New Forest Quizzes archive - Picture Round - Celebrities of 2006

Can you name these famous celebrities who were in the news in 2006

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Quiztime Quiz Files - 2006 Archive

08/01/06
1. In which pantomime would you meet a ticking crocodile?
Peter Pan
2. What did a study printed in the British Medical Journal say was the ONLY way to
avoid a hangover?
Not drinking in the first place!
3. What was the best selling single of 2005?
“Is This The Way To Amarillo?”
4. A bookmaker is offering odds of 5000-1 against what happening in 2006?
Elvis Presley being found alive
5. What is the name of the spin-off TV series featuring Boycie and Marlene, two of the
best-loved characters from the BBC hit sitcom Only Fools and Horses?
Green, Green Grass
6. Which canal flows through Blackburn?
Leeds - Liverpool Canal
7. England's opening game of the 2006 World Cup will on the 10th June 2006 in
Frankfurt against which team?
Paraguay
8. Which company's products do "exactly what it says on the can"?
Ronseal
9. Take That have reformed but without Robbie, name the four members for one point
each?
Gary Barlow, Jason Orange, Mark Owen and Howard Donald
10. What is the name of the Cantonese lunch, consisting of various small snacks,
including steamed dumplings or buns containing sweet or savoury fillings?
Dim Sum
11. Elton John wrote the music for which acclaimed musical that opened in London in
2005?
Billy Elliott
12. Which current F.A. Premier League side were relegated to the old fourth division in
1978, where they stayed for two seasons?
Portsmouth
13. True or False - The popular American comic strip "Peanuts" is known as "Radishes"
in Denmark?
True
14. What was the first solo No.1 credited to Freddie Mercury in the UK charts?
Living On My Own
15. On which day of the week is Prime Minister's Question Time held in Parliament?
Wednesday
16. In which language does footballer David Beckhamhave his wife’s name tattooed on
his forearm?
Hindi
17. Which London mainline railway station is closest to Buckingham Palace?
Victoria
18. Which animal has three hearts, a beak and a skirt?
Octopuss
19. In its adverts, which car manufacturer offers its customers, "The Ride of your Life"?
Peugeot
20. One point each - The 2006 Dakar Rally started in December and runs through which
seven countries?
Portugal, Spain, Morocco, Mali, Mauritania, Guinea and Senegal
21. One point each - Name the 8 teams seeded for the 2006 World Cup finals in
Germany?
Brazil, England, Spain, Germany, Mexico, France, Argentina, and Italy
22. Also called 'soldiers of fortune', what name is given to soldiers who serve in the
armies of foreign countries for financial reward?
Mercenaries
23. Which course has been lengthened by 154 yards and had 20 new hazards added, in
preparation for 2008 Open?
Royal Birkdale
24. Which day of the week is named after the Roman god of agriculture?
Saturday - after Saturn
25. In order to become a Gurkha, a Nepalese youth must complete the doko, a 5kmrun
uphill while carrying a bag of rocks weighing how many kilograms - 15, 20 or 25?
Twenty-Five
26. If you arrived at Leningrad Station, in which city would you be?
Moscow
27. True or False - Our fascination with personal electronic devices has led to the onset
of a new medical condition known as iPod finger?
True
28. Which animal is the symbol of the motor manufacturer Suzuki?
Rhino
29. Which Rugby Union International player has a book entitled 'My Grand Slam Year'?
Gavin Henson
30. Till it was destroyed in a fire in 1937, the German airship “The Hindenberg” was the
biggest aircraft ever to fly – with which gas was the Hindenberg filled?
Hydrogen
31. In the name of the Sandbach based lorry manufacturer, ERF, for what does the F
stand?
Foden
32. Which fruit is crossed with an orange to make a clementine?
Tangerine
33. True or false - in November 1960, a diplomatic incident was caused when a US
rocket launched from Cape Canaveral flew off course and crashed in Cuba, killing a
cow?
True
34. On the London underground, which line runs from Walthamstow to Brixton?
The Victoria Line
35. What type of animal is a whaler - a horse, a dog, a seabird or a beetle?
Horse
36. By what name was China known to the west in medieval times?
Cathay
37. Who has captained England most times in cricket test matches?
Mike Atherton
38. What is the name of the Cantonese dish of barbecued pork, usually coated
beforehand with a seasoning of honey, spices and soy sauce?
Char Siu
39. Which rock star, who died in 1971 aged 36, survived the car crash in which Eddie
Cochran died in 1960?
Gene Vincent
40. How many hands did the world's first mechanical clock have?
None
Tiebreaker - New licensing laws mean that 60,326 outlets can sell alcohol for longer, but
of these how may pubs and clubs, got 24-hour licences?
359
15/01/06
1. Which company lost a 350 year "monopoly" from 1st January 2006?
Royal Mail
2. Today in 1559, Elizabeth I was crowned. Who were her parents?
Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn
3. Which Conference football club are known as the Brewers?
Buton Albion
4. Which actor and singer reached the top of the UK pop charts today in 1977 with
`Don't Give Up On Us'?
David Soul
5. Which tennis player said recently - “I want to get into the top 10 - then maybe I can
get a date with Maria Sharapova!”?
Andy Murray
6. Today in 1943 America's Pentagon was completed. In which state is the complex?
Virginia
7. According to a recent survey what is the safest car colour?
Silver
8. What is the name for an eagles nest?
Eyrie
9. The world's largest retailer has been ordered to pay $172m(£99m) in compensation to
workers who were refused lunch breaks. Who is the world's largest retailer?
Wal-Mart
10. Which type of fat can increase the cholesterol level in your blood?
Saturated
11. How many cars competed in the Wacky Races?
Eleven
12. Which low-cost flyer has bought 20 new Airbus A319 jet planes for its fleet at a cost
of £505m?
Easyjet
13. Celebrity Big Brother 4 is well under way, who are the previous 3 winners?
Jack Dee, Claire Sweeney, Mark Owen / runners up - Les Dennis, Bez, and Kenzie
14. What does the common mole normally feed upon?
Worms
15. Which crisp manufacturer has been placed in administration?
Golden Wonder
16. What is the most famous guide to the best restaurants in France called?
Michelin Guide
17. What title should you use when talking to a Cardinal?
Emminence
18. In the night sky, Americans call it the big dipper, what do we Correctly call it?
The Plough
19. From which filmdoes this line come - "I do wish we could chat longer but I'mhaving
an old friend for dinner"?
Silence Of The Lambs
20. In a recent survey by UK interactive TV firm Home Media Networks, Name the top 5
most missed series on TV?
Star Trek / Buffy the Vampire Slayer / Friends / Fawlty Towers / Blake's 7
21. Which Year - Britain sweeps the Oscars. Julie Andrews wins Best Actress in film
debut for Mary Poppins, The Beatles receive MBEs at Buckingham Palace, US Black
leader Malcolm X shot to death at Harlemrally in New York City by rival Black Muslims
and Qantas Boeing jet 'City of Townsville' completes first non-stop Pacific flight from
San Francisco to Sydney?
1965
22. What was the challenging method of catching a fly in 'Karate Kid'?
With Chopsticks
23. If you were watching the Atlanta Falcons play the Arizona Cardinals what sport
would you be watching?
American Football
24. Carrots are rich in which vitamin?
Vitamin A
25. What illness killed Oliver Cromwell?
Malaria
26. What is the christian name of the Man who founded Ferrari?
Enzo
27. What can you enjoy in the evening, from December till March in Wengen, Kitzbuhel,
Val D'Isere and Val Gardena?
Apres Ski
28. What technical term is given for the middle of an earthquake?
Epicentre
29. Which 1994 western starred Mel Gibson & Jodie Foster?
Maverick
30. What tern was given for the measurement of quality of petrol?
Octane rating
31. In Knitting, what yarn is thicker, double knitting or four ply?
Double Knitting
32. Which plant takes it's name from the Italian phrase for Beautiful women?
Belladonna
33. Which TV series was set mainly at 34 Claremont Avenue, London, W11 4BS?
Absolutely Fabulous
34. What name is given to an actor covering for a star in case of illness?
Understudy
35. What treatment is based upon the idea that there are energy channels in the feet that
relate to every organ and function of the body?
Reflexology
36. Who was Liverpool manager for their 1984 European cup triumph?
Joe Fagan
37. Actor Frank Thornton was born today in 1921. Which character did he play in TV's
'Are You Being Served?'?
Captain Stephen Peacock
38. Athlete Chris Akabusi competed mainly in which distance?
400m
39. What was the surname of the principle couple in "The Good Life"?
Good
40. Where can February come before January, August come before May and December
come before October?
In a dictionary
Tiebreaker - Enid Blyton, writer of the 'Famous Five' had how many stories published in
1959? - Fifty Nine
22/01/06
1. What is the name of the 16-year old footballer who has chosen to sign for Arsenal
rather than Chelsea in a £12.5mdeal?
Theo Walcott
2. Who became the first World Snooker Champion in 1927?
Joe Davis
3. Which popstar has been accused of animal cruelty by American animal rights
organisation, PETA?
Michael Jackson
4. One Point Each - Tony Blair is now facing his fifth Tory Leader across the dispatch
box in the commons with David Cameron, name the other four?
Michael Howerd, Ian-Duncan Smith, William Hague and John Major
5. In the animal kingdom, which large rodent is also known as the ‘Quill Pig”?
The Porcupine
6. A current advert for which car shows angels looking after people (a la "Wings of
Desire") with the strap line “Built to protect”?
VW Polo
7. Which Japanese electronics firm is named after a word meaning sound?
Sony
8. Which former Baywatch star has filed for divorce from actress Pamela Bach, his wife
of 16 years?
David Hasselhoff
9. Which ‘must have’ girl’s dolls have names such as Yasmin, Meygan, Jade and
Sasha?
Bratz
10. Which film won Best motion picture - Drama at the recent Golden Globe awards?
Brokeback Mountain
11. With which city do you associate Royal Doulton, Spode, Wedgwood and Minton?
Stoke-On-Trent
12. Which presenter is the face of the recent advertisements to encourage people to get
their tax returns in by the end of January?
Adam Hart-Davis
13. The model of car JFK was travelling in when he was assassinated bore the name of
which former US president?
Lincoln
14. In which building is the Koh-i-noor Diamond kept?
The Tower of London
15. Sarah, Nicola, Nadine, Kimberley and Cheryl are the members of which pop group?
Girls Aloud
16. The name of which European country means “land of the eagle”?
Albania
17. NASA has launched its New Horizons mission, where is its destination?
Pluto
18. Who has been appointed as the new Republic of Ireland football manager?
Steve Staunton
19. In the TV quiz show family fortunes, how many members are in each team?
Five
20. Family Fortunes Question - Top Answers Required - What is the first thing a man
does after he finishes making love?
Goes to sleep / Smokes a cigarette / Gets dressed and goes home / Goes to the
bathroom / Kisses and cuddles his partner
21. As 'Freddie' Flintoff was made a freeman of the City of Preston last Friday, One Point
Each - Which Eight counties that play first class cricket have names that don’t end in
shire?
Kent, Surrey, Somerset, Durham, Glamorgan, Essex, Middlesex, Sussex
22. What is the name of the brown bear from cult kid’s TV show ‘Rainbow’?
Bungle
23. In which cult TV programme would you hear the catch-phrases "I love it when a plan
comes together" and “You crazy fool”?
The A Team
24. Which member of the Royal Family is nicknamed Princess Pushy?
Princess Michael of Kent
25. Ronaldinho is only the third player to have been voted world player of the year more
than once, name the other two?
Ronaldo (1996, 1997 and 2002) and Zinedine Zidane (1998, 2000 and 2003)
26. Which type of institution for young offenders derived its name from a town in Kent?
Borstal
27. Which cartoon character lives in Bikini Bottom?
Spongebob Squarepants
28. Which goalkeeper returned to the Premiership in the 1999-2000 season for Bradford
City aged over 40?
Neville Southall
29. Which fish is the largest of the mackerel family?
Tuna
30. If you are mysophobic, what are you afraid of?
Dirt and germs
31. Which actress played the part of Clark Kent's girlfriend Lois Lane in the films
Superman and Superman III?
Margot Kidder
32. In which English county is Epping Forest?
Essex
33. Which 80's pop song includes the lyrics "Hop in my Chrysler, it's as big as a whale
and it's about to set sail!, I got me a car, it seats about 20, So come on and bring your
jukebox money"?
Love Shack - The B52's
34. Which 70s pop star, the son of an East End docker, was born David Cook in July
1947?
David Essex
35. In what year was the World Cup first transmitted in colour in the UK?
1970
36. The 'Intelligent Whale' was the nickname of an early type of what?
Submarine
37. Which country will host the next Rugby World Cup, in 2007?
France
38. In the film Jaws what are the surnames of the three characters that hunt down the
great white shark aboard a boat called The Orca?
Brody, Quint & Hooper
39. Which was the first country in the world to impose a ban on smoking in the
workplace?
Ireland
40. What is the first name of Miss Moneypenny of Bond fame?
Penny
Tiebreaker – - The British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons announced a 34.6%
rise in operations from 2004 to 2005. How many were performed? 22,041
29/01/06 – Chinese New Year
1. Prince Harry is to join which army regiment when he leaves Sandhurst?
Blues and Royals regiment of the Household Cavalry
2. Which breed of dog takes its name from the former capital of China?
Pekinese
3. The TV licence fee to rise to what for a colour television?
£131.50
4. Who the first ever British pop group to tour China?
Wham!
5. Which F1 Grand Prix has been cancelled for the 2006 season?
Spa-Francorchamps (or Belgian)
6. In China what colour does the bride traditionally wear?
Red
7. What is the title of the house buying programme on Channel 4 presented by Kirstie
Allsopp and Phil Spencer?
Relocation, Relocation
8. In China if you order white tea - what do you get?
Boiled Water
9. Which of the teams currently competing for the African Cup of Nations in Alexandria
are nicknamed the Indomitable Lions?
Cameroon
10. Who had a No 1 hit in 1987 with “China In Your Hand”?
T’Pau
11. Which actress has given birth to her first child Alexa Louise Florence Hughes?
Amanda Holden
12. In China, what type of animals are the Meishan breed, the most popular?
Pigs - They reach puberty at less than 3 months of age, and generally have litters of 15-
17 pigs. Many have 2 litters per year
13. Manfred Stohl is a rally driver from which country?
Austria
14. White Fungus is the best selling canned what in China?
Soup
15. What has been accused of causing Britons to waste the equivalent of around two
power stations' worth of electricity each year?
Leaving TV sets and other gadgets on standby
16. How many stars are there on the flag of the Peoples Republic of China?
Five
17. Brian Barwick is the Chief Executive for which organisation?
Football Association
18. True or False - By law in China, to go to school you must be Intelligent?
True
19. Which is your 'China' wedding anniversary?
20th
20. Family Fortunes Question - Top Answer Required - Name another word for Laugh?
Giggle / Chuckle / Guffaw / Titter / Chortle
21. Which Year - Star Trek: The Next Generation starts on British television, The space
shuttle Discovery placed the Hubble Space Telescope in Earth orbit, The Japanese
company Sony launches the first DAT recorder for domestic use, the British
Conservative government announces the entry of sterling into the European Exchange
Rate Mechanism and The telephone prefix of London changes from 01 to 071 and 081?
1990
22. In Cockney slang what is a ‘china’?
Mate (China plate)
23. In what series would you find Charliemouse, Eddiemouse and Lizziemouse?
Bagpuss
24. What is the world’s largest sea in area?
South China Sea
25. Which four-letter word in the English language reads the same read forwards,
backwards and upside down?
NOON
26. What country does China have its longest land border with?
Mongolia
27. Which company made the original "Coal Tar" soap?
Wright's
28. Which is China’s most populous city?
Shanghai
29. What article of clothing was a Billycock - a jacket, a waistcoat or a hat?
A Hat - A round, low-crowned felt hat
30. Which is China’s longest river?
Yangtze
31. True or False - a 'China long' is a variety of cucumber?
True
32. Which large desert is located in Northern China and South East Mongolia?
Gobi
33. Which member of Top Cat’s gang was in to jazz?
Spook
34. Who was the first President of the USA to visit China?
Richard Nixon
35. In BBC radio's "The Archers", what is the name of the local pub?
The Bull
36. Which country did China invade, with very little world notice, in October 1950?
Tibet
37. Which British singer was Fred Astaire’s last screen dancing partner?
Petula Clark
38. Within which city is China’s Forbidden City?
Beijing (aka Peking)
39. What colour are the stars on the Chinese flag?
Yellow
40. What is the language of the Ghurkha people?
Ghurkhali
Tiebreaker - In the catholic churches long turbulent 2000-year history, how many popes
have been either murdered or assassinated?
26
05/02/06
1. Who is the host nation for the 2006 African Cup of Nations?
Egypt
2. In the film "Groundhog Day", which song is always playing on the radio when Bill
Murray wakes up every morning?
I Got You Babe
3. In which capital city are the ancient remains of the Pantheon, the Forum, and the
Coliseum?
Rome
4. Which car is advertised with the slogan “Big Small”?
Toyota Yaris
5. Who does a 'nuncio' act as an ambassador for?
The Pope
6. Alex Turner, Jamie Cook, Andy Nicholson and Matthew “the cat” Helders are the
members of which group?
Arctic Monkeys
7. Which herb is used to flavour the sauce on pizzas?
Oregano
8. Who presents the Channel 4 TV show “8 out of 10 Cats”?
Jimmy Carr
9. Which country will host this years Eurovision Song Contest?
Greece - 20th May
10. How much did Chantelle win for winning Celebrity Big Brother?
£25,000
11. Middlesborough stands at the mouth of which river?
The Tees
12. Nations with populations of what animal have met in Kuala Lumpur to discuss
conservation of the species?
Elephants
13. Which golfer has agreed a £15 million divorce settlement with former wife?
Colin Montgomerie
14. Which character in the Arabian Nights was the son of Mustafa the Tailor?
Aladdin
15. Where in Yorkshire was announced as the "fattest city" in the UK - according to
obesity figures?
Bradford
16. What name is given to a covered walkway to the side of an open courtyard in a
convent or monastery?
Cloister
17. Which Sunday newspaper features a free entertainment CD entitled 'The Month'?
Sunday Times
18. Europe's largest oil port, Sullom Voe, is found in which group of islands off the
Scottish coast?
Shetlands
19. In which musical do they sing about a 'Jellicle Ball'?
Cats
20. Sven-Goran Eriksson has been the manager of four Italian teams name them?
AS Roma, Fiorentina, Sampdoria and Lazio
21. Name the other teams in England’s group for Euro 2008?
Croatia, Russia, Israel, Estonia, Macedonia and Andorra
22. In bingo lingo, which number is 'snakes alive'?
Fifty Five
23. What was the surname of Charles, the dog expert, who organised the first annual
dog show in London in 1886?
Cruft
24. In which war was the siege of Sebastopol?
Crimean War
25. Which Dutch city was the scene of an airborne invasion of allied forces in
September of 1944, the incident being the subject matter of the filmThe Longest Day?
Arnhem
26. What is missing, Dog, Boot, Ship, Car, Top Hat?
Iron - Monopoly
27. Which British airport was the first have its own Railway Station?
Gatwick
28. In which filmdoes the leading character Don Lockwood gets a good soaking?
Singing In The Rain
29. Habanero is the hottest type of what in the world?
Chilli Pepper
30. Which British university has the most students?
Open University
31. Who in Greek Mythology was the brother of Zeus and God of the sea?
Poseidon
32. Which country was the first to use rockets in warfare?
China
33. Which slang word for prostitutes came from the name of an American General -
Hooker, Slapper or Tart?
Hooker
34. E-numbers 500 to 599 are what kind of additives?
Salts
35. What is the most popular sport played in American Nudist Camps?
Volleyball
36. What is the nationality of the pop group A-Ha, who had eight top-ten hits in the
1980's and are back in the charts again?
Norwegian
37. In which Asian country would you find the Salt range of mountains?
Pakistan
38. Doodles the dog appears in which children's television program?
The Tweenies
39. What is the usual main meat ingredient of 'Shish Kebab'?
Lamb
40. The President of the USA, what was his name in 1962?
George W Bush - he was called that in 1962!
Tiebreaker - The highest number of people ever to have committed mass suicide took place in
the jungle in Guyana in 1978 by people belonging to the religious cult the peoples temple led by
self proclaimed revered JimJones how many people died in this tragic incident? – 913
12/02/06
1. Of which country is Nicosia the capital?
Cyprus
2. In which Bond movie did Grace Jones play a baddie called May Day?
A View To A Kill
3. The Philippines were named in honor of Prince Philip of which country?
Spain
4. What was launched on TV in 1978 by a long distance lorry driver called Martin Fisk?
Yorkie Bars
5. King Edward I of England set what unit of land measurement as 40 rods by 4 rods?
Acre
6. Who replaced Bruce Forsyth on TV’s The Generation Game?
Larry Grayson
7. What is the term for a room in a church where sacred vessels and vestments are
kept?
Sacristy
8. On which show did Ian Woodley become the first TV quiz show millionaire?
TFI Friday
9. The larvae of the fly is a maggot, what is the larvae of a beetle called?
Grub
10. In which programme were Leslie Grantham and Don Henderson brothers?
Paradise club
11. The smallest muscle in the human body is located where?
Ear
12. What was the location of the real-life shop at which the Open All Hours episodes
were filmed?
Doncaster
13. What letter do you always find on a snooker table?
D
14. In which German city was the first series of Auf Wiedersehen, Pet located?
Dusseldorf
15. Which country was created for the Muslimminority in India?
Pakistan
16. Which of the four Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles would come first alphabetically?
Donatello
17. What word can go before bath, shower and delight?
Turkish
18. How many players on a Netball Team are allowed to score?
Two
19. What would you be paid if you held an honorary post?
Nothing
20. Family Fortunes Question - Top Answer Required - Name Something in fact or
fiction connected with an apple?
WilliamTell / Sir Isaac Newton / Adam & Eve / Snow White / The Beatles
21. Which Year - The World Trade Center in New York is completed, Pink Floyd releases
the albumThe Dark Side of the Moon, The British government introduces a child-benefit
scheme and Full-scale war erupts in the Middle East, as Egypt and Syria attack Israel?
1973
22. Which fictional character has been played on screen by Julie Newmar, Ertha Kitt and
Michelle Pfeiffer?
Catwoman
23. With which sport is Gentleman Jim Corbett associated?
Boxing
24. Two Britons successfully defended their Olympic titles in Los Angeles in 1984,
Sebastian Coe was one, who was the other?
Daley Thompson
25. Which is the lowest pitched of the violin family?
Double Bass
26. Which German football teamdid Kevin keegan join after leaving Liverpool in 1977?
FC Hamburg
27. Which Swiss resort holds an annual Golden Rose festival?
Montreux
28. Which car manufacturer designed cyclist Chris Boardman's Gold Medal winning
bike?
Lotus
29. Which crime novelist also writes under the name Barbara Vine?
Ruth Rendell
30. Which filmhad four sequels with these prefixes to the original title - Beneath,
Escape from, Conquest of, and Battle for?
Planet of the apes
31. Which bone lies between the femur and the tibia?
The patella
32. Christopher Chittell plays which character in 'Emmerdale'?
Eric Pollard
33. Which Turkish empire was founded by Osman?
Ottoman Empire
34. What sort of creature is a klipspringer?
An antelope
35. Dry ice is the solid formof which gas?
Carbon dioxide
36. Who are the ceremonial royal bodyguards?
The Yeomen of the Guard
37. In which sport was Giacomo Agostini a superstar?
Motorcycle racing
38. On which island did mutineers from the Bounty settle?
Pitcairn
39. On which side of the road do they drive in Cyprus?
Left
40. How many puppies featured in the film 101 Dalmatians?
99 – the other 2 were parents!
Tiebreaker - How many MP’s sit in the Scottish Parliament?
129
26/02/06
1. On which Mediterranean island will you find the Troodos Mountains?
Cyprus
2. Which advert currently advertises its product with a game of hide and seek between cars?
Vauxhall Corsa
3. Inventor Richard Gatling died today in 1903. His Gatling gun consists of howmany barrels?
Ten
4. Who will be Britain’s number one male tennis player in the next published rankings?
Andrew Murray
5. Which Grand National jump is named after a rider who fell there during the first race on this
day in 1839?
Becher's Brook (after Captain Becher)
6. In curling, what name is given to the target area called where the “stones” need to land?
House
7. Born today in 1802, who was the French author of the classic works `Les Miserables' and `The
Hunchback of Notre Dame'?
Victor Hugo
8. A new version of The Pink Panther has topped the North American box office charts. Who
plays Clouseau in this version?
Steve Martin
9. British general Orde Wingate was born today in 1903. What name was given to his specially
trained jungle fighters in Burma in World War Two?
The Chindits (or `Wingate's Riders')
10. Which team beat the Ivory Coast to win the African Nations Cup?
Egypt
11. He died in 1723, His tomb in St. Paul's Cathedral says: 'Reader, if you seek a monument,
look around'. Who is he?
Sir Christopher Wren
12. The great England manager Ron Greenwood recently died aged 84, with which team did he
win a Championship medal in 1955?
Chelsea
13. In 1983, Samantha Fox made her first appearance on Page Three of the Sun. What was the
pop hit she had three years later?
