A to Z  of Quizzes  U to Z

USEFUL LISTS contd. THE REAL NAMES OF MOVIE STARS
Woody Allen -Allen Konigsberg
Julie Andrews- Julia Wells
Don Ameche- Dominic Felix Amici
Fred Astaire -Frederick Austerlitz
Lauren Bacall- Betty Joan Perske
Anne Bancroft -Anna Maria Italiano
Brigitte Bardot -Camille Javal
Charles Bronson- Charles Buchinski
Mel Brooks- Melvin Kaminsky
Yul Brynner -Taidje Khan Jnr
Nicholas Cage -Nicholas Coppola
Michael Caine- Maurice Micklewhite
Jackie Chan -Chan Kwong Sang
Lou Costello -Louis Cristillo
Joan Crawford -Lucille Le Sueur
Tom Cruise -Thomas Mapother III
Tony Curtis -Bernard Schwartz
Doris Day -Doris Von Kappelhoff
Bo Derek -Cathleen Collins
Diana Dors -Diana Fluck
WC Fields -William Claude Dukenfield
Peter Finch -William Mitchell
Judy Garland -Frances Gumm
Whoopi Goldberg -Caryn Johnson
Cary Grant -Archibald Leach
Rita Heyworth -Marguerita Cansino
Charlton Heston- John Charlton Carter
William Holden William Beedle
Boris Karloff -William Henry Pratt
Diane Keaton-Diane Hall
Howard Keel -Howard Leek
Carole Lombard- Jane Peters
Jane Mansfield -Vera Jane Palmer
Ray Miland -Reginald Truscott-Jones
Marilyn Monroe -Norma Jean Baker
Demi Moore- Demetria Guynes
Jack Palance- Walter Palaniuk
Mary Pickford -Gladys Smith
Edward G Robinson -Emmanuel Goldenberg
Ginger Rogers- Virginia McMath
Roy Rogers -Leonard Slye
Winona Ryder -Winona Horowitz
Jane Seymour -Joyce Frankenberg
Martin Sheen- Ramon Estevez
Christian Slater -Christian Hawkins
Barbara Stanwyck -Ruby Stevens
John Wayne- Marion Morrison
Shelley Winters- Shirley Shrift
Jane Wyman- Sarah Jane Faulks

POP GOES THE NAME The real names of famous pop stars
Adam Ant -Stuart Goddard
Bjork -Bjork Gudmundsdottir
Cilla Black -Priscilla White
Michael Bolton- Michael Bolotin
Bono- Paul Hewson
David Bowie- David Jones
Boy George -George O’Dowd
Chubby Checker- Ernest Evans
Alice Cooper -Vincent Furnier
Elvis Costello- Declan McManus
Bobby Darin -Walden Robert Cassotto
Chris De Burgh -Christopher John Davidson
Kiki Dee -Pauline Matthews
John Denver -Henry John Deutschendorf
Neil Diamond- Noah Kaminsky
Bob Dylan -Robert Zimmerman
Eminem- Marshall Mathers
David Essex -David Cook
Adam Faith -Terence Nelhams
Georgie Fame -Clive Powell
Wayne Fontana- Glynn Ellis
Billy Fury -Roland Wycherley
Gary Glitter- Paul Gadd
Buddy Holly- Charles Hardin Holley
Billy Idol- William Broad
Elton John- Reginald Dwight
Tom Jones -Thomas Woodward
Chaka Khan- Yvette Stevens
Billy J Kramer -William Ashton
Brenda Lee -Brenda Tarpley
Lemmy- Ian Kilminster
Lulu -Marie Lawrie
Barry Manilow -Barry Pincus
Marilyn Manson- Brian Warner
Meat Loaf -Marvin Lee Aday
Freddie Mercury- Faroukh Bulsara
George Michael -Georgios Panayiotou
Gary Numan -Gary Webb
PJ Proby -James Marcus Smith
Cliff Richard-Harry Webb
Axl Rose -William Bailey
Sade -Helen Folasade Adu
Del Shannon- Charles Westover
Sandie Shaw -Sandra Goodrich
Dusty Springfield- Mary O’Brien
Ringo Starr- Richard Starkey
Sting -Gordon Sumner
Shakin’ Stevens -Michael Barrett
Tina Turner Annie- Mae Bullock


TV TITLE ROLES
Ally McBeal -Calista Flockhart
Banacek -George Peppard
Becker -Ted Danson
Bergerac -John Nettles
Blackadder -Rowan Atkinson
Boon -Michael Elphick
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century- Gil Gerard
Budgie -Adam Faith
Buffy the Vampire Slayer- Sarah Michelle Geller
Cadfael- Derek Jacobi
Callan -Edward Woodward
Campion -Peter Davison
Chef -Lenny Henry
Columbo -Peter Falk
Dixon of Dock Green -Jack Warner
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin -Leonard Rossiter
Father Ted- Dermot Morgan
Frasier -Kelsey Grammar
Hazell -Nicholas Ball
I Love Lucy- Lucille Ball
Jonathan Creek- Alan Davies
Kavanagh QC -John Thaw
Kojak- Telly Savalas
Lou Grant- Ed Asner
Lovejoy -Ian McShane
McCloud- Dennis Weaver
Oh No It’s Selwyn Froggit -Bill Maynard
Perry Mason- Raymond Burr
The Prisoner- Patrick McGoohan
Quincy -Jack Klugman
Rab C Nesbit- Gregor Fisher
Remington Steele- Pierce Brosnan
Roseanne -Roseanne Barr
Rumpole of the Bailey -Leo McKern
Sharpe -Sean Bean
Shoestring- Trevor Eve
The Singing Detective -Michael Gambon
The Six Million Dollar Man-Lee Majors
Supergran- Gudrun Ure
Taggart- Mark McManus
TJ Hooker -William Shatner
Van der Valk- Barry Foster
The Vicar of Dibley- Dawn French
The Virginian -James Drury
Worzel Gummidge- Jon Pertwee
Wycliffe- Jack Shepherd
Xena Warrior Princess -Lucy Lawless





OLYMPIC VENUES

SUMMER                                                             WINTER

1896 Athens, Greece                                             1924 Chamonix, France
1900 Paris, France                                                 1928 St Moritz, Switzerland
1904 St Louis, USA                                              1932 Lake Placid, USA
1908 London, England                                           1936 Garmisch Partenkirchen, Germany
1912 Stockholm, Sweden                                     1948 St Moritz, Switzerland
1920 Antwerp, Belgium                                         1952 Oslo, Norway
1924 Paris, France                                                 1956 Cortina, Italy
1928 Amsterdam, Netherlands                               1960 Squaw Valley, USA
1932 Los Angeles, USA                                         1964 Innsbruck, Austria
1936 Berlin, Germany                                             1968 Grenoble, France
1948 London, England                                            1972 Sapporo, Japan
1952 Helsinki, Finland                                            1976 Innsbruck, Austria
1956 Melbourne, Australia                                     1980 Lake Placid, USA
1960 Rome, Italy                                                    1984 Sarajevo, Yugoslavia
1964 Tokyo, Japan                                                 1988 Calgary, Canada
1968 Mexico City, Mexico                                     1992 Albertville, France
1972 Munich, Germany                                           1994 Lillehammer, Norway
1976 Montreal, Canada                                           1998 Nagano, Japan
1980 Moscow, USSR                                             2002 Salt Lake City, USA
1984 Los Angeles, USA                                          2006 Torino, Italy
1988 Seoul, South Korea
1992 Barcelona, Spain
1996 Atlanta, USA
2000 Sydney, Australia
2004 Athens, Greece
2008 Beijing, China

















GRAND NATIONAL
WINNERS AND JOCKEYS
YEAR/ HORSE                     JOCKEY
1837 The Duke                     Mr Potts
1838 Sir Henry                      T. Oliver
1839 Lottery                          J. Mason
1840 Jerry                             Mr Bretherton
1841 Charity                         Mr Powell
1842 Gaylad                         T. Oliver
1843 Vanguard                     T. Oliver
1844 Discount                       Mr Crickmere
1845 Cure-all                         W. Loft
1846 Pioneer                         Mr Taylor
1847 Matthew                       D. Wynne
1848 Chandler                     Captain Little
1849 Peter Simple                 T. Cunningham
1850 Abdel Kader                 C. Green
1851 Abdel Kader                 T. Abbot
1852 Miss Mowbray             A. Goodman
1853 Peter Simple                 T. Oliver
1854 Bourton                         Mr Tasker
1855 Wanderer                     J. Hanlon
1856 Freetrader                     G. Stevens
1857 Emigrant                        C. Boyce
1858 Little Charley                 W.Archer
1859 Half Caste                     C. Green
1860 Anatis                             Mr Thomas
1861 Jealousy                          J. Kendall
1862 Huntsman                       H.Lamplugh
1863 Emblem                         G. Stevens
1864 Emblematic                     G. Stevens
1865 Alcibiade                         Captain Coventry
1866 Salamander                     A. Goodman
1867 Cortolvin                         J. Page
1868 The Lamb                       Mr Edwards
1869 The Colonel                    G.Stevens
1870 The Colonel                     G. Stevens
1871 The Lamb                        Mr Thomas
1872 Casse Tete                       J. Page
1873 Disturbance                     JM. Richardson
1874 Reugny                           JM. Richardson
1875 Pathfinder                       Mr Thomas
1876 Regal                               J. Cannon
1877 Austerlitz                         FG. Hobson
1878 Shifnal                             J. Jones
1879 The Liberator                 G. Moore
1880 Empress                          T. Beasley
1881 Woodbrook                     T. Beasley
1882 Seaman                             Lord Manners
1883 Zoedone                         Count Kinsky

1884 Voluptuary                         EP. Wilson
1885 Roquefort                          EP. Wilson
1886 Old Joe                             T. Skelton
1887 Gamecock                         W. Daniells
1888 Playfair                             Mr Mawson
1889 Frigate                             T. Beasley
1890 Ilex                                 A. Nightingall
1891 Come Away                    H. Beasley
1892 Father O’Flynn               Captain Owen
1893 Cloister                             Mr Dollery
1894 Why Not                         A. Nightingall
1895 Wildman from Borneo         J. Widger
1896 The Soarer                        T. Campbell
1897 Manifesto                         T. Kavanagh
1898 Drogheda                         J. Gourley
1899 Manifesto                         G. Williamson
1900 Ambush II                         A. Anthony
1901 Grudon                             A. Nightingall
1902 Shannon Lass                     D. Read
1903 Drumcree                         P. Woodland
1904 Moifaa                             A. Birch
1905 Kirkland                         F. Mason
1906 Ascetic’s Silver                 A. Hastings
1907 Eremon                             A. Newey
1908 Rubio                             HB. Bletsowe
1909 Lutteur III                     G. Parfrement
1910 Jenkinstown                    R. Chadwick
1911 Glenside                         JR Anthony
1912 Jerry                               M E. Piggott
1913 Covecoat                         P. Woodland
1914 Sunloch                          WJ. Smith
1915 Ally Sloper                     JR. Anthony
1916 Vermouth                        J. Reardon
1917 Ballymacad                     E. Driscoll
1918 Poethlyn                         E.Piggott
1919 Poethlyn                         E. Piggott
1920 Troytown                       JR. Anthony
1921 Shaun Spadah                 FB. Rees
1922 Music Hall                     FB. Rees
1923 Sgt Murphy                    Captain Bennet
1924 Master Robert                 R. Trudgill
1925 Double Chance             Major Wilson
1926 Jack Horner                 W. Watkinson
1927 Sprig                              TE. Leader
1928 Tipperary Tim                 WP. Dutton
1929 Gregalach                         R. Everett
1930 Shaun Goilin                     T. Cullinan
1931 Grakle                               R. Lyall
1932 Forbra                               J. Hamey
1933 Kellsboro Jack                 D. Williams
1934 Golden Miller                     G. Wilson
1935 Reynoldstown                     FC. Furlong
1936 Reynoldstown                     FT. Walwyn
1937 Royal Mail                         E. Williams
1938 Battleship                             B. Hobbs
1939 Workman                           T. Hyde
1940 Bogskar                              M. Jones
1941 to 1945 no race due to World War II
1946 Lovely Cottage                 Captain Petre
1947 Caughoo                           E. Dempsey
1948 Sheila’s Cottage                 AP. Thompson
1949 Russian Hero                     L. McMorrow
1950 Freebooter                         J. Power
1951 Nickel Coin J                     A. Bullock
1952 Teal                                 AP. Thompson
1953 Early Mist                         B. Marshall
1954 Royal Tan                          B. Marshall
1955 Quare Times                     P. Taaffe
1956 E.S.B.                             DV. Dick
1957 Sundew                            F. Winter
1958 Mr What A                      R. Freeman
1959 Oxo                                 M. Scudamore
1960 Merryman II                     G. Scott
1961 Nicolaus Silver                 R. Beasley
1962 Kilmore                           F Winter
1963 Ayala                               P. Buckley
1964 Team Spirit                     W. Robinson
1965 Jay Trump                       T. Smith
1966 Anglo                             T. Norman
1967 Foinavon                         J. Buckingham
1968 Red Alligator                   B. Fletcher
1969 Highland Wedding           E. Harty
1970 Gay Trip                          P. Taaffe
1971 Specify                             J. Cook
1972 Well to Do                      G. Thorner
1973 Red Rum                         B. Fletcher
1974 Red Rum                         B. Fletcher
1975 L’Escargot                      T. Carberry
1976 Rag Trade                       J. Burke
1977 Red Rum                         T. Stack
1978 Lucius                             R. Davies
1979 Rubstic                           M. Barnes
1980 Ben Nevis                       G. Fenwick
1981 Aldaniti                           R. Champion
1982 Grittar                             R. Saunders
1983 Corbiere                         B. De Hann
1984 Hallo Dandy                   N. Doughty
1985 Last Suspect                    H. Davies
1986 West Tip                         R. Dunwoody
1987 Maori Venture                 S. Knight
1988 Rhyme ‘n’ Reason           B.Powell
1989 Little Polvier                     J. Frost
1990 Mr Frisk                         M. Armytage
1991 Seagram                         N. Hawke
1992 Party Politics                   C. Llewellyn
1993 Race void due to false start
1994 Minnehoma                     R.Dunwoody
1995 Royal Athlete                   J. Titley
1996 Rough Quest                   M. Fitzgerald
1997 Lord Gyllene                   A. Dobbin
1998 Earth Summit                    C. Llewellyn
1999 Bobbyjo                          P. Carberry
2000 Papillon                           R. Walsh
2001 Red Marauder                 R. Guest
2002 Bindaree                         J. Culloty
2003 Monty’s Pass                 B. Geraghty
2004 Amberleigh House          G. Lee
2005 Hedgehunter                    R. Walsh



