CHRIS'S QUIZTIME & QUIZERAMA

Round One - A Little Bird Told Me
1. Leighton Buzzard is in which English County?
Bedfordshire
2. Who had a top ten hit with a song called Happy Hour in 1986?
The Housemartins
3. Robert James Lee Hawke was Prime Minister of which country from 1983 to 1991?
Australia
4. Which author wrote "Gulliver's Travels"?
Jonathan Swift
5. John Parrot has only won the Embassy World Snooker Championship once - in which year did he win it?
1991

Round Two - Posh Nosh
6. What type of filling is used when making an Omelette Arnold Bennett?
Fish (Smoked Haddock)
7. What dish is traditionally served at a 'Burns Night' Supper?
Haggis with Tatties & Neaps
8. In cookery a baked Alaska features ice cream on the inside and what on the outside?
Meringue
9. What do you get if you boil sugar above 115% Centigrade?
Caramel
10. Which European nation, on average, takes the longest time over its meals?
French

Round Three - Matrons Away
11. Which actress played a Matron in five Carry On films?
Hattie Jacques
12. Mainly known for her TV roles in Butterflies (Ria Parkinson) 1978 The Nanny (Barbara Gray) 1981 more recently as Matron in the Royal 2003 who is she?
Wendy Craig
13. Whose catchphrase was 'Oooh Matron'?
Kenneth Williams
14. By what name are the duo Ana Matronic and Jake Shears known?
Scissor Sisters
15. What is the male equivalent of matron?
Patron

Round Four - 1900s - 1910s
16. Which British King opened his first parliament in 1911?
George V
17. 1914 who was assassinated causing the start of WWI?
Arch Duke Ferdinand
18. 1918 Iceland became independent of which Scandinavian country?
Denmark
19. What was the name of the uprising that took place in China in 1900?
The boxer rising / rebellion
20. 1912 the Titanic sunk, which shipping line was it with?
White Star Line

Round Five - Pops The Question - Handout Round
21.    K D LANG
22.    WYCLEFF
23.    CORRINE BAILEY RAE
24.    GNARLS BARKLEY
25.    THE CHARLATANS
 
Round Six - Win A T-Shirt
26. What do the initials GA stand for on a netball shirt?
Goal Attack
27. What colour shirt was the emblem of Fascism in Italy?
Black
28. Who wore the number seven shirt in England's World Cup Victory against West Germany in 1966?
Alan Ball
29. Acrington Stanley were the first team to have what displayed on their shirts?
A web site
30. In which year were numbers added to shirts in the football league, a) 1933 b) 1943 c) 1953?
a) 1933

Round Seven - Family Fortunes
31. What was the name of the family which featured in 'The Darling Buds Of May'?
The Larkins
32. What was the name of the last Russian Royal family?
Romanov
33. Mary Poppins looked after the children of which family?
Banks
34. The Grimaldi family rules which European country?
Monaco
35. What is the largest member of the pig family?
Hippopotamus

Round Eight - Eye Eye
36. Which of the "Rocky" films featured "The Eye Of The Tiger" by Survivor?
Rocky III
37. What ingredient causes the shine in expensive eye shadow?
Fish Scales
38. Who was the first female singer to have a No 1, while wearing an eye patch?
Gabrielle
39. Name the actor who played Hawkeye Pierce in "MASH"?
Alan Alda
40. Which band took Cotton Eye Joe to number one in 1994?
Rednex

Round Nine - In The Pink
41. Who composed the theme tune to the "The Pink Panther" films?
Henry Mancini
42. What is the title of Pink Floyd's only UK No.1 single?
Another Brick in the Wall (1979)
43. In Thunderbirds 'FAB 1' was a pink Rolls Royce, what was 'FAB 2'?
A Yacht
44. The Pink ladies are one of the two gangs in which film musical?
Grease
45. In which film, originally made in 1967, does the central character go in search for The Great Pink Sea Snail?
Doctor Doolittle

Round Ten - Pops The Question - Handout Round
46.    TIMBALAND
47.    DUFFY
48.    GOLDFRAPP
49.    MICHAEL BUBLE
50.    MIKE OLDFIELD