INQUIZITION


INQUISITION-DEFINITION; An act of detailed or relentless questioning.




The questions just keep on coming…


Inquizition, the trivia quiz that covers a multitude of topics from sunny Spain to John Wayne, from birds and bees to lakes and seas, from classic books to TV cooks, from the USA to Botany Bay, from Francis Drake to Sexton Blake, from Bill and Ben to the Mr Men, from dogs and cats to vampire bats, from Dr Who to Mr Magoo, from Johann Strauss to Mickey Mouse, from Oliver Twist to Schindler’s List, from Diane Keaton to Mrs Beeton, from David Beckham to Del in Peckham, from Timbuktu to Kathmandu, from Desperate Dan to Peter Pan, from Venus and Mars to trains and cars , from the Rolling Stones to aching bones, from The Merchant of Venice to golf and tennis, from Waterloo to World War Two, from Harry Potter to Tarka the Otter , from Tammy Wynette to Wet Wet Wet , from Napoleon Solo to Marco Polo , from Alfred the Great to Kiss Me Kate , from criminal cases to Wacky Races, from Bonnie and Clyde to Jekyll and Hyde , from Live And Let Die to Goldeneye , from the Northern lights to Wuthering Heights, from Andy Pandy to Mahatma Gandhi , from David Lean to Steve McQueen , from Percy Shelley to Grace Kelly, from Marvin Gaye to Doris Day , from Nat King Cole to Pope John Paul , from young Wayne Rooney to old George Clooney, from Fort Knox to Pandora’s Box, from Star Trek to Gregory Peck , from Betty Grable to Cain and Abel, from Scary Spice to Vincent Price, from The Lord of the Rings to the Valley of the Kings, from Captain Hook to Donald Duck , from the Silicon Valley to Tin Pan Alley, so scratch your head at things they said, with food and drink to make you think, with bytes and bits to test your wits with simply the best trivia test, a fact filled mission called…

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QUIZ 1

A SPANISH INQUIZITION


1 Madrid and Barcelona are the two most highly populated cities in Spain. What is the third highest?

2 Which decade of the 20th century witnessed the Spanish Civil War?

3 At which port was Francis Drake said to have “singed the King of Spain’s beard”?

4 Which football club play their home matches in the capital of Spain at the Vincente Calderon Stadium?

5 Which 1964 musical features the song “The Rain in Spain”?

6 Standing at 3404m high, Mount Aneto is the highest peak in which Spanish range of mountains?

7 In which Spanish city was Pablo Picasso born?

8 What is the name of Europe’s only desert, which lies in southeast Spain, near the city of Almeria?

9 What is the closest African country to the Spanish mainland?

10 What is the capital and main town of Majorca?

11 Which Spanish author created the character of Don Quixote?

12 What is Spain’s largest Atlantic port?

13 In which century was Madrid established as the capital of Spain?

14 Founded in 1218, the Salamanca, is Spain’s oldest what?

15 Which Spanish duo topped the UK singles chart in 1977 with the song “Yes Sir I Can Boogie”?


Answers

1 Valencia

2 1930s (1936-1939)

3 Cadiz

4 Atletico Madrid

5 My Fair Lady

6 Pyrenees

7 Malaga

8 Tabernas

9 Morocco

10 Palma

11 Miguel De Cervantes

12 Bilbao

13 16th century (1561)

14 University

15 Baccara

 

Quiz 2

A Fishy Inquizition

1 What colour are lobsters before they are cooked?

2 What is the largest species of shark?

3 Which substance obtained from whales is used in the manufacture of perfumes?

4 What is the title of the 2003 animated movie that features a great white shark called Bruce?

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

6 Which rock group, whose biggest hit was entitled “Kayleigh”, were fronted by a singer called Fish?

7 Who played the role of Archie Leach in the film comedy A Fish Called Wanda?

8 By what name is the fictional character of William Fisher otherwise known?

9 What I word is the name given to the study of fish?

10 Which “fishy” baseball team were shock winners of the World Series in 2003?

11 Which actor met a grisly demise as Captain Quint in the film Jaws?

12 The club badge of which English football team features a trawler and three fish?

13 Which nation were Britain’s adversaries in the Cod War of the 1970s?

14 The nursery rhyme character Kitty Fisher, was once London’s most highly paid what?

15 Who wrote the novel The Fisher King?


Answers

1 Blue

2 Whale shark

3 Ambergris

4 Finding Nemo

5 Codling

6 Marillion

7 John Cleese

8 Billy Liar

9 Ichthyology

10 Florida Marlins

11 Robert Shaw

12 Grimsby Town

13 Iceland

14 Prostitute

15 Anthony Powell

 

Quiz 3

A SOAP INQUIZITION


1 What was the first name of the character played by Joan Collins in Dynasty?

2 Which British soap celebrated its 2000th episode in 1995 with an extended show?

3 In which soap spin-off from Dallas did the action move from Texas to California?

4 The actress Kate Ford is the fourth person to play which soap character?

5 Who played Emma Jackson in Home and Away before launching a pop music career?

6 Which actor was the recipient of the first gay kiss to be screened on Coronation Street?

7 Which former Eastenders star went on to play PC Gabriel Kent in The Bill?

8 Susan Morrisey became the first actress to be shown breastfeeding a baby in which British soap?

9 Which Coronation Street character was stabbed to death in February 1989?

10 Which TV series of yesteryear was set at Oxbridge General Hospital?

11 Who played the woolly-hatted Benny in Crossroads?

12 Which future Spice Girl played a teenage mugger in Eastenders?

13 Which shop is located at No 10 Coronation Street?

14 In which city is Hollyoaks set?

15 In Coronation Street what was the maiden name of Hilda Ogden?


Answers

1 Alexis

2 Emmerdale

3 Knot’s Landing

4 Tracy Barlow

5 Dannii Minogue

6 Adam Ricketts

7 Todd Carty

8 Brookside

9 Brian Tilsley

10 Emergency Ward 10

11 Paul Henry

12 Emma Bunton aka Baby Spice

13 The Kabin

14 Chester

15 Hilda Crabtree

 

QUIZ 4

A SHAKESPEARE INQUIZITION


1 Who demands a pound of flesh in The Merchant of Venice?

2 By what four-letter name is the character of Robin Goodfellow also known?

3 What was the title of the 1992 chart topping song for Shakespear’s Sister?

4 In which country is Hamlet set?

5 How are Margaret Page and Alice Ford otherwise known, in the title of a Shakespeare play?

6 Which Shakespeare character is also known as The Thame of Glamis?

7 In which city did Romeo fall in love with Juliet?

8 Which rock group had a 1981 top 10 hit with the song “Romeo and Juliet”?

9 Which play features the characters of Polixenes King of Bohemia and Leontes the King of Sicily?

10 In which play was the Earl of Gloucester blinded?

11 What is the name of the wife of Othello?

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

13 In which play did Helen fall in love with Bertram?

14 Which musical features the song “Brush up Your Shakespeare”?

15 Princess Innogen is the daughter of which Shakespeare character?


Answers

1 Shylock

2 Puck

3 “Stay”

4 Denmark

5 The Merry Wives of Windsor

6 Macbeth

7 Verona

8 Dire Straits

9 The Winter’s Tale

10 King Lear

11 Desdemona

12 Joseph Fiennes

13 All’s Well That Ends Well

14 Kiss Me Kate

15 Cymbeline

 

Quiz 5

A Tennis INQUIZITION

1 Which 60’s espionage sitcom starred Bill Cosby, working as an undercover tennis professional?

2 Who won the men’s singles title at Wimbledon in 2003?

3 What is the name of the rock group co-founded by John McEnroe and Pat Cash?

4 What nationality is the female tennis star Kim Clijsters?

5 Whose autobiography is entitled Courting Triumph?

6 How did Catherine McTavish make Wimbledon history in 1979?

7 Who ended 2003 as the world’s number one ranked male tennis player?

8 At the 2000 Sydney Olympics who won the gold medal for the woman’s tennis doubles?

9 Who won his only Wimbledon singles title in 1991?

10 Which tennis star is the subject of the Elton John hit “Philadelphia Freedom”?

11 First contested in 1963, what is the name of the female counterpart to the Davis Cup?

12 In December 2003, which tennis star acted as caddie to Greg Norman in the Australian PGA?

13 Which stadium hosts the French Open?

14 In 2003, who won her 20th Wimbledon title?

15 Who died in 2003 having previously made history as Wimbledon’s first black champion in 1957?


Answers

1 I Spy

2 Roger Federer

3 The Full Metal Rackets

4 Belgian

5 Virginia Wade

6 Wimbledon’s first female umpire

7 Andy Roddick

8 Serena and Venus Williams

9 Michael Stich

10 Billie Jean King

11 Federation Cup

12 Lleyton Hewitt

13 Roland Garros

14 Martina Navratilova

15 Althea Gibson

 

QUIZ 6

A POLICE INQUIZITION

1 What is the name of the policeman in the Noddy stories?

2 Which Gilbert and Sullivan operetta features the song “A Policeman’s Lot Is Not a Happy One”?

3 On whose novels is the TV drama A Touch of Frost based?

4 What is the highest rank in the Metropolitan Police Force?

5 In which popular TV series did Patrick Malahide play Inspector Chisholm?

6 Which film marked the Carry On debut of Sid James?

7 Which former policeman skated to Olympic gold with Jayne Torvill?

8 Who banged the drums for the pop group The Police?

9 What was the title of the first UK No 1 hit single for The Police?

10 Which US city’s police force was investigated following the assault of Rodney King in 1991?

11 Which Shakespeare play features the character of Constable Dull?

12 In which city did the TV cop Taggart do his detecting?

13 Which series of action movies features a police detective called Martin Riggs?

14 Who was the first woman to be appointed head of MI5?

15 Who endeavoured to solve the crime in the novel The Dead of Jericho?


Answers

1 PC Plod

2 The Pirates Of Penzance

3 RD Wingfield

4 Commissioner

5 Minder

6 Carry On Constable

7 Christopher Dean

8 Stewart Copeland

9 “Message in a Bottle”

10 Los Angeles

11 Love’s Labours Lost

12 Glasgow

13 Lethal Weapon

14 Stella Rimington

15 Inspector Morse

 

QUIZ 7

A MEDICAL INQUIZITION


1 What V word is the alternative name for chicken pox?

2 In Ancient Greece who acquired the nickname of The Father of Medicine?

3 Which part of the body is of particular interest to a dermatologist?

4 What is tested using a Snellen chart?

5 In which US city was Legionnaire’s disease first identified?

6 What was the nationality of the neurologist after whom Alzheimer’s disease was named?

7 What M word is the more common name for a Hemicrania?

8 Which TV drama is set in St Aidan’s Hospital?

9 What is an embolism?

10 Which doctor performed the first ever successful heart transplant operation?

11 Which organ is affected by meningitis?

12 What BM is the more common name for myeloid tissue?

13 Who played the title role in the 1992 Medicine Man?

14 What part of the body is affected by cystitis?

15 What is the alternative name of Hansen’s disease?


Answers

1 Varicella

2 Hippocrates

3 The skin

4 Eyesight

5 Philadelphia

6 German

7 Migraine

8 The Royal

9 The blockage of a blood vessel

10 Dr Christiaan Barnard

11 The brain

12 Bone marrow

13 Sean Connery

14 The bladder

15 Leprosy

 

Quiz 8

A ROCKY INQUIZITION

1 Which cartoon TV series features a pair of brothers called Rock and Gravel?

2 “Rock with You” by Michael Jackson featured on which 1979 album?

3 What song did James Brown perform in the film RockyIII?

4 Uluru is the aboriginal name for which Australian landmark?

5 What P word is the name given to the study of rocks?

6 Which movie star was born Roy Harold Scherer?

7 What species of ape are native to the Rock of Gibraltar?

8 What type of animal is Rocky in the cartoon series Rocky and Bullwinkle?

9 What is the highest peak in the Rocky Mountains?

10 Which singer nicknamed “The King of Skiffle” enjoyed a 1956 hit with “Rock Island Line”?

11 Who played the role of Dr Stanley Goodspeed in the 1996 action movie The Rock?

12 Which artist painted Boy on the Rocks?

13 Who wrote the musical The Rocky Horror Picture Show?

14 Which group opened the 1985 Live Aid concert with the song “Rockin’ All over the World”?

15 Which African country is famed for its rock-engraving site of Twyfelfontein?


Answers

1 Wacky Races

2 “Off The Wall”

3 “Living In America”

4 Ayers Rock

5 Petrology

6 Rock Hudson

7 Barbary apes

8 Squirrel

9 Mount Elbert

10 Lonnie Donegan

11 Nicholas Cage

12 Henri Rousseau

13 Richard O’ Brien

14 Status Quo

15 Namibia

 

QUIZ 9

A WAR INQUIZITION

1 What was signed on June 28, 1919 to bring an end to World War One?

2 Who wrote the novel The War of the Worlds?

3 Which country was invaded by Germany on September 1, 1939?

4 What is the nationality of Hans Blix, head of the weapons inspectors during the Iraqi conflict?

5 In World War II, what was the second Japanese city to be devastated by an atomic bomb?

6 In the battle against the Spanish Armada, what was the name of Walter Raleigh’s flagship?

7 The 2000 film The Patriot starring Mel Gibson is set against which war?

8 After which war did Chairman Mao comment, “American imperialists are very arrogant”?

9 Which epic novel features the characters of Natasha Rostov and Prince Bolkonsky?

10 Who was British Prime Minister at the outbreak of World War One?

11 Who directed the Vietnam War movie trilogy that concluded with the 1993 film Heaven And Earth?

12 Which Argentine general launched a military invasion on the Falkland Islands in 1982?

13 Which singer, who died in 2003, recorded the hit single “War” in 1970?

14 Who played Private Ryan in the Spielberg directed war epic Saving Private Ryan?

15 Which British actor narrated the Jeff Wayne concept album “The War of the Worlds”?


Answers

1 The Treaty of Versailles

2 HG Wells

3 Poland

4 Swedish

5 Nagasaki

6 The Ark

7 The American War of Independence

8 The Korean War

9 War and Peace

10 Herbert Asquith

11 Oliver Stone

12 General Leopoldo Galtieri

13 Edwin Starr

14 Matt Damon

15 Richard Burton

 

QUIZ 10

A BIBLICAL INQUIZITION

1 What is the first book of the Bible that lists the Ten Commandments?

2 What is the first bird mentioned by name in the Bible?

3 What name is given in the Bible to the war that signals the end of the world?

4 Who ascended to heaven by climbing a ladder?

5 Which biblical character killed one thousand Philistines with the jawbone of an ass?

6 What was the two-letter name of the birthplace of Abraham?

7 How many humans sailed aboard Noah’s Ark?

8 What miracle did Jesus perform at the village of Cana?

9 What is the name of the first baby to be born in the Bible?

10 Who wrote the first book of the New Testament?

11 How are War, Famine, Pestilence and Death collectively known?

12 Where was Jesus baptised by John the Baptist?

13 Which Old Testament character was the father of twin sons named Esau and Jacob?

14 Who was the elder brother of Moses?

15 What two words comprise the shortest verse in the Bible?


Answers

1 Exodus

2 Raven

3 Armageddon

4 Jacob

5 Samson

6 Ur

7 Eight

8 Turning water into wine

9 Cain

10 St Matthew

11 The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

12 River Jordan

13 Isaac

14 Aaron

15 Jesus wept

 

QUIZ 11

A CRIMINAL INQUIZITION

1 In which Carry On movie did Sid James play an amorous highwayman?

2 Baron Fitzurse and Baron Le Breton were two of the assassins of which man of the cloth?

3 What was the surname of Clyde of Bonnie and Clyde fame?

4 Who was fatally wounded by John Wilkes Booth whilst watching the play Our American Cousin?

5 At which Brighton hotel did Margaret Thatcher survive a 1984 assassination attempt by the IRA?

6 Who played Al Capone in the 1987 film The Untouchables?

7 Who killed John Lennon?

8 Which outlaw was portrayed by Mick Jagger in a 1969 film and by Heath Ledger in a 2003 film?

9 Which serial killer was dubbed Son of Sam by the US media?

10 Who played the serial killer in the 1995 movie Seven?

11 Who fell victim to the assassin Nathuram Godse in 1948?

12 Which major was found guilty in 2003 of cheating on the TV show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

13 Which 1988 film starring Phil Collins chronicled a 1963 crime?

14 Who acquired the nickname of The Robin Hood of Texas?

15 What disease claimed the life of Al Capone?


Answers

1 Carry on Dick

2 Thomas Becket

3 Barrow

4 Abraham Lincoln

5 Grand Hotel

6 Robert DeNiro

7 Mark Chapman

8 Ned Kelly

9 David Berkowitz

10 Kevin Spacey

11 Mahatma Gandhi

12 Charles Ingram

13 Buster

14 Sam Bass

15 Syphilis

 

QUIZ 12

AN ANIMATED INQUIZITION


1 Which actor voiced the character of Lord Farquaad in the movie Shrek?

2 Who were the first animated married couple to share a bed on TV?

3 What colour is the collar worn by Scooby Doo?

4 Is Matilda, the name of the wife of Foghorn Leghorn, Mr Magoo or Roadrunner?

5 Which TV cartoon series was set at Wonderland Zoo?

6 Who was the first cartoon character to feature on a postage stamp in the USA?

7 Who drove The Mean Machine in Wacky Races?

8 Who is the principal of Springfield Elementary School in The Simpson’s?

9 Which 2002 animated movie featured a woolly mammoth called Manny?

10 Who led the gang whose members included Benny the Ball and Choo Choo?

11 “To infinity and beyond” is the catchphrase of which animated hero?

