Speed Quizzes One
Border Lines
Which country forms a land border with…?
1 Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda
2 Algeria, Libya
3 Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Peru
4 Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia
5 Greece, Macedonia, Serbia & Montenegro
6 Belarus, Estonia, Lithuania, Russia
7 Israel, Libya, Sudan
8 France, Germany, Luxemburg, Netherlands
9 USA, Belize, Guatemala
10 Brazil, Colombia, Guyana
The Video Vault
The video for which song features…?
1 Freddie Mercury in a black leather mini
skirt pushing a vacuum cleaner
2 Michael Jackson dancing atop the Statue of Liberty
3 Chevy Chase miming to the singing voice of Paul Simon
4 Simon Le Bon tied to a giant water wheel
5 Paul McCartney in a World War One trench
6 Lionel Richie serenading a blind student
7 Morten Harket trapped inside a comic strip adventure
8 Jarvis Cocker singing in a shopping trolley
9 Steps attending a wedding ceremony
10 Billy Joel in a car mechanics workshop
The Star Spangled Banner
Identify the singers from their initials. In
the given years they performed the US National Anthem at the Super Bowl.
1 2006 AF
2 2004 BK
3 2002 MC
4 1997 LV
5 1993 GB
6 1991 WH
7 1989 BJ
8 1987 ND
9 1984 BM
10 1980 CL
Answers to Border Lines
1 Kenya
2 Tunisia
3 Bolivia
4 Zimbabwe
5 Albania
6 Latvia
7 Egypt
8 Belgium
9 Mexico
10 Venezuela
Answers to Video Vault
1 I Want to Break Free
2 Black or White
3 You Can Call Me Al
4 Wild Boys
5 Pipes of Peace
6 Hello
7 Take on Me
8 Common People
9 Tragedy
10 Uptown Girl
Answers to National Anthem Singers
1 Aretha Franklin
2 Beyonce Knowles
3 Mariah Carey
4 Luther Vandross
5 Garth Brooks
6 Whitney Houston
7 Billy Joel
8 Neil Diamond
9 Barry Manilow
10 Cheryl Ladd
Turning Japanese
Which words of Japanese origin translate
into English as…
1 Empty hand
2 Wear thing
3 Single number
4 Divine wind
5 Person of the arts
6 Empty orchestra
7 Way of the sword
8 Tray gardening
9 Great Lord
10 Way of the warrior
The Inbetweenies
1 On a standard computer keyboard what letter
comes between R and Y?
2 Which US President came between Harding and Hoover?
3 Which film came between Forrest Gump and The English Patient for the Best Film
Oscar?
4 Which wife of Henry VIII came between Jane Seymour and Catherine Howard?
5 In the zodiac what comes between Cancer and Virgo?
6 Which husband of Liz Taylor came between Mike Todd and Richard Burton?
7 Which country lies between Colombia and Peru?
8 Who came between William Hartnell and Jon Pertwee as Dr Who?
9 What number comes between 9 and 11 on a dart board?
10 Which Bond film came between For Your Eyes Only and A View to a Kill?
Lasting Impressions
Grauman’s Chinese Theatre is famed for its
collection of celebrity hand prints and signatures left outside the building in
cement. Which stars left the following imprints?
1 A hoof print in 1945
2 An imprint of hair braids in 1995
3 An imprint of his nose in 1945
4 An imprint of his cigar in 1933
5 An imprint of his cigar in 1979
6 A drawing of a small harp in 1933
7 Wrote “I’ll be back” in 1994
8 Wrote “You made my day” in 1984
9 Wrote “Keep punching America” in 1983
10 Wrote “May you never die till I kill you” in 1946
Answers to Turning Japanese
1 Karate
2 Kimono
3 Sudoku
4 Kamikaze
5 Geisha
6 Karaoke
7 Kendo
8 Bonsai
9 Tycoon
10 Bushido
Answers to Inbetweenies
1 T
2 Coolidge
3 Braveheart
4 Anne of Cleves
5 Leo
6 Eddie Fisher
7 Ecuador
8 Patrick Troughton
9 14
10 Octopussy
Answers to Lasting Impressions
1 Trigger
2 Whoopi Goldberg
3 Jimmy Durante
4 Groucho Marx
5 George Burns
6 Harpo Marx
7 Arnold Schwarzenegger
8 Clint Eastwood
9 Sylvester Stallone
10 Humphrey Bogart
A Trip to the Pub
Which TV shows/ Books/Films feature or
featured the following pubs?
