Clayheads 10-Question Quiz (8th February 2009)

1. In the musical scale, what note is referred to as the ‘Dominant’?

2. Which rock star is currently irritating viewers advertising SwiftCover Insurance?

3. Which river enters St. Andrews Bay northwest of the famous golf links?

4. In the U.S., what term is used to describe the practice of overstaffing in order to save or create jobs, particularly in compliance with a union contract?

5. In what kind of facility does Homer Simpson work?

6. Which American singer, the son of a famous comedian, fronted the band The Playboys?

7. Tennis player Althea Gibson also played which other sport professionally?

8. In the 1970s, Martin Landau, Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, Patrick McGoohan, Ruth Gordon and Donald Pleasence were all apprehended by which detective?

9. In which county is the Isle of Thanet?

10. What type of pasta is derived from the Italian for “butterfly”?

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1. The Fifth
2. Iggy Pop
3. Eden
4. Featherbedding
5. Nuclear Power Plant
6. Gary Lewis
7. Golf
8. Lt. Columbo
9. Kent
10. Farfalle

Clayheads 10-Question Quiz (1st February 2009)

1. Which musical film features the songs I’d Do Anything, Where Is Love, and As Long as He Needs Me?

2. Which city’s American football team were named after a tiger that was resident in the local zoo at the time of their formation?

3. Which father-and-son lived on Oil Drum lane?

4. How many yards are there in a fathom?

5. What fruit is visible in Magritte’s 1964 painting ‘The Son of Man’?

6. Prominent in the late 19th century, what were windjammers?

7. What species of bird is also called a spink?

8. In EastEnders, Dennis “Dirty Den” Watts served his wife with divorce papers on Christmas Day, 1986. What was her name?

9. Which town, the only deepwater port on the west coast of Britain between Liverpool and Glasgow, is home to a football-like tradition called “Uppies and Downies”?

10. In the “four candles” sketch by The Two Ronnies, what word is seen written on the shelf at the very end of the skit?

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1. Oliver!
2. Cincinnati Bengals
3. Steptoe and Son
4. 2
5. Apple
6. Ships
7. Chaffinch
8. Angie (Watts)
9. Workington
10. Billhooks

Clayheads 10-Question Quiz (25th January 2009)

1. What species of tree is a sycamore?

2. Which fictional character created by G.K. Chesterton was based on a parish priest in Bradford?

3. Which 80s/90s American TV series was set around the law firm McKenzie, Brackman, Chaney and Kuzak?

4. Chris Norman was the lead singer with which 70s group, who had Top 10 hits with ‘If You Think You Know How To Love Me’ and ‘Oh Carol’?

5. When Anders Celsius introduced the temperature scale that bears his name, what value did he apply to boiling point?

6. Which politician famously picked up the ceremonial mace in 1976?

7. Which famous foodstuff from Kendal is said to be popular with climbers and mountaineers?

8. Which car company based in Malvern hand builds all of its cars?

9. On the council flag of which British island would you find a depiction of a castle and three crowns?

10. What two-word catchphrase became associated with Tony Hancock via the radio show 'Educating Archie'?

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1. Maple
2. Father Brown
3. L.A. Law
4. Smokie
5. 0 degrees
6. Michael Heseltine
7. Kendal Mint Cake
8. Morgan
9. Isle of Wight
10. Flippin’ Kids

Clayheads 10-Question Quiz (18th January 2009)

1. Which Coventry-based motorcycle manufacturing firm went bankrupt in 1983?

2. Playing on the super serious image of its star, what two-word term was used on the poster for the 1939 film Ninotchka?

3. What is a sun-dried brick used for construction in hot climates called?

4. Which island in New York harbour served as an immigration centre from 1892 to 1943?

5. Earl Grey tea is flavoured using the rind of which fruit?

6. Who holds the record for the most club appearances for Stoke City FC?

7. John Couch Adams, Walter Baade, Harlow Shapley and Fred Hoyle are famous names in which scientific field?

8. Who is the patron saint of musicians and church music?

9. Which character in Blake's 7 was played by Glynis Barber?

10. CFL's are replacing old-fashioned light bulbs. What do the letters CFL stand for?

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1. Triumph
2. Garbo Laughs
3. Adobe
4. Ellis Island
5. Bergamot (Orange)
6. Eric Skeels
7. Astronomy
8. St. Cecilia
9. Soolin
10. Compact Fluorescent Lamp (accept Compact Fluorescent Light)

Clayheads 10-Question Quiz (11th January)

1. Which TV series featured Master Po, Master Kan and Kwai Chang Caine?

2. Vampire bats are native to which continent?

3. Which song begins “You never close your eyes any more when I kiss your lips”?

4. The officials in which sport are sometimes known as “zebras”?

5. The so-called “Baftagate” incident of 1991 occurred when several judges demanded to see the votes, only to find they were “lost”, resulting in Prime Suspect beating which Alan Bleasdale-penned series to win the Best Drama Serial award?

