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Quiz Questions

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A collection of our favourite quiz questions.


  1. Which is the only U.S state to not contain any of the letters from George W. Bush?

  2. Between 1978 and 1992, three films won the Best Picture Oscar that contained an animal in the title. Can you name them?

  3. Who was the last British PM to take the office via a general election and leave via a general election?

  4. What do both the largest and smallest UK constituencies by population have in common?

  5. Which five elements of the periodic table contain only four letters?

  6. What's the only one-word country to contain all the vowels?

  7. Which is the only country to be named after a historical woman?

  8. The theme tune to which TV series also spells out the title?

  9. Which five English cities end with the letter Y?

  10. Two countries contain another country within their name, can you guess them?' (The hidden countries are enclosed by letters either side - so not Nigeria/Niger, for example.)

  11. Rita Moreno and Ariana DeBose both won Oscars for their portrayal of Anita from West Side Story. This has happened on two other occasions, where different actors have won an Oscar for portraying the same character. Name the other two characters and the actors who played them.

  12. Not only am I an Oscar-winning actress, but my father also won an Oscar, and so did both of my ex-husbands. Who am I?

  13. Which London Underground station features 6 consecutive consonants in a single word?

  14. Which song, originally released in 2004, has since featured in the Top 100 UK Chart for over seven years? (Not consecutive weeks, to be clear, but 367 weeks in total). Even today it's still at number 57, and yet has never peaked higher than number 10.

  15. Only three artists have sold over 100 million albums as a solo artist and as a member of a group: Paul McCartney, Michael Jackson, and who's the third?

  16. Which actor only ever appeared in five feature films, with all five movies going on to be nominated for the Best Picture Oscar?

  17. Only one G-rated film, and one X-rated film, have won the Best Picture Oscar, and they did so in consecutive years. Can you name both films?

  18. What comes next in this sequence: Central, Circle, District, Bakerloo, Piccadilly, Hammersmith & City, xxx ?

  19. There's only ever been one occasion when a son has come on as a substitute for his father in an international football match. Who was the son? (It's a tricky one, so I'll give you a clue. He played for five different Premier League Clubs, including Stoke City and Fulham, and also made 72 appearances for Barcelona.)

  20. Cheese or Motorway Service Station?

    Broxden

    Trowell

    Tunworth

    Stichelton

    Old Inns

    Bowland

    Chevington

    Pont Abraham

    Gordano

    Derby

  21. West Indian Cricketer or Buckinghamshire Village?

    Lilingstone Dayrell

    Everton Mattis

    Grendon Underwood

    Thelston Payne

    Newton Longville

    Hammond Furlonge

    Clayton Lambert

    Barton Hartshorn

    Aston Clinton

    Irvine Shillingford

    Clifton Reynes

    Norbert Phillip

  22. Guess the countries from the literal translations of their names:

    A) Little Venice.

    B) At The Navel Of The Moon.

    C) Land Of Many Rabbits.

    D) Land Of The Thunder Dragon.

    E) Frizzy-Haired Men.

  23. Can you guess the famous novels from the anagrams?

A) Injure Crapped Died.

B) Floris Thronged.

C) Apostate Excreting.

D) Arts Baggy Teeth.

E) Counterfeit Radiography.

  1. Can you solve these anagrams to find the British sitcom characters?

A) Butch Ethnic Yak

B) Advert Bind

C) Grandpa Retail

D) Clever Dirt Mow

E) Larder Reengaging

And a tricky bonus one... F) Flattered Richly


Solve the cryptic crosswords:


Snake hidden in skimpy thong (6)

Learning difficulty given by clumsy daily sex (8)

Nothing left in safe (3,5)

Not one item of furniture is worthy of attention (7)

Mining, lesson one: the choice is yours! (4,4,4)

Take a risk in drama of burning intensity? (4,4,4)

Characters in front of queue, say highly placed (4)

Cold display unit for seafood (11)

What’s made only to snap in bits? (7,6)

It’s bound to be upheld by those in service (4,4)


And some from this fantastic quiz book by Frank Paul:


Change one letter from each word to make a pair of synonyms (i.e 'Sacked and Hole' becomes 'Sacred and Holy').

A) Mistress and Buffering

B) Charm and Gull

C) Sacked and Hole

D) Paid and Dug

E) Aware and Prime

F) Delicate and Denote


And the answers to these quiz questions are all anagrams of capital cities. Can you work them out?

A) The name of which creature can follow the words head or wood?

B) Which muppet is the drummer of the band Dr Teeth and the Electric Mayhem?

C) In a flower, which word refers to the part of the stamen that contains pollen?

D) Which surname is shared by a major character from The Man From U.N.C.L.E and a major character from Star Wars?

E) Which island, about 90 miles south-east of Grenada, is thought to derive its name from its cigar-like shape?

F) In which country would you find Timbuktu?



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Answers to all these questions can be found here.

 
 
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