`Touch Me (I Want Your Body)'
14. Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon are the current leader and deputy leader of which
political party?
Scottish National Party (SNP)
15. Which planet is named after the Roman god of the Dead?
Pluto
16. What is the title of the new series with Stephen Tompkinson and Amanda Holden set in
South Africa?
Wild at Heart
17. Knighted in 1993 which TV celebrity and interviewer has the middle name `Paradine'?
Sir David Frost
18. Who plays the character Professor Hood in the TV series “Eleventh Hour”?
Patrick Stewart
19. What motoring aids were first introduced in Britain in 1928 after a one-day trial in
Wolverhampton?
Traffic lights
20. Family Fortunes Question - Top Answer Required - Name Something You Grind?
Coffee - Teeth - Meat - Pepper - Nuts
21. Which Year - The FAsacked Glenn Hoddle as manager of the England soccer team following
his comments that disabled people were paying for sins in a past life, After 122 years, the
Queen withdrew the Royal Warrant from Gallaher’s who make Benson and Hedges cigarettes,
King Hussein of Jordan died, aged 63, The Actor Brian Moseley died six weeks after his
Coronation Street character, Alf Roberts and The producers of Vanessa Feltz’s chat show were
accused of using fake guests on the programme?
1999
22. Who is to host the newseries of 'The Price Is Right' on ITV?
Joe Pasquale
23. Which musical instrument with 4 or 5 pairs of strings is descended from the lute and so
called because of its almond shaped body?
Mandolin (Italian mandola = almond)
24. Which British cheese is the only one that has its name registered as a trademark and can
only be produced in Notts, Derbys and Leics?
Stilton
25. Which naval base is on the Hawaiian island of Oahu?
Pearl Harbor
26. Which DJ was famous for presenting 'Our Tune' on Radio 1?
Simon Bates
27. Which haulage company began its own fan club in 1992?
Eddie Stobart
28. How many people make up an Olympic Curling team?
Four
29. In which North Wales resort are the Sky Tower and the Ocean Beach Amusement Park?
Rhyl
30. True or False - Kenny Everett did the strangulated cat voice in the Charley Says Public
Information Films?
True
31. The Taj Mahal in India is built fromwhich material?
Marble
32. By what nickname are the Yeoman Warders of the Tower of London known?
Beefeaters
33. Of what did the town of Raudhatain in Kuwait start to pump out 5 million gallons a day, after
a valuable 1961 discovery?
Water
34. Which Asian country was divided into North and South in 1954?
Vietnam
35. What name is given to the flesh of a mature sheep used as food?
Mutton
36. In cockney Rhyming slang what are dustbin lids?
Kids
37. By what name did Leonard, Adolphe, Julius, Milton and Herbert make a fortune?
Marx Brothers
38. On what was millionaire John Jacob Astor standing at the time of his death?
The Titanic
39. What did Leofric the Earl of Mercia’s wife have between her legs when she made her most
famous historical gesture?
AHorse
40. Why don’t cars ever run out of petrol when travelling through the Simplon Tunnel?
It is a Railway Tunnel
Tiebreaker - The Bank of England issued the first ever pound note in which year?
1791
05/03/06
1. Which month is named after the Roman god of war?
March - fromMars
2. Who is the marching leader of a pipe band — the pipe major or the drummajor?
The drummajor
3. London’s High Court heard a claim that which best-selling novel copied ideas from a
book written in 1982?
The Da Vinci Code
4. Scousers come fromLiverpool but where do Maccams come from?
Sunderland
5. What type of food is a Pomme D’Amour?
Tomato
6. In which country is the opening Formula One grand prix of the 2006 season set to
take place?
Bahrain
7. Which children's TV character calls one of his colleagues a diseasal?
Thomas The Tank Engine
8. The body of the Egyptian Sphinx was based on which animal?
Lion
9. Which company makes a model called the Meriva?
Vauxhall
10. When were the Winter and Summer Olympics last held in the same year?
1992
11. What did Britain`s roads first acquire in 1914?
White Lines
12. Which country other than England, has a city called London on a river called the
Thames?
Canada
13. KISS NO JOURNAL is an anagramof which TV personality?
Ulrika Jonsson
14. Who was the most famous passenger on HMS Beagle from 1831 to 1836?
Charles Darwin
15. Who had a hit with the song “You Make Me feel Like Dancing” in 1976?
Leo Sayer
16. It used to be called the Local Defence Volunteers until on 23rd August, 1940,
Winston Churchill changed the name of them to what?
The Home Guard
17. What colour cap is worn by an English cricketer capped for his country?
Blue
18. Which TV music show had Whispering Bob Harris as the presenter helped by Anne
Nightingale?
The Old Grey Whistle Test (Alice Cooper, Jimmy Hendrix, Bob Dylan and Bill Hayley all
appeared on the first edition)
19. What is the only US State not to contain any of the letters of `George W Bush`?
Indiana
20. Family Fortunes Question - Top Answers required - Name a Kind of Tank?
Fish / Water / Army or Military / Petrol / Think
21. One point each - New York is composed of five districts, what are their names?
Manhattan, Richmond, Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx
22. Whch short word is defined as - A depression in the bottomof the crankcase of an
internal-combustion engine, which serves as a reservoir of lubricating oil?
Sump
23. How does Fred Flintstone start his car?
With his feet
24. Which cricket commentator made his debut against the West Indies in January
1952?
Ritchie Benaud
25. In the 60's puppet series, which Thunderbird launches from the swimming pool?
Thunderbird 1
26. Which musical instrument has dampers, hammers and strings?
Piano
27. In which city is Taggart set?
Glasgow
28. How long does a boxer have to make the weight if he fails to make it for the weigh
in?
One hour
29. Which Italian city is still threatened by Mount Vesuvius?
Naples
30. Who answered Batman and Robin’s phone when they were out together?
Alfred - the butler
31. Which bridge across the Thames is between Blackfriars Bridge and Hungerford
Bridge?
Waterloo Bridge
32. Bachelor's buttons are a variety of which yellow wild flower - are they Buttercups,
Dandelions or Daffodils?
Buttercups
33. In Alice in Wonderland, the Mad Hatter, the March Hare, and who else were having a
mad tea party?
The Dormouse
34. What tax were London taxi drivers demonstrating against when they brought parts
of the city to a standstill in 1972?
VAT
35. In which country is Europe’s last mainline steamrailway service?
Poland
36. On which children's TV show would you have found the Melody Angels?
Captain Scarlett
37. In which sport are competitors required to change lanes after every lap?
Speed Skating
38. Who has won more Oscars than anyone else in movie history?
Walt Disney
39. On TV's 'Jimmy's Farm' what sort of animals are the rare breed of Essex Black &
Whites?
Pigs
40. Why don`t Spaniards sing along when their national anthem is played after winning
gold medals at the Olympic Games?
It has no words
Tiebreaker - Eight people have shared the largest jackpot in the US lottery, how much
was it?
$365m
12/03/06
1. How is H5N1 better known?
Bird Flu - a strain of...
2. Actor Jack Wild has died at the age of 53. What in 1968 was his most famous film role?
The Artful Dodger in Oliver!
3. Which book opens "Renowned curator Jacques Sauniere staggered through the vaulted
archway of the museum's Grand Gallery. He lunged for the nearest painting he could see, a
Caravaggio. Grabbing the gilded frame he tore it from the wall and collapsed backwards in a
heap beneath the canvass"?
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
4. Chelsea and Southampton legend Peter Osgood has died at the age of 59. How many times
did he play for England?
Four
5. The Admiral of the Fleet, the highest rank in the Royal Navy, wears how many gold rings on
the sleeve of his uniform?
Five
6. In which month of the year is the Chelsea Flower Show held?
May
7. How old will the new leader of the Lib-Dems Menzies Campbell be this year?
65
8. Which Knight of the Round Table found the Holy Grail?
Sir Galahad
9. In a sporting sense what is WADA?
The World Anti-Doping Agency
10. The first pair of which brand of boot were made from tyres?
Doc Martens
11. Who has been chosen as the UK's entry for the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest after winning
a live public vote on BBC One?
Daz Sampson
12. Which palace on the Thames, built for Cardinal Wolsey, was later home and a 'prison' to
Charles I?
Hampton Court
13. In addition to his prison sentence, Gary Glitter has been ordered to pay 5mVietnamese dong
to his victims' families. How much is this in £’s - £180, £1,800 or £18,000?
£180
14. Boobook, Horned and Screech are all kinds of which creature?
Owl
15. A giant crater made by a meteorite impact millions of years ago has been discovered in
which country?
Egypt
16. What is the national cheese of Greece?
Feta
17. What is the only animal with retractable horns?
Snail
18. Trinidad lies off the coast of which South American country?
Venezuela
19. Who endeavoured to solve the crime in the story The Dead of Jericho?
Inspector Morse
20. Family Fortunes Question - Top Answer Required - Something You Toss!
Ball / Salad / Coin / Pancake / Frisbee
21. Who won the 4 main acting Oscars at the 2006 ceremony?
Philip Seymour-Hoffman, Reese Witherspoon, George Clooney and Rachel Weisz
22. What ancient roman buildings name means 'place for a giant'?
Coliseum
23. True or false - in Alabama it is illegal for a woman to drive if her husband is not in the car
with her?
False!!!
24. In 1993, having described his own goods as "crap", to what did Gerald Ratner change the
name of his jewellery business?
Signet
25. Which islands discovered by John Davis in 1592 made world news headlines 390 years
later?
Falklands
26. Formed in 1944, the German 'Volkssturm' was the equivalent of which British organisation?
Home Guard
27. Which Roman emperor was assassinated on the Ides of March?
Julius Caesar
28. Which cake is said to have been named by an exiled Polish king after his favourite character
in The Thousand and One Nights?
Rum Baba
29. What legend are scientists trying to dismiss by claiming it was probably a circus elephant
having a bath?
The Loch Ness Monster
30. What game of chance is physically the most demanding for the loser?
Russian Roulette
31. On 4th August, 1954, Britain's first supersonic fighter plane, made its maiden flight, What
was its name?
The English Electric Lightning P-1
32. Which amphibian lived next door to Hector in Hector’s House?
Miss Kiki Frog
33. On 13th March 1996, Thomas Hamilton shot dead 17 people, where?
Dunblane Primary School
34. Which pop star was ordained as Mother Bernadette Maria?
Sinead O’Connor
35. In which sport are you not allowed to wear white?
Table tennis
36. Which spin-off from Dallas saw the action move from Dallas to California?
Knot’s Landing
37. Which Vegetable requires one million gallons of running water daily, to cultivate just two
and a half acres?
Watercress - which is probably why it is 98p a bag in Asda
38. Cape Farewell lies at the southern tip of which country?
Greenland
39. Name the profession most often late for doctors appointments?
Doctors
40. At the recent Razzie Awards Tom Cruise won "most tiresome tabloid target" but who did he
beat in to 2nd place?
Tom Cruise (yes he we 1st and 2nd)
Tiebreaker - On 16th March 1990, Roger Hickey of California recorded the highest speed
recorded on a skateboard, what was it?
78.37 mph / 126.12 kph
- The Sport of Cockfighting was banned in England in which year?
1849
Recently Ronnie Barker received a memorial service at Westminster Abbey, he is the third
comic to receive such an honour. Name the other 2 who received the same honour in 1980 and
1994.
Joyce Grenfell and Les Dawson
19/03/06
1. What is the name given to the area where horses are paraded in front of the public
before a race?
Paddock
2. In which sport does the biggest jerk win?
Weightlifting
3. Whose current garden - which is 24 acres - contains a full-size football pitch, golf
course, Buddhist shrine, rugby posts, swimming pool, replica ruined castle, playground
and trampoline?
David Beckham
4. The correct response to which Irish greeting, is 'the rest of the day to yourself'?
Top of the morning to you
5. A statue of which three-time Gold Cup winner was unveiled at the Cheltenham
festival?
Best Mate
6. Which brand of cosmetic creamgets it’s name from the Latin for Snow White?
Nivea
7. What US city, in Kansas, promotes itself as the 'air capital of the world' because it
produces more aircraft than any other city?
Wichita
8. 'Wavering Down' a country house in the Cotswolds is to open to the public for the
first time this summer, it was the former home of which comedian?
Frankie Howerd
9. On what colour square does a white king begin a game of chess?
Black
10. Off which islands was Robert Maxwell cruising when he disappeared in 1991?
Canary Islands
11. The Ancient Olympics were held in honour of which god?
Zeus
12. What word is added to the title of the show when repeats of the satirical news quiz
Have I Got News For You are shown?
Old
13. True or False - during the height of their success, Abba’s income exceeded Swedish
motor company Volvo’s?
True
14. Which American mystery series has the tagline “Scary just got sexy”?
“Supernatural”
15. Which of the lakes in the Lake District has the villages of Glenridding and Patterdale
on its shores?
Ullswater
16. Which popular TV sitcom was set in the village of Cricket St Thomas?
To The Manor Born
17. What is the maximum length permitted by the jockey club for a horses name?
Seventeen
18. Water, Madonna and Marco Polo are all varieties of which flower?
Lily
19. Who died of smallpox in 1617 and became the subject of a Disney film in 1995?
Pocohontas
20. One point each - Name the six nations that have competed in every Commonwealth
Games?
Australia, Canada, England, New Zealand, Scotland and Wales
21. One point each - What are the five largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea?
Cyprus, Sardinia, Sicily, Crete, Corsica
22. Which insect lives in a nest called a vespiary?
Wasp
23. Which town in Central Spain is famous for it’s swords and knives?
Toledo
24. Which animal symbolises strength and restraint in Buddhism?
Elephant
25. Who is the only female character in the “Winnie the Pooh” stories?
Kanga
26. What is the name of the dog in the ‘More Than’ Insurance TV advert?
Lucky
27. Which Arab nation shares borders with Israel, Sudan and Libya?
Egypt
28. What is the metal most commonly used to make a set of darts?
Tungsten
29. Who was the first woman to produce, direct, write and star in a major Hollywood
film?
Barbra Streisand (the film was “Yentl”)
30. If a ship has enough food to last the crew of 250 men for 6 months how long would it
last a crew of 600 men?
Two and a half months
31. What tree is nicknamed the Buckeye in America and provides the ammunition for
the game known as conkers?
Horse Chestnut
32. The comedy series, 'It aint half hot , mum' was set in which country?
India
33. Where in the human body would you find the Palantine Bones, the ear, the nose, or
the jaw?
The Jaw
34. Of the 30 Carry On films, which had the longest main title (in terms of number of
letters)?
Carry On At Your Convenience (2nd = Don't lose your head)
35. From which country does Franconia wine come?
Germany
36. In which TV series was there a company called Barnes Wentworth?
Dallas
37. What should be awarded in football if a goal is scored directly from an indirect free
kick?
Goal kick
38. What was Gerry Andersons first TV series without puppets?
UFO
39. Which gemstone is a symbol of virginity?
Pearl
40. When did April 25th fall on March 13th?
In the Cheltenham Gold Cup
Tiebreaker - How many pints of Guinness were expected to be served at this years
CheltenhamFestival?
170,000 pints
- How many teams are taking part in the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne?
71
26/03/06 – Mother’s Day
1. In which film would you hear the immortal words 'Mother's not quite herself today!'?
Psycho
2. What is the first name of President George W Bush’s mother?
Barbara - Laura is his wife
3. Who was the mother of Liza Minelli?
Judy Garland
4. Julie Walters and Lulu have both played the mother of which literary character on
TV?
Adrian Mole
5. What is the name of the mother of Michael Jackson’s children?
Debbie Rowe
6. Who played Forrest Gump’s mother in the film “Forrest Gump”?
Sally Field
7. Who was the last Empress of India?
Queen Mother
8. In which Beatle song does "...Mother Mary come to me"?
Let It Be
9. Which of these comedians was a preferred choice to play Frank Spencer in ‘Some
Mothers Do Have ‘Em’, before the role went to Michael Crawford a) Benny Hill b) Dick
Emery or c) Ronnie Barker?
c – Ronnie Barker
10. If A Horse's Father Is A Sire, What Is It's Mother Called?
A Dam
11. Nacre is more commonly known as what?
Mother of Pearl
12. Who played Jennifer Saunders mother in “Absolutely Fabulous”?
June Whitfield
13. Who had a hit with Sylvia's Mother in 1972?
Dr Hook
In the Doctor Hook hit Sylvia's Mother, what is mother's surname?
Abraham
14. Which famous actress is the mother of actress Joely Richardson?
Vanessa Redgrave
15. According to the proverb, what is "the mother of invention"?
Necessity
16. Who was the mother of Queen Elizabeth I?
Anne Boleyn
17. What do Tibetans refer to as 'The goddess mother'?
Mount Everest
18. Which TV spy series featured a spymaster named Mother?
The Avengers
19. In the Pantomime, who is Aladdin’s mother?
Widow Twanky
20. Family Fortunes Question - Top Answer Required - Name a man who is famous for
wearing women’s clothes?
Danny La Rue / Barry Humphries / Dame Edna / Lilly Savage alias Paul O'Grady / Eddie
Izzard / Boy George
21. Which almond cake is traditionally made for Mothering Sunday?
Simnel Cake
22. True or False - Neil Armstrong's mother's maiden name was moon?
False - Buzz Aldrins was!
23. Which Blue String Pudding eating family consisted of Major, Mother, Granny, Small
And Tiny?
The Clangers
24. Who is the mother of actress Melanie Griffith who made her screen debut in the
Hitchcock’s 1963 suspense thriller The Birds?
Tippi Hedron
25. What is the name of the Diamond, which was the centrepiece of the crown that The
Queen Mother wore for her Coronation in 1937?
The Koh i Noor
26. According to Beatrix Potter, what were the names of the four rabbits that lived with
their mother in a sandbank underneath the root of a very big fir tree?
Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail, Peter
27. Which Catholic missionary and Nobel laureate died in 1997?
Mother Teresa - born in Albania - Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, born Skopje 1910
28. Which artist painted a famous portrait of his mother?
James Whistler
29. In fiction, who's mother Monique Delacroix, died when he was 11?
James Bond
30. The name of Spock’s mother in the TV series “Star Trek” was also the name of a late
1980’s pop group, what was it?
T’Pau
31. Which alcoholic spirit is affectionately known as “mother’s ruin”?
Gin
32. Which famous Hollywood actress is the mother of film star Kate Hudson?
Goldie Hawn
33. Elizabeth Fry was known as the Mother of Prison Reform, where can everyone
regularly see her picture?
On the back of a £5 note - issued May 2002
34. Whenever Reginald Perrin thought of his mother-in-law, what vision came up on the
TV screen?
A Hippopotamus
35. Which actress played the part of Elvis Presley’s mother in the film Blue Hawaii and
later went on to play a TV detective?
Angela Landsbury
36. What was the name of Superman's mother?
Lara
37. Who is Pebble's mother in the Flintstones?
Wilma
38. In song, where was ‘Mother Kelly’s Doorstep’?
Down Paradise Row
39. Which actress, born in 1927, is the famous mother of Jamie Lee Curtis and famous
for the shower scene in ‘Psycho’?
Janet Leigh
40. On December 17th 1972, “lets get this mother out of here” were the last words
spoken where?
The Moon
Tiebreaker - Mrs Vassilyev is entered into the Guinness Book of Records as the most
prolific mother ever, how many babies did she give birth to?
69
02/04/06
1. Which member of the Royal family formally closed the 2006 Commonwealth Games in
Melbourne?
Prince Edward
2. In which British daily newspaper are the adventures of Rupert Bear featured?
Daily Express
3. Which Northern comedian is to be the host of Bullseye when it returns?
Dave Spikey
4. In the sport of Snooker, who is known as Mr Trick Shot?
John Virgo
5. Rod Aldridge, Richard Caring, Gordon Crawford, Prof Sir Christopher Evans, Sir David
Garrard, Nigel Morris, Sir GulamNoon, Dr Chai Patel, Andrew Rosenfeld, Barry Townsley and
Derek Tullett are nowall unlikely to receive what?
A Peerage - Donated money to the Labour Party (Lord Sainsbury is missing from the list)
6. Whose new show, which is touring the UK, is called 'Celtic Tiger'?
Michael Flatley
7. Which former Eastenders actor has returned to his wife after she forgave him for his web sex
scandal?
Leslie Grantham
8. Which commercial airline was developed from Davis & Newman (a firm of shipbrokers) in the
1950s?
DAN Air
9. The Jockey Club has launched a safety review after how many horses died during the 2006
Cheltenham Festival?
Nine
10. What word means making things from Bone, Ivory or Seashells particularly by sailors?
Scrimshaw
11. Why was the Quiz Show 'A Challenge to the Heart' cancelled in Uruguay - a) the contestants
cheated, b) the contestants were struck by lightening or c) the contestants were run over by a
train & killed?
c) the contestants were run over by a train & killed
12. Actress, Lynne Perrie has died aged 75 who did she play in Coronation Street?
Ivy Tilsley
13. Which of these Islands was ruled by Britain from1815 to 1864, a: Crete, b: Cyprus, c: Corfu
or d: Corsica?
c) Corfu
14. Inca Trail, Amberleigh House and Ebony Light will run in this years Grand National, who is
their famous trainer?
Ginger McCain
15. Which country was created from the remains of the Hapsburg Empire in 1918?
Austria
16. Which British company has agreed to a takeover by L’Oreal worth £652m?
Body Shop
17. What is the name of the British hostage freed in Iraq recently?
Norman Kember
18. What is the only Olympic event in which the competitors are required to wear a top hat?
Dressage (Equestrian)
19. There was a total eclipse this week in which year will the next occur?
2008 (August 1st)
20. Family Fortunes Question - Top Answer Required - Name a quiet animal?
Mouse / Cat / Rabbit / Bat / Mole
21. Which Year - At the age of 23, Spanish golfer Sevriano Ballesteros, made history twice over
as he won the US Masters in Augusta, Georgia. Not only was he the youngest ever champion,
but he became the first European to win this coveted title, 'Kramer vs Kramer', starring Dustin
Hoffman and Meryl Streep, won the Oscar for Best Film, Southern Rhodesia became
independent Zimbabwe and as millions watched live on television, commandos of Britain's
secret Special Air Services stormed the Iranian Embassy in London's fashionable Knightsbridge
to break a six-day terrorist siege?
1980
22. Which company has delayed the launch of its PlayStation 3 until November?
Sony
23. How large are the squads, which must be named for the World Cup in May?
23 players
24. In which TV series did Ronnie Corbett played Timothy Lumsden?
Sorry
25. Which former Bond said recently “I never liked guns, I hate them, I always blink before they
go off”?
Roger Moore
26. Harlequin and Muscovy are which type of birds?
Ducks
27. Which chain of butcher’s the largest in the UK has gone in to administration?
Dewhurst’s
28. What is the name for a piece of leather on which a razor is sharpened?
Astrop
29. Loris Capirossi is involved in which sport?
Moto GP
30. Name the drug supposed to arouse sexual desire and named after a Greek goddess?
Aphrodisiac
31. Which colourful singer is currently in the singles chart with a record entitled 'Stupid Girls'?
Pink
32. What is the name for a person who takes X-Rays?
Radiographer
33. True or False - Hollywood actress Joan Crawford had her back teeth removed to make her
cheekbones more prominent?
True
34. Fromwhich London Jail did Ronnie Biggs escape in 1965?
Wandsworth
35. Who is currently in the albumcharts with a CD entiled 'The Impossible Dream'?
Andy Abraham
36. Which US town was reportedly the site of a 1947 UFO crash?
Roswell
37. Which singer will reputedly be making £100,000 for filming Walker’s Crisp adverts with Gary
Lineker?
Charlotte Church
38. What is the only State in Australia not to have the letter S in it?
Victoria
39. At the British Book Awards which book was voted book of the year?
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
40. Why was Cliff Richard banned fromentering Singapore in 1972?
His hair was too long
Tiebreaker - How much was Grilled 8oz rump steak, served with french fries, garden peas, fresh
tomato, roll & butter, ice-cream or cheese at the Tavern in the Town, Southport in 1976?
£2.17
- How much were Southport Theatre tickets to see Cliff Richard in 1976?
£1.30 to £2.60
09/04/06
1. On what course is golf’s U.S. Masters held?
Augusta National
2. Which Titan in Greek mythology appeared on the front cover of early collections of maps?
Atlas
3. How many tunnels are there in total in the Channel Tunnel?
Three
4. What name connects a mythical bird, a city in Arizona and an American actor who died in
1993 at the age of 22?
Phoenix
5. Who played Eliot Ness in the movie version of ‘The Untouchables’?
Kevin Costner
6. Launched in New York in 1959, which famous teenage fashion model later became an
astronaut, ballerina, surgeon and fire-fighter but was unsuccessful when she ran for president
in 1992?
Barbie Doll
7. What was completed in the United States in 1926 and is 2,448 miles long?
Route 66
8. In 1909, who became the first person to arrive on English soil using a form of transport other
than a boat?
Louis Bleriot
9. When Jodie Foster made her first screen appearance aged three, she suffered the indignity of
having her pants pulled down by a dog to advertise which product - was it sun tan lotion,
disposable nappies or toilet rolls?