 




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A selection of quizzes for the wordsmiths of the world awash with annoying anagrams and cunning conundrums













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VOCABULARY      GENERAL      QUIZ ONE

1 What is the opposite of convex?

2 Bibliophobia is the morbid fear of what?

3 What name is given to a moon that comes between a half-moon and a full moon?

4 In the Far East what is a cheongsam?

5 What is the superlative of the word happy?

6 From which language did the word slalom originate?

7 Donnerstag is the German word for which day of the week?

8 If an animal is as a pinniped what bodily part does it possess?

9 What six-letter word is the name given to the kitchen on a ship?

10 What does an agmatologist study with regard to the human body?

Answers
Concave
Books
Gibbous moon
A dress
Happiest
Norwegian
Thursday
Flippers
Galley
Fractures










VOCABULARY      ANAGRAMATICAL      QUIZ TWO
Unravel the anagrams to give the titles of ten TV programmes

1 OSCAR DROSS

2 A LINSEED RIND

3 A SLY SILK BANGLE

4 MOAN A RAP

5 GINGER HALL

6 CROAKY JAN

7 BE A THREAT

8 STIR MAD MEN

9 PROM SECRETIONS

10 RADIAL TOGS

Answers
Crossroads
Dinnerladies
Ballykissangel
Panorama
Grange Hill
Jackanory
Heartbeat
Mastermind
Inspector Morse
Gladiators









VOCABULARY     GENERAL     QUIZ THREE

1 Which disease derives its name from the Greek for coal?

2 Rearmouse is an old name for which mammal?

3 What is the singular for trivia?

4 If a substance is described as stannic, which metal does it contain?

5 What five-letter S word is the name given to the loose rocks on a mountainside?

6 Which day of the week was named after the Roman god of agriculture?

7 From which sport does the word crestfallen originate?

8 Pommel, cantle and girth are all parts of a what?

9 What name is given to the cross-legged position in yoga?

10 What name is given to a cow that has not yet given birth to a calf?

Answers
Anthrax
Bat
Trivium
Tin
Scree
Saturday after Saturn
Cock fighting
A horse’s saddle
Lotus
Heifer










VOCABULARY     ANAGRAMATICAL     QUIZ FOUR
Unravel the anagrams to give the titles of ten films

1 DISMISS DANCING IVY

2 GROOVIER DRESS

3 THE DEATH FROG

4 COSY SPOUT

5 REST WALLET

6 A CRUMBLY EIGHT

7 GREETS PILOT

8 KIEV NIGHTS

9 DULL SONGS DAY

10 NOT WORTH FIRE ENGINE

Answers
Driving Miss Daisy
Reservoir Dogs
The Godfather
Octopussy
Wall Street
Bruce Almighty
Poltergeist
The Vikings
Guys and Dolls
The Towering Inferno










VOCABULARY     GENERAL     QUIZ FIVE

1 What is eugenics the study of?

2 What name is given to the metal ribs on the fingerboard of a guitar?

3 What is the opposite of cacography?

4 What name is given to the twenty-one books of the New Testament that are written in the form of letters?

5 Which letter of the Greek alphabet also means a tiny amount?

6 What was the name of the calendar adopted by Britain in 1752?

7 What is dendrophobia the fear of?

8 What is a person doing if they are mendicating?

9 If Mach 1 equals supersonic what word equates to Mach 5?

10 What five-letter word is defined as a sculpture or painting that depicts the Virgin Mary supporting the dead Christ on her lap?

Answers
Selective breeding
Frets
Calligraphy
Epistles
Iota
Gregorian calendar
Trees
Begging
Hypersonic
Pieta







   

VOCABULARY     ANAGRAMATICAL     QUIZ SIX
Unravel the anagrams to identify 10 pop groups

1 A MEDDLED ROOF HIT

2 WONDERER

3 A MARSHAL

4 SQUATS OUT

5 A RED LIMIT

6 CODE WORD HUES

7 TEL DIGRESSES

8 JUST A SPIDER

9 DIM LIMPNESS

10 MY JOG RERUN

Answers
Middle of the Road
New Order
Shalamar
Status Quo
Del Amitri
Crowded House
Sister Sledge
Judas Priest
Simple Minds
Mungo Jerry









VOCABULARY     GENERAL     QUIZ SEVEN

1 If an object is described as campanulate, what is it shaped like?

2 Of which word is pram an abbreviation?

3 What is the female equivalent of an ogre?

4 According to an old proverb hell hath no fury like a what?

5 My word is my bond is the motto of which institution?

6 What name is given to the green colouring matter in plants?

7 What does a craniometer measure the size of?

8 What name is given to the part of a parachute that catches the air?

9 An howdah is a seat found on top of a what?

10 What branch of mathematics was named after the Latin for pebble?

Answers
Bell shaped
Perambulator
Ogress
Woman scorned
The Stock Exchange
Chlorophyll
Skull
Canopy
Elephant
Calculus










VOCABULARY     ANAGRAMATICAL     QUIZ EIGHT
Unravel the anagrams to give the titles of 10 novels

1 PAPER NET

2 NEED TINY LESBIAN SIS

3 PINKED PAD

4 A BANBURY DREG

5 FRODO NIGHT SHELTER

6 UNREAL DISASTER

7 LOST MEALS

8 COMMEND A FINE

9 LARGE LADS ALL SCATTER MANURE

10 SAD HERMIT

Answers
Peter Pan
Sense and Sensibility
Kidnapped
Barnaby Rudge
Lord of the Rings
Treasure Island
Salem’s Lot
Of Mice and Men
All Creatures Great and Small
Hard Times









VOCABULARY     GENERAL     QUIZ NINE

1 What is the only English anagram of the word relatives?

2 The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog, is an example of a pangram. What is a pangram?

3 What is the derivation of the term, tying the knot with regard to a marriage?

4 With regard to footwear what are aglets?

5 Sill, fumarole and flank are all parts of a what?

6 A synodic month is a period between two what?

7 What name is given to an angle of less than 90 degrees?

8 A cytometer is used for counting and measuring what in the human body?

9 What four-letter word is the name given to the highest point of a triangle?

10 What do numismatists refer to as the obverse?

Answers
Versatile
A sentence that contains all the letters of the alphabet
Brides in Ancient Rome wore a knotted girdle on their wedding day
The plastic or metal ends of shoelaces
Volcano
New moons
Acute
Cells
Apex
The head side of a coin









VOCABULARY     ANAGRAMATICAL     QUIZ TEN
Unravel the anagrams to give the titles of 10 number one hits


1 HEROES SPUR

2 OH OMIT A CLINIC

3 I JOLT A DUCHESS

4 CLEVER TOES

5 A ROUND FRIG

6 MAGNETIC MOMS

7 TUBE LURE

8 BELTS A CREEP

9 NEVER FIGHT

10 A MALT MERGES

Answers
Pure Shores (All Saints)
Mi Chico Latino (Geri Halliwell)
Jesus to a Child (George Michael)
Secret Love (Doris Day)
Fairground (Simply Red)
Magic Moments (Perry Como)
True Blue (Madonna)
Respectable (Mel and Kim)
Night Fever (Bee Gees)
Telegram Sam (T Rex)








VOCABULARY     GENERAL     QUIZ ELEVEN

1 What name is given to a male mermaid?

2 What two-word term describes poetry that does not rhyme?

3 What does it mean if a meeting is held “sub rosa”?

4 Which gas took its name from the Greek word for sun?

5 According to the old saying, he who sups with the Devil should have a long what?

6 What does the prefix kilo signify?

7 What unit of area is equal to 2.471 acres?

8 What name is given to one tenth of a bel?

9 By what shorter name is Diamorphine hydrochloride better known?

10 The intensity of what is measured by a photometer?

Answers
Merman
Blank verse
A meeting held in secret
Helium
Spoon
One thousand
Hectare
Decibel
Heroin
Light










VOCABULARY     ANAGRAMATICAL     QUIZ TWELVE
Unravel the anagrams to give the name of 10 literary characters


1 WINDY DANGLER

2 GOVERN NOSH JILL

3 STEAMY ROW

4 HECK HELLS MOORS

5 A SNEERY OWL

6 NIBBLE TRULY

7 TICKLE A CHERUB

8 FORBIDS A GONG

9 NOON ORDEAL

10 SERMON PRAY

Answers
Wendy Darling
Long John Silver
Tom Sawyer
Sherlock Holmes
Ron Weasley
Billy Bunter
Charlie Bucket
Frodo Baggins
Lorna Doone
Perry Mason








VOCABULARY     GENERAL     QUIZ THIRTEEN

1 What does an aphyllous plant not have?

2 What is the generic name for gas, coal and oil?

3 What does a conchologist collect?

4 What L word is the name given to a reading desk in a church?

5 What six-letter word is the name given to the metal rod at the centre of a sundial?

6 What is known as Adam’s profession?

7 What is the more common name for varicella?

8 Which element derived its name from the Greek word for stench?

9 Whose last words were “Et tu Brute”?

10 According to the proverb what can you not obtain from a sow’s ear?

Answers
Leaves
Fossil fuels
Seashells
Lectern
Gnomon
Gardening
Chickenpox
Bromine
Julius Caesar
A silk purse










VOCABULARY     RHYMING WORDS     QUIZ FOURTEEN
The answers to the following ten questions all rhyme

1 What is the name of the best friend of Yogi Bear?

2 Who did the pop singer Dion advise you to stay away from?

3 In which TV series did David Jason and Gwen Taylor play Ted and Rita Simcock?

4 Which villain has been played on film by Boris Karloff, Christopher Lee and Peter Sellers?

5 Which African city was ruled in the 14th century by Mansa Suleyman?

6 Bettong, rat and potoroo are all species of what?

7 In 2002 which group collaborated with Elton John on a revamped version of Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word?

8 Which bear accompanied Mowgli in The Jungle Book?

9 In which 1998 film did Michael Caine play Sherlock Holmes and Ben Kingsley play Dr Watson?

10 Which group had a 1986 hit with the song I Just Died in Your Arms?

Answers
Boo Boo
Runaround Sue
A Bit of a Do
Fu Manchu
Timbuktu
Kangaroo
Blue
Baloo
Without A Clue
Cutting Crew






VOCABULARY     GENERAL     QUIZ FIFTEEN

1 What nine-letter word is the name given to the focal point of an earthquake?

2 If Menshevik means minority, what word means majority?

3 What is the German word for the number two?

4 What three-letter word is the Latin for I?

5 With regard to photography what do the initials SLR stand for?

6 In nautical terms what name is given to the length of 608 feet?

7 What name is given to the highest order of angels?

8 What eight-letter word describes the nasal opening of a whale?

9 What does the S stand for in the acronym NASA?

10 What were the first four words spoken by God to man in the Bible?

Answers
Epicentre
Bolshevik
Zwei
Ego
Single lens reflex
Cable
Seraphim
Spiracle
Space
Be fruitful and multiply










VOCABULARY     RHYMING WORDS     QUIZ SIXTEEN
The answers to the following ten questions all rhyme

1 What is the London address of Sherlock Holmes?

2 Four types of weather are collectively known as precipitation. Snow, hail, rain and which other?

3 Which US rock group had hits with the songs, On the Road Again and Lets Work Together?

4 On which island is the film Zorba the Greek set?

5 If the Daily Mirror and the Sun are described as tabloid, what word describes The Times and The Guardian?

6 What is the collective noun for a group of badgers?

7 Which Birmingham based ska group had hits with cover versions of Mirror in the Bathroom and Tears of a Clown?

8 Durum, red and thin-chaffed are all varieties of what?

9 Adam, Rachel, Pete, Jenny, David and Karen are the leading characters in which TV show?

10 Which character is voiced by Kelsey Grammar in Toy Story 2?

Answers
221b Baker Street
Sleet
Canned Heat
Crete
Broadsheet
Cete
The Beat
Wheat
Cold Feet
Stinky Pete




VOCABULARY     GENERAL     QUIZ SEVENTEEN

1 What name is given to a deposit of carbonate of lime rising from the floor of a cave?

2 What unit of pressure is represented by the abbreviation Pa?

3 Which type of canoe is a palindrome?

4 What name is given to a collector of butterflies?

5 What is the heraldic name for the colour black?

6 What is hypnophobia the fear of?

7 What is the Scottish equivalent of a mayor called?

8 What is the smallest indivisible particle of an element?

9 What is the Spanish word for navy?

10 Roman, horseshoe and gothic are all styles of what?

Answers
Stalagmite
Pascal
Kayak
Lepidopterist
Sable
Sleep
Provost
Atom
Armada
Arch









VOCABULARY     LETTER LOGIC     QUIZ EIGHTEEN

1 What eleven-letter C word describes the apparent outward force of a rotating body?

2 What A word is the collective noun for a group of widows?

3 What S word is a visual method of communication involving the use of two flags?

4 What P word is a piece of music that imitates another composer’s style?

5 What A word is a circular coral reef growing on top of a submerged mountain?

6 What K word is a fibrous protein that is a main constituent of hair and nails?

7 What M word is the branch of law that relates to ships and shipping?

8 What E word is a piece of territory enclosed entirely within a foreign territory?

9 What M word is defined as a sudden change in a gene?

10 What P word is the name of an iron gate of a castle that rises horizontally?

Answers
Centrifugal
Ambush
Semaphore
Pastiche
Atoll
Keratin
Maritime
Enclave
Mutation
Portcullis









VOCABULARY     GENERAL     QUIZ NINETEEN

1 What is the common name for sodium hydroxide?

2 What is the name of the Japanese art of flower arranging?

3 What eight-letter word is the name given to an assembly of cardinals?

4 What word is defined as a speech that introduces a play?

5 A gilbert is a unit of what?

6 What is Cockney rhyming slang for a suit?

7 What collective name is given to plants that flower once in two years?

8 Which of the following is the correct spelling – dessiccated, desiccated, dessicated?

9 What seven-letter word is the opposite of nocturnal?

10 What word represents the letter N in the phonetic alphabet?

Answers
Caustic soda
Ikebana
Conclave
Prologue
Magnetic force
Whistle and flute
Biennial
Desiccated
Diurnal
November









VOCABULARY     LETTER LOGIC     QUIZ TWENTY

1 What does the T stand for in the medical condition DVT?

2 What T is a type of clay that takes its name from the Italian for baked earth?

3 What C word is the name given to a community of ants?

4 What M word is the layer of rock that lies immediately under the crust of the Earth?

5 What C word is the name of the staff carried by a bishop?

6 What eight-letter C word is defined as a crack in a glacier?

7 What fourteen-letter T word is a branch of science concerned with heat and energy?

8 What O word is a piece of music that opens an opera?

9 What S word is a class of rocks that is formed from the wastage of other rocks?

10 What eight-letter V word of Italian origin translates into English as blood feud?

Answers
Thrombosis (deep vein thrombosis)
Terracotta
Colony
Mantle
Crozier
Crevasse
Thermodynamics
Overture
Sedimentary
Vendetta





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The following section consists of mini profiles of forty famous people. Each of the mystery personalities is accompanied by five clues to help you guess at the identity. As the clues progress they become gradually easier until the one point clue is a dead giveaway, as in the example set out below.

