Speed Quizzes Set One
Film Folk
Which film star was played by…
1 Martin Landau in Ed Wood
2 Eddie Izzard in The Cat’s Meow
3 Charlize Theron in The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
4 Kevin Kline in Chaplin
5 Kate Bosworth in Beyond the Sea
6 James Cagney in Man of a Thousand Faces
7 Gwen Stefani in The Aviator
8 Kate Beckinsale in The Aviator
9 Cate Blanchett in The Aviator
10 Jude Law in The Aviator
Who’s That Girl?
Identify the following females from their initials. They were voted the Top 10
Sexiest Women in the World in 2005 by FHM Magazine
1 KB
2 CT
3 AJ
4 MR
5 EC
6 BS
7 AT
8 SH
9 BK
10 CC
Cooking the Books
Which celebrity chefs/cooks penned the
following books?
1 How to Cheat at Cooking
2 A Taste of India
3 Hot Wok
4 How to be a Domestic Goddess
5 The Naked Chef
6 Keeping it Simple
7 Taste of the Sea
8 Foolproof French Cookery
9 The Galloping Gourmet
10 Two Fat Ladies Ride Again
Answers to Film Folk
1 Bela Lugosi
2 Charlie Chaplin
3 Britt Ekland
4 Douglas Fairbanks
5 Sandra Dee
6 Lon Chaney
7 Jean Harlow
8 Ava Gardner
9 Katharine Hepburn
10 Errol Flynn
Answers to Sexiest Women
1 Kelly Brook
2 Cheryl Tweedy
3 Angelina Jolie
4 Michelle Ryan
5 Elisha Cuthbert
6 Britney Spears
7 Abi Titmuss
8 Sarah Harding
9 Beyonce Knowles
10 Charlotte Church
Answers to Cook Books
1 Delia Smith
2 Madhur Jaffrey
3 Ken Hom
4 Nigella Lawson
5 Jamie Oliver
6 Gary Rhodes
7 Rick Stein
8 Raymond Blanc
9 Graham Kerr
10 Jennifer Paterson and Clarissa Dickson Wright
Episode Enigmas
Identify the TV shows from a title of one of
their episodes
1 Uncle Fester’s Illness
2 An Unearthly Child
3 Gunfight at the OK Laundrette
4 The Joker is Wild
5 Never Kill a Boy on the First Date
6 Little Green Men
7 Moaning Lisa
8 Prisoner and Escort
9 The Christmas Lunch Incident
10 The Hong Kong Shilling Affair
From March to December
1 Which composer was known as the March King?
2 Which UNCLE agent was played by Stefanie Powers?
3 Who opened the Queen’s Golden Jubilee concert in 2002 playing God Save the
Queen on the rooftops of Buckingham Palace?
4 Which musical features the song June is Busting Out All Over?
5 In which 1989 film did Tom Cruise play Ron Kovick?
6 How was August Darnelle better known when playing with his coconuts?
7 Who palyed the role of Ted Fenwick in the TV drama September Song?
8 Which city hosts the annual Oktoberfest?
9 What is the birthstone for November?
10 In which year did the Four Seasons top the UK charts with December 63?
Potter Parts
Who plays the following in the Harry Potter films?
1 Ron Weasley
2 Rita Skeeter
3 Madame Maxime
4 Hermione Granger
5 Peter Pettigrew
6 Sirius Black
7 Amos Diggory
8 Lord Voldemort
9 Barty Crouch Junior
10 Barty Crouch Senior
Answers to Episode Enigmas
1 The Addams Family
2 Dr Who (the very first episode)
3 Minder
4 Batman
5 Buffy the Vampire Slayer
6 The X Files
7 The Simpsons
8 Porridge
9 The Vicar of Dibley
10 The Man from UNCLE
Answers to March to December
1 John Phillip Sousa
2 April Dancer
3 Brian May
4 Carousel
5 Born on the Fourth of July
6 Kid Creole
7 Russ Abbot
8 Munich
9 Topaz
10 1976
Answers to Potter Parts
1 Rupert Grint
2 Miranda Richardson
3 Frances de la Tour
4 Emma Watson
5 Timothy Spall
6 Gary Oldman
7 Jeff Rawle
8 Ralph Fiennes
9 David Tennant
10 Roger Lloyd Pack
What’s in a Name?
