Daily Quiz anyone?

[zico]

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.  

[zico]

Christmas Quiz

1.  At what time on Christmas Day does the UK monarch broadcast to the nation?

2. Which two of Santa's reindeers share names with meteorological terms? Point for each.  

3.  Name the fictional character created by Dr. Seuss that stole Christmas?

4.  This year how many different flavours are there in a standard tub of Quality Street, is it nine, ten or eleven?

5.  Which pantomime character marries Alice Fitzwarren?

6.  In the poem 'The Night Before Christmas', visions of what danced in children's heads?
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7.  The American states of Georgia, Arizona, and Indiana all have towns that share which same Christmassy name?

8.  Popular in Victorian England at Christmas, what is a 'Smoking Bishop'?

9. In the 1947 Christmas comedy-drama Miracle on 34th Street, which actress plays the little girl brought up not to believe in Santa Claus? 

10.  The original version of the song 'Do They Know It's Christmas? by Band Aid was released' in which year?

11.  Christmas Island, a territory of the Commonwealth of Australia, is located in which ocean?

12.  Which country is credited with being the first to use the tradition of the Christmas tree?

13.  Who played the character Lee Christmas in The Expendables series of action films?

14.  Which famous writer wrote the first ever King's Christmas message? It was for George V in 1932.

15. According to (UK) tradition, Christmas decorations should come down on which date in January?

16.  How many ghosts appear in A Christmas Carol?

17.  Which song became the first Christmas number one, and the first ever UK number one in 1952?  Bonus point if you can name the singer.

18.  The first Christmas cards, the first crackers and the publishing of A Christmas Carol all happened in the same decade of the 1800s - which decade, was it 1840’s, 1860’s or 1880’s?

19.  Which popular Christmas decoration do the Royal Family apparently NOT have on their trees?

20.  If you were to receive ALL the gifts listed in the 12 Days of Christmas”, how many presents would you have?

21.  And a Christmas bonus question 5 points if you can guess the answer. – Which famous child actress made the famous quote? "I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph." 



 

[easthammer]

I managed to guess 13 of them, Thanks Zico.

I will also use them for the family quiz this Christmas - the grandchildren will love them - even the ones at Uni although they might not admit it! I am sure they only fain their disdain of my Granddad jokes.  The younger ones will of course use them at school. Although thinking about it the reason I got 13 was probably because they had previously told some of them to me.

[Westside]

4. Thanks Zico.

[Mike Oxsaw]

This amused me greatly, so I copied it to my daughters.

They ROASTED me - never mind the chestnuts. They elevated it to the ultimate of "Dad Jokes".

So, thank you for the early spreading of gladings and deep joy.

[zico]

Christmas Riddles Quiz – Guess the answer to the Christmas Riddle. Might be tough but a bit of fun hopefully.  

Example - What comes before Christmas Eve? - Christmas Adam!


1. What do you call a young child’s toy train loaded with toffee? 
A CHEW CHEW TRAIN

2. What sort of wave only comes along each Christmas? 
A YULE-TIDE

3. What do you call an obnoxious reindeer? 
RUDE-OLPH

4. What do you call Santa when he stops moving? 
SANTA PAUSE

5. Where do you find Christmas before Thanksgiving?
 IN THE DICTIONARY

6. What is Tarzan’s favourite Christmas song? 
JUNGLE BELLS

7. What does Santa do in his three gardens? 
HO! HO! HO!

8. What do you get when you cross a snowman with a vampire? 
FROSTBITE

9. What do you get if your cross the festive season with a duck? 
A CHRISTMAS QUACKER

10. What type of photos do elves take? 
ELFIES

11. What has 13 hearts but no other organs? 
A PACK OF CARDS

12. What do you get if you cross an apple and a Christmas tree? 
A PINEAPPLE

13. What do you call a reindeer that likes to frighten people? 
A CARIBOO

14. What athlete is the warmest in winter? 
A LONG JUMPER

15. What driver does not have to wear a seatbelt? 
A SCREWDRIVER

16. What do you get if you cross a boiled sweet with a sheep? 
A BAH HUMBUG

17. What do you lift a frozen car with to change a tyre? 
A JACK FROST

18. What do Santa's little helpers learn at school? 
THE ELF-ABET

19. What can travel around the world without leaving its corner? 
A STAMP

20. What does a reindeer hang on its Christmas tree?
HORN-AMENTS












 

