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Quiz 40 – Series 4 – Great for a Pub Quiz




Quiz 40 – Series 4 – Great for a Pub Quiz

1. What colour are the seats in the House of Lords - Red
2. In which film would you hear the line "Charlie don't surf" - Apocalypse Now
3. What part of your body is elastic, waterproof, washable and fits you very well - Your skin
4. Which planet is nearest the Sun - Mercury
5. What was Alf Garnett's everyday job - Docker
6. Before the Euro what was the currency of Hungary - Forint
7. What is the first post if it comes at 9-30 pm - British army bugle call
8. Name the musical inspired by the life of Viv Nicholson, the Yorkshire housewife who in 1961 won the football pools - Spend Spend Spend
9. What is the collective noun for crows - Murder
10. What is the name of the zoo near Dunstable in Bedfordshire - Whipsnade
11. What does LBV mean on a bottle of port - Late Bottled Vintage
12. What type of marine creature is a Sally Lightfoot - Crab
13. In the standard game of Monopoly how much do you get when your building loan matures - One hundred and fifty pounds
14. Which toothpaste was advertised with: You'll wonder where the yellow went - Pepsodent
15. In which country was the largest pyramid ever built - Mexico
16. Who was Countess Snowdon - Princess Margaret
17. What is the title of the recently released biopic film of Aretha Franklin - Respect
18. What was Zoë Tate's job in Emmerdale - Vetinary surgeon
19. In which American state is Tacoma International Airport - Washington
20. FARM BREW BILLED (is an anagram of a now deceased actor who was in a long running TV sitcom - Wilfred Bramble

Quiz 39 – Series 4 – Great for a Pub Quiz




Quiz 39 – Series 4 – Great for a Pub Quiz

1 The roller coaster ride called Rita is located at which English theme park - Alton Towers
2 What type of creature was HR Pufnstuf on children's TV - A dragon
3 In which country did an earthquake killing nearly 2000 people occur in August 2021 - Haiti
4 What is saccharine made from - Coal
5 What is a male whale called - Bull
6 Who had a hit in 1953 with Why Does Everybody Call Me Bighead - Max Bygraves
7 What type of meat would you be eating if you ordered cordero in Spain - Lamb
8 What was the first type of product advertised on Radio Luxembourg - Laxatives
9 Which Doctor Who appeared in four Carry On films - Jon Pertwee
10 The building at 32 London Bridge Road is commonly known as what - The Shard
11 What is Wiccaphobia the fear of - Witches and witchcraft
12 Who did Darcey Bussell replace as a main judge in TV's Strictly Come Dancing - Alesha Dixon
13 Which make of tank did the Challenger replace as Britain's main battle tank - Chieftain
14 What is US President Joe Biden's unusual middle name - Robinette
15 Make three other six letter words from DORSET - Sorted, Strode and Stored
16 Which English football club started life as Thames Ironworks - West Ham United
17 Which bank claimed to be the listening bank - Midlands
18 Which bodily blemish arises from the oxidation of sebum - Blackheads
19 The answer is not sausages. In the 1980s, a national newspaper launched the Save our Sizzlers campaign to prevent a ban on what - Page Three Girls
20 DO I TRAIN CLOWN (is an anagram of which TV series) - World In Action

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Quiz 38 – Series 4 – Great for a Pub Quiz




Quiz 38 – Series 4 – Great for a Pub Quiz

1. ONE WRONGDOER (anagram of a man who was involved in football) - Ron Greenwood
2. What did singer Marty Wilde choose as his luxury on Desert Island Discs - Guitar
3. Where in the body is the sphenoid bone - Cranium
4. What is the home city of the band Ace Of Base - Gothenburg
5. What type of fish is a Dolly Varden - Trout
6. In India what us a charpoy - Light bedstead
7. On an Ordnance Survey Map what does NTL stand for - Normal Tide Limit
8. In Italy what type of food is mukki - Yoghurt
9. Who became only the second teenager to score in a World Cup Final in 2018 after Pele in 1958 - Kylian Mbappe
10. Which well-known comedy sitcom actress played Ray Langton's sister in Coronation Street - Paula Wilcox
11. Who had a number 1 in 2019 with Someone You Loved - Lewis Capaldi
12. What is a rounded loaf with a cross on the top called - Coburg loaf
13. Who was the Saturday girl on The Multi Coloured Swapshop - Sarah Greene
14. What is land endowed to a church for income called - Glebe
15. What was the title of Jeffrey Archer's first published novel - Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less
16. What was the Comic Strip's parody of the Professionals called - The Bullshitters
17. Who came first in an Internet poll on who the voters would most like to see in a bikini (Pamela Anderson was second) - Monica Lewinski
18. What sport has 4 letters and begins with a `Tee` - Golf
19. What make of car was Buddy Holly's love bigger than, in the song Not Fade Away - Cadillac
20. Which comedy duo were born Bartholomew and Wiseman - Morecambe and Wise

