This quiz is about United States capitals. Of which state are the following the capital cities?
1. Montgomery
Alabama
2. Boise
Idaho
3. Boston
Massachusetts
4. Bismarck
North Dakota
5. Providence
Rhode Island
6. Salt Lake City
Utah
7. Columbia
South Carolina
8. Albany
New York
9. Cheyenne
Wyoming
10. Carson City
Nevada
This round is all about inventions. Which inventions are the following people credited with (either fully or partly)? In the case of inventors who had their name associated with more than one creation we are looking for their most famous.
1. John Logie Baird
Television
2. Alexander Graham Bell
Telephone
3. George W. Ferris
Big Wheel/ Ferris Wheel
4. Levi Strauss
Blue Jeans
5. Mary Anderson
Windscreen Wiper Blade
6. Whitcomb L. Judson
Zip
7. Edwin Herbert Land
Polaroid Camera
8. Jethro Tull
Seed Drill
9. Marion Donovan
Waterproof Disposable Nappy
10. Alexander Bain
Electric Clock/ Fax Machine
This round is all about cockney rhyming slang. What do the following mean?
1. Ayrton Senna
Tenner (10 pounds)
2. Wallace and Gromit
Vomit
3. Mushy Peas
Keys
4. Muswell Hill
Bill (in a restaurant)
5. Bag for Life
Wife
6. Dolly Mixtures
Pictures
7. Adrian Mole
Dole
8. Acker Bilk
Milk
9. Haddock and Bloater
Motor
10. Tea Leaf
Thief
Can you name the mother of these celebrity children?
1. Maddox, Pax, Vivienne, Zahara, Shiloh and Knox.
Angelina Jolie
2. Peaches, Pixie, Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily and Fifi Trixabelle.
Paula Yates
3. Aimee, Kelly and Jack.
Sharon Osbourne
4. Phoenix Chi, Angel Iris and Madison
Melanie Brown
5. Apple and Moses
Gwyneth Paltrow
6. Emme Maribel and Maximilian David
Jennifer Lopez
7. Tate and Beau
Emma Bunton
8. Blue Ivy, Rumi and Sir
Beyoncé Knowles
9. Lourdes, Rocco, David and Mercy (Chifundo)
Madonna
10. Isabella Jane, Sunday Rose, Connor and Faith Margaret
Nicole Kidman
1. For which 1986 film did Queen’s album ‘A Kind of Magic’ form the soundtrack?
Highlander
2. The hits of which band include ‘The One I Love’, ‘Man on the Moon’ and ‘Nightswimming’?
R.E.M.
3. Which 80s female singing duo were backing vocalists for Wham! before releasing their own debut single ‘Heartache’ in 1987?
Pepsi and Shirlie
4. In musical notation, how many crochets are there in a semibreve?
4
5. The first names of which classical composer were George Frideric?
Handel
6. In which language is the opera ‘Madam Butterfly’ written?
Italian
7. In 2008, Ireland’s entry for the Eurovision Song Contest was ‘Irelande Douze Pointe’, by a stuffed animal called Dustin – what kind of creature was he?
A turkey
8. Which band’s albums include ‘Sticky Fingers’, ‘Beggars Banquet’ and ‘Steel Wheels’?
Rolling Stones
9. The original cover for which Beatles album was banned due its controversial image?
Yesterday and Today (Butcher cover)
10. The 1946 song ‘Beyond the Sea’ was adapted from the original French version ‘La Mer’ – but who wrote the original music and lyrics?
Charles Trenet
1. If something is cooked in the style ‘Lyonnaise’, what does it contain?
Onions
2. Which planet has an orbit which reaches closest to Earth?
Venus
3. In which year did the period of prohibition in the USA end?
1933
4. In Lewis Carroll’s ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’, which creature sits on a mushroom smoking a hookah?
A caterpillar
5. Which of the wives of Henry VIII was the second to be executed?
Kathryn Howard
6. What is the name of the household butler in ‘The Addams Family’?
Lurch
7. What is the currency of Ghana?
Ghana Cedi
8. In which year did Torvill and Dean win gold for their bolero at the Winter Olympics?
1984
9. Captain Sensible sang the theme tune to which UK TV game show?
Big Break
10. The year 2000 was a leap year – true or false?
True