Falklands War?

9 What did Horatio Nelson lose at the Battle of Tenerife?

10 What nickname was given to the German weapon of World War I, named after the wife of Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach?

Answers
Marathon
Magenta
Opium War
Italy
1861 to 1865
Battle of Jutland
Cavaliers
The Battle of Goose Green
His right arm
Big Bertha





HISTORY     GENERAL     QUIZ SEVEN

1 In which capital city was Leon Trotsky assassinated?

2 According to the Bible who committed the first ever murder?

3 In which building did Prince Charles marry Diana Spencer?

4 Which outlaw, born in 1847, was shot dead in 1882 by Bob Ford?

5 Which of Hitler’s henchmen was nicknamed The Butcher of Lyon?

6 What post was held by Thomas Becket at the time of his assassination?

7 Which state of the USA was named after the wife of Charles I?

8 In the 19th century which country was referred to as, The Sick Man of Europe?

9 What name did the Romans give to Ireland?

10 Who was fatally injured in a motorcycle accident in 1935 and was played on film by Peter O’Toole twenty-seven years later?

Answers
Mexico City
Cain
St Paul’s Cathedral
Jesse James
Klaus Barbie
Archbishop of Canterbury
Maryland
Turkey
Hibernia
TE Lawrence or Lawrence of Arabia






HISTORY     WHODUNNIT?     QUIZ EIGHT

Who assassinated the following famous people?

1 Robert Kennedy

2 Martin Luther King

3 Spencer Percival

4 Abraham Lincoln

5 Mahatma Gandhi

6 Lee Harvey Oswald

7 John Lennon

8 William McKinley

9 Gianni Versace

10 James Garfield

Answers
Sirhan Sirhan
James Earl Ray
John Bellingham
John Wilkes Booth
Nathuram Godse
Jack Ruby
Mark Chapman
Leon Czolgosz
Andrew Cunanan
Charles Guiteau





HISTORY     GENERAL     QUIZ NINE

1 In which decade did Josef Stalin die?

2 In which century was the artist Paul Cezanne born?

3 What was the last name of the legendary Scottish hero Rob Roy?

4 In what month was Julius Caesar killed?

5 Who was the last inmate of Spandau Prison?

6 In which famous shoot out did Billy Clanton die?

7 Which Pope excommunicated Henry VIII?

8 The city of Philadelphia was founded by members of which religious group?

9 What is the name of Britain’s oldest order of chivalry?

10 By what name was the outlaw Robert Leroy Parker better known?

Answers
1950s
19th century
Macgregor
March
Rudolph Hess
The Gunfight at the OK Corral
Pope Paul III
The Quakers
Knight of the Thistle
Butch Cassidy







HISTORY     ALIVE, ALIVE O     QUIZ TEN

Name any year in which the following people were alive

1 Christopher Columbus

2 Jane Austen

3 Pocahontas

4 Billy the Kid

5 Louis Pasteur

6 King Canute

7 John Logie Baird

8 Genghis Khan

9 Sir Walter Raleigh

10 Marco Polo

Answers
1451-1506
1775-1817
1595-1617
1859-1881
1822-1895
995-1035
1888-1946
1167-1227
1552-1618
1254-1324





HISTORY     GENERAL     QUIZ ELEVEN

1 In October 1990 who was appointed as the first Chancellor of the newly united Germany?

2 Which disgraced medical man was hanged at Pentonville Prison on November 23, 1910?

3 After which US President were teddy bears named?

4 In which capital city is Oscar Wilde buried?

5 In which decade was the Ugandan dictator Idi Amin born?

6 Which organisation won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1977?

7 Which war was ended by the Treaty of Panmunjon?

8 Which President of the USA features on a $5 bill?

9 What connects the monarchs Edward II, Richard II and Edward VIII?

10 In 1821 the Romanian Republic declared itself independent from which European country?

Answers
Helmut Kohl
Dr Crippen
Theodore Roosevelt
Paris
1920s
Amnesty International
The Korean War
Abraham Lincoln
They all abdicated
Spain




