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Quiz 24 – Series 4 – Great for a Pub Quiz




Quiz 24 - Series 4 - Great for a Pub Quiz

1. SWORD IN (anagram of a place name) - Windsor
2. Why did French ballerina Maria Allard retire in 1782 - She became fat
3. Who played the Cornish based detective, Wycliffe - Jack Shepherd
4. According to a poll by Privilege Insurance the Nation´s favourite Regional Dish is the Yorkshire Pudding what came 2nd - Cream tea (Devon or Cornwall)
5. What is the surname of siblings Lucy and Linus in the Peanuts comic strip - Van Pelt
6. What wedding anniversary is celebrated after sixty five years - Blue Sapphire
7. Who took over from Bruce Forsyth on Strictly Come Dancing - Claudia Winkelman
8. Which American military medal is awarded with the citation "For Gallantry in Action" - Silver Star
9. In the original Happy Families card game what was the name of the Butcher - Bones
10. In the theatre a what are tabs - Stage curtains
11. The Rolling Stones had eight number ones, what was the first one - It's All Over Now
12. In place names such as Gosport what does port mean - Market town
13. What would you have if you were holding a Marklin 4-4-0 - Toy train
14. Voyager 2 was first spacecraft to visit which planet - Uranus
15. What is the collective noun for show dogs - Bench
16. In thieves slang what was a fogle - A handkerchief that could be used as a mask
17. In lonely hearts adverts what does SBM stand for - Single black male
18. What did George Formby choose as his luxury on Desert Island Discs - His ukulele
19. Which group did Kenny Rogers join in 1966 - New Christy Minstrels
20. Which TV family lived at 30 Kelsall Street Liverpool - The Boswells from Bread

Quiz 23 – Series 4 – Great for a Pub Quiz




Quiz 23 - Series 4 - Great for a Pub Quiz

1 BUY TEENAGE LIPS (is an anagram of a pantomime) - Sleeping Beauty

2 What was the only hit for the Merseys - Sorrow

3 For which sport is the Indira Gandhi Gold Cup contested  - Hockey

4 What is John in Italian - Giovanni

5 Which of the three husbands of Marilyn Monroe is mentioned in  the Simon and Garfunkel song Mrs Robinson -               Joe DiMaggio

6 What is the only national capital mentioned in the title of a Shakespearean play - Athens (Timon of Athens)

7 Film director Michael Winner (1935-2013) was also a noted critic on what  - Restaurants

8 In Greece or Turkey, rolls of savoury rice wrapped in vine leaves are a popular starter what are they called - Dolmades or dolmas