[zico]

Christmas Riddles Quiz – Guess the answer to the Christmas Riddle. Might be tough but a bit of fun hopefully.  

Example - What comes before Christmas Eve? - Christmas Adam!


1. What do you call a young child’s toy train loaded with toffee? 

2. What sort of wave only comes along each Christmas? 

3. What do you call an obnoxious reindeer? 

4. What do you call Santa when he stops moving? 

5. Where do you find Christmas before Thanksgiving?

6. What is Tarzan’s favourite Christmas song? 

7. What does Santa do in his three gardens? 

8. What do you get when you cross a snowman with a vampire? 

9. What do you get if your cross the festive season with a duck? 

10. What type of photos do elves take? 

11. What has 13 hearts but no other organs? 

12. What do you get if you cross an apple and a Christmas tree? 

13. What do you call a reindeer that likes to frighten people? 

14. What athlete is the warmest in winter? 

15. What driver does not have to wear a seatbelt? 

16. What do you get if you cross a boiled sweet with a sheep? 

17. What do you lift a frozen car with to change a tyre? 

18. What do Santa's little helpers learn at school? 

19. What can travel around the world without leaving its corner? 

20. What does a reindeer hang on its Christmas tree?





 

[easthammer]

16 for me today thanks Zico 

[Westside]

13. Thanks Zico.

[zico]

December Quiz

1.  The General Theory of Relativity was published on the 16th of December 1915. Who was it from? 
Albert Einstein

2.  Which author, best known for Pride and Prejudice, was born on the 16th of December 1775? 
Jane Austen

3.  Which Mary Poppins actor or actress was born on the 13th of December 1925? 
Dick Van Dyke

4. In Roman calendar of Romulus, December was which number month of the year? 
Tenth (10th)

5.  On what date in December is St. Stephen's Day in the UK?
26th December (or Boxing Day)

6.  Released as a single in the UK in 1980, who sang the song "December will be magic again"?
Kate Bush

7.  What was the occupation of Alec Callender (played by Anton Rodgers) in the early 1990s British sitcom, May to December?
Solicitor

8.  On 26th December of what year was the USSR officially dissolved?
1991

9.  Which saint has a feast day on 6 December?
St. Nicholas

10. The “Great” what lasted in London from Friday 5 December to Tuesday 9 December 1952?
The Great Smog

11. The Feast of the Holy Innocents, celebrated on December 28, commemorates which king's attempt to kill the baby Jesus?
King Herod the Great

12.  What board game was created in December 1979, in Montreal, Canada, by Scott Abott and Chris Haney after finding pieces of their Scrabble game missing?
Trivial Pursuit

13.  Which famous scientist, known for his three laws of motion, was born on December 25, 1642?
Sir Isaac Newton

14.  The Nobel Prizes, including the Nobel Peace Prize, are awarded annually on December 10th in which country?
Sweden

15.  Which famous ballet set during the Christmas season features characters such as Clara and the Sugar Plum Fairy?
The Nutcracker

16.  Who said December 7th would be a "date which will live in infamy"?
President Roosevelt – re the attack on Pearl Harbor

17.  Which country's monarch usually gives a New Year's message from the Amalienborg Palace at 6pm, every December 31st?
Denmark

18.  Born on Christmas Day 1954 the one-time singer with the Eurythmics, who?
Annie Lennox

19.  On Christmas Day in 1864 The traditional swim in the ice-cold Serpentine in which London Park was initiated?
Hyde Park

