Speed Quizzes Set 2
Jungle Book Beasts
What type of animals are the following in The
Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling?
1 Bagheera
2 Kaa
3 Akela
4 Colonel Hathi
5 Rikki Tikki Tavi
6 Baloo
7 Tabaqui
8 Shere Khan
9 Mang
10 Ikki
It Takes Two
Identify the famous duos from their first
names, last names or real names
1 Hodges and Peacock
2 Dr Evande and Dame Hilda
3 Kenneth Carson and Barbara Millicent Roberts
4 Cyril Mead and Edward McGuinness
5 Detective Superintendent Andrew and Detective Sergeant Peter
6 McPartlin and Donnelly
7 Thomas Derbyshire and Robert Harper
8 Albert and Harold
9 Leonowens and Mong Kut
10 Clayton and Porter
It’s Only Words
What languages do the following words derive
from?
1 Lager
2 Sauna
3 Bistro
4 Barbecue
5 Howitzer
6 Kiosk
7 Balcony
8 Acrobat
9 Slalom
10 Ombudsman
Answers to Jungle Book Beasts
1 Panther
2 Python
3 Wolf
4 Elephant
5 Mongoose
6 Bear
7 Jackal
8 Tiger
9 Bat
10 Porcupine
Answers to Duos
1 Chas and Dave
2 Hinge and Brackett
3 Ken and Barbie
4 Little and Large
5 Dalziel and Pascoe
6 Ant and Dec
7 Cannon and Ball
8 Steptoe and Son
9 Anna and the King of Siam ie The King and I
10 Tarzan and Jane
Answers to It’s Only Words
1 German
2 Finnish
3 Russian
4 Spanish
5 Czech
6 Turkish
7 Italian
8 French
9 Norwegian
10 Swedish
The Post Code Pack
Identify the British towns/cities from their
post codes
1 DD
2 S
3 WF
4 CA
5 SA
6 GL
7 LL
8 CM
9 LA
10 PH
Science Fact
After whom were the following units of
measurement named?
1 Watt
2 Newton
3 Farad
4 Becquerel
5 Bel
6 Tesla
7 Richter scale
8 Pascal
9 Celsius
10 Volt
Read All About It
In which cities are the following newspapers
published?
1 West Australian
2 Jornal de Brazil
3 Middle East Times
4 Le Figaro
5 Bild Zeitung
6 Dagbladet Politiken
7 Irish Times
8 New Zealand Herald
9 Oregonian
10 The Guardian
Answers to Post Codes
1 Dundee
2 Sheffield
3 Wakefield
4 Carlisle
5 Swansea
6 Gloucester
7 Llandudno
8 Chelmsford
9 Lancaster
10 Perth
Answers to Science Fact
1 James Watt
2 Isaac Newton
3 Michael Faraday
4 Henri Becquerel
5 Alexander Graham Bell
6 Nicola Tesla
7 Charles Richter
8 Blaise Pascal
9 Anders Celsius
10 Alessandro Volta
Answers to Read All About It
1 Perth
2 Rio de Janeiro
3 Cairo
4 Paris
5 Hamburg
6 Copenhagen
7 Dublin
8 Auckland
9 Portland
10 Manchester
A Trivia Collection
What are collected by the following?
1 Bibliophile
2 Lepidopterist
3 Numismatist
4 Philatelist
5 Conchologist
6 Phillumenist
7 Fromologist
8 Deltiologist
9 Cartophilist
10 Digitabulist
A Sweet Tooth
Which items of confectionary are associated
with the following advertising slogans?
1 Have a break, have a …
2 Do you love anyone enough to give them your last…
3 Wot a lot I got
4 A taste of paradise
5 Too good to hurry mints
6 The longer lasting snack
7 A glass and a half of milk in every half pound
8 And all because the lady loves…
9 The lighter way to enjoy chocolate
10 Full of Eastern promise
A Round of Drinks
Which alcoholic drinks are associated with
the following advertising slogans?
1 Probably the best lager in the world
2 The cream of Manchester
3 Reassuringly expensive
4 Works wonders
5 Time for a sharp exit
6 You do the football we’ll do the beer
7 Good things come to those who wait
8 Follow the bear
9 I bet he drinks…
10 What a refreshing change
Answers to Collectors
1 Books
2 Butterflies/ moths
3 Coins/medals
4 Stamps
5 Sea shells
6 Matchbox labels
7 Cheese labels
8 Postcards
9 Cigarette cards
10 Thimbles
Answers to A Sweet Tooth
1 Kit Kat
2 Rolo
3 Smarties
4 Bounty
5 Murray Mints
6 Twix
7 Cadbury’s Dairy Milk
8 Milk Tray
9 Maltesers
10 Turkish Delight
Answers to A Round of Drinks
1 Carlsberg
2 Boddingtons
3 Stella Artois
4 Double Diamond
5 Harp
6 Budweiser
7 Guinness
8 Hofmeister
9 Carling Black Label
10 Woodpecker cider
Inventor, Inventor
Who gave their names to the following inventions?
1 Geiger counter
2 Rubik’s Cube
3 Braille alphabet
4 Morse code
5 Biro pen
6 Zeppelin
7 Bunsen burner
8 Diesel engine
9 Davy safety lamp
10 Colt revolver
Pop Stars on TV
Which pop stars played the following on TV?
1 Pauline Mole in The Secret Diary of Adrian
Mole
2 Leather Tuscadero in Happy Days
3 Ciaran McCarthy in Coronation Street
4 Stan Potter in Coronation Street
5 Caitlin Davies in Miami Vice
6 Phil Mayhew in Miami Vice
7 Victor Morrison in Ally McBeal
8 Cleo Hewitt in Fame
9 Troy Phillips in Fame
10 Francis De Graumont in The Equaliser
And the Winner Is
Identify the Nobel Peace Prize winners from
their initials and years given
1 TR in 1906
2 WW in 1919
3 MLK in 1964
4 WB in 1971
5 HK in 1973
6 MT in 1979
7 LW in 1983
8 MG in 1990
9 DT and JH in 1998
10 JC in 2002
Answers to Inventors
1 Hans Geiger
2 Erno Rubik
3 Louis Braille
4 Samuel Morse
5 Laszlo Biro
6 Ferdinand von Zeppelin
7 Robert Bunsen
8 Rudolf Diesel
9 Humphry Davy
10 Samuel Colt
Answers to Pop Stars on TV
1 Lulu
2 Suzi Quatro
3 Keith Duffy
4 Noddy Holder
5 Sheena Easton
6 Phil Collins
7 Jon Bon Jovi
8 Janet Jackson
9 Jimmy Osmond
10 Adam Ant
Answers to Noble Peace Prize Winners
1 Theodore Roosevelt
2 Woodrow Wilson
3 Martin Luther King
4 Willy Brandt
5 Henry Kissinger
6 Mother Teresa
7 Lech Walesa
8 Mikhail Gorbachev
9 David Trimble and John Hume
10 Jimmy Carter