Quiz (24.04.2005)
Quiz Master: Simon
Section One - Pot Luck
1. What political party is The Sun supporting?
2. Which comedian received a 32 month driving ban this week?
3. What is the longest word that you can type using only the top row of letters on a typewriter?
4. & 5. Name the two chefs on the current series of Hell’s Kitchen?
Lead Singers
6. Which band was Ray Davies the lead singer of?
7. Which band is Robert Smith the lead singer of?
8. Which band was Robert Plant lead singer of?
9. Who was the lead singer for Black Sabbath?
10. Paul Rodgers, formerly of Free, now fronts which band after the death of its original member in 1991?
Sport
11. Which two Newcastle United Players were recently fined for fighting?
12. Which horse won this year’s Grand National?
13. Who has been voted FIFA football player of the year the most times since the award started in 1991?
14. In which year did Tokyo host the Summer Olympic games?
15. Who was the 2004 Embassy World Snooker Champion?
Animals
16. What is the only animal with four knees?
17. What is the largest lizard in the world?
18. What is the name given to a baby squirrel?
19. What colour is a polar bear’s skin?
20. What insect can live up to nine days without its head?
Children’s Literature
21. Who wrote Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?
22. Who wrote the Mr Men Books?
23. In Alice In Wonderland, what did the Queen of Hearts use to play croquet with?
24. What was the name of the lion in CS Lewis’s Narnia chronicles?
25. What’s the name of the druid in the Asterix books?
Art
26. Which 18th Century artist is best known for painting horses?
27. Which modern artist created a piece of unmade bed?
28. Who painted the Sistine Chapel’s ceiling?
29. Who sculpted The Kiss which was displayed in Lewes recently?
30. Who painted The Scream?
Section 2 - Pot Luck
31. Mary’s father has four daughters. The first is called Ann, the second is called Anna and the third is called Annie. What is the name of the other daughter?
32. Who or what is Louise-Marie Emery in Friends?
33. What gas is used in a standard light bulb?
34. If bovine are cows, what are ovine?
35. Which American President is the teddy bear named after?
Acronyms
36. NASA
37. IBM
38. SCUBA
39. PS
40. PTO
Food & Drink
41. What are the beans in a tin of baked beans?
42. What is the drink Puccine distilled from?
43. Which meat is in a Shepherd’s Pie?
44. Red and Green curries are associated with which Country?
45. Stella Artois comes from which Country?
Years
46. When was the great Fire of London?
47. When did Columbus discover America?
48. When was Tony Blair first elected as Prime Minister?
49. When did BBC launch?
50. In which year did the Hundred Years’ War end?
Pot Luck
51. In inches, what is the diameter of a standard dart board?
52. For what is Michael Eaves best known for in the Music World?
53. Which TV character says “yeah but no but”?
54. Which ex- Eastenders actor has played the policeman Nick Rowan on TV?
55. Cable-stayed, pontoon and suspension are all types of what?
Three of a Kind (a point for each)
56. What 3 flavours make up Neapolitan ice cream?
57. Which three colours appear on the flag of the Republic of Ireland?
58. What are the names of Eastenders’ Ian’s three wives?
59. What are the names of the 3 female characters in a game of Cluedo?
60. What are the names of the three ballets composed by Tschaikovsky?
Tie Break Questions
1. Why was Carole Hersee regularly seen on BBC TV in the 1960s & 1970s?
2. On TV how were Fleegle, Snorky, Bingo and Drooper better known?
3. What are the three water signs of the Zodiac?
4. Used in a variety of games, what are sometimes known as ‘devil’s bones?’
5. To the nearest whole number, what percentage of the world’s surface is land?
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