Speed Quiz 2

Say it with Flowers

What is the national flower/plant of the following countries?

1 Scotland
2 Netherlands
3 Australia
4 India
5 Ireland
6 Wales
7 Japan
8 England
9 Pakistan
10 Nepal

Identify the films from each trio of songs on their soundtrack.

1 Disco Inferno, More Than a Woman, Stayin’ Alive
2 Kansas City, People Will Say we’re in Love, The Farmer and the Cowman
3 Good Morning, Moses, Fit as a Fiddle
4 All That Jazz, Cell Block Tango, Roxie
5 Jet Song, I Feel Pretty, Maria
6 Money Money, Maybe This Time, Mein Herr
7 Boy for Sale, It’s a Fine Life, As Long as He Needs Me
8 Honey Bun, Happy Talk, Some Enchanted Evening
9 Hello Young Lovers, Getting to Know You, Shall We Dance
10 By Strauss, Embraceable You, I Got Rhythm

What was the only number one UK hit single for…?

1 The Housemartins
2 Madness
3 Right Said Fred
4 Nick Berry
5 T’Pau
6 Sister Sledge
7 Iron Maiden
8 Europe
9 Simple Minds
10 Small Faces

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Answers to National Flowers

1 Thistle
2 Tulip
3 Golden wattle
4 Lotus
5 Shamrock
6 Daffodil
7 Chrysanthemum
8 Rose
9 Jasmine
10 Rhododendron

Answers to Film Soundtracks

1 Saturday Night Fever
2 Oklahoma
3 Singin’ in the Rain
4 Chicago
5 West Side Story
6 Cabaret
7 Oliver
8 South Pacific
9 The King and I
10 An American in Paris

Answers to only Number Ones

1 Caravan of Love
2 House of Fun
3 Deeply Dippy
4 Every Loser Wins
5 China in your Hand
6 Frankie
7 Bring your Daughter to the Slaughter
8 The Final Countdown
9 Belfast Child
10 All or Nothing

Road Rage
Identify the famous people from their initials and short clues.
All 10 died in road accidents in the given years.

1 1977 MB Pop star
2 1999 DL Bond regular
3 2002 BH Cricket star
4 1960 EC Pop star
5 1967 JM Hollywood star
6 2002 LL Porn icon
7 1998 CP Drummer
8 1955 JD Hollywood star
9 1999 IB Scottish actor
10 1956 JP Artist

Cover to Cover
Identify the songs recorded by each pair of artists in the given years

1 Stealer’s Wheel and Louise in 1973 and 2001
2 Elvis Presley and the Pet Shop Boys in 1972 and 1987
3 Elton John and Kate Bush in 1970 and 1991
4 Harold Melvin and The Communards in 1975 and 1986
5 Phil Collins and Westlife in 1984 and 2000
6 The Doors and Will Young in 1967 and 2002
7 Tears for Fears and Gary Jules in 1982 and 2003
8 Tab Hunter and Donny Osmond in 1957 and 1973
9 Percy Sledge and Michael Bolton in 1966 and 1991
10 Tommy Quickly and Status Quo in 1964 and 1976

It Takes Two
Identify the famous pairs from their first names

1 Dawn and Jennifer
2 Bud and Lou
3 Bud and Chesney
4 Bruce and Dick
5 Captain John and Lieutenant Arthur
6 Christine and Mary Beth
7 Phineus and James
8 Sir William and Sir Arthur
9 David and Ken
10 Gerald and Charles

Answers to Road Rage

1 Marc Bolan
2 Desmond Llewelyn
3 Ben Hollioake
4 Eddie Cochran
5 Jayne Mansfield
6 Linda Lovelace
7 Cozy Powell
8 James Dean
9 Ian Bannen
10 Jackson Pollock

Answers to Cover to Cover

1 Stuck in the Middle
2 Always on my Mind
3 Rocket Man
4 Don’t Leave Me This Way
5 Against All Odds
6 Light My Fire
7 Mad World
8 Young Love
9 When a Man Loves a Woman
10 Wild Side of Life

Answers to It Takes Two

1 French and Saunders
2 Abbott and Costello
3 Flanagan and Allen
4 Batman and Robin or Wayne and Grayson
5 Alcock and Brown
6 Cagney and Lacey
7 Barnum and Bailey
8 Gilbert and Sullivan
9 Starsky and Hutch
10 Mills and Boon

Same Title, Different Song
Which song title has provided hit records for each pair/trio of artists?

