October 2005 Speed Quizzes 3
WHAT’S YOUR PHOBIA?
What are the following the morbid fear of?
1 Carnophobia
2 Chromophobia
3 Zoophobia
4 Claustrophobia
5 Agoraphobia
6 Thermophobia
7 Tachophobia
8 Photophobia
9 Pyrophobia
10 Ombrophobia
ROMAN HANDLES
Which countries had the following Roman names?
1 Graecia
2 Albion
3 Lusitania
4 Dacia
5 Hibernia
6 Gallia
7 Caledonia
8 Helvetia
9 Cambria
10 Mauretania
A IS FOR AUTHOR
Who wrote the following novels – all 10 have a first name beginning with A
1 Black Beauty
2 Brave New World
3 Hound of the Baskervilles
4 Anna of the Five Towns
5 A Clockwork Orange
6 Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
7 Barchester Towers
8 The Prisoner of Zenda
9 Agnes Grey
10 The Beach
Answers to Phobias
1 Meat
2 Colour
3 Animals
4 Enclosed spaces
5 Open spaces
6 Heat
7 Speed
8 Light
9 Fire
10 Rain
Answers to Roman names
1 Greece
2 England
3 Portugal
4 Romania
5 Ireland
6 France
7 Scotland
8 Switzerland
9 Wales
10 Morocco
Answers to Authors
1 Anna Sewell
2 Aldous Huxley
3 Arthur Conan Doyle
4 Arnold Bennett
5 Anthony Burgess
6 Alan Sillitoe
7 Anthony Trollope
8 Anthony Hope
9 Anne Bronte
10 Alex Garland
TO BE OR NOT TO BE
Which Shakespeare plays feature the following characters?
1 Ophelia
2 Shylock
3 Bottom
4 Goneril
5 Prospero
6 Hermione
7 Alice Ford
8 Proteus
9 Banquo
10 Touchstone
CALL UP THE GROUPS
From which countries do the following pop groups originate?
1 The Scorpions
2 Ottawan
3 Aqua
4 INXS
5 The Boomtown Rats
6 A-ha
7 Black Box
8 2 Unlimited
9 Rush
10 Ace of Base
IT’S ALL GREEK TO ME
Who is the Greek god of…?
1 The sea
2 The sun
3 Woods
4 Agriculture
5 Dreams
6 Sleep
7 Wine
8 War
9 Love
10 Water
Answers to Shakespeare characters
1 Hamlet
2 The Merchant of Venice
3 A Midsummer Nights Dream
4 King Lear
5 The Tempest
6 The Winter’s Tale
7 The Merry Wives of Windsor
8 Two Gentlemen of Verona
9 Macbeth
10 As You Like It
Answers to Pop Group Origins
1 Germany
2 France
3 Denmark
4 Australia
5 Republic of Ireland
6 Norway
7 Italy
8 Netherlands
9 Canada
10 Sweden
Answers for Greek gods
1 Poseidon
2 Helios
3 Pan
4 Cronos
5 Morpheus
6 Hypnos
7 Dionysus
8 Ares
9 Eros
10 Ganymede
WHICH SONGS WERE SUNG BY THE FOLLOWING UK
ACTS IN EUROVISION?
1 Katrina and the Waves
2 Lulu
3 Sonia
4 Gina G
5 Bardo
6 Kathy Kirby
7 Clodagh Rodgers
8 Olivia Newton John
9 Sandie Shaw
10 The Shadows
LEADERS OF THE GANG – Identify the lead
singers of the groups
1 Yazoo
2 Fine Young Cannibals
3 Suede
4 Thin Lizzy
5 James
6 Mungo Jerry
7 ABC
8 The Verve
9 The Pretenders
10 Aerosmith
IN WHICH MUSICALS DID THE FOLLOWING SONGS
FEATURE?
1 Food Glorious Food
2 Bachelor Boy
3 How to Handle a Woman
4 My Favourite Things
5 Getting to Know You
6 Anything You Can Do
7 Seventy Six Trombones
8 I Talk to the Trees
9 The Rain in Spain
10 The Trolley Song
IDENTIFY THE SCOTTISH FOOTBALL CLUBS FROM THEIR NICKNAMES
1 The Pars
2 The Jam Tarts
3 The Dons
4 The Bhoys
5 The Sons
6 The Honest Men
7 The Bully Wee
8 The Spiders
9 The Accies
10 Blue Brazil
Answers to Eurovision Songs
1 Love Shine a Light
2 Boom Bang a Bang
3 Better the Devil You Know
4 Just a Little Bit
5 One Step Further
6 I Belong
7 Jack in the Box
8 Long Live Love
9 Puppet on a String
10 Let Me Be the One
Answers to Lead Singers
1 Alison Moyet
2 Roland Gift
3 Brett Anderson
4 Phil Lynott
5 Tim Booth
6 Ray Dorset
7 Martin Fry
8 Richard Ashcroft
9 Chrissie Hynde
10 Steve Tyler
Answers to Musicals
1 Oliver
2 Summer Holiday
3 Camelot
4 The Sound of Music
5 The King and I
6 Annie Get Your Gun
7 The Music Man
8 Paint Your Wagon
9 My Fair Lady
10 Meet Me in St Louis
Answers to Scottish football clubs
1 Dunfermline Athletic
2 Hearts
3 Aberdeen
4 Celtic
5 Dumbarton
6 Ayr United
7 Clyde
8 Queens Park
9 Hamilton Academicals
10 Cowdenbeath