12 Which US animated TV show is set in the Texan town of Arlen?

13 Tinny Tim, Professor Farnsworth and Turanga Leela and all characters in which cartoon show?

14 By what one-word name is the cartoon character Norville Rogers better known?

15 Donnie, Debbie, Cordelia, Nigel and Eliza are all members of which cartoon family?


Answers

1 John Lithgow

2 Fred and Wilma Flintstone

3 Blue

4 Roadrunner

5 Help it’s The Hair Bear Bunch

6 Bugs Bunny

7 Dick Dastardly

8 Seymour Skinner

9 Ice Age

10 Top Cat

11 Buzz Lightyear

12 King of the Hill

13 Futurama

14 Shaggy

15 The Thornberrys

 

QUIZ 13

AN AMERICAN INQUIZITION


1 Which US city was named after the first President of the Republic of Texas?

2 How many states in the USA begin with the letter M?

3 What is the state capital of Nevada?

4 Which baseball star of yesteryear was nicknamed The Yankee Clipper?

5 Which city of the USA is nicknamed Little Cuba?

6 What animal is the symbol of the Democratic Party in the USA?

7 In which hand does the Statue of Liberty hold her torch?

8 Why was the 1994 World Series in baseball cancelled?

9 Who was elected Governor of California in 1966?

10 Which US state has the largest population?

11 What became the 18th state of the USA and was named after a French king?

12 What was New York called prior to 1664?

13 In which state of the USA is the award winning TV comedy series Roseanne set?

14 In what decade did Davy Crockett die whilst defending the Alamo?

15 Which is the only state capital of the USA that has a three-word name?


Answers

1 Houston

2 Eight

3 Carson City

4 Joe DiMaggio

5 Miami

6 Donkey

7 Right hand

8 Due to a player’s strike

9 Ronald Reagan

10 California

11 Louisiana

12 New Amsterdam

13 Illinois

14 1830s- 1836

15 Salt Lake City

 

QUIZ 14

A CANINE INQUIZITION

1 Which President of the USA owned a pet dog called Fala?

2 Which sibling group had hits with the songs “Jump”, “Slowhand” and “Automatic”?

3 What is the name of the desert dwelling brother of Snoopy?

4 Which TV series featured a pair of fearsome Dobermans called Zeus and Apollo?

5 Which canine screen hero made the first of his twenty-two movies in 1925?

6 The dog Scamper appeared in which series of novels by Enid Blyton?

7 What is the alternative name for the German mastiff?

8 Who wrote the novel The Dogs of War?

9 What was first held at the Royal Agricultural Hall in Islington in 1891?

10 Which space age cartoon family own a pet dog called Astro?

11 What is the name of Dr Brown’s pet dog in the film Back to the Future?

12 What is the Latin name for the Dog Star?

13 What is the smallest breed of dog?

14 Which Oscar winning film featured a dog by the name of Two Socks?

15 Who played the role of Mr White in the 1992 film, Reservoir Dogs?


Answers

1 Franklin D Roosevelt

2 The Pointer Sisters

3 Spike

4 Magnum PI

5 Rin Tin Tin

6 The Secret Seven

7 Great Dane

8 Frederick Forsyth

9 Cruft’s Dog Show

10 The Jetsons

11 Einstein

12 Sirius

13 Chihuahua

14 Dances with Wolves

15Harvey Keitel

 

QUIZ 15

A BOXING INQUIZITION


1 Who did Muhammed Ali fight in The Rumble In The Jungle?

2 Who was the first boxer to defeat Mike Tyson in a professional bout?

3 Who was the first boxer to defeat Lennon Lewis in a professional bout?

4 Who played the wife of Sylvester Stallone in the Rocky movies?

5 Who was the first boxer to regain the Heavyweight World Title?

6 Which saint’s day is celebrated on Boxing Day?

7 Which former heavyweight world champion was nicknamed the Easton Assassin?

8 In which 1962 film did Elvis Presley play a boxer?

9 According to Greek mythology, what was the last thing that remained in Pandora’s box?

10 How many fights did Muhammed Ali lose in his boxing career?

11 Which 80s TV series starred Ray Brooks as an addicted gambler called Robbie Box?

12 Which novel features a horse called Boxer?

13 Which former world champion legally changed his first name to Marvelous?

14 Which country did Lennox Lewis represent when he won an Olympic boxing gold medal?

15 In which 1956 film did Paul Newman play a boxer called Rocky Graziano?


Answers

1 George Foreman

2 James “Buster” Douglas

3 Oliver McCall

4 Talia Shire

5 Floyd Patterson

6 St Stephen

7 Larry Holmes

8 Kid Galahad

9 Hope

10 Five

11 Big Deal

12 Animal Farm

13 Marvin Hagler

14 Canada

15 Somebody Up There Likes Me

 

Quiz 16

A Dramatic Inquizition

1 Which film starring Burt Reynolds featured the music “Duelling Banjos”?

2 In what decade was the TV drama The House of Elliott set?

3 Which insurance company used the advertising tagline “We won’t make a drama out of a crisis”?

4 Which judge portrayed on TV by Martin Shaw was created by the writer G F Newman?

5 Which TV series saw its first four series set in Germany, Spain, America and Cuba respectively?

6 Who played Iris Murdoch as a young woman in the 2001 film Iris?

7 Who penned the TV crime drama Cracker?

8 Who won a Best Actor Oscar for his role in the film The Pianist?

9 Who plays the title role in the TV comedy drama Linda Green?

10 What does the acronym RADA stand for?

11 Who played a nurse called Hana in the 1996 film The English Patient?

12 Which ancient Greek wrote a book on plays entitled The Six Elements of Drama?

13 Who, portrayed by Jerry Northam in Gosford Park, gave his name to a prestigious music award?

14 Who did Bob Hoskins portray in the Oliver Stone film Nixon?

15 In Coronation Street, who has played a Potter, a Tilsley, a Platt and a Hillman?


Answers

1 Deliverance

2 1920s

3 Commercial Union

4 Judge John Deed

5 Auf Wiedersehen Pet

6 Kate Winslet

7 Jimmy McGovern

8 Adrien Brody

9 Liza Tarbuck

10 Royal Academy of Dramatic Art

11 Juliette Binoche

12 Aristotle

13 Ivor Novello

14 J Edgar Hoover

15 Helen Worth

 

Quiz 17

A City Inquizition

1 Which British city is home to the Heriot-Watt University?

2 Which state capital of Nebraska shares its name with a British city?

3 Which African capital has a name that means “three towns”?

4 In which city is the San Siro football stadium?

5 Which city was devastated by an earthquake in 1985 that resulted in over 7000 fatalities?

6 In which city is the novel and film The Third Man set?

7 Which city was replaced by Wellington as the capital of New Zealand?

8 In which city did David Beckham score his first goal for Real Madrid?

9 What did London replace as the capital of England?

10 What is the capital of the German region of Saxony?

11 Which British city is home to the National Lifeboat Museum?

12 Which city was liberated in World War II by Operation Dracula?

13 What is the capital of Kosovo?

14 Which European capital city is home to the Tower of Belem?

15 What was the only capital city to host the Winter Olympics in the 20th century?


Answers

1 Edinburgh

2 Lincoln

3 Tripoli

4 Milan

5 Mexico City

6 Vienna

7 Auckland

8 Tokyo

9 Winchester

10 Dresden

11 Bristol

12 Rangoon

13 Pristina

14 Lisbon

15 Oslo

 

Quiz 18

An Anagrammatical Inquizition

1 WATER FLY SWOT Unravel the anagram to give the title of a TV show

2 A GRIT LOAD Unravel the anagram to give the title of an Oscar winning film

3 TRIP A BREWER PACK Unravel the anagram to give the title of a Beatles hit record

4 CHIC NINTH OWL SLUR Unravel the anagram to give the name of a famous politician

5 NOMINATES Unravel the anagram to give the name of a state of the USA

6 IT CAME TO KNIT Unravel the anagram to give the name of a pop group

7 A BLAIR RAN Unravel the anagram to give the name of a famous sports star

8 SHUT BEAK Unravel the anagram to give the name of a female pop singer

9 SCULLER SWORE Unravel the anagram to give the name of a male movie star

10 SOFT RECORD Unravel the anagram to give the name of a model of car

11 FRISK A DANCER Unravel the anagram to give the name of a famous historical figure

12 RAM CITY RINK Unravel the anagram to give the name of a male pop singer

13 DAWN PEA RACE Unravel the anagram to give the title of a classic novel

14 COMPELS BALL Unravel the anagram to give the name of a British soccer star

15 A DEMONIC LINK Unravel the anagram to give the name of a female movie star


Answers

1Fawlty Towers

2 Gladiator

3 Paperback Writer

4 Winston Churchill

5 Minnesota

6 Atomic Kitten

7 Brian Lara

8 Kate Bush

9 Russell Crowe

10 Ford Escort

11 Francis Drake

12 Ricky Martin

13 War and Peace

14 Sol Campbell

15 Nicole Kidman

 

Quiz 19

A FRENCH INQUIZITION


1 What is the name of the oldest university in France?

2 Who was the first French footballer to score in the FA Cup final?

3 Which 1988 film starring Harrison Ford was set in the city of Paris?

4 What is the only French city that stands on the River Rhine?

5 Who plays the title role in the TV sitcom The Vicar of Dibley?

6 What is the three-letter word for “king” in the French language?

7 In 2002, which author’s remains were moved to the Pantheon in Paris?

8 What is the middle colour of the national flag of France?

9 With which country does France form a 73 km border?

10 In which month of the year do the French celebrate Bastille Day?

11 Which French coach was appointed manager of Tottenham Hotspur FC in June 2004?

12 Who penned the novel Les Miserables?

13 What stands 4807m high in France?

14 Who was appointed Chief of State in France in May 1995?

15 Which Welsh singer was “Lost in France” in the 1976 UK singles charts?


Answers

1 Sorbonne

2 Eric Cantona

3 Frantic

4 Strasbourg

5 Dawn French

6 Roi

7 Alexandre Dumas

8 White

9 Luxembourg

10 July

11 Jacques Santini

12 Victor Hugo

13 Mont Blanc

14 Jacques Chirac

15 Bonnie Tyler

 

Quiz 20

A Doctor Inquizition


1 Who penned the award-winning novel Dr Zhivago?

2 Who, in 2004, became the latest actor to play the role of Dr Who on TV?

3 With which pop group did Dennis Locorriere sing, “Sexy Eyes” and “If Not You”?

4 Which Hugh Lofting creation has been played on film by Eddie Murphy and Rex Harrison?
 

5 Who did Val Kilmer portray in the film Tombstone?

6 Who opened his first home for homeless boys in 1870?

7 Who was arrested aboard the SS Montrose in 1910 in the company of Ethel le Neve?

8 Who played the character of Dr Jimmy Nookey in the 1969 comedy Carry On Again Doctor?

9 On whose books was the medical drama Dr Finlay’s Casebook based?

10 What part of the body is a renologist concerned with?

11 Which group topped the UK singles charts in 1998 with the song “Doctor Jones”?

12 Which character jointly narrates the adventure novel Treasure Island with Jim Hawkins?

13 In which TV drama is Dr Sam Ryan the lead character?

14 What number is represented by the phrase “doctor’s orders” in bingo slang?

15 What is the first name of the literary character Dr Jekyll?


Answers

1 Boris Pasternak

2 Christopher Ecclestone

3 Dr Hook

4 Dr Doolittle

5 Doc Holliday

6 Dr Thomas Barnardo

7 Dr Crippen

8 Jim Dale

9 AJ Cronin

10 Kidneys

11 Aqua

12 Dr Livesey

13 Silent Witness

14 Nine

15 Henry

 

Quiz 21

A Simpson’s Inquizition

1 What is the name of Homer Simpson’s father?

2 Which character in The Simpsons has the last name of Syzlak?

3 What is Homer’s favourite brand of beer?

4 Who voices the character of Bart Simpson?

5 Which cartoon cat and mouse are the stars of Bart’s favourite TV show?

6 Which Hollywood superstar provided the voice of Maggie Simpson when she spoke her first word?

7 What was the maiden name of Marge Simpson?

8 What is the name of the Springfield convenience store run by Apu in The Simpsons?

9 What are the names of Marge Simpson’s two sisters?

10 What is the name of the Simpsons family doctor?

11 What is the name of Bart Simpson’s pet dog?

12 On which street do the Simpsons live?

13 On whose show did the Simpsons make their TV debut?

14 Who shot Mr Burns?

15 What is Bart Simpson’s middle name?


Answers

1 Abraham or Abe

2 Moe

3 Duff

4 Nancy Cartwright

5 Itchy and Scratchy

6 Elizabeth Taylor

7 Bouvier

8 Kwik-E-Mart

9 Patty and Selma

10 Dr Julius Hibbert

11 Santa’s Little Helper

12 Evergreen Terrace

13 Tracey Ullman

14 Maggie Simpson

15 Jo-Jo

 

Quiz 22

A regal inquizition


1 Who traditionally crowns British monarchs?

2 Henry VIII declared his marriage to who void after six months, on the grounds of non-consummation?

3 Who was crowned King of Scotland at Scone in February 1306?

4 Who played the title role in the 1991 film comedy King Ralph?

5 Oak Apple Day is celebrated in the UK to commemorate the birth of which monarch?

6 Who attempted to steal the crown jewels in 1671?

7 Which European monarch celebrated his Silver Jubilee in 2000?

8 Who banged the drums for the pop group Queen?

9 Which British monarch married King Frederick III of Denmark?

10 In an animated Disney film, who is the heir to King Mustafa?

11 In Arthurian legend, what is the name of the half-sister of King Arthur?

12 Who played the role of Queen Elizabeth I in the TV comedy series Blackadder?

13 Which Queen of the Iceni was the wife of King Prasutagus?

14 Who played the title role in the 1994 film The Madness of King George?

15 Who penned the novel King Solomon’s Mines?


Answers

1 The Archbishop of Canterbury

2 Anne of Cleves

3 Robert the Bruce

4 John Goodman

5 Charles II

6 Captain Thomas Blood

7 King Juan Carlos of Spain

8 Roger Taylor

9 Queen Anne

10 Simba in The Lion King

11 Morgan le Fay

12 Miranda Richardson

13 Boadicea or Boudicca

14 Nigel Hawthorne

15 H Rider Haggard

 

Quiz 23

An occupational inquizition


1 What does a chandler make for a living?

2 In which 1982 film did Mel Gibson play a journalist working in Indonesia?

3 Which electrician won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983?

4 What is the name of the hometown of the children’s character Fireman Sam?

5 Who wrote the novel Doctor Faustus?

6 What was the name of the butler portrayed by Ted Cassidy in the TV show The Addams Family?

7 What is the name of the Beatles meter maid on the Sergeant Peppers album track?

8 What is the alternative name for the shrike in the animal kingdom?

9 Which Stephen Sondheim musical tells the story of a murderous barber?

10 What is Mickey Murphy’s job in the town of Camberwick Green?

11 Which literary nanny’s C.V reads “Practically perfect in every way”?

12 What is the American equivalent of an undertaker called?

13 Which 19th century writer penned the novel The Professor?

14 In which 1996 film did Jim Carrey play a television engineer?

15 Which family act links the hit records “Goodbye to Love” and “Yesterday Once More”?


Answers

1 Candles

2 The Year Of Living Dangerously

3 Lech Walesa

4 Pontypandy

5 Thomas Mann

6 Lurch

7 Rita- “Lovely Rita Meter Maid”

8 Butcherbird

9 Sweeney Todd

10 Baker

11 Mary Poppins

12 Mortician

13 Charlotte Bronte

14 The Cable Guy

15 The Carpenters

 

Quiz 24

A novel inquizition


1 Which 1974 comedy film, directed by Mel Brooks, was based on a novel by Mary Shelley?

2 Which publishing company publishes the Harry Potter novels?

3 Where did the author of The Origin of the Species replace the author of Hard Times?

4 Which famous novel features extracts from the diary of Jonathan Harker?

5 Which classic novel is narrated by Mr Lockwood and Nellie Deane?

6 Who was the first British author to win the Nobel Prize for Literature?

7 Which novel is subtitled A Romance in Exmoor?

8 Which novel by John Steinbeck gave James Dean his first starring role in a movie?

9 Which fictional sleuth’s motto is “Have Bible will travel”?

10 What is the home county of the Larkin clan in The Darling Buds of May?

11 Who narrates the Brer Rabbit tales?

12 The novel Cider with Rosie by Laurie Lee is set in which county?

13 What is the name of the land of the giants in Gulliver’s Travels?

14 What links the films Carrie, The Shining and The Dead Zone?

15 What is the first name of Agatha Christie’s creation Miss Marple?


Answers

1 Young Frankenstein

2 Bloomsbury

3 Charles Darwin replaced Charles Dickens on the back of a £10 note

4 Dracula

5 Wuthering Heights

6 Rudyard Kipling

7 Lorna Doone

8 East of Eden

9 Father Brown

10 Kent

11 Uncle Remus

12 Gloucestershire

13 Brobdingnag

14 All were based on the novels of Stephen King

15 Jane

 

Quiz 25

A tasty inquizition


1 What is combined with brandy to make a B & B cocktail?

2 Which US TV sitcom features a coffee shop called the Café Nervosa?

3 What is the Italian word for pie?

4 Which alcoholic spirit acquired the nickname of “Nelson’s blood”?

5 Which TV detective lived in a trailer and kept his gun hidden in a biscuit jar?

6 Who wrote the book Breakfast at Tiffany’s?

7 How were Fleegle, Drooper, Bingo and Snorky collectively known in a TV show of yesteryear?

8 Which song contains the lyric “You can almost taste the hot dogs and French fries they sell”?

9 In which US state did Jack Daniels originate?

10 What was the first company to mass-produce teabags?

11 Which nursery rhyme character “could eat no fat”?

12 Which film starring Clint Eastwood was set in the town of Big Whiskey?

13 In the Shakespeare play Hamlet, which herb signifies remembrance?

14 Which town in West Bengal gave its name to a high quality tea?

15 Rhapsody, Symphony, Challenger and Pegasus are all varieties of which fruit?


Answers

1 Benedictine

2 Frasier

3 Pizza

4 Rum

5 Jim Rockford in The Rockford Files

6 Truman Capote

7 Banana Splits

8 “Under The Boardwalk”

9 Tennessee

10 Tetley’s

11 Jack Sprat

12 Unforgiven

13 Rosemary

14 Darjeeling

15 Cherry

 

Quiz 26

A lyrical inquizition-Identify the pop songs from the song lyrics


1 “And all the lights that light the way are blinding”

2 “The Indians send signals from the rocks above the pass”

3 “Your beauty is beyond compare, with flaming locks of auburn hair”

4 “Dynamite with a laser beam, guaranteed to blow your mind”

5 “I bought a ticket to the world, but now I’ve come back again”

6 “How could I ever refuse, I feel like I win when I lose”

7 “How many heartaches must I stand, before I find the love to let me live again?”

