QUICK QUIZ

1 Plantain is a variety of

which type of fruit?

2 What is the capital city

of Portugal?

3 From which country

do tacos originate?

4 Who is often called

the Bard of Avon?

5 Which song gave Girls Aloud their first UK Number One hit single?

6 Who played the title role in the 1994 film Ace Ventura: Pet Detective?

7 In Greek mythology, what item was sought by Jason and the Argonauts?

8 Which sport is played

in the Super Bowl?

9 What is Hillary Clinton’s maiden name?

10 Which character was played by Tony Robinson in the TV series Blackadder? 11 The city of Pretoria is in which country? 12 Who played Patrick Swayze’s girlfriend in Ghost? 13 In golf, how many shots under par is an eagle? 14 In which country was Arnold Schwarzenegger born? 15 Which TV soap opera was Knot’s Landing a spin-off from? 16 Which singer formerly sang with the Pips? 17 Who wrote The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy? 18 What sum of money is sometimes called a pony? 19 Which alcoholic spirit is used to make a Bloody Mary? 20 Who replaced Tom Baker as the Doctor in the TV series Doctor Who?

21 What does the German word danke mean?

22 Who wrote the fantasy novel The Amber Spyglass?

23 What are the forenames of the Irish poet W. B. Yeats?

24 What nationality is the

tenor Jose Carreras?

25 What was the first film in which Roger Moore played James Bond?

26 Which superhero is Bruce Wayne’s alter ego?

27 In which UK country is

Balmoral located?

28 What kind of meat is

Chateaubriand?

29 ‘Clickety-click’ is the nickname for which number in a game of bingo?

30 Which Italian phrase translates as ‘to the tooth’?