9 The pub sign the Bear and Ragged Staff is based on the badge of which English nobleman -  Earl of Warwick

10 What is Scooby Doo`s favourite food  - Scooby Snacks

11 The lack of what element in the body causes rickets  - Calcium

12 In which Spanish city did the 2019 MTV Europe Music Awards take place  - Seville

13 What type of creature is a Brazilian huntsman - Spider

14 Which footballer has fifty England caps but has never played the full ninety minutes - Jermaine Defoe

15 What colour is umber  - Brown

16 Where would you find number twenty flanked by the numbers one and fourteen - Roulette wheel

17 Which TV family live at Mockingbird Heights 1313 Mockingbird Lane  -  The Munsters

18 What did the vergers at Ronnie Barker's memorial service carry - Four candles

19 What is the highest judicial body in the USA  - Supreme Court

20 On which estuary does the port of Immingham lie - Humber

Quiz 22 – Series 4 – Great for a Pub Quiz




Quiz 22 - Series 4 - Great for a Pub Quiz

1 IN A SUIT (anagram of a country) - Tunisia
2 According to legend which ship is doomed to sail forever - The Flying Dutchman
3 What word describes a feet first birth - Breech
4 Which speedway team were known as the Gunners - Ellesmere Port
5 What is carragheen - Seaweed
6 What colour is the sand of a beach formed from lava - Black
7 What is the fruit in tarte tatin - Apples
8 In rugby union, which position is known only by the number on the shirt - Number eight
9 Who played the part of Gertrude Lawrence in Star - Julie Andrews
10 Dr DG Hessayon has sold over 50 million books on which subject - Gardening
11 In Cumbria what does the slang word horney refer to - Policeman
12 Which Italian surname means metal worker or smith - Ferrari
13 What is a twentieth wedding anniversary known as - China
14 Why was the original film title The Madness of King George 111 changed to the Madness of King George - Because American audiences might think it was a sequel
15 Mustard and Onions have both played for which County Cricket team - Durham
16 Which county is hosting Eurovision 2020 - The Netherlands (Rotterdam)
17 What was the name of the man who died in Michael Barrymore's swimming pool - Stuart Lubbock
18 How should the Japanese drink Saki be served - Warm
19 Which model replaced the Ford Anglia in 1967 - The Ford Escort
20 What is the nickname of the New Zealand national cricket team - Black Caps

Quiz 21 – Series 4 – Great for a Pub Quiz




Quiz 21 - Series 4 - Great for a Pub Quiz

1. MINE PRIEST MISERY (anagram of a TV sitcom) - Yes Prime Minister
2. In which Gilbert and Sullivan opera did Colonel Fairfax marry Elsie - The Yeoman Of The Guard
3. Which Hindu Deity is often known as The Lord of the Dance - Shiva
4. Which pirate ship sank in March 1980 - Radio Caroline
5. Which footballer won the African Footballer of the Year award in four consecutive years between 2011 and 2014 - Yaya Toure
6. In 1914 Miss M Allen and Miss E Harburn became the first British what - Policewomen
7. In which US magazine did the cartoon strip Spy versus Spy feature - MAD
8. What was the first top ten entry for Prince (1984) - When Doves Cry
9. Who in 1945 became the first post-war British Prime Minister - Clement Attlee
10. What would a tailor use his plonker for - Final pressing of a new suit (it is a wooden block)
11. From which song are the following lyrics taken “Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth” - Bohemian Rhapsody
12. What is the main ingredient of Gentleman's relish - Anchovies
13. In a medieval suit of armour what was protected by a warwick shaffron - The horses head
14. What is the largest of the countries in Central America - Nicaragua
15. On the day before Good Friday what is the Queens Official duty - Distributing Maundy Money
16. “As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster”, was the first line from which film - Goodfellas
17. What is the collective noun for Eels - Accept swarm or array
18. What do you call the stick you use to push a shuffleboard disc - Cue
19. What links Humphry Davy, Michael Faraday, Madam Curie - All poisoned by chemicals they worked with
20. Which BBC interviewer fell into a swimming pool whilst trying to interview a group of swimmers at the Commonwealth games in April 2018 - Mike Bushell

Quiz 19 – Series 4 – Great for a Pub Quiz




Quiz 19 - Series 4 - Great for a Pub Quiz

1. GO CHASE CAT (anagram of a form of transport) - Stagecoach
2. Who released an album in 1986 titled London 0 Hull 4 - The Housemartins
3. The Chinese dish bean sprouts is usually the sprouts of which bean - Mung beans
4. Who created Andy Capp - Reg Smythe
5. Ge is the chemical symbol for which element - Germanium
6. In Scottish dialect what type of bird is a tarrock - Tern
7. What 1993 film is concerned with activities around Gobbler's Knob - Groundhog Day
8. If you share the same great-grandparents with someone, but not the same grand-parents, what is your relationship  - Second cousins
9. Who had a hit in the two thousands with "I Think We're Alone Now" - Girls Aloud
10. What is the name of the nonsense verse about a fictitious monster written by Lewis Caroll in his book Through The Looking Glass - Jabberwocky
11. Who was the man who banged the gong for Michael Miles in the original Take Your Pick - Bob Danvers Walker
12. What is the capacity in pints of the average human stomach - Four
13. Who is referred to as "The Father Of Country Music" - Jimmie Rodgers
14. Who was the creator of the fictional detective Mike Hammer - Mickey Spillane
15. What is the chief symptom of someone suffering from oniomania - Uncontrollable desire to buy things
16. Which actor has a statue erected in Bristol's Millennium Square - Cary Grant
17. How much did Sherlock Holmes pay for his Stradivarius violin - Fifty five shillings
18. What did CB stand for as in CB radio - Citizen's Band
19. What colour is sulphur - Yellow
20. In what part of Glasgow is Taggart set - Maryhill

