KIRKCALDY QUIZ LEAGUE
ROUND 1 QUESTIONS
1. Who co-wrote ‘Dad’s Army’?
2. According to legend, what were first baked to celebrate the relief of Vienna from the
besieging Islamic Ottoman army?
3. Which Scot is the leading points-scorer for the British Isles Lions rugby union team?
4 Only one US state has TWO of the 8 ‘Ivy League’ colleges; name the state and
either one of the colleges. (2-part question)
5. What is the name of the bell that is rung at Lloyd’s of London to warn of a
maritime loss?
6. Which room in ‘Cluedo’ is first alphabetically?
7. How are ‘Atlantic’ and ‘Pacific’ part of the Whyte notation?
8. Going backwards, who is next in this list: Osborne, Darling, Brown…?
9. The Large Hadron Collider is at CERN. The acronym of the place is from the
French; how does it translate into English ? (All 4 words begin the same in both languages)
10 How many US states border the Gulf of Mexico?
11 Where in the British Isles in the important archaeological site of Skara Brae?
12 What does Guy Martin do competitively? His autobiography recently topped
the sales charts.
13 What word links a part of a whale and a part of an anchor?
14 Which area of the Iberian peninsula gets its name from the Arabic for ‘The West’?
15 What was the year of the signing of the Declaration of Arbroath?
16 What do we call what the French know as the ‘Pas de Calais’?
17 Collectively, how were Wyclif Jean, Pras Michel and Lauren Hill known?
18 The storming of which N. American city in 1759 by British troops involved the
scaling of the Heights of Abraham?
19 In terms of 19th century dining, how was ’Russian Service’ new and different?
20 What has been awarded to Winston Churchill once, John Glenn twice and the New
York Yankees 9 times?
21. What religious movement did the three founders of Cadbury’s, Rowntree’s and
Fry’s chocolate companies all belong to?
22. Which musical features a florist and his man-eating plant?
23. Which TV show followed the survivors of the plane crash of Oceanic Flight 815?
24. Which short-reigned Scottish king of the late 13th century was nicknamed ‘Toom
Tabard’
25. A new Ferenc Puskas Stadium is being built in which European capital city?
26. Which Nu Metal band is fronted by singer Fred Durst?
27. Who is the latest in this list: 1972 John, 1984 Ted, 1999 Andrew, 2009 …..?
28. What is the deadly poison that is derived from the castor oil plant?
29 In opera, what is an aria?
30 Which catastrophe was depicted on the cover of Led Zeppelin’s first album?
31 What does an orrery show in mechanical model form?
32 How many strings are there on a mandolin?
33 Which famous race is run at the venue nicknamed ‘The Brickyard’?
34 In the Bible, who wanted the head of John the Baptist?
35 What metal is an alloy of copper and zinc?
36 In which book and film is there a tiger called Richard Parker?
37 In Scotland, in what month is the festival of Lammas (a variant of ‘Loaf Mass’)?
38 In modern-day Europe, what is a Gymnasium?
39 What is gymnophobia a fear of?
40 To the nearest whole number, how many grams are there in an ounce?