Quiz Number #240

The Chase

What kind of food is Chorizo?
Rice
Sausage <
Fish

What is the name of the highest point on the Isle of Arran?
Goat Fell <
Sheep Dip
Cow Face

What meteorological term would you associate with the musician Prince?
Purple Rain <
Raining cats & dogs
Yellow Snow

The Ebola virus is believed to have come from which animals?
Bats <
Monkeys
Alligators

Complete the title of this 1984 film: “Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the …”?
Jungle
Trees
Apes <

 

Movies

Dracula Untold
The Prestige
Scooby-Doo
True Lies
Taxi Driver

 

Countdown

Can Roost

Cartoons

animations

 

Who Wants To Be A Millionaire

EASY

Who presents the TV show Deal or No Deal?
Noel Edmonds <
Tony Blackburn
Simon Bates
Pat Sharp

Which hospital department deals with broken noses?
ENT <
NHD
FMN
BND

Didier Drogba made 37 appearances for which club before returning to Chelsea?
Galatasaray <
Barcelona
Manchester Utd
Kilmarnock

How old was William Pitt when he first became Prime Minister?
14
24 <
44
74

In Dragon’s Den, which of these investors appeared in the very first episode?
Bannatyne <
Meaden
Paphitis
Caan

MEDIUM

The towns of Hamilton, Coatbridge & Lanark all come under which postcode area?
ML <
EK
G
CA

With which sport would you associate “The Springboks”?
Rugby <
Cricket
Hurling
Basketball

UB40 took their name from what?
Unemployment Form <
Nuclear Base
Star Wars Prgram
Holocaust Document

What’s the name of the the 3rd oldest university in the English-speaking world and the oldest in Scotland?
St Andrews <
Gleneagles
Heriot-Watt
Stirling

“Put A Tiger In Your Tank” was an advertising slogan of which brand or company?
Frosties
Esso <
Castrol
Shermans

HARD

Chinese food: What kind of food is Rubing?
Cheese <
Rice
Bean
Nut

Which one of these athletes wasn’t born in Jamaica?
Usain Bolt
Tessa Sanderson
Linford Christie
Fatima Whitbread <

In digital storage, how many Bits are in a Byte?
8 <
10
64
100

The Latin phrase “Tempus fugit” translates into what?
Time flies <
Red sky at night
Full Moon
Walking On Sunshine

Queen Victoria was great-great-grandmother of the Queen and also which of these?
David Cameron
Prince Philip <
Adolf Hitler
Winston Churchill

 

Logos

Boots
Maplin
Homebase
Thomas Cook
Waterstones