I need some quiz questions

[Dick Swiveller]

Who played football for Scotland, and captained England at cricket?

Dennis Law and Mike Gatting

My favourite is the old "Who captained England whilst playing in the old 4th Division?" Old ones are the best.

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[Deleted User X18H]

Who was the driver of Thrust SSC
Andy Green

How many bones are there in the adult human body
206

Which is the largest inhabited castle in the world
Windsor

What are Panther Cap, Destroying Angel and Fly Agaric
Poisonous Mushrooms

In cricket, what is the penalty for stopping the ball with your hat
5 runs

Between which dates is grouse shooting legal in Britain
12th August and 10th December

What number is between 15 and 17 on a dartboard
2

What is the common name for the plant Calendula
Marigold

In which county is Alton Towers
Staffordshire

What is the minimum age for flying an aircraft
17

Who wrote "Look back in anger"
John Osborne

Who wrote "Don't look back in anger"
Noel Gallagher

What Australian prime minister was said to have tweaked the Queens bra strap
Paul Keating

What is Port Salut
cheese

What was the first British jet airliner
De Haviland Comet

What is found on the Periodic Table
All known chemical elements

Name the five Tracy brothers from Thunderbirds
Virgil, Alan, Gordon, Scott, John

What was the first song played on Radio 1
Flowers in the rain by the Move

What did Leonardo da Vinci, Jack the Ripper and horation Nelson have in common
Left handed

What is the seventh planet from the sun
Uranus

Who said in 1966 "They think it's all over - it is now!"
Kenneth Wolstenhome

Which teams met in the worlds first international football match
England and Scotland

How many hoops are used in a game of croquet
6

Who is older, Superman or Batman
Superman

Where in Britain is king Alfred buried
Winchester

Which is the smallest of the worlds oceans
The Arctic

In the TV series, where did Dr Finlay live
Tannochbrae

In which year did Fidel Castro come to power in Cuba
1956

In nautical terms, what is a GRAPNEL
a type of anchor

In area, which is tha smallest English county
The Isle of Wight

What is the worlds longest single span suspension bridge
The Humber Bridge

What is the worlds second highest mountain
K2 (or mount Godwin-Austin)

Who created The Simpsons
Matt Groening

Who wrote the overture "Roman Carnival"
Berlioz

Which side fired the first shot in the American civil war
The Confederacy

What does DNA stand for
Deoxyribonucleic Acid

Who was George IV's last prime minister
The Duke of Wellington

What does the TT in TT motorcycle racing stand for
Tourist Trophy

What town is Coronation Street in
Wetherfield

What would you traditionally cook tandoori chicken in
A tandoor (clay oven)


Which is the largest tea producing country in the world ? China

What is the name of Winston Churchill's family home ? Chartwell

How deep is the Mediterranean sea at it's deepest known point ?
5267 m (17280 ft) in the Calypso Deep in the Ionian Sea.


How many provinces are there in Turkey ?
81


In which county is Stonehenge ?
Wiltshire

Who was the first Tudor King of England ?
Henry VII

In what year was the first successful telephone call made ?
1876

Where in Britain was the first place to be attacked in an air raid ?
Great Yarmouth (19th January 1915)

Who was the first British winner of the Eurovision Song Contest ?
Sandy Shaw

Who was the First England player to be sent off in an international match ? -
Alan Mullery





Who drove a white ford capri with the registration number SLE71R -
Terry McCann in Minder

What TV character drove a Green Lotus 7 with the registration number
KAR120C - The Prisoner

Who's Jaguar had the Registration number 248 RPA ? -
Inspector Morse

In which show would you find a yellow van with the number FKE119L ? -
Only fools and horses

Who's yellow Mini had the number plate SLW287R ?
Mr Bean

The Isle of Wight is in Hampshire. Is not a county. The correct answer is Rutland.

 

[The Large One]

The Isle of Wight is in Hampshire. Is not a county.

Oh dear. Poor Timmy.

 

[LANGDON SEAGULL]

The Isle of Wight is in Hampshire. Is not a county. The correct answer is Rutland.

The Isle of Wight has been a county since 1974, and is smaller than Rutland


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[Gwylan]

Oh dear. Poor Timmy.

I remember when HB&B set a quiz for the parliamentary candidates and got one of his own answers wrong. I don't think quizzes are his forte.

 

[jakarta]

Back to the Thunderbirds question - we had this and there was a supplementary bonus question.

Why were these five names chosen?

Just to remind you they were Scott, Virgil, Alan, Gordon & John...

 

[happypig]

Back to the Thunderbirds question - we had this and there was a supplementary bonus question.

Why were these five names chosen?

Just to remind you they were Scott, Virgil, Alan, Gordon & John...

First five NASA astronauts
Scott Glenn, Virgil Grissom, Alan Shepherd, Gordon Bean & John Young

 

[jakarta]

First five NASA astronauts
Scott Glenn, Virgil Grissom, Alan Shepherd, Gordon Bean & John Young

Actually: John Glenn, Scott Carpenter, Alan Shepard, Gordon Cooper, Virgil Grissom.

And yes I need to get out more...

 

[jakarta]

Here is one I gave my mate who is a pub quizmaster and only one team got it.

What were Upkeep, Tallboy and Grand Slam and as a bonus what linked them?

No Googling!

 

[PeterOut]

Here is one I gave my mate who is a pub quizmaster and only one team got it.

What were Upkeep, Tallboy and Grand Slam and as a bonus what linked them?

No Googling!

Bombs and Barnes Wallis?

 

[jakarta]

Bombs and Barnes Wallis?

Is the right answer, the only team at the quiz to get it right had an RAF Bomber Command veteran on board so to speak.

Upkeep was the Bouncing Bomb used in the Dams Raid

Tallboy was a 12,000 pounder and did for the Tirpitz amongst other targets

Grand Slam was 22,000 pounds and actually larger than the current US MOAB!

 

[colinz]

Who was the First England player to be sent off in an international match ? -
Alan Mullery

Also the first player to play in 2 cockney cup finals.

 

[FamilyGuy]

African or European?


My personal favourite -

Where were Fray Bentos pies originally made (pre 1960's).

Uruguay - more specifically, in the Port of.............wait for it................Fray Bentos.

In what town was the process for making Corned Beef developed?

Fray Bentos

 

[GloryDays]

How many miles from Earth is the Moon?
240,000

Sorted by height, what place in the league table of tallest buildings in the world is the Shard.
107 (Check).

 

[Barry Izbak]

Q: Which club was the last to win the European Cup Winners Cup?

A: Lazio

 

[The aloof gatekeeper]

Played by Ben Kingsley in the 1982 film, what was Gandhi's first name?

Mohandas

Which is the only country in the world to have different designs on the front and rear of its flag?

Paraguay