8 “Take a look up the rail track, from Miami to Canada”

9 “So when I’m lying on my bed, thoughts running through my head”

10 “ So take my strong advice, just remember to always think twice”

11 If her daddy’s rich, take her out for a meal”

12 “Sweep through the heather like deer in the glen”

13 “If you received my letter telling you I’d soon be free”

14 “Listen to the ground, there is music all around”

15 “In a bar in Toledo across from the depot”


Answers

1 “Wonderwall” by Oasis

2 “Cool for Cats” by The Squeeze

3 “Jolene” by Dolly Parton

4 “Killer Queen” by Queen

5 “True” by Spandau Ballet

6 “Waterloo” by Abba

7 “You Can’t Hurry Love” by Phil Collins originally a hit for The Supremes

8 “Letter from America” by The Proclaimers

9 “Angels” by Robbie Williams

10 “Billie Jean” by Michael Jackson

11 “In The Summertime” by Mungo Jerry

12 “Mull Of Kintyre” by Wings

13 “Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree” by Dawn

14 “Night Fever” by The Bee Gees

15 “Lucille” by Kenny Rogers

 

QUIZ 27

AN OSCAR INQUIZITION


1 Name the husband of Julie Andrews, who received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2004 Oscars.

2 Which Oscar winning actor was born Kevin Fowler?

3 What was the first animated film to receive an Oscar nomination for Best Film?

4 Who won a Best Actor Oscar for his role in the film Tender Mercies?

5 Which film earned Burt Lancaster his only Best Actor Oscar?

6 Who, in the 20th century, hosted the Oscar ceremonies a record eighteen times?

7 Who won an Oscar for her performance in the romantic comedy Tootsie?

8 Which octogenarian won an Oscar for the film Driving Miss Daisy?

9 Which member of a famed acting dynasty received a Best Actress Oscar for her role in Coming Home?

10 Why were the 1968 Oscar ceremonies postponed for 48 hours in 1968?

11 Which 1990 film earned Kevin Costner an Oscar for Best Director?

12 Which star of the film The Lion in Winter received an Honorary Oscar in 2003?

13 Who refused to accept his Best Actor Oscar for the film Patton?

14 What was the first film sequel to win the Best Film Oscar?

15 In the 1930s, who received a Special Oscar at the tender age of five?


Answers

1 Blake Edwards

2 Kevin Spacey

3 Beauty and the Beast

4 Robert Duvall

5 Elmer Gantry

6 Bob Hope

7 Jessica Lange for Best Supporting Actress

8 Jessica Tandy

9 Jane Fonda

10 Due to the assassination of Martin Luther King

11 Dances with Wolves

12 Peter O’Toole

13 George C Scott

14 The Godfather Part II

15 Shirley Temple

 

QUIZ 28

A POLITICAL INQUIZITION

1 Which member of Tony Blair’s cabinet acquired the nickname of Two Jags?

2 What name was given to the Supreme Court of ancient Rome?

3 What political party is represented by Arnold Schwarzenegger?

4 Who played the role of President Bartlet in the US award winning TV drama The West Wing?

5 Who did Charles Kennedy replace as the leader of the Liberal Democrats?

6 Who is the only British Prime Minister to have served under three different monarchs?

7 Which world leader officially opened the 1980 Summer Olympics?

8 In which state of the USA was Ronald Reagan buried in 2004?

9 Who directly preceded Margaret Thatcher as the Prime Minister of Great Britain?

10 Which Asian leader was once quoted as saying, “You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist”?

11 Who replaced Neil Hamilton as MP for Tatton in 1997?

12 Which seaside town hosted the Labour Party Conference in 2003?

13 Who is the only US president to have been a bachelor?

14 Who was Vice-President to Jimmy Carter?

15 In 2000, who said, “Unlike Bill Clinton I did inhale”?


Answers

1 John Prescott

2 The Senate

3 Republican Party

4 Martin Sheen

5 Paddy Ashdown

6 Stanley Baldwin

7 Leonid Brezhnev

8 California

9 James Callaghan

10 Indira Gandhi

11 Martin Bell

12 Bournemouth

13 James Buchanan

14 Walter Mondale

15 Mo Mowlam

 

Quiz 29

A sci-fi inquizition


1 Which 1997 sci-fi thriller saw Bruce Willis battling against the evil Jean- Baptiste Emanuel Zorg?

2 Which 1968 critically acclaimed movie was based on the Arthur C Clarke story The Sentinel?

3 Which film sequel is advertised with the tagline “Same planet, new scum”?

4 Name the 25th century space age hero played on TV by Gil Gerard.

5 Which Buckinghamshire born author penned the Discworld series of sci-fi novels?

6 Who is the arch foe of Flash Gordon?

7 Who penned the books on which the Star Wars film franchise is based?

8 Who directed the 1979 film Alien?

9 Who wrote the sci-fi novel Dune, later filmed starring the rock singer Sting?

10 Which creator of Star Trek had his ashes scattered in outer space in 1991?

11 What is the subtitle of Star Wars Episode II?

12 Who played the President of the USA in the film Independence Day?

13 Which TV series features a villain called Cigarette Smoking Man?

14 Cally, Avon, Jenna, Gan, Zen, Vila. Who is missing from this septet?

15 Which series of sci-fi movies features a spacecraft called the Nebuchadnezzar?


Answers

1 The Fifth Element

2 2001:A Space Odyssey

3 Men In Black 2

4 Buck Rogers

5 Terry Pratchett

6 Ming The Merciless

7 Terry Brooks

8 Ridley Scott

9 Frank Herbert

10 Gene Roddenberry

11 Attack of the Clones

12 Bill Pullman

13 The X Files

14 Blake in the TV show Blake’s Seven

15 The Matrix

 

Quiz 30

A colourful inquizition


1 Which sport features jackets coloured red, blue, white, black, yellow and black and white stripes?

2 Name the pop group who topped the UK singles charts in 1994 with the song “Cotton Eye Joe”?

3 Which rock group recorded the albums Burn, Stormbringer and Made In Japan?

4 What colour of flowers signify infidelity in France and death in Mexico?

5 What name is shared by a breed of duck and a shade of dark greenish blue?

6 What is the Muslim equivalent of the Red Cross called?

7 Red on one side and yellow on the other, what is a muleta?

8 Ginger Baker, Eric Clapton and Jack Bruce founded which rock trio?

9 Who wrote the fairy story Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs?

10 What colour is the zero compartment on a roulette wheel?

11 What was the title of the only painting that Vincent Van Gogh sold in his lifetime?

12 What was the name of the Bond villain Auric Goldfinger’s bowler hatted bodyguard?

13 What is the more common term for dichromatic vision?

14 Which award winning TV cop show is associated with the words “Let’s be careful out there”?

15 In which children’s TV show did Captain Snort command Pippin Fort?


Answers

1 Greyhound racing

2 Rednex

3 Deep Purple

4 Yellow

5 Teal

6 Red Crescent

7 A matador’s cape

8 Cream

9 The Brothers Grimm

10 Green

11 Red Vineyard

12 Oddjob

13 Colour blindness

14 Hill Street Blues

15 Camberwick Green

 

Quiz 31

A Scandinavian inquizition

1 What species of parrot featured in the Monty Python dead parrot sketch?

2 In which tennis tournament did Sweden defeat Britain in Birmingham in 2002?

3 What colour is the cross on the flag of Finland?

4 What was Abba’s only chart topping single in the USA?

5 Which Scandinavian composer’s life story was recounted in the film Song of Norway?

6 Does the football team FC Jazz hail from Sweden, Finland or Norway?

7 Who was the first player to defeat Bjorn Borg in a Wimbledon singles final?

8 The name of which car manufacturer derives from the Latin for “I roll”?

9 “Scandinavian for value” is the motto of which supermarket chain?

10 What did the Euro replace in Finland?

11 What is the second most highly populated city in Norway?

12 What was the most northerly city in the world to host the Summer Olympics in the 20th century?

13 Which Finnish composer, who died in 1957, composed the choral symphony Kullervo?

14 Which Minister President of Norway was executed for high treason after World War II?

15 Which Swedish club did Nottingham Forest defeat in the final of the European Cup in 1979?


Answers

1 Norwegian Blue

2 Davis Cup

3 Blue

4 “Dancing Queen”

5 Edvard Grieg

6 Finland

7 John McEnroe

8 Volvo

9 Netto

10 Markka

11 Bergen

12 Helsinki

13 Jean Sibelius

14 Vidkun Quisling

15 Malmo

 

Quiz 32

A twenty-first century inquizition

1 Which former president of Yugoslavia surrendered to special police forces in April 2001?

2 What was the name of the space shuttle that disintegrated over Texas in February 2003?

3 Which former New York mayor received an honorary knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II in 2002?

4 Which country won soccer’s European Nations Championships in 2004?

5 Which star of the TV series Friends became the proud mother of a baby girl called Coco in 2004?

6 Which nation hosted the Cricket World Cup in 2003?

7 Name the author of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy who passed away in 2001.

8 In 2001, which country was invaded by US troops in Operation Anaconda?

9 Which hit of 1990 was chosen as England’s official song for the Euro 2004 soccer tournament?

10 In 2003, the World Heath Organisation issued a global alert on SARS. What does SARS stand for?

11 On January 13, 2002, who fainted after choking on a pretzel?

12 Which thirty-one year old film star married film director Len Wiseman in 2004?

13 In June 2001, who was executed for the Oklahoma City bombing?

14 Which football striker was the leading goal scorer at the 2004 European Nations Championships?

15 In 2002, what became the first musical since Oliver to win the Best Film Oscar?


Answers

1 Slobodan Milosevic

2 Columbia

3 Rudolph Giuliani

4 Greece

5 Courtney Cox

6 South Africa

7 Douglas Adams

8 Afghanistan

9 “All Together Now”

10 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

11 George W Bush

12 Kate Beckinsale

13 Timothy McVeigh

14 Milan Baros

15 Chicago

 

Quiz 33

A comedy inquizition

1 The voice for the puppet fox Basil Brush was based on which British comedy actor?

2 Who played the role of Queen Elizabeth I in the TV comedy Blackadder II?

3 What is the surname of the sitcom character of Foggy in Last of the Summer Wine?

4 Which Carry On movie was subtitled Let Sleeping Bags Lie?

5 Which comedian was born Jim Moir?

6 Which knighted actor played the Prime Minister of Britain in the film comedy Ali G In Da House?

7 Which TV comedy features the characters of Holy Mary, Den Perry and Brian Potter?

8 Craggy Island provides the setting for which sitcom?

9 Who did Ballard Berkeley portray in Fawlty Towers?

10 Who connects the sitcom characters of Audrey Fforbes-Hamilton and Margot Leadbetter?

11 Which 1987 film comedy sees Steve Martin and John Candy sharing various modes of transport?

12 How are the comedy duo of Thomas Derbyshire and Robert Harper otherwise known?

13 Which British sitcom of yesteryear saw Rupert Rigsby attempting to romance Ruth Jones?

14 Which Hollywood star played the father of Ross and Monica Geller in Friends?

15 Which cult comedy series is set in the village of Royston Vasey?


Answers

1 Terry Thomas

2 Miranda Richardson

3 Dewhurst

4 Carry On Camping

5 Vic Reeves

6 Sir Michael Gambon

7 Phoenix Nights

8 Father Ted

9 Major Gowen

10 Penelope Keith

11 Planes, Trains and Automobiles

12 Cannon and Ball

13 Rising Damp

14 Elliott Gould

15 The League of Gentlemen

 

Quiz 34

A clergy inquizition

1 Which pop star was ordained as a Catholic priest under the name of Mother Bernadette Marie?

2 Which man of the cloth is a murder suspect in the board game of Cluedo?

3 Which high-ranking clergyman signs his correspondence with the word, Sarum?

4 Name the composer, born in Venice in 1678, who acquired the nickname of the Red Priest.

5 Who was Archbishop of Canterbury, when Terry Waite was held hostage in the Middle East

6 Who played the role of Friar Tuck in the film Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves?

7 Which cleric was appointed General Secretary of the CND in 1980?

8 What seven letter S word is the name given to the salary received by a clergyman?

9 Who played Father Merrin in the 1973 film The Exorcist?

10 Which TV series has as its theme tune a version of the 23rd Psalm?

11 In which sitcom did Richard Briers play Reverend Philip Lambe?

12 Who retired as Archbishop of Canterbury in 2002?

13 In which TV soap did Reverend Donald Hinton replace Reverend Edward Ruskin?

14 Who created the literary sleuth Father Brown?

15 How is Dr Primrose otherwise known in the title of a novel first published in 1776?


Answers

1 Sinead O’Connor

2 Reverend Green

3 Bishop of Salisbury

4 Antonio Vivaldi

5 Robert Runcie

6 Mike McShane

7 Bruce Kent

8 Stipend

9 Max Von Sydow

10 The Vicar Of Dibley

11 All In Good Faith

12 George Carey

13 Emmerdale

14 GK Chesterton

15 The Vicar of Wakefield

 

QUIZ 35

A SARTORIAL INQUIZITION

1 In which country did denim originate?

2 What colour follows an orange belt in judo?

3 On a suit of armour, what part of the body is protected by a gorget?

4 Who wrote the fairytale The Emperor’s New Clothes?

5 What does the FC stand for with regard to the fashion label FCUK?

6 What type of hat derives its name from the Spanish for shade?

7 In a nursery rhyme, who ran upstairs and downstairs in his nightgown?

8 Which song contains the line, “These vagabond shoes are longing to stray”?

9 Who or what allocates new pupils to their houses at Hogwart’s in the Harry Potter tales?

10 In 1919, what item of clothing was introduced into the Tour de France?

11 Which album earned Phil Collins a Grammy Award in 1985?

12 What is the name of the dog in the comic strip The Perishers?

13 What is cockney rhyming slang for socks?

14 In which 1977 film did Clint Eastwood play a streetwise cop called Ben Shockley?

15 Which Beatles song contains the line, “You can knit a sweater by the fireside”?


Answers

1 France

2 Green belt

3 Neck or throat

4 Hans Christian Andersen

5 French Connection

6 Sombrero

7 Wee Willie Winkie

8 “New York, New York”

9 The Sorting Hat

10 Yellow jersey

11 No Jacket Required

12 Boot

13 Almond rocks

14 The Gauntlet

15 “When I’m Sixty-Four”

 

QUIZ 36

A MUSICAL INQUIZITION


1 Which musical features the song, “Colonel Buffalo Bill”?

2 Which literary character inspired the musical, The Man from La Mancha?

3 What is the title of the musical starring Grace Kelly, based on the film The Philadelphia Story?

4 The song, “Sweet Transvestite” features in which cult musical?

5 Who directed the Oscar winning musical, Oliver?

6 Which musical features a paddle steamer called the Cotton Blossom?

7 Which musical ends with the line, “I now pronounce you men and wives”?

8 On which novel was the musical, Half A Sixpence based?

9 The song, “The Perfect Year” featured in which Andrew Lloyd Webber production?

10 Who played the Mother Abbess in the 1965 film, The Sound of Music?

11 What was the only musical in the 20th century to win ten Oscars?

12 Which 1958 musical was set in 1943 at a US naval base on the Solomon Islands?

13 Which musical features the song, “Ah Yes I Remember It Well”?

14 Catfish Row provides the setting for which musical?

15 Who played the role of Bill Sikes in the 1968 musical Oliver?


Answers

1 Annie Get Your Gun

2 Don Quixote

3 High Society

4 The Rocky Horror Picture Show

5 Carol Reed

6 Showboat

7 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

8 Kipps

9 Sunset Boulevard

10 Peggy Wood

11 West Side Story

12 South Pacific

13 Gigi

14 Porgy and Bess

15 Oliver Reed

 

