Dave's Quiz Page
As a warm up for the quiz night at the club, why not test the grey matter with another twenty questions set by quiz master Dave Gamble.
There are no prizes but e-mail your answers to Dave and we will publish the best and the worst scores on this page.
- What is the more common name for the North American ground squirrel that has alternate light and dark stripes running down the body?
- Which word can be a musical instrument, a tall narrow wine glass and an organ stop?
- In 1989 who became the first Englishman to win the US Masters?
- In which country was the body builder Charles Atlas born?
- In what European country would you find the city of Condom?
- Which team won the first ever FA cup final to be held at Wembley stadium?
- Who was the first U.S. President to be impeached?
- Washington DC stands on which river?
- Who was the chief navigator on the USS Enterprise in the original series of Star Trek?
- What TV family lives on Evergreen Terrace?
- Is varicella the correct name for measles, shingles or chickenpox?
- Which carnivorous mammal about 2 feet long and with brown and black fur and white head markings, is rare in England but quite common in parts of Wales and Scotland?
- Which well-known drink is also the Maori word for Good Health?
- How were Janet, Pam, Barbara, Jack, Peter, George and Colin collectively known?
- How many band members were there in The Village People?
- In what year did the £1 note cease to be legal tender in England?
- In which film would you hear the immortal words 'Mother's not quite herself today!'?
- What is the world's largest secret society?
- What is a young hippo called?
- Which English peninsula is formed by the estuaries of the Mersey and the Dee?
Now e-mail your answers to Dave and get your name on this page.
The answers will published on the date of the next quiz.
Last Months quiz and the answers
- With what is the liqueur Ameretto flavoured? Almonds
- In the army what collective name is given to large guns? Artillery
- Which horseracing venue would you find at Sunbury-on-Thames? Kempton Park
- Who will be England's first opponents in the Rugby World Cup? USA
- How many downs do the teams have to travel 10 yards in American Football? Four
- How many circuits of an Olympic velodrome must a cyclist cover to complete 1000 meters? Three
- What was the name of the baby in the film Three Men And A Baby? Mary
- Lake Garda is the largest lake in which country? Italy
- Which Motorway links South Wales to London? M4
- Of which US State is Augusta the capital? Maine
- Four countries in Europe keep Greenwich Mean Time, the UK and Iceland are two, name the other two? Portugal & Ireland
- Who is the highest paid British TV personality? Simon Cowell
- Who was the first D.J. to be heard on Radio 1, back in 1967? Tony Blackburn
- Which long-running Alastair Cooke radio show had the same title as a hit song for the Proclaimers? Letter From America
- Which pop group introduced Ch 5 to our screens ten years ago? The Spice Girls
- In which hotel did chambermaid Polly Sherman work? Fawlty Towers
- Which town links Gracie Fields and Lisa Stansfield? Rochdale
- The debit card Switch changed its name to what? Maestro
- Who served as U.K. Shadow Home Secretary from 1992-1994? Tony Blair
- In which 2005 film do 4 escaped zoo animals find themselves in the wild? Madagascar
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