HISTORY     DISCOVERIES AND INVENTIONS     QUIZ TWELVE

1 In 1876 which famous scientist invented the microphone?

2 Which scientist, the inventor of the aqualung, sailed in a research ship called The Calypso?

3 What is the name of the artificial language invented by Hugo Ludwik Zamenhof?

4 Who invented the jet engine?

5 Which planet was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh in 1930?

6 What connects a Bunsen burner, a biro and pasteurisation?

7 What was invented by Blaise Pascal in 1647 whilst he was carrying out experiments involving perpetual motion?

8 What is the nationality of the inventor of the Rubik’s cube?

9 Who named his invention of the Spinning Jenny after his daughter?

10 Which common bathroom object was invented by William Addis in 1649, whilst he was serving a prison sentence?


Answers
Alexander Graham Bell
Jacques Cousteau
Esperanto
Sir Frank Whittle
Pluto
They are all named after their inventors – Robert Bunsen, Laszlo Biro and Louis Pasteur
Roulette wheel
Hungarian
James Hargreaves
Toothbrush



HISTORY     GENERAL     QUIZ THIRTEEN

1 Which African country became independent of Britain in 1962?

2 From which city was the ill-fated Titanic launched?

3 Which member of the British Royal Family was born in August 1988?

4 In 1852 which famous historical figures funeral in Maidenhead was disrupted by wide spread flooding?

5 What is the name of the bay in which the first convict establishment was set up in Australia?

6 When Cynthia Harris played Mrs Simpson in a TV drama, who was played by Edward Fox?

7 Which Biblical story is chronicled in chapters 6-9 in the book of Genesis?

8 What colourful nickname was bestowed upon the date of October 19, 1980?

9 What was the name of the plane in which Charles Lindbergh recorded the first solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean?

10 In 1968 why were the Oscar ceremonies postponed for two weeks?

Answers
Uganda
Belfast
Princess Beatrice
Duke of Wellington
Botany Bay
Edward VIII
Noah’s Ark and the great flood
Black Monday
Spirit of St Louis
Due to the assassination of Martin Luther King



HISTORY     HISTORY ON FILM     QUIZ FOURTEEN

1 During which war was the film MASH set?

2 When Liz Taylor played Cleopatra in a 1963 film, who played Julius Caesar?

3 Which historical figure was portrayed by Errol Flynn in the film They Died with Their Boots On?

4 Who was played by Antonio Banderas in the musical Evita?

5 Who played the title role in Carry On Columbus?

6 Which outlaw born in 1855 and hanged in 1880 was played on film by Mick Jagger?

7 Who was assassinated by Republicans in 1922 and played on film seventy-four years later by Liam Neeson?

8 Who was played on film by Telly Savalas in The Greatest Story Ever Told and by Richard Boone in The Robe?

9 Which gladiator and slave was played by Kirk Douglas in a 1960 epic?

10 Which composer’s life story was chronicled on the big screen in A Song to Remember?

Answers
Korean War
Rex Harrison
General George Custer
Che Guevara
Jim Dale
Ned Kelly
Michael Collins
Pontius Pilate
Spartacus
Frederic Chopin


HISTORY     GENERAL     QUIZ FIFTEEN

1 Which country left the Commonwealth in 1949 and declared itself a republic?

2 Which famous writer lived at 393 Old Commercial Road in Plymouth?

3 Who founded the Salvation Army?

4 In which capital city was Anwar Sadat assassinated in 1981?

5 According to William Shakespeare which monarch said, “Now is the winter of our discontent”?

6 What was the name of Horatio Nelson’s flagship at the Battle of the Nile?

7 What B word was the name given to the feudal code of the Japanese Samurai?

8 What became a state of the USA in 1907 and a title of a film musical in 1955?

9 Which royal house ruled France from 1589 to 1830?

10 What name did Albino Luciano take when he was elected Pope?

Answers
Republic of Ireland
Charles Dickens
William Booth
Cairo
Richard III
HMS Vanguard
Bushido
Oklahoma
Bourbon
Pope John Paul I