QUIZ 37

A BUILDING INQUIZITION


1 Who was the first monarch to live in Buckingham Palace?

2 Which North American city is home to the CN Tower?

3 Who was the first Prime Minister to make a phone call from the Post Office Tower in London?

4 Who penned the novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin?

5 In 1052, work began on the construction of which famous building in England?

6 In which castle was Mary Queen of Scots executed?

7 Which English county is home to Blenheim Palace?

8 Catherine Morland is the lead character in which Jane Austen novel?

9 What is the oldest cathedral in Britain?

10 What bears the inscription, Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses, yearning to breathe free?

11 Which London landmark was scaled by Greenpeace protestors in March 2004?

12 Which city is home to the Maracana football stadium?

13 Which castle did the Queen Mother leave in her will to the residents of Caithness?

14 What is the name of the amphibian that lived next door to Hector’s House?

15 In a popular TV series, which building is located at 16 Elwood Avenue?


Answers

1 Queen Victoria

2 Toronto

3 Harold Wilson

4 Harriet Beecher Stowe

5 Westminster Abbey

6 Fotheringay Castle

7 Oxfordshire

8 Northanger Abbey

9 Canterbury

10 The Statue of Liberty

11 Big Ben

12 Rio De Janeiro

13 Castle of Mey

14 Miss Kiki Frog

15 Fawlty Towers




QUIZ 38

A SPORTING INQUIZITION


1 In 1977, which country won the first darts world cup?

2 Which sporting milestone occurred at Iffley Road, Oxford in May 1954?

3 Which golfer, winner of the British Open in 2002, has the appropriate initials of TEE?

4 In the world of sport, what is 3.7m long and 1.86m wide?

5 On which course is the St Leger contested?

6 At what sport would the Chester Jets face the Brighton Bears?

7 In which combat sport is a drawn contest known as a hikiwake?

8 What is the more common term for lateral epicondylitis?

9 What are competitors required to hold in a game of kabbadi?

10 FITA is the governing body in which sport?

11 In which sport is Bruce Penhall a former world champion?

12 In a maximum 147 snooker break, how many points are scored on the black ball?

13 Which sport is overseen by a referee called a gyogi?

14 Who was the first person to be voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year twice?

15 In athletics, what does a BARR test confirm?


Answers

1 Wales

2 Roger Bannister ran the first sub four-minute mile

3 Theodore Ernie Els

4 Snooker table

5 Doncaster

6 Basketball

7 Kendo

8 Tennis elbow

9 Their breath

10Archery

11 Speedway

12 112

13 Sumo wrestling

14 Henry Cooper

15 The sex of an athlete

 

QUIZ 39

A KISSING INQUIZITION


1 Which song opens with the line, “Your momma says that through the week you can’t go out with me”?

2 Which 1985 film earned William Hurt a Best Actor Oscar?

3 Which tennis star kissed Enrique Iglesias in the video for the song, “Embrace”?

4 Who said, “Kissing Marilyn Monroe is like kissing Hitler”?

5 In which year did Horatio Nelson say, “Kiss me Hardy”?

6 The musical Kiss Me Kate was based on which Shakespeare play?

7 Which actor passionately kissed Deborah Kerr on the beach in the film From Here To Eternity?

8 Who sculpted The Kiss in 1886?

9 Who played the role of Luc Teyssier in the 1995 romantic comedy French Kiss?

10 Why was kissing banned in England in 1439?

11 Which song contains the line, “You must remember this, a kiss is just a kiss”?

12 In which 2002 film did Cameron Diaz kiss Leonardo DiCaprio?

13 What does the phrase, “Kissed the hare’s foot” mean?

14 Which female singer was “French Kissing in the USA” in 1986?

15 Who betrayed Jesus with a kiss in the Garden of Gethsemane?


Answers

1 “Kissing In The Back Row Of The Movies”

2 Kiss Of The Spider Woman

3 Anna Kournikova

4 Tony Curtis

5 1805

6 The Taming of the Shrew

7 Burt Lancaster

8 Rodin

9 Kevin Kline

10 To prevent the spread of the Black Death

11 “As Time Goes By”

12 Gangs of New York

13 That a person is late

14 Debbie Harry

15 Judas

 

Quiz 40

A BROTHERLY INQUIZITION


1 What is the surname of the brothers that founded the chart-topping group, Right Said Fred?

2 Who created the literary sleuth Brother Cadfael?

3 Under what name do the chart act comprising of Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons perform?

4 The TV reality show Big Brother was first screened in which European country?

5 Which Dire Straits album features the songs, “Walk of Life” and “Money for Nothing”?

6 What is the name of the brother of Sherlock Holmes?

7 What is the surname of the brothers that founded The Guinness Book Of Records?

8 Which chart-topping duo began life as The Paramours?

9 Which acting brothers played brothers in the 1989 film, The Fabulous Baker Boys?

10 What are the first names of the Brothers Grimm?

11 Which 70s pop group was founded by the brothers Ron and Russell Mael?

12 According to Roman tradition which brothers founded the city of Rome?

13 In which 1965 western did John Wayne and Dean Martin play brothers called John and Tom?

14 Which US city is known as the City of Brotherly Love?

15 Which brothers founded the Quantrill Gang?


Answers

1 Fairbrass

2 Ellis Peters

3 The Chemical Brothers

4 The Netherlands

5 Brothers In Arms

6 Mycroft

7 McWhirter

8 The Righteous Brothers

9 Jeff and Beau Bridges

10 Jacob and Wilhelm

11 Sparks

12 Romulus and Remus

13 The Sons of Katie Elder

14 Philadelphia

15 Frank and Jesse James

 

Quiz 41

A London inquizition

1 Which London park is home to Speaker’s Corner?

2 What is London’s oldest professional football club?

3 What told Dick Whittington to turn again?

4 Which literary character is Cockney rhyming slang for a lodger?

5 Which London bridge connects St Paul’s Cathedral and the Tate Modern?

6 Which two clubs contested the first ever all London FA Cup final?

7 Who had a 1974 chart hit with the song, “The Streets Of London”?

8 Which pop group took their name from the postal code of Walthamstow?

9 Which London hospital is sometimes referred to by the acronym GOSH?

10 Which park is home to London Zoo?

11 Which of London’s bridges shares its name with a car manufacturer?

12 What do London cabbies refer to as the Gasworks?

13 Which literary character lives at the address, 110A, Piccadilly, London?

14 What sport is played by the London Monarchs?

15 Who wrote the novel White Fang?


Answers

1 Hyde Park

2 Fulham

3 The bells of London

4 Artful Dodger

5 Millennium Bridge

6 Tottenham and Chelsea

7 Ralph McTell

8 East 17

9 Great Ormond Street Hospital

10 Regent’s Park

11 Vauxhall

12 The Houses of Parliament

13 Lord Peter Wimsey

14 American football

15 Jack London

 

Quiz 42

A feline inquizition

1 In which TV series did Leonard Rossiter own a pet cat called Ponsonby?

2 What is the name of the talking pet cat in Sabrina the Teenage Witch?

3 According to legend, what animal lost its tail after trapping it in the doors of Noah’s ark?

4 Which animated feline has the catchphrase, “Heavens to Murgatroyd”?

5 Who wrote the play, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof?

6 Which nation’s rugby union team are known as The Pumas?

7 Which famous London residence has been home to cats called Humphrey and Socks?

8 Who played the role of Professor Brody in the 2001 film, Cats And Dogs?

9 Who played the role of Cato in The Pink Panther movies opposite Peter Sellers?

10 Which country is home to approximately 60% of the world’s tigers?

11 Who played the title role in the 2004 film Catwoman?

12 Who created the feline characters of Rumpleteazer and Macavity?

13 What is the name of Postman Pat’s black and white cat?

14 Which film earned Lee Marvin his only Oscar?

15 Which singer links the hits, “Another Saturday Night” and “Morning Has Broken”?


Answers

1 The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin

2 Salem

3 Manx cat

4 Snagglepuss

5 Tennessee Williams

6 Argentina

7 10 Downing Street

8 Jeff Goldblum

9 Bert Kwouk

10 India

11 Halle Berry

12 TS Eliot

13 Jess

14 Cat Ballou

15 Cat Stevens

 

QUIZ 43

A GHOSTLY INQUIZITION

1 The ghost of which queen reputedly haunts Hermitage Castle?

2 What was the first name of the character played by Patrick Swayze in the film Ghost?

3 Who has three ghostly uncles called Stretch, Fatso and Stinky?

4 In which 1982 film did the Freeling family find their home overrun by ghosts?

5 Which TV series was screened in the USA under the title of My Partner the Ghost?

6 Which singer had a 1974 hit with the song, “Theres a Ghost in My House”?

7 Which late business partner of Ebenezer Scrooge reappeared as a ghost?

8 What is the name of the ghost that haunts the girl’s toilets in the Harry Potter novels?

9 Which car company manufactured a model called the Silver Ghost?

10 Who played the ghost of Captain Daniel Gregg in the 1947 film The Ghost and Mrs Muir?

11 The ghost of which Roman Emperor is said to haunt the Santa Mario del Popolo Church in Rome?

12 In which TV series did Sue Nicholls play Nadia Popov?

13 In which 1999 film did the character of Cole Sear “see dead people”?

14 Which wife of Henry VIII is said to haunt the Tower of London?

15 Who played the role of Dr Raymond Stantz in the 1984 film Ghostbusters?


Answers

1 Mary Queen of Scots

2 Sam

3 Casper

4 Poltergeist

5 Randall and Hopkirk Deceased

6 R Dean Taylor

7 Jacob Marley

8 Moaning Myrtle

9 Rolls Royce

10 Rex Harrison

11 Nero

12 Rent-A-Ghost

13 The Sixth Sense

14 Anne Boleyn

15 Dan Aykroyd

 

QUIZ 44

AN AFRICAN INQUIZITION


1 Which US pop group enjoyed a 1983 trans-Atlantic hit with the song “Africa”?

2 In which country is the port of Mombassa?

3 What is the most highly populated country in Africa?

4 What is the most highly populated capital city in Africa?

5 Which was the first African nation to win a match in footballs World Cup finals?

6 Twiga is the Swahili word for which animal?

7 From whose book was the Oscar winning film Out Of Africa adapted?

8 In which country is Timbuktu?

9 Which African city’s name is derived from the Swahili for “swamp”?

10 Which African country is separated from Spain by the Straits of Gibraltar?

11 Which African country was invaded by Italy in 1935 and assisted by Bob Geldof in 1985?

12 Before gaining its independence Cameroon was administered by which European country?

13 What is the Star of Africa?

14 In which film did Humphrey Bogart play the character of Charlie Allnut?

15 What is the second largest country in Africa?


Answers

1 Toto

2 Kenya

3 Nigeria

4 Cairo

5 Tunisia

6 Giraffe

7 Karen Blixen

8 Mali

9 Nairobi

10 Morocco

11 Ethiopia

12 France

13 A diamond

14 The African Queen

15 Algeria

 

QUIZ 45

A POP MUSIC INQUIZITION

1 Under what seven-letter name did the chart topper born Adam Tinley record?

2 Which pop star shares her name with the founder of the city of Carthage?

3 Which model featured on the cover of the David Bowie album Pin Ups?

4 Which chart topping song contains the line, “With that you in that dress my thoughts I confess”?

5 Who is the oldest member of The Osmonds?

6 In 1980, who became the first British female solo artist to have a number one album in the UK?

7 With which group did Annie Lennox first enjoy chart success?

8 What one word song title has provided hits for Aretha Franklin, Simply Red, Madonna and Aerosmith?

9 Under what name does Graham McPherson perform as lead singer of Madness?

10 Which duo originally performed under the name of Caesar and Cleo?

11 In 1996, who received a posthumous Lifetime Achievement Grammy, 12 years after his death?

12 Who played the bongo drums on The Shadows hit “Apache”?

13 Which recording artist, born Richard Hall, took his stage name from a Herman Melville novel?

14 Which female duo became the first Russian act to top the UK singles chart?

15 Which member of The Stranglers was born Brian Duffy?


Answers

1 Adamski

2 Dido

3 Twiggy

4 “Come On Eileen”

5 Alan Osmond

6 Kate Bush

7 The Tourists

8 “Angel”

9 Suggs

10 Sonny and Cher

11 Marvin Gaye

12 Cliff Richard

13 Moby, a direct descendent of Melville, the author of Moby Dick

14 Tatu

15 Jet Black

 

QUIZ 46

A SCIENTIFIC INQUIZITION


1 Which gas derives its name from the Greek word for “new”?

2 What is the more common name for a celestial visible light spectrum?

3 Which pop star had a 1982 hit with the song, “She Blinded Me with Science”?

4 What is the only chemical element that has a three-letter name?

5 What is the more common name for hydrated calcium sulphate?

6 Which organ of the body is affected by hepatitis?

7 By what shorter name is trinitrotoluene better known?

8 Who performed the first human heart transplant?

9 Who played a computer generated ideal woman of two teenage boys in the film, Weird Science?

10 From which metal is the ore pitchblende obtained?

11 By what name is the drug MDMA more commonly known?

12 Which gas is produced in the Haber process?

13 Is an anode a positive or a negative electron?

14 Which common household item has the scientific name of sodium hydroxide?

15 Cd is an abbreviation for which unit of luminous intensity?


Answers

1 Neon

2 Rainbow

3 Thomas Dolby

4 Tin

5 Plaster of Paris

6 Liver

7 TNT

8 Christiaan Barnard

9 Kelly Le Brock

10 Uranium

11 Ecstasy

12 Ammonia

13 Positive

14 Caustic soda

15 Candela

 

QUIZ 47

A TRIPLE INQUIZITION – All fifteen questions require three answers

1 In the phonetic alphabet, what three words represent the letters X, Y, Z?

2 Which three noble gases have five letter names?

3 Which three films made up Oliver Stone’s Vietnam War movie trilogy?

4 What are the names of the three Darling children in Peter Pan?

5 Which three European countries have names comprising of one syllable?

6 Name the three states of the USA that begin with the letter C

7 What are the names of the three Lloyd brothers that have played tennis at Wimbledon?

8 What are the names of the three green properties on a London Monopoly board?

9 Which three non-English players were crowned snooker world champion in the 1980s?

10 By 2004, name the three films that each won eleven Oscars

11 What were the titles of Rod Stewart’s first three UK number one hit singles?

12 In terms of population, what are the three largest cities in Canada?

13 What three surnames did JFK’s first lady have in her lifetime?

14 What are the three middle names of Prince Edward?

15 What three diseases does the DTP triple vaccine protect against?


Answers

1 X Ray, Yankee, Zulu

2 Argon, Xenon, Radon

3 Platoon, Born On the Fourth of July, Heaven and Earth

4 Wendy, Michael, John

5 Greece, France, Spain

6 California, Connecticut, Colorado

7 David, John, Tony

8 Bond Street, Regent Street, Oxford Street

9 Alex Higgins, Cliff Thorburn, Dennis Taylor

10 Ben Hur, Titanic, Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

11 “Maggie May”, “You Wear It Well”, “Sailing”

12 Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver

13 Bouvier, Kennedy, Onassis

14 Anthony, Richard, Louis

15 Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis

 

QUIZ 48

A FOOTBALL INQUIZITION


1 If the Pirates played the Robins, which British city would be witnessing a local derby?

2 Which French club were the beaten finalists in the 2004 European Champions Cup?

3 Which nation won the Women’s World Cup in 2003?

4 By what shorter name is Eduardo Cesar Gaspar better known?

5 Which footballer’s turbulent life story is chronicled in the stage production, Heaven and Hell?

6 Which TV series features a football club called Earl’s Park FC?

7 Which club changed their name to the Milton Keynes Dons in 2004?

8 The Austrian club Sturm Graz, named their stadium after which Hollywood star?

9 In 2004, who appeared in his sixth FA Cup final, a post war record?

10 Which world cup hero penned the book, 1966 And All That?

11 Which team on the European mainland plays its home matches at the Stadium of Light?

12 Which football league club’s ground is geographically closest to the River Mersey?

13 Who was named Player of the Tournament at Euro 2004?

14 Which Spanish club won the UEFA Cup in 2004?

15 Which British club derives its name from the Arabic for “house of manufacture”?


Answers

1 Bristol

2 Monaco

3 Germany

4 Edu

5 Diego Maradona

6 Footballer’s Wives

7 Wimbledon

8 Arnold Schwarzenegger

9 Roy Keane

10 Geoff Hurst

11 Benfica

12 Stockport County

13 Theo Zagorakis

14 Valencia

15 Arsenal

 