Sun tan lotion (Coppertan)
10. Who married King Henry VIII in 1536 and succeeded - where previous wives had failed - in
providing a legitimate male heir to the English throne?
Jane Seymour
11. Known for his eccentric manner when presenting programmes about conservation, which
British writer and broadcaster was nicknamed ‘Botanic Man’?
David Bellamy
12. Which 1957 filmstarring Alec Guinness was advertised with the slogan ‘It spans a whole
new world of entertainment?
The Bridge on the River Kwai
13. True or False - Lord’s cricket ground in St. John’s Wood is overlooked by a gasometer?
False - The Oval
14. Excluding car drivers, which animal is the hedgehog’s only natural predator in the English
countryside?
The badger
15. If you flew to Orlando in the United States, which would be closer - Walt Disney World or
Disneyland?
Walt Disney World
16. Who watched Burnley defeat Liverpool 1-0 in 1914 to become the first British monarch to
attend an FA Cup Final?
George V
17. 'They came unseen’ is the motto of which branch of the British armed services?
The submarine service
18. Invented in 1970 by the American company Monarch Markings, what is the popular name for
‘computer-scanned binary signal code’?
Bar code
19. Port Isaac in Cornwall claims to have the narrowest street in the world. Is it called Slim-Jim
Alley, Thin-Lizzie Alley or Squeeze-Belly Alley?
Squeeze-belly Alley
20. Family Fortunes Question - Top Answer Required - Name a famous horse race?
Grand National / Derby / St. Ledger / Arc De Triumph / Oaks
21. Which Year - The National Lottery was launched in the UK, The Channel Tunnel was officially
opened, O. J. Simpson was charged with murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown and Tony Blair
became leader of the Labour Party?
1994
22. Which car company was formed when a British engineer of the name joined with F. T.
Burgess and Harry Varley to build a sporting motorcar in 1919?
Bentley
23. Which club was Stanley Matthews playing for when he was voted the first European
Footballer of the Year?
Blackpool (1956)
24. In which English county is the racecourse town of Hexham?
Nothumberland
25. While being buried in 1087, the overweight body of which English king exploded as
attendants tried to squeeze it into a stone coffin?
WilliamI (the Conqueror)
26. 'Queenies' are a name given to which type of shellfish?
Scallops
27. Bell-bottom trousers, turtleneck sweaters and the ‘little black dress’ were innovations
introduced by which French fashion designer?
Coco Chanel (Gabrielle)
28. Which confection consisting of a baked roll filled with fruit takes it’s name from the German
word for ‘whirlpool’ because of the way the pastry is rolled?
Strudel
29. An octopus called Aristotle and a black widow spider called Homer were pets kept by which
dysfunctional TV family in their home at Cemetery Ridge?
The Addams Family
30. What style of haircut is believed to date from the 1930’s after being adopted by students at
Yale and Harvard universities who took part in boat racing?
Crewcut
31. In snooker, what would the score be if a player made a total clearance by potting the blue
ball with every red?
117
32. Which car company was formed when Robert Bamford and Lionel Martin joined with Singer
Motorcars to produce a racecar in 1919?
Aston Martin
33. True or False - In the early days of aviation, seat belts were only installed for pilots after
several fell to their deaths when flying upside down?
True
34. Which England football manager was nicknamed ‘The Desert Rat’ when he resigned fromthe
job in 1977 and took a well-paid position in the Middle East?
Don Revie
35. Which freshwater fish is sometimes called a 'river wolf' and shares it’s name with a medieval
infantry weapon?
Pike
36. Believed to have originated in India, the game of Shogi is a Japanese form of which other
game?
Chess
37. In which American state was the 1980’s detective series Magnum P. I. set?
Hawaii
38. Since the Queen came to the throne in 1952, who is the only British prime minister to regain
office after a spell in opposition?
Harold Wilson
39. The horse track called Rotten Row and the lake known as the Serpentine are both to be
found in which large open space in London?
Hyde Park
40. Who was killed on January 4th 1967 while trying to break Donald Campbell’s world water
speed record on Lake Coniston?
Donald Campbell
Tiebreaker - When was the first bathing suit worn?
350 BC in Greece
16/04/06
1. According to the bible which came first the Chicken or the Egg?
The chicken (Genesis 1 v 19-20On 4th day God said fowl may fly above the earth)
2. Who has the number one album "Ringleader Of The Tormentors"?
Morissey
3. Which Scottish football teamplay their home games at Easter Road in Edinburgh?
Hibernian
4. "How Do You Solve A ProblemLike Maria?" is a new TV show aimed at finding a star
for what?
To find an actress to play the leading role in a stage version of The Sound of Music in
London
5. Which TV quiz show was hosted by Dermot Murnaghan and included Judith Keppel
and Christopher Hughes?
Eggheads
6. Which Caribbean island is served by 'Grantley Adams Airport'?
Barbados
7. Who sends his Urbi et Orbi at Easter time?
The Pope
8. Which chocolate bar is ‘Full Of Eastern Promise’?
Fry’s Turkish Delight
9. The cost of a first-class stamp has risen two pence to 32p, what is the price of a
second-class stamp?
23p
10. What nationality was Faberge the jeweller responsible for the amazing Faberge
Eggs?
Russian
11. Of which religion is the Emperor of Japan, the High Priest?
Shinto
12. Which cartoon character features in the 1947 Mel Blanc film Easter Yeggs?
Bugs Bunny
13. True or false - Five time Olympic gold medal winner Steve Redgrave has taken part
in the Winter Olympics?
True (member of British Bobsleigh team)
14. What was Mike Baldwin’s middle name?
Vernon
15. What is the alternative name for an eggplant?
Aubergine
16. To which country does Easter Island belong?
Chile
17. Kielder, Newton Stewart and Easter Ross are three of the UK’s largest what?
Forrests
18. Which coastal town recently introduced a speed limit of 20mph on the central roads
to make thempedestrian-friendly?
Blackpool
19. Translated into English, which city in Texas would be called 'yellow'?
Amarillo
20. One point each - Name five traditional wedding anniversary gifts that begin with
"C"?
Cotton, Copper, Crystal, China and Coral
21. Which Year - The last episode of Friends had an audience of 8.6mviewers on C4,
Peter Andre returned to the charts with Mysterious Girl, Joe Pasquale won I'm a
celebrity get me out of here and Leslie Granthamhad to apologise for exposing himself
on the Internet?
2004
22. How many countries to date have won the World cup of Football?
Seven
23. Chinese White Cabbage is known by what other name?
Bok Choy
24. In 1969 what resulted in a four-way tie between Holland, the UK, Spain and France?
Eurovision Song Contest
25. In the army what name is given to the officer responsible for attending to the troops'
provisions and lodgings?
Quartermaster
26. Which capital city is served by Benito Juarez Airport?
Mexico City
27. Which British tennis player won the Women's Singles title at the French Open in
1976?
Sue Barker
28. What are the Queen’s two middle names?
Alexandra Mary
29. Who is the only man to have managed a team to win the European Cup three time?
Bob Paisley
30. What is the subtitle to the Ice Age sequel that is top of the US Film charts?
The Meltdown
31. Which European city has the greatest mileage of canals?
Birmingham
32. Which actor made his final film appearance as Proximo in "Gladiator"?
Oliver Reed
33. True or False - In July 1981 Tribal leaders in an eastern Kenyan village sentenced a
tortoise to death for murdering six people by magic?
True
34. What is the name of Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's home on his channel four
programme?
River Cottage
35. Which animal is expected to live longer, Indian Elephant of the Freshwater Oyster?
Freshwater Oyster
36. On Countdown, how many points are awarded for correctly solving the Conundrum?
Ten
37. In Eastenders, what is the name of Little Mo's baby?
Freddie
38. Which breed of dog was originally a cross of an Irish Wolfhound and an English
Mastiff?
Great Dane
39. What would you do with a TANKA - Read it, Ride it or Rub it?
Read It - A Japanese Poem
40. To what did West Pakistan change its name to in 1972?
Pakistan - East Pakistan became Bangladesh
- Hopefully no one teamdoing this quiz suffers from it but what is 'Telesphobia' the fear
of?
Being Last!
Tiebreaker - In which year were Cadbury’s Creme Eggs launched?
1923
23/04/06
1. In which month is Queen Elizabeth II's official birthday?
June (Actual Birthday is April 21st, 1926)
2. What two words appear on the George Cross?
For Gallantry
3. According to the old saying, what do `April showers bring`?
May Flowers
4. One point each - Name the four teams remaining in the Champions League?
AC Milan, Barcelona, Arsenal and Villareal
5. Who was Queen Elizabeth II first Prime Minister?
Winston Churchill
6. What were Ant and Dec’s character names in Byker Grove under which they started
their pop career?
PJ and Duncan
7. Which British city is 402 miles from Cardiff, 156 miles from Newcastle and 149 miles
fromAberdeen?
Glasgow
8. Which airport has the code BHX?
Birmingham
9. Which major high street retailer started life as "The Penny Bazaar" in Leeds market in
1904?
Marks and Spencer
10. What is the number of Prince Philips’ Passport – 0001, 0002 or 0003?
0001 – the Queen does not require a passport!
11. What is the pope’s, Pope Benedict XVI, real name?
Joseph Ratzinger
12. How is Glitter Gulch in the USA better known?
Las Vegas
13. What bird of fast-flowing streams is so-named from its habit of immersing itself
under water to find food?
Dipper
14. In the Royal Navy, what types of vessels are Vanguard, Vengeance, Victorious and
Vigilant?
Submarines
15. Which racehorse trainer was known as the Queen of Aintree?
Jenny Pitman
16. If a car was registered on 1st August 1974, what letter would follow the numbers?
N
17. We’ve all seen pubs called the’ White Hart’, but what type of animal is a Hart?
Male Red Deer
18. Who is the current leader of the British National Party (BNP)?
Nick Griffin
19. Who told the Queen that Snow White was the ‘fairest of them all’?
The Mirror
20. Family Fortunes Question - Top Answer Required - Name something scrubbed after
use?
Pans / Bath / Hands / Chopping Board / Oven
21. Which Year - Lenox Lewis became undisputed World Heavyweight Champion,
Sophie Rhys-Jones married Prince Edward, Screaming Lord Sutch died and Charles
Kennedy became leader of the Liberal Democrats?
1999
22. In which city did Concorde land after its first supersonic flight?
Bristol
23. Tracey Hallam is a leading British player in which sport?
Badminton
24. One point each - Four English football league teams appear on a standard English
monopoly board, name them?
Coventry, Leicester, Liverpool and Oxford
25. Who was the first British monarch to be photographed?
Queen Victoria
26. What is the name is given to the US army's part-time military force that is called out
in times of emergency?
National Guard
27. Against which country did Gary Lineker score two penalties in the 1990 World Cup?
Cameroon
28. In Robert Louis Stevenson's 'Treasure Island', what is the name of the sinister blind
pirate?
Pew
29. In which year was the first Guinness Book of Records published was it: 1935, 1945
or 1955?
1955
30. What type of animal is an Oribi?
Antelope
31. Which English cathedral has been used in the film “The Da Vinci Code” instead of
Westminster Abbey?
Lincoln Cathedral
32. Alfred Worden flew over the summit of Mount Hadley, as David Scott and James
Irwin drove past its base, where is Mount Hadley?
On the Moon - Apollo 15
33. Four flags were raised above the summit of Mount Everest by Hillary and Tensing in
1953; Great Britain, Nepal, India were three, what was the fourth?
United Nations
34. Which film saw Roger Moore's first big screen appearance as James Bond?
Live and Let Die
35. Which river runs through Glasgow?
The Clyde
36. How old are horses running in a nursery event?
Two years old
37. Which was the first human organ to be successfully transplanted?
Kidney
38. Often combined with spinach, what cheese is used as a filling for Canelloni?
Ricotta
39. 'The story you have just seen is true, only the names have been changed to protect
the innocent' was always stated at the end of which TV series?
Dragnet
40. Which motorway would you use if the Queen wanted a lift on the back of your
tandem fromLondon to Windsor?
Tandems are NOT allowed on motorways!
Tiebreaker - Soon to be retired, how many caps did Matt Dawson win for England?
77
30/04/06
1. What was stolen on March 20,1966 that made world news headlines?
The World Cup
2. Which US president was described by the American novelist Gore Vidal as 'A triumph
of the embalmer's art'?
Ronald Regan
3. In what year did British garages begin selling petrol by the litre?
1981
4. What was the showgirls name in Barry Mannilow's hit Copacabana?
Lola
5. With which sport would you associate Clive Everton?
Snooker - Commentator for the BBC
6. On an Ordinance Survey map, which part of which animal denotes a wildlife park?
A Stag's Head
7. Published in 1932, which fictional flying ace first appeared in the novel The Camels
Are Coming?
Biggles (James Bigglesworth)
8. Famous for its stilton cheese and pork pies, Melton Mowbray is a market town in
which county?
Leicestershire
9. The opening line of which story is "The Mole had been working very hard all the
morning, spring cleaning his little home."?
Wind In the Willows
10. What can you hold in your right hand but never in your left?
Your left elbow or left hand
11. Where, according to the Beatles, did somebody keep his fire engine clean with a
clean machine?
Penny Lane
12. Who is the compare in Phoenix Nights - character name?
Jerry Sinclair - played by Dave Spikey
13. Which footballer, in the first round of the 2002 World Cup, admitted: "Obviously the
ball didn't hit me in the face, but I was still the victim. I'mnot a player who fakes
things"?
Rivaldo (After the ball hit him in the leg and he collapsed to the ground holding his face)
14. What colour is the outer ring on an archery target?
White
15. Which book of the Bible has the shortest name?
Job
16. What do the Americans call curtains?
Drapes
17. RED ROSE OIL LIDS is an anagramof which TV series?
Soldier Soldier
18. Which country is home to the greatest number of Buddhists?
Japan
19. Who's catchphrase was "It's Good But it's not Right"?
Roy Walker
20. Family Fortunes Question - Top Answer Required - Name something found in
Hawaii?
Beach or Sands / PalmTrees / Grass Skirts / Volcanoes / Pineapples
21. Which Year - A KLM Boeing 747 collides during takeoff with a Pan Am 747 still on
the ground at Tenerife in the Canary Islands, The first Laker 'Skytrain' flies fromLondon
to New York for $102 a ticket, Australian publisher Rupert Murdoch acquires The New
York Post, Spain holds its first general election since 1936 and Political parties are
banned in Chile and censorship is tightened under General Augusto Pinochet?
1977
22. What four letter word can precede stone, light, walk?
Moon
23. How many counties border Oxfordshire?
Six
24. What sort of creature is a Greylag?
Agoose
25. Who was the first cricketer to captain, coach and manage the England cricket team?
Ray Illingworth
26. What parts of the body are examined with an otoscope?
Ears
27. What is the only capital city mentioned in the book of Genesis that is still in
existence today?
Damascus
28. In the nursery rhyme, what line is next after "How does your garden grow"?
With silver bells and cockleshells
29. Which TV Sitcom was set in the town of Nouvion?
Allo Allo
30. Which famous zoological park is situated three miles south of Dunstable?
Whipsnade
31. Who did Estelle Skornik play in a series of car adverts?
Nicole in the Renault Clio ads
32. On which Caribbean Island did the Calypso originate?
Trinidad
33. Which was the first company to develop waterproof watches?
Rolex
34. Which castle would you find at the west end of the Royal Mile?
Edinburgh Castle
35. Who was the only female singer to have three UK No1 hits in the 1960s?
Sandie Shaw
36. Which comedian was the sidekick of the Monkey in the adverts for the ill-fated ITV
Digital?
Johnny Vegas
37. Which river rises in the Rockies and flows into the Bering Sea?
Yukon
38. In which sport would you serve, dig and spike?
Volleyball
39. If you scored an Albatross on a par 3 hole whilst playing golf, what would you have
scored?
Ahole in one!
40. In the Addams Family, what is the middle name of Wednesday Addams?
Thursday
Tiebreaker - In which year were the first gold sovereign coins were issued in Britain?
1817
If all the UK number one hit singles were listed alphabetically which song would come
last? - You've Lost That Loving Feeling
07/05/06
1. Which part of the body consumes 40%of the blood's oxygen?
The Brain
2. In which TV series did the children Primrose, Petunia, Zinnia and Montgomery
appear?
Darling Buds Of May
3. One point each - name the three teams relegated from this years’ Premiership?
Sunderland, Birmingham City and West Bromwich Albion
4. In chess, what is the move called whereby the King may move two squares?
Castling
5. The American volcano of Mount St. Helens erupted in May 1980, in which state is the
volcano?
Washington
6. Which Beatle spent weeks in a coma and almost died at the age of six?
Ringo
7. What was the name of the British ship sunk by a German submarine on 7th May
1915?
Lusitania
8. What is the nickname of New Orleans and also the title of a 1987 film?
The Big Easy
9. Clear Run At Helm is an anagramof which sports person?
Ellen Macarthur
10. Which word can precede all of the following: day, fly, flower, oral and pole?
MAY - Mayday, mayfly, mayflower, mayoral and maypole
11. Which dance was once described as "stubbing out cigarettes with both feet, whilst
drying your back with a towel"?
The twist
12. Who played Lord Flashheart in the TV series "Blackadder the Second"?
Rik Mayall
13. One point each - In Britain, name the four cities that may hallmark gold and silver?
London, Birmingham, Edinburgh & Sheffield
14. Who played Bernardo May in Seven and Danny Valinski in the great escape?
Charles Bronson
15. Which mighty German airship burst into flames in May 1937 in New Jersey?
Hindenberg (36 lives lost)
16. Which Indian Curry style is described as having been cooked dry in curd with spices
and vegetables?
Khorma
17. What was the name of Jed Clampett's daughter in ' The Beverly Hillbillies '?
Elly May - played by Donna Douglas
18. Which Manchester pop group were originally called the Frantic Elevators?
Simply Red
19. What is the name of Doctor Who's home planet?
Gallifrey
20. Family Fortunes Question - Top Answer Required - Name a Kind of Pole?
North or South / Totem / May / Flag / Vault (used 260904)
21. Which Year - Nurse Alison Sparrow made legal history by becoming the first person to win a
“Passive Smoking” case, Singer Frank Sinatra died, it was announced that Geri Halliwell was to
leave the Spice Girls, There were ten mile tailbacks on the recently re-named M60 and
Manchester City were relegated to the Second division (previously division three)?
1998
22. If you mix Eggs, Mustard, Oil and Vinegar, what do you get?
Mayonnaise
23. What part of a Roman Legionnaire’s uniformwas a balteus?
A belt
24. In which Bond movie did Grace Jones play a baddie called May Day?
A View To A Kill
25. Executioners, Harry, Thomas and Albert all shared the same surname, what was it?
Pierrepoint
26. At which race track was Ayrton Senna killed in May 1994?
Imola (San Marino Grand Prix)
27. Which Roman Catholic group have asked for a disclaimer to be placed on the “The Da Vinci
Code” film?
Opus Dei
28. Which Asian capital lies on the river Barada, thought to derive from the local word for
“cold”?
Damascas
29. In the filmindustry what does MGMstand for?
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
30. Under English law, a person may be declared dead if they cannot be traced after how many
years?
Seven
31. On a Map of the London Underground, what colour is the Hammersmith & City Line?
Pink
32. What is the last square on which houses may be built on a London Monopoly board?
Mayfair
33. One point each - name the three club sides that Alan Shearer has played for?
Southampton, Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle United
34. "It's late September and I really should be back at school" are lyrics to be found in which
number one hit record?
Maggie May - Rod Stewart ("I laughed at all of your jokes. My love you didn't need to coax.")
35. What was the name of the comic character played on TV by Bill Maynard whose catchphrase
was ‘Magic our Maurice’?
Selwyn Froggit
36. The Flag of which country consists of three horizontal bands of blue, white and blue with an
emblemknown as the 'Sun of May' in the centre?
Argentina
37. Which Company made England's Glory matches?
Bryant & May
38. In a 1950’s advert, which famous actor said “Take it easy driving, the life you save may be
mine”?
James Dean
39. In which year did the UK last win the Eurovision Song Contest?
1997
40. The 1999 FA cup final between Man Utd & Newcastle Utd made history by achieving which
first in FAcup history?
First time two 'United's' had met in the final!
Tiebreaker - The last finisher in this year's London Marathon finally crossed the line wearing a
suit of armour and hauling an 8ft dragon, howlong did it take Lloyd Scott to complete the
course? - Eight days and 13 minutes
- Acognac produced during the French revolution is said to be the most expensive drink on
sale in Britain. How much would a glass of the 1790 cognac cost at the Lanesborough in
London? - £1,700
14/05/06
1. What is the bodies largest organ - taking up on average 12%of the body?
Brain
2. Whom is the Chairman of the BBC?
Michael Grade
3. What is the maximumnumber of stars a restaurant can win from the Michelin Guide?
Three
4. One point each, name the four main blood groups?
A, B, AB, O
5. Who was the labour leader before Tony Blair?
John Smith
6. According to the Guiness Book of Records - which country hold the record for the
worst road casualties in a year - India, China or Russia?
India
7. Which feature of Star Trek might just work in reality according to two
mathematicians, Milton and Nicorovici?
A cloaking device
8. Which Stateley Home and safari park belongs to the Marquis of Bath?
Longleat
9. Club, Farm and Abbey are all the names of corners at which motor racing circuit?
Silverstone
10. What letter is given to a car number plate when the age or identity of the vehicle is
unknown or if it may have been built fromparts?
Q
11. Which aircraft safety device was invented by British engineer James Martin?
Ejector seat
12. Prior to winning the World title how many tournaments had Graeme Dott won?
None
13. True or False - Harry Houdini was the first man to fly solo across Australia?
True
14. One point each - Who were the winners of the 4 football league divisions?
Chelsea, Reading, Southend, and Carlisle
15. Which English explorer was imprisoned in the Tower of London and beheaded in
1618?
Sir Walter Raleigh
16. What would North American Indians do with a calumet?
Smoke it - it's a peace pipe
17. Whose green image took a knock recently when it was revealed that although he
cycles to work, his shoes, papers and other clothes follow behind him in a chauffeur
driven Lexus?
David Cameron
18. How many old threepenny bits were in a pound?
Eighty
19. What is the name of the fictional tube station in "Eastenders"?
Walford East
20. Family Fortunes Question - Top Answer Required - Another name for a wife!
Missus, Better or Other Half, Her Indoors, Trouble & Strife, Spouse
21. Which Year - The popularity of CB (citizens-band) radio leads to a record licence
applications, US spacecraft Viking 1 and Viking 2 soft-land on Mars, With the launch of
videocassette recorders on the market by Sony and JVC, television advertising rates
are hit, as viewers can now choose not to view commercials, The Queen opens the
National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham and for the first time there are more colour
than black and white TV licences in Britain?
1976
22. What nationality were both the men’s and women’s singles tennis champions at
Wimbledon in 1989?
German (Boris Becker and Steffi Graff)
23. Which mobile phone company changed its name to T Mobile?
One 2 One
24. Who played Guy Gibson in the 1954 film “The Dambusters”?
Richard Todd
25. In Golf, at what age can a player join the Seniors' Tour?
Fifty
26. How many squares are there on a traditional Snakes and Ladders board?
100
27. Which country lies immediately south of Nicaragua?
Costa Rica
28. In Cockney rhyming slang, what does ‘frog and toad’ refer to?
Road
29. In area what is the largest Railway Station in Britain?
Clapham Junction
30. Which country’s territory was divided up between Russia, Prussia and Austria
during the latter part of the 18th century so that it effectively vanished from the map of
Europe until 1918?
Poland
31. According to the title of a 1983 filmdirected by Brian De Palma, by what name was
Antonio Montana better known?
"Scarface"
32. What is the name of the ground at which the Scottish national soccer teamplays its
home matches?
Hampden Park
33. Into which ocean does the Amazon flow?
Atlantic
34. What type of vegetable is a tree ear?
Mushroom
35. What make of car did Nurse Gladys Emanuel drive in "Open All Hours"?
Morris Minor
36. At which sporting venue can players compete at The Jubilee Course, The New
Course, The Old Course and The Eden Course?
St Andrews
37. What was Simply Red's first top ten hit?
Holding back the years
38. By the time he died in 1227, whose empire stretched from the Black Sea to the
Pacific?
Genghis Khan
39. After whom was the first football World Cup trophy named?
Jules Rimet
40. What do you call a female duck?
Duck
Tiebreaker - How many Popes have died in the middle of having sex?
Four
21/05/06
1. What percentage of your brain is water — 45, 55, 65 or 75?
Around 75 per cent
2. A gymnast would perform a crucifix using what type of equipment?
The rings
3. What is 2006 in Roman numerals?
MMVI
4. Spell “mouse” using the NATO alphabet?
Mike Oscar Uniform Sierra Echo
5. Who lived at 20 Forthlin Road, Allerton, Liverpool, in his youth?
Paul McCartney
6. How many shapes make up the British Telecom logo?
Six. Five ovals and a circle
7. If a Cockney gave his cheddars to his skin and blister at the Colonel Gadaffi what
would he have done?
Given his keys to his sister at the cafe
8. What can be an industry, a cheese or a loaf?
Cottage
9. Which fish grow to become pilchards?
Sardines
10. Against which three football team are England playing friendlies before the World
Cup?
