MK Quiz League - Winter 2014
- Quiz Questions for Monday 1st December 2014 - Written by Ed Ficek
Team A
Team B
ROUND ONE (Team Questions)
PICTURE PUZZLE - FULL NAME UNLESS STATED
PICK A NUMBER 1 to 8.
1 Q: Which comedian?
A: Jon Richardson
3 Q: Which recent centurian Cricketer?
A: Moeen Ali
5 Q: Which US state?
A: Nevada
7 Q: Which Group?
A: The Saturdays
2 Q: Which football club badge?
A: Derby County
4 Q: In which place in Devon was the railway damaged
as per the picture in April 2014?
A: Dawlish
6 Q: What is the cartoon character called?
A: Pluto
8 Q: What was this character called in Eastenders?
A: Charlie Slater
ROUND TWO (Team Questions)
GIVE THE SUBJECT AWAY. The subjects are:1. 1990s Pop Music
2. Cricket
3. Which Country
5. Insects
6. Travel
7. Golf
8. London
1 Q: Who had a 1997 hit with "Barbie Girl"
A: Aqua
3 Q: In which country does the Zambessi river reach
the sea?
A: Mozambique
5 Q: The yellow-Winged Darter is a species of which
insect?
A: Dragonfly
7 Q: In 2013 who became the first Englishman since
Tony Jacklin in 1970, to win The US Open Golf
Championship?
A: Justin Rose
4. Proverbs
2 Q: The oval is home to which county cricket team?
A: Surrey
4 Q: Complete the following proverb "Marry in
haste……
A: repent at leisure
6 Q: What is the name of the long distance coach
company, owned by Stagecoach, that advertises some
fares as low as £1.?
A: Megabus
8 Q: What is the modern name for Hangmans Corner in
London?
A: Marble Arch
MK Quiz League - Winter 2014
- Quiz Questions for Monday 1st December 2014 - Written by Ed Ficek
Team A
Team B
ROUND THREE (Individual Questions) (Jokers to be used, each team to nominate one player.)
TeamAASUBJECT.
to AnswerThe
Firstsubjects are:PICK
The Categories are:1 & 2 Birds
3 & 4 Time Zones
5 & 6 Comic Books Characters
7 & 8 Collective Nouns
1 Q: Which family of birds does a Yellowhammer
belong?
A: Bunting
3 Q: If it is 12 Noon GMT in London what is the
standard time in Hawaii?
A: 2:00am
5 Q: Tony Stark is the alter ego of which comic book
(and film) superhero?
A: Iron Man
2 Q: Which family of birds does a Redwing belong?
A: Thrush - Latin Turdidae
4 Q: If it is 12 Noon GMT in London what is the
standard time in Bermuda?
A: 8:00am
6 Q: Selina Kyle is the alter ego of which comic book
(and film) villain?
A: Cat woman
7 Q: A 'smack' is a collective noun for a group of which 8 Q: A 'shiver' is a collective noun for a group of which
sea creatures?
sea creatures?
A: Jellyfish
A: Sharks
ROUND FOUR (Team Questions)
PICK A LETTER. Surnames only for individuals : The letters are
1. T
2. C
3. P
4. S
5. D
6. F
7. B
1 Q: Who wrote "The Barchester Chronicles"?
A: Anthony Trollope
3 Q: According to Greek legend, who was the wife of
Odysseus?
A: Penelope
5 Q: In the Bible, Daniel was thrown to the lions for
refusing to worship which king?
A: Darius
7 Q: Which DJ played a butler in Noel's House Party?
A: Tony Blackburn
RESERVE QUESTIONS
1 Q: Who wrote the 1915 poem 'In Flanders Fields'?
A: John McCrae
8.L
2 Q: What was Father Ted's surname?
A: Crilly
4 Q: Who turned down Eddie Murphy's role in Beverly
Hills Cop?
A: Sylvester Stallone
6 Q: Whose image was depicted on the first U.S.
postage stamp?
A: Benjamin Franklin
8 Q: What is the common name of the flowering plant
Delphinium?
A: Larkspur
2 Q: What is the county town of County Louth in
Ireland?
A: Dundalk
MK Quiz League - Winter 2014
- Quiz Questions for Monday 1st December 2014 - Written by Ed Ficek
Team A
Team B
ROUND FIVE (Team Questions)
POT LUCK. TEAM A to answer first.
1 Q: In which London postal district is the Tower of
London?
2 Q: In which London postal district is the Waterloo
Station?
A: E.C. 3
3 Q: George Lee has been 3 times world Champions in
which sport?
A: S.E. 1
4 Q: Bob Nidd has been a world champion in which
sport?
A: Gliding
5 Q: Who is the patron saint of comedians?
A: Angling
6 Q: Who is the patron saint of cooks?
A: St. Vitus
A: St. Lawrence
7 Q: The currency units of Iran, Oman and Yemen share 8 Q: The currency units of Morocco and the United
which name?
Arab Emirates share which name?
