1 Year Quiz!

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5 ROUNDS OF 10!

ROUND 1

1.A LARGE BUZZING FLY THAT LAYS ITS EGGS IN

DECAYING PLANT AND ANIMAL MATTER IS
CALLED A WHAT BOTTLE? THE ANSWER IS A
COLOUR?

2.A PERSON WHO IS EXTREMELY

CLUMSY OR AWKWARD IS SAID TO
BE ALL WHAT? THE ANSWER IS A
PART OF THE BODY

3.NAME THE ONLY IRISHMAN TO

WIN THE TOUR BE FRANCE. HE
WON IT IN 1987

4.ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE, ON

WHICH MOUNTAIN DID MOSES
RECEIVE THE TEN
COMMANDMENTS?

5.WHAT DO ORTHODONTISTS USE TO

STRAIGHTEN TEETH AND MEN USE TO
HOLD UP TROUSERS?

6. WHAT IS THE NAME GIVEN TO

THE ANNUAL FILM ACADEMY
AWARDS CEREMONY HELD IN
HOLLYWOOD EACH YEAR?

7.NAME THE RIVER IN INDIA

WHICH IS SACRED TO THE
FOLLOWERS OF THE HINDU
RELIGION?

8. NAME THE HORMONE WHICH RAISES

BLOOD PRESSURE CAUSES A RAPID
INCREASE IN THE HEARTBEAT AND
MAKES A PERSON READY FOR PHYSICAL
OR MENTAL STRESS?

9. WHICH SPORT IS ASSOCIATED

WITH LIVERPOOL, GLASGOW
CELTIC AND RANGERS?

10. STARTING WITH THE LETTER

V, WHAT NAME IS GIVEN TO A
WART THAT GROWS ON THE SOLE
OF YOUR FOOT?

ROUND 2

1. TASMANIA IS A STATE IN WHICH

COUNTRY?

2. WHAT KIND OF BUSINESS DOES

MO OWN AND RUN IN THE
SIMPSONS?

3. WHAT ONE WORD MEANS (A) A

BASIN THAT IS FIXED AGAINST THE
WALL AND HAS A PIPED WATER SUPPLY
AND DRAINAGE (B) TO GO BELOW THE
SURFACE OF A LIQUID?

4. DO THE STRIPES ON THE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, RUN
HORIZONTALLY OR VERTICALLY?

5. IN THE CARTOON SERIES THE

SIMPSONS WHAT IS THE NAME
OF THE ELDER DAUGHTER?

6. WHAT ONE WORD MEANS (A) A

LOOSE SLEEVELESS OUTER GARMENT
SHORTER THAN A CLOAK (B) A POINT
OF LAND THAT JUTS OUT INTO THE
WATER?

7. A HIGH JUMP WITH A POLE IS

CALLED A POLE WHAT? THE ANSWER
IS ALSO AN UNDERGROUND ROOM
WITH AN ARCHED CEILING

8. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE

CALCITE DEPOSITS WHICH ARE
FOUND HANGING FROM THE
ROOF OF CAVES?

9. HOW MANY TIMES HAS LANCE

ARMSTRONG WON THE TOUR DE
FRANCE BICYCLE RACE?

10. HOW MANY GRAMS ARE THERE

IN TWO KILOGRAMS?

ROUND 3

1. WHAT CORK BORN SOCCER

PLAYER LEFT MANCHESTER
UNITED IN 2005 AND JOINED
GLASGOW CELTIC?

2. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE

MAGICAL LAND FEATURED IN THE
LION, THE WITCH AND THE
WARDROBE?

3. WHAT MUSICAL INSTRUMENT

WOULD YOU OWN IF YOU OWNED
A STRADIVARIUS?

4. IF YOU HAVE A DEEP CUT A DOCTOR

MAY GIVE YOU AN INJECTION AGAINST
THIS DISEASE WHICH ALSO HAS THE
NAME LOCKJAW. WHAT IS THE NAME OF
THIS ACUTELY INFECTIOUS DISEASE?

5. IN THE ABBREVIATION BMX,

THE M STANDS FOR MOTOR, THE
X STANDS FOR CROSS, WHAT
DOES THE B STAND FOR?

6. IN WHICH MONTH OF THE YEAR

IS HALLOWEEN?

7. WHO HAD A HIT SINGLE WITH

THATS MY GOAL

8. HOW MANY NOUGHTS ARE

THERE IN ONE MILLION WRITTEN
AS A NUMBER?

9. IN THE POPULAR PANTOMIME

WHAT DOES ALADDIN RUB TO
MAKE A GENIE APPEAR?

10. WHAT HAPPENS TO WATER

WHEN THE TEMPERATURE DROPS
BELOW 0 DEGREES CELSIUS OR
CENTIGRADE?

ROUND 4

1. HOW MANY YEARS IS IT FROM

ONE SUMMER OLYMPICS GAMES
TO THE NEXT?

2. ARE THE SCANDINAVIAN

COUNTRIES IN THE NORTH OR
SOUTH OF EUROPE?

3. WHERE IN YOUR BODY WOULD

YOU FIND A HAMMER AND AN
ANVIL?

4. WHAT IS THE SURNAME OF

CHARLIE WHO WINS A GOLDEN
TICKET TO THE CHOCOLATE
FACTORY IN ROALD DAHLS BOOK?

5. WHICH SAINT HAS A DAY IN THE

YEAR WHEN PEOPLE SEND CARDS
ANONYMOUSLY EXPRESSING LOVE FOR
THE PERSON RECEIVING THE CARD?

6. IN THE NURSERY RHYME, WHAT

DID TOM, TOM, THE PIPERS SON
STEAL?

7. IF YOU ARE ARACHNOPHOBIC,

YOU HAVE AN ABNORMALLY
STRONG FEAR OF WHICH
CREATURES?

8. THE DIRECT ROUTE BETWEEN

TWO POINTS IS SOMETIMES
DESCRIBED AS AS THE FLIES. THE
ANSWER IS THE NAME OF A BIRD?

9. BRAZIL, PISTACHIO AND

CASHEW ARE ALL TYPES OF
WHAT?

10. WHICH IS THE ONLY COUNTRY

THAT SHARES A BORDER WITH
PORTUGAL?

ROUND 5

1. THE CANADIAN NATIONAL FLAG

FEATURES THE LEAF OF WHICH
TREE?

2. WHICH FRENCHMAN DEVISED

AN ALPHABET OF RAISED DOTS
TO HELP BLIND PEOPLE READ IN
1829?

3. A FOXS BRUSH IS WHICH

PART OF ITS BODY?

4. WHAT IS THE HEADDRESS

COILED FROM A LONG LENGTH OF
MATERIAL, WORN BY HINDUS?

5. IN MATHEMATICS IF 2X-12=18,
HOW MUCH IS X EQUAL TO?

FINISH!!