5 Point Clue I am a famous actor who was born in 1952. Early in my show business career I worked as a nightclub comedian and later my voice featured in the animated film Fern Gully the Last Rainforest. Who am I?

4 Point Clue I was once quoted as saying, “Cocaine is God’s way of saying you’re making too much money”. Who am I?

3 Point Clue Less successful films that I have starred in includes Club Paradise, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen and Being Human. Who am I?

2 Point Clue I won an Academy Award for the 1997 film Good Will Hunting. Who am I?

1 Point Clue On TV I played Mork and on film I played Mrs Doubtfire. Who am I?

Answer Robin Williams



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WHO AM I? QUIZ ONE

5 Point Clue I was born on September 21, 1947 in the American town of Portland. I graduated from university in 1970 with a degree in English and went on to become a high school teacher at Hampden Academy. Who am I?

4 Point Clue In 1999 I was seriously injured in a road accident that left me unable to walk for several months. Who am I?

3 Point Clue In 1974 I had my first novel published and this book was later adapted into a film directed by Brian De Palma. Who am I?

2 Point Clue I have written several novels under the pseudonym of Richard Bachman and the majority of my novels are set in my home state of Maine. Who am I?

1 Point Clue I am one of the worlds most successful writers of horror stories and my past works include, The Shining, The Dead Zone and Misery. Who am I?

Answer I am Stephen King

WHO AM I? QUIZ TWO

5 Point Clue I was born in San Diego in 1972 and at the age of sixteen I began a successful modelling career. Who am I?

4 Point Clue In 1994 I landed my first film role playing a character called Tina Carlyle. Who am I?

3 Point Clue I played the bride to be in the romantic comedy My Best Friend’s Wedding. Who am I?

2 Point Clue In the award winning animated movie Shrek, I provided the voice of Princess Fiona. Who am I?

1 Point Clue I played the title role in There’s Something about Mary and I have also played one of Charlie’s Angels on the big screen? Who am I?

Answer I am Cameron Diaz





WHO AM I? QUIZ THREE

5 Point Clue I was born on March 2, 1931 the son of farming parents. I went on to study law at university. Who am I?

4 Point Clue Margaret Thatcher once said of me, “I like Mr-------. We can do business together”. Who am I?

3 Point Clue In 1990 I won the Nobel Peace Prize. Who am I?

2 Point Clue I was born in a Russian village called Privolnoye near the city of Stavropol. Who am I?

1 Point Clue In 1985 I became the leader of the Soviet Union. Who am I?

Answer I am Mikhail Gorbachev

WHO AM I? QUIZ FOUR

5 Point Clue I was born on November 21, 1965 and I am a famous name in the world of pop music. When I was eleven years old I released an album of cover versions that included the Tina Charles hit I Love to Love. Who am I?

4 Point Clue As an adult I released my debut album in 1993. This album was simply entitled Debut. Who am I?

3 Point Clue I wrote and performed the song Play Dead that featured on the soundtrack of the 1994 film The Young Americans. Who am I?

2 Point Clue I was born in Reykjavik and I am a former member of a group called The Sugarcubes. Who am I?

1 Point Clue I had a huge hit with the song Its Oh So Quiet, but I was far from quiet when I infamously assaulted a news reporter in an airport lounge. Who am I?

Answer I am Bjork







WHO AM I? QUIZ FIVE

5 Point Clue I was born in March 1968 and I am a famous name in the world of sport. I won my first England international cap in 1990. Who am I?

4 Point Clue In 1976 as an eight year old I became the youngest player to represent Essex under 11 Schools. Who am I?

3 Point Clue In 2002 I was awarded the OBE and I was born in the city of Madras. Who am I?

2 Point Clue I made my debut for Essex County Cricket Club in 1987 and ten years later I scored 207 runs in an international match against Australia. Who am I?

1 Point Clue In July 2003 I resigned as England Test captain. Who am I?

Answer I am Nasser Hussain

WHO AM I? QUIZ SIX

5 Point Clue I was born in 1944 and on leaving school I worked as a chicken gutter before eventually taking up a clerical post in a law firm. Who am I?

4 Point Clue In 1967 I became the first female reporter for the Daily Mail. Who am I?

3 Point Clue My highly publicised autobiography is entitled Memoirs of an Unfit Mother. Who am I?

2 Point Clue I was once quoted as saying, “I knew I’d conquered American when Mike Tyson told me I was one mean lady”. Who am I?

1 Point Clue I am the much feared question master on the TV game show The Weakest Link. Who am I?

Answer I am Anne Robinson







WHO AM I? QUIZ SEVEN

5 Point Clue I am a famous name in the world of classical music and I was born in 1678 and died in 1741. Who am I?

4 Point Clue I was born in Venice and in 1703 I took up the post of violin teacher at the Ospitale della Pieta in my home city. Who am I?

3 Point Clue I composed the opera Orlando Furioso and I am buried in a pauper’s grave in Vienna. Who am I?

2 Point Clue I acquired the nickname of the Red Priest. Who am I?

1 Point Clue My most famous musical work is entitled The Four Seasons.Who am I?

Answer I am Antonio Vivaldi

WHO AM I? QUIZ EIGHT

5 Point Clue I was born on November 2, 1775 the daughter of the Holy Roman Emperor Francis I. Who am I?

4 Point Clue I was played in a 1938 film by Norma Shearer, a performance that earned Norma an Oscar nomination. Who am I?

3 Point Clue On October 16, 1793 I was sentenced to death meeting my fate at the guillotine. Who am I?

2 Point Clue I was the wife of King Louis XVI. Who am I?

1 Point Clue Legend has it that I said, “Let them eat cake” when informed that the starving citizens had no bread. Who am I?

Answer I am Marie Antoinette






WHO AM I? QUIZ NINE

5 Point Clue I am a famous man in the world of sport, I was born in 1941. Unfortunately one of my middle names is Chelsea, also the name of one of my local rivals. Who am I?

4 Point Clue I retired from playing in 1977 after a career that saw me playing in the final stages of three World Cups. Who am I?

3 Point Clue I won an FA Cup winners medal in 1964 and I died in 1993. Who am I?

2 Point Clue I was capped 108 times for England, a record only bettered by Peter Shilton. Who am I?

1 Point Clue I captained England to World Cup glory in 1966. Who am I?

Answer I am Bobby Moore

WHO AM I? QUIZ TEN

5 Point Clue I am a famous actress that was named after a department store and I was born in Cleveland in 1968. I made my TV debut in a 1989 sitcom entitled Living Dolls. Who am I?

4 Point Clue In 1993 I married the Atlanta Braves baseball star David Justice. It was a stormy relationship that ended in divorce in 1997. Who am I?

3 Point Clue In 1987 I won the Miss USA beauty pageant. Who am I?

2 Point Clue I became the first African American actress to win a Best Actress Oscar. Who am I?

1 Point Clue I played the role of Jinx in the Bond movie Die Another Day. Who am I?

Answer I am Halle Berry






WHO AM I? QUIZ ELEVEN

5 Point Clue I was born in 1852 and I was baptised in the town of Griffin in the American state of Georgia. Who am I?

4 Point Clue I was a famous name in America’s Old West and I died in 1887. Who am I?

3 Point Clue I have been played many times on film including portrayals by Stacy Keach, Dennis Quaid and Victor Mature. Who am I?

2 Point Clue In 1872 I enrolled in the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery. Who am I?

1 Point Clue In 1882 alongside Wyatt Earp and his brothers I assisted in the killing of the Clanton Gang at the OK Corral. Who am I?

Answer I am Doc Holliday


WHO AM I? QUIZ TWELVE

5 Point Clue I was born in Pennsylvania in 1832 and at the age of sixteen I moved with my family to the city of Boston. Who am I?

4 Point Clue Whilst working as a teacher I supplemented my income by writing short stories for magazines under the pen name of AM Barnard. Who am I?

3 Point Clue My first book, a collection of children’s fairy stories entitled Flower Fables was published when I was twenty-three years of age. Who am I?

2 Point Clue I share my middle name with one of the months of the year. Who am I?

1 Point Clue My most famous work Little Women told the story of the March family. Who am I?

Answer I am Louisa May Alcott




WHO AM I? QUIZ THIRTEEN

5 Point Clue I was born in 1904 and I won a scholarship to Fairfield Secondary School in Somerset. In the 1920s I toured the USA in a play, as part of Barnum & Bailey’s Circus. Who am I?

4 Point Clue I made my big screen debut in the 1931 film, Singapore Sue and I died following a stroke in 1986. Who am I?

3 Point Clue I turned down the chance to play James Bond in Dr No in 1962, however in the following year I played a Bond style character in the film Charade. Who am I?

2 Point Clue I was born Archibald Leach. Who am I?

1 Point Clue I was directed by Alfred Hitchcock in four films including a scene where I was crop dusted in North By North West. Who am I?

Answer I am Cary Grant


WHO AM I? QUIZ FOURTEEN

5 Point Clue I am a famous actress of stage, film and TV who was born in June 1933. Although I will best be remembered for my TV work I made my film debut in 1952 in Laxdale Hall. Who am I?

4 Point Clue Other films I have appeared in include, Mad Cows, The Wicked Lady and The Boys From Brazil. Who am I?

3 Point Clue On television I have appeared in Never the Twain, Bergerac, After Henry and Midsomer Murders. Who am I?

2 Point Clue I married fellow thespian Timothy West. Who am I?

1 Point Clue I played the role of Sybil Fawlty in the popular sitcom Fawlty Towers. Who am I?
Answer I am Prunella Scales




WHO AM I? QUIZ FIFTEEN

5 Point Clue I was born in 1943 in the city of Sheffield. After studying at Oxford University I went on to become a famous name in entertainment. Who am I?

4 Point Clue In a 1996 film version of Wind in the Willows I appeared as Rat. Also that year I published a novel entitled Hemingway’s Chair. Who am I?

3 Point Clue Other films I have appeared in include Brazil, Time Bandits and A Private Function. Who am I?

2 Point Clue I won a BAFTA Award for my role in the film A Fish Called Wanda. Who am I?

1 Point Clue I became famous as a member of the Monty Python team and I have also presented several travel shows on TV including Pole to Pole. Who am I?

Answer I am Michael Palin

WHO AM I? QUIZ SIXTEEN


5 Point Clue I was born in 1959 and during a privileged education I served as Head Girl at Hurst Lodge School. Who am I?

4 Point Clue On my own horse called Ballymoss I have competed in numerous show jumping events. Who am I?

3 Point Clue I was instrumental in the founding of the charity Children In Crisis. Who am I?

2 Point Clue I am the fourth cousin of Lady Diana. Who am I?

1 Point Clue In 1988 I gave birth to a baby girl who was christened Beatrice. Who am I?

Answer I am Sarah Ferguson






WHO AM I? QUIZ SEVENTEEN

5 Point Clue I was born in 1947 in Long Beach, New York the son of a successful jazz promoter. After leaving college I studied films under Martin Scorsese at New York University. Who am I?

4 Point Clue Early in my showbiz career I worked as a stand-up comedian opening for such acts as Barry Manilow. I made my big screen debut in a low budget 1978 production entitled Rabbit Test. Who am I?

3 Point Clue I have hosted several Academy Award ceremonies and I also starred in the films Forget Paris and Memories of Me. Who am I?

2 Point Clue I shot to fame after playing the first openly gay character on US prime time TV, in the comedy series Soap. Who am I?

1 Point Clue I played Harry in the romantic comedy When Harry Met Sally. Who am I?

Answer I am Billy Crystal

WHO AM I? QUIZ EIGHTEEN

5 Point Clue I was born in Chicago in 1918. My father William who died from carbon monoxide poisoning sold conveyor belts for the Royal Rubber Company. Who am I?

4 Point Clue After graduating from high school I worked as a fashion assistant, however I always harboured dreams to become a professional dancer. This dream came to fruition when I formed my own dance troupe. Who am I?

3 Point Clue I was born Elizabeth Ann Bloomer. Who am I?

2 Point Clue In 1948 I married for the second time. Two weeks after the marriage my husband was elected to the House of Representatives. Who am I?

1 Point Clue I am a former First Lady of the USA who established a drinks and drug rehabilitation clinic. Who am I?
Answer I am Betty Ford




WHO AM I? QUIZ NINETEEN

5 Point Clue I was born in Kentucky in 1963 and I made my film debut in the 1984 horror flick A Nightmare on Elm Street. Who am I?

4 Point Clue I am a keen musician having fronted my own band The Kids which once opened for the rock legend Iggy Pop. I am an accomplished guitarist and I have guested on an Oasis album for my good friends the Gallagher brothers. Who am I?

3 Point Clue My favourite TV show is the British comedy series The Fast Show and I appeared in the very last sketch on the very last show of the series. Who am I?

2 Point Clue My film CV includes the movies Platoon, Donnie Brasco and What’s Eating Gilbert Grape? Who am I?

1 Point Clue I played the title role in the film Edward Scissorhands.Who am I?

Answer I am Johnny Depp

WHO AM I? QUIZ TWENTY

5 Point Clue I am a famous name in the world of pop music, and was born in December 1980 on Staten Island. At the tender age of eight I appeared on the TV talent show Star Search singing The Greatest Love of All. Who am I?

4 Point Clue As a budding child star I appeared on TV for two years as a member of Disney’s Mickey Mouse Club. Who am I?

3 Point Clue My mother is Irish and my father was born in Ecuador. In 1999 I enjoyed a No 1 hit single on both sides of the Atlantic. Who am I?