Belarus, Hungary and Jamaica
11. True or False - mountain biking is an Olympic sport?
True - since 1996
12. Anagram - WHEN I’MIN CLEAR is a well known British filmdirector and producer?
Michael Winner
13. What part of your body might be affected by comedones?
Your skin, they’re blackheads
14. "I'm With Stupid" is which bands first top 10 hit in six years?
Pet Shop Boys
15. Which is further by road — Inverness to Newcastle-upon-Tyne or Newcastle to
London?
Newcastle to London
16. What is a bindi to a Hindu?
An ornamental dot worn on the forehead
17. In which sport do you “clean the bar”?
Weightlifting
18. In the Government, who is currently the Minister for the Civil Service?
Tony Blair. His full title is Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister for the
Civil Service
19. Pat Simmons, Brian Cobby and Lenny Henry have all recorded the voice of what?
The Speaking Clock. Pat Simmons was a former voice, Brian Cobby currently does it
and Lenny Henry did it a few years ago for Comic Relief
20. Family Fortunes Question - Top Answer Required - Name something husbands
borrow from wives?
Money / Comb / Hairdryer / Car Keys / Deodorant
21. One point each - Name the six football players who have been FIFA World Player of
the Year since 1991, whose names end in the letter “O”?
Ronaldinho, Ronaldo, Figo, Rivaldo, Romario, Baggio
22. In the Roadrunner cartoons which company supplies Wile E. Coyote with
equipment?
Acme
23. Who is the current British number one tennis player, with a World ranking of 40?
Greg Rusedski
24. Apart from Sherlock Holmes, which other fictional detective lived in Baker Street?
Sexton Blake
25. Coming from the Norse for a landslide what word is given to a collection of rocks on
slopes or at the bottomof cliffs?
Scree
26. Which king in a standard pack of playing cards doesn’t have a sword?
King of Diamonds
27. Which car company uses the advertisement “mediocrity is a sin”?
Alfa Romeo
28. Which Australian state is the country’s Sunshine State?
Queensland
29. Sunlight is responsible for the production of which vitamin in the human body?
D
30. In the children’s books, whose favourite food is “haycorns”?
Piglet in Winnie The Pooh
31. True or False - Colonel Sanders of KFC restaurant fame was a real military colonel?
False - the title was honorary. The Governor of Kentucky, who enjoyed eating at his
restaurant, made him a Kentucky Colonel
32. Which popular dance means “a crack of a whip” in Portuguese?
Lambada
33. Who was the top scorer for Chelsea in the 2005/2006 Premiership season?
Frank Lampard with 16
34. Which pop singer or group has the most fan clubs worldwide?
Elvis Presley - There are 613 active fan clubs with a combined membership of around
510,000 worldwide
35. Which part of the human body would be of most interest to a Pygophile?
Buttocks
36. What word for a hollow on a Scottish hillside is also a termof affection for a popular
TV soap?
Corrie (Coronation Street)
37. Which Bond actor played Professor Donald Kessler in Mars Attacks!?
Pierce Brosnan
38. What’s the smallest brass instrument in an orchestra?
Trumpet
39. How often is a census taken?
Every 10 years
40. KERB - We call the edge of the pavement the kerb. What do they call it in the USA?
The curb
Tiebreaker - How many Pope's have their been including Pope Benedict XVI?
266
28/05/06
1. Which Premiership football team are nicknamed the Addicks?
Charlton Athletic
2. What is the title of Leo Sayer’s only UK No 1 single?
When I Need You
3. In which cult TV programme would you hear the catch-phrases "I love it when a plan
comes together" and “You crazy fool”?
A-Team
4. Which country does the wine Blue Nun come from?
Germany
5. Which financial institution sponsors ITV1’s ‘The Bill’?
The Co-Operative Bank
6. Which cartoon character lives in Bikini Bottom?
Spongebob Squarepants
7. Ricky Wilson, Andrew "Whitey" White, and Nick "Peanut" Baines are amongst the
members of which indie band?
Kaiser Chiefs
8. In which 2000 comedy film would you find Robert De Niro starring as Ben Stiller’s
potential father-in-law?
Meet the Parents
9. In which UK county would you find the towns of Camborne and Redruth?
Cornwall
10. Which country is represented by the international car registration letter of P?
Portugal
11. Which car manufacturer produces the Sorento and Sedona models?
Kia
12. To which Spanish city can you travel by ferry from Portsmouth?
Bilbao
13. What word is used to describe a male squirrel?
Buck
14. Which brand of coffee was "good to the last drop" according to the advertisement?
Maxwell House
15. In which New England state was George W. Bush born?
Connecticut
16. What was the name of the character played by David Hasselhoff in 'Baywatch'?
Lt./Capt. Mitch Buchannon
17. How many contestants take part in each edition of the TV gameshow Deal or Now
Deal?
Twenty Two
18. The national lottery started in 1994, In which year did the Wednesday draw start?
1997
19. If you wrote the num 0 to 100, how many times would you write down the number 3?
Twenty
20. Family Fortunes Question - One point each - Top Seven Answers Required - Name
an animal which appears in the name of a public house?
Lion / Bull / Dog / Horse / Fox / Stag / Pig (what happened to the Slug & Lettuce?)
21. Which Year - Ian Botham was banned fromplaying first class cricket for two months
after admitting smoking cannabis, Irishman Bob Geldof was made an Honorary Knight
by the Queen for his fund-raising events, Richard Branson's powerboat, Virgin Atlantic
Challenger II, completed the fastest Atlantic crossing in a time of 3 days, 8 hours and 31
minutes, British newspapers were banned fromprinting extracts from former M15
officer Peter Wright’s book 'Spycatcher' and Kurt Waldheim was elected President of
Austria, despite growing evidence that he collaborated with the Nazis in World War II?
1986
22. What is the bony substance in a tooth just beneath the enamel?
Dentine
23. Which Somerset town has a “Grand Pier”?
Weston Super Mare
24. What ran for less than two years between St Joseph, Missouri and Sacramento,
California?
Pony Express
25. San Miguel is the largest of which group of Portuguese-owned islands?
Azores
26. Which company hope to be offering “Galactic” sub orbital space cruises by 2008?
Virgin Galactic
27. In the world of film, whose prime directives were to “Serve the Public Trust”,
“Protect the Innocent” and “Uphold the Law” as well as a fourth “Classified” directive?
Robocop’s
28. Which fishing village in France became a Mecca for the jet set after Bridgette Bardot
moved there?
St Tropez
29. Who is Chairman of Selectors on England’s Cricket Board?
David Graveney
30. At which underground station will passengers alight for Olympic Park in 2012?
Stratford International
31. What was the name of the theme tune to the film "Bridge Over The River Kwai"?
Colonel Bogey
32. Where is Admiral Lord Nelson buried?
St Paul’s Cathedral
33. True or False – ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev was born on a ship?
False – he was born on a train
34. Which TV entertainer often used the catchphrase, ‘seems like a nice boy’?
Larry Grayson
35. The numbers board on Channel 4’s Countdown is known as CECIL, what does
CECIL stand for?
Countdown Electronic Calculator In Leeds
36. Who were the two captains in the first series of "Question of Sport"?
Cliff Morgan / Henry Cooper
37. Which female singer's first two albums were entitled The Kick Inside and Lionheart?
Kate Bush
38. The first ever Lottery Draw on Saturday November 19th 1994, was presented by
which famous celebrity?
Noel Edmunds
39. Which well known fruit juice drink brand is the Maori word for "Good Health"?
Kia Ora
40. Who invented the Kenwood Chef electric food mixer?
Ken Wood
Tiebreaker - The number of bananas in the world's biggest ever banana split?
11,333
04/06/06
1. Who was the Prime Minister when England won the World Cup?
Harold Wilson
2. In The News - As an antidote to the World Cup, any guest at a Lake District hotel who hears a
member of staff mention football will receive a free what?
Glass of champagne
3. What are the young of squirrels called?
Kittens
4. Which town in Central Spain is famous for it's swords and knives?
Toledo
5. In The News - Geraint Roberts, a farmer in Wales, was mauled this week by a 47-stone what?
Pig
6. In which sport could you compete for the "Golden Helmet"?
Speedway
7. Wolverine, Storm, Rogue, Beast, and Iceman are characters in which movie?
X-Men
8. In The News - A Zambian magistrate has sentenced a British businessman to 15 days of what
after he overstayed his visa - Decorating, Cleaning or Gardening?
Gardening
9. In Arthurian legend, who was the son of Sir Lancelot?
Sir Galahad
10. Which car manufacturer produces the Eos?
Volkswagen
11. Which word can precede "Jerk", "Cap" and "Trembler"?
Knee
12. Which British golfer has said that he wants golf ball manufacturers to limit the distances
modern-day players are able to achieve off the tee?
Colin Montgomerie
13. In The News - Rochdale borough council's computer system detected e-mails containing
which word opposing a planning application - deeming themas sexually offensive?
"erection"
14. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have named their first child what?
Shiloh - a biblical term for Messiah
15. Who are top of the albumcharts with 'StadiumArcadium'?
Red Hot Chili Peppers
16. Denmark has a land border with only one other country. Which country?
Germany
17. Which sport is to get the 'pro-celebrity' treatment on a Channel 5 show this summer?
Croquet
18. Which brand of disinfectant took it's name from the London Sanitary Engineer Harry
Pickup?
Harpic
19. By what name is the set of general guidelines for the creation of beautiful architecture
adopted in the East known in Britain, its name being a translation of “wind-water”?
Feng Shui
20. Family Fortunes Question - Top Five Answers required for one point each - Other than a
Birth Certificate, name something on which you would find your date of birth?
Driving Licence / Passport / Insurance Policy / Medical Records / Tombstone!
21. Which Year - Three Russians cosmonauts who had spent a record-breaking 24 days in
space were found dead, despite a safe landing, It was announced by the government that crash
helmets were to be made compulsory for motor-cyclists, Hundreds of topless women on the
French Riviera were ordered by riot police to put their bikini tops back on, Harvey Smith won
the British Showjumping Derby but was disqualified for making a two-finger gesture and In
London, Manchester United's George Best was sent off for persistently arguing with the
referee?
1971
22. The oldest man-made building of any kind still existing is in which country?
Egypt - the central edifice of the 4,600-year-old mastaba built at Sakkara, Egypt
23. If it takes three three-year-olds three minutes to build three sandcastles, how long would it
take four three-year-olds to build eight sandcastles?
Six Minutes
24. Which 1970s TV comedy series was originally going to be called "Super Chaps Three"?
The Goodies
25. What creatures do the Galapagos Islands take their name from?
Tortoises
26. Which was the first non-British Eurovision Song Contest winner to top the British charts?
Dana / All Kinds Of Everything - 1970 (Abba was 1974)
27. After which famous engineer is the university at Uxbridge named?
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
28. Which Boney M song ends with the line "Oh Those Russians"?
Rasputin
29. In which English county is Glastonbury?
Somerset
30. What sport do the Phoenix Coyotes play?
Ice Hockey
31. Which organs in the body are connected to the adrenal glands?
Kidneys
32. What was the surname of Howard, Marion, Ritchie and Joannie in "Happy Days"?
Cunningham
33. MYTHICAL RADAR is an anagram of which London Landmark?
Admiralty Arch
34. What is the main alcoholic ingredient in the cocktail "Horse's Neck"?
Brandy
35. Which Persian word in English usage describes a market area or a charity sale?
Bazaar
36. Rowan Atkinson appeared alongside Sarah Michelle Geller in which film?
Scooby-Doo
37. Which city is home to more Irish than Dublin, more Italians than Rome, and more Jews than
Tel Aviv?
New York
38. Which Rogers and Hammerstein musical features the songs "June Is Busting Out All Over"?
Carousel
39. If Sooty is a Teddy Bear and Sweep is a Spaniel, what is Soo?
Panda
40. Port Said lies at one end of the Suez Canal. Which city is at the other end?
Suez
Tiebreaker - Between 1931 and 1969 Walt Disney collected how many Oscars?
35
Trivia - The number of possible ways of playing just the first four moves on each side in a game
of chess is 318,979,564,000!
11/06/06
1. From which airport did the England squad fly out to Germany?
Luton
2. How many hoops are there in a crocquet set?
Six
3. Which football club may be barred fromnext year’s Champions League after it was
discovered they secretly gave money to a Belgian club, Beveren?
Arsenal
4. Who is top of the charts with "I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker"?
Sandi Thom
5. In which German city are England based for their group games?
Baden-Baden
6. Which pretty woman is set to sign a £2.2mdeal to be the new face of Avon
Cosmetics?
Julia Roberts
7. Which snack's name comes from the Turkish for rotating?
Doner Kebab
8. What word can go before 'shot' and after 'cauliflower'?
Ear
9. A rock-opera has opened in Mongolia celebrating the life of which individual?
Genghis Khan
10. Brazil have been world football champions more times than any other nation. Whom
did they beat to become World Champions the first time?
Sweden
11. Which company recently revealed record losses for a British company?
Vodaphone
12. The Government is considering introducing legislation to once again allow people to
hunt which large creature?
Wild Boar
13. In the 2005/06 season how many of the 92 managers in the Football League were
sacked - 20, 30 or 40?
Forty
14. In which European country is spa which gave its name to health resorts?
Belgium
15. Who is the youngest footballer ever to have played for England?
Theo Walcott
16. In which sport did one originally receive a new hat for performing a hat-trick?
Cricket
17. Everybody has to sit down and play a game, where you draw things and everyone
tries to guess what it is, what is this game called?
Pictionary
18. Which animals have recently tested positive for bird flu on the Indonesian island of
Sumatra?
Pigs
19. At which ground do St Helens play their home rugby?
Knowesley Road
20. Family Fortunes Question - Top Answer Required - Name a game most people play
in everyday clothes?
Darts / Cards / Chess / Snooker or Pool / Golf / Bingo
21. Which Year - Underwater adventurer Jaques Cousteau died, During a boxing match
Mike Tyson bit a chunk out of Evander Holyfield's ear, Willaim Hague was elected as the
new leader of the Tory Party, Oklahoma bomber Timothy McVeigh was sentenced to die
by lethal injection and Hong Kong was handed back to the Chinese after almost a
century of British rule?
1997
22. Which Englishman scored a hat-trick at the 1986 World Cup?
Gary Lineker
23. What nationality was aviator Amy Johnson?
British
24. On which English course is the Lancashire Oaks run?
Haydock Park
25. According to the ad, what put the T in Britain?
Typhoo
26. In which filmdid Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito star as Julius and
Vincent Benedict?
Twins
27. Which animal has the longest tail?
Asian elephant
28. Who wrote "Journey to the Centre of the Earth?"
Jules Verne
29. Which Channel 5 quiz show had no host?
100 per cent
30. Which country was the first to win a World Cup final on penalties?
Brazil
31. How many colours represent all the properties on a Monopoly board?
Eight
32. Where is your cuboid bone?
In the foot
33. Of all the countries to have previously won the World Cup, which is the only one not
competing in the 2006 finals?
Uruguay
34. What is cured by Zantac, the world's biggest selling drug brand?
Ulcers
35. Gordon Banks made arguably the greatest ever save in England's match against
Brazil at the 1970 World Cup, from whose header?
Pele
36. Which orders 22nd and final Grand Master was burned at the stake in 1314?
Knight Templars
37. In the sport of Tennis, what follows the score of Deuce?
Advantage
38. Which very famous ship was captained by Christopher Jones?
The Mayflower
39. Which World Cup country claims to be the oldest country in the world, having
become Independent in the 6th century BC?
Iran
40. A very good looking, well rounded, tall, fair, beautiful lady with excellent figure,
wearing mini skirt and tight top is walking towards a wall with her eyes closed, which
part of her body will hit the wall first?
Since her eyes are closed - instinctively anyone will put their hand out - so her hands
Tiebreaker - How many throw-ins did England win during the 1966 World Cup Final?
36
18/06/06
1. Which side of the brain is responsible for logic and rational thought, the left or the
right?
Left
2. The tarantula spider is named after a town in which country?
Italy (Taranto)
3. Who has scored a number one hit in the charts with "Maneater"?
Nelly Furtado
4. Which food product features a man with a handlebar moustache on the packaging?
Pringles
5. Which team in the current World Cup has a player called Pinpong?
Ghana
6. One Point Each - The first five letters of a British football manager's name and his
team are the same, what are they?
Arsene Wenger & Arsenal
7. In Formula 1 racing, which colour flag is used to mean “A hazard has been cleared up
and the cars can proceed at racing speed”?
Green
8. Which country used to be called Mesopotamia?
Iraq
9. In which 2000 filmdid Liz Hurley play the devil?
Bedazzled
10. Which great Dutch striker is Holland's current manager?
Marco van Basten
11. In which London borough is the Royal Albert Hall located?
Kensington
12. When a grasshopper is picked up, it will most likely do which of the following -
urinate, rub its legs together or spit?
Spit
13. RAW BRAINS BROAD is an anagramof which British Actress?
Barbara Windsor
14. Which male pop star had more duet partners in the 20th century than any other chart
artist?
Elton John
15. Which England footballer is currently being seen in adverts for the new Hyundai?
Peter Crouch
16. How many legs does a shrimp have?
Ten
17. What company was founded by Adolph Dassler?
Adidas
18. Which Leicester band, who are currently back on tour, had nine top ten singles
between 1975 and 1978, all cover versions?
Showaddywaddy
19. If you travelled due south from Rome what would be the first African country you
would come to?
Libya
20. Family Fortunes Question - Top Answer Required - Name a famous Tom?
Jones / Cruise / Hanks / Selleck / Clancy
21. Which Year - Shergar won the Derby by a record ten lengths, Blanks were fired at
the Queen during the Trooping the Colour ceremony, John McEnroe beat Bjorn Borg to
win the men's singles title at Wimbledon for the first time, The Humber Estuary Bridge,
the world's longest single-span structure, was officially opened by the Queen and
Shakin' Stevens was at No.1 with `Green Door’?
1981
22. Of the twenty official languages spoken by the European Union, which one has the
most native speakers?
German (90 Million)
23. What is the seasoned jellied loaf made from the head of a pig or calf known as?
Brawn
24. Which car manufacturer makes the IS200, RX300 & GS430?
Lexus
25. Which fashion and fragrance company makes Allure Sensuelle?
Chanel
26. Which sitcom character was the Chairman of Cavendish Foods?
Richard De Vere (in "To The Manor Born")
27. Which vehicle manufacturer produced the first successful front wheel drive vehicle?
Citroen
28. Since the year 2000, the original Tate Art Gallery in London has been known as
what?
Tate Britain
29. Which is the first planet mentioned in the lyrics of the song "Fly me to the moon"?
Jupiter (Fly me to the moon, And let me play among the stars, Let me see what spring is
like, On Jupiter and Mars, In other words hold my hand, In other words darling kiss me)
30. What was introduced to the Indianapolis 500 in 1911, that no other previous auto
race had - Pit stops were made for the first time for refueling, Rubber tyres with air were
introduced or Rear-view mirrors were fitted to the racecars?
Rear-view mirrors - instead of a passenger acting as lookout!
31. If you were on a boat called "Maid of the Mist" which famous tourist attraction and
natural phenomena can you see?
Niagara Falls
32. Betz cells are found in which part of the human body Brain, Heart, Lungs or
Stomach?
Brain
33. In the steak dish Tournedos Rossini what is spread on top of the steak?
Pate
34. Who was the first Beatle who could accurately sing When I'm Sixty Four?
Ringo Starr
35. True or False - In Saudi Arabia most of the telephone boxes in the desert are solar
powered?
True
36. In which 2005 movie does Naomi Watts play the character Ann Darrow?
King Kong
37. Which precious metal is the best conductor of electricity?
Silver
38. Who won the 1972 Miss World competition but was disqualified for being a man?
Was it Miss China, Miss Hong Kong, or Miss India?
Miss Hong Kong
39. In the Beatrix Potter books what kind of animal is Aunt Dorcas?
A Pig
40. Who is the only American President to have been seen wearing a NAZI uniform?
Ronald Reagan - in a movie!
Tiebreaker - What year was the first VCR made? 1956
- In which year was the first patent made on the Ouija Board? 1892
25/06/06
1. Michael Owen has 36 goals for England but who of the current squad is the 2nd
highest with 16?
David Beckham
2. When was the fruit machine invented, 1905, 1925, or 1945?
1905
3. What fruit is the cross between a peach and a plum?
Anectarine
4. What does the internet company elephant.co.uk sell?
Car Insurance
5. What is the name of the character played by Steve Coogan in his new BBC2 TV
series?
Tommy Saxondale
6. Which seaside resort would you find between the great and little Orms?
Llandudno
7. Which make of car is advertised with the slogan “Give people the impression you
work harder than you do”?
Mercedes Benz
8. LEFT SOFT DINNER is an anagramof which cartoon character?
Fred Flintstone
9. Who did the dance of the seven veils in the first century AD?
Salome
10. Which product is currently being advertised with the tagline “Fuel of Britain isn’t it”?
Pot Noodle
11. What, also the name of a Laurel and Hardy film, is the nickname of the Saudi Arabian
Soccer team?
Sons of the Desert
12. Which film actress visited Hanoi during the Vietnam war to demonstrate her
opposition to it?
Jane Fonda
13. What did tom tom the pipers son steal according to the nursery rhyme?
A Pig
14. Which river is crossed by the longest steel-arch bridge in Britain?
Mersey / Runcorn bridge
15. Which food was originally used by the Aztecs as currency?
Cocoa beans / chocolate
16. Who, with 125, has the most caps for England?
Peter Shilton
17. Which ancient tourist attraction is seen at its best between 'Corbridge' and
'Vincolanda'?
Hadrian's wall
18. What unusual occupation did Anne Bonny and Mary Read follow?
Female Pirates
19. Which sport uses the most muscles?
Swimming
20. Family Fortunes Question - Top Answer Required - Name a non-edible fish?
Goldfish / Piranha / Jellyfish / Starfish / Stickleback / Catfish / Pike
21. Which Year - America's strategic air command. one of the last relics of the cold war,
was disbanded, Nicotine patches were launched in Britain, Monica Seles won her third
French Open title with a victory over German tennis player Steffi Graf and claims that
Cabinet Minister David Mellor's mistress Antonia de Sancha was a 'class act' with
ambitions to play Shakespeare were offset by reports that she had appeared as a onelegged
prostitute in a soft porn movie called 'The Pieman'
1992
22. In a standard pack of playing cards, if 17 red cards have been played, how many red
cards are left?
Nine
23. Which American dog food has the advertising slogan 'dogs ask for it by name'?
Woof
24. Which word can go after "beach", and before "gown"?
Ball
25. What surname links a Wimbledon champion, a blues guitarist, an author of horror
stories & a Canadian PM?
King
26. Which church appeared on the Thames TV logo?
St Pauls Cathedral
27. In Golf, to which side of the target does a pulled ball fly?
Left
28. Which is the longest river that flows into the Mediterranean?
The Nile
29. World championship boat races take place at Peel Harbour on the Isle of Man, in
what sort of boats?
Viking Longboats
30. What does Southampton have four of each day that most ports only have two of?
Tides
31. 100 Sen make 1 Yen in which country?
Japan / 100 Fen = 1 Yuan in China
32. What kind of creature is the coconut-eating South Pacific Robber?
Crab
33. King John, Henry II and Edward I were all buried with their 'what' on, gloves, boots
or armour?
Gloves
34. In bookies' slang, how much does a 'monkey' and a 'pony' add up to?
£525
35. Melody Radio in London was the first radio station to broadcast without what on
9/7/90?
Disc-Jockeys
36. With reference to the human body, what word means of the brain?
Cerebral
37. What nationality was Father Abraham who had hit records with the Smurfs?
Dutch
38. What was the top speed of a Sinclair c5, 15, 20 or 25mph?
15mph
39. How many of the ten commandments tell you not to do things?
Eight
40. Why did the TV presenter change the name of his business 'Stuart Hall International
Travel'?
People started using its acronym!
Tiebreaker - How many teams will take part in this year’s tour de France?
21

02/07/06
1. Who is the only member of the British royal family ever to have competed in a firstclass
tennis tournament when he entered the men's doubles event at Wimbledon in
1926?
George VI
2. According to superstition, which shoulder should you throw spilt salt over to avoid
bad luck?
Left
3. Which is the nearest city to Chernobyl?
Kiev
4. Which tennis player was ranked in the world top ten continuously from 1973 to 1988;
in his career, he won 109 singles titles - more than any other man?
Jimmy Connors
5. Which of the British bank notes has the most money in circulation?
Ten Pound
6. Which tennis player took over from Anneka Rice in C4's "Treasure Hunt"?
Annabel Croft
7. Which Scandinavian country has the longest North Sea coast?
Norway
8. In which year were male tennis players first tested for drugs at Wimbledon, 1984,
1986, 1988 or 1990?
1986
9. Who was the leader of the US Air Force band in Europe during WWII?
Glenn Miller (still missing!)
10. What is the nationality of tennis player Kim Clijsters?
Belgian
11. How many pins can be seen in full when viewing ten-pins face on?
Seven
12. In a tiebreaker in tennis, after how many points do players change ends?
Six
13. What is 190 feet long, 66 feet high and had its nose shot off by Napolean's troops?
The Sphinx
14. Which tennis player was beaten by Pat Cash in the final of the 1987 Wimbledon
men's singles tournament?