A: Rial
A: Dirham
ROUND SIX ( TEAM QUESTIONS )
BLOCKBUSTER LETTER ROUND
PICK FROM THE LETTERS GIVEN BELOW
1. GC
2. BO
3. PAB
4. EOA
5. OMF
1 Q: Which boxer was nicknamed 'The Orchid Man'?
A: George Carpentier
3 Q: In which musical was the song 'Summertime' first
heard?
A: Porgy And Bess
5 Q: Bella Wilber is a character in which of Charles
Dickens' books?
A: Our Mutual Friend
7 Q: In the world of professional darts, which player is
nicknamed 'The Silverback'?
A: Tony O'Shea
6. DITD
7. TO
8. SW
2 Q: Who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009?
A: Barack Obama
4 Q: Who was the mother of Richard I?
A: Eleanor Of Aquitaine
6 Q: In 1984 which Bruce Springsteen song was the
first to win a Grammy for him? (He has won 20 in all)
A: Dancing In The Dark
8 Q: Which film features the Mos Eisley Cantina?
A: Star Wars
MK Quiz League - Winter 2014
- Quiz Questions for Monday 1st December 2014 - Written by Ed Ficek
Team A
Team B
ROUND SEVEN (Individual Questions) (Jokers to be used, each team to nominate one player.)
Team
to Answer The
Firstsubjects are:PICK AASUBJECT.
1 & 2 Australia
3 & 4 Politics
5 & 6 Game Show Hosts
7 & 8 Car Manufacturers
1 Q: Which City is the capital of the Northern Territories 2 Q: Which City is the capital of the Western Australia
area in Australia?
area in Australia?
A: Darwin
A: Perth
3 Q: The Anti-Federalist League was the fore-runner of 4 Q: The People Party, founded in Coventry in 1972,
which political party?
changed its name in 1975 and again in 1985. The party
is represented in Parliament, the Lords and the
European Parliament, how is it now known?
A: UKIP
5 Q: Which quiz show host first said 'I've started so I'll
finish'?
A: Magnus Magnusson
7 Q: Which South Korean car company was bought by
General Motors in 2001, its cars then being produced
under the Chevrolet badge?
A: Daewoo
A: The Green Party
6 Q: Which game show host told contestants 'Say what
you see'?
A: Roy Walker
8 Q: Which Romanian car manufacturer was bought by
Renault in 1999?
A: Dacia
ROUND 8 ( Team Questions )
GIVE THE SUBJECT AWAY. The subjects are:1. 1970s Pop Music
2. Plays
3. Which Country
5. Opera
6. Aircraft
7. Television
1 Q: What was The Police's first U.K. No 1 in 1979?
A: Message in a Bottle
3 Q: In which country is Agadir?
A: Morocco
5 Q: Who composed the opera Idomeneo?
A: Mozart
7 Q: Which B.B.C. children's television programme
featured the dolls Hamble and Jemima?
A: Playschool
4. Chemical Elements
8. Artists
2 Q: Who wrote the play "The Seagull"?
A: Anton Chekov
4 Q: Which Chemical Element is denoted by the
symbols Fr?
A: Francium
6 Q: The military aircraft, the B29, was better known by
what name?
A: Super Fortress
8 Q: Who painted 'Beach at Touville' & 'Towing of a
Boat at Honfleur'?
A: Claude Monet
RESERVE QUESTIONS
3 Q: Which country is known as" The Land of the
Midnight Sun"?
A: Norway
4 Q: Who is in charge of gambling games within a
casino?
A: Croupier
MK Quiz League - Winter 2014
- Quiz Questions for Monday 1st December 2014 - Written by Ed Ficek
Team A
Team B
FUN QUIZ ROUND (Team Questions) - This is a non compulsory element of the quiz
The following questions are for use in a "Beer Leg".
They must not be included in the score of the main quiz competition
CHOOSE ODDS OR EVENS
1 Q: What is Woody's horse called in Toy Story 2?
A: Bullseye
3 Q: In a religious context, what do the initials WCC
stand for?
A: World Council Of Churches
2 Q: How many fiddlers did old King Cole have?
A: Three
4 Q: How many Chance and Community Chest Squares
are there in total on the board?
A: 6
5 Q: Which was the first Formula One Grand Prix to be 6 Q: Which London Underground line has the most
televised?
stations?
A: British
7 Q: What colour are borage flowers?
A: Blue
9 Q: In which year of the 1880s did Karl Marx die?
A: In 1883
11 Q: Whose film biography was called 'Dragon'?
A: Bruce Lee
13 Q: Who was the famous son of Philip of
Macedonia?
A: Alexander the Great
15 Q: From which City do the pop group Franz
Ferdinand hail?
A: Glasgow
A: District (60)
8 Q: What age followed the Bronze Age?
A: The Iron Age
10 Q: Who was the first unseeded man to win
Wimbledon?
A: Boris Becker
12 Q: Which city stands at the mouth of the Yangtze
river?
A: Shanghai
14 Q: Who is the only English footballer to have won
league titles in four countries?
A: David Beckham
16 Q: Who, together with Howard Greenfield, co-wrote
the song 'Is this the way to Amarillo'?
A: Neil Sedaka