2 Point Clue I won a 1999 Grammy Award for Best New Artist and in the same year I received an Oscar nomination for the song Reflections that featured in the Disney film Mulan. Who am I?

1 Point Clue I have been criticised for wearing revealing costumes on stage and I collaborated with Lil’ Kim, Mya and Pink on the 2001 world wide smash hit Lady Marmalade. Who am I?


I am Christina Aguilera

WHO AM I? QUIZ TWENTY-ONE

5 Point Clue I was born in 1949 and I am a famous name in the world of sport that turned professional in 1971. Who am I?

4 Point Clue In 1979 I lost in the final of the World Championships. Who am I?

3 Point Clue I won my first professional tournament in 1982 and I was born in Northern Ireland. Who am I?

2 Point Clue My autobiography is entitled Frame By Frame. Who am I?

1 Point Clue In the 1985 World Snooker Championship final I famously defeated Steve Davis on the final black ball. Who am I?

Answer I am Dennis Taylor

WHO AM I? QUIZ TWENTY-TWO

5 Point Clue I was born in London in 1960 and graduated from university with a degree in Slavonic and East European Studies. Who am I?

4 Point Clue I began my showbiz career as a warm up man for a TV game show and in 1987 I formed my own production company. Who am I?

3 Point Clue I hosted the TV game show It’s Only TV but I like It and I have also presented my own show on Radio 2. Who am I?

2 Point Clue My three children are called Betty Kitten, Harvey Kirby and Honey Kinney. Who am I?

1 Point Clue I replaced Barry Norman as presenter of Film Night following his defection to Sky TV. Who am I?

Answer I am Jonathan Ross





WHO AM I? QUIZ TWENTY-THREE

5 Point Clue I was born in 1936 and I am a famous actor who made my big screen debut in the 1967 film The Violent Ones. Who am I?

4 Point Clue Other films I have appeared in include Carquake, Bird on a Wire and Lone Wolf McQuade. Who am I?

3 Point Clue Chuck Norris once said of me, “He is as good a martial artist as I am an actor”. Who am I?

2 Point Clue I played Bill in the film Kill Bill, and my brothers Robert and Keith are also well known actors. Who am I?

1 Point Clue I played the role of Caine in the popular TV series Kung Fu. Who am I?

Answer I am David Carradine

WHO AM I? QUIZ TWENTY-FOUR

5 Point Clue I was born in London in July 1866 and was a family friend of the vicar Hardwicke Rawnsley who became one of the founders of the National Trust. Who am I?

4 Point Clue In the 1920s I began to breed sheep winning numerous prizes at various country shows. Who am I?

3 Point Clue I died in 1943 and in my will I left fourteen farms to the National Trust. I was the first woman to be elected as President- Delegate of the Hardwicke Sheep Breeders Association. Who am I?

2 Point Clue One of the farms I owned is called Hill Top. Who am I?

1 Point Clue I created the literary characters of Squirrel Nutkins and Peter Rabbit. Who am I?

Answer I am Beatrix Potter




WHO AM I QUIZ TWENTY-FIVE

5 Point Clue I was born in Middlesex in 1947. I am a famous name in the world of popular music and for my seventh birthday I received my first guitar. Who am I?

4 Point Clue As a teenager I built my first electric guitar and I dropped out of university to form a band called 1984. Who am I?

3 Point Clue When I play my guitar I prefer to use an old sixpence as opposed to a plectrum. Who am I?

2 Point Clue In the 1960s I formed a band called Smile with the drummer Roger Taylor. Who am I?

1 Point Clue I played the lead guitar with the rock group Queen and I married the actress Anita Dobson. Who am I?

Answer I am Brian May

WHO AM I? QUIZ TWENTY-SIX

5 Point Clue I am a well-known actress who was born in 1926. I made my first big screen appearance in a 1947 film entitled Fame Is the Spur. Who am I?

4 Point Clue Other films I have starred in include, A Night to Remember, The Virgin And The Gypsy and To The Devil A Daughter. Who am I?

3 Point Clue In 1997 I wrote a book entitled How to Look And Feel Half Your Age For The Rest Of Your Life. Who am I?

2 Point Clue I featured on an unlikely hit record in 1990 with a song entitled Kinky Boots. Who am I?

1 Point Clue I played Pussy Galore in the Bond film Goldfinger and I partnered Patrick Macnee in The Avengers. Who am I?

Answer I am Honor Blackman




WHO AM I? QUIZ TWENTY-SEVEN

5 Point Clue I was born in New Orleans in October 1939. As a teenager I served in the US Marines as a radar operator, and I received a court martial for possessing an unregistered revolver in my barracks. Who am I?

4 Point Clue I was discharged by the marines for denouncing US Citizenship and I went on to join the political group Fair Play For Cuba Committee. Who am I?

3 Point Clue I was portrayed in a controversial 1991 film by Gary Oldman. Who am I?

2 Point Clue I died a violent death in Dallas in 1963. Who am I?

1 Point Clue I was held responsible for the assassination of John F Kennedy. Who am I?

Answer I am Lee Harvey Oswald

WHO AM I? QUIZ TWENTY-EIGHT

5 Point Clue I was born in 1846 and died in exile in Lausanne in 1920. Who am I?

4 Point Clue I was born in St Petersburg with the middle name of Gustavovich. Who am I?

3 Point Clue In 1870 I inherited my father’s business which was eventually destroyed by events in the Russian Revolution. Who am I?

2 Point Clue In 1884 I was commissioned to work for Alexander III. Who am I?

1 Point Clue I am a famous goldsmith and jeweller famed for my imperial Easter eggs. Who am I?

Answer I am Carl Faberge







WHO AM I? QUIZ TWENTY-NINE

5 Point Clue I was born in Mississippi in January 1954 and after attending the Tennessee State University, I went on to become one of the most famous and powerful names in the world of entertainment. Who am I?

4 Point Clue Films I have appeared in include Beloved, Native Son and Throw Momma from the Train. Who am I?

3 Point Clue In 1976 I moved to Chicago and began hosting a successful chat show entitled People Are Talking. Who am I?

2 Point Clue I was nominated for an Academy Award for my role in the Stephen Spielberg film The Color Purple. Who am I?

1 Point Clue I formed my own production company called Harpo, named after a backward spelling of my first name. Who am I?

Answer I am Oprah Winfrey

WHO AM I? QUIZ THIRTY

5 Point Clue I was born in 1822 the son of a tanner and I went on to study the science of crystallography at university. Who am I?

4 Point Clue I died in 1895 and twenty-five years previously wrote a book called Studies on the Diseases of Silk Worms. Who am I?

3 Point Clue In 1873 I was made a member of the French Academy of Medicine despite not having a medical degree. Who am I?

2 Point Clue I was born in a small town called Dole and in 1852 I accepted the Chair of Chemistry at the University of Strasbourg. Who am I?

1 Point Clue I gave my name to the heat treatment of milk. Who am I?

I am Louis Pasteur




WHO AM I? QUIZ THIRTY-ONE

5 Point Clue I was born in Los Angeles in 1972 and in 1991 I had a small part in the film Hook. Who am I?

4 Point Clue In 1992 I appeared alongside my mother Blythe Danner in a TV mini-series entitled Cruel Doubt. Who am I?

3 Point Clue Films I have starred in include Malice, A Perfect Murder and Emma. Who am I?

2 Point Clue In the past I have enjoyed romantic liaisons with Ben Affleck and Brad Pitt. Who am I?

1 Point Clue I made a tearful Oscar acceptance speech after receiving the Best Actress Award for my role in the film Shakespeare in Love. Who am I?

Answer I am Gwyneth Paltrow

WHO AM I? QUIZ THIRTY- TWO

5 Point Clue I was born in Illinois in 1899 and after graduating from high school in 1921 I joined the Kansas City Star, one of the leading American newspapers of the day. Who am I?

4 Point Clue In 1926 I published my first novel entitled The Sun Also Rises. Who am I?

3 Point Clue In July 1961 I died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Who am I?

2 Point Clue A love affair I embarked upon with a nurse called Agnes provided me with the inspiration for the novel A Farewell to Arms. Who am I?

1 Point Clue I won a Pulitzer Prize for the story The Old Man and the Sea and I enjoyed a great deal of commercial success courtesy of the novel For Whom The Bell Tolls. Who am I?

Answer I am Ernest Hemingway




WHO AM I? QUIZ THIRTY-THREE

5 Point Clue I was born in Boston in February 1925 and as a schoolboy I was a champion distance runner. After leaving Harvard University I made my TV debut in 1948 on a programme called Old Knickerbocker Music Hall. Who am I?

4 Point Clue In 1953 I signed a contract with Colombia Pictures and I died in 2001. Who am I?

3 Point Clue I am the only actor to be nominated for Oscars in the 1950s, the 1960s, the 1970s, the 1980s and the 1990s. Who am I?

2 Point Clue My films include The Apartment, The Fortune Cookie and Missing. Who am I?

1 Point Clue I co-starred with Walter Matthau in several films including two big screen versions of The Odd Couple. Who am I?

Answer I am Jack Lemmon


WHO AM I QUIZ THIRTY-FOUR

5 Point Clue I was born in 1940 and in 1954 I co-founded a rhythm and blues group called The Matadors. Who am I?

4 Point Clue My first single release was entitled Got A Job and in 1959 I married Claudette Rogers, one of my backing singers. Who am I?

3 Point Clue I am one of Motown’s leading lights and I have been nicknamed, The Poet Laureate of Soul Music. Who am I?

2 Point Clue My hits include You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me, I Second That Emotion and Cruisin’. Who am I?

1 Point Clue I have enjoyed numerous hit records with my backing group The Miracles. Who am I?


Answer I am Smokey Robinson




WHO AM I? QUIZ THIRTY-FIVE

5 Point Clue I was born in 1940 in Chicago and before becoming an actress I worked as a TV weathergirl. Who am I?

4 Point Clue My real surname is Tejada and I made my film debut alongside Elvis Presley in Roustabout. Who am I?

3 Point Clue I made cameo appearances in the 2001 film Legally Blonde. Who am I?

2 Point Clue In 1973 I won a Golden Globe Award for my role in the film The Three Musketeers. Who am I?

1 Point Clue I was rocketed to sex symbol status following my role as a cave girl in the film One Million Years BC. Who am I?

Answer I am Raquel Welch


WHO AM I? QUIZ THIRTY-SIX

5 Point Clue I was born on January 19, 1946 in Tennessee, one of twelve children and I made my television debut when I was just ten years old, singing on a country and western TV show. Who am I?

4 Point Clue In 1964 after graduating from high school I moved to Nashville where I met and married Carl Dean. Who am I?

3 Point Clue My first top 10 hit in the USA came courtesy of a 1967 song entitled Dumb Blonde. Who am I?

2 Point Clue I starred in the films The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas and Steel Magnolias. Who am I?

1 Point Clue I have my very own theme park which is called Dollywood. Who am I?

Answer I am Dolly Parton




WHO AM I? QUIZ THIRTY-SEVEN

5 Point Clue I am a famous actress born on March 10, 1958 and I made my film debut in a 1981 low budget film entitled Deadly Blessing. Who am I?

4 Point Clue I was one of the many stars who voiced a character in the animated movie Antz, and I also had a starring role in the film Year of the Gun. Who am I?

3 Point Clue In the 1990 film Total Recall I played the wife of Arnold Schwarzenegger. Who am I?

2 Point Clue My performance in the film Casino earned me a Golden Globe Award and in 1998 I married Phil Bronstein, the executive editor of the San Francisco Chronicle. Who am I?

1 Point Clue I played a bi-sexual murder suspect in the film Basic Instinct. Who am I?

Answer I am Sharon Stone


WHO AM I? QUIZ THIRTY-EIGHT

5 Point Clue I was born in Wales in 1916 and during World War II I served as a fighter pilot in the Royal Air Force. Who am I?

4 Point Clue In the 1950s I wrote numerous award winning short stories for adults and I died in 1990. Who am I?

3 Point Clue I penned my first children’s story in 1943 entitled The Gremlins. Who am I?

2 Point Clue My parents were Norwegian and in 1953 I married the Hollywood actress Patricia Neal. Who am I?

1 Point Clue I wrote the popular children’s stories Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and James and the Giant Peach. Who am I?

Answer I am Roald Dahl






WHO AM I? QUIZ THIRTY-NINE

5 Point Clue I was born in 1948 and in 1974 I played John the Baptist in a stage production of the rock musical Godspell. Who am I?

4 Point Clue I was born on the Isle of Wight and my films include The Mission and Stealing Beauty. Who am I?

3 Point Clue In 1978 I married the actress Sinead Cusack. Who am I?

2 Point Clue I played the leading man to Meryl Streep in the film The French Lieutenant’s Woman. Who am I?

1 Point Clue I appeared in the award winning TV drama Brideshead Revisited and won a Best Actor award for my role in the film Reversal of Fortune. Who am I?

Answer I am Jeremy Irons


WHO AM I? QUIZ FORTY

5 Point Clue I was born in 1809 and my life story has been told on film in 1909, 1912, 1915 and 1942. Who am I?

4 Point Clue I died a manic depressive in 1849 aged forty. Who am I?

3 Point Clue I am a famous author whose stories have been filmed many times. Actors who have starred in the film adaptations include Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi. Who am I?

2 Point Clue A coveted book award for Best Mystery Thriller has been named in my honour. Who am I?

1 Point Clue My stories include The Pit and the Pendulum and The Murders of the Rue Morgue. Who am I?

Answer I am Edgar Allan Poe



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XMAS QUIZZES     GENERAL     QUIZ ONE

1 What does the word Christmas literally mean?

2 What coin ceased to be legal tender in Britain on January 1, 1961?

3 In which Hyde Park lake do members of a local swimming club take a traditional Christmas Day dip?

4 What is the name of the Simpson’s pet dog?

5 What is the name of the Simpson’s pet cat?

6 In which classic movie did an angel dissuade James Stewart from committing suicide at Christmas?

7 What item of confectionary did Ebenezer Scrooge use to describe Christmas in the Dickens novel A Christmas Carol?

8 In a famous scene from the soap Eastenders who served his wife Angie divorce papers on Christmas Day?

9 In what year were Christmas revellers first breathalysed in Britain?

10 Which pantomime features the character of Alice Fitzwarren?

Answers
Mass of Christ
Farthing
Serpentine
Santa’s Little Helper
Snowball
It’s A Wonderful Life
Humbug
Dennis Watts
1967
Dick Whittington






XMAS QUIZZES     FILMS     QUIZ TWO

1 Which was the first film to feature the song White Christmas?

2 In which film comedy did Jim Carey play the role of Lloyd Christmas?

3 Which Bond movie featured a Bond girl called Christmas Jones?

4 Who played an elf called Patch in the film Santa Claus the Movie?

5 Who played the role of Scrooge in A Muppet’s Christmas Carol?

6 Which knighted actor played the role of Santa Claus in the 1994 version of Miracle on 34th Street?

7 In which 1984 film did a character called Zach receive a mogwai for Christmas?

8 What was the name of the toy doll that Arnold Schwarzenegger was attempting to purchase in the film Jingle All The Way?