6. The first line of the original version of Do They Know It’s Christmas was sung by which artist?

7. What is the appropriate (or perhaps lazy) name of the interactive museum of news and journalism in Washington, DC?

8. What was the name of Henry VIII’s older brother?

9. How is Yorkshire Feta cheese now known as?

10. On what object would you find the ‘peen’?

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1. Kung Fu
2. South America
3. You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling
4. American Football
5. G.B.H.
6. Paul Young
7. Newseum
8. Arthur
9. Fine Fettle
10. Hammer

Clayheads 10-Question Quiz (4th January 2009)

1. Which singer was known as “The Big O”?

2. Which team did Bill Shankly say was “the second best team on Merseyside”?

3. What is the name of Winston’s wife in George Orwell’s ‘Nineteen Eighty-Four’?

4. Who, according to a nursery rhyme, “could eat no fat”?

5. Which Birmingham-born comedian was the subject of the first ITV ‘An Audience With…’ show in 1978?

6. Which TV production company was established by Prince Edward in 1993?

7. In which Lancashire town is Moorhouse’s Brewery based?

8. Who starred alongside Nigel Bruce (who portrayed Dr. Watson) in the Sherlock Holmes films from 1939 to 1946?

9. What links the jockey David Nicholson with the actor John Wayne?

10. Vaudeville artist Alvin “Shipwreck” Kelly specialised in what form of act, which spawned a fad and series of imitators in 1920s America?

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1. Roy Orbison
2. Liverpool Reserve Team
3. Katharine
4. Jack Sprat
5. Jasper Carrot
6. Argent
7. Burnley
8. Basil Rathbone
9. The Duke (nicknames)
10. Flagpole Sitting

Clayheads 10-Question Quiz (21st December 2008)

1. Which 1970s Top 10 Mike Oldfield song was based on the carol ‘Good Christian Men Rejoice’?

2. Which detective features in the books ‘The High Window’, ‘The Lady and The Lake’ and ‘Playback’?

3. “Whispering” Ted Lowe was a commentator associated with which sport?

4. Who portrayed the U.S. marshal tracking fugitive Harrison Ford in the 1993 film The Fugitive?

5. What four letter word, perhaps suggesting its cosy nature, refers to a small enclosure in a pub allowing a small number of people to sit in private?

6. The Granny Smith apple was originally cultivated in which country?

7. Named after legendary moneylender John Derby, 'darbies' is an archaic term for what item?

8. Which Coronation Street character was killed by a Blackpool tram in 1989?

9. What colour is a female blackbird?

10. On a British Monopoly board, what is the first train station after Go!?

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1. In Dulci Jublio
2. Philip Marlowe
3. Snooker
4. Tommy Lee Jones
5. Snug
6. Australia
7. Handcuffs
8. Alan Bradley
9. Brown
10. King’s Cross

Clayheads 10-Question Quiz (14th December 2008)

1. In Indian cuisine, what is Kulfi?

2. Which English sporting superstar was born in Heswall in 1955?

3. What epithet is written on the tombstone of Teresa di Vicenzo, the deceased wife of James Bond?

4. According to a No. 1 hit by Carl Douglas, everybody was performing which martial art?

5. In WW2, what term was used in Nazi Germany for a prisoner of war camp specifically for officers?

6. Which species of willow tree, Salix viminalis, provides a source of wood generally used for making baskets?

7. Who painted ‘The Laughing Cavalier’?

8. Which BBC sitcom featured the characters of Otto Flick and Von Smallhausen?

9. The B.O.S.S. was a secret police organisation in which country between 1966 and 1980?

10. Which island in the Inner Hebrides houses Fingal’s Cave?

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1. Ice Cream
2. Ian Botham
3. We Have All The Time In The World
4. Kung Fu
5. Oflag
6. Osier
7. Frans Hals
8. ‘Allo ‘Allo
9. South Africa
10. Staffa

Clayheads 10-Question Quiz (7th December 2008)

1. What is the Japanese art of paper folding called?

2. What term is given to a volume of paper equal to 20 quires?

3. What is usually kept in an ‘etui’?

4. In the comic books, and films, who is the girlfriend of Clark Kent, the alter ego of Superman?

5. What general nickname is given to the traditional eight prestigious colleges of New England, including Harvard and Yale?