Ivan Lendl
15. What colour is the 15 on a roulette wheel?
Black
16. Which woman, in 1988, completed the first “Golden Slam,” winning all of tennis’
grand slam events and an Olympic gold medal?
Steffi Graf
17. Which 1965 film theme is always listed last in lists of British pop songs?
Zorba's Dance
18. A winner of all four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, who's father competed for Iran
at the Olympic Games?
Andre Agassi
19. Which Football League club has the postal address of 'Liverpool, L4 4EL'?
Everton
20. Family Fortunes Question - Top Answer Required - Name a plant from a modern
garden that Adam could use as a fig leaf?
Cabbage leaf / Rhubarb leaf / Dock leaf / Rubber plant / Fern leaf / Conifer!!!
21. Which Year - The Queen began paying Income Tax, Tennis champion Monica Seles was
stabbed on a tennis court, The Government announced plans to privatise British Rail and
Nelson Mandela shared the Nobel Peace Prize with South African President FW de Klerk?
1993
22. Which southern state of India gave its name to a curry before its name was changed to Tamil
Nadu?
Madras
23. Which was the 1967 sports champion Gay Brewer - a golfer, a horse or a tennis player?
A Golfer
24. Which pop star of the sixties and seventies auctioned off all his material possessions in
1981?
Cat Stevens
25. Which London park features a drive called The Ladies Mile?
Hyde Park
26. Which country is closest to Cyprus?
Turkey
27. Which scientist's actual finger is mounted pointing skyward in the Florence Museum of the
History of Science?
Galileo's
28. Which sex should your truffle-seeking pig be - male, female or either?
Female
29. How many rounds of the Open Golf Championship are played before the first cut of players
is made?
Two
30. Which animal provides the polar bear with the major portion of its carnivorous diet?
Seal
31. Who is the only fictional character to be awarded a degree in sleuthing by Colorado State
University?
Sherlock Holmes
32. What do you get 32 of in a Monopoly game?
Houses
33. Which Scottish winner of The Open was actually born in Shropshire?
Sandy Lyle
34. Which European country produces Manchego cheese?
Spain
35. What is HANDFASTING – is it a) a font used in printing , b) counting on your fingers c) an
Anglo Saxon marriage ceremony, or d) a technique of building walls without mortar?
c) an Anglo Saxon betrothal ceremony
36. What is an upward striking 'flaschenblitz' an unusual form of?
Lightning
37. When a post mortem was carried out on Oliver Cromwell one of his organs was found to be
twice its normal size, Which one?
His brain
38. What prevented the playing of the third test at Old Trafford in 1890?
Rain!
39. What was the name of the police detective palyed by Helen Mirren in the Prime Suspect
dramas?
Jane Tennison
40. Which bay does Table Mountain in South Africa overlook?
Table Bay
Tiebreaker - How many goals did David Beckham score in his career with Man Utd?
Beckham scored 86 goals in 397 games
- Sam Widdowson was the first footballer to wear shinguards in which year?
1874
Do any Pubs still have Harvey Wallbangers on their sweets menu?
09/07/06
1. Which novel is associated with the phrase 'big brother is watching you'?
1984
2. What colour are the robes of a Buddhist monk in Thailand?
Orange
3. Dogs have sweat glands in their nose and where else?
Paws
4. Who was the first grandchild of King George VI?
Prince Charles
5. What does a belly man do - a) Adjust sound boards in pianos, b) carves pigs
carcasses in a butchers or c) he is the anchorman in a tug-of-war team?
a) Adjust sound boards in pianos
6. Elton John wrote the music for which acclaimed musical that opened in London in
2005?
Billy Elliott
7. Which of the tropics passes through Australia?
Tropic of Capricorn
8. Which actress played a Matron in five Carry On films?
Hattie Jacques
9. In what sport might you run into 'brush and rails', 'hog's back' and a 'double oxer'?
Show Jumping - types of fences
10. In furniture what name is given to a set of tables, graduated in size so that they fit
beneath each other?
Nest
11. 'I am a nice shark, not a mindless eating machine' is a line from which film?
Finding Nemo
12. How many riders are on each Tour de France team?
Nine
13. On which island was the Mafia founded in the 1400s?
Sicily
14. What is the largest denomination of the Euro currency that is available as a coin?
Two Euros
15. Which is more northerly - The Mendip Hills, The New Forest or The Vale Of The
White Horse?
Vale of the White Horse
16. In which popular TV series did Ray Daley replace Terry McCann?
Minder
17. Which of the following teams were not involved in the first football league in 1888?
Wolverhampton Wanderers, Blackpool or Everton?
Blackpool
18. How many counties have a border with Oxfordshire?
Six (Bucks, Wilts, Warwicks, Berks, Gloucs and Northants)
19. Even though he retired from UK athletics in 1980, who still holds the record for the
most capped British male athlete of all time?
Geoff Capes
20. Family Fortunes Question - Top Answer Required - Name A Sign You Might See
Outside A Guest House?
Vacancies - B & B - No Vacancies - No Pets - En-Suite
21. Which Year - For the first time in ten years, both the mens’ and ladies’ Wimbledon
finals were played on the same day, Nick Leeson, the man who broke Barings Bank,
was released from jail in Singapore, Radio 1 DJ Tim Westwood was shot in a drive-by
shooting incident after ignoring gangland threats and The funeral of the actor Bill Owen,
best-known as the scruffy Compo Simanite in “Last Of The Summer Wine”, took place
in Holmfirth, the home of the programme?
1999
22. Which motor car manufacturer produces the 'Puma 'model?
Ford
23. In which TV show did the Aliens look like lizards?
V
24. At the start of a game of draughts, how many squares are empty?
Forty
25. In which European country did the sport of speed skating originate?
Holland
26. Sue Johnson and Ricky Tomlinson who play husband and wife in The Royle Family
previously played husband and wife in which series?
Brookside
27. What title is given to the wife of a Knight?
Dame
28. Which American comedienne once said: “I don’t work out. If God wanted us to bend
over, he’d put diamonds on the floor”?
Joan Rivers
29. Where in England would you find 'The All England Jumping Course'?
Hickstead
30. Which former Eurovision Song Contest winner became an MEP in the 1999
elections?
Dana
31. How many candles were carried by the vergers at Ronnie Barker’s memorial service
at Westminister Abbey?
Four (fork handles)
32. On the 14th August 1893 France became the first country to introduce what for
motor vehicles: Windscreen Wipers, Number Plates or Wing Mirrors?
Number Plates
33. What is the shortest track event in which runners can move out of their lanes?
800m
34. Where in Wales did Billy Butlin build his last, and smallest, holiday camp, which
opened in 1966?
Barry Island
35. Number 1 Snoopy Place, Santa Rosa, California was the home address of which
cartoonist?
Charles Shultz
36. Which musical ended with the line "I now pronounce you men and wives"?
Seven Brides For Seven Brothers
37. How many slices of bread are used to correctly make a Club Sandwich?
Three
38. Which steam train was driven by Casey Jones?
Cannonball Express
39. The credits on all Bond films finish with which same four words?
James Bond will return
40. Which double act won seven Oscars between 1943 and 1953?
Tom & Jerry
Tiebreaker - In order to satisfy an adults daily nutritional requirements it would,
theoretically, be possible to drink the following 1 glass of orange juice, 2 glasses of milk
and how many pints of Guinness? Forty Seven (47)
16/07/06
1. Which novel is associated with the phrase 'big brother is watching you'?
1984
2. What colour are the robes of a Buddhist monk in Thailand?
Orange
3. Dogs have sweat glands in their nose and where else?
Paws
4. Who was the first grandchild of King George VI?
Prince Charles
5. What does a belly man do - a) Adjust sound boards in pianos, b) carves pigs
carcasses in a butchers or c) he is the anchorman in a tug-of-war team?
a) Adjust sound boards in pianos
6. Elton John wrote the music for which acclaimed musical that opened in London in
2005?
Billy Elliott
7. Which of the tropics passes through Australia?
Tropic of Capricorn
8. Which actress played a Matron in five Carry On films?
Hattie Jacques
9. In what sport might you run into 'brush and rails', 'hog's back' and a 'double oxer'?
Show Jumping - types of fences
10. In furniture what name is given to a set of tables, graduated in size so that they fit
beneath each other?
Nest
11. 'I am a nice shark, not a mindless eating machine' is a line from which film?
Finding Nemo
12. How many riders are on each Tour de France team?
Nine
13. On which island was the Mafia founded in the 1400s?
Sicily
14. What is the largest denomination of the Euro currency that is available as a coin?
Two Euros
15. Which is more northerly - The Mendip Hills, The New Forest or The Vale Of The
White Horse?
Vale of the White Horse
16. In which popular TV series did Ray Daley replace Terry McCann?
Minder
17. Which of the following teams were not involved in the first football league in 1888?
Wolverhampton Wanderers, Blackpool or Everton?
Blackpool
18. How many counties have a border with Oxfordshire?
Six (Bucks, Wilts, Warwicks, Berks, Gloucs and Northants)
19. Even though he retired from UK athletics in 1980, who still holds the record for the
most capped British male athlete of all time?
Geoff Capes
20. Family Fortunes Question - Top Answer Required - Name A Sign You Might See
Outside A Guest House?
Vacancies - B & B - No Vacancies - No Pets - En-Suite
21. Which Year - For the first time in ten years, both the mens’ and ladies’ Wimbledon finals
were played on the same day, Nick Leeson, the man who broke Barings Bank, was released
from jail in Singapore, Radio 1 DJ Tim Westwood was shot in a drive-by shooting incident after
ignoring gangland threats and The funeral of the actor Bill Owen, best-known as the scruffy
Compo Simanite in “Last Of The Summer Wine”, took place in Holmfirth, the home of the
programme?
1999
22. Which motor car manufacturer produces the 'Puma 'model?
Ford
23. In which TV show did the Aliens look like lizards?
V
24. At the start of a game of draughts, how many squares are empty?
Forty
25. In which European country did the sport of speed skating originate?
Holland
26. Sue Johnson and Ricky Tomlinson who play husband and wife in The Royle Family
previously played husband and wife in which series?
Brookside
27. What title is given to the wife of a Knight?
Dame
28. Which American comedienne once said: “I don’t work out. If God wanted us to bend over,
he’d put diamonds on the floor”?
Joan Rivers
29. Where in England would you find 'The All England Jumping Course'?
Hickstead
30. Which former Eurovision Song Contest winner became an MEP in the 1999 elections?
Dana
31. How many candles were carried by the vergers at Ronnie Barker’s memorial service at
Westminister Abbey?
Four (fork handles)
32. On the 14th August 1893 France became the first country to introduce what for motor
vehicles: Windscreen Wipers, Number Plates or Wing Mirrors?
Number Plates
33. What is the shortest track event in which runners can move out of their lanes?
800m
34. Where in Wales did Billy Butlin build his last, and smallest, holiday camp, which opened in
1966?
Barry Island
35. Number 1 Snoopy Place, Santa Rosa, California was the home address of which cartoonist?
Charles Shultz
36. Which musical ended with the line "I now pronounce you men and wives"?
Seven Brides For Seven Brothers
37. How many slices of bread are used to correctly make a Club Sandwich?
Three
38. Which steam train was driven by Casey Jones?
Cannonball Express
39. The credits on all Bond films finish with which same four words?
James Bond will return
40. Which double act won seven Oscars between 1943 and 1953?
Tom & Jerry
You are driving in a car at a constant speed. On your left side is a valley and on your right side is a fire
engine traveling at the same speed as you. In front of you is a galloping pig which is the same size as
your car and you cannot overtake it. Behind you is a helicopter flying at ground level. Both the giant pig
and the helicopter are also traveling at the same speed as you. What must you do to safely get out of this
highly dangerous situation?
Get off the children's "Merry-Go-Round", you're drunk!
Tiebreaker - In order to satisfy an adults daily nutritional requirements it would, theoretically, be possible
to drink the following 1 glass of orange juice, 2 glasses of milk and how many pints of Guinness? (47)
23/07/06
1. Helios was the Greek god of what?
The Sun
2. What material forms the centre of the best cricket balls?
Cork
3. Who did Vladimir Putin succeed as President of Russia?
Boris Yeltsin
4. In which city was Gary Linekar born?
Leicester
5. Whose secret hideaway in the Arctic is called The Fortress of Solitude?
Superman
6. What was the original trophy in 1860 for winning the Open, a glove, a jacket or a belt?
A Belt
7. Which is the world's only completely car-free city centre?
Venice
8. Who in 2003 succeeded Jenny Bond as Royal reporter for the BBC?
Nicholas Witchell
9. Which government department is responsible for MI5?
Home Office
10. According to the Pentagon, each US Soldier in Iraq is equipped with a 'combat
emplacement evacuator' - what would a normal person call it?
A Shovel
11. How many legs does a butterfly have?
Six
12. What was the first name of Ronnie Barkers character Arkright in the TV series Open
All Hours?
Albert
13. If seven people meet each other and each shakes hands only once with each of the
others how many handshakes will there have been?
Twenty One
14. What is the name of the bay near Glasgow that is home to Britain’s Trident Nuclear
submarines?
Faslane
15. Admiral Horatio Nelson lost an eye and an arm during battles - which did he lose
first his eye or his arm?
Eye in 1794 at Calvi during French Revolutionary war, Arm in 1797 at battle of Cape St.
Vincent
16. Which wine is named after the range of hills in N. Central Italy between Florence and
Siena?
Chianti
17. Which people were led by Genghis Khan?
Mongols
18. What in criminal slang are 'Darbies'?
Handcuffs
19. Which African animal kills the most people?
Crocodile
20. Quiztime Survey Question - Top Answer Required - Name a non-living object which
has feet?
Table / Statue / Chair or Stool / Tape Measure or Ruler / Socks
21. Which Year - 22-year-old Spanish golfer Seve Ballesteros became only the second
golfer from continental Europe to win the British Open championship, Broadcast music
was banned in Iran by the Ayotallah Khomeini who said that it corrupted youth, Britain's
first nudist beach was established in Brighton, Sebastian Coe broke his third world
record in six weeks at Zurich when he set a new best for the 1500 metres and America's
Skylab 1 returned to earth after 34,981 orbits and six years in space?
1979
22. How Many Different Euro Banknotes Are There?
Seven (5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200 & 500)
23. What event is baker Thomas Fairylore associated with?
Started great fire of London
24. What job does an 'optical illuminator enhancer' do?
Window Cleaner
25. What do the letters TIR on the rear of heavy goods vehicles stand for?
Transport International Routiers
26. What relation is Super-Hero 'Supergirl' to 'Superman'?
Cousin
27. Who was the first sponsor of the football league in 1983?
Canon
28. If you were born on the date that Britain and France declared war on Germany to
start World War Two, what sign of zodiac would you be?
Virgo (3rd September 1939)
29. Which animal, often kept as a pet, is known as the Sand Rat or Desert Kangeroo?
Gerbil
30. How much did the watch sell for in the episode of Fools and Horses when they
became rich?
£6 million
31. At a depth of 12,391 ft, which country is the home to the World's deepest mine?
South Africa
32. Who was pictured on the reverse of the last English pound notes?
Sir Isaac Newton
33. If you sailed the River Rhine, how many countries would you travel through?
Three - Switzerland, Germany & Holland
34. Which insurance company are currently being asked to "quote me happy"?
Norwich Union
35. What type of creature is an 'Indian Runner' - a bird, an insect or a reptile?
A Bird - type of duck
36. Which three items does Bob The Builder carry in his belt?
Spanner, Hammer and Screwdriver
37. On which Mediterranean island is the seaport of Famagusta?
Cyprus
38. In literature, who owned The Spyglass Inn?
Long John Silver
39. How many Carry On Films did Barbara Windsor star in - 6, 7 or 8?
Eight
40. Where would you find 5 pieces of wood at each end of a chain?
Cricket pitch
Tiebreaker - How long is the world record for juggling 3 objects without dropping any of
them?
Terry Cole of the UK juggled 3 objects for 11hours 4min 22 sec in 1995
What did Sir Peter Teazle do in 1787, that Cardinal Beaufort did in 1805 and Captain
Cuttle did in 1922? - Won the Derby - they were all horses!
30/07/06
1. What’s the maximum cash prize on Noel Edmonds’s game show Deal Or No Deal?
£250,000
2. Lisa Armstrong was the bride, Declan Donnelly was the best-man and guests
included Robbie Williams and Cat Deeley, but who was the groom?
Ant McPartlin
3. Which popular fruit takes its name from the Arabic for finger?
Banana - the most popular fruit in the UK
4. What is the subtitle of the second Pirates of the Caribbean film?
Dead Man’s Chest (The first was - The Curse of the Black Pearl)
5. Who’s had most No.1 singles — Blur, Oasis or McFly?
Oasis with eight. Blur have had two and McFly four
6. Which country produces Leerdammer cheese?
Holland
7. Is the current series of Big Brother the fifth, sixth or seventh?
Seventh
8. If you end a mobile phone text message with CWYL what are you saying?
Chat with you later
9. What facial feature is missing from Leonardo Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa?
Eyebrows
10. What’s the minimum age at which a child can have a part time job in the UK?
14 years old, although local authority by-laws vary
11. One point each - Name the three stars of the new BBC2 celebrity programme
“Excuse My French”?
Ron Atkinson, Marcus Brigstock, and Esther Rantzen
12. A club formed by World War II pilots who underwent pioneering plastic surgery is
named after which animal?
Guinea Pig
13. Would you find baby’s breath in a health food shop, toy shop, a garden centre or
public house?
In a garden centre. It’s a tall flowering plant also known as gypsophila
14. Who is the current Great Britain Rugby League captain?
Paul Sculthorpe
15. What word can be a light two-wheeled carriage or a pop concert?
Gig
16. Experts recently claimed that which word was the first spoken by around 71% of
babies throughout the world over the last 50,000 years, as it means father in over 700
languages?
Papa
17. What gadget in our homes uses the Phase Alternating Line format?
Television. It’s a colour TV encoding system
18. The first match recently played at north London’s new Emirates Stadium was
testimonial of which Arsenal legend?
Dennis Bergkamp
19. True or False - Halle Berry’s stunt double in the ‘Catwoman’ film was a man?
True
20. Quiztime Survey Question - Top Answer Required - Name a well-known singer
whose name contains a geographical feature?
Glen Campbell, Gracie Fields, Vince Hill, Billy Ocean, Garth Brooks, Greg Lake, Kym
Marsh
21. Which Year - In Rome, Pope Paul VI died of a heart attack, England cricketer David
Gower scored his first Test century, Kenya's President Jomo Kenyatta died, Jack
Nicklaus won the British Open golf title for the third time, The first test-tube baby in
Britain was born - Louise Joy Brown, at Oldham General Hospital, Lancashire and
Martina Navratilova won the women's singles title at Wimbledon for the first time?
1978
22. How many great-great grandparents can you have?
Sixteen
23. Which BT service recently celebrated it’s 70th birthday?
Speaking Clock
24. What kind of missile takes its name from Latin meaning “numbness”?
Torpedo
25. In Greek mythology, when Argus was killed, his 100 eyes were transplanted into the
tail feathers of which bird?
Peacock
26. The skin infection tinea pedis is more commonly known as what?
Athlete’s foot
27. In the British Army, which is Scotland’s only cavalry regiment?
Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
28. If someone gave you barm brack, what would you do with it - eat it, plant it or smoke
it?
Eat it, it’s a kind of Irish bread
29. Which board game was rejected by Waddingtons when it was first designed,
because they claimed it had 52 fundamental playing errors?
Monopoly
30. What type of Kryptonite takes away Superman’s powers temporarily?
Green
31. The name of which Japanese car and motorbike manufacturer means “bell tree” in
Japanese?
Suzuki
32. Which literary monster was created when the author was inspired by a nightmare
after eating crabs?
Dracula
33. Specifically, in which sport might you use nymphs?
Fly Fishing
34. What is Britain’s most visited tourist attraction?
Blackpool Pleasure Beach, which draws over six million visitors each year
35. If a golfer returns a score for any hole lower than he really scored he’s disqualified.
What happens if he returns a score higher than the proper score?
The higher score stands
36. In France what would you buy in a charcuterie?
Cooked Meats
37. What’s the total number of spots on the three lowest dominoes?
Three. One and blank, one and one and double blank
38. DAB radios are the latest thing. What do the initials stand for?
Digital Audio Broadcasting
39. What is the tallest variety of grass in the world?
Bamboo, which can reach 130 feet and more
40. Which girl always has her name displayed on a banner?
Anne - B'ANNE'R
Tiebreaker - If you put all the Skoda cars made in 2004 end to end, how many miles
would they stretch? - 1,750 miles
06/08/06
1. One point for title / artist - On August 1st 1988 MTV broadcast its first video, what was
it?
Video Killed the Radio Star / Buggles
2. What is special about the glue on Israeli postage stamp?
A- it’s non-fattening, B- it tastes of oranges, or C- it’s guaranteed kosher
C- it’s guaranteed kosher
3. What Summer Olympic sport would come first on an alphabetical list?
Archery
4. The British military refers to them as "blue on Blue" incidents - what does the US
military call them?
Friendly Fire
5. Which famous movie was known in Mexico as the Rebel Novice Nun?
Sound Of Music
6. Formula I racing, In which country is the A1-Ring?
Austria
7. What swimming stroke uses the dolphin leg kick?
Butterfly
8. What Looney Tunes cartoon character has the middle name Ethelbert?
Wile E. Cotyote
9. In the five Rugby Union World Cups to-date which is the only country to be in the top
four every time?
New Zealand
10. What was the first number one song on the Pop charts sung entirely in Spanish?
La Bamba - Los Lobos
11. The Austin A 7 was the initial name of which model of car?
Mini
12. What might you find in a SHIPPON - A- ships, B- Japanese cars, or C- cows?
C- cows. (another name for a byre)
13. True or False - an american couple are claiming a miracle has occurred on their
daughters face. John & Regina Salter, who are both blind, claim the acne spots on their
15 year old daughters forehead spell 'virgin mary' in braille?
False
14. "Little hope around" is an anagram of which football team?
Hartlepool United
15. What is the title of Kate Bush's only number one hit in the UK charts?
Wuthering Heights
16. Which was the first TV soap to bore us with Sunday repeats?
Eastenders
17. Whose whisky distillery in Lynchberg, Tennessee has been declared a US national
historic place?
Jack Daniels
18. Who once described a wine on TV as like "sweaty gym shoes on hot tarmac"?
Jilly Goolden
19. Marlborough, Guiseland and Hawkeshead are wine producing districts in which
country?
New Zealand
20. One point each - Name the seven clubs that have been ever-present in the English
Premiership since it began in 1992?
Arsenal, Aston Villa, Chelsea, Everton, Liverpool, Manchester Utd, Spurs
21. Which Year - A British Rail announcer bungled by telling three hundred people that their
mystery trip from Hull would end at Knaresborough, Buckingham Palace opened its doors for
the first time to tourists, Flight Lt, Nicky Smith became the armed forces' first female pilot,
George Bush and Boris Yeltsin signed the second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, James
Bulger is killed in Liverpool, All the members of the Zambia national football team lost their lives
in a planecrash and Lorena Bobbitt cuts off the penis of her husband John Wayne Bobbitt?
1993
22. According to folklore, what does the sandman help children to do?
Sleep
23. Who was the American president when the Berlin wall was constructed?
John F Kennedy
24. What does the Koran name as the forbidden fruit - A- banana, B- apple, or C-peach?
A- banana
25. In darts, what is the lowest score from three different trebles?
Eighteen
26. Which country introduced the world's first ambulance service - France, England or
Switzerland?
France
27. Where will you find a Unique Resource Locator?
Internet or Worldwide Web - URL is a website address
28. The bay leaf is obtained from the leaves of which tree?
Laurel
29. If you sail due east from Scarborough, in which country will you arrive?
Germany
30. On a cruise ship, what are held by davits?
Lifeboats
31. Where in England was the British Grand Prix held in 1955,1957,1959,1961,and 1962?
Aintree
32. According to the lyrics in a song from My Fair Lady, in which three places do hurricanes
hardly ever happen?
Hertford, Hereford & Hampshire
33. Cats are feline, dogs are canine, what animals are caprine?
Goats
34. What is chyme?
A– a stuffed pork joint, B– partially digested food in your stomach, or C– a type of bell rope
B– partially digested food in your stomach
35. One point each - Name Britain's three high security hospitals for the criminally insane?
Broadmoor, Rampton, Ashworth
36. In which sport might you have a "hog", "kiggle kaggle" and "pot lid"?
Curling
37. What film features the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad?
Kill Bill - Volumes 1 & 2
38. A rooster named Cornelius is on the packaging of what product?
Kellogg's Corn Flakes
39. What was written on the cake that makes Alice in Wonderland grow big?
Eat Me
40. What is the next number in the following sequence 1, 2, 5, 10, 20?
50 - coins in circulation
Tiebreaker - What year was whipping children made illegal in Britain?
1932 - so that's when it all started going wrong!
The largest ever teddy bears picnic was held in Dublin in 1995. How many bears were there?
