Speed Quizzes Set One
Art Attack
The answers to the next 10 questions all
contain the letters ART in that order
1 What was legal tender in the UK for the
last time on December 31, 1960?
2 Who backed Joan Jett on the song I Love Rock and Roll?
3 What word is defined as a raised parapet acting as a fortification?
4 Who created Simon Templar?
5 What is formed by the enlargement of vascular papillae?
6 Who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002?
7 Which company bought out ASDA in 1999?
8 What is the administrative capital of the Greek region of Laconia?
9 Who won the women’s singles at Wimbledon in 1994?
10 In which 60s TV comedy show did Don Adams play Agent 86?
Respect to the Elders
Who is the elder of each of the following
pairs?
1 Robson or Jerome
2 Victoria Wood or Julie Walters
3 Tony Blair or Cherie Blair
4 Dawn French or Jennifer Saunders
5 Emilio Estevez or Charlie Sheen
6 George Bush Jnr or Dick Cheney
7 Tommy Cannon or Bobby Ball
8 Donny Osmond or Marie Osmond
9 Mike Tyson or Lennox Lewis
10 Elton John or Bernie Taupin
The State of Things
In which states of the USA are the following
located?
1 Pearl Harbor
2 Mormon Tabernacle
3 The Alamo
4 San Francisco Bay
5 Sears Tower
6 Everglades
7 Arlington National Cemetery
8 Buffalo Bill Dam
9 Fort Knox
10 Camp David
Answers to ART Attack
1 Farthing
2 Blackhearts
3 Rampart
4 Leslie Charteris
5 Wart
6 Jimmy Carter
7 Wal –Mart
8 Sparta
9 Conchita Martinez
10 Get Smart
Answers to Elders
1 Jerome (born 1963) - Robson born 1964
2 Walters (1950) - Wood (1953)
3 Tony B (1953) – Cherie (1954)
4 Dawn F (1957) – Saunders (1958)
5 Emilio E (1962) - Charlie Sheen (1965)
6 Cheney (1941) – Bush Jnr (1946)
7 Cannon (1938) - Ball (1944)
8 Donny (1957) - Marie (1959)
9 Lewis (1965) - Tyson (1966)
10 Elton (1947) – Taupin (1950)
Answers to State of Things
1 Hawaii
2 Utah
3 Texas
4 California
5 Illinois
6 Florida
7 Virginia
8 Wyoming
9 Kentucky
10 Maryland
Sequences
What comes next in the following lists?
1 Philosopher’s Stone, Chamber of Secrets,
Prisoner of Azkaban
2 Hoover, Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower
3 Microwave, infra red, ultra violet
4 Papillon, Red Marauder, Bindaree
5 Baron, Viscount, Earl, Marquess
6 Taurus, Gemini, Cancer
7 Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana
8 Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Rooster
9 Jumada, Rajab, Shaaban
10 Please Please Me, With the Beatles, A Hard Day’s Night, Beatles for Sale,
Help
The State of Things
Which state of the USA was named after…?
1 A British Quaker
2 The Spanish for “arid zone”
3 A French King who reigned from 1638-1715
4 Elizabeth I
5 The Spanish for mountain
6 The French for “green mountain”
7 A Channel Island
8 The wife of Charles I
9 An English county, home to Winchester
10 The King of Britain who reigned from 1683-1760
Episode Enigmas
Identify the TV shows from a title of one of
their episodes
1 The Trouble with Tribbles
2 Basil the Rat
3 The Secret Birthday of Norman Clegg
4 Is That Your Horse Outside?
5 Kicking Bishop Brennan Up the Arse
6 The Battle of Godfrey’s Cottage
7 No Sex Please We’re Brickies
8 The One Where Rachel Finds Out
9 The Mutiny of the Punka Wallahs
10 Goodbye Farewell and Amen
Answers to Sequences
1 Goblet of Fire
2 Kennedy
3 X Ray (in the electromagnetic spectrum)
4 Monty’s Pass (chronological list of Grand National winners)
5 Duke
6 Leo
7 Maine (alphabetical list of US states)
8 Dog (Chinese calendar)
9 Ramadan (months of the Muslim calendar)
10 Rubber Soul (Chronological list of Beatles albums)
Answers to US States
1 Pennsylvania after William Penn
2 Arizona
3 Louisiana after Louis XIV
4 Virginia from the Virgin Queen
5 Montana
6 Vermont
7 New Jersey
8 Maryland
9 New Hampshire
10 Georgia after George II
Answers to TV Episodes
1 Star Trek
2 Fawlty Towers
3 Last of the Summer Wine
4 Steptoe and Son
5 Father Ted
6 Dad’s Army
7 Auf Wiedersehen Pet
8 Friends
9 It Ain’t Half Hot Mum
10 MASH (The very last episode)
Days Like These
Identify the songs from their lyrics- Each
song has a day of the week in the title
1 The telex machine is kept so clean
2 I’m gonna pick my baby up and take her to the picture show
3 She can’t catch up with the working crowd
4 Blame it on the train but the boss is already there
5 Tonight I spend my bread, tonight I lose my head
6 She would never say where she came from
7 I’m a juvenile product of the working class, whose best friend floats in the
bottom of a glass
8 Every other day of the week is fine
9 Bodies strewn across the dead end street
10 I don’t care if Monday’s black, Tuesday Wednesday heart attack
Fictional Felines
Who created the following literary cats?
