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Contents

Page 4 Quiz 01 - General KnowledgePage 5 Quiz 02 - Animal StarsPage 6 Quiz 03 - British TVPage 7 Quiz 04 - General Knowledge IIPage 8 Quiz 05 - Picture Quiz Special - The Walking DeadPage 9 Quiz 06 - Beat 100Page 10 Quiz 07 - Special Quiz - Harry PotterPage 11 Quiz 08 - MusicPage 12 Quiz 09 - Science and NaturePage 13 Quiz 10 - SportPage 14 Quiz 11 - Picture Quiz - The Best Movies of 2015Page 15 Quiz 12 - General Knowledge IIIPage 16 Quiz 13 - GeographyPage 17 Quiz 14 - Pot LuckPage 18 Quiz 15 - MoviesPage 19 Quiz 16 - General Knowledge IVPage 20 Quiz 17 - Cinema and TVPage 21 Quiz 18 - Questions that have been asked on MastermindPage 22 Quiz 19 - Sea LifePage 23 Quiz 20 - General Knowledge V

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Quiz 1 - General Knowledge


1. Who was nicknamed the 'Chingford Skinhead''?

2. What type of Alphabet is the NATO Alphabet?

3. Who was the first Bowler to take 400 Test Wickets?

4. In which 1975 Film is there a Character called Homer Simpson?

5. What terrorist group's name means 'The Base'?

6. What heroic figure ruled Scotland for 20 Years?

7. In what dance do you slap thighs, knees and soles of feet?

8. What film takes place on Skull Island?

9. Whose 2008 Debut album Rockferry went to No 1?

10. Whose Catchphrase was 'It's turned out nice again'?

Quiz 2 – Animal Stars


1. What was the first Lassie film called?

2. What was the most successful ‘Creature’ film of the 1970’s?

3. What was Clint Eastwood’s Co-Star in Every Which Way But Loose?

4. What breed of dog was Beethoven?

5. Which Country is the setting of Born Free?

6. Which animal adopts the piglet in Babe?

7. How many movie versions of Black Beauty had been made up to 1997?

8. In which Decade was the first Lassie film made?

9. White Fang is a cross between which two animals?

10. What is Dorothy’s Dog called in The Wizard Of Oz?

Quiz 3 – British TV

1. What is the name of the Tower Block where the Trotters live in Only Fools And Horses?

2. Which Scriptwriter’s successful sitcoms include ‘Bread’?

3. In Blackadder III, which nineteenth-century writer does Edmund Blackadder describe as ‘a huge Yorkshireman with a beard like a Rhododendron Bush’?

4. Which Character in ‘Dads Army’ was known for his Catchphrase ‘We’re Doomed, We’re Doomed’?

5. In an episode of Fawlty Towers, an American Guest demands what type of Salad that Basil has never heard of?

6. What was the name of the obnoxious cockney plasterer created by Harry Enfield in the late 1980’s?

7. Which show, written by John Sullivan, featured the Characters Vince Pinner and Penny Warrender?

8. Which fictional characters autobiography, entitled ‘Bouncing Back’, describes his battles with weight and depression?

9. In which sitcom does the lead female character (played y one of the show’s co-writers) have a son named David Keanu Ronan?

10. Which harassed executive’s loyal secretary, Joan Greengross, was played by Sue Nicholls, who also appeared in Coronation Street?


Quiz 4 - General Knowledge II


1. In Little Britain, who runs the fat-fighting class?

2. Which English Cathedral has the largest monastic cloister?

3. What was the first European nation to give Women the vote?

4. What colour is ‘Verdant’?

5. Where is the San Siro Stadium?

6. Who was South Africa’s second post-apartheid president?

7. Which instrument did Glenn Miller play?

8. On which English Canal is the Blisworth Tunnel?

9. What does the Russian Word Sputnik mean?

10. Which land creature has the biggest eyes?

Quiz 5 –Picture Quiz - The Walking Dead

Identify the Characters

Quiz 6

Beat 100

“We asked 100 people…..”

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Name a female character in a fairy tale

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Name something that might go off in a fridge

Question 4

Name something that gets tuned

Question 5

Name something men do too much of

Question 6

Name something that goes wrong with your car

Quiz 7 – Harry Potter


1. According to the Sorting Hats song in ‘The Philosophers Stone’, in which house ‘dwell the brave at heart’?

2. In ‘The Goblet Of Fire’, which country does Ireland beat in the Quidditch World Cup Final?

3. What does Dobby the house elf wear as a symbol of his enslavement?

4. What do the Dursleys give Harry, in addition to a note about the summer holidays, when he spends Christmas at Hogwarts in ‘The Chamber Of Secrets’?