9 Macauley Culkin was left home alone for Christmas. Who played his father in the film Home Alone?

10 Which 1988 film saw Bruce Willis battling against a group of terrorists that crudely interrupted a Christmas party?

Answers
Holiday Inn
Dumb and Dumber
The World Is Not Enough
Dudley Moore
Michael Caine
Richard Attenborough
Gremlins
Turbo Man
John Heard
Die Hard






XMAS QUIZZES     GENERAL     QUIZ THREE

1 What was the title of Wham’s 1984 seasonal hit?

2 Which actor played the lead role in the 1988 comedy Scrooged?

3 What six-letter word is given to the preparatory season for Christmas?

4 Which Scandinavian country is home to a theme park called Santa World?

5 What did my true love give to me on the eighth day of Christmas?

6 Which glam rock band enjoyed a 1974 festive chart topper with Lonely This Christmas?

7 In Only Fools and Horses what is the name of Derek Trotters son born in a Christmas special?

8 Ruddock is an alternative poetic name for which bird?

9 On what date in December does Holy Innocents Day fall?

10 What sauce is the traditional accompaniment to turkey?

Answers
Last Christmas
Bill Murray
Advent
Sweden
Eight maids a milking
Mud
Damian
Robin
December 28
Cranberry sauce








XMAS QUIZZES     POP MUSIC     QUIZ FOUR

1 Who sang the first line in the 1984 version of Do They Know It’s Christmas?

2 In the Christmas charts of 1980, which school choir, claimed There’s No One Quite Like Grandma?

3 Which song provided a seasonal chart topper for Cliff Richard in 1988?

4 Who were the only group to have three UK Christmas No 1 hits in the 1990s?

5 Which song first charted in the Christmas of 1973 featured backing vocals by The Stockland Green Bilateral School First Year Choir?

6 Who topped the charts in 1955 with The Christmas Alphabet?

7 Which song has been a hit for The Jacksons, The Carpenters and Bruce Springsteen?

8 What did Dora Bryan want for Christmas according to the title of a 1963 hit?

9 Which comedian was rocking around the Christmas tree with Kim Wilde?

10 In 1985 which Welsh born singer topped the charts with Merry Christmas Everyone?

Answers
Paul Young
St Winifred’s School Choir
Mistletoe and Wine
The Spice Girls
I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day
Dickie Valentine
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
A Beatle
Mel Smith
Shakin’ Stevens






XMAS QUIZZES     GENERAL     QUIZ FIVE

1 What is the alternative name for a snow grouse?

2 Which pantomime features the character of Widow Twanky?

3 The video for which Paul McCartney hit featured soldiers in World War I enjoying a football match on Christmas Day?

4 What is the Cockney rhyming slang for eyes?

5 Which of Santa’s reindeers shares its name with a female fox?

6 Which founder member of the punk rock group The Clash, died in December 2002?

7 Gaspar and Melchior. Who is missing?

8 What saint’s day is celebrated on New Year’s Eve?

9 Which actor as famous for his marriages as his films, was born Joe Yule Jnr?

10 What is the star sign of a person born on Christmas Day?

Answers
Ptarmigan
Aladdin
Pipes Of Peace
Mince pies
Vixen
Joe Strummer
Balthazar of the Three Wise Men
St Sylvester
Mickey Rooney
Capricorn









XMAS QUIZZES     LITERATURE     QUIZ SIX

1 Which classic novel opens with the line, “Christmas won’t be Christmas without any presents, grumbled Jo”?

2 Who wrote the novel The Snowman?

3 Which film starring David Bowie was adapted from a novel entitled The Seed and the Sower?

4 Who penned the children’s story How the Grinch Stole Christmas?

5 What is the name of Bob Cratchett’s son in A Christmas Carol?

6 Who wrote the poem ‘Twas the Night before Christmas?

7 Which Dickens novel featured a Christmas party at Dingley Dell?

8 George V made the first ever Christmas speech by a British monarch. Which author penned the speech?

9 Which was the first ghost to visit Scrooge in A Christmas Carol?

10 In which gospel of the New Testament is the story of The Three Wise Men first chronicled?

Answers
Little Women
Raymond Briggs
Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence
Dr Seuss
Tiny Tim
Clement Moore
The Pickwick Papers
Rudyard Kipling
The ghost of Jacob Marley
The Gospel According to St Matthew






XMAS QUIZZES     GENERAL     QUIZ SEVEN

1 In which country does God Jul mean Happy Christmas?

2 In the Rolf Harris Christmas hit Two Little Boys, what are the names of the boys?

3 Who played Jesus in the film The Last Temptation of Christ?

4 What was the title of the One Foot in the Grave Christmas TV special that was set in Portugal?

5 What P word is the name given to a young turkey?

6 By what nine-letter word is viscum album better known?

7 Helleborus niger is the scientific name for which seasonal flower?

8 Who sat in a corner eating a Christmas pie?

9 Who composed the opera entitled New Year?

10 Which horse won the Epsom Derby in 1964?

Answers
Sweden
Joe and Jack
Willem Dafoe
One Foot in the Algarve
Poult
Mistletoe
Christmas rose
Little Jack Horner
Sir Malcolm Tippet
Santa Claus









XMAS QUIZZES     AROUND THE WORLD     QUIZ EIGHT

1 Which organisation was founded in the Christmas of 1961 by Peter Benenson?

2 Santa Fe is the state capital of which US state?

3 In which city can Christmas revellers unwrap their gifts on Bondi Beach?

4 In which modern day country is the town of Bethlehem?

5 What RH is the name of the Jewish New Year?

6 What did Captain Cook discover and name on December 25, 1777?

7 Which British territory surrendered to Japan in the Christmas of 1941?

8 Which shop on Regent’s Street, London is one of the world’s largest toy shops?

9 In which city is Wenceslas Square?

10 What three-letter word is the name of the Muslim equivalent of Christmas?

Answers
Amnesty International
New Mexico
Sydney
Jordan
Rosh Hashanah
Christmas Island
Hong Kong
Hamley’s
Prague
Eid










XMAS QUIZZES     GENERAL     QUIZ NINE

1 What year witnessed Queen Elizabeth II first televised Christmas speech?

2 What gift did Gaspar bring to the baby Jesus?

3 Which popular Christmas hymn contains the line, “O tidings of comfort and joy”?

4 Who collaborated with The Pogues on the Christmas hit The Fairytale of New York?

5 According to Syrian tradition Christmas gifts are delivered by which animal?

6 Which Shakespeare play features the characters of Malvolio and Sir Toby Belch?

7 Who decreed that Christmas be banned in Britain in 1647?

8 Who co-wrote the song Do They Know It’s Christmas with Bob Geldof?

9 In which city were the Summer Olympic Games held in the month of December?

10 Which country began the tradition of erecting Christmas trees?

Answers
1957
Myrrh
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Kirsty MacColl
Camel
Twelfth Night
Oliver Cromwell
Midge Ure
Melbourne
Germany










XMAS QUIZZES     CHRISTMAS PAST     QUIZ TEN

1 Which country was invaded by China on Christmas Day 1950?

2 Who was crowned King of England on Christmas Day 1066?

3 Which famous scientist was born on Christmas Day in 1642?

4 In 1734 who composed the Christmas Oratorio?

5 Which British industry was nationalised on New Year’s Day 1947?

6 Which sport was played for the first time in the Christmas of 1855 on Lake Kingston in Ontario?

7 Which world leader tendered his resignation on Christmas Day 1991?

8 Which 20th century US President banned Christmas trees from the White House?

9 Which country was invaded by the Soviet Union on December 24, 1979?

10 The Three Wise Men are believed to be buried beneath which German city’s cathedral?

Answers
Tibet
William the Conqueror
Isaac Newton
JS Bach
Coal industry
Ice hockey
Mikhail Gorbachef
Theodore Roosevelt
Afghanistan
Cologne







XMAS QUIZZES     GENERAL     QUIZ ELEVEN

1 Which fictional snowman is brought to life by a magic top hat?

2 How many ghosts in total visited Scrooge in A Christmas Carol?

3 In which European country was the Christmas carol Silent Night first sung?

4 What name is given to a stoat’s white winter coat?

5 Which singing cowboy recorded Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer in 1949?

6 Which saint’s day is celebrated on December 26?

7 Who enjoyed novelty seasonal hits with the songs Renta Santa and Bionic Santa?

8 What event is commemorated by Twelfth Night?

9 Who wrote the song White Christmas?

10 In which South American country is Santa Claus known as Papa Noel?

Answers
Frosty the Snowman
Four
Austria
Ermine
Gene Autry
St Stephen
Chris Hill
The visit of the Three Wise Men
Irving Berlin
Brazil










XMAS QUIZZES     CHRISTMAS ANAGRAMS     QUIZ TWELVE
Unravel the anagrams to reveal the answers with a Christmas connection

1 A TUNA SCALES (2 words)

2 RICHTER STEAMS (2 words)

3 RED ERNIE (1 word)

4 NESTLING HIT (2 words)

5 AXING BODY (2 words)

6 MOIST TELE (1 word)

7 UK TYRE (1 word)

8 SANTA CHIN OILS (2 words)

9 THEREIN WE MET SHE (4 words)

10 OLD HAY VINYL (3 words)

Answers
Santa Claus
Christmas tree
Reindeer
Silent Night
Boxing Day
Mistletoe
Turkey
Saint Nicholas
The Three Wise Men
Holly and ivy









XMAS QUIZZES     GENERAL     QUIZ THIRTEEN

1 How many sides does a snowflake have?

2 The real Saint Nicholas was born in which country?

3 Which rock and roller was born Richard Penniman on December 25, 1932?

4 In which film did Tim Allen play the character of Scott Calvin?

5 In the song The Twelve Days of Christmas what is symbolised by six geese a laying?

6 Who wrote The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, although he was more famous for penning the novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz?

7 In Morocco is Santa Claus known as Brown Paul, Blue Patrick or Black Peter?

8 In the song The Christmas Alphabet what does the letter S stand for?

9 In the Bible why did Joseph and Mary travel to Bethlehem?

10 Who played the Grinch in the 2000 film version?

Answers
Six
Turkey
Little Richard
The Santa Clause
The six days of the creation
L Frank Baum
Black Peter
S is for the stocking on the chimney wall
To be registered for taxes
Jim Carrey








XMAS QUIZZES     CHRISTMAS LYRICS     QUIZ FOURTEEN
Which popular Christmas songs contain the following lines?

1 The rising of the sun and the running of the deer

2 Sing in exultation, sing all that hear in heaven God’s holy word

3 Sleigh bells ring are you listening

4 And men will live for evermore because of Christmas Day

5 Does your Granny always tell you that the old songs are the best

6 Slip a sable under the tree for me

7 I gave you my heart but ht ever next day you gave it away

8 Snow is falling all around me, children playing having fun

9 Faithful friends who are dear to us, gather near to us once more

10 When a poor man came in sight gathering winter fuel

Answers
The Holly and the Ivy
O Come O Ye Faithful
Winter Wonderland
Mary’s Boy Child
Merry Xmas Everybody
Santa Baby
Last Christmas
Merry Christmas Everyone
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Good King Wenceslas









XMAS QUIZZES     GENERAL     QUIZ FIFTEEN

1 What is a male goose called?

2 Which legendary screen star died on Christmas Day, 1977 in Switzerland aged 88?

3 Which singer nicknamed Little Miss Dynamite was rocking around the Christmas tree in 1962?

4 Who duetted with David Bowie on the 1982 hit Little Drummer Boy?

5 What are Frosty the Snowman’s eyes made from?

6 Who played the little girl called Susan in the original 1947 version of Miracle On 34th Street?

7 Which Canadian province is the world’s leading exporter of Christmas trees?

8 Name the three reindeers of Santa that have a name beginning with the letter D.

9 What is chionophobia the fear of?

10 Who wrote the words for the song Auld Lang Syne?

Answers
Gander
Charlie Chaplin
Brenda Lee
Bing Crosby
Coal
Natalie Wood
Nova Scotia
Dancer, Donner and Dasher
Snow
Robert Burns








XMAS QUIZZES     THE CHRISTMAS LINK     QUIZ SIXTEEN
The answers to the following ten questions all contain words that one would associate with Christmas.

