T307 A TO Z OF TRIVIA QUIZ
Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2010 5:51 pmA Who was inmate number 85 in Alcatraz Prison?
AL CAPONE
B Who read the greatest number of stories on Jackanory?
BERNARD CRIBBENS
C The first name of which character in Happy Days is also a Korean word for penis?
CHACHI
D In which English county is the world nettle eating championships held?
DORSET
E The Salinas Valley was the working title for which novel?
EAST OF EDEN
F EC 1 is the postal code for which area of London?
FINSBURY
G Which children’s toy now considered to be politically incorrect was the brain child of Florence K Upton in 1895
GOLLIWOG
H The building of what saw construction workers wearing hard hats for the first time?
HOOVER DAM
I What is the middle name of Russell Crowe?
IRA
J Who was the first major rock star to be arrested on stage?
JIM MORRISON
K Which actor has the middle names of William Frederick Dempsey George Rufus?
KIEFER SUTHERLAND
L What does Nigeria have a record 515 of?
LANGUAGES
M In which country is it customary for a bride to close her eyes during the wedding ceremony?
MOROCCO
N The female of which animal is the only animal that possesses nipples along its backbone?
NUTRIA
O Which singer was appointed President of the Isle of Man Basking Shark Society?
OLIVIA NEWTON JOHN
P Who was the first female singer to have a video featured on MTV?
PAT BENATAR
Q What is the first name of the cartoon character Mr Magoo?
QUINCY
R 1996 was the Chinese year of the what?
RAT
S What is the Arabic word for desert?
SAHARA
T What T is the name given to the morbid fear of speed?
TACHOPHOBIA
U Which song was a number one hit in the UK in 1955, 1990, 1995 and 2002?
UNCHAINED MELODY
V What was the South Kensington Museum renamed in 1899?
VICTORIA AND ALBERT
W Which popular name for a public house derives from the heraldic symbol of Richard II?
WHITEHART
X What phobia is the fear of the colour yellow?
XANTHOPHOBIA
Y Bulgaria is the world’s largest consumer per head of which foodstuff?
YOGHURT
Z What was the destination of the second Road movie starring Hope and Crosby?
ZANZIBAR
AL CAPONE
B Who read the greatest number of stories on Jackanory?
BERNARD CRIBBENS
C The first name of which character in Happy Days is also a Korean word for penis?
CHACHI
D In which English county is the world nettle eating championships held?
DORSET
E The Salinas Valley was the working title for which novel?
EAST OF EDEN
F EC 1 is the postal code for which area of London?
FINSBURY
G Which children’s toy now considered to be politically incorrect was the brain child of Florence K Upton in 1895
GOLLIWOG
H The building of what saw construction workers wearing hard hats for the first time?
HOOVER DAM
I What is the middle name of Russell Crowe?
IRA
J Who was the first major rock star to be arrested on stage?
JIM MORRISON
K Which actor has the middle names of William Frederick Dempsey George Rufus?
KIEFER SUTHERLAND
L What does Nigeria have a record 515 of?
LANGUAGES
M In which country is it customary for a bride to close her eyes during the wedding ceremony?
MOROCCO
N The female of which animal is the only animal that possesses nipples along its backbone?
NUTRIA
O Which singer was appointed President of the Isle of Man Basking Shark Society?
OLIVIA NEWTON JOHN
P Who was the first female singer to have a video featured on MTV?
PAT BENATAR
Q What is the first name of the cartoon character Mr Magoo?
QUINCY
R 1996 was the Chinese year of the what?
RAT
S What is the Arabic word for desert?
SAHARA
T What T is the name given to the morbid fear of speed?
TACHOPHOBIA
U Which song was a number one hit in the UK in 1955, 1990, 1995 and 2002?
UNCHAINED MELODY
V What was the South Kensington Museum renamed in 1899?
VICTORIA AND ALBERT
W Which popular name for a public house derives from the heraldic symbol of Richard II?
WHITEHART
X What phobia is the fear of the colour yellow?
XANTHOPHOBIA
Y Bulgaria is the world’s largest consumer per head of which foodstuff?
YOGHURT
Z What was the destination of the second Road movie starring Hope and Crosby?
ZANZIBAR