6. What was the nickname of the U.S. serial killer David Berkowitz?

7. What was the title of the 1994 debut album by Oasis?

8. Who was the first actor to portray Bernard Quatermass in the 1953 TV show ‘The Quatermass Experiment’?

9. In the nursery rhyme, how many fiddlers did Old King Cole call?

10. Which Latin phrase means "Seize the Day"?

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1. Origami
2. Ream
3. Sewing Needles
4. Lois Lane
5. Ivy League
6. Son of Sam
7. Definitely Maybe
8. Reginald Tate
9. 3
10. Carpe Diem

Clayheads Ten-Question Quiz (30th November 2008)

1. Derived from the nickname of the English admiral Edward Vernon, what was a diluted drink of rum in the Navy called?

2. Which rock group released the 70s albums ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’ and ‘The Wall’?

3. In the Bible, who was the leader of the Angels’ rebellion?

4. In which town in Lincolnshire was Isaac Newton said to have watched an apple fall to the ground?

5. Rarely used by the composer himself, what was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s first name?

6. What word in the English language is said to have originated from an old Persian name for Sri Lanka?

7. Which former newsreader for the BBC hosted the Channel 4 adventure series ‘Treasure Hunt’?

8. In terms of shipping, what does RMS stand for?

9. What is the American equivalent of the “knacker’s yard”, a term used to describe a place where useless items are to be placed?

10. The male species of which mammal can engage in “necking”, a term used to describe fighting and attempts to gain dominance?

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1. Grog
2. Pink Floyd
3. Lucifer
4. Woolsthorpe
5. Johann (or Johannes)
6. Serendipity
7. Kenneth Kendall
8. Royal Mail Ship
9. Glue Factory
10. Giraffe

Clayheads Ten-Question Quiz (16th November 2008)

1. ‘As It Happens’ was the title of which entertainer’s 1975 autobiography?

2. Although better known for roles in films such as ‘Dial M For Murder’, ‘Rear Window’ and ‘To Catch a Thief’, which actress won her only Oscar for the 1954 film ‘The Country Girl’?

3. ‘Aztec’, ‘Industrial’, ‘Futuristic’, ‘Ocean’ and ‘Medieval’ were the zones in which Channel 4 adventure game show?

4. How many Penitential Psalms are there?

5. Which actor played the role of Popeye in a 1980 live action film based on the cartoon strip?

6. Which guitarist voiced the character of Parson Nathaniel on Jeff Wayne’s concept album ‘The War of the Worlds’?

7. How many fluid ounces are there in a pint?

8. Which pop art painter produced many of the early Velvet Underground albums?

9. What is a “Cecil's Fast”?

10. In which capital city did Muhammad Ali fight his last professional bout?

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1. Jimmy Savile
2. Grace Kelly
3. The Crystal Maze
4. 7
5. Robin Williams
6. Phil Lynott
7. 20
8. Andy Warhol
9. A Dinner of Fish
10. Nassau

Clayheads 10-Question Quiz (23rd November 2008)

1. Track, Bristol, Willow, Piper and Trig are the interesting names of the children of which political figure, who sprung to fame (and a certain amount of ridicule and criticism) in 2008?

2. Which Brazilian Grand Prix driver made his debut with the British Toleman team in 1984?

3. Scarlett Johansson’s 2008 album ‘Anywhere I Lay My Head’ featured cover songs of which artist?

4. What was the name of the Greenpeace ship that the French military bombed in 1985?

5. In which street is the Bank of England?

6. What word (now infamous) appeared as the headline on the front of The Sun newspaper on the 4th May 1982?

7. Which Turner Prize winner has directed the 2008 film ‘Hunger’, about the IRA member Bobby Sands and the 1981 Hunger Strike?

8. What did WW2 BBC radio doctor Charles Hill describe as ‘black-coated workers’?

9. Which American singer has recently adopted the alternative persona Sasha Fierce?

10. Which tough grass is used to stabilize sand dunes?

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1. Sarah Palin
2. Ayrton Senna
3. Tom Waits
4. Rainbow Warrior
5. Threadneedle Street
6. Gotcha
7. Steve McQueen
8. Prunes
9. Beyonce (Knowles)
10. Marram Grass

Clayheads 10-Question Quiz (9th November 2008)

1. Which pop/folk duo called themselves Tom & Jerry when they first met in 1957?

2. Which London jeweller exclusively makes the Victoria Cross?

3. Children’s favourite Gordon the Gopher was usually seen with which presenter?

4. Said during the Battle of Arnhem in 1944, complete this quote by Frederick Browning to Field Marshal Montgomery: “I think we may be going...”?