5. What is the name of the quill shop in the village of Hogsmeade?

6. What two words are needed to make the Marauder’s Map go blank after it has been used?

7. What is the name given to the type of bat-winged horses in ‘The Order Of The Phoenix’, which Harry and Luna Lovegood can both see?

8. In ‘The Chamber of Secrets’, whose full name is an anagram of ‘I am Lord Voldemort’?

9. What do the letters N, E, W and T stand for in NEWT’s, the highest academic qualification that Hogwarts offers?

10. What is the first name of Mrs Dursley, Harry Potter’s Muggle Aunt?

Quiz 8 - Music


1. Chris Lowe and Neil Tennant are better known as what?

2. Which group were ‘Alone on Christmas Day’ in 2004?

3. Whose Music for Atonement won an Oscar in 2008?

4. Who is Radiohead’s lead vocalist?

5. Take That and Lulu had a 1993 hit with what song?

6. What 2010 Song raised money for Haiti’s earthquake victims?

7. Cheryl Cole featured in a 1980s TV Commercial for what?

8. Which US Musician was equally famous as conductor and composer?

9. How is Yvette Stevens more exotically known?

10. In the 1968 song, whose satchel did The Hollies carry?

Quiz 9 – Science & Nature


1. Lunokhod 1 was the USSR's first what'?

2. Which Insect has the shortest life?

3. What is the Chemical Symbol for Mercury?

4. 'Planet' comes from a Greek word meaning what?