QUIZ 49

A PRISON INQUIZITION


1 Which TV drama is set at Larkhall Prison?

2 In which film did Clint Eastwood play the role of a convict called Frank Morris?

3 Which building now stands on the site of the former Newgate Prison in London?

4 Which 1980 film saw Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor sharing a prison cell?

5 In which city is Sing Sing Prison?

6 Who was the last inmate of Spandau Prison?

7 Who married Roberta Jones in Maidstone Prison in 1997?

8 Who played the role of Ashley Pitt in the film, The Great Escape?

9 In which 1980 film did Robert Redford play a liberal prison governor?

10 How is King Rudolf V otherwise known in the title of a novel by Anthony Hope?

11 On which author’s story was the prison drama The Shawshank Redemption based?

12 In which film did Elvis Presley sing, “I Want to Be Free”?

13 What was originally called Long Kesh, when it opened in Northern Ireland in 1971?

14 Which TV drama was set at Wentworth Detention Centre?

15 In the third Harry Potter novel, who is the prisoner of Azkaban?


Answers

1 Bad Girls

2 Escape From Alcatraz

3 The Old Bailey

4 Stir Crazy

5 New York

6 Rudolf Hess

7 Reggie Kray

8 David McCallum

9 Brubaker

10 The Prisoner Of Zenda

11 Stephen King

12 Jailhouse Rock

13 Maze Prison

14 Prisoner Cell Block H

15 Sirius Black

 

Quiz 50

A cowboy inquizition


1 Which Wild West hero was played by William Boyd in over sixty films?

2 Who had brothers called Baxter, Jim, Virgil and Morgan?

3 Who played the role of Jones in the TV western, Alias Smith and Jones?

4 What ended with the line, “The old man was right, only the farmers won, we lost, we always lose”?

5 Who was killed in 1908 by Wayne Brazel?

6 In which US state was the TV series Bonanza set?

7 Who was shot dead by Jack McCall whilst playing poker in a Deadwood saloon?

8 By what name was Robert Leroy Parker better known?

9 Who invented the Peacemaker, often referred to as “the gun that won the West”?

10 Who played the role of the Rumpo Kid in Carry on Cowboy?

11 Which member of a gang called The Regulators, was played on film by Emilio Estevez in Young Guns?

12 Which qualified dentist was born in Georgia in 1851 and died aged 36 of pulmonary tuberculosis?

13 What was the first X rated movie to win Best Film Oscar?

14 Which Wild West outlaw was nicknamed, The Robin Hood of Texas?

15 Which screen legend was nicknamed, Oklahoma’s Singing Cowboy?


Answers

1 Hopalong Cassidy

2 Wyatt Earp

3 Ben Murphy

4 The film, The Magnificent Seven

5 Sheriff Pat Garrett

6 Nevada

7 Wild Bill Hickok

8 Butch Cassidy

9 Sam Colt

10 Sid James

11 Billy the Kid

12 Doc Holliday

13 Midnight Cowboy

14 Sam Bass

15 Gene Autry

 

QUIZ 51

A NEW YORK INQUIZITION

1 Which popular TV series, set in New York, stars Sarah Jessica Parker as Carrie Bradshaw?

2 What was New York called prior to 1664?

3 What is the predominant colour of New York taxis?

4 What is the name of the bridge that connects the New York boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens?

5 In which decade was the New York marathon first contested?

6 Who was inaugurated as Mayor of New York on New Year’s Day 2002?

7 In which New York borough is Wall Street located?

8 Which pop group had a 1974 hit with the song, “The Wall Street Shuffle”?

9 Who directed the 2002 film, Gangs of New York?

10 In New York, how is The Great White Way otherwise known?

11 Which building can be found at the address 350 Fifth Avenue, New York?

12 What name was given to the memorial garden dedicated to John Lennon in New York’s Central Park?

13 In which 1979 film did Kurt Russell play the heroic character of Snake Plissken?

14 What is the seven-word motto of the New York Times?

15 In 2004, the foundation stone was laid for which building, on the former site of the World Trade Center?


Answers

1 Sex and the City

2 New Amsterdam

3 Yellow

4 Verrazano

5 1970s first run in 1970

6 Michael Bloomberg

7 Manhattan

8 10cc

9 Martin Scorsese

10 Broadway

11 Empire State Building

12 Strawberry Fields

13 Escape from New York

14 All the news that’s fit to print

15 Freedom Tower

 

QUIZ 52

A DICKENSIAN INQUIZITION

1 In which county was Charles Dickens born?

2 Which character from Oliver Twist was portrayed by Harry Secombe in the musical Oliver?

3 Which rock band took their name from a Dickens character described as, “a very ‘umble person”?

4 Which novel opens with the line, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times”?

5 What three-letter pen name did Charles Dickens sometimes use?

6 What was the first Dickens novel to be published?

7 Which Dickens novel was set against the Gordon Riots?

8 Which novel of Charles Dickens has the shortest title?

9 What adjective links the Dickens characters of Emily and Nell?

10 What was the title of the last novel that Dickens completed?

11 The Dickens character of Little Dorrit was born in which prison?

12 By what name is the character of Jack Dawkins otherwise known

13 Which Dickens novel features the character of Newman Noggs?

14 What was the first name of the wife of Charles Dickens, with whom he had ten children?

15 Which novel was left unfinished at the time of Dickens death?


Answers

1 Hampshire

2 Mr Bumble

3 Uriah Heep

4 A Tale of Two Cities

5 Boz

6 The Pickwick Papers

7 Barnaby Rudge

8 Hard Times

9 Little

10 Our Mutual Friend

11 Marshalsea Prison

12 The Artful Dodger

13 Nicholas Nickleby

14 Catherine

15 The Mystery of Edwin Drood

 

QUIZ 53

A DISNEY INQUIZITION

1 In which Disney animation did Pat Morita provide the voice of the Emperor of China?

2 What is the name of the Californian city that houses the original Disney theme park?

3 In which Oscar nominated Disney animation did a villain called Gaston feature?

4 Who provided the voice of Jane in Disney’s animated version of Tarzan?

5 Which Disney film featured Gareth Gates on the soundtrack singing “Suspicious Minds”?

6 Which Disney film features a sailing vessel called Ulysses?

7 What was the first full length Disney animation to spawn a sequel?

8 In which Disney film did a villainous fox called J Worthington Foulfellow appear?

9 What do the initials EPCOT stand for, with regard to the Disney theme park in Orlando?

10 Who provided the voice of Buzz Lightyear in Toy Story?

11 What F is the middle name of Donald Duck?

12 Which Disney “baddie” was assisted by two henchmen called Horace and Jasper?

13 In which film does Rip Torn provide the voice of Zeus?

14 Who voiced Mickey Mouse in the animated short, Steamboat Willie?

15 Which Disney film saw true love blossom between Duchess and Thomas O’Malley?


Answers

1 Mulan

2 Anaheim

3 Beauty and The Beast

4 Minnie Driver

5 Lilo and Stitch

6 Atlantis: The Lost Empire

7 The Rescuers, the sequel being The Rescuers Down Under

8 Pinocchio

9 Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow

10 Tim Allen

11 Fauntleroy

12 Cruella de Vil

13 Hercules

14 Walt Disney

15 The Aristocats

 

 

QUIZ 54

A DUTCH INQUIZITION


1 With which country does Holland form a 450km border?

2 Which pop group had a 1996 hit with the song, “Rotterdam”?

3 Who was crowned Queen of the Netherlands in April 1980?

4 By what name is the Dutch East Indies now known?

5 On which river does the city of Amsterdam stand?

6 Which Dutch footballer scored the only international hat trick conceded by Peter Shilton?

7 Which was the first Dutch pop group to top the UK singles charts?

8 Which actor played the Dutch detective Van Der Valk on TV?

9 Which Dutch footballer was named PFA Player of the Year in 2002?

10 In which city is the seat of the Dutch government located?

11 Which disease affecting trees was first identified in Holland in 1917?

12 Who was the first Dutch footballer to win an FA Cup winners medal?

13 Which Dutch football club did Bobby Robson guide to a league title?

14 In which 1987 action thriller did Arnold Schwarzenegger play Major Dutch Schaeffer?

15 Which Dutch artist was born on July 15, 1606 in the town of Leiden?


Answers

1 Belgium

2 The Beautiful South

3 Queen Beatrix

4 Indonesia

5 Amstel

6 Marco Van Basten

7 Pussycat with the song, “Mississippi”

8 Barry Foster

9 Ruud Van Nistelrooy

10 The Hague

11 Dutch elm disease

12 Arnold Muhren in 1983 for Manchester Utd

13 PSV Eindhoven

14 Predator

15 Rembrandt

 

Quiz 55

A marital inquizition


1 Who did Madonna marry in Skibo Castle?

2 Which footballer, the first to win 100 caps for England, married the singer Joy Beverley?

3 Which country and western star married and divorced Julia Roberts?

4 Which couple married in 1964, had a number one hit in 1965 and divorced in 1975?

5 Which precious stone represents the 40th wedding anniversary?

6 Which super model’s marriage to Richard Gere was annulled in 1995?

7 Who did Debbie Rowe marry in 1996 amid a blaze of publicity?

8 Who was the first wife of Tom Cruise?

9 Who was created a Dame, the year after singing at the wedding of Prince Charles and Diana?

10 Which 31-year-old movie star married the film director Len Wiseman in 2004?

11 Who did Bill Wyman marry in 1989?

12 Who married Grace Kelly in April 1956?

13 What is the name of Jim Royle’s wife in the comedy series The Royle Family?

14 Who married Margaret Kempson and Margaret Roberts?

15 Which king married Catherine of Valois in 1420?


Answers

1 Guy Ritchie

2 Billy Wright

3 Lyle Lovett

4 Sonny & Cher

5 Ruby

6 Cindy Crawford

7 Michael Jackson

8 Mimi Rogers

9 Kiri Te Kanawa

10 Kate Beckinsale

11 Mandy Smith

12 Prince Rainier of Monaco

13 Barbara

14 Denis Thatcher

15 Henry V

 

QUIZ 56

A TRANSPORT INQUIZITION

1 In which city was the first Cadillac car made?

2 Which British football club are nicknamed The Railwaymen?

3 Which TV series featured a taxi firm called Cresta Cabs?

4 Which movie motorcar bears the registration plate, GEN 11?

5 Turnhouse Airport serves which British city?

6 Which model of Ford car was named after a hunter in Greek mythology?

7 What is the name of Lovejoy’s beloved Morris Minor?

8 From which state in the USA does Aloha Airlines operate?

9 Which country is home to the Gilles Villeneuve racing circuit?

10 Which car company has a logo comprising of three diamonds?

11 Marco Polo Airport serves which European city?

12 What carried travellers for the first time in October 1883, from Paris to Constantinople?

13 In which film did Bernard Cribbins play an employee of Oakworth Station?

14 Which plane was famously piloted by Captain Paul Tibbets in 1945?

15 What animal is the symbol of the motor manufacturer Suzuki?


Answers

1 Detroit

2 Crewe Alexandra

3 Roger Roger

4 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

5 Edinburgh

6 Orion

7 Miriam

8 Hawaii

9 Canada

10 Mitsubishi

11 Venice

12 The Orient Express

13 The Railway Children

14 Enola Gay

15 Rhinoceros

 

QUIZ 57

A CLASSICAL INQUIZITION


1 In which city was the composer Beethoven born?

2 What is the better known title of Symphony No 9 by Dvorak?

3 Who was referred to as Papa, as he was considered to be the father of the symphony?

4 Who composed The Wedding March?

5 Which opera was composed to commemorate the opening of the Suez Canal?

6 Who played the title role in the Oscar winning movie Amadeus?

7 Which 1981 hit for Bad Manners featured in the classical piece Orpheus in the Underworld?

8 What was the nationality of the composer Gustav Holst?

9 Which composer was born in Leipzig in May 1813, and died in Venice in February 1883?

10 Which composer wrote the music on which the song, “A Whiter Shade Of Pale” was based?

11 From which fairytale did Rossini adapt the opera, La Cenerentola?

12 What is the alternative title of Schubert’s 8th Symphony?

13 Name any year that the classical composer Chopin was alive

14 Which composer of the Enigma Variations was appointed Master of the Kings Music in 1924?

15 Which violinist topped the UK classical charts in 1989 with his recording of The Four Seasons?


Answers

1 Bonn

2 New World Symphony

3 Franz Josef Haydn

4 Felix Mendelssohn

5 Aida

6 Tom Hulce

7 “Can Can”

8 British

9 Richard Wagner

10 JS Bach

11 Cinderella

12 The Unfinished Symphony

13 1810 to 1849

14 Edward Elgar

15 Nigel Kennedy

 

Quiz 58

A sitcom inquizition


1 In which sitcom did the character of Stan Butler drive the No 11 to the Cemetery Gates?

2 In which Yorkshire town is Open All Hours set?

3 Who played the wife of Keith Barron in the sitcom Duty Free?

4 Which Carry On regular played Monsieur Alphonse in Allo Allo?

5 In which US sitcom do the Bundy family live in Jeopardy Lane?

6 Who played Mindy in Mork and Mindy?

7 Which character was portrayed by Harold Bennett in Are You Being Served?

8 What is the first name of Arkwright, as played by Ronnie Barker in Open All Hours?

9 Which sitcom duo lived on Oil Drum Lane with their horse Hercules?

10 Which sitcom was set in the fictitious seaside resort of Crimpton-On-Sea?

11 Who did the character of Alice Springs Tinker marry in The Vicar of Dibley?

12 In which sitcom did Penelope Wilton play the wife of Richard Briers?

13 Which TV family lived at 30 Kelsall Street, Liverpool?

14 Brenda Furlong is the lead character in which BBC sitcom?

15 Prisoner And Escort was the title of the pilot episode of which popular sitcom?


Answers

1 On The Buses

2 Doncaster

3 Gwen Taylor

4 Kenneth Connor

5 Married With Children

6 Pam Dawber

7 Young Mr Grace

8 Albert

9 Steptoe and Son

10 Hi-De-Hi

11 Hugo Horton

12 Ever Decreasing Circles

13 The Boswells in Bread

14 Dinnerladies

15 Porridge

 

QUIZ 59

A GERMAN INQUIZITION
 

1 What is Germany’s oldest city?

2 Which was the first German group to top the UK singles charts?

3 What is the German word for eight?

4 What was the title of the second film in which Michael Caine played the spy Harry Palmer?

5 In which 1960 film did Elvis Presley sing in German?

6 Who is the patron saint of Germany?

7 The city of Hamburg lies on which river?

8 Which Oscar winning film starring Liza Minnelli was set in Berlin?

9 What is the capital of the German region of Saxony?

10 STR is the airport code of which city?

11 What is the name of the award presented to the best film at the Berlin Film Festival?

12 Which legendary German football star was nicknamed, The Kaiser?

13 What does the word “sekt” signify on a German wine bottle label?

14 Who was the leader of Hitler’s SS?

15 Who resigned his post of coach as Germany’s national football team after Euro 2004?


Answers

1 Cologne

2 Kraftwerk

3 Acht

4 Funeral in Berlin

5 GI Blues

6 St Boniface

7 Elbe

8 Cabaret

9 Dresden

10 Stuttgart

11 The Golden Bear

12 Franz Beckenbauer

13 Sparkling

14 Heinrich Himmler

15 Rudi Voller

 

QUIZ 60

A HORRIFIC INQUIZITION

1 Which film introduced the murderous character of Freddy Kruger?

2 Which Stephen King novel, adapted into a 1983 film, told the story of a rabid St Bernard?

3 Which horror movie stalwart penned an autobiography entitled, Tall Dark and Gruesome?

4 What horror movie of 1978, introduced the seemingly indestructible character of Michael Myers?

5 What was the name of the Romanian ruler, who provided the inspiration for Count Dracula?

6 Who wrote the novel The Exorcist?

7 Who played the character of Rosemary Woodhouse in the 1968 film Rosemary’s Baby?

8 Who said, “There is no terror in the bang, only the anticipation of it”?

9 In which film did Levi Stubbs of The Four Tops voice a plant called Audrey II?

10 When Gary Oldman portrayed Count Dracula in 1992, who played Van Helsing?

11 Which horror movie star was nicknamed, The King of the Grand Guignol?

12 Which 1999 film saw Johnny Depp investigating the mystery of a headless horseman?

13 Which 2002 film saw a journalist called Rachel Keller develop an obsession for a videotape?

14 In which country is the horror novel Frankenstein set?

15 Who penned the novel The Phantom of the Opera?


Answers

1 A Nightmare on Elm Street

2 Cujo

3 Christopher Lee

4 Halloween

5 Vlad the Impaler

6 William Peter Blatty

7 Mia Farrow

8 Alfred Hitchcock

9 Little Shop of Horrors

10 Anthony Hopkins

11 Vincent Price

12 Sleepy Hollow

13 The Ring

14 Switzerland

15 Gaston Leroux

 

Quiz 61

A BOTANIC INQUIZITION


1 What is the national flower of Japan?

2 What was the title of the first song to be broadcast on Radio One?

3 The name of which flower derives from the Turkish for “turban”?

4 What is the more common name for the helianthus?

5 Who wrote the novel The Name of the Rose?

6 Which flower shares its name with a mythological character that rejected the love of Echo?

7 What is the cockney rhyming slang for flowers?

8 Which stage entertainer was born Louise Hovick?

9 Who played the TV sitcom character Hyacinth Bucket?

10 During World War II, what name was given to the Japanese counterpart of Lord Haw Haw?

11 Which 1961 Rodgers & Hammerstein musical is set in San Francisco’s Chinatown?

12 Which flower is sometimes referred to as the Lent Lily?

13 In a famous song where can one see, “pretty nurses selling poppies from a tray”?

14 What is the more common name for the wood hyacinth?

15 From which flower is vanilla extracted?


Answers

1 Chrysanthemum

2 “Flowers in the Rain”

