Quiz Example

ROUND 1 - GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

1. What is 50 mph in Kilometers per hour?
80

2. In WW1, according to the Germans, who were the ladies from hell?
Highland Soldiers in Kilts

3. Which drink was advertised in the song – I’d Like To Teach The World To Sing?
Coca Cola

4. What was the title of Dick Frances’s first novel set in the Horse Racing World?
Dead Cert

5. Which Red Indian tribe featured in the film – Dances with Wolves?
Sioux

6. Fathers Day was first celebrated in which country?
USA

7. Who was the first MP elected for the SDP?
Shirley Williams

8. How is John Virgo known on Big Break?
Mr Trick Shot

9. In which decade did Sweden join the European Union?
90’s

10. What is the RAF equivalent to the army rank of Major?
Squadron Leader

ROUND 2 - FAMOUS FIRSTS

1 What type of transport was designed by Christopher Cockrell in the 50’s?
Hovercraft

2 Golda Meir was the first female Prime Minister of which country?
Israel

3 Helen Sharman was the first British woman to go where?
Space

4 The Bates Motel first appeared in which film?
Psycho

5 In which decade did the first wheel clamps arrive in Britain?
80’s

6 Christian Barnard carried out which medical first?
Heart Transplant

7 Which Charles first flew non-stop across the Atlantic?
Lindbergh

8 Who starred in the first talkie movie?
Al Jolson

9 Who was the leader of the first successful expedition to the South Pole?
Roald Amundsen

10 Which brothers made the first powered plane flight?
Wright Brothers

ROUND 3 - SPORTING TELLY

1 Apart from the football, which other sport did Gary Lineker present for the BBC in 2001?
Golf

2 Which Peter used to read the horse racing results in ITV?
Peter Moore

3 In which year did Sunday Grandstand start?
1981

4 Which football team plays at The Riverside Stadium?
Middlesborough

5 Which Rugby Union position is in the middle of the front row?
Hooker

6 At which sport do the Oldham Celtics compete?
Basketball

7 In which year did Steffi Graf win her first Grand Slam title? 1985 1987 1989?
1987

8 At which cricket ground did Dickie Bird Umpire his last match?
Lords

9 Which England Midfielder scored after 27 seconds against France in the 1982 football world cup finals?
Bryan Robson

10 In which city is the Embassy World Snooker Championships held?
Sheffield

ROUND 6 - FAMOUS LOCATIONS

1 Which English City was the locations for Spender?
Newcastle on Tyne

2 In which town do the Simpsons reside?
Springfield

3 In which Surrey town did Terry & June live?
Purley

4 What number Railway Cutings was the home to Tony Hancock in Hancocks Half Hour?
23

5 Which soap is set in Kings Oak?
Crossroads

6 Who was the Island of Kerseys most famous telly detective?
Bergerac

7 Which sitcom is set on the Jericho Council estate in Dudley?
The Grimleys

8 Which town is the patch of Detective Inspector Jack Frost?
Denton

9 Near which Australian city is Summer Bay meant to be in?
Sydney

10 Who lived on the narrowboat “Ragdoll”?
Rosie & Jim