Speed Quizzes 2
P is for Pop Group
Identify the pop groups from the clues given.
All 10 begin with the letter P
1 Founded in 1978 by a former New Musical Express journalist
2 The only act to have three songs on the American Graffiti soundtrack
3 Collective name for June, Anita and Ruth
4 Recorded the 1985 album Rum, Sodomy and the Lash
5 This group’s biggest hit was entitled Same Old Feeling
6 Asteroid 14024 is named after this band
7 Backing band of Johnny Kidd
8 Chart topping trio that reunited for the 2007 Grammy Awards
9 Their greatest hits album is entitled Life of Surprises
10 Yarrow, Stookey and Travers
S is for Song
Identify the song titles from the lyrics. All
10 songs have a title beginning with the letter S
1 I still remember when you used to be nine years old
2 I said how you like my triple carburettor
3 Dry the tears from your eyes, let’s don’t let a good thing die
4 Beams are gonna blind me but I won’t feel blue
5 Losing my timing this late in my career
6 Love doesn’t come in a minute
7 She drive away the darkness every day
8 When she gets there she knows, if the stores are all closed
9 You are my candy girl
10 A poor man’s made outta muscle and blood
Guitar Men
Identify the lead guitarists of the following
bands
1 Queen
2 Led Zeppelin
3 The Smiths
4 Cream
5 The Rolling Stones
6 Bon Jovi
7 Guns N Roses
8 Mud
9 Focus
10 Rainbow
Answers to P for Pop Group
1 Pretenders
2 Platters
3 Pointer Sisters
4 Pogues
5 Picketywitch
6 Procol Harum
7 Pirates
8 Police
9 Prefab Sprout
10 Peter, Paul and Mary
Answers for S songs
1 Shout
2 Seven Little Girls Sitting in the Back Seat
3 Suspicious Minds
4 Super Trouper
5 Send in the Clowns
6 Silly Love Songs
7 Sun Arise
8 Stairway to Heaven
9 Sugar Sugar
10 Sixteen Tons
Answers to Guitar Men
1 Brian May
2 Jimmy Page
3 Johnny Marr
4 Eric Clapton
5 Keith Richards
6 Richie Sambora
7 Slash
8 Rob Davies
9 Jan Akkerman
10 Ritchie Blackmore
Tree Triv
What is the official national tree of…?
Initial letters of the tree provided
1 Canada- M
2 England- O
3 Czech Republic- L
4 Finland- SB
5 Lebanon- C
6 Portugal- O
7 Bhutan- C
8 Belize- M
9 Senegal- B
10 India- B
RIP
From the initials provided identify the 10
writers that are all buried in Poet’s Corner
1 CD
2 RB
3 TH
4 SJ
5 GC
6 RK
7 JD
8 AT
9 JM
10 ES
Movie Music
From the initials provided identify the 10
songs- The selection are the Top 10 movie songs of all time as chosen by the
American Film Institute
1 OTR
2 ATGB
3 SITR
4 MR
5 WC
6 MR
7 WYWUAS
8 TWWW
9 SA
10 TSOM
Answers to National Trees
1 Maple
2 Oak
3 Lime
4 Silver birch
5 Cedar
6 Olive
7 Cypress
8 Mahogany
9 Baobab
10 Banyan
Answers to Poet’s Corner
1 Charles Dickens
2 Robert Browning
3 Thomas Hardy
4 Samuel Johnson
5 Geoffrey Chaucer
6 Rudyard Kipling
7 John Dryden
8 Alfred Tennyson
9 John Masefield
10 Edmund Spenser
Answers to Top10 Movie Songs
1 Over the Rainbow
2 As Time Goes By
3 Singin’ in the Rain
4 Moon River
5 White Christmas
6 Mrs Robinson
7 When You Wish Upon a Star
8 The Way We Were
9 Stayin’ Alive
10 The Sound of Music
Quote Unquote
The following quotes were listed by the
American Film Institute as the 10 greatest movie quotes of all time. Identify
the films from which the quotes are taken.
1 Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn
2 I’m going to make him an offer he can’t refuse
3 You don’t understand. I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender
4 Toto I’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore
5 Here’s looking at you kid
6 Go ahead make my day
7 Alright Mr De Mille, I’m ready for my close up
8 May the force be with you
9 Fasten your seat belts. It’s going to be a bumpy ride
10 Are you talkin’ to me?
The CIS
In 1991 the Commonwealth of Independent States was founded to assist cooperation between former Soviet States.
Identify the 12 founder members from their
initial letters
1 A
2 A
3 B
4 G
5 K
6 K
7 M
8 R
9 T
10 T
11 U
12 U
Odd Ologies
What are the following the study of?
1 Dipterology
2 Cereology
3 Myrmecology
4 Xylology
5 Astacology
6 Vexillology
7 Desmology
8 Cryptozoology
9 Zymology
10 Oology
Answers to Film Quotes
1 Gone With the Wind
2 The Godfather
3 On the Waterfront
4 Wizard of Oz
5 Casablanca
6 Sudden Impact (the 4th Dirty Harry film)
7 Sunset Boulevard
8 Star Wars
9 All About Eve
10 Taxi Driver
Answers to CIS States
1 Armenia
2 Azerbaijan
3 Belarus
4 Georgia
5 Kazakhstan
6 Kyrgyzstan
7 Moldova
8 Russia
9 Tajikistan
10 Turkmenistan
11 Ukraine
12 Uzbekistan
Answers to Ologies
1 Flies
2 Crop circles
3 Ants
4 Wood
5 Crayfish
6 Flags
7 Ligaments
8 Mythological/legendary animals
9 Fermentation
10 Eggs
Costly Cities
From the initial letters provided identify
the 10 cities named as the most expensive cities to live in, in 2005
1 O
2 T
3 R
4 O
5 P
6 C
7 L
8 Z
9 G
10 H
Tower Trivia
In which cities are the following towers
located?
1 Emirates Office Tower
2 John Hancock Tower
3 Petronas Towers
4 Governor Phillip Tower
5 The Commerce State West Tower
6 Europaturm
7 Sears Tower
8 Bell Atlantic Tower
9 Wells Fargo Plaza
10 Bocom Financial Towers
The Boxer Beat
In which film did…
1 Robert DeNiro play the boxer Jake LaMotta
2 Russell Crowe play the boxer James Braddock
3 Will Smith play the boxer Cassius Clay
4 Denzel Washington play Rubin Carter
5 Paul Newman play Rocky Graziano
6 Mr T play Clubber Lang
7 Ryan O’Neal play Eddie Kid Natural Scanlon
8 Jon Voight play Billy Flynn
9 Bruce Willis play Butch Coolidge
10 Daniel Day Lewis play Danny Flynn
Answers to Most Expensive Cities
1 Oslo
2 Tokyo
3 Reykjavik
4 Osaka
5 Paris
6 Copenhagen
7 London
8 Zurich
9 Geneva
10 Helsinki
Answers to Towers
1 Dubai
2 Boston
3 Kuala Lumpur
4 Sydney
5 Toronto
6 Frankfurt
7 Chicago
8 Philadelphia
9 Houston
10 Shanghai
Answers to the Boxer Beat
1 Raging Bull
2 The Cinderella Man
3 Ali
4 The Hurricane
5 Somebody Up There Likes Me
6 Rocky III
7 The Main Event
8 The Champ
9 Pulp Fiction
10 The Boxer