Speed Quiz 11

A History Lesson- Identify the historical events from their years and initials e.g. 1066 The B of H= The Battle of Hastings

1 1917 The RR - Russian Revolution
2 1968 The A of MLK - Assassination of Martin Luther King
3 1991 ODS in the GW - Operation Desert Storm in the Gulf War
4 1901 The D of QV - Death of Queen Victoria
5 1854 The C of the LB - Charge of the Light Brigade
6 1773 The BTP - Boston Tea party
7 1929 The WSC - Wall St Crash
8 1605 The GP - Gunpowder Plot
9 1973 The M of PA and CMP - Marriage of Princess Anne & Capt Mark Phillips
10 1789 The S of the B - Storming of the Bastille

Which Carry On film was entitled…

1 Carry On Gungha Din in Spain - Carry On Up The Khyber
2 Carry On in the Legion in the USA - Don’t Lose Your Head
3 Carry On Vampire in Italy - Screaming
4 The Rumpo Kid in Germany - Cowboy
5 Mutineers on the Venus in Belgium - Jack
6 Carry On Round The Bend in Australia - At Your Convenience
7 Carry On Pimpernel in the USA - Don’t Lose Your Head
8 A Mad Holiday in Germany - Abroad
9 Agent Ooh in France - Spying
10 I Want a Nudist Girlfriend in Spain - Camping

Identify the songs from the last line of their lyrics
1 Sending out a SOS - Message in a Bottle
2 Any way the wind blows - Bohemian Rhapsody
3 I want to shoot the whole day down - I Don’t Like Mondays
4 You better run you better take cover - Down Under
5 It’s a rich man’s world - Money Money Money
6 Bless my homeland forever - Edelweiss
7 And the world will live as one - Imagine
8 Come home I’m so cold - Wuthering Heights
9 And I don’t cause all I want is you - Who Wants to be a Millionaire
10 To make our dreams come true for me and you - Summer Holiday

PAPAL INFALLABILITY
Which of the following have been the names of Popes and which have not?

1 Celestine - 5 Popes
2 Linus - 1 Pope
3 Homer - None
4 Eusebius - 1 Pope
5 Leviticus - None
6 Luther - None
7 Theodore - 3 Popes
8 Martin - 5 Popes
9 Christopher - 1 Pope
10 Cassius - None

ALL THE Bs – Identify the 10 people. All have the initials BB

1 Which actress was born Camille Javal? - Brigitte Bardot
2 Which footballer is depicted in a statue outside Elland Road? - Billy Bremner
3 Who was the first unseeded player to be crowned Men’s Singles Champion at Wimbledon? - Boris Becker
4 Who married Whitney Houston in 1992? - Bobby Brown
5 Who played Richard IV in Blackadder? - Brian Blessed
6 Who played Bungdit Din in Carry On Up The Khyber? - Bernard Bresslaw
7 Who played Dr Banner in the 80s TV series The Incredible Hulk? - Bill Bixby
8 Which Hungarian composer wrote the opera The Wooden Prince? - Bela Bartok
9 Which half of a double act was born Robert Harper? - Bobby Ball
10 Which lady has a gay nightclub in Belfast named after her? - Betty Boothroyd

IN WHICH COUNTRY WERE THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE BORN?

1 Spike Milligan - India
2 Jim Carrey - Canada
3 Omar Sharif - Egypt
4 Mel Gibson - USA
5 Charlotte Church - Wales
6 Charles Kennedy - Scotland
7 Katie Boyle - Italy
8 Pierce Brosnan - Ireland
9 Chris De Burgh - Argentina
10 Bruce Willis - Germany

KEEP IT IN THE FAMILY
Which parents and offspring connect the films …

1 Enter The Dragon and The Crow - Bruce and Brandon Lee
2 The Unsinkable Molly Brown and Star Wars - Debbie Reynolds & Carrie Fisher
3 Kelly’s Heroes and Young Guns - Donald and Kiefer Sutherland
4 Ryan’s Daughter and Whistle Down The Wind - John and Hayley Mills
5 The Champ and Tomb Raider - Jon Voight and Angelina Jolie
6 The Wizard of Oz and Cabaret - Judy Garland and Liza Minnelli
7 The Vikings and Wall Street - Kirk and Michael Douglas
8 Apocalypse Now and Platoon - Martin and Charlie Sheen
9 The Birds and Working Girl - Tippi Hedren and Melanie Griffith
10 Psycho and Halloween - Janet Leigh and Jamie Lee Curtis

