Quiz Answers
Round 1 - General Knowledge
1. Which country has the shortest coastline? Monaco (3.5 miles)2. According to his memoirs, who was once imprisoned as a magician, a director of the Paris state lotteries, knighted in the Netherlands, a spy for Louis XV, and a librarian in Bohemia? Casanova
3. What were all girls from 1953 to 1979, and thereafter alternating boys and girls? Names of tropical storms or hurricanes
4 The largest policeman's beat (territory) in Europe is in which country? Scotland
5. How many astronauts have walked on the moon? Twelve
6. What is the inscription on the doorstep of the Saatchi and Saatchi offices in London? Nothing is impossible
7. Between the 1966 and 2006 World Cups only four England captains have played for three different clubs while captaining their country, who are they? Paul Ince (Manchester United/Inter Milan/Liverpool), David Platt (Juventus/Sampdoria/Arsenal), Kevin Keegan (Liverpool /Hamburg/ Southampton) and, Peter Shilton (Nottingham Forest/Southampton/Derby)
8. What connects the end of the M4 and the end of the Suez Canal? Abraham (Pont Abraham and Port Abraham)
9. What is the name of the largest cut diamond in existence? Star Of Africa
10. Which Beatles album cover features five `Beatles`? Abbey road (there`s a Volkswagen Beetle in the back ground!)
Round 2 – “Number Phrases”
11. 18 H on a G C holes on a golf course12. 3 B M (S H T R) blind mice (see how they run)
13. 32 is the T in D F at which W F (temp in deg farenheit at which water freezes)
14. 3 W on a T (wheels on a tricycle)
15. 15 P in a R T (players in a rugby team)
16. 13 L in a B D (loaves in a baker’s dozen)
17. 23 P of C in the H B (pairs of chromozones in the human body)
18. 64 S on a C B (squares on a chess board)
19. 27 B in the N T (books in the new testament)
20. 15 M on a D M C (men on a dead mans chest)
Round 3 - Dingbats
Cash on DeliveryPainless Operation
One foot in the grave
Noel
Anyone for tennis
The devil's in the details
an inside job
dominoes
side burns
growing pains
Round 4 – Yorkshire Choice
31. Which Yorkshire Dale takes its name from a village rather than a river? Wensleydale32. Where in Yorkshire can you find a waterfall nearly twice the height of Niagara? In the Gaping Gill pothole
33. Which Leeds woman gave her name to a light fruit loaf or tea-cake? Sally Lunn
34. Besides cricket, what did Leonard Hutton and Herbert Sutcliffe have in common? Both born in Pudsey, Leeds
35. Which pen-names were first used by Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë, respectively? Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell
36. 'I was born in the year 1632 in the city of York' - is the opening line from which book? Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe.
37. Which Pontefract gentleman invented an important naval instrument? John Harrison, the ship's chronometer
38. How many steps lead up to Whitby church and Abbey? 199
39. Where in Yorkshire did the murderers of Thomas à Becket take refuge? Knaresborough Castle
40. How long is the Yorkshire part of the Pennine Way? 110 in Yorkshire
Round 5 - Name the City
41. Rangoon, Burma42. Copenhagen
43. Mexico City
44. New Delhi
45. Amsterdam
46. New York
47. Shanghai
48. Rio de Janeiro
49. Toronto
50. Milau, Southern France
Round 6 - General Knowledge Mutiple Choice
51. overture, curtain, lights Bugs Bunny52. he´s the boss, he`s a pip, he`s championship Top Cat
53. like a streak of light he arrives just in time Spiderman
54. pretending you got a sliver Scooby Doo
55. is really a crazy clown Road Runner
56. an ape named Ape George of the Jungle
57. we`d cruise along the milky way Fireball XL 5
58. I´m one tough gazookas which hates all palookas Popeye
59. he will sleep till noon but before it`s dark Yogi Bear
60. They're a page right out of history. Flintstones
Round 7 - Sport
61. Who was the first player from outside the UK to captain an FA Cup winning team at Wembley? Johnny Carey, Dublin (1945)62. Who are the only three countries to have taken part in all of the summer and winter Olympic Games? Great Britain, France and Switzerland
63. In which sport might you see the two teams defending goals of different sizes? Water Polo (the goal in the shallow end can be higher)
64. Which sport uses a piece of equipment that must be exactly 9 foot long and 5 foot wide? Table Tennis
65. Which is the heaviest, a golf ball, a tennis ball or a squash ball? Tennis ball
66. What is the maximum number of queens that can theoretically be on the board during a game of chess? 18
67. What is the maximum legal length of a cricket bat? 38 inches/96.5cm
68. If black is always with blue, and red always partnered by yellow, What is the Sport? Croquet
69. What is the only football league team in Britain which doesn't have any of the letters from the word "football" in its name? Dundee United
70. In which sport are there defensive positions called prime, tierce and octave? Fencing
Round 8 - Fictional Characters
71. Andy Pandy and Looby Loo72. Pinky and Perky
73. Kevin the Gerbil
74. Sam the Eagle
75. Grimace
76. Blinky
77. Hobbes
78. Captain Canary – Norwich City
79. Scrumpie – Bristol City
80. Aloysius Snuffleupagus
81. ALF
82. Cookie Monster
83. Dogbert
84. Lady Tottington
85. Johnny Bravo
Round 9 - James Bond Anagrams
86. VIEW FOUR HAILSTORMS - FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE.87. JAMES SCREENS THIEVERY ESCORT - ON HER MAJESTYS SECRET SERVICE.
88. TOTTENHAM NIL WHEN HUGGED - THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN.
89.SEAN ODD OVER FIREARM - DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER.
90.DEVOTEE OWNS MIRROR - TOMORROW NEVER DIES.
Round 10 - Dastardly Difficult
91. What happened in the middle of the 20th century that won`t happen again for another four thousand years or so? Answer 1961 reads the same upside down…next is 6009..92. What was the first European country to issue banknotes? A Sweden
93. In which city did the first recorded car accident occur? New york
94. What seven letter word, beginning with the letter `R` is the longest single-word palindrome in the English language? racecar, although there are a couple of other candidates which I accepted. Maybe you suffer from AIBOHPHOBIA
95. If James is five, Henry is three, and Edward is two, who is one? Thomas the Tank Engine!
96. Which film does the following quote come from? “Smile, it enhances your face value!” A. Steel Magnolias
97. What is the world's smallest republic? Nauru
98. What is the connection between York Minster, The Rovers Return, Manchester United and the Jedi Council on Coruscant? They’re all the equivalent of Mayfair on special editions of monopoly
99. What is the only bird that is capable of seeing the colour blue? A. Owl
100. Which film was the first to use Dolby surround sound? A. Star Wars
