This set of quizzes are dedicated to the ORIGINAL and in my opinion best 

Farah Fawcett-Majors was born Mary Farrah Leni Fawcett on Feb 2, 1947 in Corpus Christi, Texas.

Kate Jackson was born on Oct 29, 1948, in Birmingham, Alabama.

Jacklyn Smith was born Ellen Jacklyn Smith on Oct 26, 1947, in Houston, Texas.

Give Me A ..... (Part 1)

All the questions in the following 10 sets of 10, which I have used in the Colchester Quiz Leagues,  begin with a specific letter of the alphabet. Where the question relates to a person, I will indicate when it is the surname only that is required. Otherwise the answer will start with that person's Christian name.

QUIZ 1 - GIVE ME AN 'A'
1.          How are the two masses of tissue situated at the back of the nose that consist of lympathic tissue that destroy disease-causing microbes in the throat, known?  
2.          In Greek mythology, what was the name of the river over which Charon ferried the souls of the dead?  
3.          At which battle of 1805 did the forces of Napoleon defeat the forces of Russia and Austria?  
4.          Which variety of freshwater fish found in SE Asia & Australia, capture their prey, flying insects, by firing a stream of water droplets through the mouth?  
5.          What is the name of the largest cemetery in the United States, which since 1864 has been the burial ground of Americans killed in war and of eriment public servants?  
6.           Whose novels include ‘Lucky Jim’, and the 1986 Booker Prize winner ‘The Old Devils’? (Surname)
7.          Which north-western Italian town is famous for it’s sparkling wine?  
8.          How was the famous Italian bodybuilder born Angelo Siciliano in 1894? (Surname)
9.          The Oscar winning song ‘A Whole New World’ came from which 1992 movie?  
10.        In the 1960s, three acts whose name began with ‘A’ had Number One hits. Name two of the three?  

ANSWERS
1. Adenoids 2. Acheron 3. Austerlitz
4. Archer Fish 5. Arlington National Cemetery  6. (Kingsley) Amis
7. Asti (Spumante) 8. (Charles) Atlas 9. Aladdin
10. Animals (1964), Amen Corner (1969) & Archies (1969)

QUIZ 2 - GIVE ME A 'B'

1. By what name was the pirate Edward Teach alternately known?
2. Who, in 1938 invented the ball-point pen? (Surname)
3. Who, in 1985, became both the youngest winner and first unseeded winner of the mens singles at Wimbledon?
4. Where is Palace House, the home of Lord Montague, the grounds of which house the National Motor Museum?
5. At which battle of 1314, did the forces of Robert The Bruce defeat the forces of King Edward II?
6. Who starred as Angela Bennett in the 1995 film ‘The Net’? (Surname)
7. Which vegetable has the latin name ‘Vicia Faba’?
8. Which composer in 1973 wrote the opera ‘Death In Venice’ some 22 years after the opera ‘Billy Budd’?
9. Which organisation was founded in Glasgow in 1883 by Sir William Alexander Smith to promote Christian values amongst boys aged 6 to 18?
10. Which suburb of Birmingham was founded as a model factory in 1879 and then a model village in 1894 by George Cadbury and was a forerunner of the garden cities?

ANSWERS:
1. Blackbeard 2. (Laszlo) Biro 3. Boris Becker
4. Beaulieu 5. Bannockburn 6. (Sandra) Bullock
7. Broad Bean 8. Benjamin Britten 9. Boys Brigade
10. Bournville        

QUIZ 3 - GIVE ME A 'C'

1. Which town on the River Bonn, in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, is the site of the University of Ulster ?  
2. Sited in Ecuador, which is the world’s highest active volcano?
3. Which spice, light brown in colour and native to Sri Lanka, India & Burma, was once more valuable than gold?  
4. At which famous battle, fought in 1346 during the first decade of the 100 years war, did the English defeat the French?  
5. Jill Gascoine played Inspector Maggie Forbes in two TV programmes. ‘The Gentle Touch’ was the first. What was the second?  
6. What is the surname of the husband and wife who shared the 1903 Noble prize for Physics with Henri Becquerel for the discovery of radioactivity?  
7. What is the name given to the brandy produced in the Charente & Charente-Maritime regions of France and is specifically named after a town in that locality?  
8. Which was the first synthetic plastic material that was developed in 1869 by John Welsley Hyatt?
9. Which famous American actor, who died in 1961, and who used his real surname, had the real Christian names of Frank James? (Surname)
10. Name 2 of the Prime Ministers whose surnames began with ‘C’ to have held office in the UK in the 20th Century?

