CHRIS'S QUIZTIME & QUIZERAMA

Round One - General Ignorance
1. Which London cricket ground was used for the first time in 1814?
Lord's
2. Which airline began flights from Gatwick to New York in 1984?
Virgin Atlantic
3. Born in 1949, who played the Danish author Karen Blixen in the film 'Out of Africa'?
Meryl Streep
4. Which former Liberal Party leader was acquitted of conspiracy to murder charges in 1979?
Jeremy Thorpe
5. The Beatles' 'Paperback Writer' reached Number One in the UK pop charts in 1966. Which newspaper is mentioned in the song?
The Daily Mail

Round Two - Rock On
6. Devil's Tower, a volcanic rock in the American state of Wyoming was used as the main setting for which famous Sci-Fi film?
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
7. What name is given to loose rocks on a mountainside?
Scree
8. The entrance to which sea is guarded by rocks called the 'Pillars of Hercules'?
The Mediterranean
9. What name is given to the chalk rocks situated in the Solent off the coast of the Isle of Wight?
The Needles
10. Which group of rocks, and site of four famous lighthouses built between 1698 and 1882 is in the English Channel?
Eddystone

Round Three - History
11. Which world leader was given the nickname 'The Beard' by the US Intelligence Service?
Fidel Castro
12. What rank was Dam Buster Guy Gibson, when he led the raid?
Wing Commander
13. What was the name of the last Russian Royal Family?  
Romanov
14. Who founded the New Model Army during the English Civil War?
Oliver Cromwell
15. What name was applied by the Christians to their Muslim enemies during the Middle Ages?
Saracens

Round Four - Fruit Bowl
16. Which fruit is often served with Parma Ham as a starter?
Melon
17. What fruit is also called an alligator pear?
Avocado
18. What fruit appears on the badge of Worcestershire County Cricket Club?
Pear
19. Hercule Poirot's secretary had the same name as which fruit?
Lemon
20. What type of fruit stands on top of the men’s singles tennis trophy for Wimbledon?
Pineapple

Round Five - Oil Slick
21. Which comedy duo lived in Oil Drum Lane?
Steptoe and Son
22. What type of oil is used in Oil Paintings?
Linseed Oil
23. Which popular cocktail was so named because oilmen stirred it with their tools?
Screwdriver
24. Which country produces over 70% of the world’s olive oil?
Greece
25. Murphy’s Oil Soap is used to clean which large animals?
The Elephant
Spare - Which American state produces the most oil?
Alaska

Round Six - Nursery Rhymes
26. What is gathered in May on a cold and frosty morning?
Nuts
27. When did the Knave of Hearts steal the tarts?
On a summers day
28. Who was awarded a supper of brown bread and butter?
Little Tommy Tucker
29. At what time did Wee Willie Winkle run through the town?
Eight o'clock
30. Who did Simple Simon meet on his way to the fair?
A Pieman

Round Seven - Return Of The Muppets
31. What was the name of the drummer in the children’s series the Muppets?
Animal - in a band called Dr Teeth and the Electric Mayhem
32. Which of the Muppets regularly used the catch phrase Kissy Kissy?
Miss Piggy
33. What was the name of the piano-playing dog in The Muppets?
Rowlf
34. Which member of the Muppets always told bad jokes?
Fozzie Bear
35. What was Zoot's instrument in the Muppets Show Band?
Saxaphone

Round Eight - Seconds Out! Round Eight
36. Who bills himself as the ‘World's Greatest Boxing Promoter’?
Don King
37. In which year did Mike Tyson become the youngest Heavyweight Boxing Champion?
1986
38. Who managed Frank Bruno through most of his boxing career?
Terry Lawless
39. Who was the only Heavyweight boxing champion to remain undefeated throughout his entire professional carear?
Rocky Marciano
40. Who drew up the rules of boxing in 1867?
Marquess of Queensbury

Round Nine - Catching A Train
41. The world famous steam engine 'The Flying Scotsman' used to depart from which London Station en route to Edinburgh?
Kings Cross
42. Which native of Wylam in Northumberland is credited with the invention of the locomotive?
George Stephenson
43. From which London station would you catch the Euro star train?
St Pancras
44. What was The King of Trains and The Train of Kings?
The Orient Express
45. Which engineer's statue watches over the trains at Paddington Station?
Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Round Ten - Water Water Everywhere
46. Donald Campbell's Bluebird was recovered from which stretch of water in the Lake District?
Coniston Water
47. What Is The Boiling Point Of Water In Farenheit?
212F
48. In what water based sport might you do a forward sweep or a draw stroke?
Canoeing
49. Which Scottish Loch contains more water than all the lakes of England & Wales combined?
Loch Ness - contains more water than in all of the lakes and rivers of England and ... It also has the greatest volume of water than any other Scottish Loch.
50. Which soup on an Indian menu has a name that literally means "pepper water"?
Mulligatawny