3 Tulip

4 Sunflower

5 Umberto Eco

6 Narcissus

7 April showers

8 Gypsy Rose Lee

9 Patricia Routledge

10 Tokyo Rose

11 The Flower Drum Song

12 Daffodil

13 “Penny Lane”

14 Bluebell

15 Orchid

 

QUIZ 62

A CRICKET INQUIZITION

1 Who was the first cricketer to win 100 caps for England?

2 In cricket, what is a golden duck?

3 What is a cricket umpire signalling when raising his right arm horizontally?

4 Which England Test cricket star died in a car crash in March 2002?

5 In which century was the MCC founded?

6 How many runs comprise a Nelson?

7 In 2002, who retired from Test cricket with a career total of 8029 runs in 128 Test matches?

8 What is the name of Yorkshire’s Test cricket ground?

9 What is the name of the gallery at Lord’s, where the Ashes are kept?

10 Grace Road is the home ground of which county cricket club?

11 In which city is the Sabina Park cricket stadium?

12 What is a cricket umpire indicating when raising both arms horizontally?

13 Who was the first batsman to record 10,000 runs in Test cricket?

14 Who did Wisden’s Almanac name as the number one cricketer of the 20th century?

15 In which English county is Lord’s cricket stadium located?


Answers

1 Colin Cowdrey

2 Out for zero on the first ball

3 No ball

4 Ben Hollioake

5 18th century, founded in 1787

6 111

7 Mark Waugh

8 Headingley

9 Memorial Gallery

10 Leicestershire

11 Kingston in Jamaica

12 Six runs

13 Sunil Gavaskar

14 Donald Bradman

15 Middlesex

 

QUIZ 63

An Asian inquizition


1 What title was given to the military leaders of Japan until 1867?

2 What is the most highly populated city in Pakistan?

3 Which city was devastated by an atomic bomb on August 9, 1945?

4 What is the national bird of India?

5 In which city was the musical The King and I set?

6 The name of which former capital of Japan is an anagram of the current capital?

7 MAA is the airport code for which Asian city?

8 Which country is connected to Pakistan by the Khyber Pass?

9 In Indian cuisine, what is ghee?

10 Prior to 1976, which two countries were separated by the 17th Parallel?

11 Which country has the largest Muslim population in the world?

12 What is the official national sport of Japan?

13 Who created the Japanese detective Mr Moto?

14 Which Asian peak last erupted in 1707?

15 The film Good Morning Vietnam was set in which city?


Answers

1 Shogun

2 Karachi

3 Nagasaki

4 Peacock

5 Bangkok

6 Kyoto

7 Madras

8 Afghanistan

9 Clarified butter

10 North and South Vietnam

11 Indonesia

12 Sumo wrestling

13 JP Marquand

14 Mount Fuji

15 Saigon

 

QUIZ 64

AN EQUINE INQUIZITION
 

1 Who was the first jockey to win the Kentucky Derby and the Epsom Derby?

2 What is the name of Gandalf’s horse in The Lord of the Rings?

3 In a TV series of yesteryear, what was the name of the equine companion of Ricky North?

4 Who acquired the unflattering nickname of the Flanders Mare?

5 What name is shared by a Greek hero and the horse of Steptoe And Son?

6 According to William Shakespeare, which monarch died without a horse on a battlefield?

7 Who plays the role of Denzel in the sitcom, Only Fools and Horses?

8 Which horse won the Epsom Derby in 2004?

9 Which historical ruler rode a horse called Bucephalus?

10 At which racecourse do horses gallop down the Rowley Mile?

11 In marine biology, what is the more common name for the hippocampus?

12 Which novel is sub-titled Autobiography of a Horse?

13 Who penned the novel The Horse Whisperer?

14 Which jockey nicknamed The Choirboy, rode Shergar to Derby glory?

15 Which song contains the line, “One little chap had a mishap, broke off his horse’s head”?


Answers

1 Steve Cauthen

2 Shadowfax

3 Champion the Wonder Horse

4 Anne of Cleves

5 Hercules

6 Richard III

7 Paul Barber

8 North Light

9 Alexander the Great

10 Newmarket

11 Seahorse

12 Black Beauty

13 Nicholas Evans

14 Walter Swinburn

15 “Two Little Boys”

 

Quiz 65

An ursine inquizition


1 What name is given to a female bear?

2 What is the name of Yogi Bear’s girlfriend?

3 Which American football team won the Superbowl in 1986?

4 Which bear was voiced by Phil Harris in a 1967 Disney animation?

5 Who created Paddington Bear?

6 Which sports star has a name, that when translated into English means, “bear castle”?

7 What is the name of the bear in the children’s TV series Rainbow?

8 Which rap star played the role of Huggy Bear in the 2003 film Starsky And Hutch?

9 What species of bear is named after an island group in the Gulf of Alaska?

10 Who created the children’s favourite Rupert the Bear?

11 Who had a 1967 top ten hit with the song, “Simon Smith and His Amazing Dancing Bear”?

12 Which bear lives in One Hundred Acre Wood?

13 Which actor played the title role in the 1993 film Jack the Bear?

14 After whom were teddy bears named?

15 Which South American country did Paddington Bear leave to live with the Brown family?


Answers

1 Sow

2 Cindy

3 Chicago Bears

4 Baloo in The Jungle Book

5 Michael Bond

6 Bjorn Borg

7 Bungle

8 Snoop Doggy Dogg

9 Kodiak bear

10 Mary Tourtel

11 Alan Price

12 Winnie the Pooh

13 Danny DeVito

14 Theodore Roosevelt

15 Peru

 

Quiz 66

A female inquizition


1 Which pop superstar founded the Maverick Record Company?

2 Who played the title role in the 1967 film Thoroughly Modern Millie?

3 Which model and actress became the new face of Estee Lauder at the age of 29 in 1994?

4 Who was the first woman to be appointed Speaker of the House of Commons?

5 Under what name did the Welsh singer born Gaynor Hopkins, top the charts in 1983?

6 Who, buried in the grounds of St George’s Church in Gravesend, was the subject of a 1995 film?

7 Who married Clark Gable in 1939?

8 Which novel introduced readers to the characters of Jo, Meg, Amy and Beth?

9 Which women’s athletics event was dominated in the 1970s by Debbie Brill?

10 Who performed the James Bond theme for The Man with the Golden Gun?

11 Who played the title role in the 1984 film Supergirl?

12 Who was the first woman to be shot dead by the FBI?

13 Who has been played on film by Ellen Barkin, Jane Russell and Doris Day?

14 Who wrote the song “I Will Always Love You”?

15 What cake was named after the wife of King George III?


Answers

1 Madonna

2 Julie Andrews

3 Elizabeth Hurley

4 Betty Boothroyd

5 Bonnie Tyler

6 Pocahontas

7 Carole Lombard

8 Little Women

9 High jump

10 Lulu

11 Helen Slater

12 Bonnie Parker

13 Calamity Jane

14 Dolly Parton

15 Apple Charlotte

 

QUIZ 67

AN ISLAND INQUIZITION

1 On which island are the majority of the world’s lemurs to be found?

2 What is the name of the island home of Popeye the Sailorman?

3 What is the largest island in the world beginning with the letter S?

4 Which island was called Vectis by the Romans?

5 On which island was Freddie Mercury born?

6 On which island is the former Labour leader John Smith buried?

7 What is the largest of the Canary Islands?

8 Mount Usbourne is the highest peak in which island group?

9 What is the name of Long John Silver’s parrot in the novel Treasure Island?

10 On which island did the actor Oliver Reed die?

11 What is the name of the parliament of the Isle of Man

12 What are the two largest Greek islands?

13 What is the capital of Cyprus?

14 Which islands contain the countries of Haiti and the Dominican Republic

15 Which Canary island has a name that when translated into English means, “Broken lance”?


Answers

1 Madagascar

2 Sweetwater Island

3 Sumatra

4 Isle of Wight

5 Zanzibar

6 Iona

7 Tenerife

8 The Falklands

9 Captain Flint

10 Malta

11 Tynwald

12 Crete and Rhodes

13 Nicosia

14 Hispaniola

15 Lanzarote

 

Quiz 68

A literary inquizition

1 Who created the literary sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey?

2 On The Banks Of Plum Creek is a sequel to which novel?

3 Which novel is narrated by Charles Ryder?

4 Which Agatha Christie character has a nephew called Raymond West?

5 Sarah Woodruff is the lead female character in which novel, filmed in 1981?

6 What is the pen name of the author Barbara Vine?

7 Catriona is a sequel to which adventure novel?

8 The novels Prince Caspian and The Silver Chair are both set in which mythical land?

9 Which lawyer made his literary debut in the novel The Case of the Velvet Claws?

10 Who penned the play Shirley Valentine?

11 Who did Sherlock Holmes refer to as, “the Napoleon of crime”?

12 What begins with The Knight’s Tale and ends with The Parson’s Tale?

13 During which king’s reign was the novel Ivanhoe set?

14 Which novel opens with the line, “The family of Dashwood has long been settled in Sussex”?

15 Which Harry Potter character is played on film by Alan Rickman?


Answers

1 Dorothy L Sayers

2 The Little House On The Prairie

3 Brideshead Revisited

4 Miss Marple

5 The French Lieutenant’s Woman

6 Ruth Rendell

7 Kidnapped

8 Narnia

9 Perry Mason

10 Willy Russell

11 Professor Moriarty

12 The Canterbury Tales

13 Richard I or Richard the Lionheart

14 Sense and Sensibility

15 Severus Snape

 

QUIZ 69

A LUNAR INQUIZITION

1 What was the signature tune of Glenn Miller’s band?

2 How many men walked on the moon in the 20th century?

3 Which father and daughter co-starred in the 1973 film, Paper Moon?

4 What five-letter U word is the name given to the shadow of the Earth on the moon?

5 Which comedy actor was portrayed by Jim Carrey in the 1999 film, Man on the Moon?

6 The novel The Moon and Sixpence was based on the life of which painter?

7 What is the alternative title of “Piano Sonata No 14” by Beethoven?

8 Who replaced Keith Moon in The Who?

9 In which Bond movie did Lois Chiles play Holly Goodhead?

10 Which pop superstar penned the autobiography, Moonwalk?

11 Which 1987 film earned Cher a Best Actress Oscar?

12 What was the name of the detective agency in the US TV series Moonlighting?

13 In which 1989 fantasy film did Robin Williams play the King of the Moon?

14 In which film did Audrey Hepburn sing “Moon River”?

15 Which group had a 1960s chart topper with the song, “Bad Moon Rising”?


Answers

1 “Moonlight Serenade”

2 Twelve

3 Ryan and Tatum O’Neal

4 Umbra

5 Andy Kaufman

6 Paul Gauguin

7 “Moonlight”

8 Kenny Jones

9 Moonraker

10 Michael Jackson

11 Moonstruck

12 Blue Moon

13 The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

14 Breakfast at Tiffany’s

15 Creedence Clearwater Revival

 

QUIZ 70

AN HISTORICAL INQUIZITION

1 Who captained ships called Hopewell and Half Moon?

2 What post was held in Britain by Matthew Hopkins from 1645 to 1647?

3 How many wives of Henry VIII were born in England?

4 Name any year that Dick Turpin was alive.

5 Which state of the USA witnessed the Battle of Little Big Horn?

6 In which city were French kings crowned prior to 1825?

7 Which Mexican revolutionary raided New Mexico in 1916?

8 In what decade was William the Conqueror born?

9 Which country was ruled by the Vasa Dynasty for almost three centuries?

10 Which king was the only son of Henry VIII?

11 Francis Drake and Walter Raleigh were both born in which county?

12 Which famous historical figure was killed by Hawaiian natives in 1779?

13 Which English county witnessed the Battle of Sedgemoor in 1665?

14 Which vessel began an epic voyage across the Atlantic Ocean on September 6, 1620?

15 In 1070, who led the Fenland Rebellion against William the Conqueror?


Answers

1 Henry Hudson

2 Witchfinder General

3 Four

4 1706 – 1739

5 Montana

6 Rheims

7 Pancho Villa

8 1020s

9 Sweden

10 Edward VI

11 Devon

12 Captain James Cook

13 Somerset

14 Mayflower

15 Hereward the Wake

 

QUIZ 71

A BRITISH INQUIZITION
 

1 Which county is home to Wookey Hole cave?

2 What is the name of the tower that houses Big Ben?

3 In which city is the headquarters of Thames Valley police?

4 The Black Mountains are located in which British national park?

5 Which British city is home to the National Space Centre?

6 Which city is the administrative headquarters of Cornwall?

7 What was built by Joseph Paxton in the 1850s and destroyed by fire in the 1830s?

8 Which English county gives its name to Britain’s smallest breed of draught horse?

9 Which English resort is home to the world’s longest pier?

10 What is the second highest mountain in the British Isles?

11 Gravesend, Sandwich and Ramsgate are all found in which county?

12 In 1909, which seaside resort adopted the motto, “Its so bracing”?

13 Where in London can statues of Shakespeare and Chaplin be seen in close proximity?

14 Which seaside resort is located next to Flamborough Head?

15 At what sport do Oxford University and Cambridge University compete for the Bowring Bowl?


Answers

1 Somerset

2 St Stephen’s Tower

3 Oxford

4 Brecon Beacons

5 Leicester

6 Truro

7 Crystal Palace

8 Suffolk

9 Southend

10 Ben Macdhui

11 Kent

12 Skegness

13 Leicester Square

14 Bridlington

15 Rugby union

 

QUIZ 72

A CHILDISH INQUIZITION


1 Down the Rabbit Hole is the opening chapter of which children’s novel?

2 Which of the seven dwarfs was beardless?

3 Who wrote the novel The Railway Children?

4 Which teenager won a 2001 BAFTA for his role in the film, Billy Elliot?

5 Who fathered children called Susannah, Hamnet and Judith?

6 Which novel opens with the line, “All children grow up except one”?

7 If Tuesday’s child is full of grace, what is Friday’s child?

8 In what year was Children In Need first broadcast on British TV?

9 An Unearthly Child was the first ever episode of which long running TV series?

10 Which novel penned by Captain Marryat was set in the year 1647?

11 In which country did the Smurfs originate?

12 Who wrote the novel The Water Babies?

13 Which Pink Floyd album took its title from a chapter in Wind in the Willows?

14 Which crooner had a 1976 Christmas No 1 hit with “When A Child Is Born”?

15 Which princess was made President of the Save the Children charity in 1970?


Answers

1 Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

2 Dopey

3 E Nesbitt

4 Jamie Bell

5 William Shakespeare

6 Peter Pan

7 Loving and giving

8 1987

9 Dr Who

10 Children of the New Forest

11 Belgium

12 Charles Kingsley

13 The Piper at the Gates of Dawn

14 Johnny Mathis

15 Princess Anne

 

Quiz 73

A NUMERICAL INQUIZITION


1 What is the only number to be spelt the same way in French and English?

2 What number was emblazoned on the side of the car Herbie in The Love Bug?

3 How many players comprise a netball team?

4 In the game of darts what is the lowest number unattainable with one dart?

5 How many yards are in a furlong?

6 How many pawns are on a chessboard at the start of play?

7 Which quartet topped the charts in 1966 with the song, “Reach Out I’ll Be There”?

8 How many years of marriage are celebrated in a Crystal anniversary?

9 How many toes does an ostrich have on one foot?

10 How many rooms are there on a Cluedo board?

11 What do birds have two of, that spiders have eight of, that bees have five of?

12 How is 2/5 expressed as a percentage?

13 Who played the title role in the 1992 action movie Passenger 57?

14 In horse racing betting jargon, what odds are represented by the phrase, “double carpet”?

15 Which Oscar winning film was based on the book, The Seven Pillars of Wisdom?


Answers

1 Six

2 53

3 Seven

4 23

5 220

6 16

7 The Four Tops

8 15 years

9 Two

10 Nine

11 Eyes

12 40%

13 Wesley Snipes

14 33-1

15 Lawrence of Arabia

 

Quiz 74

A mountainous inquizition

1 What is the world’s longest mountain range?

2 Which heavyweight boxer of yesteryear was nicknamed, The Ambling Alp?

3 Ben Nevis is located in which mountain range?

4 Which mountain range extends through Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia?

5 Which horse scaled the heights to win the 1998 Grand National?

6 Which song contains the line, “I could move a mountain, when your hand is in my hand”?

7 Which city is overlooked by Table Mountain?

8 Capitoline Hill is the tallest hill in which city?

9 Which TV drama is set in the town of Cardale?

10 Which musical features the song, “Climb Every Mountain”?

11 In which country is Mount Eiger located?

12 Where can the heads of Lincoln, Washington, Roosevelt and Jefferson be seen together?

13 What is the highest mountain in Wales?

14 Which 1993 action thriller saw Sylvester Stallone scaling several mountains?

15 Mount Everest stands on the border of which two countries?


Answers

1 Andes

2 Primo Carnera

3 Grampians

4 Atlas Mountains

5 Earth Summit

6 “You to Me Are Everything” by The Real Thing

7 Cape Town

8 Rome

9 Peak Practice

10 The Sound of Music

11 Switzerland

12 Mount Rushmore

13 Snowdon

14 Cliffhanger

15 Nepal and Tibet

 