ANSWERS
1. Coleraine 2. Cotopoxi 3. Cinnamon
4. Crecy 5. C.A.T.S. Eyes 6. (Pierre & Marie) Curie
7. Cognac 8. Celluloid 9. (Gary) Cooper
10. Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Neville Chamberlain, Winston Churchill, James Callaghan

QUIZ 4 – GIVE ME A ‘D’  

1. What is both a breed of North American terrapin and a breed of snake found also in North America?
2. Whose best known work was the 1893 piece ‘Symphony No.9 from the New World’? (Surname)
3. In which publication would you find a list of the British aristocracy, the publication dating back to the 18th Century and taking it’s name from the London publisher who first issued it?
4. The world’s first railway, in 1825, ran from Stockton to where?
5. What name is given to a group of Henrew & Aramaic manuscript scrolls, originally stored in jars, that were found in 11 caves in the area of Khirbat Qumran, between 1947 and the late 1950s?
6. What title was given to the chief magistrate of Venice from around 697 to 1797, the incumbents usually being elected for life?
7. Which British poet was appointed Poet Laureate in 1668, but after becoming a Catholic lost the lauretship on the accession of William of Orange in 1688. His works include ‘’All For Love’ and ‘Absalom and Achitophel’? (Surname)
8. What name is given to the branch of botony concerned with the natural history of trees and shrubs?
9. Which pop group who scored two minor hits in 1981 took their name from a 1960s TV series starring Peter Wyngarde?
10. In which 1958 movie do Tony Curtis & Sidney Poitier play escaped convicts who are chained together?

ANSWERS:
1. Diamondback 2. (Antonin) Dvorjak 3. Debretts Peerage
4. Darlington 5. Dead Sea Scolls 6. Doge
7. (John) Dryden 8. Dendrology 9. Department S
10. (The) Defiant Ones

 

QUIZ 5 – GIVE ME AN ‘E’

1. What was the name of the British nurse executed by the Germans on October 11, 1915, for helping Allied prisoners escape?
2. What nickname was given to the 22 year old swimmer who represented Equatorial Guinea in the mens 100 metres freestyle at the 2000 Olympics games and having only learned to swim that year in crocodile invested rivers in his homeland and had never previously swam 100 metres without stopping, recorded what must be the lost time ever for the event?
3. In which 1979 film, directed by Don Siegel, did Clint Eastwood play convict Frank Morris?
4. Which King of England, succeeded his father to the throne of England in 1483, but after a reign of just 3 months, was deposed by his uncle, the Duke of Gloucester, and imprisoned in the Tower of London, along with his younger brother?
5. What is the alternate name for the aubergine?
6. In which novel by Anthony Trollope, the third in the Palliser series, does the principal character, who is widowed early in the novel, ultimately marry the fashionable preacher Mr Emilius?
7. Quito is the capital city of which country?
8. Which famous actress, who won two Oscars, was born in London on February 27, 1932?
9. On which river does the city of Hamburg stand?
10. Which pop group scored a No.1 in 1994 with ‘Stay Another Day’

 

ANSWERS:
1. Edith Cavell 2. Eric ‘The Eel’ Moussambani 3. Escape From Alcatraz
4. Edward V 5. Eggplant 6. (The) Eustace Diamonds
7. Ecuador 8. Elizabeth Taylor 9. Elbe
10. East 17        

 

QUIZ 6 - GIVE ME AN 'F'
1. Which novel, published in 1874, includes the characters Sergeant Troy, Gabriel Oak, Bathsheba Everdene & Farmer Boldwood?
2. Thorshaven is the capital city of which island group?
3. Who, when seeking a westerly passage for the Moluccas, under the patronage of Spain, was killed on April 27, 1521 in a battle between natives on the Philippine island of Mactan?
4. What was the sequel to the film ‘The Ipcress File’?
5. Which herbaceous plant that varies in size from 45 to 150 cms in height, has large grey-green oblong leaves and tall one-sided spikes of dropping bell-shaped flowers that are purple, yellow or white in colour, often with purple spots in the centre?
6. Which is the longest and most important of London’s subterranean rivers, which rises from springs a mile apart on Hampstead Heath and meets the Thames beneath Blackfriars bridge?
7. What was the name of the Society formed in London in 1884 to promote socialist ideas and establish a socialist state in Britain and whose members included George Bernard Shaw?
8. Which footballer won the first of 9 caps for Scotland in 1963 coming on as a sub v Norway, whilst on the books of Leicester City?
9. Who was the last King of Egypt?
10. Which pop group scored top 10s in the 1960s with ‘Hello Little Girl’ and ‘A Little Loving’?

ANSWERS:
1. Far From The Madding Crowd 2 Faroe Islands 3. Ferdinand Magellan
4. Funeral In Berlin 5. Foxglove 6. Fleet
7. Fabian Society 8. Frank Worthington 9. Farouk
10. Fourmost        

 

QUIZ 7 – GIVE ME A ‘G’
1. What saclike organ in the body stores bile formed by the liver and is connected to the liver by the hepatic ducts and to the intestine by the common bile duct?  
2. Who, in the bible, was the Hebrew judge who led the Israelites to victory over their Midianite oppressors and whose deeds are described in the Book of Judges?  
3. Who ruled England between 1760 & 1820?  
4. Which percussion instrument, of German origins and whose name when translated literally means ‘set of bells’, became part of the orchestra in the 18th Century?  
5. Nuuk is the capital city of which country?  
6. Which English Lord and former navy lieutenant was the instigator of anti-catholic riots in London in 1780, those riots being named after him? (Surname)
7. Which northern hemisphere coastal diving bird that has dark-brown plumage with a white belly, a black beak and red legs?
8. John Birks are the real Christian names of which 20th Century trumpeter, composer and bandleader? (Surname)
9. The first published work, in 1925, by which well known author, whose first Christian name was Henry,  was ‘Babbling April’ and whose final novel in 1985, 6 years before his death was ‘The Tenth Man’?  
10. Who, in Arthurian legend, was the nephew and loyal supporter of King Arthur and is portrayed as the model knightly perfection against whom all other knights were measured?

