BUMPER Christmas quiz
With travel back on our agenda after so quiz is appropriately On The Move. All the many restrictions, the theme of this year’s answers are on page 66. We hope you enjoy it!
Round 1: Bicycles
Cycling is ever popular, so it’s a good place to start!
1 In 1870 an English inventor created a bike with a large wheel and a small wheel. Name it.
2 This type of bike was used as the logo for a place called ‘The Village’ in which cult 1960s TV series starring Patrick McGoohan?
3 What is the annual bicycle race that takes place across mainly French territory, includes a section in the Pyrenees and Alps, and finishes at the Champs-Elysées in Paris?
4 What do you call a bike that’s designed for two people to ride at the same time, one behind the other?
5 In an Oscar-winning 1982 film, a silhouette of a boy and an alien on a bicycle is shown against a silvery moon. What is the name of the movie?
6 What is an arena for track cycling that has steeply banked oval curves called?
7 On what type of bike did Charlotte Worthington do a 360-degree backflip on Sunday 1 August 2021 to win an Olympic gold medal in Tokyo?
8 The 1948 Italian movie Ladri di Biciclette is regularly ranked as one of the world’s greatest films. What is its English title?
9 Which children’s bike with distinctive high handlebars and long, banana-shaped saddle was demonstrated on the BBC’s in June 1970 and went on to become an icon of that decade?
