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Thanks to the guys for getting this great new site up and running and here is a brand new quiz thread. You know the rules. Please don't post your answers before the quizzer does. Don't forget to post your scores.  
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Who/What is the oldest Quiz

1.  Which legendary goalkeeper holds the record as the oldest player to win the FIFA World Cup?
Dino Zoff - Zoff was 40 years old when Italy won, 3 – 1, over West Germany at the 1982 World Cup finals

2.  Anne was the oldest of which group of singing sisters?
The Nolans

3.  Which football player is the oldest to ever have represented England?
Stanley Matthews (aged 42)

4.  What is the title that is bestowed on the senior member of the House of Commons who has the longest continuous service?  Bonus point if you can name who the title currently belongs to.
Father of the House – Currently Sir Edward Leigh

5.  Who was the oldest in the pop group the Spice Girls?
Geri Halliwell  - Just Geri or Ginger Spice is fine!

6.  Which Welsh actor is now the oldest ever Academy Award (Oscar) winner of Best Actor in a Leading Role at 83 years old.?
Anthony Hopkins – The Father (2020 film)

7.  The oldest recipient of the ‘Best Actress in a Leading Role’ award comes in at only a few years younger than the oldest male, with which late actress winning for Bruce Beresford’s Driving Miss Daisy when she was 80?
Jessica Tandy – At the 1990 Awards.

8.  Which country has the oldest, continuously used national flag in the world?
Denmark

9.  Which is the older Taylor Swift or Sky Sports?
Taylor Swift born 1989 – Sky Sports launched 1991

10.  For a total three points who was the oldest member of the "Friends" cast?  Two points for their real name, one point for character name.
Lisa Kudrow – Phoebe

11.  Who holds records for being both the youngest and the oldest woman to have a self-written UK number one song?
Kate Bush - (19 years old, Wuthering Heights) and oldest (63 years old, Running up that hill)

12.  The Ashmolean Museum is the world's first and oldest university museum.  In which British city is it?
Oxford

13. Bass Brewery's logo became the first image to be registered as a trademark in the UK, in 1876, making it the UK's oldest image to be a registered trademark.  The logo is a red what?
Triangle

14.  Which is older, Sliced Bread or Dick Van Dyke?
Dick Van Dyke - Dick Van Dyke was born December 13, 1925 -Sliced bread was invented on July 7, 1928

15.  Who is the older out of Ant and Dec?
Dec is the older of the two, being born September 25, 1975, while Ant was born on November 18, 1975

16.  What was first, the Jurassic, Cretaceous or Triassic period?
Triassic - Triassic, Jurassic then Cretaceous – when you look at how long dinosaurs were on earth compared to humans it is mind boggling.

17. Which actor was the oldest of all the Bond’s when they first took the role of James Bond in the official EON Films? 
Roger Moore at 45.  Also, the oldest in his final film at 57

18.  With a foundation date of 1862, which English club is considered the oldest professional football club in the world?
Notts County FC

19.  Who is the oldest, King Charles III or Donald Trump?
Donald Trump - Trump born June 14, 1946 - Charles III born November 14, 1948

20.  Which language, an official language in Sri Lanka and Singapore, is considered the world's oldest language (at over 5,000 years old)?
Tamil

 
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Who/What is the oldest Quiz

1.  Which legendary goalkeeper holds the record as the oldest player to win the FIFA World Cup?

2.  Anne was the oldest of which group of singing sisters?

3.  Which football player is the oldest to ever have represented England?

4.  What is the title that is bestowed on the senior member of the House of Commons who has the longest continuous service?  Bonus point if you can name who the title currently belongs to.

5.  Who was the oldest in the pop group the Spice Girls?

6.  Which Welsh actor is now the oldest ever Academy Award (Oscar) winner of Best Actor in a Leading Role at 83 years old.?

7.  The oldest recipient of the ‘Best Actress in a Leading Role’ award comes in at only a few years younger than the oldest male, with which late actress winning for Bruce Beresford’s Driving Miss Daisy when she was 80?

8.  Which country has the oldest, continuously used national flag in the world?

9.  Which is the older Taylor Swift or Sky Sports?

10.  For a total three points who was the oldest member of the "Friends" cast?  Two points for their real name, one point for character name.

