Speed Quiz 1
Which cities are served by the following airports?
1 Orly
2 Tempelhof
3 King Khaled
4 Ben Gurion
5 Dum Dum
6 O’Hare
7 Leonardo da Vinci
8 Lester B Pearson
9 Esenboga
10 Benito Juarez
Which actors had hits with the following songs in the given years?
1 1970 Grandad
2 1970 Wandrin’ Star
3 1978 Sandy
4 1977 Silver Lady
5 1968 Macarthur Park
6 1986 Every Loser Wins
7 1961 Bangers and Mash
8 1975 Trail of the Lonesome Pine
9 1999 Boy You Knock Me Out
10 1971 The Way You Look Tonight
Who performed the themes for the following TV shows?
1 Moonlighting
2 Prisoner Cell Block H
3 Auf Wiedersehen Pet
4 One Foot in the Grave
5 Rawhide
6 The Dukes of Hazzard
7 The Royle Family
8 Friends
9 The Sopranos
10 The Likely Lads
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Answers to City Airports
1 Paris
2 Berlin
3 Riyadh
4 Tel Aviv
5 Calcutta
6 Chicago
7 Rome
8 Toronto
9 Ankara
10 Mexico City
Answers to Singing Actors
1 Clive Dunn
2 Lee Marvin
3 John Travolta
4 David Soul
5 Richard Harris
6 Nick Berry
7 Peter Sellers
8 Laurel & Hardy
9 Will Smith
10 Edward Woodward
Answers to TV Themes
1 Al Jarreau
2 Lynne Hamilton
3 Joe Fagin
4 Eric Idle
5 Frankie Laine
6 Waylon Jennings
7 Oasis
8 The Rembrandts
9 Alabama 3
10 Manfred Mann
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M PEOPLE
Name the authors of the following novels. All have a surname beginning with M
1 Gone With the Wind
2 Death in Venice
3 Winnie the Pooh
4 Moby Dick
5 Children of the New Forest
6 Fear is the Key
7 Ring of Bright Water
8 Peyton Place
9 Angela’s Ashes
10 The Black Prince
DISNEY DELIGHTS
What type of animals are the following?
1 Timothy in Dumbo
2 Pumbaa in The Lion King
3 Bagheera in The Jungle Book
4 Monstro in Pinocchio
5 Little John in Robin Hood
6 Flower in Bambi
7 Sergeant Tibbs in 101 Dalmatians
8 Colonel Hathi in The Jungle Book
9 Wheezy in Toy Story
10 Orville in The Rescuers
FAWLTY TOWERS
What was the title of the Fawlty Towers episode in which …
1 Bernard Cribbins played a spoon salesman?
2 Basil whipped his mini car with a tree branch?
3 A moose head fell on Basil’s head?
4 Basil won a bet on a horse called Dragonfly?
5 Basil and Manuel attempted to hide a dead guest?
6 Basil searched desperately in the kitchen for walnuts?
7 Basil deposited a suitcase containing two bricks in the hotel safe?
8 Manuel bought a pet rodent?
9 Sybil hit O’Reilly with her brolly?
10 Basil was harassed by a French guest called Mrs Peignoir?
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Answers to M People
1 Margaret Mitchell
2 Thomas Mann
3 AA Milne
4 Herman Melville
5 Captain Marryat
6 Alistair Maclean
7 Gavin Maxwell
8 Grace Metalious
9 Frank McCourt
10 Iris Murdoch
Answers to Disney Animals
1 Mouse
2 Warthog
3 Panther
4 Whale
5 Bear
6 Skunk
7 Cat
8 Elephant
9 Penguin
10 Albatross
Answers to Fawlty Towers
1 The Hotel Inspectors
2 Gourmet Night
3 The Germans
4 Communication Problems
5 The Kipper and the Corpse
6 Waldorf Salad
7 A Touch of Class
8 Basil the Rat
9 The Builders
10 The Wedding Party
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THE BOND GIRLS
Which Bond films featured the following Bond girls?