1 The Cheshire Cat
2 The Cat in the Hat
3 Aslan the Lion
4 Bagheera
5 Tabitha Twitchit
6 Mr Mistoffelees
7 Tigger
8 The Owl and the Pussycat
9 Crookshanks
10 The Cowardly Lion
Supermacs
Identify the famous people from the clues
given- Each has a surname starting with Mc/Mac
1 Actress wife of the actor Bill Travers
2 He composed the film theme for Roger Moore’s debut as 007
3 Married to Jill Ireland from 1957- 1967
4 He penned the autobiography Serious
5 Played the role of Trampas in the TV western The Virginian
6 US Senator that died in 1957- famed for his persecution of alleged Communists
in the 1950s
7 She is nicknamed The Body
8 US General famed for the quote, “I shall return”
9 Actor that died in 1998, famed for his recurring role as a talking chimpanzee
10 Author of the novel The Guns of Navarone
Answers to Days Like These
1 I Don’t Like Mondays
2 Saturday Night at the Movies
3 Sunday Girl
4 Manic Monday
5 Friday on my Mind
6 Ruby Tuesday
7 Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting
8 Monday Monday
9 Sunday Bloody Sunday
10 Friday I’m in Love
Answers to Fictional Felines
1 Lewis Carroll
2 Dr Seuss
3 CS Lewis
4 Rudyard Kipling
5 Beatrix Potter
6 TS Eliot
7 AA Milne
8 Edward Lear
9 JK Rowling
10 L Frank Baum
Answers to Supermacs
1 Virginia McKenna
2 Paul McCartney
3 David McCallum
4 John McEnroe
5 Doug McClure
6 Joseph McCarthy
7 Elle Macpherson
8 Douglas MacArthur
9 Roddy McDowall
10 Alistair MacLean
A Floral Tribute
Which “flowery” songs were hits for the following?
1 The Move in 1967
2 Neil Diamond and Barbra Streisand in 1978
3 The Foundations in 1968
4 The Dooleys in 1978
5 Terry Wogan in 1978
6 Vince Hill in 1967
7 Marie Osmond in 1973
8 Mitch Miller in 1955
9 The Scaffold in 1968
10 Travis in 2002
Who penned the following novels?
1 The Camomile Lawn
2 The Thorn Birds
3 The Wind in the Willows
4 Sweet William
5 The Secret Garden
6 Cider with Rosie
7 The Name of the Rose
8 The Day of the Triffids
9 The Darling Buds of May
10 Princess Daisy
Say it with Flowers
The answers to the next ten questions all
contain the name of a flower (full answers required)
1 Which character is nicknamed the Birkenhead
Bombshell?
2 Who does Billie Piper play in Dr Who (full name)?
3 Who did Paul McCartney introduce as his new girlfriend in 2000?
4 Which product has been advertised with the slogan Milk from Contented Cows?
5 Who is synonymous with the role of Ena Sharples?
6 Which Indian princess was rescued by Peter Pan?
7 Which female sitcom character lived on Blossom Avenue?
8 Which horse won the Cheltenham Gold Cup in 1989?
9 Who is the Greek goddess of the rainbow?
10 Which dance troupe was founded by Margaret Kelly?
Answers to Flowery Songs
1 Flowers in the Rain
2 You Don’t Bring Me Flowers
3 Build Me Up Buttercup
4 A Rose Has to Die
5 The Floral Dance
6 Edelweiss
7 Paper Roses
8 Yellow Rose of Texas
9 Lily the Pink
10 Flowers in the Wind
Answers to Novels
1 Mary Wesley
2 Colleen McCullough
3 Kenneth Grahame
4 Beryl Bainbridge
5 Frances Hodgson Burnett
6 Laurie Lee
7 Umberto Eco
8 John Wyndham
9 HE Bates
10 Judith Krantz
Answers to Say it with Flowers
1 Lily Savage
2 Rose Tyler
3 Heather Mills
4 Carnation
5 Violet Carson
6 Tiger Lily
7 Hyacinth Bucket
8 Desert Orchid
9 Iris
10 The Bluebell Girls