Quizzes
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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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As I write this a storm has just finished but another one is due in tonight. The Lodden is overflowing everywhere and we can only think ourselves lucky we don't live on the Somerset Levels at the moment. So....a topic for the quiz springs to mind – the weather! As ever, the connections between the topic and the questions may be tenuous!
- Q. Who had a hit in 1982 with "It's raining men"?
- Q. George RR Martin's book series "A Song of Ice and Fire" has been made for television under what title?
- Q. How are TV presenters Peter and Dan Snow related? For a bonus point what is the connection between Peter's news journalist cousin and the answer to question 2 above?
- Q. What links the hurricane which devastated New Orleans in 2005 and the UK winner of the Eurovision Song Contest in 1997?
- Q. What is this a definition of; "a part of the ocean near the equator abounding in calms, squalls, and light shifting winds"?
- Q. "The Fog" is a 1980 horror film (remade in 2005) from the director of "Halloween". What is his name?
- Q. Zero degrees Fahrenheit is pretty cold, but what (to the nearest degree) is that in Centigrade?
- Q. Windy Miller is a character is which children's TV series?
- Q. Superintendent Mullett appeared in which long running TV police drama?
- Q. Which band collaborated with David Baddiel and Frank Skinner on the England football song "Three Lions"?
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Another quiz - This time the theme is "the missing link" – you'll soon get the idea!
- Q. Violet, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange. Red. What is the missing colour?
- Q. Anthony, Winston, Alec, Harold, Edward......who is next?
- Q. Alpha, beta, gamma, delta – what's next?
- Q. James I, Charles I, Charles II, James II, William & Mary - who is missing and what is the link?
- Q. Reading, Chieveley, Membury.... what's next?
- Q. Chelsea, Chelsea, [?????], Chelsea, Wigan. What is the missing team?
- Q. The Famous Five consisted of Julian, Dick, Anne & George and who?
- Q. Embankment, Charing Cross, Tottenham Court Road. What is the missing tube station?
- Q. Christopher, David, Matt.....who's next?
- Q. ...speaking of Who's Next, who had an album of that name?
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I got the idea for this issue's quiz whilst watching the recent Snooker World Championships. Don't worry, there are no questions on obscure snooker players but each question or answer features the colour of a snooker ball. As there are more questions than colours, one colour appears more than once, but there is some logic to this!
- Q. Who wrote "The Woman in White"?
- Q. The Red Cross emblem is usually replaced by what symbol in Islamic countries?
- Q. What is yellow and dangerous?
- Q. Which folk song includes the words "cast me off discourteously"?
- Q. What is this a definition of; "the random movement of microscopic particles suspended in a liquid or gas, caused by collisions with molecules of the surrounding medium"?
- Q. Which bird of prey, extinct in England in the 19th century was successfully reintroduced in the late 20th century and is now regularly seen over Barkham?
- Q. How is the Sultan Ahmed Mosque in Istanbul more commonly known?
- Q. What is the correct medical term for "pink eye"?
- Q. Six countries border the Red Sea (not including the Gulf of Aqaba). Name four of them (all six if you want to be really clever!)
- Q. Which band, formed in 1968 in Birmingham (and still going today) features guitarist Tony Iommi and an infamous lead singer?