QUIZ 75

A SCOTTISH INQUIZITION

1 Who married the Earl of Bothwell in 1757?

2 Which football club were the first British club to win the European Cup?

3 Which 1996 film starring Ted Danson was set in Scotland?

4 Portree is the main town on which Scottish island?

5 Which Scottish football club plays its home matches in the town of Kirkaldy?

6 Which Canadian province has a name that means, New Scotland?

7 Which building houses the Scottish Crown Jewels?

8 Who won a Best Director Oscar for the film Braveheart?

9 Which course staged the 2004 British Open in golf?

10 How was Locomotive 4472 better known?

11 Which playing card is known as, the curse of Scotland?

12 In which city does St Johnstone FC play their home matches?

13 Which racecourse stages the Scottish Grand National?

14 Which Scottish city is said to be famous for jute, jam and journalism?

15 Which district of Glasgow has a name that means, “Place of the badger”?


Answers

1 Mary Queen of Scots

2 Celtic

3 Loch Ness

4 Skye

5 Raith Rovers

6 Nova Scotia

7 Edinburgh Castle

8 Mel Gibson

9 Troon

10 The Flying Scotsman

11 Nine of diamonds

12 Perth

13 Ayr

14 Dundee

15 Ibrox

 

QUIZ 76

A BEASTLY INQUIZITION

1 Who wrote the novel The Silence of the Lambs?

2 What is the name of Roger Rabbits wife?

3 What type of animal is Akela in The Jungle Book?

4 Red fronted and ring tailed are both species of which animal?

5 What is the name of the parrot that taught Dr Doolittle to talk to the animals?

6 In which film did Tommy Steele sing “Little White Bull”?

7 Which marine creature has three hearts and a skirt?

8 Which Oscar winning film featured the characters of Chief Ten Bears and Kicking Bird?

9 What name is given to a male guinea pig?

10 Who wrote the novel Tarka the Otter?

11 Which American state is nicknamed, The Beaver State?

12 Who wrote the novel The Birds, later filmed by Alfred Hitchcock?

13 Which pachyderm met the head of the herd on the road to Manderlay?

14 What type of animal was voiced by Whoopi Goldberg in The Lion King?

15 What type of animals are Greasy, Psycho and Stupid in Who Framed Roger Rabbit?


Answers

1 Thomas Harris

2 Jessica

3 Wolf

4 Lemur

5 Polynesia

6 Tommy the Toreador

7 Octopus

8 Dances with Wolves

9 Boar

10 Henry Williamson

11 Oregon

12 Daphne du Maurier

13 Nellie the Elephant

14 Hyena

15 Weasels

 

QUIZ 77

A SNOOKER INQUIZITION

1 On which island was the snooker star Tony Drago born?

2 In which country was snooker invented?

3 Who became snooker world champion at his first attempt in 1972?

4 In 1997, who became the first player from the Republic of Ireland to win the world title?

5 How many consecutive balls must be potted to register a maximum 147 break?

6 Who founded The Matchroom Organisation?

7 Who reached the semi-final of the snooker world championships in 1978 at the age of 64?

8 Who was the first John to be crowned snooker world champion?

9 How many points are scored on the black ball in a 147 break?

10 In 2000, who became the first left-handed player to be crowned snooker world champion?

11 Which Canadian snooker star was nicknamed, The Grinder?

12 Who won his first snooker world title in 2001?

13 Who was ranked as the world’s number one snooker player from 1983 to 1989?

14 Which player lost successive world snooker finals from 1990 to 1994?

15 Which snooker star, known for drinking copious amounts of lager, died in 2003 aged 56?


Answers

1 Malta

2 India

3 Alex Higgins

4 Ken Doherty

5 36

6 Barry Hearn

7 Fred Davis

8 John Pulman

9 112

10 Mark Williams

11 Cliff Thorburn

12 Ronnie O’Sullivan

13 Steve Davis

14 Jimmy White

15 Bill Werbeniuk

 

QUIZ 78

AN ITALIAN INQUIZITION

1 In an Italian restaurant, what are grissini?

2 Which country is linked to Italy by the Brenner Pass?

3 Which Italian driver won the first ever Formula One World Championships?

4 Which Italian sausage derives its name from the Latin for “salted”?

5 Who directed the spaghetti western, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly?

6 Which Italian disco act topped the UK singles charts with the song,” Ride On Time”?

7 What is Italy’s busiest port?

8 What is the longest river in Italy?

9 Which Italian city derived its name from the Latin for, “new town”?

10 Who was the first Roman Emperor?

11 Which motor racing circuit lies 16km northeast of Milan?

12 Which Italian club did Sven Goran Eriksson coach before managing England?

13 Which Italian city was ruled by the Medici family?

14 Which Shakespeare play was set in Rome and Alexandria in the first century BC?

15 Which mountain range is known as, The Backbone of Italy?


Answers

1 Breadsticks

2 Austria

3 Giuseppe Farina

4 Salami

5 Sergio Leone

6 Black Box

7 Genoa

8 River Po

9 Naples

10 Augustus

11 Monza

12 Lazio

13 Florence

14 Antony and Cleopatra

15 Apennines

 

QUIZ 79

A FILM INQUIZITION

1 Who played a matron in five Carry On films?

2 What was the title of the first film that featured the character of Hannibal Lecter?

3 Quint, Brody and Hooper were the three main characters in which film blockbuster?

4 The character of Matt Murdock transformed into which super hero in a 2003 film?

5 Which film featured the song, “Ding Dong the Witch Is Dead”?

6 Who plays the role of Bill in the Tarantino movie, Kill Bill?

7 Which film awards are presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association?

8 Which 1964 film starring Michael Caine was set in 1879?

9 Which film title translates into English as, “Where are you going?”?

10 Who played the role of Carole Bradshaw in the 1986 film Top Gun?

11 Who exchanged faces with John Travolta in the 1987 action blockbuster Face Off?

12 Which 1999 romantic comedy features a business called the Travel Bookshop?

13 In which film did Robert Redford ask, “Suppose I offer you $1 million for a night with your wife?”?

14 Who won Oscars for his work on the films ET and Schindler’s List?

15 Who played the father of Leonardo DiCaprio in the film Catch Me If You Can?


Answers

1 Hattie Jacques

2 Manhunter

3 Jaws

4 Daredevil

5 The Wizard of Oz

6 David Carradine

7 Golden Globes

8 Zulu

9 Quo Vadis

10 Meg Ryan

11 Nicholas Cage

12 Notting Hill

13 Indecent Proposal

14 John Williams for musical score

15 Christopher Walken

 

Quiz 80

A grand national inquizition


1 What is the tallest fence in the Aintree Grand National?

2 Which jockey overcame cancer to win the National on Aldaniti?

3 Who was the first woman to train a Grand National winner?

4 What name is shared by the winner of the National in 2000 and a film of 1973?

5 Which road do the horses gallop across in the Aintree Grand National?

6 Who rode Devon Loch in 1956 and went on to become a best selling author?

7 Which horse won the Grand National in 2004?

8 On which course is the Welsh Grand National run?

9 Which horse was first past the post in the voided national of 1993?

10 Which horse is buried near the winning post at Aintree?

11 Who was the first woman to ride in the Grand National?

12 Which course stages the Irish Grand National?

13 Which horse was a shock 100-1 winner of the National in 1967?

14 Who played the role of Velvet Brown in the 1944 film National Velvet?

15 On what day of the week did Lord Gyllene win the 1997 National?


Answers

1 The Chair

2 Bob Champion

3 Jenny Pitman

4 Papillon

5 Melling Road

6 Dick Francis

7 Amberleigh House

8 Chepstow

9 Esha Ness

10 Red Rum

11 Charlotte Brew

12 Fairyhouse

13 Foinavon

14 Elizabeth Taylor

15 Monday, after the scheduled Saturday race was cancelled due to a bomb scare


QUIZ 81

A RODENT INQUIZITION


1 What stage name did the punk rocker Chris Miller adopt as drummer for The Damned?

2 Which quartet were tutored in martial arts by a rat called Splinter?

3 Who is the archenemy of Dangermouse?

4 What was the original name of Mickey Mouse?

5 Which cartoon character is described as, “the fastest mouse in all Mexico”?

6 What is the world’s largest rodent?

7 How were the 7th Armoured Brigade otherwise known?

8 In which 1999 film did Tom Hanks appear alongside a mouse called Mr Jangles?

9 What is the world’s smallest primate?

10 Which song contains the line, “There’s screaming and crying in the high rise blocks”?

11 Which animal falls asleep in a teapot in Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland?

12 Which long running stage play is set at Monkswell Manor?

13 Which is the only Shakespeare play with the name of an animal in the title?

14 In which 1959 film did the tiny duchy of Grand Fenwick declare war on the USA?

15 What is the name of the girlfriend of Mickey Mouse?


Answers

1 Rat Scabies

2 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

3 Baron Greenback

4 Mortimer Mouse

5 Speedy Gonzales

6 Capybara

7 The Desert Rats

8 The Green Mile

9 Mouse lemur

10 “Rat Trap” by The Boomtown Rats

11 Dormouse

12 The Mousetrap

13 The Taming of the Shrew

14 The Mouse That Roared

15 Minnie Mouse

 

Quiz 82

A river inquizition


1 Which Australian city stands on the River Yarra?

2 Which chart topping song features the line, “Lonely rivers flow to the sea”?

3 Britain’s highest waterfall is the Cauldron Snout. On which river does it stand?

4 Which of the Wombles was named after a South American river?

5 Which city has a name that translates into English as, River of January?

6 Which river was spanned by the bridge in the film A Bridge Too Far?

7 On which river does the city of Dublin stand?

8 Which company replaced Thames TV in 1993?

9 Which American Indian chief has a name that translates as, He makes rivers?

10 For which film did Billy Ocean record, “When the Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going”?

11 The rivers Rea, Tame and Cole all run through which British city?

12 What is the name of the 61-mile river that runs along the border of Cornwall and Devon?

13 Into which ocean does the Amazon empty?

14 What major city is found at the mouth of the River Nile?

15 Which 1957 film saw Alec Guinness marching to the tune of “The Colonel Bogey March”?


Answers

1 Melbourne

2 “Unchained Melody”

3 Tees

4 Orinoco

5 Rio de Janeiro

6 Rhine

7 Liffey

8 Carlton

9 Hiawatha

10 Jewel of the Nile

11 Birmingham

12 Tamar

13 Atlantic Ocean

14 Alexandria

15 Bridge on the River Kwai

 

Quiz 83

An author inquizition


1 The writer Geoffrey Chaucer lived entirely in which century?

2 Which author had the middle names of Ronald Reuel?

3 Who was portrayed by Anthony Hopkins in the film Shadowlands?

4 Which two authors enjoyed cameo appearances in the film Bridget Jones’s Diary?

5 Which statue stands in the capital of Denmark as a memorial to Hans Christian Andersen?

6 Who created the literary character of Quasimodo?

7 What connects the authors of the works Tom Jones and Bridget Jones’s Diary?

8 Name any year in which Daniel Defoe was alive.

9 What does the JK stand for in the name of JK Rowling?

10 Who created the fearsome character of Dr Hannibal Lecter?

11 Which literary hero is the most famous creation of Captain WE Johns?

12 In 2001, who penned the book Billy, a biography of the comedian Billy Connolly?

13 Who wrote her first book in 1954 and was played on film 47 years later by Judi Dench?

14 Under what name did Lord Tweedsmuir pen several novels?

15 Who created the mythical land of Shangri-La, in the novel Lost Horizon?


Answers

1 14th century

2 JRR Tolkien

3 CS Lewis

4 Jeffrey Archer and Salman Rushdie

5 The Little Mermaid

6 Victor Hugo

7 The name Fielding, Henry and Helen respectively

8 1660-1731

9 Joanne Kathleen

10 Thomas Harris

11 Biggles

12 Pamela Stephenson

13 Iris Murdoch

14 John Buchan

15 James Hilton

 

QUIZ 84

A BOND INQUIZITION

1 In which film did Desmond Llewelyn first play the role of Q?

2 Which Glaswegian played a Russian gangster in Goldeneye?

3 Who played the role of Paris Carver in Tomorrow Never Dies?

4 Shirley Bassey was the first woman to perform a Bond theme. Who was the second?

5 What was the title of the first James Bond novel?

6 Which Bond villain was portrayed by Joseph Wiseman?

7 Never Say Never Again was a remake of which earlier Bond film?

8 Which CIA agent has been played by several actors in Bond movies, including David Hedison?

9 In how many films did George Lazenby play James Bond?

10 Who did Janet Brown play in the film For Your Eyes Only?

11 In which decade were the majority of the Bond novels written?

12 Which film marked the screen debut of Roger Moore as 007?

13 What is the first name of Miss Moneypenny?

14 Which group performed the theme for A View to a Kill?

15 Which film ended with Bond cradling his murdered wife in his arms?


Answers

1 From Russia with Love

2 Robbie Coltrane

3 Teri Hatcher

4 Nancy Sinatra

5 Casino Royale

6 Dr No

7 Thunderball

8 Felix Leiter

9 One, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service

10 Margaret Thatcher

11 1950s

12 Live and Let Die

13 Penny

14 Duran Duran

15 On Her Majesty’s Secret Service

 

QUIZ 85

A GOLF INQUIZITION


1 In which 1996 film did Kevin Costner play a golf pro called Roy McAvoy?

2 Who captained the US Ryder Cup team in 1999?

3 Which golfer is nicknamed El Nino?

4 By what three word name is Westward Ho! golf course also known?

5 What CJ is awarded to the winner of the British Open?

6 Who was the only non-American golfer to win the US Open in the 1990s?

7 What is the name of the amateur counterpart of the Ryder Cup?

8 Which author once described the game of golf as, “A good walk spoiled”?

9 Which South African golfer acquired the nickname of, The Man In Black

10 In which state of the USA is the US Masters traditionally held?

11 In what decade was the Ryder Cup first contested?

12 What word follows golf in the phonetic alphabet?

13 What does the D stand for in the name of Arnold D Palmer?

14 What do the initials GUR signify with regard to a golf course?

15 What is the name of the 18th hole at St Andrew’s golf course?


Answers

1 Tin Cup

2 Ben Crenshaw

3 Sergio Garcia

4 Royal North Devon

5 Claret Jug

6 Ernie Els

7 Walker Cup

8 Mark Twain

9 Gary Player

10 Georgia

11 1920s

12 Hotel

13 Daniel

14 Ground under repair

15 The Valley of Sin

 

QUIZ 86

A TV INQUIZITION


1 Who played the role of Daisy Duke in The Dukes Of Hazzard?

2 Which TV presenter holds the title of Lord of Wigton?

3 Who, born August 7, 1960, became famous for playing a Fox on TV?

4 Who plays the role of Anthony Royle in The Royle Family?

5 Who, more famous for a long running film role, voiced the character of Atlanta in Stingray?

6 On TV who played the role of Edward Fitzgerald?

7 Who played DCI Roy Slater in Only Fools and Horses and went on to become an Oscar winner?

8 Which novel by James Clavell was adapted into a mini-series starring Richard Chamberlain?

9 Who connects the TV shows The Liver Birds and The District Nurse?

10 In the early days of Coronation Street, who played the role of Stanley Fairclough?

11 In which city was Starsky and Hutch set?

12 In what year did Channel 5 begin broadcasting on British TV?

13 Who joined the cast of Coronation Street in 2004, as the nephew of Mike Baldwin?

14 In which TV series did Noah Beery Jnr play the father of James Garner?

15 Which comedy show was introduced by the theme music, “The Liberty Bell March”?


Answers

1 Catherine Bach

2 Melvyn Bragg

3 David Duchovny, Fox Mulder in The X Files

4 Ralf Little

5 Lois Maxwell, famed for her role as Miss Moneypenny in the Bond movies

6 Robbie Coltrane in Cracker

7 Jim Broadbent

8 Shogun

9 Nerys Hughes

10 Peter Noone

11 Los Angeles

12 1997

13 Bradley Walsh

14 The Rockford Files

15 Monty Python’s Flying Circus

 

QUIZ 87

A MURDEROUS INQUIZITION


1 Who murdered George Cornell in a London public house called The Blind Beggar?

2 Which murder suspect has been played on TV by Toyah Wilcox, Jerry Hall and Koo Stark?

3 A murder is the collective noun for which bird?

4 Who stood trial and was acquitted of the murder of Ronald Goldman?

5 Which US President was assassinated by Charles Guiteau?

6 Who did Ramon Mercader kill with an ice pick in August 1940?

7 Who was assassinated by Muslim fundamentalists in Cairo in October 1981?

8 In which city was Thomas Beckett murdered?

9 The Duke of Clarence and Dr Thomas Cream were both suspected of being which serial killer?

10 Who was found guilty of the murder of Martin Luther King?

11 In which city was Martin Luther King assassinated?

12 Who committed the first murder on live TV in the USA?

13 Who directed the 1954 film Dial M for Murder?

14 In 2000 who was found guilty of the M25 murder?

15 Who wrote The Murders in the Rue Morgue?


Answers

1 Ronnie Kray

2 Miss Scarlet

3 Crow

4 OJ Simpson

5 James Garfield

6 Leon Trotsky

7 Anwar Sadat

8 Canterbury

9 Jack the Ripper

10 James Earl Ray

11 Memphis

12 Jack Ruby killing Lee Harvey Oswald

13 Alfred Hitchcock

14 Kenneth Noye

15 Edgar Allan Poe

 