11.  Who holds records for being both the youngest and the oldest woman to have a self-written UK number one song?

12.  The Ashmolean Museum is the world's first and oldest university museum.  In which British city is it?

13. Bass Brewery's logo became the first image to be registered as a trademark in the UK, in 1876, making it the UK's oldest image to be a registered trademark.  The logo is a red what?

14.  Which is older, Sliced Bread or Dick Van Dyke?

15.  Who is the older out of Ant and Dec?

16.  What was first, the Jurassic, Cretaceous or Triassic period?

17. Which actor was the oldest of all the Bond’s when they first took the role of James Bond in the official EON Films? 

18.  With a foundation date of 1862, which English club is considered the oldest professional football club in the world?

19.  Who is the oldest, King Charles III or Donald Trump?

20.  Which language, an official language in Sri Lanka and Singapore, is considered the world's oldest language (at over 5,000 years old)?


 
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Random Trivia 6

1.  "When You Wish Upon a Star" is a song written for which 1940 film?
Pinocchio

2.  What do galena and a Cluedo murder weapon have in common?
Lead (the mineral galena is a lead ore, and the weapon is lead piping)

3.  Name the only property on a British monopoly board that is south of the river Thames?
Old Kent Road

4.  How many pairs of chromosomes do humans generally have?
23 pairs

5.  How many continents does the equator cross?
Three - South America, Africa and Asia (Although it does not pass through the mainland of Asia, it does run through Indonesia and the Maldives, which are part of the continent of Asia.)

6.  Vinegar consists mainly of which acid?
Acetic acid

7.  In cockney rhyming slang, what is known as the Oxo?
London Underground or London Tube (oxo cube/tube)

8.  What is the only full anagram of the word 'English'?
Shingle

9.  How many people have walked on the moon, is it 10, 11 or 12?
Twelve

10.  In which year was the Cuban missile crisis?
1962

11.  What star sign would you be if your birthday was on Bastille Day?
Cancer

12.  Which classical music piece of work is famously known as the theme music for The Lone Ranger?
William Tell Overture

13.  The Chappaquiddick incident was a 1969 car accident caused by Senator Ted Kennedy, is Chappaquiddick an island, river, county, or small settlement?
An island

14.  Which country has won the most Cricket World Cups?
Australia

15.  The headquarters of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency is in which UK city?
Swansea

16. Devon is bordered by how many counties?  Point each if you can name them.
Three - Cornwall, Dorset and Somerset

17.  Which country is the larger by area: Australia or Brazil?
Brazil

18.  If Roy of the Rovers was playing today, what four letter name would he have on the back of his shirt?
Race

19.  Which animal can deliver a kick capable of killing a lion and also attacked singer Johnny Cash leaving him addicted to painkillers?
An ostrich (Cash was kicked and wounded by an ostrich he kept on his farm)

20.  In which city was Cleopatra born around 69 BC?
Alexandria

 
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Random Trivia 6

1.  "When You Wish Upon a Star" is a song written for which 1940 film?

2.  What do galena and a Cluedo murder weapon have in common?

3.  Name the only property on a British monopoly board that is south of the river Thames?

4.  How many pairs of chromosomes do humans generally have?

5.  How many continents does the equator cross?

6.  Vinegar consists mainly of which acid?

7.  In cockney rhyming slang, what is known as the Oxo?

8.  What is the only full anagram of the word 'English'?

9.  How many people have walked on the moon, is it 10, 11 or 12?

10.  In which year was the Cuban missile crisis?

11.  What star sign would you be if your birthday was on Bastille Day?

12.  Which classical music piece of work is famously known as the theme music for The Lone Ranger?

13.  The Chappaquiddick incident was a 1969 car accident caused by Senator Ted Kennedy, is Chappaquiddick an island, river, county, or small settlement?

14.  Which country has won the most Cricket World Cups?

15.  The headquarters of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency is in which UK city?

16. Devon is bordered by how many counties?  Point each if you can name them.

17.  Which country is the larger by area: Australia or Brazil?

18.  If Roy of the Rovers was playing today, what four letter name would he have on the back of his shirt?

19.  Which animal can deliver a kick capable of killing a lion and also attacked singer Johnny Cash leaving him addicted to painkillers?

