Quiz (20.03.05)
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Quiz Mistress: Nicky
Geography
1. What is the capital of the Ukraine?
2. Which two languages are spoken in Belgium?
3. What is the largest town in the Channel Islands?
4. What is the capital of Peru?
5. Leith is a port in which major UK city?
Board Games
6. What colour are the hotels on a standard monopoly board?
7. In Monopoly, how much must each player pay you if it’s your birthday?
8. In Cluedo, which of the rooms comes last alphabetically?
9. At the beginning of a game of chess, how many pawns are on the board in total?
10. How many triple score squares are there on a Scrabble Board?
Food & Drink
11. From which plant is the food flavouring Vanilla obtained?
12. From which vegetable is vodka made?
13. From which country does Gorgonzola cheese come from?
14. A nectarine is a cross between which two fruits?
15. Which drink can be sweet, dry or rough?
Television
16. Who plays Sadie King in Emmerdale?
17. Who originally narrated The Wombles?
18. What is Marge Simpson’s maiden name?
19. Who lived at 23 Railway Cuttings?
20. Dickie Davies was the main presenter of which TV show?
Questions 21-30: Picture Quiz. Identify the Mr Men.
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Sport
31. What name is given to the rubber disc used in Ice Hockey?
32. How many players are there in a volleyball team?
33. In which sport are there categories called ‘Snatch’ and ‘Jerk’?
34. In which sport would you observe the Queensbury Rules?
35. At which course is the St. Ledger run?
Music
36. Who wrote the operas The Marriage of Figaro and Don Giovanni?
37. Who composed The Barber of Seville?
38. Which singer’s 1st Album was entitled "Baby, One More Time"?
39. In which city’s sewers is the opera The Phantom of the Opera set?
40. Name the three US television series to have their own orchestras.
Science and Nature
41. What is the most abundant gas in the Earth’s atmosphere? Nitrogen
42. How many legs does a squid have? 10
43. How many teeth should an adult human have? 32
44. What substance makes plants green? Chlorophyll
45. What is the SI unit of time? second
Pot Luck
46. What are the names of Marge Simpson’s sisters? Selma & Patti.
47. Name all 8 Ivy League colleges.
48. From which substance is the Taj Mahal built?
49. With which art movement would you associate Picasso?
50. Which ancient Greek discovered the mathematical constant PI?
51. What is the 12th sign of the Zodiac?
52. What was Maggie Simpson’s 1st word & name the guest actress that spoke it.
53. What is Zymurgy the study of?
54. On a computer keyboard, which letter falls between B and C?
55. In carpentry, what is a rasp?
Questions 56-60: Lyrics Quiz
56. It’s worse than that, he’s dead Jim, dead Jim, dead Jim, It’s worse than that, he’s dead Jim, dead Jim, Jim!
57. With a penthouse suite, swimming pool, Pretty young Guinea Pigs playing it cool, Rolls-Royces, yachts, Cavier, I’ve told you once, I’m a superstar
58. On a dark night, She slipped her chain, And off she ran to Hindustan and was never seen again
59. I met a hula mistress somewhere in Waikiki, Well she was selling pineapple, playing ukelele, And when I went to the girl "come on and teach me to sway", She laughed and whispered to me "yes, come tonight to the bay"
60. Yes, you’ll hear this song in the holiday discos, And there’s no escape in the clubs or in the bars, You would hear this song if you holidayed in Mars
Tie-Break
1. According to FIFA, how many passes did David Beckham make during EURO 2004?
2. In what year was the toothbrush invented?
3. In 2002, How many accidents were reported to UK doctors involving Cheese grater? 593
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