5. Who portrayed Mr. Chips in the 1969 film version of 'Goodbye, Mr. Chips'?

6. In which city were the Jehovah's Witnesses founded in 1872?

7. Which quarter day in England falls on March 25?

8. Which drama school is located on Gower Street, London?

9. On which island would you find the Laxey Wheel?

10. In which U.S. city would you expect to buy a cheese steak?

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1. Simon and Garfunkel
2. Hancocks
3. Phillip Schofield
4. A Bridge Too Far
5. Peter O’Toole
6. Pittsburgh
7. Lady Day
8. RADA
9. Isle of Man
10. Philadelphia

Clayheads 10-Question Quiz (2nd November 2008)

1. Who once said "The decathlon is nine Mickey Mouse events followed by the 1,500 metres"?

2. In Oliver Stone’s new film, ‘W.’, which actor portrays George W. Bush?

3. Joe Johnson was a surprise world champion in which sport in 1986?

4. Aged 80 when he won, who is the oldest male to win an “acting” (either Best Actor, or Best Supporting Actor) Oscar?

5. Although criticizing and humiliating the public are de rigueur these days, it wasn’t always so: Whose snooty put-downs to Devon housewife Gwen Troake all but ended her TV career in 1976?

6. The 1956 musical comedy ‘You Can’t Run Away From It’ was a remake of which 1934 screwball comedy starring Claudette Colbert and Clark Gable?

7. Which family of birds to the jackdaw, rook and raven belong to?

8. Alexey Stakhanov became well known in the Soviet Union during the 1930s after appearing in newspapers and posters as a model worker. What was his occupation?

9. What element was used as a thickener in the production of napalm?

10. Which opera singer was known as "The Swedish Nightingale"?

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1. STEVE OVETT
2. JOSH BROLIN
3. SNOOKER
4. GEORGE BURNS
5. FANNY CRADDOCK
6. IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT
7. CROW or CORVUS
8. (COAL) MINER
9. ALUMINIUM
10. JENNY LIND

Clayheads 10-Question Quiz (26th October 2008)

1. Which famous writer was named after a lake in North Staffordshire?

2. After pressure from religious groups, the Tampa Bay Rays dropped what word from their name at the beginning of the 2008 MLB season?

3. Hardly off the radio in the mid to late 80s, which U.S. group had hits such as ‘The Power of Love’, ‘Stuck With You’, Hip To Be Square’ and ‘Do You Believe in Love’?

4. In the farce by Alfred Jarry, Ubu Roi becomes king of which country?

5. In which card game might you hear the phrases “One for his nob” and “Two for his heels”?

6. Founded in 1838, Hardman and Co. are a name associated with which particular field/craft?

7. Which famous Belgian Tervuren died in 2008?

8. Who shared the ticket with Bob Dole as the Republican Vice-Presidential nominee in 1996?

9. The tennis player John McEnroe and the actor Bruce Willis were born in which country?

10. Which early 90s TV series was set in Cicely, Alaska?

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1 . Rudyard KIPLING
2. DEVIL
3. HUEY LEWIS and THE NEWS
4. POLAND
5. CRIBBAGE
6. STAINED GLASS WINDOWS
7. WELLARD
8. JACK KEMP
9. GERMANY
10. NORTHERN EXPOSURE

Clayheads 10-Question Quiz (19th October 2008)

1. According to Arthur Daley in ‘Minder’ “the world is your…..” what?

2. The first modern Olympic Games in Athens in 1896, took place in what month?

3. On what ship did Captain Scott sail his last Antarctic expedition?

4. Which bird's call is said to sound like a "little bit of bread and no cheese"?

5. Who was Dante referring to when he wrote in his 'Divine Comedy': "The Master of those who know"?

6. What is the name of the powerful current caused by conflicting tides around Shetland and Orkney?

7. What kind of thin fragile porcelain is named after a town in Northern Ireland?

8. Which London street is traditionally associated with shirt-making?

9. Which model is the great-granddaughter of Lord Beaverbrook?

10. What nickname is often used for a male with the surname of Miller?

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1. LOBSTER
2. APRIL
3. TERRA NOVA
4. YELLOWHAMMER
5. ARISTOTLE
6. THE ROOST
7. BELLEEK
8. JERMYN STREET
9. JODIE KIDD
10. DUSTY

Clayheads 10-Question Quiz (12th October 2008)

1. How many cards are used in the card game Fifty One?

2. What type of fruit is a Blenheim Orange?

3 .In the infamous 1970s Athena poster of a female tennis player (Fiona Butler) scratching her posterior, how many tennis balls are visible?

