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Quiz Number #118

True or false


A baby Peacock is called a Peachick.
TRUE

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the “fear of long words”.
TRUE

The Australian Manna Ganna is the tallest recorded tree ever.
FALSE

Players were not permitted to wear shorts at Wimbledon until the 1970’s.
FALSE

A bite in the ear from an earwig will kill you.
FALSE

Blockbusters

Which NZ is an island country located in the southwestern Pacific Ocean?
New Zealand

Which MW is the oldest surviving major international beauty pageant?
Miss World

Which DD was the 1st First Ministers of Scotland?
Donald Dewar

Which BL is Johnnie Walker’s premium blend & one of the most expensive blends on the market?
Blue Label

Which FT was the type of car driven by Detective David Starsky on TV?
Ford Torino

Movies

Kramer vs. Kramer

The Italian Job

The League Of Extraordinary…

Bend It Like Beckham

American Pie: Reunion

Heat Magazine

Matthew Fox

Hugh Laurie

James May

Charlie Brooks

Caroline Flack

Who Wants To Be A Millionaire

EASY

Which song did Susan Boyle sing on her first appearance on Britain’s Got Talent?
I Dreamed A Dream <
Wild Horses
Sexy Back
Im Your Man

Which of these Jeffs is a presenter on Sky Sports?
Jeff Bridges
Jeff Goldblum
Jeff Stelling <
Jeff Zimmer

Hippodrome de Longchamp in France is famous for what?
Disco Dancing
Horse Racing <
Longjump
Making Champagn

Which of these is not listed as one of the New7Wonders of the World as announced in 2007?
Colosseum
Taj Mahal
Great Wall of China
Big Ben <

Which of these boybands was the 1st to have success in the UK?
Blue
Westlife
Boyzone <
Backstreet Boys

MEDIUM

Starbuck, Stubb & Flask are characters in which novel?
Moby Dick <
Huckleberry Finn
The Great Gatsby
Gravity’s Rainbow

What is the name of this Seasame Street muppet?
Elmo <
Ernie
Bert
Oscar

What does the V in PVC stand for?
Vinyl <
Volatic
Volume
Vacuum

In the fairy tale “The Gingerbread Man” met his eventual demise between the jaws of a what?
Fox <
Wolf
Lion
Witch

Who was the Prime Minister during the transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong from the UK to China?
Tony Blair <
Gordon Brown
John Major
Margaret Thatcher

HARD

Which of these wine producing regions is not French?
Burgundy
Corsica
Savoy
Saxony <

Which country won the most Gold Medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics?
China <
Russia
USA
Germany

The defunct soap opera Brookside ran for how many years?
11
21 <
31
41

In which city is the National Media Museum (previously the National Museum of Photography, Film & Television)?
Bradford <
Birmingham
Manchester
Liverpool

Which of these is not 1 of the New7Wonders of the World as announced in 2007?
Petra
Machu Picchu
Chichen Itza
Alexandria Lighthouse <

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