33,573
Bonus - What TV show, each week, featured the crash of an M2-F2?
The Six Million Dollar Man
13/08/06
1. The Aircraft designer R.J. Mitchell, who died in 1938, was responsible for which WWII
fighter plane?
Spitfire
2. Which planet in our solar system is more than twice as big as all the others put
together?
Jupiter
3. Which drink consists of Pineapple Juice, Rum and Coconut?
Pina Colada
4. In which US city did 'House' music originate?
Chicago
5. What profession would be followed by a FRCVS?
Vet
6. Which US President pardoned around 10,000 Vietnam War draft dodgers in 1977?
Jimmy Carter
7. In the scoring of a cricket match, what do the initials h.w. stand for?
Hit Wicket
8. What are Large Whites, Pinkies & Squats?
Maggots
9. How many people partake in a game of Mahjong?
Four
10. How many sides has a Prism?
Five
11. How many trial throws is each Javelin competitor allowed - 2, 4 or 6?
Six
12. What name is given to the halo of gas that surrounds the sun?
Corona
13. What was Marconi's 1,616 Valve-operated Otophone an early portable version of?
A Hearing Aid
14. Which acid gives nettles their sting?
Formic
15. In which sport might you use a 'suplex'?
Wrestling
16. In which English county are the Clee Hills?
Shropshire
17. Which novel begins "The great fish moved silently through the night water"?
Jaws
18. What sort of creature is a Bufflehead - a snake, an insect or a bird?
Bird - type of Duck
19. By what more common name is Triatomic Oxygen known?
Ozone
20. Quiztime Survey Question - Top Answers Required - Other than the Moon and Stars,
name something that comes out a night?
Owls / Bats / Hedgehogs / Cats / False Teeth
21. Which Year - Bob Geldof and Paula Yates married, Pakistani politician Benazir
Bhutto was arrested by President Zia and detained in prison for 30 days, Princess Anne
recorded her first victory in her 13th ride as an amateur jockey, riding Gulfland at
Redcar, After 23 UK singles Madness spilt up, Bishop Desmond Tutu was enthroned as
Archbishop of Cape Town and In the English Channel, Manchester United and West
Ham `fans' fought a pitched battle aboard a cross-Channel ferry?
1986
22. From what age does a person summoned for jury service have the right to decline?
Sixty-Five
23. Which ancient Egyptian goddess is usually depicted as having a cows head?
Isis
24. What sort of crop is Burley which is grown especially in the American state of
Kentucky?
Tobacco
25. Which Shakespeare play is thought to be based on a 1609 shipwreck in Bermuda?
The Tempest
26. Off which English county do the Manacle Rocks, a dangerous reef lie?
Cornwall
27. Which American sport employs clowns to protect the spectators?
Rodeo
28. What is the more common name of the 'butterfly bush'?
Buddleia
29. What were all Englishmen with property worth more than £40 given in 1626?
A Knighthood
30. Mentioned in many sea shanties, in which South American country is the port of
Valparaiso?
Chile
31. Which came first, the Jig-Saw or the Jigsaw Puzzle?
The Jig-Saw
32. Which sea were the Guns of Navarone pointed at?
The Aegean
33. Who made their first appearance in 'The Mysterious Affair At Styles'?
Hercule Poirot
34. What two colours are the sponge sections of a Battenburg Cake?
Yellow and Pink
35. What term describes the depth of water needed to float a ship?
Draught
36. Which country originated the Shish Kebab?
Turkey
37. What title is given to the officer in charge of finance and passenger welfare on a
cruise ship?
Purser
38. Albert Bridge, Victoria Bridge and King George V Bridge all cross which major river
and in which British City?
Clyde in Glasgow
39. Malt Vinegar is made from which other liquid?
Beer
40. Which Island gave the vote to its women in 1880, thirteen years before anywhere
else in the world?
Isle Of Man
Tiebreaker - How many weather observation stations has the Met. Office got in the
British Isles?
3,000
20/08/06
1 Which political party are dumping their blue flaming torch logo in favour of a green tree?
CONSERVATIVE
2 Which letters are written on comedian Jimmy Cricket’s wellies?
L & R (FOR LEFT & RIGHT)
3 Wearing which two articles of clothing together has recently been voted the worst fashion
mistake a man can make?
SANDALS AND SOCKS
4 Which is the oldest club in the Premiership?
READING
5 In 1894, the first public striptease was performed in which European city?
PARIS
6 Will Smith topped the UK charts 9 years ago this week, with the theme tune to which film?
‘MEN IN BLACK’
7 Which country is staging the World Rowing Championships?
ENGLAND
8 Which is the greater - The number of test matches played by Allan Border, (with 158) the
maximum speed in mph of a human body in free fall, or the number of verses in the Greek
national anthem?
NUMBER OF VERSES IN THE GREEK NATIONAL ANTHEM
9 In the game of pool, what colour is the 9 ball?
YELLOW
10 Who ended Roger Federer’s run of 55 straight hard-court wins?
ANDREW MURRAY
11 Which Brit was recently named the world’s ninth highest earner, raking-in £77 a-minute over
the last twelve months?
J K ROWLING
12 At which racecourse does the Shergar Cup take place?
ASCOT
13 Who did Lisa Marie Presley marry just a few days prior to the 25th Anniversary of her father’s
death?
NICOLAS CAGE
14 Colchester United fans chanted, “You only need two more” as Kem Izzet was yellow carded
by which referee officiating his first match since his World Cup nightmare?
GRAHAM POLL
15 According to Paris Hilton’s latest single what are the stars?
BLIND
16 One Point Each - Athletics - Name the quartet of who won European gold in the 4 x 100m in
Gothenburg?
DWAIN CHAMBERS, DARREN CAMPBELL, MARLON DEVONISH AND MARK LEWIS-FRANCIS
17 Gene Simons, the bass guitarist with Kiss, is just as famous for which 13” part of his body as
he is for his music?
TONGUE
18 Which banknote features a view of the west face of Worcester Cathedral?
A £20 NOTE
19 Norse explorer, Erik The Red, gave which country its optimistic name to encourage his
countrymen to settle there?
GREENLAND
20 Quiztime Survey Question - Name a famous British Inventor?
ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL / GEORGE STEVENSON / JAMES WATT / BARNES WALLIS /
FRANK WHITTLE / CHRISTOPHER COCKRIL / CLIVE SINCLAIR
21 Which Year - Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein vowed to take over Kuwait, The French Riviera
suffered its biggest art robbery when thieves stole paintings worth £25 million, It was
announced that an average employee wasted a week and a half a year waiting for the kettle to
boil, Actor Harrison Ford signed a record breaking five movie deal which would earn him £26
million, Snap! were at No.1 with `Rhythm Is A Dancer’, In Budapest, Nigel Mansell won the
Hungarian Grand Prix to become the Formula One World Champion and In Tombstone, Arizona,
a cowboy was fined £100 for riding his horse without lights?
1992
22 Which famous architect designed London’s St Paul’s Cathedral?
CHRISTOPHER WREN
23 Which team has the largest ground capacity in the Scottish Premier League?
CELTIC
24 Wellington is one of the characters in which Daily Mirror strip cartoon?
THE PERISHERS
25 Natasha Hamilton, Liz McLarnon and Jenny Frost were collectively known as which pop trio?
ATOMIC KITTEN
26 In Greek mythology, what did Paris use to kill Achilles?
A BOW AND ARROW
27 One Point Each - Name the five men who have captained England at football the most times?
BILLY WRIGHT (90), BOBBY MOORE (90), BRYAN ROBSON (65), DAVID BECKHAM (58) AND
ALAN SHEARER (34)
28 In which role did Derek Young make regular appearances on ‘The Golden Shot’?
BERNIE (The bolt)
29 A PSV licence is required to drive what type of vehicle?
PUBLIC SERVICE VEHICLE
30 What is the name of the drama about John Prescott's love affair commissioned by ITV?
PREZZA
31 Veteran actor, Patrick Allen, who died last week at the age of 79, starred in which TV ads
during the 70’s and 80’s when he arrived on a housing development by helicopter?
BARRATT
32 What type of establishment would you find at Shepton Mallet, Armley and Belmarsh?
PRISONS
33 Which vegetable is added to green pasta to give it that colour?
SPINACH
34 What colours are on the Russian flag?
WHITE, BLUE AND RED
35 In cricket, which Twenty20 Cup competition team are called the Dragons?
GLAMORGAN
36 Which London building once answered their telephone calls with the greeting ‘Whitehall
1212’?
SCOTLAND YARD
37 ‘Tokyo Joe’ gave which singer a 1977 hit single?
BRIAN FERRY
38 In which 1992 film did Mr White, Mr Orange and Mr Pink take part in a botched jewellery raid?
‘RESERVOIR DOGS’
39 Which former coin is also the name of the second most popular pub name in Britain?
THE CROWN
40 Mrs Brown's bungalow is decorated entirely in pink. The carpet, lampshades, ceiling, walls
etc are all pink. What colour are her stairs?
BUNGALOWS DON'T HAVE STAIRS!
Tiebreaker - How many toilet rolls were used by the housemates during ‘Big Brother 5’? 245
- How many days is the gestation period of a sheep? 175
- According to a recent survey how long did the average commuter spend a year travelling to
and from work? 139 hours
Name the 3 new planets in our solar system.
CERES, CHARON AND 2003 UB313
27/08/06
1. What starts with `T`, ends with `T` and has `T` in it?
A Teapot
2. Under British Law, what is the maximum amount of time a sentence can be
suspended for?
Two Years
3. One point each - This weekend, which three Royal residences are being featured in
Time Team programmes?
Holyrood House, Buckingham Palace, and Windsor Castle
4. What fruit is used to make a traditional Black Forest Gateau?
Cherries
5. Anagram - A GRANNIE KNOT is an anagram of which well-known singer?
Ronan Keating
6. Which Bond film features the villain Dr Kananga?
Live And Let Die
7. Which scientist wrote "A Brief History Of Time" and "The Universe In A Nutshell"?
Stephen Hawking
8. Ulaanbaatar is the capital of which country currently being visited by the Dalai
Llama?
Mongolia
9. Which theme park is built on the former home of the Earl of Shrewsbury?
Alton Towers
10. Where did Charles Darwin succeed Charles Dickens?
On the back of a ten pound note
11. Who played the leads Crocket and Tubbs in the original TV series of Miami Vice?
Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas
12. True or false - The Chairman of the Melton Mowbray Pork Pie Association is a
vegetarian?
True
13. Which entertainer is suing the former owners of Elvis Presley's first home, claiming
breach of contract, after he thought he had bought the house by bidding on e-Bay?
Uri Geller
14. In May 2006, Belfast Airport officially changed its name in honour of which famous
Irishman?
George Best
15. Which Train Operating Company runs the trains known as Pendolinos?
Virgin - West Coast
16. Which sporting star has a line of designer clothing called Aneres?
Serena Williams (Aneres is Serena spelt backwards)
17. What surname is shared by an England footballer and the police officer who
pursued `The Fugitive`?
Gerard (Steve and Lieutenant)
18. Carson City is the capital of which American state?
Nevada
19. How much does a colour Television Licence currently cost in the UK?
£131.50
20. One point each - In which five films did Clint Eastwood play Harry Callaghan?
Dirty Harry, Magnum Force, The Enforcer, Sudden Impact, The Dead Pool
21. Which Year - Niki Lauda was seriously burned in an accident in the German Grand
Prix, In Northern Ireland, a rally of 20,000 Protestants and Roman Catholics launched
the Women's Peace Movement, The American spacecraft ‘Viking II’ landed on Mars, Mao
Tse-Tung died after a series of strokes and The Bee Gees reach number 1 in the U.S.
charts with the song "You Should Be Dancing" after the song has been featured in the
movie "Saturday Night Fever"?
1976
22. Which modern motor manufacturer was originally known as Laurin & Klement?
Skoda
23. In which European country is the world’s highest road bridge?
France
24. In the Disney film “Lady and the Tramp” what breed is Lady?
Cocker Spaniel
25. Which World War II action had the code name Operation Chastise?
The Dambusters Raid - 617 Squadron
26. What is the name of the American actor who played Ike Turner in `Whats Love Got to
Do With It` and Morpheous in `The Matrix`?
Laurence Fishburne
27. With which band did the TV presenter Jools Holland play?
Squeeze
28. `Question or Nominate` was a phrase commonly heard on which UK TV quiz show?
Fifteen-to-one
29. Which country is bordered by Costa Rica and Columbia?
Panama
30. Which player scored England`s first goal in the 2006 World Cup?
Carlos Gamarra (own goal)
31. In which county is the Lyth Valley, renowned for its damsons?
Cumbria
32. What was the first film that Nick Park made featuring Wallace and Gromit?
A Grand Day Out
33. In English law, what is deemed to be the first priority for payment from the estate of
a deceased person?
The funeral expenses
34. The Pulmonary Artery carries blood from the heart to which organ?
Lung
35. What colour is the dye cochineal?
Red
36. What type of fish takes it's name from the Portuguese for "Fish With Teeth"?
Piranha
37. In Chinese cuisine, what is the essential or main ingredient in a Foo Yung dish?
Eggs
38. Who owns and runs the London Eye?
British Airways
39. Who had hits in the 90s with "Rotterdam", "My Book", and "I'll Sail This Ship
Alone"?
Beautiful South
40. Which group had a hit record in the 1970s, the 1980s and the 1990s and each time
they had a completely different line up?
The England World Cup Squad
- Why was the 2006 Superbowl larger than usual?
As it was the 40th Superbowl it was called `Superbowl XL`
Tiebreaker - According to the AA handbook, what is the distance between Sheffield and
London in miles?
169 miles
03/09/06
1. Today in 1939, who announced that Britain was at war with Germany?
Neville Chamberlain
2. What is the term for a person who has assets of over a thousand million dollars?
Billionaire
3. Born today in 1940, who received an Oscar nomination for her role as 'Shirley
Valentine'?
Pauline Collins
4. How many old pennies were there in a groat?
Four
5. One point each - What are the 5 countries in the world that end in the letter L?
Nepal, Israel, Portugal, Brazil and Senegal
6. What does a conchologist collect?
Shells
7. Which drink was marketed by Bulmers as champagne cider?
Pomagne
8. Which city's harbour is dominated by a famous arch called the Gateway to India?
Bombay - Mumbai
9. Who defeated the Scots at the second Battle of Dunbar in 1650?
Oliver Cromwell
10. Today in 1976, Viking II relayed the first pictures of which planet's surface?
Mars
11. You've probably seen 'surf & turf' on a menu but what is 'cluck & grunt'?
"Cluck and grunt" is eggs and bacon
12. Which famous singer went solo, on this day in 1942, having sung previously with the
Tommy Dorsey Band?
Frank Sinatra
13. Which company built the World War II Spitfire?
Supermarine
14. Who played the title role in `Remington Steele', first seen on British TV today in
1983?
Pierce Brosnan
15. How Is Diamorphine Hydrochloride Better Known?
Heroin
16. What colour is the upholstery in the House of Lords?
Red
17. Which famous youth movement was founded by Sir William Alexander Smith in
Glasgow in 1883?
The Boys Brigade
18. Which of the X-Men characters has the mutant power to control the weather?
Storm
19. What sort of animal is 'Spammy' the mascot on a tin of Spam?
A miniature Pig
20. Quiztime Survey Question - Top Answers Required - Name somewhere you might
find a stud?
Ear – Boot/Shoe – Jeans – Farm - Collar
21. Which Year - Libyan Colonel Gaddafi seized power after the monarchy was
overthrown, Ho Chi Minh, president of North Vietnam during the Vietnam war, died after
a heart attack, The Daily Mirror published a story stating that Paul McCartney had died,
The sound barrier was broken by Concorde 001 for the first time and ITV began
broadcasting in colour?
1969
22. Which sport takes place on a triangular course?
Sailing (Yachting)
23. Which precious metal is also a London Theatre?
Palladium
24. Who was the Manchester United manager when they were last relegated ?
Tommy Docherty
25. What name is given to the art of cutting bushes and hedges into ornamental
shapes?
Topiary
26. In Greek mythology which creature sprang from the blood of Medusa when she
died?
Pegasus
27. What name is given to a senior scout over the age of 16?
Venture
28. Which former Mayor of New York received a knighthood from the Queen in February
2002?
Rudolph Giuliani
29. In the children's program called the "Magic roundabout" what was the characters
name that owned the roundabout?
Mr Rusty
30. What would your job be if you used a queen excluder?
Beekeeper
31. What is the name of the Container port for London?
Tilbury
32. Which TV series was a spin off from a TV film called Panic at Malibu Beach?
Baywatch
33. In Greek mythology, which island was home to the labyrinth where the minotaur
lived?
Crete
34. Which snooker star was born on August 22 1957 in Plumstead ?
Steve Davis
35. What type of snakes appeared on the crowns of Egyptian Pharaohs?
Cobra
36. Who were the only side to beat England over 90 minutes when Terry Venables was
Manager?
Brazil
37. Which children’s TV series featured a schoolteacher called Mr Onion?
The Herbs
38. What is the national airline of Israel?
EL AL
39. Which species of female spider kills the male after mating?
Black Widow
40. What links Richard the Third, Queen Elizabeth the 1st, George III & WW1?
Blackadder
Tiebreaker - When did the first soft-drink vending machines appear?
1937
10/09/06
1. According to statistics, which creature are you more likely to be attacked by - a
Crocodile, a Shark or a Cow?
A Cow
2. Which film opens with George Clooney reassuring a prison board of his detemination
to go straight?
Ocean's Eleven
3. Calvados is a type of Brandy made from which fruit?
Apples
4. Which book and film character lives at Little Whinging, Surrey?
Harry Potter
5. Five Points / One point each - Name the five largest islands in the mediterranean?
Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, Corsica, Crete
6. In which European city did the world's first motorway open today in 1921?
Berlin
7. Which African countries name translates into English as 'farthest west'?
Morocco
8. Who played Simon Templar in TV's `The Return of the Saint', first screened today in
1978?
Ian Ogilvy
9. Who holds the record for the most matches played in the Ryder Cup competition?
Nick Faldo
10. Who became the youngest Formula 1 motor racing world champion today in 1972?
Emerson Fittipaldi
11. Which rare species of water bird has one of its few breeding sites at Leighton Moss
in Lancashire?
Bittern
12. In Michelin travel guides, what item of furniture is put beside the name of a hotel to
indicate that the guide considers it to be peaceful?
Rocking Chair
13. Richard III was the last English King to die in battle but who was the last English
King to lead his troops into battle?
George II
14. Which BBC radio station also broadcasts on 198 Long Wave?
Radio 4
15. Which country were the first to ban the movie 'The Da Vinci Code' - Saudi Arabia,
Iran or Pakistan?
Pakistan
16. Which singer & actor played Che Guevara in the original London production of
Evita?
David Essex
17. Where in the human body would you find the 'oval window' and the 'round window'?
In the Ear
18. Which motorway runs from Rotherham to Goole?
M18
19. For which sport is the Eisenhower Trophy awarded?
Golf
20. Quiztime Survey Question - Top Answers required - Name something that annoys
you in a supermarket?
Long Queues / Wonky Trollys / No price shown / Moving everything about / Special
Offers Empty
21. Which Year - The wife of the former Russian leader, Raisa Gorbachev, died at the
age of 67 / David Bowie became the first pop artist to release the first e-album “Hours”
on the Internet, two weeks before being released in the shops / The Bank of Scotland
revamped its bid of £20billion for NatWest Bank / Florida’s Disney World was closed for
the first time in its history as the State prepared for the arrival of Hurricane Floyd and A
cat called Modhu was elected leader of the Monster Raving Looney Party following the
death earlier that year of Screaming Lord Sutch?
1999
22. In which TV series was there 'a local shop for local people'?
The League Of gentlemen
23. In Modern Pentathlon, how long is the cross-country course?
4,000m
24. On TV, whose phone number is 0161 - 715 - 1515?
Streetcars - Coronation Street
25. Cowley Street, London is the HQ of which political party?
Liberal Democrats
26. Luxury versions of which items are made by Jimmy Choo?
Shoes
27. Queen Alia Airport serves which middle-east city?
Amman, Jordan
28. The plot of which James Bond film centres around a stolen Faberge Egg?
Octopussy
29. What sort of animal is a Bettsville - an insect, a bird or a fish?
Bird - type of Turkey
30. Where was Europe's biggest US Air Force Base in the 1940's & 50's?
Burtonwood, Lancashire
31. In which TV series would you find PC Mike Bradley?
Heartbeat - played by Jason Durr
32. Which athlete was known as the 'Jarrow Arrow'?
Steve Cram
33. One point each - name the two wives of Henry VIII that survived him?
Anne of Cleeves & Catherine Parr
34. Which radio station would you listen to on 1089kz on Medium Wave?
Talk Sport
35. Which Yorkshire racecourse never stages flat racing?
Wetherby
36. Which pair of crime fighters have the forenames Andy & Peter?
Dalziel & Pascoe
37. Canadian Terry Sawchuck was one of the all time greats in which sport?
Ice Hockey
38. Where in London will you hear the cry "Queen Elizabeth's Keys"?
Tower of London
39. By what nickname are the Newcastle Rugby Union side known?
The Falcons
40. According to official regulations, 9mg of what substance is allowed per kilo of
wheat?
Rat Droppings
Tiebreaker - Frank Sinatra's FBI file was how many pages long?
2,403
17/09/06
1. Which is England's wettest county?
Cumbria
2. According to the AA, which part of a car is the main cause of call-outs?
Battery
3. In which country is The Great Bear Lake?
Canada
4. What colour is pure molten gold?
Green
5. Who was the father of the Greek hero Hercules?
Zeus - King of the Gods
6. On TV, which secret agent used a special pair of glasses after a visit to the Brain
Impulse Galvanoscope (B.I.G.)?
Joe 90
7. What sort of creature is a MINIVET - a bird, a fish or an insect?
A Bird
8. Which North-West football team were replaced in the league by Wigan in 1978?
Southport
9. In the late 19th century, Aaron Kosminski, James Maybrick and Dr Frances Tumblety
were all suspected of what?
Being Jack the Ripper
10. What colour wine is produced by Merlot & Syrah grapes?
Red
11.Which Wiltshire town was developed around the workshops of the Great Western
Railway?
Swindon
12. Which musical instrument is traditionally held between the knees?
Bongos
13. Stromboli was a villain in which Disney film?
Pinocchio
14. What word describes any horse that does not exceed 1.47m in height at maturing?
Pony
15. Which two motorways meet just SW of Leicester?
M1 & M69
16. Which French king was married to Marie Antoinette?
Louis XVI
17. A HISTORIC OFFER is an anagram of which 1981 film?
Chariots Of Fire
18. By what name is the actress Caryn Johnson better known?
Whoopi Goldberg
19. What do the numbers 1, 11, 69 and 101 have in common?
Read same upside down
20. Quiztime Survey Question - Name a Foreign Cheese?
Gouda / Gruyere / Brie / Edam / Gorgonzola
21. Which Year - President Gerald Ford escaped an assassination attempt on his life by
one of Charles Manson's "disciples" in Sacramento, California / Martina Navratilova who
was playing tennis in New York requested political asylum / Pink Floyd received their
third gold disc for the album "Wish You Were Here" / The first all-British team reached
the summit of Mount Everest and Jamaica's big reggae stars, Bob Marley and the
Wailers, had their first European hit as "No Woman No Cry" entered the UK Charts?
1975
22. Which make of car has won the most Le Mans 24 hour races?
Porche
23. Which former Yale graduate shared his adventures with his female companion Dale
Arden aboard Dr Zarkov's home made rocket ship?
Flash Gordon
24. Donny Osmond, Anthony Newley, Carly Simon, Annie Lennox and Bronski Beat
have all had top ten hits with which song title?
Why
25. What is the name of the four wheel equivalent of the Robin Reliant?
Reliant Kitten
26. From which London station does the high speed Heathrow Express rail link run?
Paddington
27. In which comedy film would you have found the Spanish holiday resort of Elsbells?
Carry On Abroad
28. Which Cornish village claims to be the birthplace of King Arthur?
Tintagel
29. Honeycomb and Blanket are the two main types of which northern delicacy?
Tripe
30. According to the song, on which road did Nellie the Elephant meet the head of the
herd?
Road to Mandalay
31. What is the smallest mammal in the world?
Bat - Hog-nosed
32. What returned to Picadilly Circus in 1947 after being in hiding during the war?
Statue of Eros
33. Where would you find the Moscow Sea, a lowland area that was flooded with lava
around 3.5m years ago?
On the Moon
34. Which composers 'Song Of Joy' is the Anthem of the European Union?
Beethoven
35. Which British sports car went on sale in March 1961 with a price tag of £2,196?
E-type Jaguar
36. Which animal is becoming scarce in Ireland because of European demands for its
meat?
Donkey
37. Once voted the World's best looking man, Thomas Mapother IV is better known by
what name?
Tom Cruise
38. On TV, whenever trouble threatened the Coral Key Marine Preserve, who was on
hand to help out?
Flipper
39. What letter was removed from Welsh postage stamps in 1977?
p for pence
40. How do Airline Pilots know when the queen is in residence at Windsor Castle?
They are told not to fly over it!