Quiz 37 – Series 4 – Great for a Pub Quiz




Quiz 37 – Series 4 – Great for a Pub Quiz

Quiz 37 – Series 4 – Great for a Pub Quiz

1 DARE THEFT (Anagram of a TV sitcom)  - Father Ted

2 What is the nearest English town to Hurn Airport - Bournemouth

3 I is the chemical symbol for which element  - Iodine

4 Trinidad Perfume, Jukio and Midas are varieties of which vegetable - Chilli Peppers

5 Which writer once sent a cable saying: Reports of my death are greatly exaggerated - Mark Twain

6 Who had a hit with Yakkety Yak in 1958 - The Coasters

7 According to the novels in which county was Sherlock Holmes born - Yorkshire

8 The Bible says a fool returneth to his folly as a dog returneth to his what - Vomit

9 From which musical did the song I Got Rhythm come - An American In Paris

10 What colour is the geography category in Trivial Pursuit - Blue

11 According to the song what type of knife did Mack the Knife carry - Jack-knife

12 complete the proverb “Everybody must row”  - With the oars he has

13 The Royal Highland Regiment is more commonly known as what - The Black Watch

14 Whose only appearance in a Carry On film came in 'Carry On Screaming' playing Superintendent Bung -                     Harry H Corbett

15 If you drop a glove what should you never do - Pick it up (as throwing down a glove in the middle ages was a challenge to a duel

16 Whose father invented plywood, his son is much more famous for inventing something else -                                         Alfred Nobel's

17 In the TV sitcom My Family, what job did Susan do - Tour Guide

18 Near Ayres Rock in Australia is a lake named after which composer - Mozart

19 Which former President of the United States served only one term bridging the 1970s and 80s, and was awarded the Nobel Peace prize in 2002 - Jimmy Carter

20 Where in the body would you be likely to find cerumen - In the ear it is the wax

Quiz 36 – Series 4 – SCIENCE FICTION ON TV – Great for a Pub Quiz




Quiz 36 – Series 4 – Great for a Pub Quiz

SCIENCE FICTION ON TV

1. Which actress played Uhuru in Star Trek - Nichelle Nicholls
2. The Draconians are the chief adversary of which 25th century hero - Buck Rogers
3. From which planet does Spock in Star Trek come - Vulcan
4. Who succeeded Colin Baker as Doctor Who - Sylvester McCoy
5. Who played the male lead in Stargate SG-1 - Beau Bridges
6. What is Dave Lister's favourite drink in the TV series Red Dwarf - Leopard lager
7. Which SF TV series starred Donald Houston as David Caulder - Moonbase
8. In which TV series would you find an Eagle Transporter - Space 1999
9. Which TV series saw doctor Tony Newman travel back through time to land on the deck of the Titanic - The Time Tunnel
10. Which Star Trek character plays the trombone - Will Riker
11. How did Toby Wren die in Doomwatch - Bomb explosion
12. What English christian name was selected as its surname by the leader of the aliens in V - John
13. In the TV series which organisation built the space station Babylon 5 - The Earth Alliance
14. Who played Commander Adama in the TV series Battlestar Galactica - Lorne Greene
15. John Crichton is a character in which TV SF series about a man in a parallel universe - Farscape
16. What was the name of the character played by Alyson Hannigan in the TV series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" - Willow (Rosenburg)
17. What was Dayna Mellanby's speciality in Blakes 7 - Weaponry
18. In which science fiction TV series did the character Hal Sterling appear - Otherworld
19. What was the name of the alien in Space 1999 who could turn herself into any living thing - Maya
20. The Camden Lock is a spaceship in which TV series - Hyperdrive

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Quiz 34 – Series 4 – Great for a Pub Quiz