5. How many noble gasses are there?

6. What flowers name in Greek means 'Rose Tree'?

7. What is a fibrous band that connects muscle to bone?

8. How does a Lamprey feed?

9. What followed the Triassic Period?

10. The opossum belongs to what animal group?

Quiz 10 - Sport


1. Who was the first professional footballer to be knighted?

2. How many lanes has an Olympic-sized swimming pool?

3. What does 'TT' stand for in the Isle of Man TT Race?

4. What are 'Zippers' to an American Footballer?

5. Which of Bristol's two major Football Clubs is oldest, City or Rovers?

6. Who was the first woman to run a mile in under five minutes?

7. What sporting weapon fires a quarrel?

8. Who succeeded Ian Botham as England Cricket Captain in 1981?

9. In which Year did Jenson Button win his first Grand Prix?

10. How many points is a blue ball worth in snooker?

Quiz 11 –Picture Quiz

The Best Movies of 2015

Quiz 12 - General Knowledge III


1. Who was presented with a special MTV Award in 2005 for organising the Live8 Concert?

2. The Zodiac Sign Virgo, covers which two Calendar Months?

3. Is a poppadum crisp or soft?

4. In which City did Martin Luther King make his “I have a dream” speech?

5. What was St Petersburg called for much of the twentieth century?

6. Who was the star of the action movie Last Action Hero?

7. Which Cardinal, who later became Pope, led the opening prayer at John Paul II’s funeral?

8. What was the first UK Top Ten Hit for Bob Dylan?

9. Who wrote the novel Schindler’s List?

10. Which June starred in Happy Ever After?

Quiz 13 - Geography


1. Which is larger, Dartmoor or Exmoor?

2. Where is Carisbrooke Castle?

3. Which Country has the longest coastline in the World?

4. What was New Zealand’s Capital before Wellington?

5. What in the USA is the ‘Last Frontier State’?

6. In which Country is Transylvania?

7. What is the Capital of Uruguay?

8. The George Washington Bridge spans which river?

9. What is the World’s largest Marsh?

10. On which river does the City of Ely stand?

Quiz 14 – Pot Luck


1. Which famous chef has a wife known as Jules?

2. Which Helen starred in Prime Suspect?

3. Indira Gandhi International Airport is in which Country?

4. What word can go after "top" and before "trick"?

5. Which Mike directed Imelda Staunton in the movie Vera Drake?

6. What colour are Holland's International Soccer Shirts?

7. Whose Number One follow up to their first Number One was "Say You'll Be There"?

8. What did Wigan's Name become for the 1997 rugby league season?

9. What is the administrative centre for the county of Buckinghamshire?

10. The Character Captain Kirk appeared in which TV Series?

Quiz 15 – Movies


1. Which film centre is also known as Tinsel Town?

2. Which writer was in Love in the 1998 Movie?

3. In which movie based on a Jane Austin novel did Gwyneth Paltrow play Emma Woodhouse?

4. What follows the names of Harry Connick and Robert Downey?

5. Who played the lead role in The African Queen after David Niven turned it down?

6. Who sang the title song of Who’s That Girl?

7. In which decade was Star Wars first released?

8. Who played the villain in the 1980’s movie Silence Of The Lambs?

9. Who won the Best Actor Oscar for One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest?

10. In which decade was Goldfinger released?

Quiz 16 – General Knowledge IV


1. What kind of Tree do Dates grow on?

2. People still visit Graceland in the USA to pay tribute to which legend?

3. VSO stands for what type of service overseas?

4. How many hills of Rome are there?

5. Is Coventry North or South of Leicester?

6. Who was the last Beatle to marry twice?

7. Which game uses flattened Iron Rings thrown at a hob?

8. What was the title of Captain Sensible’s Number 1 UK Hit in 1982?

9. Which famous director of Westerns was born Sean Aloysius O’Feeney?

10. Which US State is known as the Wolverine State?

Quiz 17 – Cinema & TV


1. Who directed Shallow Grave?

2. What does M*A*S*H stand for?

3. Who is the older Bridges Brother, Beau or Jeff?

4. Who played Dr Samuel Johnson in Blackadder the Third?

5. Which City is home to Hollyoaks?

6. Family Plot was which directors last film?

7. The film Revolutionary Road is based on whose novel?

8. Whose catchphrase was 'I am not a number, I am a free man'?

9. Who is Tony Soprano's Shrink?

10. What does the Character Tarzan's name mean?

Quiz 18 – Questions that have been asked on Mastermind


1. Soldiers of the United Nations peace keeping forces wear berets of what colour?

2. The award-winning Swiss Rebuilding in the City of London, designed by Norman Foster, is commonly known by what name?

3. Which Legendary Irish Hero is said to have built the Giant’s Causeway and lived in a cave on the island of Staffa?

4. In the SI system of units, which prefix is used to denote one thousand millionth of one unit?

5. Which Actor plays Withnail’s Uncle Monty in the cult 1987 film comedy ‘Withnail and I’?

6. Which City lies on the River Usk, a few miles above its entry into the Severn Estuary?

7. Which Author based his stories about the Spy Ashenden on his experiences in the British Secret Service during the First World War?

8. The dried leaves of which plant that is the only member of the genus Lawsonia produce a red-orange dye that has been used since ancient times for body art and hair dye?

9. At the Grammy’s in 2012, which British Singer won all six awards for which she was nominated?

10. Which Country’s ‘perpetual neutrality’ was recognised at the congress of Vienna, in 1815?

Quiz 19 – Sea Life


1. The Whale Shark is the largest what?

2. Which fish shares its name with a sports boot?

3. What is the name of the heaviest mammal which lives in the sea?

4. A Mollusc’s body is covered in what?

5. What is a baby whale called?

6. Great White and Hammerhead are types of what?

7. Which one of these creatures has pincers –Dolphin, Lobster or Seal?

8. Which nationality Man O’War is a Sea Creature?

9. The word ‘Octo’ means an Octopus has how many tentacles?

10. Where would you find Plankton?

Quiz 20 – General Knowledge V


1. Which singer turned transvestite for Little Britains special Comic Relief show?

2. Which Rupert launched the Satellite TV Station which became Sky?

3. Which of Snow White’s Seven Dwarfs had a name that begins with a Letter H?

4. Trumpets and Cornets belong to which section of instruments?

5. Which Spanish King sent his unsuccessful Armada to England?

6. Which food has given its name to a road network near Birmingham?

7. Who carried the spirits of dead warriors to Valhalla?

8. In which Sitcom did Richard de Vere marry Audrey?

9. In which Country is the City of Srinagar?

10. Which William wrote the novel Rites of Passage?

Answers


Quiz 1 – General Knowledge

1. Norman Tebbit2. Phonetic3. Richard Hadlee4. The Day of the Locust5. Al Qaeda’s6. Robert the Bruce7. Schuhplattler8. King Kong9. Duffy’s10. George Formby’s

Quiz 2 – Animal Stars

1. Lassie Come Home2. Jaws3. Orang-utan4. St Bernard5. Kenya6. Sheepdog7. Three8. 1940’s9. Dog and Wolf10. Toto

Quiz 3 – British TV

1. Nelson Mandela House2. Carla Lane3. Jane Austen4. (Private James) Frazer (Played by John Laurie)5. Waldorf (Salad)6. Loadsamoney7. Just Good Friends8. Alan Partidge (Played by Steve Coogan)9. The Royle Family (the son of Denise)10. (Reginald Iolanthe) Perrin (Played by Leonard Rossiter)

Quiz 4 – General Knowledge II

1. Marjorie Dawes2. Norwich Cathedral3. Finland4. Green5. Milan6. Thabo Mbeke7. Trombone8. Grand Union9. Travelling Companion10. Ostrich

