The Accumulator Quiz
Each question has four possible answers and is worth from one to 15 points. Circle your chosen answers and keep a record of your points total. Maximum total points 120.
QUESTION 1 – for 1 point:
In the American sandwich known as a BLT, what does the B stand for?
A Beetroot
B Bacon
C Banana
D Butter
QUESTION 2 – for 2 points:
What is a futon?
A An aged female sheep
B A type of bed
C A bread roll with currants
D A climber’s spiked axe
QUESTION 3 – for 3 points:
In which board game can an opponent lose a piece by being huffed?
A Ludo
B Snakes and ladders
C Draughts
D Monopoly
QUESTION 4 – for 4 points: Budgerigars are native to which continent?
A North America
B Australasia
C Africa
D South America
QUESTION 5 – for 5 points: American Hulk Hogan was a multiple world champion in which sport?
A Wrestling
B Weightlifting
C Cage fighting
D Rugby league
QUESTION 6 – for 6 points:
The teddy bear was named after which famous person?
A Edward Lear
B King Edward VII
C Theodore Roosevelt
D Sir Edward Elgar
QUESTION 7 – for 7 points:
Who is next in line to the throne after Prince Charles?
A Prince Andrew
B Prince Edward
C Prince William
D Prince Harry
QUESTION 8 – for 8 points:
“You’re gonna need a bigger boat” is a line from which thriller film?
A Jaws
B The Perfect Storm
C The Deep
D Waterworld
QUESTION 9 – for 9 points:
Send in the Clowns is a song from which musical?
A Mac and Mabel
B Aspects of Love
C A Little Night Music
D Sunset Boulevard
QUESTION 10 – for 10 points:
Which motorway runs from Leicester to Coventry?
A M58
B M63
C M69
D M90
QUESTION 11 – for 11 points:
Which is the most easterly state of the USA?
A Vermont
B New York
C New Hampshire
D Maine
QUESTION 12 – for 12 points:
Singer Tom Jones was born in 1940 in which Welsh town?
A Port Talbot
B Maesteg
C Caerphilly
D Pontypridd
QUESTION 13 – for 13 points:
Which king of England was the youngest son of William the Conqueror?
A Henry I
B Edward I
C Stephen
D William II
QUESTION 14 – for 14 points:
Which of the planets was described as being the ‘Bringer of Jollity’ by composer Gustav Holst in his Planets Suite?
A Neptune
B Saturn
C Mars
D Jupiter
QUESTION 15 – for 15 points:
What are Dani, Ga, Motu and Nguni?
A Islands on Lake Victoria
B Languages
C Currency units
D Zulu chieftains