Identify the pop stars from their initials – in the given years they were voted Best Female Solo Artist at the Brit Awards

1 2005 – JS - Joss Stone
2 2004 – D - Dido
3 2000 – BO - Beth Orton
4 1996 – AL - Annie Lennox
5 1995 – ER - Eddie Reader
6 1992 – LS - Lisa Stansfield
7 1988 – AM - Alison Moyet
8 1987 - KB - Kate Bush
9 1983 – KW - Kim Wilde
10 1982 – RC - Randy Crawford

TV SETS – Which TV shows were set in the following fictional towns/cities?

1 Bedrock - The Flintstones
2 Summer Bay - Home and Away
3 Royston Vasey - The League of Gentlemen
4 Gotham City - Batman
5 Sunnydale, California - Buffy the Vampire Slayer
6 Walford - Eastenders
7 Erinsborough - Neighbours
8 Rutherford, Ohio - Third Rock from the Sun
9 Lanford, Illinois - Roseanne
10 Arlen, Texas - King of the Hill

THE BIT IN THE MIDDLE

Identify the Blue Peter presenters from their initials and the year they made their debut on the show

1 1997 – RB - Richard Bacon
2 1993 – TV - Tim Vincent
3 1992 – AT - Anthea Turner
4 1989 – JL - John Leslie
5 1986 – CK - Caron Keating
6 1986 – MC - Mark Curry
7 1980 – SG - Sarah Greene
8 1972 – LJ - Lesley Judd
9 1965 – JN - John Noakes
10 1958 – CT - Christopher Trace

Which famous person was played on film by…

1 Kenneth More in Reach For The Sky - Douglas Bader
2 Nicole Kidman in The Hours - Virginia Woolf
3 Val Kilmer in Tombstone - Wyatt Earp
4 Errol Flynn in They Died With Their Boots On - General Custer
5 Gary Oldman in JFK - Lee Harvey Oswald
6 Michael Redgrave in The Dambusters - Barnes Wallis
7 Robert DeNiro in The Untouchables - Al Capone
8 Christopher Plummer in The Man Who Would Be King - Rudyard Kipling
9 Johnny Depp in Finding Neverland - JM Barrie
10 Hugh Grant in Impromptu - Chopin

The top 100 British sitcoms – In 2004 the British public voted for their favourite TV sitcoms – Identify the shows from their in initials and position in the top 100

1 No.96 – AMMT - And Mother Makes Three
2 No.88 – MWND - My Wife Next Door
3 No.74 – OWIL - Only When I Laugh
4 No.71 – DF - Duty Free
5 No.68 – LTN - Love Thy Neighbour
6 No.52 – EDC - Ever Decreasing Circles
7 No.48 – GGG - Gimme Gimme Gimme
8 No.43 – JG -F Just Good Friends
9 No.32 – TDUDP - Till Death Us Do Part
10 No.18 – RD - Red Dwarf

Identify the football clubs from the titles of their fanzines

1 Super Dario Land - Crewe
2 To Elland Back - Leeds United
3 Sing When We’re Fishing - Grimsby Town
4 Mad As A Hatter - Luton Town
5 4000 Holes - Blackburn Rovers
6 No One Likes Us - Millwall
7 Frattonise - Portsmouth
8 And Smith Must Score - Brighton
9 Monkey Business - Hartlepool United
10 A View To A Kiln - Stoke City

TV SPIN OFFS
In which show were the following a spin off

1 Holby City - Casualty
2 Frasier - Cheers
3 Trapper - John MASH
4 Lou Grant - The Mary Tyler Moore Show
5 Burnside - The Bill
6 Knot’s Landing - Dallas
7 Thomas and Sarah - Upstairs Downstairs
8 Joey - Friends
9 Damon and Debbie - Brookeside
10 The Lone Gunman - The X Files

Identify the No 1 hits from their initials – each song was the best selling single in the UK in the given year