ANSWERS:
1. Gall Bladder 2 Gideon 3. George III
4. Glockenspiel 5. Greenland 6. (Lord) Gordon
7. Guillemot 8. ( Dizzy) Gillespie 9. Graham Greene 
10. Gawain (Not Galahad)        

QUIZ 8 - GIVE ME A 'H'
1. Tegucigalpa is the capital city of which country?  
2. Who or what was Robert Burns describing with the words: ‘great chieftain o’ the pudding race’?  
3. Which British motorcyclist between 1961 & 1967 won 9 world championships? (Surname)
4. Which former member of the East India Company in 1774 became Governor General of Bengal, effectively the first governor general of India, a position he held until 1885, but who was impeached for corruption, the trial which acquitted him lasting until 1995? (Surname)
5. What collective name is given to the elements forming group 17 of the periodic table: flourine, chlorine, bromine, iodine and astatine. All form negative ions and produce salt on contact with metals, the name literally meaning ‘salt-forming in Swedish?  
6. The rock group Steppenwolf took their name from the title of a novel by which German novelist?  
7. What was the christian name of the 19th Century physicist Mr Hertz who first produced and detected radio waves?  
8. Which palace in Edinburgh is the Scottish residence of the British monarchy?  
9. In which western TV series did Leif Ericson play ‘Big' John Cannon?
10. Which bird was Huitzilopochli, the Aztec God of the Sun & war, portrayed as?  

ANSWERS:
1. Honduras 2 Haggis   3. Mike Hailwood
4. (Warren) Hastings 5. Halogens 6. Herman Hesse
7. Henirich 8. Holyrood House 9.  High Chapparal 
10. Hummingbird        

QUIZ 9 – GIVE ME AN ‘I’
1. Of which ancient British tribe was Boadicea a queen?  
2. By what collective name are the top eight prestigious universities, in USA, which includes Harvard, Yale & Princeton, known?  
3. What can be a flower, the Greek Goddess of the Rainbow or part of the eye?  
4. What, introduced by William Pitt The Younger in 1797 as a temporary measure, to finance the Napoloenonic Wars, is still with us today?  
5. Boise is the capital city of which US state?  
6. Who wrote the novel “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’?
7. What was the name of the decisive battle fought on November 5, 1864, in the Crimean War, at which the British & French forces defeated the Russian forces?
8. What is the shortest titled record to make No.1, comprising just 2 letters & topping the charts in March 1975?
9. What founded in 1917, principally as a memorial to those who had suffered in the First World War, occupies the site of the former Bethlem Royal Hospital in South London?  
10. What is the name of the protein hormone that is secreted the islets of Langerhans in the pancreas in response to a high concentration of glucose in the blood & was first isolated in 1921 by Charles Best & Sir Frederick Banting?  

ANSWERS:
1. Iceni 2 Ivy League 3. Iris
4. Income Tax 5. Idaho 6. Ian Fleming
7. Inkerman 8. If 9. Imperial War Musuem
10. Insulin        

QUIZ 10 – GIVE ME A ‘J’
1. Who, in the bible, requested from Pontius Pilate, the body of Christ after the crucifixion and arranged for its burial?  
2. Who, in 1916 published the semi-autobiographical novel “A Portrait of the Artist As A Young Man”?  
3. How do we better know the actress born Joyce Botterill in Northampton on April 27, 1939 and who became well-known as the ‘sock it to me girl’ on Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-in?  
4. What was the name of the first permanent English settlement in America, founded in 1607 by Captain James Smith?  
5. Who played the female lead Tiffany Case in the movie “Diamonds Are Forever”?  
6. Which striker did Chelsea sign from Athletico Madrid in June 2000 for £15 million?
7. In the Sherlock Holmes stories, what was the Christian name of Holmes’ assistant Dr Watson?
8. “Just Who is the 5 O’clock Hero” was a top 10 hit for which group, that in the 1980s scored 4 No.1s?
9. Born in Genoa around 1455, who subsequently became famous for discovering Newfoundland in 1497?  
10. Which former world Statesman was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 2002?  

ANSWERS:
1. Joseph of Arimathea 2 James Joyce 3. Judy Carne
4. Jamestown 5. Jill St.John 6. Jimmy Floyd Hasslebank
7. John 8. (The) Jam 9. John Cabot
10. Jimmy Carter        

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