What did the following people change their last name to?
1 Winona Horowitz
2 Elliott Goldstein
3 Malcolm Little
4 Richard Jenkins
5 William Beedle
6 Nicolas Coppola
7 Charles Buchinsky
8 Melvyn Kaminsky
9 Robert Velline
10 John Freund
What’s in a Name Two?
What are the stage names of the following singers?
1 Barry Pincus
2 Brenda Webb
3 Georgios Panayiotou
4 Leslie Charles
5 Marvin Lee Aday
6 Curtis Jackson
7 George O’Dowd
8 William Bailey
9 Calvin Broadus
9 Natalie McIntyre
10 Ian Watkins
The Top 100 Worst Brits
Identify the singers from their initials and their position in the 2003 100
Worst Britons survey
Position No 6- GG
No 9- GH
No 11- LG
No 13- VB
No 17- RW
No 21- CC
No 29- CR
No 43- MH
No 55- EJ
No 83- MJ
Answers to What’s in a Name
1 Ryder
2 Gould
3 X
4 Burton
5 Holden
6 Cage
7 Bronson
8 Brooks
9 Vee, singer Bobby
10 Forsythe
Answers to What’s in a Name 2
1 Barry Manilow
2 Crystal Gayle
3 George Michael
4 Billy Ocean
5 Meat Loaf
6 50 Cent
7 Boy George
8 Axl Rose
9 Snoop Doggy Dogg
10 H of Steps notoriety
Answers to Worst Ever Brits
No 6- Gareth Gates
No 9- Geri Halliwell
No 11- Liam Gallagher
No 13- Victoria Beckham
No 17- Robbie Williams
No 21- Charlotte Church
No 29- Cliff Richard
No 43- Mick Hucknall
No 55- Elton John
No 83- Mick Jagger
Oscar Roles
Who won a Best Actor Oscar playing …?
1 Gordon Gekko
2 Hannibal Lecter
3 Ray Charles
4 Eddie Felson
5 Andrew Beckett
6 Jake la Motta
7 Raymond Babbitt
8 Truman Capote
9 Vito Corleone
10 Henry Higgins
Oscar Roles- The Sequel
Who won a Best Actress Oscar playing…?
1 Sister Helen Prejean
2 Daisy Werthan
3 Virginia Woolf
4 Loretta Lynn
5 Annie Hall
6 Erin Brockovich
7 Mildred Ratched
8 Jean Brodie
9 Mary Poppins
10 Fanny Brice
The Parent Trap
Who is the …?
1 Father of Emilio Estevez
2 Father of Liv Tyler
3 Father of Angelina Jolie
4 Mother of Kate Hudson
5 Father of Jeff Bridges
6 Mother of Lorna Luft
7 Father of Cherie Blair
8 Mother of Jamie Lee Curtis
9 Father of Norah Jones
10 Mother of Toby Stephens
Answers to Best Actor
1 Michael Douglas in Wall Street
2 Anthony Hopkins in Silence of the Lambs
3 Jamie Foxx in Ray
4 Paul Newman in The Color of Money
5 Tom Hanks in Philadelphia
6 Robert De Niro in Raging Bull
7 Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man
8 Philip Seymour Hoffman in Capote
9 Marlon Brando in The Godfather- De Niro also won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar
for his role as Vito in the Godfather Part 2. This to date is the only occasion
of two separate actors winning Oscars playing the same character in different
films
10 Rex Harrison in My Fair Lady
Answers to Best Actress
1 Susan Sarandon in Dead Man Walking
2 Jessica Tandy in Driving Miss Daisy
3 Nicole Kidman in The Hours
4 Sissy Spacek in Coal Miner’s Daughter
5 Diane Keaton in Annie Hall
6 Julia Roberts in Erin Brockovich
7 Louise Fletcher in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
8 Maggie Smith in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
9 Julie Andrews in Mary Poppins
10 Barbra Streisand in Funny Girl
Answers to The Parent Trap
1 Martin Sheen
2 Steve Tyler
3 Jon Voight
4 Goldie Hawn
5 Lloyd Bridges
6 Judy Garland
7 Tony Booth
8 Janet Leigh
9 Ravi Shankar
10 Maggie Smith