1 Which member of the rock band Oasis married Meg Matthews?

2 Which general led the attacking Mexican forces at the Battle of the Alamo?

3 Who was the first woman to be seen on Channel 4?

4 The 1987 song April Skies was the first UK top 10 hit record for which group?

5 Which female singer was Torn between Two Lovers in the 1977 charts?

6 Who played the Bard of Avon in the film Shakespeare In Love?

7 Who took the name of Adrian IV when he became Pope?

8 In which TV drama does Robbie Coltrane play Eddie Fitzgerald?

9 In which 1999 film set in the Gulf War did George Clooney play Major Archie Gates?

10 Which country was the centre of the Ottoman Empire?

Answers
NOEL Gallagher
General SANTA Anna
CAROL Vorderman
The JESUS and MARY Chain
MARY MacGregor
JOSEPH Fiennes
NICHOLAS Breakspear
CRACKER
THREE KINGS
TURKEY







XMAS QUIZZES     GENERAL QUIZ     SEVENTEEN

1 In which film did Judy Garland sing Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas?

2 Which member of the Fab Four enjoyed a seasonal hit with the song Happy Xmas War Is Over?

3 Which author penned The Father Christmas Letters?

4 Who wrote the story A Child’s Christmas in Wales?

5 Which alternative name for Santa Claus was adapted from the German for Christ child?

6 Which actor, born on Christmas Day 1899, won an Oscar for his part in the film The African Queen?

7 Which of Santa’s reindeers shares its name with a mythological god?

8 Which American state beginning with the letter A was the first US state to recognise Christmas as an official holiday?

9 What is a manger?

10 What is the name of the horse in the song Jingle Bells?

Answers
Meet Me in St Louis
John Lennon
JRR Tolkien
Dylan Thomas
Kriss Kringle
Humphrey Bogart
Cupid
Alabama
An animals feeding trough
Bobtail






XMAS QUIZZES     TOP OF THE POPS     QUIZ EIGHTEEN
Identify the song titles and the artists who performed the songs from their initials. All the songs were UK No 1s on Christmas Day in the given years.
e.g. 1966 GGGOH by TJ = Green Green Grass of Home by Tom Jones

1 1957 MBC by HB

2 1968 LTP by the S

3 1970 IHYK by DE

4 1976 WACIB by JM

5 1983 OY by The FP

6 1987 AOMM by The PSB

7 1990 SD by CR

8 1995 ES by MJ

9 1997 TM by The SG

10 2000 CWFI by BTB

Answers
Mary’s Boy Child by Harry Belafonte
Lily the Pink by The Scaffold
I Hear You Knocking by Dave Edmunds
When a Child Is Born by Johnny Mathis
Only You by The Flying Pickets
Always On My Mind by The Pet Shop Boys
Saviour’s Day by Cliff Richard
Earth Song by Michael Jackson
Too Much by The Spice Girls
Can We Fix It? by Bob the Builder







XMAS QUIZZES     GENERAL     QUIZ NINETEEN

1 Which pop star turned on the Oxford Street Christmas lights in London in 2003?

2 Which member of the Rat Pack died on Christmas Day 1995 aged 78?

3 In which country did turkeys originate?

4 Who duetted with Robbie Williams on the song Somethin’ Stupid, the Christmas No 1 of 2001?

5 Who was the first English monarch to erect a Christmas tree?

6 What is the origin of the abbreviation Xmas?

7 Which Hollywood star was born on Christmas Day 1949 and went on to win a Best Actor’s Oscar for Coal Miner’s Daughter?

8 Christmas Island is a territory of which country?

9 Who was the first President to decorate an official White House Christmas tree?

10 From which country does the traditional Christmas flower, the poinsettia originate?

Answers
Daniel Bedingfield
Dean Martin
USA
Nicole Kidman
Queen Victoria
From the Greek word Xristos, the Greek for Christ
Sissy Spacek
Australia
Franklin Pierce
Mexico








XMAS QUIZZES     THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS     QUIZ TWENTY
1 A partridge in a pear tree – Andy Partridge sang Making Plans for Nigel as lead vocalist for which group?

2 Two turtle doves – What do the turtle doves symbolise in the song?

3 Three French hens- Which Disney bird made his screen debut in The Little Wise Hen?

4 Four calling birds – Who wrote the novel The Birds?

5 Five gold rings – What is the name of Gandalf’s horse in The Lord of the Rings?

6 Six geese a laying – What name is given to a group of geese in flight?

7 Seven swans a swimming – Which glam rock group charted with the song Ride A White Swan?

8 Eight maids a milking – Who played Marisa Ventura in the romantic comedy Maid in Manhattan?

9 Nine ladies dancing – Which 70s TV show featured a female pop group called The Little Ladies?

10 Ten lords a leaping – Which political party was led by Screaming Lord Sutch?

11 Eleven pipers piping – In which sea did the 1988 Piper Alpha disaster occur?

12 Twelve drummers drumming- Which rock drummer whose bands included Black Sabbath, Whitesnake and Rainbow died in a car accident in April 1998?
Answers
XTC
The Old and the New Testament
Donald Duck
Daphne Du Maurier
Shadowfax
Skein
T Rex
Jennifer Lopez
Rock Follies
The Monster Raving Loony Party
North Sea
Cozy Powell



 

 



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YOU CHOOSE     GENERAL     QUIZ ONE

1 What word represents the letter U in the phonetic alphabet?
Uniform, united, Uranus, underground

2 The Oscar winning film The Pianist is set in which capital city?
Berlin, Prague, Warsaw, Paris

3 Which TV series won the 2003 Emmy Award for Best Drama?
The Sopranos, The West Wing, 24, NYPD Blue

4 How are Julia Volkova and Lena Katina collectively known in the world of pop?
Shakespear’s Sister, Salt N Pepa, Atomic Kitten, Tatu

5 What is recorded by a Campbell Stokes recorder?
Sunshine, rainfall, wind speed, pollen count

6 In which British city was the Titanic built?
Belfast, Glasgow, Newcastle, Cardiff

7 Jacko is the Australian slang for which creature?
Dingo, kangaroo, kookaburra, wombat

8 In which Italian city was the original version of The Italian Job set?
Milan, Rome, Florence, Turin

9 Name the first African nation to play in the final stages of football’s World Cup?
Zaire, Cameroon, Egypt, Tunisia

10 In which city was the first successful human heart transplant performed?
New York, Cape Town, Paris, Moscow

Answers
Uniform
Warsaw
The West Wing
Tatu
Rainfall
Belfast
Kookaburra
Turin
Zaire
Cape Town






YOU CHOOSE     SPORT     QUIZ TWO

1 What was the nationality of the first ever Darts World Champion?
English, Scottish, Irish, Welsh

2 Which football club were originally called Small Heath?
Manchester Utd, Birmingham City, Ipswich Town, Blackburn Rovers

3 Which British driver won the Indianapolis 500 in 1966?
Jackie Stewart, Jim Clark, Graham Hill, Stirling Moss

4 In which sport is the Vince Lombardi Trophy awarded?
American football, Gaelic football, Australian Rules football, Women’s football

5 Which nation won the Cricket World Cup in 1992?
Sri Lanka, Australia, West Indies, Pakistan

6 What is the official national sport of Malaysia?
Table tennis, badminton, lacrosse, hockey

7 Reputedly who was the first woman to play golf?
Elizabeth I, Lady Jane Grey, Queen Victoria, Mary Queen of Scots

8 On which course is the St Leger run?
Epsom, Newmarket, Doncaster, York

9 Which of the following is the name of a pass in bull fighting?
Catalina, Veronica, Lucinda, Matilda

10 Which country hosted the inaugural Winter Olympics?
France, Switzerland, Austria, Norway

Answers
Welsh- Leighton Rees
Birmingham City
Graham Hill
American football
Pakistan
Badminton
Mary Queen of Scots
Doncaster
Veronica France

YOU CHOOSE     GENERAL     QUIZ THREE

1 What flower is depicted on the flag of Quebec?
Orchid, daffodil, fleur- de- lys, pansy

2 A group of what is known as an observance?
Hawks, hermits, hornets, housewives

3 What word represents the letter N in the phonetic alphabet?
New, Nigel, Netherlands, November

4 Who would wear a hat called a mitre?
A bishop, a builder, a baker, a beekeeper

5 What appeared on British roads for the first time in 1956?
Parking meters, yellow lines, cat’s eyes, traffic wardens

6 What does the E stand for in the name of the cartoon character Wile. E Coyote?
Edgar, Ethelbert, Eric, Ernest

7 What is the home state of Captain James T Kirk?
Iowa, Ohio, Utah, Maine

8 A jumbuck is Australian slang for what animal?
Koala bear, crocodile, ostrich, sheep

9 Sudan has its only coastline on which sea?
Red Sea, Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Sea of Galilee

10 The letter M is the international car registration plate for which country?
Malaysia, Malta, Moldavia, Morocco

Answers
Fleur-de-lys
Hermits
November
A bishop
Yellow lines
Ethelbert
Iowa
Sheep
Red Sea
Malta

YOU CHOOSE     FILMS     QUIZ FOUR

1 In Disney’s The Jungle Book what kind of animal is Ringo?
Monkey, snake, vulture, elephant

2 Which film marked the only Bond appearance of George Lazenby?
Never Say Never Again, Thunderball, Dr No, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service

3 Who was the first British actress to win a Best Actress Oscar?
Vivien Leigh, Maggie Smith, Judi Dench, Julie Andrews

4 In which film did Tom Cruise play Dr Bill Harford?
Eyes Wide Shut, Days Of Thunder, The Firm, Vanilla Sky

5 Which of the following film stars is the daughter of a Dutch baroness?
Elizabeth Taylor, Grace Kelly, Audrey Hepburn, Bette Davis

6 Who first co-starred together in the film Flying Down To Rio?
Abbott & Costello, Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers, Laurel & Hardy, Tom & Jerry

7 What was Bob Hope’s occupation in the film Son Of Paleface?
Dentist, hairdresser, teacher, gravedigger

8 Which singer played the role of Smitty in the film The Alamo?
Trini Lopez, John Leyton, Frankie Avalon, Bobby Vinton

9 Which king was portrayed by Peter O’Toole in the film Becket?
Richard II, Henry II, William II, Charles II

10 Sister Helen Prejean is a character from which film?
The Sound Of Music, Dead Man Walking, Nuns On The Run, Sister Act

Answers
Vulture
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
Vivien Leigh
Eyes Wide Shut
Audrey Hepburn
Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers
Dentist
Frankie Avalon
Henry II
Dead Man Walking


YOU CHOOSE     GENERAL     QUIZ FIVE

1 What provides the staple diet of a walrus?
Plankton, clams, fish, seagulls

2 What is the name of Glasgow’s main railway station?
Prince Street, Duke Street, Queen Street, King Street

3 What is a gavotte?
A knife, a hat, a cooking pot, a dance

4 What is the birth flower for September?
Aster, rose, crocus, lily

5 In which film did Kevin Costner play a character called Frank Farmer?
JFK, Dances With Wolves, Waterworld, The Bodyguard

6 What is a York Imperial?
Orange, apple, banana, pear

7 What does a bodger make?
Cups, coats, candles, chairs

8 What title is given to an ambassador to the Pope?
Emirate, Nuncio, Monsignor, Conclave

9 In 453 AD who bled to death from a nosebleed on his wedding night?
Caligula, Ethelred the Unready, Attila the Hun, Genghis Khan

10 Which American state is known as The Prairie State?
Arizona, Illinois, Colorado, Nebraska

Answers
Clams
Queen Street
A dance
Aster
The Bodyguard
Apple
Chairs
Nuncio
Attila the Hun
Illinois
   

YOU CHOOSE     POP MUSIC     QUIZ SIX

1 Which pop group were originally called The Invaders?
Status Quo, Queen, Madness, Genesis

2 What does the C stand for in the name of Mel C?
Calloway, Chisholm, Carter, Channing

3 Who recorded the album On the Threshold of a Dream?
Moody Blues, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Simply Red

4 Who of the following is a former mayor of Palm Springs?
Jimmy Osmond, Chuck Berry, Tony Bennett, Sony Bono

5 Which country won the first ever Eurovision Song Contest?
Switzerland, Spain, Ireland, Denmark

6 What was the name of Adam Faith’s backing group in the 60s?
The Runaways, The Revellers, The Roulettes, The Racers

7 Who was born Mary O’Brien?
Lulu, Dusty Springfield, Sandie Shaw, Helen Shapiro

8 How are Hodges and Peacock otherwise known?
Charles & Eddie, Peter & Gordon, Pepsi & Shirley, Chas & Dave

9 What is the home city of the Bay City Rollers?
Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness, Aberdeen

10 Who played the father of Freddy Kruger on film?
Ozzy Osbourne, Iggy Pop, Marilyn Manson, Alice Cooper

Answers
Madness
Chisholm
Moody Blues
Sony Bono
Switzerland
The Roulettes
Dusty Springfield
Chas & Dave
Edinburgh
Alice Cooper


YOU CHOOSE     GENERAL     QUIZ SEVEN

1 What is the home state of Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz?
California, Kansas, Kentucky, Texas

2 To which bird family does the roadrunner belong?
Peacock, ostrich, crane, cuckoo

3 Which country has the oldest national flag in the world?
Denmark, Japan, USA, Turkey

4 Which novel opens with the murder of Miles Archer?
Death on the Nile, The Maltese Falcon, Casino Royale, Funeral In Berlin

5 What does a phillumenist collect?
Teddy bears, matchbox labels, post cards, beer mats

6 Granta was the Roman name for which British city?
Cambridge, Oxford, Leeds, Manchester

7 Which of the Teletubbies has a triangular antenna?
Po, La La, Tinky Winky, Dipsy

8 In which capital city was Bob Hope born?
Ottawa, Washington DC, London, Belfast

9 What is the first name of the Fonz in Happy Days?
Ritchie, Arthur, Henry, Thomas

10 How many points are awarded for a touchdown in American football?
6, 5, 4, 3

Answers
Kansas
Cuckoo
Denmark
The Maltese Falcon
Matchbox labels
Cambridge
Tinky Winky
London
Arthur
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YOU CHOOSE     AROUND THE WORLD     QUIZ EIGHT

1 What is the national symbol of Spain?
Pear, peach, pomegranate, pineapple

2 What is the state capital of Victoria in Australia?
Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Adelaide

3 Which major US city was originally called Fort Dearborn?
Los Angeles, Seattle, Chicago, San Francisco

4 Lutecia was the Roman name for which capital city?
Lisbon, Paris, Vienna, Copenhagen

5 What is the name of the southern tip of Greenland?
Cape Cheer, Cape Disappointment, Cape Hello, Cape Farewell

6 What does the prefix llan signify in the name of a Welsh town?
Church, market, valley, river

7 Which Asian city is home to the Howrah Bridge?
Tokyo, Shanghai, Calcutta, Islamabad

8 From which language does the word yoghurt originate?
Flemish, Turkish, Arabic, Portuguese

9 On the Isle of Man what is the Lady Isabella?
Castle, theatre, water wheel, casino

10 To Battle Men of Bayamo is the national anthem of which country?
Sudan, Brazil, Liberia, Cuba

Answers
Pomegranate
Melbourne
Chicago
Paris
Cape Farewell
Church
Calcutta
Turkish
Water wheel
Cuba


YOU CHOOSE     GENERAL     QUIZ NINE

1 In which month is Groundhog Day celebrated in the USA?
January, February, March, April

2 What is the birthstone for the month of April?
Emerald, sapphire, diamond, ruby

3 Who won cricket’s first ever Test Match?
England, New Zealand, Australia, India

4 Whose first book is entitled How To Cheat At Cooking?
Delia Smith, Jamie Oliver, Nigella Lawson, Fanny Craddock

5 In the animal world what is a leafminer?
Frog, fly, snake, caterpillar

6 Which author was portrayed by Gregory Peck in the film Beloved Infidel?
Edgar Allan Poe, HG Wells, F Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway

7 How many points is the letter V worth in the game of Scrabble?
3, 4, 5, 6

8 What month of the year was named after a two-faced god?
January, February, March, April

9 In which film did Joan Cusack play the sister of Robin Williams?
Mrs Doubtfire, Patch Adams, Toys, Good Morning Vietnam

10 Which city’s citizens cross the Bridge of Brotherhood and Unity?
Philadelphia, Sarajevo, Venice, Istanbul

Answers
February
Diamond
Australia
Delia Smith
Fly
F Scott Fitzgerald
4
January after Janus
Toys
Sarajevo


YOU CHOOSE     TELEVISION     QUIZ TEN

1 Skaro is the home planet of which of the following?
Klingons, Terrahawks, Clangers, Daleks

2 What is Thomas Tripp’s job in Camberwick Green?
Milkman, postman, policeman, fireman

3 What is the first name of the cartoon character Mr Magoo?
Wilbur, Quincy, Conrad, Marvin

4 Which was the first family in Coronation Street to own a colour television?
The Barlows, the Duckworths, the Ogdens, the Walkers

5 Which TV series featured a newspaper called The Blue Ridge Chronicle?
The Beverly Hillbillies, Due South, The Waltons, Little House On The Prairie

6 Which sci-fi series featured a spacecraft called Ranger 3?
Space 1999, Buck Rogers In The 25th Century, Lost In Space, Blake’s Seven

7 Which sitcom derived from a play entitled The Banana Box?
Steptoe & Son, Last of the Summer Wine, Rising Damp, Open All Hours

8 In Friends which character has the last name of Buffay?
Ross, Phoebe, Chandler, Joey

9 How was Jock Ewing killed in Dallas?
Shot dead, electrocuted, poisoned, helicopter crash

10 What kind of animal is Aristotle, the family pet of the Addams Family?
Shark, octopus, spider, bat

Answers
Daleks
Milkman
Quincy
The Ogden’s
The Waltons
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Rising Damp
Phoebe
Helicopter crash
Octopus


YOU CHOOSE     GENERAL     QUIZ ELEVEN

1 What is a Black Norfolk?
Horse, sheep, turkey, cow

2 Sn is the chemical symbol for which element?
Tin, sodium, silicon, tungsten

3 On which ship was the Japanese declaration of surrender signed in World War II?
USS Maine, USS Maryland, USS Missouri, USS Mississippi

4 What kind of animal is voiced by Whoopi Goldberg in The Lion King?
Lion, warthog, elephant, hyena

5 What is the singular of scampi?
Scampon, scampo, scamp, scampus

6 In Shakespeare’s Hamlet what is the name of Hamlet’s mother?
Gertrude, Gladys, Geraldine, Guinevere

7 Bananas Can’t Fly is the autobiography of which entertainer?
Michael Barrymore, Billy Connolly, Des O’Connor, Freddie Starr

8 From which club did Arsenal sign Sylvan Wiltord?
Marseilles, Bordeaux, Monaco, Nantes

9 Which President granted Richard Nixon a full pardon over the Watergate affair?
Jimmy Carter, George Bush, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan

10 In which country is Dominion Day celebrated on September 26?
New Zealand, Canada, Wales, Australia

Answers
Turkey
Tin
USS Missouri
Hyena
Scampo
Gertrude
Des O’Connor
Bordeaux
Gerald Ford
New Zealand


YOU CHOOSE     LITERATURE     QUIZ TWELVE

1 In the Beatrix Potter tales what kind of animal is Jeremy Fisher?
Rat, frog, hedgehog, rabbit

2 What is the last name of Charlie in Charlie And The Chocolate Factory?
Hammer, Nail, Bucket, Spade

3 What was the name of William Shakespeare’s mother?
Juliet, Anne, Elizabeth, Mary

4 Which novel is set on the Mediterranean island of Pianosa?
The Count Of Monte Cristo, The Prince And The Pauper, Catch 22,Don Quixote

5 By what title is Cedric Errol otherwise known in a literary work?
Mayor of Casterbridge, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Scarlet Pimpernel, Captain Nemo

6 The Moon’s A Balloon was the first volume of whose autobiographical works?
Dirk Bogarde, David Niven, Richard Burton, Peter Ustinov

7 Edward Murdstone is the stepfather of which Dickens character?
Nicholas Nickleby, Martin Chuzzlewit, David Copperfield, Barnaby Rudge

8 What is the name of Billy Bunter’s sister?
Belinda, Bunty, Brenda, Bessie

9 What is the name of the farm in the Orwell novel Animal Farm?
March Farm, May Farm, Manor Farm, Mansfield Farm

10 Archdeacon Frollo is the villain of the piece in which classic novel?
Les Miserables, Hunchback Of Notre Dame, Kidnapped, The Three Musketeers

Answers
Frog
Bucket
Mary
Catch 22
Little Lord Fauntleroy
David Niven
David Copperfield
Bessie
Manor Farm
The Hunchback of Notre Dame


YOU CHOOSE     GENERAL     QUIZ THIRTEEN

1 The Egyptian god Anubis has the head of which animal?
Cobra, elephant, jackal, falcon

2 Which capital city is served by Barajas Airport?
Cairo, Lisbon, Manila, Madrid

3 Which British river is spanned by the Erskine Bridge?
Clyde, Tees, Avon, Severn

4 What is the name of Popeye’s dog?
Junk, Jeep, Jet, Jarvis

5 In which city is the opera Madame Butterfly set?
Tokyo, Kyoto, Nagasaki, Shanghai

6 What animal is the symbol of the Republican Party in the USA?
Elephant, donkey, lion, eagle

7 Which king of England is buried at Worcester Cathedral?
William the Conqueror, Henry II, King John, King Stephen

8 In the TV cartoon Wacky Races what kind of animal is Blubber?
Dog, bear, beaver, dragon

9 Which James Bond film features a Bond girl called Mary Goodnight?
Octopussy, Moonraker, The Man with the Golden Gun, Goldeneye

10 Which film marked the directorial debut of Clint Eastwood?
Dirty Harry, Joe Kidd, High Plains Drifter, Play Misty for Me

Answers
Jackal
Madrid
Clyde
Jeep
Nagasaki
Elephant
King John
Bear
The Man with the Golden Gun
Play Misty for Me


YOU CHOOSE     PEOPLE         QUIZ FOURTEEN

1 In which country was Adolph Hitler born?
Hungary, Poland, Germany, Austria

2 Which legendary singer had the middle name of Nesta?
Otis Redding, Bob Marley, Bill Haley, Jim Reeves

3 How is Christopher Lee related to Ian Fleming?
Cousin, brother-in-law, nephew, stepbrother

4 Which duo originally performed under the name of Tom & Jerry?
Simon & Garfunkel, The Righteous Brothers, The Everly Brothers, Peters & Lee

5 Which of the following was executed in 1536?
Mary Queen of Scots, Catherine Howard, Anne Boleyn, Walter Raleigh

6 What was the first name of Madame Tussaud?
Margarita, Marie, Christine, Catherine

7 What does the M stand for in the name of the author JM Barrie?
Mycroft, Michael, Matthew, Mark

8 Who was the youngest member of The Beatles?
John, Paul, George, Ringo

9 Which US President acquired the nickname of Old Hickory?
George Washington, Andrew Jackson, William McKinley, John Tyler

10 What is the middle name of former Prime Minister John Major?
Roger, Robert, Ronald, Roy

Answers
Austria
Bob Marley
Cousin
Simon & Garfunkel
Anne Boleyn
Marie
Matthew
George
Andrew Jackson
Roy


YOU CHOOSE     GENERAL     QUIZ FIFTEEN

1 Who was the first film star to be depicted on a postage stamp?
Marilyn Monroe, Clark Gable, Grace Kelly, Charlie Chaplin

2 What is Buddy Holly’s real first name?
Chris, Charles, Craig, Colin

3 What do the olfactory organs help one do?
See, hear, talk, smell

4 What organ of the body is affected by Bright’s Disease?
Kidney, liver, spleen, brain

5 In what month of the year is Battle Of Britain Week celebrated?
August, September, October, November

6 Which was the first James Bond novel?
Dr No, From Russia with Love, Casino Royale, You Only Live Twice

7 What is the name of Dr Brown’s dog in the film Back to the Future?
Newton, Einstein, Edison, Darwin

8 What is Al short for in the name of Al Capone?
Alistair, Alan, Albert, Alphonse

9 How many cards are used in the card game Pinochle?
46, 48, 50, 52

10 What is limnology the study of?
Light, lakes, mountains, trees

Answers
Grace Kelly
Charles
Smell
Kidney
September
Casino Royale
Einstein
Alphonse
48
Lakes


YOU CHOOSE     SCIENCE & NATURE     QUIZ SIXTEEN

1 Which acid is also known as oil of vitriol?
Hydrochloric acid, sulphuric acid, nitric acid, acetic acid

2 What bird was originally named the apteryx?
Kiwi, vulture, flamingo, ostrich

3 Which is the only wild cat with non-retractable claws?
Lynx, leopard, cheetah, tiger

4 How many legs does a lobster have?
6, 8, 10, 12

5 To which fish family do goldfish belong?
Roach, mackerel, pike, carp

6 Ombrophobia is the morbid fear of what type of weather?
Rain, sunshine, fog, hailstone

7 CH4 is the chemical symbol of which gas?
Ammonia, carbon monoxide, methane, argon

8 In what year did Dolly the sheep become the first cloned mammal?
1995, 1996, 1997, 1998

9 What is the middle colour of a rainbow?
Blue, indigo, yellow, green

10 Vulpes vulpes is the scientific name of which animal?
Weasel, fox, rat, bat

Answers
Sulphuric acid
Kiwi
Cheetah
10
Carp
Rain
Methane
1997
Green
Fox


YOU CHOOSE     GENERAL     QUIZ SEVENTEEN

1 Who played the role of Ashley Pitt in the film The Great Escape?
Richard Attenborough, David McCallum, Gordon Jackson, James Coburn

2 Which mythological hero killed the gorgon Medusa?
Jason, Ulysses, Hercules, Perseus

3 Which ocean is nicknamed The Herring Pond?
Arctic, Atlantic, Pacific, Indian

4 What is formed in the process of ossification?
Mountains, rivers, bones, freckles

5 In 2000 who released his 44th album entitled Love and Theft?
Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Chuck Berry, Cliff Richard

6 What is the collective noun for a group of bishops?
A prayer, a bench, a communion, an enclave

7 Which US city is nicknamed The Athens of America?
Denver, Milwaukee, Pasadena, Boston

8 A Merton Pride is a variety of which fruit?
Pear, grapefruit, banana, plum

9 What kind of animal is Brian in The Magic Roundabout?
Rabbit, cow, snail, dog

10 In the novel 1984 the lead character Winston Smith has a fear of which animals?
Bats, rats, cats, gnats

Answers
David McCallum
Perseus
Atlantic
Bones
Bob Dylan
A bench
Boston
Pear
Snail
Rats


YOU CHOOSE     WORDS     QUIZ EIGHTEEN

1 What does the word Taliban literally mean?
Warrior, student, fanatic, teacher

2 Phagophobia is the morbid fear of what?
Shopping, reading, eating, sleeping

3 What is the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet?
Gamma, Delta, Zeta, Omega

4 What does an ecuadate creature lack?
Horns, legs, teeth, tail

5 How many years comprise a quinquennial?
5, 50, 500, 5000

6 What does the S stand for in the acronym NASA?
Series, Space, Scientific, South

7 Which disease derives its name from the Greek word for coal?
Influenza, bronchitis, cancer, anthrax

8 Which ball sport was originally called mintonette?
Volleyball, basketball, polo, hockey

9 What is the more common name for herpes zoster?
Scarlet fever, shingles, dandruff, acne

10 What does the Latin phrase, ante bellum, mean?
Before the flood, before the crucifixion, before the war, before the evening

Answers
Student
Eating
Delta
Tail
5
Space
Anthrax
Volleyball
Shingles
Before the war


YOU CHOOSE     GENERAL     QUIZ NINETEEN

1 Who was the only non-American golfer to win the US Open in the 1990s?
Greg Norman, Nick Faldo, Ernie Els, Ian Woosnam

2 How many squares on a Monopoly board can be purchased?
26, 28, 30, 32

3 On the Olympic flag what colour of ring represents Europe?
Blue, green, yellow, red

4 Which rock group were originally called The New Yardbirds?
Pink Floyd, Yes, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple

5 If an object is described as stellate, what is it shaped like?
A tooth, a star, a bell, a diamond

6 The letter L is the international car registration plate of which country?
Luxembourg, Libya, Latvia, Lithuania

7 What type of musical instrument is a marimba?
Brass, percussion, string, woodwind

8 Which Englishman won the first European Footballer Of The Year Award?
Stanley Matthews, Tom Finney, Bobby Charlton, Bobby Moore

9 In what year did man last walk on the moon?
1970, 1971, 1972, 1973

10 Which singer played the role of Maggio in the film From Here To Eternity?
Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Nat King Cole

Answers
Ernie Els
28
Blue
Led Zeppelin
A star
Luxembourg
Percussion
Stanley Matthews
1972
Frank Sinatra


YOU CHOOSE     FOOTBALL     QUIZ TWENTY

1 Who was the first British footballer to be paid £100 per week?
Jimmy Greaves, John Charles, Johnny Haynes, Denis Law

2 Which was the first British club to win a European trophy?
Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal, Celtic, Manchester United

3 Which nation in 1960 won the inaugural European Nations Championships?
France, Soviet Union, Italy, Spain

4 Which London club were originally called St Judes?
Fulham, Crystal Palace, Leyton Orient, Queens Park Rangers

5 Who was the first foreign footballer to be voted PFA Player Of The Year?
Eric Cantona, Jurgen Klinsmann, Dennis Bergkamp, David Ginola

6 What bird provides the nickname of Swindon Town football club?
Magpie, robin, eagle, falcon

7 Which Scottish football club is nicknamed The Blue Brazil?
Aberdeen, Stranraer, Cowdenbeath, Dundee United

8 Who was the first British footballer to be transferred for £1 million?
Bryan Robson, Trevor Francis, Andy Gray, Justin Fashanu