HISTORY     PRIME MINISTERS     QUIZ SIXTEEN

1 Who was the very first Prime Minister of Great Britain?

2 Who was the Prime Minister of Great Britain when Queen Elizabeth II was born?

3 Which future Prime Minister was elected MP for Bexley in 1950?

4 Who did Winston Churchill describe as, “A sheep in sheep’s clothing”?

5 In the 1960s Harold Holt was Prime Minister of which country?

6 Which ex British Prime Minister died in 1986?

7 Who was the first Labour Prime Minister of Great Britain?

8 What are the two middle names of Winston Churchill?

9 Which constituency was represented by Margaret Thatcher?

10 Who was British Prime Minister at the outbreak of World War II?


Answers
Robert Walpole
Stanley Baldwin
Edward Heath
Clement Atlee
Australia
Harold Macmillan
Ramsay Macdonald
Leonard Spencer
Finchley
Neville Chamberlain






HISTORY     GENERAL     QUIZ SEVENTEEN

1 Which man of the cloth won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984?

2 Other than William Hague who was the only other 20th century Conservative leader who did not serve as Prime Minister?

3 Who incurred the wrath of Queen Elizabeth I when he married Elizabeth Throckmorton?

4 In the Bible who replaced Judas Iscariot as one of the twelve Apostles?

5 In 1962 who became the first American astronaut to orbit the Earth?

6 In which palace was Winston Churchill born?

7 Name the Soviet leader who died in 1984.

8 In 1931 Al Capone was imprisoned for what crime?

9 What was the surname of the Wild West hero Buffalo Bill?

10 Which city changed its name to Ho Chi Minh City in 1975?

Answers
Desmond Tutu
Austin Chamberlain
Sir Walter Raleigh
Matthias
John Glenn
Blenheim Palace
Yuri Andropov
Tax evasion
Cody
Saigon





HISTORY     LETS HEAR IT FOR THE GIRLS     QUIZ EIGHTEEN

1 Who was canonised in 1920, 489 years after being executed?

2 In 1936 who did Time Magazine name as The Woman of the Year?

3 What was the name of the Suffragette who was killed by the king’s horse in the 1913 Derby?

4 What was the nationality of the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest?

5 Who was on the throne when William Shakespeare was born?

6 What was the name of the Scottish heroine who in 1746 assisted in the escape of Bonnie Prince Charlie?

7 After whom is Africa’s largest lake named?

8 Who in 1963 became the first woman in space?

9 Who acquired the nickname of, Little Miss Sure Shot in America’s old west?

10 In 1893 which became the first country in the world to give women the vote?

Answers
Joan of Arc
Wallis Simpson
Emily Davidson
Japanese
Elizabeth I
Flora Macdonald
Queen Victoria
Valentina Tereshkova
Annie Oakley
New Zealand




HISTORY     GENERAL     QUIZ NINETEEN

1 Which country was expelled from the Organisation of American States in 1962?

2 Which infamous pirate captained the ship Queen Anne’s Revenge?

3 Which Scottish hero was proclaimed Warden of Scotland in 1297?

4 Which scientist was named Man Of The 20th Century by Time Magazine?

5 In which country did the tango dance originate?

6 Which cruise ship was hijacked by the PLO in 1985?

7 Who, born in 1757, had a Shropshire town named after him?

8 From which prison did the spy George Blake escape in 1966?

9 Which Wild West hero was portrayed by Kurt Russell in the film Tombstone?

10 In September 1878 what was erected in London following a sea voyage from Alexandria?

Answers
Cuba
Black Beard
William Wallace
Albert Einstein
Argentina
Achille Lauro
Thomas Telford
Wormwood Scrubs
Wyatt Earp
Cleopatra’s Needle






HISTORY     WHAT’S ANOTHER YEAR?     QUIZ TWENTY

1 In which year was the Falklands War fought?

2 In which year was Dick Turpin hanged?

3 Which year is inscribed on the book held by the Statue of Liberty?

4 In which year did the National Health Service in Britain celebrate its 50th anniversary?

5 Which year witnessed the Battle of Naseby?

6 Which year of the 20th century saw three different Popes?

7 In which year was the Channel Tunnel officially opened?

8 In which year did a shocked world witness the Tiananmen Square massacre?

9 In which year was the Hindenberg airship disaster?

10 In what year did Mother Teresa die?

Answers
1982
1739
1776
1998
1645
1978
1994
1989
1937
1997




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