Tiebreaker - How many people are employed at Heathrow Airport?
78,000 (the same number as ammount of shipwrecks around the British coastline)
24/09/06
1. What is the name of the hangover cure which consists of a raw egg and Worcester
Sauce?
Prairie Oyster
2. Where is the worlds largest permanent circus?
Las Vegas
3. What decides the winner on Mastermind if contestants are level on points at the end
of the quiz?
Least number of passes
4. What symbol is used by Paramount at the start of their productions?
A snow covered mountain
5. Who played the leader of the gang in the film 'The Dirty Dozen'?
Lee Marvin
6. What traditionally rectangular British apeture did Brussels want to change to a 26cm
square to fit with the French?
Letterbox
7. True or False - The Roman leap year had the same number of days as ordinary years
but January 23rd lasted for 48 hours?
True
8. What was Princess Diana's second name?
Frances
9. The London tube station Gillespie Road was renamed in the 1930's in honour of the
local football club, by what name is it now known?
Arsenal
10. Who was the first boxer to beat Mike Tyson in a professional fight and by doing so
won the world heavyweight title?
James 'Buster' Douglas
11. Which was the only chocolate bar supplied to British troops during WWII?
Mars Bar
12. What form of transport is a Sea Wasp?
Helicopter
13. What sort of creature is an Eggar - a bird, a fish or an insect?
Insect - type of Moth
14. In which district of London is the south end of the Thames Barrier?
Woolwich
15. What does the red polka-dot jersey signify in the Tour de France?
King of the mountains
16. Devil's Tower codenamed 'Dark Side Of The Moon' was used to contact UFO's in
which film?
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
17. Other than tennis, at which other sport is Martina Navratilova proficient?
Skiing
18. What hallmark indicates English Sterling Silver?
A Lion
19. Which car manufacturer ended the Porsche domination of sports car events in
1987?
Jaguar
20. Quiztime Survey Question - Name a food that does not go well with kissing?
Garlic / Onions / Curry / Kippers / Chillies
21. Which Year - J. R. R. Tolkien, Oxford scholar of mediaeval English, died aged 81 /
Former dictator Juan Perón was re-elected president of Argentina after nearly 20 years'
exile whilst Chile's democratically elected Marxist government was overthrown in a USbacked
military coup / Death of Gustav VI, King of Sweden / Three astronauts landed in
the Pacific having spent 59 days aboard Skylab II Space Laboratory?
1973
22. Which animal has been the symbol of medecine since ancient times?
Snakes
23. In which dance is the main step a frenzied kicking in the air from the knee?
Charleston
24. In which game can you not raise a blind man?
Brag
25. Merullus Lacrymans is the least popular domestic fungus - how is it better known?
Dry Rot
26. Could a woman high jumper clear a volleyball net?
No - 2.24m is above high jump record
27. From noon to midnight, how many times does the minute hand overtake the hour
hand on a clock?
Eleven - big hand overtakes the little hand 23 times a day
28. What was the most expensive form of anti-siege warfare in medieval times?
Hot Oil
29. What is the common name for your Buccal Cavity?
Mouth
30. Which game is known as Tric Trac in France, Puff in Germany and Tavola Reale in
Italy?
Backgammon
31. From what age were Morecambe & Wise in partnership - 14, 17 or 20?
Fourteen
32. What game was forbidden by James II of Scotland because it interfered with military
training?
Golf
33. What is a female hedgehog called?
Sow
34. If you spotted the Raven Flag from a cliff top in around 878ad why would you run?
The Vikings are coming!
35. Which element can be 235 or 238?
Uranium - U238 is the more active isotope
36. Which sport was first observed by Captain Cook in Polynesia?
Surfing
37. Brookfield, Home Farm, Bridge Farm and Grange Farm can all be found in which
soap?
The Archers
38. In which well known game does one of the players use nothi9ng all of the time?
Noughts & Crosses
39. Tango music originated in which South American country?
Argentina
40. What do Steptoe Jnr, Eliza Doolitle and Lonnie Donegan have in common?
Their Dads collected Rubbish!!!
Tiebreaker - Record distance for a woman to throw a rolling pin?
175ft 5ins (1979)
01/10/06
1. In which year did Top Gear begin on BBC TV - 1976, 1978 or 1981?
1978
2. Who is the MP for Dunfermline East who has been in the cabinet since the nineties?
Gordon Brown
3. When the airship R101 crashed in 1930 where was it travelling?
India
4. Which character in the Wizard Of Oz held a chopper in his hand?
The Tin Man
5. Which was the first Irish pop group to have five number one hits?
Boyzone
6. What is the name of the currency in Afghanistan - The Kabul, The Kurd or The
Afghani?
The Afghani
7. How long does the Islamic fast of Ramadan last?
One Month
8. Which page three blonde is Swindon's most famous export?
Melinda Messenger
9. In which English county will you find a place called Great Snoring?
Norfolk
10. Who wrote the 1929 novel 'The Seven Dials Mystery'?
Agatha Christie
11. Which US state's shores have yielded the most sunken treasure?
Florida
12. How long did it take the Beatles to record their first album - 12 hours, 12 days or 12
months?
Twelve Hours
13. True or False - The first fairground merry-go-rounds used real stuffed horses?
False
14. The steps at the end of Downing Street in London lead to which park?
St James
15. Which wood are violins mostly made from?
Sycamore
16. Which Premiership club won the FA Cup in 1901 whilst they were in the Southern
League?
Tottenham Hotspur
17. The colours red, yellow, black and green are significant for which religious cult?
Rastafarians
18. In which part of London is the Natural History Museum?
South Kensington
19. Which musical instrument is sometimes known as a liquorice stick?
Clarinet
20. Quiztime Survey Question - Other than the Quizmaster, name something that
requires wind?
Kite / Sails / Balloon / Bagpipes / Washing Line
21. Which Year - The musical "Cats" opened on Broadway, Princess Grace of Monaco
died in a car crash, The Epcot Centre was opened in Florida, Death of Group Captain Sir
Douglas Bader and The largest mass wedding took place in Seoul, South Korea, when
5,837 couples were married simultaneously?
1982
22. Which word appears immediately under the word 'lager' on the front of a can of
Carlsberg?
Pilsner
23. In which TV series did Gary Waldorn and James Fleet play David and Hugo Horton?
The Vicar Of Dibley
24. On which river is the market town of Settle in N.Yorkshire?
River Ribble
25. In which year was Tony Blair chosen to lead the Labour Party?
1994 (July)
26. What replaced the letters CQD in 1906?
SOS - Morse distress signal
27. Where in London can you see 2,000 tons raised in less than two minutes?
Tower Bridge
28. Which actor was the fifth Dr Who in the TV sci-fi series?
Peter Davison
29. Which Rugby Union side play at the Recreation Ground?
Bath
30. 'Loft Story' was the title of the French version of which C4 TV programme?
Big Brother
31. Who is the author of the books 'Digital Fortress' 'Deception Point' and 'Angels &
Demons'?
Dan Brown - author of The Da Vinci Code
32. At what weight did Audley Harrison box before becoming a heavyweight?
Super-Heavyweight
33. True or False - The Blackpool Tower was first built in Manchester?
True
34. What in American slang is a 'Sky Bear'?
Police Helicopter
35. In which Lancashire town would you have found the main locomotive works for the
Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Company?
Horwich
36. What colour is pitchblende?
Black
37. If you have booked a holiday to Malia or Sitia, on which meditteranean island will
you be?
Crete
38. G. Leroy Parker was the real name of which outlawed cowboy?
Butch Cassidy
39. Which product have you purchased if you find a Crazy Croco or a Teeny Terrapin?
Kinder Surprise
40. Which British musical has not featured Telly Savalas, Yul Brynner or Duncan
Goodhew?
Hair
Tiebreaker - In which year did the Vienna Boys Choir start?
1498
08/10/06
1. Which group 'Don’t Feel Like Dancin’ in the UK Cahrts?
SCISSOR SISTERS
2. Worldwide what is the best selling product of the Heinz company? Is it baked beans,
tomato soup or tomato ketchup?
TOMATO SOUP
3. Which actor links Chancer, Chariots of Fire and The Whistle Blower?
NIGEL HAVERS
4. Which boxer has the Christian names Christopher Livingstone?
CHRIS EUBANK
5. In The News - Which Tenor has recently undergone brain surgery at St George's
Hospital in south London?
RUSSELL WATSON
6. A ship’s Captain would be very concerned over reports of Growlers in the vicinity of
his/her ship. What is a Growler?
SMALL ICEBERG
7. Green Goblin and Doctor Octopus are villains in which superhero films?
SPIDERMAN
8. In a game of match play golf if a person wins 4 and 3 how many holes have been
played?
FIFTEEN
9. Who is the writer of "Prime Suspect"?
LYNDA LA PLANTE
10. 'The last lighthouse keeper', 'Mr. Macgregor' and 'Only dad' are novels by which
author?
ALAN TITCHMARSH
11. Kites, the Moon, surfers and hippos are replacing Indian dancers and skateboarders,
where?
BBC LOGOS
12. The battleship USS Arizona is a designated US War Memorial. Where is it to be
found?
PEARL HARBOUR
13. True or false - The character of Indiana Jones was named after George Lucas’s dog?
TRUE
14. To which British airport would you be flying if your bags were marked LBA?
LEEDS BRADFORD
15. One point each - Who are the three 'Top Gear' hosts?
JEREMY CLARKSON / RICHARD HAMMOND / JAMES MAY
16. In athletics which track event is closest in total distance to a mile?
4x400M. (Mile is 1,609M)
17. What is the currency of Japan?
YEN
18. Which organisation has its headquarters in a very distinctive cream and green
building on the banks of the River Thames at 85, The Embankment, Vauxhall Cross,
London?
MI6
19. Where would an American wear a fanny pack?
ROUND THE WAIST (BUM BAG)
20. Quiztime Survey Question - Name something you lick?
ICE CREAM / STAMPS / ENVELOPE / LIPS / FINGERS
21. Which Year - The finding of oil in the North Sea was announced by BP, "Cracklin'
Rose" by Neil Diamond went gold, American dare-devil Gary Gavelich broke the world
land speed record in his rocket-propelled car "Blue Flame", driving at 631.367 mph,
Anwar Sadat became president of Egypt and Jimi Hendrix was buried in his home town
of Seattle?
1970
22. Which English cricketer was the first in the world to score a century and take ten
wickets in the same test match?
IAN BOTHAM
23. Which two colours appear on the flag of Peru?
RED & WHITE
24. Which is the nearest Commonwealth country to the UK?
MALTA
25. In The News - Which animals have been found killed in Australia in apparent revenge
attacks?
STINGRAYS
26. Which word connects a Japanese company, a priest and a type of melody?
CANON
27. Wesley Snipes appeared in which 1987 Michael Jackson video?
BAD
28. Which European aircraft manufacturer assembles all its aircraft at Toulouse in
France?
AIRBUS
29. How many previous German popes have there been - 4, 6 or 8?
EIGHT
30. In what kind of shop might you or an assistant use a Brannock Device?
SHOE SHOP
31. One Point Each - Name the three people that Roger Federer has beaten to win the
US Open singles title?
ANDY RODDICK / ANDRE AGASSI / LLEYTON HEWITT
32. Who stars as the Queen in the new film 'The Queen'?
HELEN MIRREN
33. True or false - Tony Blair is an only child?
TRUE
34. How many times has Michael Schumacher been World Champion?
SEVEN
35. Who plays the part of Detective Inspector Rebus on TV?
KEN STOTT
36. What Is The Alternative Name For Crane Fly?
DADDY LONG LEGS
37. Which comedian, who died last month, used the catchphrase 'Me old flower'?
CHARLIE WILLIAMS - replace Norman Vaughn as host of the Golden Shot
38. In which sport might you see the two teams defending goals of different sizes?
WATER POLO (the goal in the shallow end can be higher)
39. According to the insurance company Elephant.co.uk, is it men or women who are
more likely to have an accident on a roundabout?
WOMEN (also car parks & traffic lights)
40. If James is five, Henry is three, and Edward is two, who is one?
THOMAS THE TANK ENGINE!
Tiebreaker - According to a recent survey how many of the world’s population, at any
one time, are drunk?
42,000,000
- In which year was the first Prime Suspect shown on ITV?
1991
15/10/06
1. "Be Happy, I said, Be Happy" were which characters final words after 12 years on
Coronation Street?
Fred Elliott
2. What soft toy range devised by H Ty Warner included characters such as Flash The
Dolphin, Splash The Whale and Patti The Platypus?
Beanie Babies
3. What is the name of the studio band on the Jonathan Ross Show?
Four Puffs and A Piano
4. If a rugby union team scores 3 tries, 2 of which are converted, 2 penalties and a drop
goal, what is their total score?
Twenty Eight (28)
5. What is the name of the US Presidential retreat, the equivalent of the Prime Minister's
Chequers?
Camp David
6. Whose voice was the first to be heard on Virgin Radio?
Richard Branson
7. Which country is home to the newly crowned Miss World?
Czech Republic
8. Today in 1971 the music of Khatchaturian's 'Spartacus' introduced the first episode of
which TV drama?
`The Onedin Line'
9. One point each, which two teams share the honour of being the oldest clubs in the
Premiership?
Bolton & Aston Villa
10. On which Greek island was Shirley Valentine largely set?
Mykonos
11. Cancara, the black horse that featured in which TV ads, died last week at the grand
old age of 31?
Lloyds TSB
12. How many players in a Canadian Football team?
Twelve
13. Which sportsman has been raising funds for charity by walking through 17 cities in
9 days?
Ian Botham
14. True or False - Married men change their underwear twice as often as single men?
True
15. Which TV personality presented the first National Lottery draw?
Noel Edmunds
16. Jafar is the name of the villain in which 1992 Disney movie?
Aladdin
17. What is the profession of OTTO in "The Simpson's"?
School Bus Driver
18. What is the more common name for the north american ground squirrel which has
alternate light and dark stripes running down the body?
Chipmunk
19. In the 1999 World Cup in Holland, why did three players take more than 18 stokes on
one hole?
Playing Crazy Golf
20. Quiztime Survey Question - Name a famous animal threesome?
Little Pigs / Bears / Wise Monkeys / Billy Goats Gruff / Blind Mice
21. Which Year - Film composer Henry Mancini received a gold disc for the soundtrack
to the movie "The Pink Panther", Britain's new tallest building, the Post Office Tower in
London, opened, The evil Red Baron made his first appearance in the "Peanuts" comic
strip, The song "Yesterday" by the Beatles went gold in the U.S. but was never released
as a single in Britain and British and French forces started to land in Egypt during
fighting between Egyptian and Israeli forces around the Suez Canal?
1965 - Capital punishment was abolished in Britain
22. Which piece of sporting equipment is three inches in diameter, one inch high, black,
cold and made of rubber?
Puck
23. What did Frenchman Andre Turcat famously do on 2nd March 1969?
Flew Concorde on its maiden flight
24. What word is formed by expressing 1009 in Roman numerals?
MIX
25. In Robin Hood, what is Maid Marion's surname - Fitzroy, Fitzwilliam or Fitzwalter?
Fitzwalter
26. How many records do you have to sell to get a Gold disc?
500,000
27. In Norfolk they call the male of this creature a Jack, the female they call a Broadster,
found along the seashore, which creature is it?
Crab
28. The name of which premiership club is defined in the dictionary as 'a rash or
impetuous person'?
Hotspur (Tottenham)
29. Which restaurateur was buried in a white suit and bow tie in Louisville in 1980?
'Colonel' Sanders
30. Johansson is the most common surname in which Scandinavian country?
Sweden
31. Most Eskimo households have fridges. What are they used for?
To keep food from freezing
32. Which seaside Football team is nicknamed the "Cherries"?
Bournemouth
33. The Queen employs a 'fendersmith' at Windsor Castle, what is his job?
To light the fires
34. In which year did Michael Schumacher first win the Formula I drivers world
championship?
1994
35. What was Rene's codename when he spoke to London in the TV series Allo Allo?
Nighthawk
36. The sea between Hastings and Newhaven on the South Coast and off the Needles,
Isle of Wight are the only two official sites around the English coast for what ceremony?
Burial at sea
37. What are Ram in Derby, Red Dragon in Cardiff, Fox in Oxford and the Eagle in
Guildford?
Commercial Radio Stations
38. What is the largest Bra size?
F
39. What is the name of the sister of Pingu in the children's animated series of that
name?
Pinga
40. What are the French Police called?
Police - The Gendarmes are soldiers acting as policemen
Tiebreaker - What is the Guinness World record for the amount of pints of beer drunk in
three hours by one person? Ninety (90)
22/10/06
1. Which country was the first to ban smoking in the workplace?
Ireland
2. Which country is home to the telecommunications company Nokia?
Finland
3. Which drink was once advertised as 'drunk for a penny; dead drunk for tuppence'?
Gin
4. Which musical instrument has the highest note?
Violin
5. Which troubled country has Mogadishu as its capital city?
Somalia
6. In 2004 who succeeded Mathew Kelly as presenter on Stars In Their Eyes?
Cat Deeley
7. What are the next 2 letters in this series - ST, ND, RD?
TH - as in 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th
8. Which actress played the part of Emma Peel in the 1998 film ‘The Avengers’?
Uma Thurman
9. In which year was the Yellow Pages rolled out nationally in the UK - was it 1969, 1971
or 1973?
1973
10. Originally in a TV series, more recently in a stage musical, in which show does the
character Mrs Overall appear?
Acorn Antiques
11. Who has never scored for England other than in his own net?
Gary Neville
12. Which Madonna number one gave Kelly Osborne her first big chart hit?
“Papa Don’t Preach”
13. A SEX MANIAC WASHES THE CARTS is an anagram of which horror film?
Texas Chain Saw Massacre
14. Which Premiership football club plays their home matches on an island?
Portsmouth
15. In ‘Dad’s Army’, which character carried the First Aid Kit?
Godfrey
16. Of the five Olympic rings, which colour ring represents Australia?
Green
17. After the Metropolitan Police force, which is Britain’s second largest police force?
West Midlands
18. Which sportsman had the personalised car number plate JJ1986?
Joe Johnson - Snooker World Champion 1986
19. Starting with ‘p’ which word means the forecast of the probable course or outcome
of a disease?
Prognosis
20. Quiztime Survey Question - Name an occupation in which people make predictions?
Politician / Sports Pundit / Psychic or Clairvoyant / Weatherman / Astrologer
21. Which Year - The world was stunned when the Jury in the OJ Simpson murder took
less than 4 hours to return a verdict of not guilty, A treaty banning atomic blasts in the
South Pacific was signed by France, the U.S. and Britain, Sir Cliff Richard received his
Knighthood, Gloria Estefan performed in a concert for Pope John Paul II and The Grand
National Hero Redrum died?
1995
22. Light My Fire, a number one hit for Will Young, was originally a 1967 hit for which
band?
The Doors
23. According to Harry Potter stories, what Colour Is Unicorn Blood?
Silver
24. From what kind of wood are championship darts boards made?
Elm
25. Using springs and a timer, what kitchen appliance did Charles Stright invent in
1919?
Toaster
26. Which famous writer of children's books had a house called ' Hill Top ' that is kept
as a museum today?
Beatrix Potter
27. Which organisations motto is "Courtesy and Care"?
AA - Automobile Association
28. Americans call them 'pigs in blankets', what do we call them?
Sausage Rolls
29. In 1990, what item of kit was made compulsory for all footballers, by FIFA?
Shin Pads
30. With regard to Queen Elizabeth II what year comes next in the sequence: 1948, 1950,
1960?
1964 (The Years In Which She Gave Birth To Her Children)
31. Beef Stroganoff was first made in the 1700's for Count Alexander Stroganoff, after
the meat is cooked what is added?
Sour Cream
32. A bronze statue of which famous racehorse overlooks the winner’s enclosure at
Cheltenham racecourse?
Arkle
33. In which Asian country would you find the ‘Salt Range’ of mountains?
Pakistan
34. Which car manufacturer has a logo of a red griffin's head pointing left with a gold
crown on its head?
Saab
35. If you're a turophile do you like turnips, cheese, or brass bands?
Cheese - Turos is Greek for cheese
36. Which rock group was named after the 1963 Boris Karloff film billed as "the most
gruesome day in the calendar"?
Black Sabbath
37. Which song contains the line, "where little cable cars climb halfway to the stars"?
I Left My Heart In San Francisco
38. Which TV Chef has his tongue insured for £500,000?
Anthony Worrall Thompson
39. Which singer has appeared in films, playing characters called, Danny Fisher, Glen
Tyler and Lucky Jackson?
Elvis Presley
40. In 1799, Count de Grisly was the first to perform what trick, that all married men
might like to do?
Saw a woman in half
Tiebreaker - What is the world record time for solving a Rubik's Cube?
10.48 seconds
29/10/06 – Halloween Special
1. In the Wizard of Oz what did Dorothy have to steal from the Wicked Witch of the
West?
Broomstick
2. Which horror film actor did the narration on Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’?
Vincent Price
3. In which 1993 film did Bette Midler play an evil witch?
Hocus Pocus
4. The ghost of which wife of Henry VIII has been seen many times gliding through the
Tower of London, where she was beheaded in 1536?
Anne Boleyn
5. According to the children’s nursery story, who pushed the wicked witch into the
oven, was it Hansel or Gretel?
Gretel
6. What is the name of Shakespeare’s ghost that haunts Macbeth?
Banqo
7. Which TV series features a talking black cat called Salem?
Sabrina the Teenage Witch
8. Which rock singer reputedly bit off the head of a bat during his stage act?
Ozzy Osbourne
9. Name the town in Massachusetts noted for its witchcraft trials?
Salem
10. In which film does Mia Farrow give birth to the devil’s son?
Rosemary’s Baby
11. On which night of the week do witches traditionally hold their meetings?
Friday
12. What historical figure did Bram Stoker base his character Dracula upon ?
Vlad the Impaler
13. What name was given to witches pets, which were believed to be evil spirits that
resembled the witch?
Familiars
14. With which horror film would you associate the character of Leatherface?
"Texas Chainsaw Massacre"
15. Which witch did a house in The Wizard Of Oz flatten?
The Wicked Witch of the East
16. Who was the author of ‘Frankenstein’?
Mary Shelley
17. What are male witches called?
Warlocks
18. Which British film studio was famous for it’s blood-curdling movies?
Hammer House of Horrors
19. In "The Odyssey", into what animal did the witch Circe change the sailors?
Pigs
20. Family Fortunes Question - Top Answer Required - Five things associated with
Halloween? -
Witches / Pumpkin / Trick or Treat / Masks / Dressing Up
21. The last witchcraft trial to take place in England was that of Jane Wenham, (she was
found innocent) in which year did it take place, was it 1512, 1612, 1712 or 1812?
1712
22. What was the name of the witch played by Elizabeth Montgomery in the 1970 TV
series Bewitched?
Samantha Stephens
23. Which 1981 film starred David Naughton, Jenny Agutter and Brian Glover?
An American Werewolf in London
24. The world's largest collection of witchcraft related artefacts are located in the
Museum of Witchcraft in Boscastle, in which county is Boscastle?
Cornwall
25. Who played Dracula in the 1992 film "Bram Stokers Dracula ?
Gary Oldman
26. Mathew Hopkins was famous in the 16th century as what?
The Witchfinder General
27. What is the name of the Addams families hairy relation?
Cousin It
28. Which three actresses starred in the Witches of Eastwick?
Cher, Michelle Pfeiffer and Susan Sarandon
29. Whose ghost is said to haunt the White House?
Abraham Lincoln's
30. The Money Bat or Black Witch found on the Bahamas is what type of animal?
Moth (http://www.bahamaswildlife.fsnet.co.uk/noctuid.htm)
31. Which 1998 vampire film had the tagline " against an army of immortals one warrior
must draw blood first"?
Blade
32. A Witch puts two frogs, a puppy dog, a newt and two spiders in her cauldron, how
many legs would she be cooking?
Thirty Two
33. 'Ghost Town' was the only number 1 single released by which British band?
The Specials
34. Which american rock singer took his name from an ouiji board reading, that revealed
he was the reincarnation of a 17th century witch?
Alice Cooper
35. What name is given to a ghost which throws objects around?
Poltergeist
36. Which independent brewery produces 'Pendle Witch' bitter?
Moorhouses
37. What is the name of the star symbol in a circle used in witchcraft?
Pentacle or Pentagram
38. Which children’s TV series is set in a school for witches and features the characters,
Mildred Hubble, Wizard Hellibore, Miss Hardbroom and Miss Cackle?
The Worst Witch
39. In which Disney film does Angela Lansbury play Eglantine Price, an amateur witch?
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
40. Why did the vampires cancel their game of cricket?
They couldn't find their bats
Tiebreaker - According to the NASA Space Astronomical Research Centre, In which
Year will a Full Moon next fall on Halloween?
2012
05/11/06
1. Which English king was the target of The Gunpowder Plot?
James 1st
2. What colour is diamond dust?
Black
3. Who is the UK's highest earning dead celebrity?
John Lennon - estate raked in £12.6m in last year
4. Which inventions earliest model utilised two tin cans and a vacuum cleaner?
Hovercraft
5. Noel Edmonds is reuniting with Keith Chegwin, Maggie Philbin and John Craven for a
one-off Christmas Special of which show?
