Speed Quizzes Set One
Film Connections
Name the film star connecting
each group of three films
1 The Dead Pool, The Grinch, The Truman Show
2 The Vikings, The Manitou, The Great Race
3 Ocean’s Eleven, Mr and Mrs Smith, Twelve Monkeys
4 Runaway Bride, Mona Lisa Smile, Erin Brockovich
5 Mermaids, Hook, The Long Good Friday
6 The Dirty Dozen, Point Blank, Shout At the Devil
7 Edward Scissorhands, What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, Pirates of the Caribbean
8 JFK, Don’t Look Now, Kelly’s Heroes
9 Constantine, Dracula, Something’s Gotta Give
10 All About Eve, The Little Foxes, Whatever
Happened to Baby Jane
CAPITAL K
Identify the capital cities of
the following all of which begin with the letter K
1 Jamaica
2 Ukraine
3 Rwanda
4 Malaysia
5 Nepal
6 Sudan
7 Crete
8 Uganda
9 Afghanistan
10 Moldavia
WHAT’S IN A NICKNAME?
What is the beastly nickname
of the following football clubs?
1 Sheffield Wednesday
2 Hull City
3 Watford
4 Notts County
5 Millwall
6 Crystal Palace
7 Bradford City
8 Swindon Town
9 Alloa Athletic
10 Queen’s Park
Answers to Film Connections
1 Jim Carrey
2 Tony Curtis
3 Brad Pitt
4 Julia Roberts
5 Bob Hoskins
6 Lee Marvin
7 Johnny Depp
8 Donald Sutherland
9 Kean Reeves
10 Bette Davis
Answers to Capital K’s
1 Kingston
2 Kiev
3 Kigali
4 Kuala Lumpur
5 Kathmandu
6 Khartoum
7 Khania
8 Kampala
9 Kabul
10 Kishinev
Answers to Nicknames
1 Owls
2 Tigers
3 Hornets
4 Magpies
5 Lions
6 Eagles
7 Bantams
8 Robins
9 Wasps
10 Spiders
KIDS STUFF
In which children’s TV shows
do the following characters appear?
1 Madame Cholet
2 Benny the Ball
3 Colonel K
4 The Hood
5 Zsa Zsa the cat
6 Pigs in Space
7 The Iron Chicken
8 Mr Onion the teacher
9 Witchiepoo
10 Troy Tempest
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Identify the footballers from their initials.
All were voted PFA Player of the Year in the 1990s
1 1990 – DP
2 1991 – MH
3 1992 – GP
4 1993 – PM
5 1994 – EC
6 1995 – AS
7 1996 – LF
8 1997 – AS
9 1998 – DB
10 1999 – DG
ELEMENTARY
Which elements have the
following chemical symbols?
1 Zr
2 Ti
3 S
4 Na
5 Rn
6 No
7 Hg
8 Pb
9 Hf
10 Es
Answers to Kids Stuff
1 The Wombles
2 Top Cat
3 Dangermouse
4 Thunderbirds
5 Hector’s House
6 The Muppets
7 The Clangers
8 The Herbs
9 HR Pufnstuf
10 Stingray
Answers to PFA Players
1 David Platt
2 Mark Hughes
3 Gary Pallister
4 Paul McGrath
5 Eric Cantona
6 Alan Shearer
7 Les Ferdinand
8 Alan Shearer
9 Dennis Bergkamp
10 David Ginola
Answers to Elementary
1 Zirconium
2 Titanium
3 Sulphur
4 Sodium
5 Radon
6 Nobelium
7 Mercury
8 Lead
9 Hafnium
10 Einsteinium
WHAT'S IN A NAME? – LADIES FIRSTT
Identify the girl’s first names from the
initial letters and the meaning of the name
1 A – flowery
2 A – noble strength
3 D – gift of the sea
4 J – dove
5 E – my god is bountiful
6 S – lily
7 M – battle maiden
8 P – all honey
9 S – forest
10 S - resurrection
WHAT’S IN A NAME – MEN ONLY
Identify the boy’s first names from the
initial letters and the meaning of the name
1 H – household ruler
2 I – he will laugh
3 S – listening attentively
4 W – wagon maker
5 P – lover of horses
6 A – noble wolf
7 F – peaceful ruler
8 B – brave bear
9 K – of the forest
10 R – famous spear
AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL
Who penned the following autobiographies?
Initials of the authors provided
1 Dear Me – PU
2 From a Bundle of Rags – JB
3 Taken on Trust – TW
4 Kink – DD
5 The Little Clown – RV
6 Second Act – JC
7 Zero to Hero – FB
8 Life Is Too Short – MR
9 Born Lucky – JF
10 Before the Dawn – GA
Answers to Girls Names
1 Anthea
2 Audrey
3 Doris
4 Jemima
5 Elizabeth
6 Susan
7 Matilda
8 Pamela
9 Sylvia
10 Stacey
Answers to Boys Names
1 Henry
2 Isaac
3 Simon
4 Wayne
5 Philip
6 Adolph
7 Frederick
8 Bernard
9 Keith
10 Roger
Answers to Autobiographies
1 Peter Ustinov
2 Jim Bowen
3 Terry Waite
4 Dave Davies
5 Reg Varney
6 Joan Collins
7 Frank Bruno
8 Mickey Rooney
9 John Francome
10 Gerry Adams
W IS FOR WRITER
Who penned the following
novels? All 10 have a surname beginning with W
1 The Day of the Triffids
2 Stuart Little
3 Brideshead Revisited
4 The Picture of Dorian Gray
5 The Colour Purple
6 Swiss Family Robinson
7 The Time Machine
8 Trainspotting
9 Billy Liar
10 Bonfire of the Vanities
LAKE LOGIC
Identify the world’s ten
largest lakes from the initials provided
1 The C Sea
2 Lake S
3 Lake V
4 Lake H
5 Lake M
6 A Sea
7 Lake T
8 GB
9 Lake B
10 Lake M
FILM THEMES
Who sang the theme songs for
the following films?
1 Fame
2 Born Free
3 To Sir With Love
4 Rocky III
5 Move Over Darling
6 Wild Wild West
7 Grease
8 Die Another Day
9 Ghostbustes
10 Footloose
Answers to W is for Writer
1 John Wyndham
2 EB White
3 Evelyn Waugh
4 Oscar Wilde
5 Alice Walker
6 Johann Weiss
7 HG Wells
8 Irvine Welsh
9 Keith Waterhouse
10 Tom Wolfe
Answers to Lakes
1 Caspian Sea
2 Lake Superior
3 Lake Victoria
4 Lake Huron
5 Lake Michigan
6 Aral Sea
7 Lake Tanganyika
8 Great Bear
9 Lake Baikal
10 Lake Malawi
Answers to Film Themes
1 Irene Cara
2 Matt Monro
3 Lulu
4 Survivor
5 Doris Day
6 Will Smith
7 Frankie Valli
8 Madonna
9 Ray Parker Jnr
10 Kenny Loggins