Quizzes

The theme for this edition is “Time”.

Q. Who wrote “The Time Machine” in 1895?
Q. Who directed the film “Time Bandits”?
Q. Charles Lindbergh was the first. Mark Zuckerberg, Barack Obama, Pope Francis and the Ebola Fighters are recent winners of which title?
Q. Which female singer wrote and had a major hit with “Time after Time”?
Q. Who wrote “A Brief History of Time”?
Q. What is the home planet of the Time Lords?
Q. What is the current time showing on the “Doomsday Clock” (it was recently updated)?
Q. In Casablanca, what was the song for which Humphrey Bogart’s character Rick told the pianist Sam: “You played it for her, you can play it for me”
Q. Who won the men’s cycling time trial at the 2012 Olympics?
Q. And finally, which famous battle took place at a quarter past six in the evening?

The theme this time is numbers 1-10. Each question or answer includes a number between 1 and 10. Simple!

Q. Which Boy Band was formed in 1997 by the same team that had managed the Spice Girls?
Q. The Social Democratic Party (SDP) was founded in 1981 by Labour Party “moderates”. Known as the “Gang of 4”, they were Roy Jenkins, Shirley Williams, David Owen and who else?
Q. What number shirt was regularly worn by Geoff Hurst and (now) Wayne Rooney when playing for England?
Q. What is the answer to this equation: Number of sides of (Reading theatre + US Defence Headquarters building – Bolton theatre) = ?
Q. There were officially 9 planets in the Solar System until one was reclassified in 2006. Which one?
Q. Name 5 of the 7 Deadly Sins! A bonus point for all of them (naming, not practising!)
Q. What number links Norman Greenbaum (“Spirit in the Sky”, Toni Basil (“Mickey”), Carl Douglas (“Kung Fu Fighting”), The Archies (“Sugar Sugar”) and many more acts?
Q. How many mules were there for Sister Sara in the film starring Clint Eastwood and Shirley MacLaine?
Q. By what name is the 1967 Arab-Israeli conflict often known?
Q. And finally, as Christmas is approaching…..how many “Maids-a-Milking” are there?

The theme this time is (loosely as ever) "Connections"......

Mike A, Mike B, Mike D, Mike G. Who are they and what is the link?
Hydrogen, helium, lithium, beryllium, boron –what is the connection (and for a bonus point, what is next in the sequence)?
Who presented the 70s TV series "Connections" and the follow up series in the 90s?
What connects "Whole Lotta Love", "Sweet Child O'Mine", "Back in Black", "Smoke on the Water" and "Layla" in a recent poll?
What was the name of Gene Hackman's character in The French Connection?
Sea, London, Pastoral, Antartica. Who composed these symphonies?
Who presents the BBC quiz "Only Connect"?
What is the connection between the Île aux Cygnes in Paris and a great American landmark?.
What connects Leigh Woods to Clifton?
Highbury, The Dell, Maine Road, Roker Park – what is the connection?

This time the theme is “Parts of the Body”, although as always some of the links may be tenuous!

Q. Which Scottish rugby player of the 1980s and 90s has the same name (although spelt differently) to one of the stars of Starsky & Hutch?
Q. Which Celtic folk song features the lines “Step we gaily on we go. Heel for heel and toe for toe. Arm in arm and row and row…”
Q. In Horse Racing, what is the shortest winning margin called?
Q. Which English actor played the part of Giles in the long running US TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer?
Q. Who succeeded Michael Foot as Leader of the Labour Party?
Q. “Good Morning Starshine” is a song from which musical?
Q. Guy Garvey is the lead singer of which band?
Q. In 2007 Damien Hirst created an infamous work called “For the Love of God” containing 8601 diamonds which was on sale for £50m. Which part of the body was it modelled on?
Q. “General Tom Thumb” appeared in the productions of which American showman?
Q. In which US State would you find the Finger Lakes?

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