1 Mary Goodnight
2 Honey Rider
3 Jinx
4 Paris Carver
5 Tiffany Case
6 Pussy Galore
7 Melina Havelock
8 Solitaire
9 Elektra King
10 Holly Goodhead
L OF A FILM
Identify the 10 films all of which begin with the letter L
1 In which film did Lou Diamond Phillips play
Ritchie Valens?
2 Which 2003 film starred Hugh Grant as Prime Minister?
3 In which 1989 film did Bruce Willis voice Mikey?
4 Which 1973 musical was set in Shangri-La?
5 In which 1979 film did O’Neal fall in love with Macgraw?
6 Which film marked the Bond debut of Roger Moore?
7 What was Elvis Presley’s first film?
8 Which 1999 film saw Bill Pullman battling against a killer crocodile?
9 In which film did Dustin Hoffman play Jack Crabbe?
10 Which film saw Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence wearing convict’s uniforms?
IT’S A GOAL
Who scored the only goal in the following FA Cup finals?
1 1985 Manchester United 1 Everton 0
2 1973 Sunderland 1 Leeds 0
3 1995 Everton 1 Manchester United 0
4 1976 Southampton 1 Manchester United 0
5 1972 Leeds 1 Arsenal 0
6 1980 West Ham 1 Arsenal 0
7 1968 West Brom 1 Everton 0
8 1988 Wimbledon 1 Liverpool 0
9 1969 Manchester City 1 Leicester 0
10 1996 Manchester United 1 Liverpool 0
Answers to Bond Girls
1 The Man with the Golden Gun
2 Dr No
3 Die Another Day
4 Tomorrow Never Dies
5 Diamonds are Forever
6 Goldfinger
7 For Your Eyes Only
8 Live and Let Die
9 The World Is Not Enough
10 Moonraker
Answers to L of a Film
1 La Bamba
2 Love Actually
3 Look who’s Talking
4 Lost Horizon
5 Love Story
6 Live and Let Die
7 Love Me Tender
8 Lake Placid
9 Little Big Man
10 Life
Answers to FA Cup scorers
1 Norman Whiteside
2 Ian Porterfield
3 Paul Rideout
4 Bobby Stokes
5 Alan Clarke
6 Trevor Brooking
7 Jeff Astle
8 Lawrie Sanchez
9 Neil Young
10 Eric Cantona
What make of car do the following TV
characters drive?
1 Mr Bean
2 Starsky & Hutch
3 Emma Peel
4 Nurse Gladys Emmanuel
5 Inspector Morse
6 The Dukes of Hazzard
7 Michael Knight
8 Magnum PI
9 The Prisoner
10 Colombo
What animal do the following adjectives refer to?
1 Formicine
2 Vespine
3 Vulpine
4 Ursine
5 Leonine
6 Lupine
7 Caprine
8 Pulicine
9 Servine
10 Taurine
What are the capitals of the following islands?
1 Bahamas
2 Orkneys
3 Malta
4 Sicily
5 Jersey
6 Cyprus
7 Corsica
8 Shetlands
9 Barbados
10 Christmas Island
Answers to TV Cars
1 Mini
2 Ford Torino
3 Lotus Elan
4 Morris Minor
5 Jaguar
6 Dodge Charger
7 Pontiac Transam called KITT
8 Ferrari
9 Lotus 7 series II
10 Peugeot 403 cabriolet
Answers to Animal Adjectives
1 Ant
2 Wasp
3 Fox
4 Bear
5 Lion
6 Wolf
7 Goat
8 Flea
9 Deer
10 Bull
Answers to Island Capitals
1 Nassau
2 Kirkwall
3 Valetta
4 Palermo
5 St Helier
6 Nicosia
7 Ajaccio
8 Lerwick
9 Bridgetown
10 Flying Fish Cove