QUIZ 007

QUIZ 007
Each week, I’ll post up a sample of the questions used in an actual Pub Quiz in Birmingham, UK. The answers will follow a week later. For information about the full six round quiz (which includes picture and music rounds) and how you can run it in your venue – email internetpubquiz@gmail.com

1. Gennaro Pellicca has had his tongue insured for £10million, what’s his job title?

2. A Sealyham Terrier called Charmin was crowned best in show at Crufts in 2009, but which movie director owned 3 of the dogs called ‘Geoffrey’, ‘Stanley’ and ‘Mr Jenkins’?

3. Which roller-coaster first opened to the public on 4th April 1980, and completed its last circuit on 9th November 2008?

4. Who was the Democratic candidate in the 2004 US Presidential election?

5. What is the name of the actor who plays Merry in the Lord of the Rings trilogy and Charlie in Lost?

6. Edward Lear is said to have written 212 of what type of poem?

7. Which cocktail was named after a surfer who used to get drunk and bump into things?

8. Which Monkee auditioned for the part of ‘the Fonz’ in Happy Days?

9. Where on a cowboy would you find a Rowel?

10. Oprah Winfrey got the name Oprah because of a misspelling on her birth certificate. What was her name supposed to have been?

11. Two footballers born in Ashton-Under-Lyme have won World Cup winner’s medals as players. Sir Geoff Hurst is one. What nationality is the other?

12. The world record is 56.9 seconds, held by Margo Uusorg and Sandra Kullos of Estonia, the course is 253.5 meters long and the world championships are always held in Finland. Name the sport.