Quiz 34 – Series 4 – Great for a Pub Quiz

1. NAYY PIG NARRATIVES is an anagram for which well-known film - Saving Private Ryan
2. Who had an eighties top ten hit with Alice, I Want You Just for Me - Full Force
3. What does BUPA stand for - British United Provident Association
4. In Dallas what did the JR stand for in JR Ewing - John Ross
5. What is the common name for the chemical process by which glue, varnish, filler, etc, hardens when polymer chains become linked following UV radiation, mixing, heat, etc - Curing
6. Which musical instrument does Jack Lemmon play in the film Some Like it Hot - Double bass
7. What do Robert, Anne, Tony and Kenneth Robinson have in common apart from their surname - All have presented Points of View
8. Which children's author wrote the Mallory Tower series of books - Enid Blyton
9. According to the German Army who were the ladies from hell - Scottish soldiers wearing kilts
10. Imperative, perfect, pluperfect, perfect, and infinitive are types of what, in English - Verbs
11. Which TV presenter won the female rear of the year award in 1998 - Carol Smillie
12. How many greyhounds can you see on the cover of Blur's Parklife album - Three
13. What is hydrology the science of - Water
14. Which magazine originated the euphemism: Tired and emotional, meaning drunk - Private Eye
15. What boon to drinkers first came on the market in 1962 - Ring pull cans
16. Which sixties group started life as Pete Novak and the Heartbeats - Herman's Hermits
17. In which country in the UK did it used to be considered unlucky to be born on a Leap Day - Scotland
18. Which famous phrase was reportedly first spoken in 1956 by promoter Horace Lee Logan in Shreveport, Louisiana - Elvis Has Left The Building
19. What word is a flat-bottom boat, a football kick, a glassmaking tool, and a dented base of a wine bottle - Punt
20. Which company advertised with the slogan The mark of a man - Old Spice Aftershave

Quiz 33 – Series 4 – Great for a Pub Quiz




Quiz 33 – Series 4 – Great for a Pub Quiz

ANYONE FOR DENNIS

1. Who presented Looks Familiar in the seventies - Dennis Norden
2. Who married Amanda Holden in 1995 - Les Dennis
3. Of which footballer did Sir Alec Ferguson say he could start a row in an empty house - Dennis Wise
4. Which ventriloquist had a dummy called James Green - Dennis Spicer
5. Who burnt down The Dagmar in revenge for Kathy Beale being raped - Dennis Watts
6. Who said in the seventies that he would tax the rich until the pips squeaked - Dennis Healey
7. What was type of dog was Dennis in the Toytown stories - Dachshund
8. Who wrote the novels The Devil Rides Out and To The Devil a Daughter etc. - Dennis Wheatley
9. Who plays Peter Brockman in Outnumbered - Hugh Dennis
10. Which infamous murderer lived at 195 Melrose Avenue, Cricklewood and Crackley Gardens, Muswell Hill - Dennis Nilsen
11. Which character returned to Coronation Street in 2011 after an absence of 43 years - Dennis Tanner
12. Can you name the England international who survived the Munich air crash scored over 150 goals for Man United and went on to score over fifty goals for Stoke city he died in 1999 - Dennis Viollet
13. Which actor, has appeared on British television as Terry McCann, George Carter and Gerry Standing - Dennis Waterman
14. Who directed and starred in Easy Rider - Dennis Hopper
15. Whose first wife was Margaret Kempson - Dennis Thatcher
16. Which Monty Python character demanded your lupins or your life - Dennis Moore
17. What is the real name of the rapper Ghostface Killah - Dennis Coles
18. What is Dennis the Menace's surname - Mitchell
19. In Please Sir what was Dennis' surname - Dunstable
20. Who scored the first one day cricket international century Dennis Amiss - at Old Trafford