4. What is the variety of pizza where the ingredients are incorporated into the dough?

5. What type of 70s haircut was named after a character played by Joanna Lumley?

6. Which form of transport shares its name with a 1957 skiffle hit for Chas McDevitt’s Skiffle Group featuring Nancy Whiskey?

7. Which TV presenter is married to the chef Phil Vickery?

8. Which division of the High Court deals with bankruptcy?

9. What is Menzies Campbell's first name?

10. In Canada, the post code consists of a letter/number/letter/number/letter/number. As a result letters “to Santa” are sent to what appropriate postcode?

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1. 32
2. APPLE
3. 4 (Yes, you want to check it out on Google Images, don't you!)
4. SICILIAN
5. The PURDEY
6. FREIGHT TRAIN
7. FERN BRITTON
8. CHANCERY
9. WALTER
10. H0H0H0

Clayheads 10-Question Quiz (6th October 2008)

1. Banned by radio stations at the time, Je t'aime... moi non plus by Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin sailed to the No. 1 spot despite its “sexual explicitness”. It wasn’t quite as successful on the U.S Hot 100, but it did – rather appropriately, reach what position on that chart?

2. What type of meat shares its name with the back of the leg above the knee?

3. Who has directed the films Mo Better Blues, He Got Game and Malcolm X?

4. What is the appropriate nickname of the veteran baseball pitcher Kenny Rogers?

5. Their use has declined over the years, but for what reason are Styptic Pencils used?

6. The Canadian stand-up comedian Mort Sahl famously said of which man: “Would you buy a used car from this man?"?

7. Which of the four provinces of Ireland features a red hand on its flag?

8. A concoction of rum, gin, brandy and a few other things, who created the cocktail Hangman’s Blood? G.B. Shaw, Anthony Burgess or George Orwell.

9. Which Scottish football team are based in Dumfries?

10. What was the name of the dye obtained from the plant Isatis tinctoria that was used by the ancient Britons?

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1. 69
2. HAM
3. SPIKE LEE
4. THE GAMBLER
5. HEAL SHAVING CUTS (OR STOP BLEEDING)
6. RICHARD NIXON
7. ULSTER
8. Anthony BURGESS
9. QUEEN OF THE SOUTH
10. WOAD

Clayheads 10-Question Quiz (27th September 2008)

1. King, Emperor and Chinstrap are species of which bird?

2. What are you said to reap if you sow in the wind?

3. Which cricketer was known as 'The Bank Clerk Who Went To War' after he stood up to the fast bowling of Australia and the West Indies in 1975?

4. Councillors in which Lancashire town in 2004 considered adding 'le-moors' to the name of the town, something not heard since pre-industrial times?

5. What two letters are placed after French public limited companies?

6. The TV series ‘ER’ is set in which city?

7. In 1914, Jan Smuts wrote "The saint has left our shores, I hope forever". Who was he referring to?

8. According to a song by the Monty Python troupe, in which country could you go “pony trekking or camping, or just watch TV”?

9. What is the name of the hill in County Westmeath, Ireland, which was home to the seat of the kings of Ireland before 560 AD?

10. In 'The Simpsons', what is Homer's favourite brand of beer?

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1. PENGUIN
2. A WHIRLWIND
3. David STEELE
4. BOLTON
5. SA
6. CHICAGO
7. Mahatma GANDHI
8. FINLAND
9. TARA
10. DUFF

Clayheads 10-Question Quiz (16th September 2008)

1. What name is given to the fused clavicle bone found in birds which is shaped like the letter ‘Y’?

2. The upmarket store Smythson, located on Bond Street, London, mainly specialises in what?

3. Referring to the difficulties of adjusting to playing football and living in Italy, which footballer once said: "It was like being in a foreign country"?

4. What was the rather unusual first name of Gene Autry?

5. What technical term is used to describe the swelling of the lymph nodes?

6. Which song is forever associated with Laurel and Hardy after they sung it in the 1937 film ‘Way Out West’?

7. Which 1972 novel by R.F. Delderfield was later turned into a BBC mini-series?

8. Now owned by United Brands, which biscuit-maker produces Jaffa Cakes?

9. What was the permanently coupled rear part of a large steam locomotive, which carried its coal and water?

10. What was the name of the comic strip character Andy Capp's best friend?

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1. WISHBONE (or Furcula)
2. STATIONRY (accept leather goods, diaries)
3. IAN RUSH
4. ORVON
5. BUBONIC (accept Bubo)
6. THE TRAIL OF THE LONESOME PINE
7. TO SERVE THEM ALL MY DAYS
8. MCVITIES
9. TENDER
10. CHALKIE (WHITE)