20.  In which city was Cleopatra born around 69 BC?



 
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Random Trivia 5

1.  By what name are the 'aurora borealis' also known?
The northern lights

2.  Which of the Greek islands has the largest population?
Crete

3.  What is the capital of Peru?
Lima

4.  James Hargreaves invented the spinning “what” in 1764?
Jenny

5.  What was the name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1971 to 1997?
Zaire

6.  Which junction in Westminster, where six routes meet, is the point from which distances from London are measured?
Charing Cross

7.  What was the name of the snail in the 1970s UK version of the children's television programme Magic Roundabout?
Brian

8.  In which decade was VAT introduced in the UK by the Finance Act? Bonus point if you can name the year
1970s (came into effect on 1 April 1973)

9.  Who played Cameron Poe, a paroled former Army Ranger, in the 1997 film Con Air?
Nicolas Cage

10.  Eric Spear was paid a £6 commission in 1960 to write which now famous TV theme tune?
Coronation Street

11.  Tom Clancy's literary career began when he sold which military thriller novel in 1984?
The Hunt for Red October

12.  Which 1980s BBC TV series takes its name from the Japanese word meaning "roll-call"?
Tenko

13. Which biennial golf tournament for professional female golfers is contested between teams representing Europe and the United States? 
The Solheim Cup

14. The Mousetrap first opened in London's West End in which decade, was it the 50’s, 60’s or 70’s?
1950’s - The longest-running West End show opened in London's West End in 1952 and ran continuously until 16 March 2020, when the stage performances had to be temporarily discontinued during the COVID-19 pandemic. It then re-opened on 17 May 2021.

15.  True or false. It was illegal to drink alcohol in America during prohibition?
False (prohibition banned the sale, manufacture, and distribution of alcohol for drinking purposes but it didn't outlaw consumption)

16.  Which club was Viv Anderson playing for when he became the first black footballer to represent England?
Nottingham Forrest

17.  Which annual race is raced on a track nicknamed the "Brickyard"?
The Indianapolis 500 or Indy 500

18.  In poker, what term is given to five consecutive cards of the same suit in order of value from 10 through to ace?
Royal flush

19.  Henry VIII had two of his wives executed, Anne Boleyn was one, can you name the other?
Catherine Howard

20.  Which song written in 1967 by Mike d'Abo was also the theme for The Office?
Handbags and Gladrags

 
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Back to a bit of everything.

Random Trivia 5

1.  By what name are the 'aurora borealis' also known?

2.  Which of the Greek islands has the largest population?

3.  What is the capital of Peru?

4.  James Hargreaves invented the spinning “what” in 1764?

5.  What was the name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1971 to 1997?

6.  Which junction in Westminster, where six routes meet, is the point from which distances from London are measured?

7.  What was the name of the snail in the 1970s UK version of the children's television programme Magic Roundabout?

8.  In which decade was VAT introduced in the UK by the Finance Act?  Bonus point if you can name the year

9.  Who played Cameron Poe, a paroled former Army Ranger, in the 1997 film Con Air?

10.  Eric Spear was paid a £6 commission in 1960 to write which now famous TV theme tune?

11.  Tom Clancy's literary career began when he sold which military thriller novel in 1984?

12.  Which 1980s BBC TV series takes its name from the Japanese word meaning "roll-call"?

13. Which biennial golf tournament for professional female golfers is contested between teams representing Europe and the United States? 

14. The Mousetrap first opened in London's West End in which decade, was it the 50’s, 60’s or 70’s?

15.  True or false. It was illegal to drink alcohol in America during prohibition?

16.  Which club was Viv Anderson playing for when he became the first black footballer to represent England?

17.  Which annual race is raced on a track nicknamed the "Brickyard"?

18.  In poker, what term is given to five consecutive cards of the same suit in order of value from 10 through to ace?

19.  Henry VIII had two of his wives executed, Anne Boleyn was one, can you name the other?

20.  Which song written in 1967 by Mike d'Abo was also the theme for The Office?


 
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mallard wrote: 27 May 2025, 20:14 Is the answer to Q.11 Kung Fu??


ff so, 13 for me
Well spotted, apologies, indeed it is Kung-Fu.  Answers updated. 👍
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Is the answer to Q.11 Kung Fu??


ff so, 13 for me
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Not as good as yesterday, but I think 12 still a respectable score for me. Thanks Zico
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