QuizSchool's Quick Quizzes: Quick Quizzes, #1

By Adrian Allen

Welcome...

It’s my pleasure to present Book One of QuizSchool’s Quick Quizzes.

This book is an ideal source for quick questions to test your knowledge on subjects such as music, films, history, geography and literature.

Play in groups or just test your own skills and recall at home!

All questions and answers are easily accessible; it’s easy to use answer pages as a cue sheet for question masters!

Let’s get Quizzing!

• Language: English
• Publisher: QuizSchool
• Release date: Mar 3, 2017
• ISBN: 9781386514985

Book preview

Welcome...

It’s my pleasure to present Book One of QuizSchool’s Quick Quizzes.

This book is an ideal source for quick questions to test your knowledge on subjects such as music, films, history, geography and literature.

Play in groups or just test your own skills and recall at home!

All questions and answers are easily accessible; it’s easy to use answer pages as a cue sheet for question masters!

Let’s get Quizzing!

A.Allen February 2017.

Question Set 1

A Jewish girl becomes what at the age of 12?

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IN WHICH STRUCTURE would you find a Mott, Bailey and Keep?

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‘THE LEGEND OF XANADU' was the only Number One hit for whom?

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IN HERALDRY, WHAT IS a 'canton'?

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THE HERON 'OLD NOG' can be found in which book?

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AN 'ONYCHOPHAGIST' does what?

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WHAT IS THE TERM GIVEN to where a colony of seals lives?

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THE HERB 'LOVAGE' IS known by what other name?

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WHAT IS THE NAME OF the United Kingdom's second highest mountain?

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WHO STARRED IN AND directed the film 'Sharky's Machine'?

Question Set 1 - With Answers

A Jewish girl becomes what at the age of 12?

A bat mitzvah

In which structure would you find a Mott, Bailey and Keep?

A Castle

‘The Legend of Xanadu' was the only Number One hit for whom?

‘Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich'.

In Heraldry, what is a 'Canton'?

A corner or square division on a shield

The heron 'Old Nog' can be found in which book?

‘Tarka the Otter'.

An ‘onychophagist' does what?

Bites/eats his nails.

What is the term given to where a colony of seals lives?

A rookery'.

The herb 'lovage' is known by what other name?

‘Sea parsley'.

What is the name of the United Kingdom's second highest mountain?

Ben Macdui.

Who starred in and directed the film 'Sharky's Machine'?

Burt Reynolds.

Question Set 2

What was the original name of Drake's famous ship, 'The Golden Hind'?

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WHICH SINGER WAS BORN Thomas Woodward in 1940?

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WHAT COLOUR IS THE variety of quartz known as 'citrine'?

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‘PARACHUTES' WAS THE debut album of which British band?

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WHAT IS THE SCIENTIFIC name for a ‘squint’?

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ON THE ‘BEAUFORT SCALE’ what is represented by 11?

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WHO PLAYED A 'VAMPIRE' in the 1939 film 'The Return of Doctor X'?

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WHO STARRED IN AND directed the film ‘Unforgiven'?

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IN 'HAMLET’, POLONIUS hides behind an ‘arras’. What is an ‘arras’?

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THE SIXTEENTH-CENTURY adventurer Francis Drake died in which country?

Question Set 2 - With Answers

What was the original name of Drake's famous ship, 'The Golden Hind'?

‘The Pelican'.

Which singer was born Thomas Woodward in 1940?

Tom Jones.

What colour is the variety of quartz known as 'citrine'?

Yellow.

Parachutes' was the debut album of which British band?

Coldplay.

What is the scientific name for a ‘squint’?

Strabismus.

On the ‘Beaufort Scale’ what is represented by 11?

Storm.

Who played a 'vampire' in the 1939 film 'The Return of Doctor X'?

Humphrey Bogart.

Who starred in and directed the film ‘Unforgiven'?

Clint Eastwood.

In 'Hamlet’, Polonius hides behind an ‘arras’. What is an ‘arras’?

A wall hanging/tapestry.

The sixteenth-century adventurer Francis Drake died in which country?

Panama.

Question Set 3

What is the capital city of Ghana?

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‘WALLACHIA', AN OLD province, is part of which country?

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WHICH POPULAR TV SERIES launched the career Jimmy Nail?

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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE published 154... what?

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WHAT CHARACTER DOES David Tennant play in ‘Broadchurch’

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IN THE THEATRE, WHICH play is superstitiously known as 'The Scottish Play'? 

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WHAT ARE THE TWO MAIN constituents of the Italian dish 'Risi e Bisi'?

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WHAT DOES THE JAPANESE word ‘obi’ mean?

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WHAT WAS THE FIRST full-length novel to feature Sherlock