Quiz 5 – Picture Quiz – The Walking Dead

1. Rick Grimes2. Daryl Dixon3. Glenn Rhee4. Maggie Greene5. Michonne6. Carl Grimes7. Beth Greene8. Tyreese Williams9. Carol Peletier10. Morgan Jones11. The Governor / Phillip Blake12. Sasha Williams13. Tara Chambler14. Sgt. Abraham Ford15. Rosita Espinosa16. Dr. Eugene Porter17. Fr. Gabriel Stokes18. Hershel Greene19. Merle Dixon20. Deanna Monroe

Quiz 6 – Beat 100

Q1 Top Answer: CinderellaSnow White * Tinker Bell * Goldilocks * Princess

Q2 Top Answer: MalePale * Fail * Bale * Whale

Q3 Top Answer: MilkCheese * Vegetables * Yoghurt * Light

Q4 Top Answer: RadioTelevision * Car * Guitar * Piano

Q5 Top Answer: DrinkWatch TV * Nothing * Watch Sports * Fart

Q6 Top Answer: Flat TyreFlat Battery * Breakdown * No Petrol * Brakes


Quiz 7 – Harry Potter

1. Gryffindor2. Bulgaria3. Pillowcase4. Toothpick5. Scrivenshafts(QuillShop)6. Mischief Managed7. Thestrals8. Tom (Marvolo) Riddle9. Nastily Exhausting Wizarding Tests10. Petunia

Quiz 8 – Music

1. Pet Shop Boys2. Travis3. Dario Marianelli’s4. Thom Yorke5. Light My Fire6. Everybody Hurts7. British Gas8. Leonard Bernstein9. Chaka Khan10. Jennifer Eccles

Quiz 9 – Science & Nature

1. Robotic 'moon-walker'2. Mayfly (from 1/2 an hour to a few weeks)3. Hg4. Wanderer5. Seven6. Rhododendron7. Tendon8. By sucking9. Jurassic10. Marsupials

Quiz 10 - Sport

1. Sir Stanley Matthews2. Eight3. Tourist Trophy4. Scars5. Bristol Rovers6. Diane Leather7. Crossbow(Bolt)8. Keith Fletcher9. 2006 (Hungarian)10. Five

Quiz 11 – Pictures – Movies of 2015

1. Jurassic World2. Inside Out3. Ant-Man4. Minions5. Chappie6. Spy7. Pixels8. Insurgent9. Ted 210. Spectre11. Legend12. The Revenant

Quiz 12 – General Knowledge III

1. Bob Geldof2. August and September3. Crisp4. Washington5. Leningrad6. Arnold Schwarzenegger7. Cardinal Ratzinger8. The Times They Are A-Changin’9. Thomas Keneally10. Whitfield

Quiz 13 - Geography

1. Dart moor2. Isle of Wight3. Canada4. Auckland5. Alaska6. Romania7. Montevideo8. Hudson9. Everglades10. River Ouse

Quiz 14 – Pot Luck

1. Jamie Oliver2. Mirren3. India4. Hat5. Mike Leigh6. Orange7. Spice Girls8. Wigan Warriors9. Aylebury10. Star Trek


Quiz 15 - Movies

1. Hollywood2. Shakespeare3. Emma4. Junior5. Humphrey Bogart6. Madonna7. 1970’s8. Anthony Hopkins9. Jack Nicholson10. 1960’s

Quiz 16 – General Knowledge IV

1. Palm2. Elvis Presley3. Voluntary4. Seven5. South6. Paul McCartney7. Quoits8. Happy Talk9. John Ford10. Michigan

Quiz 17 – Cinema & TV

1. Danny Boyle2. Mobile Army Surgical Hospital3. Beau4. Robbie Coltrane5. Chester6. Alfred Hitchcock’s7. Richard Yates’8. Patrick McGoohan in The Prisoner9. Dr Jennifer Melfi10. White Skin

Quiz 18 – Questions that have been asked on Mastermind

1. Blue2. The Gherkin3. Finn McCool or Fingal4. Nano5. Richard Griffiths6. Newport7. (William) Somerset Maugham8. Henna9. Adele (Adkins)10. Switzerland (or Swiss Confederate – its name at the time)

Quiz 19 – Sea Life

1. Fish2. Skate3. Blue Whale4. Shell5. Calf6. Sharks7. Lobster8. Portuguese9. Eight10. In the Sea

Quiz 20 – General Knowledge V

1. Robbie Williams2. Murdoch3. Happy4. Brass5. Philip II6. Spaghetti (Junction)7. The Valkyries8. To the Manor Barn9. India10. William Golding


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