SPEED QUIZZES 3

Gang Warfare

Which films featured the following gangs?
 

1 Jets and Sharks

2 Pink Ladies

3 The Nativists and the Dead Rabbits

4 The Riffs and the Baseball Furies

5 Faces and Barracudas

6 Lost Boys of Never Never Land

7 Deadly Viper Assassination Squad

8 The Molehill Mob

9 The Black Widows, Hells Angels gang

10 The Black Rebels and the Beetles

Guitar Men

In 2003 the Rolling Stone Magazine listed its 100 greatest guitarists of all time.

Identify the 10 guitarists from their initials and position in the list

BM at number 39

MK at number 27

CS at number 15

JB at number 14

KR at number 10

JP at number 9

RC at number 8

CB at number 6

EC at number 4

JH at number 1

 

Ha Ha Ha

The answers to the next 10 questions all begin with the letters HA
 

1 What is the cockney rhyming slang for teeth?

2 What was built in 122AD on the England and Scotland border?

3 What type of writ requires a person to be brought before a judge?

4 Which Stevie Wonder song was tribute to Martin Luther King?

5 What is the capital of Cuba

6 Which element has the symbol Hf?

7 Syrian, Campbells and Chinese are all species of what?

8 Which song contains the lyric, “how you gonna have a dream come true”?

9 Who was elected MP for Camberwell and Peckham in 1997?

10 Who has a daughter called Honi and a dog called Snert?

 

Answers to Gang Warfare
 

1 West Side Story

2 Grease

3 Gangs of New York

4 The Warriors

5 Saturday Night Fever

6 Peter Pan

7 Kill Bill

8 Batman, the gang led by the Riddler

9 Every Which Way But Loose and Any Which Way You Can

10 The Wild One
 

Answers to Guitarists

1 Brian May

2 Marc Knopfler

3 Carlos Santana

4 Jeff Beck

5 Keith Richards

6 Jimmy Page

7 Ry Cooder

8 Chuck Berry

9 Eric Clapton

10 Jimi Hendrix

Answers to Ha Ha Ha

1 Hampstead Heath

2 Hadrian’s Wall

3 Habeas Corpus

4 Happy Birthday

5 Havana

6 Hafnium

7 Hamster

8 Happy Talk

9 Harriet Harman

10 Hagar the Horrible

 

For the Chocoholics

Identify the chocolate bar from their initials and the years they first went on sale
 

1 1866 – FCC

2 1900 – T

3 1905 – CDM

4 1929 – C

5 1935 – A

6 1937 – MB

7 1951 – B

8 1958 – P

9 1963 – TC

10 1976 –Y


 

Group Therapy

Identify the groups voted Best Group at the Brit Awards from their initials and the given years
 

2005 – FF

2004 – The D

2001 – C

2000 – T

1995 - B

1993 – SR

1991 – The C

1987 – FS

1984 – CC

1982 – The P

TV Sets

Which TV shows were set in the following fictional locations?
 

1 Walmington – on- Sea

2 Aidensfield

3 Sunnydale

4 Bedrock

5 Erinsborough

6 Los Barros

7 New Chicago

8 Crimpton – on –Sea

9 Elsinby

10 Wandin Valley

Answers to Chocolate Bars

1 Frys Chocolate Cream

2 Toblerone

3 Cadburys Dairy Milk

4 Crunchie

5 Aero

6 Milky Bar

7 Bounty

8 Picnic

9 Toffee Crisp

10 Yorkie
 

Answers to Group Therapy

1 Franz Ferdinand

2 The Darkness

3 Coldplay

4 Travis

5 Blur

6 Simply Red

7 The Cure

8 Five Star

9 Culture Club

10 The Police

Answers to TV Sets

1 Dad’s Army

2 Heartbeat

3 Buffy the Vampire Slayer

4 The Flintstones

5 Neighbours

6 Eldorado

7 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

8 Hi-De-Hi

9 The Royal

10 A Country Practice

 

You Wear It Well

The answers to the next 10 questions all contain an article of clothing

1 Which battle was the first of two attempts to break the siege of Sevastopol?

2 In which film did Clint Eastwood play Ben Shockley?

3 Which Moroccan city was founded in 1789 by Idris I?

4 Which 1985 album features the tracks Sussudio and One More Night?

5 In which 1992 film did River Phoenix and Robert Redford play computer experts?

6 In Victorian times which Royal Navy frigate gave its name to a type of coat?

7 What is the name of the Old English sheepdog in The Perishers cartoon strip?

8 Which 1954 Broadway musical introduced the song Hernando’s Hideaway?

9 In which 1985 film was Tom Hanks mistaken for a spy?

10 In which language is the song Santa Agueda traditionally sung?

 