20.  Which famous “party” happened on 16 December 1773?
The Boston Tea Party

 

[zico]

December Quiz

1.  The General Theory of Relativity was published on the 16th of December 1915. Who was it from? 

2.  Which author, best known for Pride and Prejudice, was born on the 16th of December 1775? 

3.  Which Mary Poppins actor or actress was born on the 13th of December 1925? 

4. In Roman calendar of Romulus, December was which number month of the year? 

5.  On what date in December is St. Stephen's Day in the UK?

6.  Released as a single in the UK in 1980, who sang the song "December will be magic again"?

7.  What was the occupation of Alec Callender (played by Anton Rodgers) in the early 1990s British sitcom, May to December?

8.  On 26th December of what year was the USSR officially dissolved?

9.  Which saint has a feast day on 6 December?

10. The “Great” what lasted in London from Friday 5 December to Tuesday 9 December 1952?

11. The Feast of the Holy Innocents, celebrated on December 28, commemorates which king's attempt to kill the baby Jesus?

12.  What board game was created in December 1979, in Montreal, Canada, by Scott Abott and Chris Haney after finding pieces of their Scrabble game missing?

13.  Which famous scientist, known for his three laws of motion, was born on December 25, 1642?

14.  The Nobel Prizes, including the Nobel Peace Prize, are awarded annually on December 10th in which country?

15.  Which famous ballet set during the Christmas season features characters such as Clara and the Sugar Plum Fairy?

16.  Who said December 7th would be a "date which will live in infamy"?

17.  Which country's monarch usually gives a New Year's message from the Amalienborg Palace at 6pm, every December 31st?

18.  Born on Christmas Day 1954 the one-time singer with the Eurythmics, who?

19.  On Christmas Day in 1864 The traditional swim in the ice-cold Serpentine in which London Park was initiated?

20.  Which famous “party” happened on 16 December 1773?





 

[easthammer]

14 Thanks Zico

[Westside]

8. Thanks Zico.

[Trilby55]

I was take a look at these Zico , I don’t bother with my score as it averages four. With the exception of the Channel Island quiz .

[zico]

Literary Characters

1.  Miss Havisham is an embittered jilted bride in which Charles Dickens’s novel?
Great Expectations

2.  Mina Harker is the wife of Jonathan, the one who travels and meets creatures of the night in which classic novel?
Dracula

3.  Elinor Dashwood is a fictional character in which novel published in 1811?
Sense and Sensibility (by Jane Austen)

4.  Tiny Tim is a fictional character from which 1843 novella?
A Christmas Carol (by Charles Dickens)

5.  Which character is the centre of attention of the writer's memoirs in Breakfast at Tiffany’s?
Holly Golightly

6.  In which novel is Santiago an elderly Cuban fisherman who has gone eighty-four days without catching a fish?
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)

7.  Bathsheba Everdene is the beautiful young woman at the centre of which novel written in 1874 by Thomas Hardy?
Far from the Madding Crowd

8.  What's the name of the family that adopt Paddington Bear?
Brown

9.  Randle Patrick "Mac" McMurphy is a character in which Ken Kesey novel?
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

10.  Who is the central character in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy?
George Smiley

11.  What's the name of the butler in The Remains of the Day?
Stephens

12. Veruca Salt is the second winner of what? 
A Golden Ticket (in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory)

13.  Katniss Everdeen is a fictional character and the protagonist of which trilogy?
The Hunger Games (by Suzanne Collins)

14.  Elizabeth Bennett is the main character in which novel by Jane Austen?
Pride and Prejudice

15. Who created the private detective, Philip Marlowe? 
Raymond Chandler

16.  Jay is the party-hardy billionaire character from which F. Scott Fitzgerald novel?
The Great Gatsby

17.  While roaming around New York, teenager Holden Caulfield likes to think and swear a lot. Which novel did he come from?
The Catcher in the Rye

18.  It's the Queen of Hearts who gives this novel's protagonist some royal pain and punishment. What novel is this?
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland or Alice in Wonderland.

