Speed Rounds 1
Rocking All Over the World
Identify the songs from a line of their
lyrics
1 From Soho down to Brighton
2 Not for all the tea in China or the corn in Carolina
3 Take a look up the rail track from Miami to Canada
4 Tell all the folks in Russia and China too
5 Jojo left his home in Tucson Arizona
6 LA proved too much for the man
7 I dig a French bikini on Hawaii Island
8 I’ve been meaning to phone you but from Minnesota
9 When I called you last night from Glasgow
10 He had a woman who lived in Saigon
Football Crazy
Identify the football teams that won the
European Champions Cup from the given years and their nationality
1 Dutch in 1970
2 Spanish in 1966
3 Italian in 1963
4 Portuguese in 1961
5 English in 1982
6 English in 1999
7 Romanian in 1986
8 Italian in 1996
9 German in 2001
10 Dutch in 1988
Keeping Up with the Jones’s
Identify the singers with the surname of
Jones that had hits with the following songs
1 Walking in the Air in 1985
2 What is Love in 1983
3 Pull Up to the Bumper in 1981
4 Good Timin’ in 1960
5 Help Yourself in 1968
6 Don’t Know Why in 2002
7 Chuck E’s In Love in 1979
8 Ai No Corrida in 1981
9 High Time in 1966
10 The Rain in 1986
Answers to Rocking All Over the World
1 Pinball Wizard
2 The Land of Make Believe
3 Letter From America
4 Love Train
5 Get Back
6 Midnight Train to Georgia
7 California Girls
8 You Wear It Well
9 Super Trouper
10 Born In the USA
Answers to European Champions
1 Feyenoord
2 Real Madrid
3 AC Milan
4 Benfica
5 Aston Villa
6 Manchester Utd
7 Steaua Bucharest
8 Juventus
9 Bayern Munich
10 PSV Eindhoven
Answers to Jones
1 Aled Jones
2 Howard Jones
3 Grace Jones
4 Jimmy Jones
5 Tom Jones
6 Norah Jones
7 Rickie Lee Jones
8 Quincy Jones
9 Paul Jones
10 Oran Juice Jones
Eurovision
Identify the Eurovision winning songs from
the lyrics provided
1 I’ve been praying such a long time
2 Light up the magic for every boy and girl
3 Trust your inner vision don’t let others change your mind
4 Your smile is so warm and inviting
5 The history book on the shelf is always repeating itself
6 Just like a bird that can no longer fly
7 But I count the seconds till I’m home with you
8 Wishing wells, wedding bells, early morning dew
9 Lost are the lambs with no guiding light
10 Love is just like a merry-go-round
Creature Comforts
Which animals have the following nicknames?
1 Washing bear
2 Ship of the desert
3 Pricklepig
4 Laughing jackass
5 Honey bear
6 Goony bird
7 Mother Carey’s chicken
8 Skunk bear
9 Sun fish
10 Giant bear cat
Going Underground
Which station on the London underground
shares its name with…
1 A children’s TV series set in a school
2 A hit record for Gerry Rafferty
3 A Mediterranean island
4 A female pop group
5 A cricket stadium
6 A tree with a six letter name
7 A premiership football club
8 A car manufacturer
9 A religious building
10 A Eurovision winning song
Answers to Eurovision lyrics
1 What’s Another Year
2 Love Shine a Light
3 Making Your Mind Up
4 Boom Bang a Bang
5 Waterloo
6 A Little Peace
7 Save Your Kisses for Me
8 All Kinds of Everything
9 Hard Rock Hallelujah
10 Puppet On a String
Answers to Animal Nicknames
1 Raccoon
2 Camel
3 Porcupine
4 Kookaburra
5 Sloth
6 Albatross
7 Storm petrel
8 Wolverine
9 Basking shark
10 Panda
Answers to Going Underground
1 Grange Hill
2 Baker Street
3 Cyprus
4 All Saints
5 Oval
6 Poplar
7 Arsenal
8 Vauxhall
9 Temple
10 Waterloo
The State of Things
Which American state capital shares its name
with…
1 A mythical bird
2 The home town on the Simpsons
3 A seafarer who sailed on the Santa Maria
4 A hit record for Middle of the Road
5 The French version of Peter
6 The rock band that had a hit with More than a Feeling
7 The surname of a singer who perished in a plane crash in 1997
8 An English seafarer associated with potatoes
9 A dance
10 An American Indian tribe
Four letter S Words
The answers to the next ten questions are all
four letter words beginning with S
1 What is the surname of the character played by Harrison Ford in the Star Wars films?
2 What does a pedologist study?
3 What is the real first name of Puff Daddy?
4 What name is given to the hoof print of a deer?
5 In December 1962 news headlines claimed that what had caused the deaths of 28 Londoners?
6 Which part of the body is affected by psoriasis?
7 In the bible what was Lot’s wife turned into?
8 What is the name of the owl in the children’s TV series The Herbs?
9 Which disease affecting crops blackens the ears of corn?
10 What title was given to a king in Persia?
Quite Capital
Of which countries were the following former
capital cities?
1 Toledo
2 Turku
3 Alexandria
4 Entebbe
5 Kaunas
6 Gondar
7 Quezon City
8 Agra
9 Krakow
10 St George
Answers to the State of Things
1 Phoenix
2 Springfield
3 Columbus
4 Sacramento
5 Pierre
6 Boston
7 Denver
8 Raleigh
9 Charleston
10 Cheyenne
Answers to Four Letter S Words
1 Solo
2 Soil
3 Sean
4 Slot
5 Smog
6 Skin
7 Salt
8 Sage
9 Smut
10 Shah
Answers to Former Capitals
1 Spain
2 Finland
3 Egypt
4 Uganda
5 Lithuania
6 Ethiopia
7 Philippines
8 India
9 Poland
10 Bermuda
Mountain Mayhem
In which countries are the following
mountains located?
1 Mount Etna
2 Adams Peak
3 Eiger
4 Tambora
5 K2
6 Sugar Loaf Mountain
7 Cristobal Colon
8 Athos
9 Ararat
10 Juliana
Connecting Years
Which year connects the deaths of the
following famous pairs?
1 Phil Lynott and James Cagney
2 Robert Maxwell and Dr Seuss
3 Richard Beckinsale and Sid Vicious
4 Stanley Matthews and Barbara Cartland
5 John Thaw and Spike Milligan
6 Dwight D Eisenhower and Judy Garland
7 Agatha Christie and Syd James
8 Peter Ustinov and Ray Charles
9 Lou Costello and Errol Flynn
10 Jack Wild and Peter Osgood
Connecting Years
Which year connects the births of the
following famous pairs?
1 Princess Eugenie and Emma Watson
2 Drew Barrymore and David Beckham
3 Elijah Wood and Paris Hilton
4 Didier Drogba and Rachel Stevens
5 Mark Lamar and Pamela Anderson
6 Ben Affleck and Cameron Diaz
7 Joss Stone and Maria Sharapova
8 Ruby Wax and Tony Blair
9 Stefan Edberg and Eric Cantona
10 Jensen Button and Chelsea Clinton
Answers to Mountains
1 Italy
2 Sri Lanka
3 Switzerland
4 Indonesia
5 Pakistan
6 Brazil
7 Colombia
8 Greece
9 Turkey
10 Suriname
Answers to Death years
1 1986
2 1991
3 1979
4 2000
5 2002
6 1969
7 1976
8 2004
9 1959
10 2006
Answers to Birth years
1 1990
2 1975
3 1981
4 1978
5 1967
6 1972
7 1987
8 1953
9 1966
10 1980