Technicolor Trivia

The answers to the next 10 questions all contain a colour
 

1 Who played Baby Houseman in Dirty Dancing?

2 Who founded Aston Martin?

3 Which RDB lists endangered species?

4 Who was the first soap star to receive an honour from the Queen?

5 In 1986 which Madonna album topped the charts around the world?

6 By what six letter name is the rapper/musician born Clifford Price better known?

7 Which prison was established by Nawab of Bengal in 1756?

8 In which TV series did John Alderton play Jack Boult?

9 How are Bruce, Baker and Clapton collectively known?

10 Which novel in the Narnia Chronicles followed The Voyage of the Dawn Treader?
 

A Fruit Salad

The answers to the next 10 questions all contain a fruit
 

1 Which German rock band was founded in 1967 by Edgar Frose?

2 What is the first name of the first born daughter of Chris Martin?

3 Which memorial in New York’s Central Park is dedicated to John Lennon?

4 What is the official national fruit of India?

5 Which singer recorded the hit record Buffalo Stance?

6 Which Steinbeck novel features the Joad family?

7 Which Liverpool railway station witnessed the launch of the first Inter City service?

8 Which band charted in the 60s with Green Tambourine?

9 Which fruit is the national symbol of Spain?

10 What is the most mentioned fruit in the Bible?

 

Answers to You Wear It Well

1 Battle of Balaclava

2 The Gauntlet

3 Fez

4 No Jacket Required

5 Sneakers

6 Blazer after HMS Blazer

7 Boot

8 The Pajama Game

9 The Man With One Red Shoe

10 Basque
 

Answers to Technicolor Trivia

1 Jennifer Grey

2 David Brown

3 Red Data Book

4 Violet Carson

5 True Blue

6 Goldie

7 Black Hole of Calcutta

8 Forever Green

9 Cream

10 The Silver Chair

Answers to A Fruit Salad

1 Tangerine Dream

2 Apple

3 Strawberry Fields

4 Mango

5 Neneh Cherry

6 Grapes of Wrath

7 Lime Street

8 Lemon Pipers

9 Pomegranate

10 Fig

 

Shared Spouses

Which famous people were married to each pair?
 

1 Sonny Bono and Greg Allman

2 Artie Shaw and Lex Barker

3 Mimi Rogers and Nicole Kidman

4 Brigitte Bardot and Jane Fonda

5 Liz Taylor and Debbie Reynolds

6 Liam Gallagher and Jim Kerr

7 Ursula Andress and Linda Evans

8 Gary Kemp and Jude Law

9 Humphrey Bogart and Jason Robards

10 Fiona Fullerton and Susan George


 

Quote Unquote

The following film quotes are all include in the American Film Institutes Top 100 Movie Quotes of All Time

Identify the films from which they came
 

1 I’m going to make him an offer he can’t refuse

2 Here’s looking at you kid

3 You talking to me?

4 I love the smell of napalm in the morning

5 They call me Mr Tibbs

6 You’re gonna need a bigger boat

7 Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates

8 I see dead people

9 A boy’s best friend is his mother

10 Is it safe?

 

Friends Like These

1 Who played Phoebe in the sitcom Friends?

2 Who played Ross in the sitcom Friends?

3 Which website was co-founded by Steve and Julie Pankhurst?

4 Who played Peter in the 1992 film Peter’s Friends?

5 Which animated character is billed as, the friendly ghost?

6 Which organisation was founded by David Broer in 1969?

7 What does BFG stand for with regard to the Roald Dahl novel?

8 Which charity song was recorded by Gladys Knight, Stevie Wonder, Dionne Warwick and Elton John?

9 Which film features the song, Diamonds Are A Girls Best Friend?

10 Which song contains the lyric, “Her lovely hair, her skin so fair”?

 

Answers to Shared Spouses

1 Cher

2 Lana Turner

3 Tom Cruise

4 Roger Vadim

5 Eddie Fisher

6 Patsy Kensit

7 John Derek

8 Sadie Frost

9 Lauren Bacall

10 Simon MacCorkindale
 

Answers to Movie Quotes

1 The Godfather

2 Casablanca

3 Taxi Driver

4 Apocalypse Now

5 In The Heat of the Night

6 Jaws

7 Forrest Gump

8 The Sixth Sense

9 Psycho

10 Marathon Man
 

Answers to Friends Like These

1 Lisa Kudrow

2 David Schwimmer

3 Friends Reunited

4 Stephen Fry

5 Casper

6 Friends of the Earth

7 Big Friendly Giant

8 That’s What Friends Are For

9 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

10 Girl of My Best Friend