9 Who scored the 10,000 goal in the Premiership?
Teddy Sheringham, Alan Shearer, Michael Owen, Les Ferdinand

10 Who did Ardwick FC eventually become?
Manchester City, Chelsea, Everton, Southampton

Answers
Johnny Haynes
Tottenham Hotspur in 1963
Soviet Union
Queens Park Rangers
Eric Cantona
Robin
Cowdenbeath
Trevor Francis
Les Ferdinand
Manchester City

 

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ZOOLOGY     GENERAL     QUIZ ONE

1 What is the alternative name for the ant bear?

2 Napoleon Bonaparte suffered from ailurophobia, a morbid fear of which animal?

3 Which common family pet is called a twit when it is pregnant?

4 What mammal has webbed feet, a tail like a beaver and lays eggs?

5 What name is given to a female mouse?

6 What is the horn of a rhinoceros made from?

7 If a creature is described as demersal, where does it live?

8 What provides the staple diet of koala bears?

9 What colour is the milk of a yak?

10 What F word is an alternative name for a domesticated polecat?

Answers
Aardvark
Cats
Goldfish
Duckbilled platypus
Doe
Hair
On the seabed
Eucalyptus leaves
Pink
Ferret










ZOOLOGY     MAN’S BEST FRIEND     QUIZ TWO

1 What S word is the alternative name for the gazelle hound?

2 In which film did Kevin Costner befriend a dog called Two Socks?

3 What is the largest breed of terrier?

4 What breed of dog is Scooby Doo?

5 Daschunds were originally bred to hunt what?

6 What two words complete the following proverb- Why keep a dog and …?

7 In what year were dog licenses abolished in the UK?

8 What breed of dog is sacred in China?

9 Pitcher, Jessie and Bluebell were the names of dogs in which novel?

10 What was the name of the first dog in outer space?

Answers
Saluki
Dances with Wolves
Airedale terrier
Great Dane
Badgers
Bark yourself
1988
Pekinese
Animal Farm
Laika










ZOOLOGY     GENERAL     QUIZ THREE

1 What name is given to a castrated horse?

2 What is stored in a camel’s hump?

3 The anchovy belongs to which fish family?

4 What animal is the official national symbol of South Africa?

5 How many toes in total does a rhinoceros have?

6 Which naturalist wrote the book My Family and Other Animals?

7 What species of crab uses the empty shells of sea snails as its home?

8 To which ocean are penguins indigenous?

9 What species of falcon, also known as a pigeon hawk, might one associate with King Arthur?

10 Who created Paddington Bear?

Answers
Gelding
Fat
Herring
Springbok
Twelve- 3 on each foot
Gerald Durrell
Hermit crab
Antarctic Ocean
Merlin
Michael Bond









ZOOLOGY     A BEAST OF A NICKNAME     QUIZ FOUR
What animals provide the nicknames for the following football teams?

1 Hull City

2 Torquay United

3 Notts County

4 Bradford City

5 Mansfield Town

6 Leicester City

7 Derby County

8 Alloa Athletic

9 Queens Park

10 Millwall

Answers
Tigers
Gulls
Magpies
Bantams
Stags
Foxes
Rams
Wasps
Spiders
Lions









ZOOLOGY     GENERAL     QUIZ FIVE

1 How many wings does a butterfly have?

2 What name is given to the home of an eagle?

3 What G word is the alternative name for a woodchuck?

4 What five-letter word is the name given to the tail of a fox?

5 The aardvark is the first animal listed in the Oxford English Dictionary. Which is the second animal to be listed?

6 What is the largest member of the bear family?

7 If feline equals cat, what animal does the word caprine relate to?

8 What is a Portuguese man o’ war?

9 What is a grampus?

10 What animal is the official symbol of the Worldwide Fund for Nature?

Answers
Four
Eyrie
Groundhog
Brush
Aardwolf
Kodiak bear
Goat
Jellyfish
A species of dolphin
Giant panda









ZOOLOGY     A MOVIE MENAGERIE     QUIZ SIX
What type of animal is..

1 Kerchak in Disney’s Tarzan?

2 Sergeant Tibbs in Disney’s 101 Dalmatians?

3 Gobo in Disney’s Bambi?

4 Timothy in Disney’s Dumbo?

5 Kaa in Disney’s The Jungle Book?

6 Baloo in Disney’s The Jungle Book?

7 Pumbaa in Disney’s The Lion King?

8 Monstro in Disney’s Pinocchio?

9 Bruce in Disney’s Finding Nemo?

10 Sebastian in Disney’s The Little Mermaid?

Answers
Ape
Cat
Deer
Mouse
Snake
Bear
Warthog
Whale
Great white shark
Crab









ZOOLOGY     GENERAL     QUIZ SEVEN

1 What provides over half of the staple diet of a badger?

2 What colour is a giraffe’s tongue?

3 Parr, grilse and smolt are various stages in the life cycle of which fish?

4 What is removed from cattle that are polled?

5 What bird is the national symbol of New Zealand?

6 What is a young whale called?

7 From what type of Russian sturgeon is caviar obtained?

8 Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee and Texas all share which official state bird?

9 What is the world’s largest lizard?

10 Mynah birds belong to which family of birds?

Answers
Earthworms
Blue
Salmon
Horns
Kiwi
Calf
Beluga
Mockingbird
Komodo dragon
Starling










ZOOLOGY     INSECT INFO     QUIZ EIGHT

1 What acid is present in ant stings?

2 Which insect is sometimes referred to as the devil’s darning needle?

3 How many eyes does a bee have?

4 A nymph is the young of which insect?

5 What name is given to the young of a spider?

6 What species of fly is known for transmitting sleeping sickness?

7 What does an insect lack if it is described as apterous?

8 What leaves provide the staple diet of silkworms?

9 The tarantula was named after a town in which country?

10 What beetle makes a ticking sound by knocking its head against wood?

Answers
Formic acid
Dragonfly
Five
Grasshopper
Spiderling
Tsetse fly
Wings
Mulberry leaves
Italy
Deathwatch beetle










ZOOLOGY     GENERAL     QUIZ NINE

1 The Egyptian sphinx has the head of a human and the body of which animal?

2 What name is given to a young pilchard?

3 What is the largest rodent native to Europe?

4 What name is given to the offspring of a cob and a pen?

5 The giant eland is the largest species of what in the world?

6 What F word is the name given to the home of a mole?

7 In the animal kingdom which creatures makes the loudest sound?

8 Which animal indigenous to Australia averages 22 hours of sleep per day?

9 What S word is the name given to the droppings of an otter?

10 What is the connection between a quagga, a passenger pigeon and a tarpan?

Answers
Lion
Sardine
Beaver
Cygnet
Antelope
Fortress
Blue whale
Koala bear
Spraints
They are all extinct creatures










ZOOLOGY     FOR THE BIRD BRAINS     QUIZ TEN

1 In Scotland what bird is known as a bubbly jock?

2 House martins belong to which family of birds?

3 What colour is a female blackbird?

4 The solan goose is an alternative name for which large seabird?

5 Which bird has the best sense of smell?

6 Sandwich, Arctic and common are all species of which bird?

7 What is the only bird that can fly backwards?

8 What is the fastest swimming bird?

9 What is the alternative name for the shrike?

10 To which bird family does the kestrel belong?

Answers
Turkey
Swallow
Brown
Gannet
Kiwi
Tern
Hummingbird
Penguin
Butcherbird
Falcon










ZOOLOGY     GENERAL     QUIZ ELEVEN

1 What three-letter word is the alternative name for a newt?

2 What bird is the international symbol of happiness?

3 Who is the patron saint of animals?

4 What do baccivorous animals feed on?

5 What name is given to a male guinea pig?

6 What is the name of the pigment that is obtained from cuttlefish?

7 The kookaburra belongs to which bird family?

8 How many toes does an ostrich have in total?

9 In North America which animal is known as the washing bear, due to its habit of washing its food?

10 What is studied by an ethologist?

Answers
Eft
Bluebird
St Francis of Assisi
Berries
Boar
Sepia
Kingfisher
Four, 2 on each foot
Racoon
Animal behaviour









ZOOLOGY     THREE OF A KIND     QUIZ TWELVE
Identify the animals from three of their species.

1 Two spot, seven spot, fourteen spot

2 Sperm, pilot, hump backed

3 Fire bellied, oak, Blombergs

4 Barnacle, Brent, Canada

5 Pallid, brown, bumblebee

6 American, honey, Eurasian

7 Whooper, mute, trumpeter

8 Larder, Goliath, carpenter

9 Nurse, lemon, tiger

10 Buff Orpington, Rhode Island Red, Plymouth Rocks

Answers
Ladybird
Whale
Toad
Goose
Bat
Badger
Swan
Beetle
Shark
Chicken









ZOOLOGY     GENERAL QUIZ     THIRTEEN

1 Ornithophobia is the morbid fear of what?

2 What is a Moorish Idol?

3 Three species of snake are indigenous to Great Britain. The grass snake, the adder and which other?

4 Which boys name is also the name given to a male donkey?

5 What is the largest member of the crow family?

6 What animal was originally called the camelopard?

7 Who bought Queen Elizabeth II her first corgi?

8 A Flemish giant is a breed of which popular family pet?

9 What name is given to the offspring of a male horse and a female donkey?

10 What is the only animal that has retractable horns?

Answers
Birds
A tropical fish
Smooth snake
Jack
Raven
Giraffe
Her father, George VI
Rabbit
Hinny
Snail









ZOOLOGY     DOWN ON THE FARM     QUIZ FOURTEEN

1 From what type of goat is mohair obtained?

2 What B word is the collective noun for a group of chickens?

3 The neutered male of which animal is known as a barrow?

4 What name is given to a horse that is coloured with brown and white patches?

5 What R word describes any animal that chews cud?

6 What P word is the name given to a chicken that is under one year old?

7 Which bacterial disease of sheep and cattle is also known as wool sorters disease?

8 How many stomachs does a cow have?

9 Originating from Argentina, what is the world’s smallest breed of horse?

10 In which group of islands do sheep outnumber the human population by approximately 300-1?

Answers
Angora
Brood
Pig
Skewbald
Ruminant
Pullet
Anthrax
Four
Falabella
The Falkland Islands









ZOOLOGY     GENERAL     QUIZ FIFTEEN

1 The llama is native to which continent?

2 What three-letter word provides the name of a male ferret?

3 Is a kiang equine, feline or canine?

4 What is the official national animal of Canada?

5 What four-letter word is the correct term for a rabbit’s tail?

6 What V word is the name given to the skin on a deer’s antlers?

7 What is the world’s largest invertebrate?

8 What bird did Geoffrey Chaucer describe as, “a prophet of doom”?

9 Which country took its name from the Portuguese word for shrimp?

10 Which rodent provided the division sign for the Desert Rats in World War II?

Answers
South America
Hob
Equine, a wild ass
Beaver
Scut
Velvet
Giant squid
Barn owl
Cameroon
Jerboa










ZOOLOGY     FELINE FACTS     QUIZ SIXTEEN

1 Simba is the Swahili word for which animal?

2 What is the more common name for a feline’s vibrissae?

3 What is the alternative “weighty” name for a snow leopard?

4 Who wrote the book Born Free that chronicled the story of Elsa the lioness?

5 What species of tiger is the largest member of the cat family?

6 What is the fastest animal on four legs?

7 What is the collective noun for a group of leopards?

8 In which film did Sigourney Weaver appear alongside a cat called Jones?

9 According to legend which animal lost its tail in the doors of Noah’s Ark?

10 What O word is the alternative name for a painted leopard?

Answers
Lion
Whiskers
Ounce
Joy Adamson
Siberian tiger
Cheetah
Leap of leopards
Alien
Manx cat
Ocelot










ZOOLOGY     GENERAL     QUIZ SEVENTEEN

1 Which island was home to the now extinct dodo?

2 Where is the hock of a horse?

3 The tears of which animal is said to be an indication of insincere grief?

4 What is the world’s longest snake?

5 What is the alternative six-letter name for the fish eagle?

6 In the animal kingdom which creature has the largest brain?

7 How many hearts does an octopus have?

8 What is the only marsupial native to North America?

9 What A is an animal that always gives birth to identical twins?

10 What is the national bird of India?

Answers
Mauritius
Ankle
Crocodile
Reticulated python
Osprey
Sperm whale
Three
Opossum
Armadillo
Peacock










ZOOLOGY     IT’S ONLY WORDS     QUIZ EIGHTEEN

1 What six-letter word can precede fish, fox, lizard and squirrel?

2 What three-letter word is the name given to the mating season of deer’s?

3 What name is given to any animal that has webbed feet?

4 Entomophobia is the morbid fear of what?

5 If an animal is described as lanate, what is it covered in?

6 Where do arboreal animals live?

7 What P word describes an animal’s tail with the ability to grip?

8 What is studied by an ichthyologist?

9 What is an animal’s spoor?

10 If an animal is described as vermivorous, what does it feed on?

Answers
Flying
Rut
Palmiped
Insects
Wool
In trees
Prehensile
Fish
Its footprint or track
Worms










ZOOLOGY     GENERAL     QUIZ NINETEEN

1 What is the smallest species of owl?

2 What is the largest species of owl?

3 What animal features on the state flag of California?

4 In Greek mythology Medusa’s hair was made of what?

5 What animal has a name that means, river horse?

6 What is taurophobia the fear of?

7 What is the smallest species of ape?

8 What bird indigenous to the British Isles lays the largest egg?

9 What bird indigenous to the British Isles lays the smallest egg?

10 What mammal has the highest blood pressure?

Answers
Elf owl
Eagle owl
Bear
Snakes
Hippopotamus
Bulls
Gibbon
Mute swan
Goldcrest
Giraffe










ZOOLOGY     ALPHABET SOUP     QUIZ TWENTY

1 What G word is the name given to the silky substance of a spider’s web?

2 What M word is the technical name for a kangaroo’s pouch?

3 Which K provides the staple diet of a blue whale?

4 What D word is the alternative name for an Arabian camel?

5 What G word is the name of the organ in a bird’s body that grinds the food?

6 What P word is the alternative name of the scaly anteater?

7 What D word is a rodent that derives its name from the French for sleeping?

8 What C word is the technical name for the shell of a tortoise?

9 What W is the more poplar name for a bird’s furculum?

10 What Z has species called Grevy’s, Plains and mountain?

Answers
Gossamer
Marsupium
Krill
Dromedary
Gizzard
Pangolin
Dormouse
Carapace
Wishbone
Zebra

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