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Quiz Number #171

Blockbusters

A Polygraph is also known as what LD?
Lie Detector

Which Prime Minister presided during the Gulf War 1991?
John Major

Manchester gives it’s name to which SC, a 36 mile long inland waterway?
Ship Canal

Which CO was a prefix title for a series of films including “Camping” & “Up The Khyber”?
Carry On

Which DS describes a medium-dry Champagne?
Demi-Sec

Movies

Toy story 3
The Eagle has Landed
This Is Spinal Tap
The Hangover Part III
It’s All Gone Pete Tong

Heat

Jamie Theakston

Harry Houdini

Piers Morgan

Will Smith

Charlotte Church

Lyrics

Earth Song

#
You must understand
That the touch of your hand
Makes my pulse react

What’s Love Got To Do With It

#

Goodbye Norma Jean
Though I never knew you at all

Candle In The Wind

#

She Was More Like A Beauty Queen From A Movie Scene
I Said Don’t Mind, But What Do You Mean I Am The One

Billie Jean

#

Ladies you’re damn right
You can’t read a man’s mind
We’re living in two tribes
And heading for war

Love Machine

#

Can you stay up for the weekend
and blame God for looking too old
Can you find all that you stand for
has been replaced with mountains of gold

I’m Not Alone

Who Wants To Be A Millionaire

EASY

The Scotsman is a newspaper published in which city?
Glasgow
Edinburgh <
Aberdeen?
Inverness?

George Osborne currently holds which government position?
Chancellor of the Exchequer <
Health Minister
Secretary for Education
Foreign Secretary

In geometry, a hexagon is a shape with how many edges?
4
5
6 <
7

TV: What was the name of the character played by Neil Morrissey in “Men Behaving Badly”?
Gary
Tony <
Neil
Dermot

In Italian food, what catagory does “Ciabatta” come under?
Pasta
Rice
Bread <
Soup

MEDIUM

Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall has married how many times?
1
2 <
3
9

With which sport would you associate John Lowe?
Darts <
Tennis
Swimming
Cricket

Who won series 1 of Britain’s Got Talent in 2007?
Paul Potts <
George Sampson
Susan Boyle
Olly Murs

Cucumbers are scientifically classified as what?
Fruit <
Vegetable
Fungus
Spice

Who in 1956, married Rainier III, Prince of Monaco?
Grace Kelly <
Evita
Chantilly Jane
Lady Penelope

HARD

Anatomy, what is another name for “Omphalos”?
Bellybutton <
Eye Brows
Earlobes
Balls

Which of the Spanish costas includes the major tourist destination of Benidorm?
Costa Blanca <
Costa Brava
Costa del Sol
Costa Dorada

What is another word for “Sternutation”?
Sneeze <
Cough
Hiccup
Yawn

Which one of these is not a type of shark?
Leopard Shark
Megamouth shark
Prickly shark
Bear Shark <

Dodge City was a chain of shops in Scotland that later became what?
Greggs
B&Q <
Debenhams
Argos

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