Swapshop
6. Which is the only African country with both French & English as official languages?
Cameroon
7. Which aircraft, that shot to fame in the film Top Gun, was retired by the US Navy last
month?
F-14 Tomcat
8. How many women did Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper, plead guilty to killing?
Thirteen
9. Who was the first member of Take That to have a number one hit single in Britain?
Gary Barlow
10. Who was the original 'A Question Of Sport' quizmaster?
David Vine
11. What type of food is served at the US fast-food chain 'El Pollo Loco'?
Chicken
12. Who was the first child born to a reigning British sovereign in the 20th century?
Prince Andrew
13. What was Guy Fawkes occupation a) Mercenary b) Farmer c) Money Lender?
a) Mercenary - Guy Fawkes learned his gunpowder skills serving in the Spanish army
14. Which have better eyesight - Sheep, Pigs or Cows?
Sheep
15. In WWII, which country raised the largest volunteer army in history?
India
16. What religion was followed by Fry's, Cadbury's and Rowntrees who set up Britain's
chocolate industry?
Quaker
17. In which Country were fireworks invented?
China
18. What was Lawrence of Arabia riding at the time of his death?
Motorcycle
19. Oolong, Ping Suey And Gunpowder are varieties of what?
Tea
20. Quiztime Survey Question - Name a type of powder?
Talcum / Gun / Face / Custard / Baking
21. Which Year - Shooting began on the new James Bond movie "The Man With The
Golden Gun" / An Italian newspaper received the right ear of John Paul Getty III through
the post / Bobby Moore made his 108th (and final) international appearance for England,
against Italy at Wembley and The Boston Strangler was murdered in his cell in
Massachusetts?
1973
22. What colour shirts were worn by Star Trek science officers?
Blue
23. What is the name for an individual sweet corn?
Kernel
24. What name is given to the full moon that falls closest to the Autumn Equinox?
Harvest Moon
25. "The ships company will remember that I am your captain, your judge and your jury"
is a line from which film?
Mutiny On The Bounty
26. Where did the funeral procession for Princess Diana start?
Kensington Palace
27. Which composer wrote music for the Royal Fireworks?
Handel
28. Which group had their first top 20 hit in 1963 with the Lennon & McCartney song ' I
wanna be your man'?
Rolling Stones
29. Which foreign political leader was awarded a honary knighthood in 1989?
Ronald Reagan
30. Which country was invaded by Israel in 1982?
Lebanon
31. What is the minimum age at which you may legally purchase fireworks in Britain?
Sixteen
32. In which jail did prisoners stage a 24 day rebellion in 1990?
Strangeways
33. True or false - London Zoo’s Guy the Gorilla was named after Guy Fawkes?
True (He arrived in November)
34. Snooker player James Wattana was born in which country?
Thailand
35. What did National Airlines suffer the very first of on May 1st 1961?
A Hijacked plane
36. How is the soul - rock singer Henry Samuel better known?
Seal
37. Magnesium in fireworks gives what colour flame / flash?
Green - Strontium provides red colour
38. Which 1996 film was advertised with the slogan ' Earth, take a good look - it may be
your last'?
Independence Day
39. How did Guy Fawkes die a) He was shot trying to escape b) He was hanged c) He
died under torture?
b) He was hanged - Hung, Drawn & Quartered!
40. In terms of Games, what items have men played with for longer than anything else?
Dice
Tiebreaker - How many Littlewoods Pools collectors are there nationwide?
70,000
26/11/06
1. Which modern day country was known in ancient times as Mesopotamia?
Iraq
2. How many players are there to begin with at the start of the TV quiz show "The
Weakest Link"?
Nine
3. Close to the coast of which Australian state would you find the Great Barrier Reef?
Queensland
4. Mossad is the name given to the secret service of which country?
Israel
5. How many players are there in a rugby union team?
Fifteen
6. In Australian slang what is a "wowser", is it: a drunkard or a teetotaller?
Teetotaller
7. One point each, which two chemical elements were first discovered by Polish
scientist Marie Curie?
Radium & Polonium
8. The TV commercial for which popular confectionery product ended with the phrase
"Wotalot-I-got"?
Smarties
9. Where might you wear a pampootie, is it: on your feet, on your head, on your hands
or around your neck?
On your feet, it's a type of slipper
10. Which of these cities is furthest west: Chester, Bath, Cardiff or Liverpool?
Chester
11. Who has had hit albums entitled "Songs In The Key of Life", "Music of My Mind" and
"Talking Book"?
Stevie Wonder
12. When John Logie Baird invented the television in 1926, what was his profession at
the time, was he: a doctor, an electrical engineer, a university lecturer or a pharmacist?
An electrical engineer
13. True or False - Kenneth Bradley, an Australian Test cricketer scored over 2000 runs
in his international career in the 1950's and early 1960's despite having a wooden leg?
False
14. Which American outlaw was killed by gang member Robert Ford for a £10,000
reward?
Jesse James
15. Which popular TV puppet was sad because he couldn't fly, right up to the sky?
Orville the Duck
16. Between which two planets in our solar system would you find the asteroid belt?
Mars & Jupiter
17. From the milk of which animal do we get Edam Cheese?
Cow
18. The word "honcho" meaning boss, is derived from which language?
Japanese
19. Which 1970's Chuck Berry UK number one hit was banned by the BBC?
My Ding-a-ling
20. Quiztime Survey Question - Name something that is pulled?
Leg / A Pint / Caravan or Trailer / Cracker /Curtain
21. Bob Geldolf is awarded an honoury knighthood, Spain and Portugal join the EEC, Mike
Tyson wins the WBC heavyweight title and "Lady in Red" by Chris De Burgh was a UK number
one hit?
1986
22. Which day of the week is called Domingo in Spanish and Dimanche in French?
Sunday
23. Which car manufacturer has produced all of the following models: Crown, Paseo, Picnic and
Previa?
Toyota
24. The name of which martial art means "Beautiful springtime" in its own language?
Kung Fu
25. For which famous French fashion house was Stella McCartney, daughter of ex-Beatle Paul,
appointed head designer in 1997?
Chloe
26. "Dubris" was the former Roman name for which English town, was it: Darlington, Doncaster,
Dover or Durham?
Dover
27. Which 1970's sci-fi TV series centred on the activities of the anti-alien organisation SHADO?
UFO
28. Which song title has been a UK top 20 hit for many artistes including Love Affair in 1968,
Robert Knight in 1974, Gloria Estefan in 1996 and the cast from " Casaulty" in 1998?
Everlasting Love
29. What name is given to the fruit that is a cross between a plum and a peach?
Nectarine
30. In the children's comic "The Beano", the character Dennis the Menace has a famous pet dog
called Gnasher but what kind of animal is his pet called Rasher?
Pig
31. How many English counties are there that begin with the letter "N"?
Five - Northamptonshire, Norfolk, Northumberland, Nottinghamshire and North Yorkshire
32. Alexander Graham Bell is credited with inventing the telephone, but what was his original
profession, was it: a teacher, an architect, a marine engineer or a journalist?
A teacher - of deaf and dumb children
33. True or False - in 1995, Wilma Mankiller became the first female leader of New Zealand's
Maori people?
False
34. What country's flag has a garden hoe and a Kalashnikov rifle inside a star, is it:
Mozambique, Angola or Somalia?
Mozambique
35. Which group recorded all of the following albums: "Exile on Main Street", "Let It Bleed" and
"Beggars Banquet"?
Rolling Stones
36. Which former Wimbledon tennis champion was born in Weisbaden, Germany in 1959?
John McEnroe
37. Officers of which US organization are known as G-men?
FBI
38. What type of creature is a marabou, is it: a bird, a lizard, a monkey or a deer?
Bird - South African
39. In the famous painting by Leonardo Da Vinci, what colour eyes does the Mona Lisa have?
Brown
40. Hooker, Bummerville and Clapper Gap are all towns in which state of the USA, is it:
California, Texas or Arizona?
California
Tiebreaker - According to the Office of National Statistics, Jack was the most common name
given to boys born last year with 7961 being given this name in England and Wales - how many
registered newborn baby boys were called Mohammed last year?
2527
03/12/06
1. Which will freeze quicker - pure antifreeze or diluted antifreeze?
Pure Antifreeze
2. Who recently completed his latest stunt after spending two days spinning in a
gyroscope suspended from a crane, in New York’s Times Square?
David Blaine
3. In which century were rubber gloves first used in surgery?
Nineteenth
4. According to the recruitment ads for which field of the armed forces do 99.99% need
not apply?
The Royal Marines
5. Which mountain range do chinchillas habitate?
The Andes
6. What was the nickname of Alan Freeman, the former Radio 1 DJ who died last week
following a short illness?
Fluff
7. Which island country brews Polar Beer?
Iceland
8. The ‘Children In Need’ mascot, Pudsey Bear, has a polka dot bandage covering which
eye?
Right
9. Which car company has the oldest emblem?
Mercedes
10. Which perfume house produces the fragrance, ‘Fahrenheit’?
Dior
11. What blood group must you have to come into the category known as Universal
Donors?
Type O
12. Who recently filed for divorce from rap star Kid Rock after just four months of
marriage?
Pamela Anderson
13. Whose portrait is on the Canadian two dollar note?
Queen Elizabeth II
14. Car designer, Ian Callum, recently revealed that the body of which curvy British
actress was the inspiration for the new Jaguar XK sportscar?
Kate Winslet
15. What is the female equivalent of a knight?
A Dame
16. Which TV chef’s recipe for gammon and cola as an alternative Christmas dinner has
caused a surge on gammon sales at supermarkets?
Nigella Lawson
17. Which world leader's surname is preceeded by Muammar Al?
Colonel Kadhafi
18. A voice-changing mask of which Dr Who character is set to become one of the bestselling
toys this Christmas?
Cybermen
19. In cricket, what does the umpire call if the bowler oversteps the popping crease?
No Ball
20. Quiztime Quiz Survey Question - Top Answers Required - Name Something That
Dries Up When It Gets Old? - Fruit – Flower – Cheese – Paint - Bread
21. Which Year - The Bridgewater Hall in Manchester was opened by the Queen and
Prince Philip, Comedian and writer Willie Rushton died, The first Euro banknotes were
unveiled at the EU summit in Dublin, Middlesbrough cancelled their Premiership game
with Blackburn as manager Bryan Robson claimed he had 23 players ill or injured and
the Death of ex French President Francois Mitterand?
1996
22. One point each - name the three London clubs that Terry Venables played for?
Spurs, QPR & Chelsea
23. Which singer is hoping for a third Christmas No.1 single with a version of The
Carpenter’s ‘Yesterday Once More’ with Daniel O’Donnell?
Cliff Richard
24. In what track and field event would a competitor normally use a glove?
Throwing the Hammer
25. Westlife currently star in which high-street stores £25million Christmas ad campaign
where they get to sing with a sheep and a dog?
Woolworths
26. Which Central American country has the shortest distance from east to west coast?
Panama
27. Which member of the Royal family recently switched-on the Christmas lights in
Tetbury, Gloucestershire?
Camilla - her husband’s home town
28. Where in the leg would you find the greatest concentration of Synovial Fluid?
In the knee joint
29. Which ‘Pop Idol’ has done the voiceover for the Argos Christmas TV ads?
Will Young
30. In which country is the world's longest canal at 2,500 miles?
China
31. Today in 1967, Dr. Christian Barnard performed the first heart transplant. In which
town did it take place?
Cape Town, South Africa - at the Groote Schuur Hospital
32. Today in 1917, the world's longest cantilever bridge opened in Canada. Which river
does it span?
The St. Lawrence - a total length of 987m (3239 ft)
33. Name the author of `The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde', who died today in
1894?
Robert Louis Stevenson
34. First published today in 1791, which is the world's oldest Sunday newspaper?
The Sunday Observer
35. Which flavoured jam would be made from wellington and blacksmith varieties?
Blackcurrant
36. In which century did London's first coffee shop open?
Seventeenth
37. How many years is Johnnie Walker Black Label aged for?
Twelve
38. What meat goes into a terrine de canard a l'orange?
Duck
39. What letter does a single raised dot represent in braille?
Letter A
40. Name the two positions on a Cricket fielding team that have three words in their
title?
Silly Mid On and Silly Mid Off
Tiebreaker - In which year was the first Christmas stamp issued in the UK? - 1966
- In which year was Europe’s first postage stamp to commemorate Christmas issued?
1937
10/12/06
1. Which group have recently topped the UK's singles and albums charts simultaneously for the
first time in their career?
Take That
2. The Lord’s Taverners are a fundraising organisation that raises money by competing in which
sport?
Cricket
3. Which former Busted star was recently crowned ‘King Of The Jungle’ after winning ITV1’s ‘I’m
A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!’?
Matt Willis
4. Who recently became the first member of the Royal Family to be pictured fox hunting since
the ban on the sport was forced through Parliament?
Princess Anne
5. In 1970 who won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award for the second time, the first
person to win twice?
Henry Cooper
6. Which Hollywood star is mourning the death of his beloved pot-bellied pig, Max, that shared
the actors home for the past 18 years?
George Clooney
7. According to a new police report, which vehicles are often associated with organised crime in
the UK?
Limousines
8. A poll of adults across the UK has revealed that who is the most well renowned Scot - The
Loch Ness monster, Gordon Brown or Robert Burns?
The Loch Ness monster
9. A museum dedicated to the pop group Abba will open where in 2008?
Stockholm
10. What are police distributing around Oxford Street in London to act as a deterrent against
bag snatchings and muggings over Christmas - Personal alarms, Bells or Clumps of holly?
Bells
11. If the sky was full of nimbostratus clouds, what type of weather would you expect?
Rain - They are rainclouds
12. How many states is Australia divided into?
Six - Northern territory, South Australia, Western Australia, Queensland, New South Wales &
Victoria
13. This Week - A Buckinghamshire couple received an anonymous letter threatening legal
action and an Asbo if they didn't stop doing what - Feeding squirrels in their garden, Letting off
Fireworks late at night or Playing Cliff Richard records at full volume?
Feeding squirrels in their garden!!!
14. What does the "F.W." stand for in FW Woolworth?
Frank Winfield
15. What was built as the centrepeice of the British empire exhibition of 1924?
Wembley stadium
16. Forty-eight orangutans have finally been returned to their native Indonesia after years being
made to perform what in a Bangkok zoo - Boxing matches, Tea parties or Ballet?
Boxing matches
17. Is an icicle a stalagmite or stalagtite?
Stalagtite
18. How will the year 2007 be represented in Roman Numerals?
MMVII
19. What does a Union Jack flying upside down signify?
Distress
20. Quiztime Survey Question - Top Answers Required - Name something you can do with
bread?
Toast / Feed the ducks / Fry / Sandwich / Bread pudding
21. Which Year - The space shuttle Atlantis launched the world's first nuclear war fighting
satellite, singer and songwriter Roy Orbison died of a heart attack, President Gorbachev
announced that Soviet military strength would be cut by ten percent within the next two years,
Leslie Nielson and Priscilla Presley starred in the movie "The Naked Gun" and rock star Elton
John was awarded damages of £1 million against the Sun newspaper?
1988
22. With 6, which sport has the most winners of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year?
Motor Racing, F1
23. How many lines to a picture were there in the first television sets used in the UK?
405
24. Who is the Australian tennis player known as the Scud?
Mark Philippoussis
25. Which group of islands does Fair Isle belong to?
Shetlands
26. Who wrote"The Hunt For Red October"?
Tom Clancy
27. Which Yorkshire racecourse never stages flat racing?
Wetherby
28. Which English city is known as the "City of Spires"?
Oxford
29. Who won the Oscar for best actor in 1957 for his part in "Bridge on the river Kwai"?
Alec Guinness
30. What is the only active volcano on mainland Europe?
Vesuvius
31. Still popular as presents, how many "Power Rangers" are there?
Six (Billy, Jason, Tommy, Zak, Kimberley & Trini)
32. In fiction, which animal faded away until nothing remained but his grin?
The Cheshire Cat in Alice in Wonderland
33. Wilnelia Merced, Miss World in 1975 became which British television personality's third wife
in 1983?
Bruce Forsythe's
34. What is the name for a baby eagle?
An Eaglet
35. What is the name of the jewel thief Inspector Clouseau chases in "The pink panther"?
The phantom
36. Which measurement did Henry III define by laying down three barleycorns in a continuous
line?
Inch
37. Which is Britain's oldest cathedral?
Canterbury
38. Which TV commentator won the PGA championships in 1957, 1962 & 1965?
Peter Allis
39. Which fruit is grown by viticulturists?
Grapes
40. Where can a plane fly further below sea level, than some submarines can dive?
Over the Dead sea, which is 1300ft below sea level
Tiebreaker - What was the price tag of the first JVC VHS video recorder sold at Dixons?
£798.75
- A man has bought 10 pieces of toast with portraits of celebrities made from Marmite on them
from eBay, as a Christmas present for his wife - how much did they cost?
£920
- How many miles is it from London to Sydney Australia.
10,558
- Why is Nicholas Parsons in the Guiness book of records?
He shares the record for the longest after dinner speech (11 hours)
- In Disney's "Aladdin", what were the 3 things the genie warned he couldn't do?
Kill someone, make two people fall in love and bring back someone from the dead
17/12/06
1. Which British rocket was first launched in 1964?
Blue Streak
2. Which sportsman was interviewed by Playboy Magazine under different names in
Sept 64 and Nov 75?
Cassius Clay / Muhammad Ali
3. What two vegetables go into a Aloo Sag Bhajee?
Spinach & Potato
4. Which symbol appears on sixty of the world's flags?
Star
5. What colour is a St Bernard's nose?
Black
6. Which voluntary organisation has the Maltese Cross as its emblem?
St John's Ambulance Brigade
7. What was Snow White's coffin made from?
Glass
8. How many O's are there in a game of Scrabble?
Eight
9. What does a square with a circle inside it indicate on a clothes label?
Tumble Dry
10. Which cartoon character has the full name of Verwood Frederick of Ticehurst?
Fred Bassett
11. How many stories high is the Pentagon building?
Five
12. What country's name means 'Land Of The Pure' in Urdu?
Pakistan
13. What is the thick end of a snooker cue called?
The Butt
14. Which sport uses the terms, lead, second, third and skip for a team of four players?
Bowls
15. Which city is furthest south on the US mainland?
Miami
16. Who gave up the right to accede to the throne of Denmark when he became a
naturalized British Citizen in 1947?
Prince Philip
17. What is the closest bridge to the Houses Of Parliament?
Westminster Bridge
18. Where must a boxer stand when his opponent is knocked down?
In A Neutral Corner
19. What was Swindon Town's football ground used as in WWII?
Prisoner-of-war camp
20. Quiztime Survey Question - Name something you jump on?
Trampoline / Bus / Bed / Train / Scales
21. Which Year - Bill Gates, aged 19, and his friend found Microsoft, A British scientist
produces the first clone of a rabbit, Gillette launches the first disposable razors made of
plastic, The film Monty Python and the Holy Grail is released in the UK and The first
'drive-thru' McDonald's hamburger restaurant is opened?
1975
22. What gem represents purity and virginity?
Pearl
23. Which middle eastern city is Giza a suburb of?
Cairo
24. What type of wood do Rolls Royce traditionally put on their dashboards?
Walnut
25. How many rings make up an arm on a Michelin Man?
Four
26. What title character of a best selling novel, first published in 1912, has a name
meaning 'White Skin'?
Tarzan
27. Which cricket ground has the Mound, Grand and Warner Stands?
Lords
28. What kind of baths are recommended to be two and a half inches deep?
Birdbaths
29. What animal could invoke the death penalty for anyone who killed one in Ancient
egypt?
Cat
30. Which Beatle was the first to become a grandad?
Ringo
31. What type of grouse has a blackcock?
Black Grouse!
32. Which European country invented the cross-bow, Austria, Italy or Switzerland?
Italy
33. Which city is 'Little John' Strong Ale produced in?
Nottingham
34. Which member of Dad's Army was the voice of the Homepride chief flour grader on
TV adverts?
John Le Mesurier
35. How many target arrows are there on a tenpin bowling lane?
Seven
36. Which national daily newspaper holds the record for the most misprints on one
page?
The Times
37. Which Olympic event is competed for by contestants who kneel thrioughout the
race?
Canoeing
38. What make of green-bottled mixer is advertised as the champagne of ginger ales?
Canada dry
39. Who made his last flight aboard a C64 Norseman?
Glenn Miller
40. Which sport witnessed a Beef Cutlet notch up a British record speed of 39.13mph?
Greyhound Racing
- In which Mexican city did the actor Anthony Quin hear his first dog bark?
Chihuahua
Tiebreaker - How often does a Bamboo plant flower?
Every 120 years
24/12/06
1. How many horses pull the sleigh in the Christmas song ‘Jingle Bells’?
One
2. Marks and Spencer have placed specially trained male staff on which department to
advise puzzled-looking Christmas present-buying men?
Lingerie
3. In cockney rhyming slang what is a “Christmas log”?
Dog
4. Which U.N. children’s organisation produced the first charity Christmas card in 1949?
UNICEF
5. Which Christmas figure was created in 1939 by Robert May as a Christmas promotion
for a department store in Chicago?
Rudolph the red nosed reindeer
6. Which carol mentions a 19th Century Duke of Bohemia?
Good King Wenceslas
7. Which Mexican plant is called the Flower of the Holy Night?
Poinsettia
8. In the film 'Die Hard 2', which airport did the terrorist take over on Christmas Eve?
Dulles International Airport
9. What colour are the flowers of the Xmas rose?
White - Helleborus Niger
10. What do you fill in the morning and then empty at night, except for one night in the
year when it is filled at night and emptied in the morning?
A stocking or sock hung up on Christmas Eve
11. What was the name of the horse in the song 'Jingle Bells'?
Bobtail - "bells on 'Bobtail' ring...."
12. In the song ‘The 12 Days of Christmas’, how many different kinds of bird did “my
true love send to me”?
Six (Partridge, Turtle Doves, French Hens, Calling Birds, Geese, Swans) - 184 in total!
13. In 1647, which monarch banned Christmas in England saying that feasting and
revelry on a holy day were immoral?
Oliver Cromwell
14. In which city can the world's biggest Christmas tree be seen each year?
New York
15. True or false - the inventor of Christmas crackers called them Cossacks at first,
because the noise they made reminded him of the sound of a Cossack whip?
True - invented by Tom Smith in 1847 - first went on sale as a 'Smith's Bon-Bon'
16. With which seasonal product did J. C. Hall make his first million?
Christmas cards (JC Hall of 'Hallmark')
17. How many children did Bob Crachett have in A Christmas Carol?
Seven
18. What was the name of Scrooges dead partner in Dickens A Christmas Carol?
Jacob Marley
19. There are two Christmas Islands, both discovered by British explorers, one is the
largest atoll of the Pacific Ocean, where is the other?
Indian Ocean
20. Quiztime Survey Question - Top Answer required - Real or Fictional, name a famous
bearded man?
Santa Claus / Noel Edmonds / Richard Branson / Rolf Harris / David Bellamy
21. According to hospital figures, a lot of men end up in the casualty department at this time of
year, because they've decorated their dangley bits with what?
Sprigs of Holly
22. Father Frost or an old woman called Nabushka are which countries equivalents of Santa
Claus?
Russia
23. What kind of Merry Christmas did a common group of environmentalists want us to have in
1974?
Wombling
24. What one word can mean a gatekeeper or a traditional Christmas drink?
Porter
25. What are these lyrics from - "Doorbells ring - are you listnin’? In the lane, snow is glistnin"?
Winter Wonderland
26. According to the song White Christmas, in what city is the song set in a ) New York b)
Chicago c) Los Angeles
c) Los Angeles
27. What do they use for a Christmas tree in India - banana trees, fig trees or palm trees?
Banana Trees
28. The name of which festive plant comes from an Anglo-Saxon word meaning dung-on-a-twig?
Mistletoe
29. According to the song "Frosty The Snowman", what were Frosty's eyes made out of?
Coal
30. What are all farmyard animals said to be able to do on Christmas Eve?
Talk
31. What is the name of Santa’s only female reindeer?
Vixen
32. In the film 'Babe', what Christmas song did Babe sing?
Jingle Bells
33. True or false - The Holy Days & Fasting Days Act of 1551 (not yet been repealed) sets out
that every citizen must attend a Christian church service on Christmas Day?
True
34. What is the next line - 'Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat ...'?
Please put a penny in the old man's hat
35. Chevy Chase played Clark Griswold in which seasonal film?
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
36. If you didn't want Turkey for Christmas, what is the biggest bird you can buy for the festive
lunch?
Ostrich!
37. Which Christmas song includes the line "It seems so long since I could say 'sister Susie
sitting on a thistle'"?
All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth
38. According to Syrian tradition which animal delivers Christmas presents?
Camel
39. In December 1897, what did over a million women ask Queen Victoria to shut on Sundays,
over the festive season?
Pubs
40. What did Karen, Richard and Joseph have in common?
All carpenters
Tiebreaker - In which year was the first department store Santa?
The traditional festive job was first taken by James Edgar in 1890
- In lbs, what was the weight of the world’s heaviest newborn baby?
22lbs
- What is the average life expectancy of a toilet?
50 years

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