1 The Winchester Club
2 The Leaky Cauldron
3 The Dagmar
4 The Admiral Benbow Inn
5 Dog in the Pond
6 Aidensfield Arms
7 The Inn of the Prancing Pony
8 The Malt Shovel
9 The Slaughtered Lamb
10 The Old Pink Dog Bar
Tasty Lyrics
Identify the songs from the following tasty
text
1 Where you drink champagne and it tastes
just like cherry cola
2 Got a lipstick mark still on your coffee cup
3 I met him at the candy store
4 I hurried back to the swimming pool sinking pina coladas
5 Doorbells and sleigh bells and schnitzel with noodles
6 Each tea lasts an hour then he wanders home alone
7 She unscrews the top of a new whisky bottle
8 Put it in your pantry with your cupcakes
9 I don’t want to drink my whisky like you do
10 It’ll take you a couple of vodka and tonics to set you on your feet again
Location Location
Identify the following locations from their
initials. All 10 are listed as World Heritage Sites.
1 The S of L
2 The GBR
3 The TM
4 HW
5 The GW of C
6 VC
7 The T of L
8 YNP
9 SG
10 ACC
Answers to A Trip to the Pub
1 Minder
2 Harry Potter books/films
3 Eastenders
4 Treasure Island
5 Hollyoaks
6 Heartbeat
7 Lord of the Rings
8 Emmerdale
9 An American Werewolf in London
10 Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Answers to Tasty Lyrics
1 Lola
2 Back for Good
3 Leader of the Pack
4 Dreadlock Holiday
5 My Favourite Things
6 Streets of London
7 Labelled with Love
8 Mrs Robinson
9 Mama Weer All Crazee Now
10 Goodbye Yellowbrick Road
Answers to Location- World Heritage Sites
1 The Statue of Liberty
2 The Great Barrier Reef
3 The Taj Mahal
4 Hadrian’s Wall
5 The Great Wall of China
6 Vatican City
7 The Tower of London
8 Yellowstone National Park
9 Shalamar Gardens
10 Auschwitz Concentration Camp
The Name’s the Same
What title is shared by…?
1 A Buddy Holly song and a TV series that
starred Nick Berry
2 A film starring Audrey Hepburn and a hit for Deep Blue Something
3 A number one for Abba and a TV show starring Steve Coogan
4 A fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm and an opera by Englebert Humperdinck
5 A film starring Emily Lloyd and a Pink Floyd album
6 A number one hit for Diana Ross and a film starring Keanu Reeves
7 A number one for Telly Savalas and a poem by Rudyard Kipling
8 A film starring Bruce Willis and a TV show hosted by Cilla
9 A hit for the Police and a film flop starring Kevin Costner
10 A film starring Jeff Goldblum and a hit for U2
The County Set
In which English counties are the following
located?
1 Alton Towers
2 Buckfast Abbey
3 Romney Marsh
4 Stonehenge
5 Blenheim Palace
6 The National Football Museum
7 Bodmin Moor
8 Sherwood Forest
9 Wookey Hole cave
10 Fotheringay Castle
Meteorological
Identify the hit records from their “weather
affected” lyrics
1 Thunderbolt and lightning very very
frightening
2 On a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow
3 Always sunny in the rich man’s world
4 Well the rain exploded with a mighty crash
5 Then the fireman rushes in from the pouring rain
6 And the way the sunlight plays upon her hair
7 I was born in across fire hurricane
8 It was a cold and wet December day when we touched the ground at JFK
9 Waking up beside you to watch the sun rise on your face
10 Plays in the street as the cold wind blows
Answers for Name’s the Same
1 Heartbeat
2 Breakfast at Tiffany’s
3 Knowing Me Knowing You
4 Hansel and Gretel
5 Wish You Were Here
6 Chain Reaction
7 If
8 Blind Date
9 Message in a Bottle
10 The Fly
Answers for The County Set
1 Staffordshire
2 Devon
3 Kent
4 Wiltshire
5 Oxfordshire
6 Lancashire
7 Cornwall
8 Nottinghamshire
9 Somerset
10 Northamptonshire
Answers to Weather Lyrics
1 Bohemian Rhapsody
2 I am a Rock
3 Money Money Money
4 Band on the Run
5 Penny Lane
6 Good Vibrations
7 Jumpin’ Jack Flash
8 Angel of Harlem
9 Flying without Wings
10 In the Ghetto