Quiz 18 – Series 4 – Great for a Pub Quiz




Quiz 18 - 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, 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 17 – Series 4 – Great for a Pub Quiz




Quiz 17 - Series 4 - Great for a Pub Quiz

1 ANY NEW TRADE (anagram of somewhere in England) - Tyne and Wear
2 What colour jacket is John Lennon wearing on the cover of Sergeant Pepper - Yellow
3 What does an anemometer measure - Wind speed
4 What newspaper did Des O'Connor ask to be delivered as his luxury item on Desert Island Discs - The Sporting Life
5 Which former South African fast bowler had the nickname White Lightning - Allan Donald
6 What is the Conservatives back bencher's lobby called - 1922 Committee
7 From which English county does Spingo beer come - Cornwall (Helston)
8 What name do mountaineers give to a wide vertical crack in a rock face - Chimney
9 On a Monopoly board what colour is Bond Street - Green
10 In American CB jargon what was an Evil Kneivel - Policeman on a motor cycle
11 Anneka Rice was removed from which London venue in 1997 - Madame Tussauds
12 What is the collective noun for Urologists - Void
13 Which sauce is made from, butter, flour, milk, salt and pepper - White sauce
14 The title of which classic American police show celebrated an event that took place in 1959 - Hawaii Five-0
15 Which team's place did Oxford United take in the football league - Accrington Stanley
16 In George Orwell's Animal Farm what type of animal was Muriel - Goat
17 Love, caddy and apostle are all types of what - Spoon
18 What colour ribbon is worn for breast cancer awareness - Pink
19 For what song did country and western singer Marty Robbins win a Grammy - El Paso
20 On the credits for the film Airplane 11 The Sequel who appears after Best Boy as Worst Boy - Adolf Hitler

Article 2 – Brief Guide to Quiz Planning from quiz4free.com




Brief Guide to Quiz Planning from https://quiz4free.com

Arranging a quiz night, whether it's for a group of friends at home; a family quiz or for the local pub quiz etc., can be quite a task if you are not used to it!

Here are some tips to make it easier for you:

First of all arrange the venue. Then send out invitations and or put up posters advertising the event. You want to ensure everyone knows about your quiz night.

Decide how many questions you are going to ask. 40 is about right, especially for the first time. These can be arranged into two sets of 20 questions. Give the answers and scores for the first set before asking the next 20. Have a couple of 'Tie Breakers' handy in case more than one person/group have the same total.

Tie Breakers - used to decide a winner where two teams or more end with the same score. These should be quite difficult, such as, 'How far is it from London to Argentina' or something along those lines. The winner is the team who gets the nearest answer.

Be sure to check your questions and answers carefully - I once used a question from a book and the book stated the answer in kilometres when it should have been in miles! - Check and double check to ensure you don't get complaints.

When compiling your questions, there are lots of resources, such as quiz books; newspapers (topical questions are always popular) encyclopaedias; dictionaries and of course the Internet.

Print out some answer sheets: with headings such as: Round 1, 1 - 20; Round 2, 21 - 40 and have a supply of scrap paper available, so the teams can write down questions they may have to think about.

Prizes don't have to be expensive. At our club for example, we charge £1per team plus we sell a 'football card' (available from most printers shops) paying £15 to the football card winner and adding the remaining £15 to the quiz prize money. Everyone gets their £1 back and the remaining money is given in descending amounts, depending what the 'pot' holds, to the first 3 or 4 places. You could offer free entry and run a raffle to generate a 'pot' if you like.

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Copy & Paste this link: https://quiz4free.com into an email and send it to all your friends, so they can get their share of the goodies!

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Many people invite friends round for a party but the party has no theme and therefore fizzles out sooner than expected, because their guests are getting bored! With a well organised quiz theme, you are guaranteed a successful party. Tip: Give your friends/relatives our web site address, which is: https://quiz4free.com and you may well get an invite to their quiz party! (No checking the answers on your PC...that's cheating!:-)

Within this site, apart from thousands of well researched questions, you will find tips on how to run a great quiz night and everything is FREE.

