Quiz 74 – Round 5 – Cars
Which car manufacturers make/made the following models? 1. C-Zero Citroën 2. Flair Wagon Mazda 3. i20 Hyundai 4. Leganza Daewoo 5. Focus Ford 6. Corvette Chevrolet 7. Stag Triumph 8. Civic Honda 9. 612...
View ArticleQuiz 74 – Round 4 – Sport
1. What is the first event in a women’s outdoor heptathlon? 100 metre hurdles 2. Who was the first batsman to achieve a hundred centuries in first-class cricket? W. G. Grace 3. Which American football...
View ArticleQuiz 74 – Round 3 – TV Themes
Who performed the theme tunes to following TV shows? 1. Friends The Rembrandts (I’ll Be There For You) 2. Big Bang Theory Barenaked Ladies (Big Bang Theory Theme) 3. Brush Strokes Dexy’s Midnight...
View ArticleQuiz 74 – Round 2 – Science and Nature
1. What is the fastest bird on Earth? Peregrine Falcon 2. In which part of the body will you find the ‘malleolus’? Ankle (bony protrusion on each side of the ankle) 3. What is the freezing point of...
View ArticleQuiz 74 – Round 1 – Picture Round
This week’s picture round is a selection of British and Irish actors. Picture Round 74 Picture Round PDF 1. Christian Bale Asim Bharwani [CC BY 2.0...
View ArticleQuiz 75 – Round 7 – General Knowledge
1. In which country was Princess Elizabeth when she learned of the death of her father, George VI? Kenya 2. Which English rock band were formed in Wigan in 1990 and had hits with ‘Bitter Sweet...
View ArticleQuiz 75 – Round 6 – TV and Film
Who performed the theme tunes to these James Bond films? 1. Goldfinger Shirley Bassey 2. Casino Royale Chris Cornell 3. Thunderball Tom Jones 4. Octopussy Rita Coolidge 5. Tomorrow Never Dies Sheryl...
View ArticleQuiz 75 – Round 5 – Science and Nature
1. How many bones are there in an adult human skeleton? 206 2. Brass is an alloy made up of which two elements? Copper and zinc 3. What does a seismologist study? Earthquakes/seismic waves 4. What is...
View ArticleQuiz 75 – Round 4 – Anagrams
The following are all anagrams of famous sports people, past and present. 1. Lace Swirl Carl Lewis 2. Snout Bail Usain Bolt 3. Senile Limos Lionel Messi 4. Wireless Animal Serena Williams 5. Naval Tram...
View ArticleQuiz 75 – Round 3 – Food and Drink
1. What type of pastry is used to make Baklava? Filo pastry 2. How many gallons of beer are there in a barrel? 36 3. In which American state is Tabasco produced? Louisiana 4. In which year was the...
View ArticleQuiz 75 – Round 2 – History
Quite simply – name the year. 1. Princess Anne, Julie Walters and Robbie Coltrane were all born. 1950 2. Kurt Cobain, John Candy and Burt Lancaster all died. 1994 3. The ‘Times Literary Supplement’ was...
View ArticleQuiz 75 – Round 1 – Picture Round
This week’s picture round is a selection of famous poets. Picture Round 75 Picture Round PDF 1. Michael Rosen “Rosen (Small),” © 2009 University of Salford Press Office, used under a Creative...
View ArticleQuiz 76 – Round 7 – General Knowledge
1. Which number on the Beaufort Wind Scale represents a storm? 10 2. Which singer released the 1994 album ‘Twelve Deadly Cyns…And Then Some.’? Cyndi Lauper 3. In which English county will you find...
View ArticleQuiz 76 – Round 6 – Words
This round is all about hard words to spell and must be read aloud – contestants must simply spell the words correctly. 1. Illiterate 2. Fluorescent 3. Embarrassment 4. Conscience 5. Queue 6. Neighbour...
View ArticleQuiz 76 – Round 5 – Science and Technology
1. What does IBM stand for in the name of the IT company? International Business Machines (Corporation) 2. In which year was the Sony PlayStation released? 1994 3. Which German passenger airship caught...
View ArticleQuiz 76 – Round 4 – Art and Literature
Who wrote the following celebrity autobiographies? 1. Bossypants Tina Fey 2. Learning to Fly: The Autobiography Victoria Beckham 3. No Lifeguard on Duty: The Accidental Life of the World’s First...
View ArticleQuiz 76 – Round 3 – Sport
1. On which racecourse is the Welsh Grand National run? Chepstow 2. On a dartboard, which number sits at the bottom? 3 3. Which three football clubs were relegated from the Premier League at the end of...
View ArticleQuiz 76 – Round 2 – Celebrities
Can you identify the late celebrity from their epitaph? 1. Quoth the Raven, “Nevermore.” Edgar Allan Poe 2. Dúirt mé leat go raibh mé breoite (Gaelic for “I told you I was ill”) Spike Milligan 3....
View ArticleQuiz 76 – Round 1 – Picture Round
The following are/were all members of the royal family. Click on the grey box below to download the PDF picture round. Picture Round 76 Picture Round PDF 1. Zara Phillips By Land Rover MENA [CC...
View ArticleQuiz 77 – Round 7 – General Knowledge
1. Which is the longest river in the UK? River Severn 2. What is secreted by the lacrimal glands? Tears 3. What is a palindrome? A word or phrase that is spelled the same forwards and backwards 4. In...
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