QUIZ 88

A RUSSIAN INQUIZITION


1 Rosaviakosmos is the Russian counterpart of which US organisation?

2 In Moscow, what is known as “the city within a city”?

3 What is a samovar?

4 What is the name of the national airline of Russia?

5 Who sang the Bond theme for From Russia with Love?

6 Who described Russia as, “a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma”?

7 Which state did Russia sell to the USA in 1867?

8 What is the surname of the Russian author who had a park named in his honour in Moscow?

9 Which year of the 1980s witnessed a major nuclear leak in the town of Chernobyl?

10 According to Boney M who was “Russia’s greatest love machine”?

11 What is the chief ingredient of the Russian soup, solyanka?

12 Which Russian born tennis star won the Ladies Singles at Wimbledon in 2004?

13 In 1984, who succeeded Yuri Andropov as Soviet leader?

14 Which space station was launched by the Soviet Union in February 1986?

15 What name did Leningrad revert to in 1991?


Answers

1 NASA

2 The Kremlin

3 A Russian tea urn

4 Aeroflot

5 Matt Monro

6 Winston Churchill

7 Alaska

8 Gorky

9 1986

10 Rasputin

11 Cucumber

12 Maria Sharapova

13 Konstantin Chernenko

14 Mir

15 St Petersburg

 

QUIZ 89

A SONG INQUIZITION


1 In which film was Bill Murray woken up every morning by the song, “I Got You Babe”?

2 Which song was a chart topper for both Shakin’ Stevens and Rosemary Clooney?

3 What is the name of the pack leader in the song, “Leader of the Pack”?

4 Which jazz singer acquired the nickname of “The First Lady of Song”?

5 Which song opens with the line, “Picture yourself in a boat on a river”?

6 Which song ends with the line, “God speed your love to me”?

7 In the film The Full Monty to which song did the cast members dance in the dole queue?

8 Who recorded the album, Songs in the Key of Life?

9 Which number one hit has a French title that translates as, “Song of Love”?

10 Which song was a hit for The Hollies in 1974 and a hit for Simply Red in 1998?

11 The Wilhelmus is the title of the national anthem of which European nation?

12 Which duo wrote the song “You’ll Never Walk Alone”?

13 What was the best selling song in the world to be recorded by a woman in the 20th century?

14 The Elton John hit, “Philadelphia Freedom” was a tribute to which tennis star?

15 Which song character adores Jake the plumber?


Answers

1 Groundhog Day

2 “This Ole House”

3 Jimmy

4 Ella Fitzgerald

5 “Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds”

6 “Unchained Melody”

7 “Hot Stuff”

8 Stevie Wonder

9 “Chanson D’Amour”

10 “The Air That I Breathe”

11 Netherlands

12 Rodgers & Hammerstein

13 “I Will Always Love You” by Whitney Houston

14 Billie Jean King

15 Second Hand Rose

 

QUIZ 90

A BIRD INQUIZITION


1 Which singer, nicknamed The Little Sparrow, died in 1963 aged 48?

2 Who wrote the novel The Birds?

3 Who played the leading lady in the Hitchcock film adaptation of The Birds?

4 Bird was the nickname of which jazz legend?

5 In ten pin bowling what name is given to three successive strikes?

6 Collared, rock and stock are all varieties of which bird?

7 What bird does the adjective pavonine refer to?

8 Who directed the 1984 film Birdy?

9 Which island off the coast of Devon derives its name from the Norse word for puffin?

10 After which country is the largest species of goose named?

11 Which football club are nicknamed The Canaries?

12 Which news company was introduced to cinema audiences by a crowing rooster?

13 Who wrote the novel Swallows and Amazons?

14 What is the more common two-word term for horipitulation?

15 Which TV comedy series featured the time travelling character of Gary Sparrow?


Answers

1 Edith Piaf

2 Daphne du Maurier

3 Tippi Hedren

4 Charlie Parker

5 A turkey

6 Dove

7 Peacock

8 Alan Parker

9 Lundy

10 Canada

11 Norwich City

12 Pathe News

13 Arthur Ransome

14 Goose pimples

15 Goodnight Sweetheart

 

QUIZ 91

A WIZARD INQUIZITION


1 To which city did Dorothy Gale travel to meet the Wizard of Oz?

2 Who provided lead vocals for the glam rock group Wizzard?

3 Which wizard featured in the animated movie The Sword in the Stone?

4 Grand Imperial Wizard is the title bestowed upon the leader of which organisation?

5 Which footballer nicknamed The Wizard of Dribble, was the first footballer to be knighted?

6 Which rock opera features the song, “Pinball Wizard”?

7 Who acquired the nickname, The Wizard of Menlo Park?

8 Which dark wizard was portrayed by Christopher Lee in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy?

9 Which civil rights leader was nicknamed, The Wizard of Tuskegee?

10 Slytherin, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff. What is missing?

11 Which Shakespeare play features a wizard called Prospero?

12 Who wrote the novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz?

13 What sport is played by the Washington Wizards?

14 Which snooker star is nicknamed The Wizard from Wishaw?

15 According to the Harry Potter novels, in what year was Harry born?


Answers

1 The Emerald City

2 Roy Wood

3 Merlin

4 Ku Klux Klan

5 Sir Stanley Matthews

6 Tommy

7 Thomas Alva Edison

8 Saruman

9 Booker T Washington

10 Griffindor, houses at Hogwart’s

11 The Tempest

12 L Frank Baum

13 Basketball

14 John Higgins

15 1981

 

Quiz 92

A celebrity inquizition


1 Who received a CBE in 2003, under the name of Gordon Sumner?

2 Who was the subject of the 1999 book, Monica’s Story?

3 Brigitte Bardot, Catherine Deneuve and Jane Fonda all attended whose funeral in 2000?

4 In March 2001, Michael Jackson was the best man at whose wedding?

5 Which Hollywood movie star holds the title of Lady Haden-Guest?

6 Who was arrested at the Will Rogers Memorial Park on April 7, 1998?

7 Which villain has been played on TV by Frank Gorshin and on film by Jim Carrey?

8 Who penned the autobiography, The One Who Writes the Words for Elton John?

9 Who was the first Spice Girl to become a Spice mother?

10 Who won a Best Actress Oscar for her role in the film, Monster’s Ball?

11 What is Will short for with regard to the Hollywood superstar Will Smith?

12 In 2003, who appeared on Larry King’s chat show, touting 64 love letters from Princess Diana?

13 Which iconic movie star was once quoted as saying, “I used to be Snow White but I drifted”?

14 Who said, “If this is justice, I’m a banana” following a libel award against Private Eye magazine?

15 Who was the first man to feature on the cover of Playboy magazine?


Answers

1 Sting

2 Monica Lewinsky

3 Roger Vadim

4 Uri Geller

5 Jamie Lee Curtis

6 George Michael

7 The Riddler

8 Bernie Taupin

9 Mel B aka Scary Spice

10 Halle Berry

11 Willard

12 James Hewitt

13 Mae West

14 Ian Hislop

15 Peter Sellers

 

Quiz 93

An Olympic inquizition


1 Which nation competed in the Olympics in 1984, the first time it had entered since 1952?

2 In what year did Athens host the first modern Olympic Games?

3 How many Olympic Games of the 20th century were cancelled due to war?

4 In which city did Alan Wells win an Olympic gold medal for the Men’s 100m?

5 Which three cities beginning with A, hosted the Summer Olympics in the 20th century?

6 Which Swiss town is home to the International Olympic Museum?

7 Which city won the right to host the 2008 Summer Olympics?

8 On the Olympic flag, what colour of ring represents the continent of Europe?

9 Who won Britain’s first gold medal at the 2000 Sydney games?

10 Who was the first Welshman to win an Olympic track and field gold medal?

11 Which was the first Asian city to host the Summer Olympics?

12 In which Olympic sport do all the events take place over a straight course of 2000m?

13 In 1992, which nation won the first Olympic baseball gold medal?

14 At the 1976 Olympics, who was the only British athlete to win a medal in a track event?

15 The Winter Olympics, staged at Lillehammer, were held in which country?


Answers

1 China

2 1896

3 Three

4 Moscow

5 Antwerp, Amsterdam, Atlanta

6 Lausanne

7 Beijing

8 Blue

9 Jason Queally

10 Lynn Davies

11 Tokyo

12 Rowing

13 Cuba

14 Brendan Foster

15 Norway

 

QUIZ 94

A REPTILIAN INQUIZITION


1 Which singing trio, originally performed under the name of The Rattlesnakes?

2 What is the reptilian name of the most southerly point on the British mainland?

3 Who wrote the novel, The Plumed Serpent?

4 Which species of snake has varieties called rock, Indian, ball and reticulated?

5 What was the name of Sonny Crockett’s pet alligator in the TV cop show, Miami Vice?

6 In which 1970 film did Clint Eastwood share a rattlesnake meal with Shirley Maclaine?

7 Which rock star, nicknamed Slowhand, recorded the album Reptile?

8 Which London park is home to a lake known as The Serpentine?

9 Which song opens with, “I remember when rock was young, me and Suzie had so much fun”?

10 What is the favourite food of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?

11 Which ancient Egyptian was said to have committed suicide by “clasping an asp to her bosom”?

12 What H is the name given to the study of reptiles?

13 What is the world’s largest species of lizard?

14 If feline equates to cat, what adjective relates to snakes?

15 Which tennis star of yesteryear was nicknamed, The Crocodile?


Answers

1 The Bee Gees

2 Lizard Point

3 DH Lawrence

4 Python

5 Elvis

6 Two Mules for Sister Sara

7 Eric Clapton

8 Hyde Park

9 “Crocodile Rock” by Elton John

10 Pizza

11 Cleopatra

12 Herpetology

13 Komodo dragon

14 Anguine

15 Rene Lacoste

 

QUIZ 95

A SOUTH AMERICAN INQUIZITION


1 In which country was the Tupamaros guerrilla group founded?

2 Which South American city’s inhabitants are known as Portenos?

3 In which country is the source of the River Amazon located?

4 In the film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, in which country were the pair killed?

5 In which city was the first football World Cup final played in 1930?

6 Trinidad and Tobago lies off the coast of which country?

7 Which nation won soccer’s Copa Cup in 2004?

8 In which country did General Pinochet lead a military coup in 1973?

9 In which South American country was the singer Chris de Burgh born?

10 Which city is served by El Dorado International Airport?

11 Which South American football star was voted World Footballer of the Year in 2002?

12 Which South American country was named after a line of latitude?

13 In which city is the Interlagos Grand Prix circuit located?

14 What is the world’s highest capital city?

15 Which Brazilian driver was crowned Formula One world champion in 1985?


Answers

1 Uruguay

2 Buenos Aires

3 Peru

4 Bolivia

5 Montevideo

6 Venezuela

7 Brazil

8 Chile

9 Argentina

10 Bogotá

11 Ronaldo

12 Ecuador

13 Rio de Janeiro

14 La Paz

15 Nelson Piquet

 

Quiz 96

A yearly inquizition


1 The actors Walter Matthau and Alec Guinness both died in which year?

2 In what year was Michael Jackson “Bad” and Mel and Kim “ Respectable”?

3 In what year did Mike Tyson make a meal out of Evander Holyfield’s ear?

4 What year of the 20th century witnessed three British monarchs on the throne?

5 In which year was the Eiffel Tower opened to the public?

6 What year witnessed the marriage of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson?

7 The film, Chariots of Fire reached its conclusion in which Olympic year?

8 In what year was the pop star George Michael born?

9 Which year saw Mikhail Gorbachev receiving the Nobel Peace Prize?

10 In what year did Abba win The Eurovision Song Contest?

11 The Channel tunnel was officially opened in which year?

12 In which year was the Daily Star first published in Britain?

13 In what year did cordless telephones first go on sale in the UK?

14 In what year was Queen Elizabeth II born?

15 In what year did the sixpence cease to be legal tender in the UK?


Answers

1 2000

2 1987

3 1997

4 1936

5 1889

6 1986

7 1924

8 1963

9 1990

10 1974

11 1994

12 1978

13 1983

14 1926

15 1980

 

Quiz 97

an operatic inquizition


1 What is the home city of Rossini’s operatic barber?

2 Which opera heroine worked as a cigarette factory employee?

3 Who composed the opera, The Flying Dutchman?

4 The Witches Curse is the alternative title of which Gilbert & Sullivan operetta?

5 What is the alternative Italian title of Verdi’s opera The Fallen Woman?

6 What is the occupation of the lead character in the opera, Peter Grimes?

7 What is the former name of The English National Opera?

8 What is the title of Beethoven’s only opera?

9 What is the singular of the word opera?

10 In which British county was the Verdi opera Falstaff set?

11 What L word is the name given to the text of an opera?

12 Which opera features the song, “Nessum Dorma”?

13 In which Italian city was the world’s first public opera house opened?

14 Which singer, born Gerry Dorsey took his stage name from the composer of Hansel And Gretel?

15 The song, “Bohemian Rhapsody” first featured on which album by the pop group Queen?


Answers

1 Seville

2 Carmen

3 Richard Wagner

4 Ruddigore

5 La Traviata

6 Fisherman

7 Sadler’s Wells

8 Fidelio

9 Opus

10 Berkshire

11 Libretto

12 Turandot

13 Venice

14 Englebert Humperdinck

15 A Night at the Opera

 

QUIZ 98

A POETIC INQUIZITION


1 Who did Andrew Motion succeed as Poet Laureate?

2 Who penned the poem, The Pied Piper of Hamelin?

3 Which singer had a 60s chart topper with the song, “Poetry In Motion”?

4 Name any year in which the Scottish poet Robert Burns was alive?

5 Name the two Poet Laureates that had the initials WW.

6 According to the poet Milton what P was the capital of hell?

7 Which poem opens with the line, “Twas the night before Christmas”?

8 Who wrote the poem, Locksley Hall?

9 Who was the first person to be buried in Poet’s Corner?

10 Which expression for a devoted couple originated from a 1735 poem?

11 What did Lewis Carroll describe in a poem as having, “jaws that bite, the claws that catch”?

12 Which bird proclaimed, “Nevermore” in a poem by Edgar Allan Poe?

13 What is the name of TS Eliot’s railway cat?

14 How many lines are there in a sonnet?

15 Which poem by Rupert Brooke opens with the line, “If I should die, think only this of me”?


Answers

1 Ted Hughes

2 Robert Browning

3 Johnny Tillotson

4 1759-1796

5 William Wordsworth and William Whitehead

6 Pandemonium

7 A Visit from St Nicholas

8 Alfred Lord Tennyson

9 Geoffrey Chaucer

10 Darby & Joan

11 Jabberwocky

12 The raven

13 Shimbleshanks

14 Fourteen

15 The Soldier

 

QUIZ 99

AN AUSTRALIAN INQUIZITION

1 In which city is the headquarters of Carlton & United Brewery, the makers of Fosters lager?

2 Which actress played the role of Muriel in the hit Australian movie, Muriel’s Wedding?

3 What was originally called Stingray Harbour when it was discovered in 1770?

4 Ayer’s Rock is a landmark in which Australian state?

5 Hairy nosed and Queensland are both varieties of which animal?

6 What is the capital of Tasmania?

7 Which airline sports a kangaroo emblem on the tails of its aircraft?

8 Which pop group topped the UK singles charts in 1983 with the song, “Down Under”?

9 What is the title of Australia’s national anthem?

10 Who played the role of Beth Willis in Neighbours, prior to launching a successful pop career?

11 What sport is played by the Adelaide Power?

12 Which Australian born actor played James Bond in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service?

13 Which famous Australian landmark is nicknamed, The Coat Hanger?

14 What is Australia’s longest river?

15 The Kookaburras is the name of Australia’s national team in which sport?


Answers

1 Melbourne

2 Toni Collette

3 Botany Bay

4 Northern Territory

5 Wombat

6 Hobart

7 QANTAS

8 Men At Work

9 “Advance Australia Fair”

10 Natalie Imbruglia

11 Australian Rules football

12 George Lazenby

13 Sydney Harbour Bridge

14 The River Murray

15 Field hockey

 

Quiz 100

A Christmas inquizition


1 Who wrote the book, The Grinch That Stole Christmas?

2 In which language does, “God Jul” mean merry Christmas?

3 Which Eastenders character died on Christmas Day 2002?

4 What is the name of The Simpsons pet dog?

5 What is the name of the horse in the festive song, “Jingle Bells”?

6 The song, “White Christmas” first featured in which film?

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

8 In which film did Dudley Moore play an elf called Patch?

9 Which Dickens novel recounts a Christmas party at Dingley Dell?

10 Which monarch was crowned in Westminster Abbey on Christmas Day, 1066?

11 Which author penned The Father Christmas Letters?

12 In which 1984 film did the character of Zack receive a mogwai for Christmas?

13 In the song, “The Twelve Days of Christmas”, what is symbolised by three French hens?

14 Which world leader resigned on Christmas Day 1991?

15 Which novel opens with the line, “Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without any presents”?


Answers

1 Dr Seuss

2 Swedish

3 Jamie Mitchell

4 Santa’s Little Helper

5 Bobtail

6 Holiday Inn

7 Eight maids a milking

8 Santa Claus: The Movie

9 The Pickwick Papers

10 William the Conqueror

11 JRR Tolkien

12 Gremlins

13 Faith, Hope and Charity

14 Mikhail Gorbachev

15 Little Women