QUIZ'N'CHIPS 2006 QUESTIONS |
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Science
In
which organ of the body is insulin produced?
What
is the boiling point of water in Fahrenheit?
What
is the largest type of shark?
Which
disease is characterised by spasmodic contraction of muscles is also
called lockjaw?
How
many bits are there in a byte?
What
type of clock was first introduced by the US National Bureau of Standards
in 1949?
Which
organ is inflamed when one is suffering from Nephritis?
From
the hue of which tree do the Blue Mountains in Australia receive their
name?
W
is the symbol for which chemical element?
Which
planet has an orbital period of 687 days?
History
What
did Dr John S. Pemberton concoct in his backyard in 1886?
Who
made the first telephone call to the moon?
Who
said on March 17 1912 "I am just going outside and may be some
time"?
Who
designed the dome of St. Peter's, Rome?
The
Battle of Edgehill was the first battle in which conflict?
The
eruption of Mount Vesuvius destroyed the city of Pompeii and which
other city?
At
the outbreak of World War I, who was the British Prime Minister?
What
was the relationship of Octavian to Julius Caesar?
In
which war was Winston Churchill imprisoned?
Who
won the Battle of the Nile against Napoleon in 1798?
Geography
In
which country would you find both the rivers Oder and Vistula, which
flow into the Baltic Sea?
What
is the capital of Iran?
Lusitania
was the Roman name for which EU country?
In
which country is Timbuktu?
If
you are at 0° latitude, 0° longitude, where in the world are
you?
What
name is given to the notorious tidal current in the Lofoten islands
off northern Norway?
Paraguay
has borders with Argentina, Brazil and which other country?
What
percentage of the world’s population is contained in the United States?
Rabat
is the capital of which Kingdom?
What
word meaning a low pressure belt of surface winds at the Equator,
can mean a bout of emotional depression?
Sport
The
'Green Jacket' is presented to the winner of which sporting event?
From
what bridge does the Oxford/Cambridge boat race start?
In
which Olympics did Steve Redgrave win his first Olympic gold medal?
In
what sport do players take long and short corners?
Give
the nationality and the team of Fernando Alonso, the youngest-ever
grand prix winner?
What
is the 'perfect score' in a game of ten pin bowling?
Which
football team has an obsolete nickname of the Glaziers?
What
is the name of the new Leicester Football club stadium?
What
is the highest possible break in snooker?
How
many times have Bath Rugby been top of the league at the end of the
season?
TV and films
What
was Don Diego De La Vega's secret identity?
Which
comedy duo lived in Oil Drum Lane?
Which
duo foiled master criminal Feathers McGraw?
Who
wrote The Sound of Music?
From
which musical does "You’ll never walk alone" come?
Who
replaced Rick Waller in the finals of the UK TV programme in 2002
Pop Idol?
One
half of a comedy duo, by what name was Arthur Jefferson better known?
What
is the name of the cross eyed lion in Daktari?
In
which BBC TV series did Jean Alexander play Auntie Wainwright?
Alison
Hannigan plays which character in the TV series Buffy the Vampire
Slayer?
Language and Literature
Who
wrote: A Short History of Nearly Everything?
According
to Beatrix Potter, what type of animal was Mr Jeremy Fisher?
What
English military term translates as little war in Spanish?
What
is the official language of Brazil?
Greenmantle,
dating from 1916, was the sequel to which other novel published in
1915?
Who
wrote: Finnegan's Wake?
In
Bram Stoker's Dracula, where did Dracula come ashore in England?
Of
what was the Vulgate a version?
Who
wrote: Ben Hur?
How
many syllables make up a Haiku?
General knowledge.
What
is the official national anthem of the USA?
Ambassador
to the Court of Saint James is the official title for Ambassadors
of which country?
Which
is the only vowel on a standard keyboard that is not on the top line
of letters?
How
many people take part in the dance of a quadrille?
What
is the world record speed attained in a helicopter?
In
Scrabble how many letters have a value of 2?
Who
was the Greek Goddess of Victory?
How
much money is a monkey?
Who
is the longest serving member of the Privy Council?
On
which day of the year does All Souls Day fall?
In which year?
Since
World War 2 in which year did the Conservative Party achieve its highest
ever number of votes in a general election?
In
which year was the dog license abolished?
In
which year was 3rd Class rail travel abolished in the UK?
In
which year was Desert Island Discs first broadcast?
In
which year was dynamite invented?
In
which year was the SS Great Britain built?
In
which year was Napoleon crowned Emperor of France?
In
which year was Sir Christopher Wren born?
In
which year was Richard the Lionheart born?
In
which year was The Royal Mint established?
Music
Please give the singer or the band or the composer (for classical pieces) and the name of the piece.
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