1 1999 – BOMT - Baby One More Time
2 1995 – UM - Unchained Melody
3 1994 – LIAA - Love Is All Around
4 1983 – KC - Karma Chameleon
5 1982 – COE - Come On Eileen
6 1979 – BE - Bright Eyes
7 1978 – ROB - Rivers of Babylon
8 1971 – MSL - My Sweet Lord
9 1964 – CBML - Can’t Buy Me Love
10 1960 – INON - It’s Now or Never

FIRST NAME TERMS- WHAT ARE THE FIRST NAMES OF THE FOLLOWING TV CHARACTERS

1 Hutch in Starsky & Hutch - Ken
2 Sergeant Bilko - Ernie
3 The Vicar Of Dibley - Geraldine
4 Doyle in The Professionals - Ray
5 Dixon of Dock Green - George
6 Cagney in Cagney & Lacey - Christine
7 Kojak - Theo
8 Miss Jones in Rising Damp - Ruth
9 Sergeant Wilson in Dad’s Army - Arthur
10 Pvt Pike in Dad’s Army - Frank

FOOTBALL CRAZY-, which Premiership football teams do, the following celebs support

1 Jimmy Nail - Newcastle
2 Sting - Tottenham
3 Nigel Kennedy - Aston Villa
4 Mel C - Liverpool
5 Jasper Carrott - Birmingham
6 John Parrott - Everton
7 Rory McGrath - Arsenal
8 Mick Hucknall - Manchester United
9 Seb Coe - Chelsea
10 Hugh Grant - Fulham

RIP- Identify the famous people from their initials. All 10 passed away in 2004

1 EH died November 9 aged 57, retired footballer - Emlyn Hughes
2 CR died October 10 aged 52, actor - Christopher Reeve
3 JL died October 3 aged77, actress - Janet Leigh
4 JR died September 15 aged 55, musician - Joey Ramone
5 MB died July 1 aged 80, actor - Marlon Brando
6 RR died June 5 aged 93, politician - Ronald Reagan
7 HS died January 13 aged 57, criminal - Harold Shipman
8 SD died July 22 aged 71, singer - Sacha Distel
9 AS died December 30 aged 94, bandleader - Artie Shaw
10 EB died August 18 aged 82, composer - Elmer Bernstein

THE FAB FOUR
Which Beatles songs mentions each group of three in the lyrics?

1 Skin, shoulder and heart - Hey Jude
2 Tangerine trees, marmalade skies and newspaper taxis - Lucy in the Sky
3 Miami Beach, Georgia and the Ukraine - Back in the USSR
4 Friday night, Tuesday afternoon and Sunday morning - Lady Madonna
5 A banker, a barber and a fireman - Penny Lane
6 The House of Lords, Blackburn and the Albert Hall - A Day in the Life
7 Vera, Chuck and Dave - When I’m 64
8 Lear, the Daily Mail and a dirty man - Paperback Writer
9 Eiffel Tower, Edgar Allan Poe and Hare Krishna - I Am the Walrus
10 Vienna, Peter Brown and the Amsterdam Hilton - Ballad of John and Yoko

THE 1990s- the following 10 events each occurred in a different year of the 1990s- Identify the year.

1 The death of Princess Diana - 97
2 Brazil beat Italy on a penalty shoot out in the World Cup Final - 94
3 Oasis release the album What’s The Story Morning Glory - 95
4 Bill Clinton opens the Atlanta Olympics - 96
5 Freddie Mercury dies - 91
6 The World Wide Web is born - 93
7 Man Utd win the treble - 99
8 Barcelona hosts the Olympics - 92
9 Nelson Mandela is freed from prison - 90
10 Geri Halliwell leaves the Spice Girls - 98

THINK OF A NUMBER
Identify the songs from their lyrics –All 10 songs have a number in their title

1 Jules Rimet still gleaming - Three Lions
2 In 1965 Vietnam seemed just like another foreign war - Nineteen
3 Twice on the pipe if the answer is no - Knock Three Times
4 Friday and Saturday we chilled on Sunday - 7 Days
5 I got chills they’re multiplying - You’re the One That I Want
6 The war machine springs to life, opens up one eager eye - 99 Red Balloons
7 A little bit of Monica in my life - Mambo No. 5
8 Hypnotising, mesmerising, she was everything I dreamed she’d be - December 63
9 Pick your daughter too from the bottom of a long glass tube - In the Year 2525
10 Golden star that leads to paradise, like a river running to the ocean - Seven Tears