Quiz 100 – Round 3 – Art and Literature
The following are all famous books with numbers in the title but which have that number missing – can you fill in the missing numbers? 1. _______ Red Herrings (Jeffrey Archer) Twelve 2. Fahrenheit...
View ArticleQuiz 100 – Round 2 – Science and Nature
1. What is the medical term for a nosebleed? Epistaxis 2. How many square metres are there in a hectare? Ten thousand 3. Sambar, Fallow and Chital are all types of which creature? Deer 4. What is the...
View ArticleQuiz 100 – Round 1 – Picture Round
Dog breeds quiz – Free picture round. Can your contestants identify these 10 dog breeds? Click on the grey box below to download the picture quiz in PDF format: Picture Round 100 Picture Round PDF...
View ArticleQuiz 101 – Round 7 – General Knowledge
1. Who had a UK number one hit in March 1960 with “My Old Man’s a Dustman”? Lonnie Donegan 2. Which eighteenth century French writer was born François-Marie Arouet? Voltaire 3. How many dots are there...
View ArticleQuiz 101 – Round 6 – Art and Literature
1. Which British author’s books include ‘Atonement’, ‘Enduring Love’, ‘On Chesil Beach’ and ‘Solar’? Ian McEwan 2. In which Charles Dickens novel do the characters of Josiah Bounderby, Louisa Gradgrind...
View ArticleQuiz 101 – Round 5 – Initials
Everyone now knows ‘The Only Way is Essex’ as TOWIE – so we have taken some other well-known TV programmes with long names and turned them into acronyms – can you work out what they are? All are either...
View ArticleQuiz 101 – Round 4 – Celebrities
1. What is the name of Marco Pierre White’s youngest son, who entered the Big Brother house in June 2016? Marco Pierre White Jr. 2. Which former member of One Direction released his debut solo album,...
View ArticleQuiz 101 – Round 3 – Science and Nature
The following are all names of hybrid animals – of which two animals are these a cross? 1. Geep Goat and sheep 2. Jaglion Male jaguar and female lion 3. Zony Zebra and pony 4. Żubroń European bison...
View ArticleQuiz 101 – Round 2 – The 1920s
1. Which three-word term was a nickname given by the tabloid press to the group of young aristocrats and socialites of 1920s London which included Nancy Mitford, Anthony Powell and John Betjeman?...
View ArticleQuiz 101 – Round 1 – Picture Round
This week’s picture round is a selection of ten famous people called George – can you identify them? To download the picture round in PDF format, please click on the grey box below: Picture Round 101...
View ArticleQuiz 102 – Round 3 – Celebrities
Which part of their bodies did these famous celebrities (allegedly!) get insured? I have quoted figures in brackets for general interest purposes only – these quoted figures vary quite wildly according...
View ArticleQuiz 102 – Round 2 – World Religions
1. The Vedas are a large body of scriptures of which religion? Hinduism 2. “O Lord, my God, when I in awesome wonder consider all the world Thy hands have made…” These are the opening words of which...
View ArticleQuiz 102 – Round 1 – Picture Round
This week’s picture quiz is a selection of famous Olympians. Can you identify them from their pictures? To download the picture quiz as a PDF, please click on the grey box below: Picture Round 102...
View ArticleQuiz 103 – Round 7 – General Knowledge
1. What is measured by a dolorimeter? Pain sensitivity/pain intensity 2. In which year was the Battle of Hastings? Please give the answer in Roman numerals. MLXVI 3. What does ‘skpo’ stand for as a...
View ArticleQuiz 103 – Round 6 – The World
The following are the IATA codes for ten international airports – can you identify the airport from the three-letter code? 1. ATL Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Georgia, USA 2. LGW...
View ArticleQuiz 103 – Round 5 – Famous Firsts
1. Which Olympic first occurred at the 1900 Summer Olympic Games held in Paris? Women took part in the Olympics for the first time. 2. Who was the first recorded person to swim the English Channel...
View ArticleQuiz 103 – Round 4 – Music
The following performers have all recorded the same song – can you name it? 1. Judy Garland, Cliff Richard and Eva Cassidy (Somewhere) Over the Rainbow 2. Bruce Springsteen and Manfred Mann’s Earth...
View ArticleQuiz 103 – Round 3 – Anagrams
The following are all anagrams of UK towns or cities. 1. Mr Fourfold Band Blandford Forum 2. Enter Chasm Manchester 3. Boil Creek Lockerbie 4. Nerviness Inverness 5. Kerb Poem Pembroke 6. Onward...
View ArticleQuiz 103 – Round 2 – Wimbledon
1. How many courts are there at Wimbledon that are used for qualifying and Championship matches? 19 2. How many times has Wimbledon opened its doors on the middle Sunday of the Championships? 4 (1991,...
View ArticleQuiz 103 – Round 1 – Picture Round
This week’s picture round is a selection of famous buildings. Please click on the grey box below to download the picture round PDF. Picture Round 103 Picture Round PDF 1. Chrysler Building, New...
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