November Speed Quiz One
YOUR NUMBER’S UP
Which group/singer recorded the following songs in the given years?
1 The One and Only 1991
2 Two Hearts 1988
3 Three Times a Lady 1978
4 Its Four in the Morning 1972
5 Return of the Los Palmas Seven 1981
6 Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen 1961
7 Eighteen with A Bullet 1975
8 68 Guns 1983
9 Swords of a 1000 Men 1981
10 A Million Love Songs 1992
THE COUNTY SET
Identify the county cricket clubs from their CGU nicknames
1 Hawks
2 Foxes
3 Phoenix
4 Bears
5 Eagles
6 Sabres
7 Crusaders
8 Lightning
9 Steelbacks
10 Outlaws
ACRONYM ANSWERS
What do the following acronyms stand for?
1 NATO
2 BAFTA
3 UNICEF
4 BUPA
5 CAB
6 CSA
7 UNESCO
8 CAMRA
9 ENO
10 SHAPE
Answers to Your Numbers Up
1 Chesney Hawkes
2 Phil Collins
3 The Commodores
4 Faron Young
5 Madness
6 Neil Sedaka
7 Pete Wingfield
8 The Alarm
9 Tenpole Tudor
10 Take That
Answers to the County Set
1 Hampshire
2 Leicestershire
3 Yorkshire
4 Warwickshire
5 Essex
6 Somerset
7 Middlesex
8 Lancashire
9 Northamptonshire
10 Nottinghamshire
Answers to Acronyms
1 North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
2 British Academy of Film and Television Arts
3 United Nations Children’s Fund
4 British United Provident Association
5 Citizens Advice Bureau
6 Child Support Agency
7 United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation
8 Campaign for Real Ale
9 English National Opera
10 Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers in Europe
LET’S GO FOR A DRINK
Which TV show featured the following drinking establishments?
1 The Nag’s Head
2 The Queen Vic
3 Skelthwaite Arms
4 The Malt Shovel
5 Winchester Club
6 Pomeroy’s Wine Bar
7 The Feathers
8 Café Nervosa
9 Moe’s Bar
10 The Dog in the Pond
LITERATURE AROUND THE WORLD
Who wrote …?
1 The Road to Wigan Pier
2 The Bostonians
3 The Canterbury Tales
4 From Russia with Love
5 The Boys from Brazil
6 Death in Venice
7 Hollywood Wives
8 Mansfield Park
9 The Dubliners
10 The Bridge on the River Kwai
REGAL MUSIC
Identify the group/singer that had the following hits in the given years
1 Dancing Queen 1976
2 Witch Queen of New Orleans 1971
3 King of the Road 1965
4 King of Wishful Thinking 1990
5 Queen of Hearts 1979
6 From a Jack to a King 1963
7 Queen of Clubs 1974
8 Your Love is King 1984
9 King of the Road 1990
10 Caribbean Queen 1984
ANSWERS TO LETS GO FOR A DRINK
1 Only Fools and Horses
2 Eastenders
3 Where the Heart Is
4 Emmerdale
5 Minder
6 Rumpole of the Bailey
7 The Royle Family
8 Frasier
9 The Simpsons
10 Hollyoaks
ANSWERS TO LITERATURE AROUND THE WORLD
1 George Orwell
2 Henry James
3 Geoffrey Chaucer
4 Ian Fleming
5 Ira Levin
6 Thomas Mann
7 Jackie Collins
8 Jane Austen
9 James Joyce
10 Pierre Boulle
ANSWERS TO REGAL MUSIC
1 Abba
2 Redbone
3 Roger Miller
4 Go West
5 Dave Edmunds
6 Ned Miller
7 KC and the Sunshine Band
8 Sade
9 The Proclaimers
10 Billy Ocean
DEM BONES
What are the medical names of the following bones?
1 Skull
2 Kneecap
3 Breast bone
4 Shoulder blade
5 Cheek bone
6 Ankle bone
7 Bone of upper arm
8 Bone of upper leg
9 Lower jaw bone
10 Upper jaw bone
TV SETS
In which city are the following TV shows set?
1 Albion Market
2 The Untouchables
3 Macmillan and Wife
4 Porterhouse Blue
5 St Elsewhere
6 Van Der Valk
7 The Onedin Line
8 Homicide: Life on the Street
9 Cagney and Lacey
10 Starsky and Hutch
WHATS IN A NICKNAME?
Identify the nicknames of the following from the initials
1 Anne of Cleves The FM
2 Robert Burns The B of A
3 Lana Turner The SG
4 Paavo Nurmi The FF
5 Joan of Arc The M of O
6 Robert F Stroud The B of A
7 William Gladstone The GOM
8 Stanley Matthews The W of D
9 Joseph Holson Jagger The MWB the B at MC
10 Benny Goodman The K of S
SONGS FOR YOU
Who recorded the following songs in the given years?
1 You Can Call Me Al 1986
2 You To Me Are Everything 1976
3 You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet 1974
4 You and Me Song 1996
5 You Got What It Takes 1977
6 You Make Me Feel Brand New 1974
7 You Stole the Sun from My Heart 1999
8 You Win Again 1987
9 You Keep Me Hanging On 1966
10 You Belong to Me 1952
ANSWERS TO DEM BONES
1 Cranium
2 Patella
3 Sternum
4 Scapula
5 Zygomatic bone
6 Talus
7 Humerus
8 Femur
9 Mandible
10 Maxilla
ANSWERS TO TV SETS
1 Manchester
2 Chicago
3 San Francisco
4 Cambridge
5 Boston
6 Amsterdam
7 Liverpool
8 Baltimore
9 New York
10 Los Angeles
ANSWERS TO NICKNAMES
1 The Flanders Mare
2 The Bard of Ayrshire
3 The Sweater Girl
4 The Flying Finn
5 The Maid of Orleans
6 The Birdman of Alcatraz
7 The Grand Old Man
8 The Wizard of Dribble
9 The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo
10 The King of Swing
ANSWERS TO SONGS FOR YOU
1 Paul Simon
2 The Real Thing
3 Bachman Turner Overdrive
4 The Wannadies
5 Showaddywaddy
6 The Stylistics
7 Manic Street Preachers
8 The Bee Gees
9 Diana Ross and the Supremes
10 Jo Stafford