Speed Quizzes Set 3
What's in a Boy's Name?
From the initial letters given identify the
top 10 names for baby boys in the UK in 2005
1 J
2 J
3 T
4 J
5 O
6 D
7 S
8 W
9 H
10 J
What’s in a Girl’s Name?
From the initial letters given identify the top 10
names for baby girls in the UK in 2005
1 J
2 E
3 S
4 O
5 C
6 E
7 G
8 L
9 C
10 K
Go Ahead Make My Day
Who played the leading lady opposite Clint
Eastwood in the following films?
1 In the Line of Fire
2 The Enforcer
3 The Gauntlet
4 Bridges of Madison County
5 Million Dollar Baby
6 A Perfect World
7 Tightrope
8 Paint Your Wagon
9 Two Mules for Sister Sara
10 Play Misty for Me
Answers to Boy’s Names
1 Jack
2 Joshua
3 Thomas
4 James
5 Oliver
6 Daniel
7 Samuel
8 William
9 Harry
10 Joseph
Answers to Girl’s Names
1 Jessica
2 Emily
3 Sophie
4 Olivia
5 Chloe
6 Ellie
7 Grace
8 Lucy
9 Charlotte
10 Katie
Answers to Clint’s Leading Ladies
1 Rene Russo
2 Tyne Daly
3 Sondra Locke
4 Meryl Streep
5 Hillary Swank
6 Laura Dern
7 Genevieve Bujold
8 Jean Seberg
9 Shirley Maclaine
10 Jessica Walter
Legends
Identify the pop stars from their initials. They were the first ten inductees
into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
1 CB
2 JB
3 RC
4 SC
5 FD
6 The EB
7 BH
8 JLL
9 LR
10 EP
Saints Alive
Identify the patron saints of the following
from their initial letters
1 St A, the patron saint of Milan
2 St G, the patron saint of Edinburgh
3 St S, the patron saint of Rio de Janeiro
4 St C, the patron saint of Alexandria
5 St P, the patron saint of London
6 St C, the patron saint of Durham
7 St M, the patron saint of Glasgow
8 St B, the patron saint of Moscow
9 St A, the patron saint of Lisbon
10 St B, the patron saint of Lourdes
C is for Coronation Street
Identify the actors/actresses who played the
following characters. All 10 have a surname beginning with C
1 Ena Sharples
2 Tommy Harris
3 Jackie Dobbs
4 Richard Hillman
5 Liz McDonald
6 Steve McDonald
7 Martha Longhurst
8 Linda Baldwin
9 Victor Pendlebury
10 Jed Stone
Answers to Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
1 Chuck Berry
2 James Brown
3 Ray Charles
4 Sam Cooke
5 Fats Domino
6 The Everly Brothers
7 Buddy Holly
8 Jerry Lee Lewis
9 Little Richard
10 Elvis Presley
Answers to Patron Saints
1 Ambrose
2 Giles
3 Sebastian
4 Cyril
5 Paul
6 Cuthbert
7 Mungo
8 Boris
9 Anthony
10 Bernadette
Answers to Coronation Street
1 Violet Carson
2 Thomas Craig
3 Margi Clarke
4 Brian Capron
5 Beverley Callard
6 Nicholas Cochrane
7 Lynne Carol
8 Jacqueline Chadwick
9 Christopher Coll
10 Kenneth Cope
What’s in a Surname?
What are the surnames of the following pop
stars all known by one word names?
1 Tiffany
2 Usher
3 Dion
4 Prince
5 Sade
6 Bez
7 Mya
8 Eminem
9 Bjork
10 Anastacia
What’s in a Surname Two?
What are the surnames of the following
entertainment duos?
1 Peter & Gordon
2 Serge & Jane
3 Evande & Hilda
4 Richard & Karen
5 Stan & Ollie
6 Daryl & John
7 Fred & Ginger
8 Paul & Art
9 Mary Kate & Ashley
10 Susannah & Trinny
University Degrees
In which countries are the following
universities found?
1 Guru Nanak University
2 Charles Darwin University
3 Brigham Young University
4 Heriot-Watt University
5 Johannes Gutenberg University
6 Ben Gurion University
7 King Faisal University
8 John Moores University
9 Marie Curie Skoldowski University
10 St Francis Xavier University
Answers to Surnames
1 Darwish
2 Raymond
3 DiMucci
4 Nelson
5 Adu
6 Berry
7 Harrison
8 Mathers
9 Gudmundsdottir
10 Newkirk
Answers to Duo Surnames
1 Asher & Waller
2 Gainsbourg & Birkin
3 Hinge & Brackett
4 Carpenter
5 Laurel & Hardy
6 Hall & Oates
7 Astaire & Rogers
8 Simon & Garfunkel
9 Olsen (twins)
10 Constantine & Woodall
Answers to Universities
1 India
2 Australia
3 USA
4 Scotland
5 Germany
6 Israel
7 Saudi Arabia
8 England
9 Poland
10 Canada
Island Info
Which novels/TV shows/films featured the
following fictional islands?
1 Lilliput
2 Craggy Island
3 Amity Island
4 Great Todday & Little Todday
5 Isle of Namboombu
6 Isle of Sodor
7 Skull Island
8 Crab Key
9 Galma
10 Tabor Island
Lets Hear It for the Girls
Who played the leading lady of the following
actors in the given films?
1 Denzel Washington in The Pelican Brief
2 Paul Newman in Absence of Malice
3 Humphrey Bogart in The African Queen
4 Jim Carrey in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
5 Hugh Grant in Two Weeks Notice
6 Tom Cruise in A Few Good Men
7 John Travolta in Primary Colors
8 Leonardo Di Caprio in Gangs of New York
9 Jack Nicholson in Something’s Gotta Give
10 Michael Douglas in Basic Instinct
Initial Cities
Identify the European City of Culture from
their initial letters and appropriate years
1 G in 2003
2 S in 1998
3 C in 1996
4 L in 1994
5 M in 1992
6 D in 1991
7 G in 1990
8 B in 1988
9 A in 1987
10 F in 1986
Answers to Islands
1 Gulliver’s Travels
2 Father Ted
3 Jaws
4 Whisky Galore
5 Bedknobs and Broomsticks
6 Thomas the Tank Engine
7 King Kong
8 Dr No
9 The Chronicles of Narnia
10 In Search of the Castaway
Answers to Leading Ladies
1 Julia Roberts
2 Sally Field
3 Katharine Hepburn
4 Kate Winslet
5 Sandra Bullock
6 Demi Moore
7 Emma Thompson
8 Cameron Diaz
9 Diane Keaton
10 Sharon Stone
Answers to Cities of Culture
1 Graz
2 Stockholm
3 Copenhagen
4 Lisbon
5 Madrid
6 Dublin
7 Glasgow
8 Berlin
9 Amsterdam
10 Florence