1 Erasure, Sam Brown, Spice Girls
2 Mud, Patsy Cline, Aerosmith
3 Lulu and Tears for Fears
4 Jam, Oasis, Lisa Stansfield
5 Girls Aloud, Van Halen, Kriss Kross
6 Huey Lewis, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Jennifer Rush
7 Chuck Berry, Robbie Nevil, Bewitched
8 David Bowie and Irene Cara
9 Bee Gees, Heart, Moby
10 Rubettes, Kool and the Gang, New Kids on the Block

Heraldic Colours
What colours are represented by the following heraldic terms?

1 Argent
2 Murrey
3 Or
4 Gules
5 Purpure
6 Sable
7 Vert
8 Azure
9 Sanguine
10 Tenne

Trades of Trumpton
Identify the occupations of the Trumpton characters from the job initials

1 Chippy Minton C
2 Barney McGrew F
3 Thomas Tripp M
4 Mr Robinson WC
5 Mickey Murphy B
6 Mr Wilkins P
7 Mr Wantage TE
8 Roger Varley CS
9 Mrs Cobbit FS
10 Mr Troop TC

Answers to Same Song Titles

1 Stop
2 Crazy
3 Shout
4 All Around the World
5 Jump
6 Power of Love
7 C’est La Vie
8 Fame
9 Alone
10 Tonight

Answers to Heraldic Colours

1 Silver
2 Brown
3 Gold
4 Red
5 Purple
6 Black
7 Green
8 Blue
9 Blood red
10 Orange

Answers to Trades of Trumpton

1 Carpenter
2 Fireman
3 Milkman
4 Window cleaner
5 Baker
6 Plumber
7 Telephone engineer
8 Chimney sweep
9 Flower seller
10 Town clerk

What’s in a Nickname?
Identify the famous people from their initials and nicknames

1 Satchmo LA
2 King of the Cowboys RR
3 The Sultan of Swat BR
4 The Austrian Oak AS
5 The Queen of Soul AF
6 Little Miss Dynamite BL
7 America’s Sweetheart MP
8 The It Boy CG
9 The King of Swing BG
10 Son of Sam DB

It Takes Two
Which pop duos are made up by the following pairs?

1 Lowe and Tennant
2 Appleby sisters
3 Clarke and Moyet
4 Van Day and Bazar
5 Daryl and Toni
6 Charlie and Craig Reid
7 Cox and Drummie
8 Rowlands and Simons
9 Hatfield and Medley
10 Hayes and Jones

Identify the TV shows from lyrics of their theme song.

1 In the Wonderland Zoo there are certain bears who
2 Your love life’s DOA
3 I wish I was a spaceman, the fastest guy alive
4 The lightning tree stands stiff and old
5 Now the world don’t move to the beat of just one drum
6 The most sensational, inspirational, celebrational, this is what we call
7 He’s a gentleman, a scholar, he’s an acrobat
8 Catches thieves just like flies
9 He’s got the style of a movie star and a car that just won’t stop
10 She makes them look like a bunch of fairies, she’s got more bottle than United Dairies

Answers to Nicknames

1 Louis Armstrong
2 Roy Rogers
3 Babe Ruth
4 Arnold Schwarzenegger
5 Aretha Franklin
6 Brenda Lee
7 Mary Pickford
8 Cary Grant
9 Benny Goodman
10 David Berkowitz

Answers to Pop Duos

1 Pet Shop Boys
2 Mel and Kim
3 Yazoo
4 Dollar
5 Captain and Tennille
6 The Proclaimers
7 Go West
8 The Chemical Brothers
9 The Righteous Brothers
10 Savage Garden

Answers to TV Themes

1 Help it’s the Hair Bear Bunch
2 Friends
3 Fireball XL5
4 Follyfoot
5 Diff’rent Strokes
6 The Muppet Show
7 The Pink Panther Show
8 Spiderman
9 Hong Kong Phooey
10 Supergran