Quiz 32 – Series 4 – Great for a Pub Quiz




Quiz 32 – Series 4 – Great for a Pub Quiz

1. COSTUMIER (an anagram of an actor) - Tom Cruise
2. Who played the title role in the TV series Budgie - Adam Faith
3. Which Sunday newspaper was founded by Lord Beaverbrook in 1918 - The Sunday Express
4. What is the first name of Mr Toad, in Toad of Toad Hall - Thaddeus
5. For me to love you now would be the sweetest thing, 'twould make me sing are lyrics from which top twenty song - Catch The Wind
6. What does the Latin phrase Vestis virum reddit translate to in English - Clothes make the man
7. In the Monty Python Cheese Shop sketch what is the name of Michael Palin's character - Mr Wensleydale
8. Hass, Pinkerton, Reed and Zutano are varieties of which fruit - Avocado
9. Who invented the word vomit - William Shakespeare
10. What was the longest ever news flash on British TV - Nineteen eighty SAS raid on the Iranian Embassy
11. Which harmonica player appeared with Kate Bush on 'The Man I Love' - Larry Adler
12. Which British aircraft company manufactured the WW2 anti submarine aircraft the Sturgeon - Short
13. What is the collective noun for Gibbons - Flange
14. Which film had the tag line Makes Ben Hur look like an epic - Monty Python and the Holy Grail
15. Of the four Horsemen of the Apocalypse what does the black one carry - Pair of scales
16. During which TV game show were the contestants invited to go "wild in the aisles" - Supermarket Sweep
17. What was the name of the control module on the Apollo 13 mission - Odyssey
18. In Australian slang what does bagged someone mean - Criticised someone
19. Who had a seventies top ten hit with I Didn't Know I Loved You (Till I Saw You Rock and Roll) - Gary Glitter
20. Why were Spaghetti Westerns so called - They were directed by an Italian

 


Guest Writer Joe Donnelly – Quiz 8




Joe Donnelly Quiz 8 - Great for a Pub Quiz

Round 1.

1 What is the mascot on the bonnet of a Rolls Royce called - The Spirit of Ecstasy
2 Who was the author of the Twilight series of vampire novels - Stephanie Meyer
3 How many children does Madonna have after adopting twins - 6
4 What type of weapon is an assegai? - A spear
5 The 1st woman to take her seat in the house of commons was born in which country - USA (Nancy Aster)
6 The Hyoid is the only bone in the body not connected to another where is it - Throat
7 In Spain what is a Hacienda a Hotel, Estate or Bar - Estate
8 Who was Donald Trumps vice president - Mike Pence
9 Which food can be Soft, Semi Hard, Hard & Firm Crumbly or Blended - Cheese
10 Megan Markle starred in which American legal drama series between 2011 & 2017? - Suits

Round 2.

1 Which comes first: Mothers’ Day in the UK or Mothers’ Day in the USA - UK
2 The Oxford Dictionary defines La La land as a nickname for what city - Los Angeles
3 The now-abandoned Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant is within which modern-day country - Ukraine
4 What is the anagram of KING RED TUNA - (Clue: passing on the wrong side) - Undertaking
5 What are the flowers of the Willow called - Catkins
6 What game is said to be invented when Kingston Harbour Ontario froze over in 1860 - Ice Hockey
7 By what name is London's Middlesex Street better known? - Petticoat Lane
8 What is the male of a hedgehog called Boar; Tom or Bull - Boar
9 From which of these American cities is it possible to travel south to Canada, Detroit; Boston or Olympia - Detroit
10 Who held the post of US president at the time of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II - Dwight D Eisenhower

Guest Writer Joe Donnelly – Quiz 7




Joe Donnelly Quiz 7 - Great for a Pub Quiz

Round 1.

1 Who had the number plate PET 1 - Petula Clarke
2 What is the alpine mastiff more commonly called - St Bernard
3 What wedding anniversary is represented by pearl - 30th
4 Who are the only husband/wife team to perform together on a James Bond theme - Paul / Linda McCartney
5 What is the largest bill in circulation in the U.S. - $100
6 What colour iris in the eye has the most pigment - Brown
7 Which famous video game character was originally called "Jumpman"? - Mario
8 What name is given to the surface that curling is played on Sheet; Mat or Blanket - Sheet
9 Other than humans, what are the only creatures that mate for pleasure? - Dolphins
10 The 1st escalator in the UK was installed in which Dept. store in 1898 - Harrods

Round 2.

1 Which is the top grossing of all the Stephen King films - IT ($338,434,700)
2 In the 2005 film The Magic Roundabout, Joanna Lumley is the voice for which character - Ermintrude
3 It’s Not Right, But It’s Okay was a hit for which female singer - Whitney Huston
4 What is the anagram of A LIVE LOT RUT (Clue: You need protecting form this) - Ultraviolet
5 Which man has most monuments erected to him - Buddha
6 In which common pastime would you use a Mattock - Gardening (Type of Pick)
7 Which country's parliament is called the Cortes? - Spain
8 Which creature can jump 100 times its own height? - Flea
9 In cockney rhyming slang what is a gold watch - A Scotch
10 Which store was named after a giant in Greek mythology with 100 eyes - Argos

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