In conclusion:
When compiling your Pub or Club quiz you will find 1000's of free quiz questions on Quiz for Free to help you. You don't have to use a complete set of quiz questions in your pub quiz, why not mix them up?

You can select free quiz questions from various sets and then add some current affairs questions you have made up from your newspapers and magazines. You can even make up some quiz questions from watching the TV News!
Adding questions about current affairs helps to bring your quiz up-to-date and more interesting. Don't forget your local papers. Local interest questions are always popular.

Here's a tip: Always copy and paste more free questions than you need. So that while you are compiling your quiz you have plenty of free questions to choose from. It doesn't take long to copy an extra 20 free questions as insurance.

Happy Quizzing.

Regards

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Quiz 16 – Series 4 – Great for a Pub Quiz




Quiz 16 - Series 4 - Great for a Pub Quiz

1. SECRET WHORE, SIR (is an anagram of somewhere in England) - Worcestershire
2. From which song are the following lyrics taken Jo Jo was a man who thought he was a loner - Get Back (Beatles)
3. How high is the highest board in competition diving - Ten metres
4. What type of food in the United States are bear claws - Doughnuts
5. On what radio station is The Archers broadcast - Radio 4
6. Known more for his parts in horror films by what name do we know William Pratt - Boris Karloff
7. Who was the first player to score in the FA Cup and League Cup Finals in the same season - Norman Whiteside
8. What is a limpet - Shellfish
9. Which war poet was killed one week before the WW1 armistice - Wilfred Owen
10. What was Mae West's answer when told that there were eleven men waiting outside her dressing room door - I'm tired, send one of them away
11. Who was the male star of the film Taxi Driver - Robert De Niro
12. What Canadian event is billed as The Greatest Show on Earth - Calgary Stampede
13. Which city is served by Norita airport - Tokyo
14. Who was the last Irish driver to win the British Grand Prix - John Watson
15. Egbert, Filbert, Fan, Mop and Rigger are all types of what - Artists Brushes
16. Whom did John Bercow succeed as Speaker - Michael Martin
17. Who composed and played the score for the film Genevieve - Larry Adler
18. Celebrated on 19th September, it is a parodic holiday created by John Baur and Mark Summers in 1995. Which day, celebrating a type of speech, is this - International Talk Like A Pirate Day
19. What do the Americans call CS gas - Canister Smoke
20. What is the collective noun for playing cards - Pack

Quiz 15 – Series 4 – Great for a Pub Quiz




Quiz 15 - Series 4 - Great for a Pub Quiz

1. JADE HALTS MANSIONS (is an anagram of which British sketch show) - Alas Smith and Jones
2. What was the first all metal building in the world - Eiffel Tower
3. What global brand rested its old red-jacketed striding man 104 years after its first appearance in 1908 - Johnnie Walker (whisky)
4. What sort of fastener has a crown, legs and teeth - Staple
5. Who were the first duo to be inducted into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame - Everly Brothers
6. According to superstition what happens if you drop a table knife - You will get a male visitor
7. Hilltops is a wine region of which country - Australia
8. Which country's national parliament was called the Volkskammer - East Germany
9. A 'brelfie' photo is a photo of someone doing what - Breastfeeding
10. Who took the World Heavyweight title from Lennox Lewis in 1994 - Oliver McCall
11. What nationality was conductor Herbert von Karajan - Austrian
12. Who is the arch enemy of Doctor Who - The Master
13. What common four legged animals never walk or trot - Rabbits
14. (Complete the saying) When a fox hears a rabbit screaming it comes running - But not to help
15. Sometimes abbreviated on a prescription to ung what does it mean - Ointment
16. What musical instrument did Sigourney Weaver play in Ghostbusters - Cello
17. Which song title appears on Dean Martin's gravestone - Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime
18. Which two men present BBC TV show Eat Well For Less, in which they try to save the British public money on their weekly grocery shop - Gregg Wallace and Chris Bavin
19. In Australia, what is Whoop Whoop Land - The middle of nowhere
20. What was the previous name of John F Kennedy International Airport - Idlewild

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