19. A con man by trade, the anti-hero Tom makes a living by imitating people and pretending to be them. What novel details his illegal exploits? 
The Talented Mr. Ripley

20.  The characters Tweedledum and Tweedledee appear in which book?
Through the Looking-Glass (by Lewis Caroll)


 

[zico]

Don't I know it East!!  

Literary Characters

1.  Miss Havisham is an embittered jilted bride in which Charles Dickens’s novel?

2.  Mina Harker is the wife of Jonathan, the one who travels and meets creatures of the night in which classic novel?

3.  Elinor Dashwood is a fictional character in which novel published in 1811?

4.  Tiny Tim is a fictional character from which 1843 novella?

5.  Which character is the centre of attention of the writer's memoirs in Breakfast at Tiffany’s?

6.  In which novel is Santiago an elderly Cuban fisherman who has gone eighty-four days without catching a fish?

7.  Bathsheba Everdene is the beautiful young woman at the centre of which novel written in 1874 by Thomas Hardy?

8.  What's the name of the family that adopt Paddington Bear?

9.  Randle Patrick "Mac" McMurphy is a character in which Ken Kesey novel?

10.  Who is the central character in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy?

11.  What's the name of the butler in The Remains of the Day?

12. Veruca Salt is the second winner of what? 

13.  Katniss Everdeen is a fictional character and the protagonist of which trilogy?

14.  Elizabeth Bennett is the main character in which novel by Jane Austen?

15. Who created the private detective, Philip Marlowe? 

16.  Jay is the party-hardy billionaire character from which F. Scott Fitzgerald novel?

17.  While roaming around New York, teenager Holden Caulfield likes to think and swear a lot. Which novel did he come from?

18.  It's the Queen of Hearts who gives this novel's protagonist some royal pain and punishment. What novel is this?

19. A con man by trade, the anti-hero Tom makes a living by imitating people and pretending to be them. What novel details his illegal exploits? 

20.  The characters Tweedledum and Tweedledee appear in which book?


 

[easthammer]

Just 7 today thanks Zico, I think time is catching me up

[Westside]

10. Thanks Zico.

[zico]

Time Quiz

1. The Gregorian calendar we use today replaced which calendar in Great Britian in 1752?
Julian Calendar

2.  How many official time zones are there in China, is it one, five or nine?
One 

3.  How many seconds (usually) does a boxer have to be knocked down for before being considered to be knocked out?
10 seconds

4.  What year did Marty McFly go back to in Back to the Future? 
1955

5.  Often known as 'The First American' who is thought to have first said: 'Time is Money'?
Benjamin Franklin

6.  What is the study of measuring time and mechanical time-keeping devices called?
Horology

7.  Which European capital city is famous for its astronomical clock?
Prague

8. Who composed The Symphony No. 101 commonly known as 'The Clock' because of its ticking" rhythm?
Joseph Haydn

9.  Which fictional species are the main antagonist in the H. G. Wells novel The Time Machine?
Morlocks

10.  Which SI unit of time is equal to one billionth of a second?
Nanosecond

11.  'Clocks' is a song by which British rock band?
Coldplay

12.  Which place name is the most well used in popular culture to measure time verbally?
Mississippi

13.  In California, Methuselah is around 4,848 years old; what is it?
Tree (Great Basin bristlecone pine)

14.  The states of Colorado and Utah are in which American time zone?
Mountain Standard Time

15.  In Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, Miss Havisham has all the clocks in her mansion frozen at precisely what time?
Twenty minutes to nine (the time she received a letter of rejection on her wedding day)

16.  Which American phrase that refers to a very short period of time did comedian Johnny Carson once joke was the time between a traffic light turning green and the car behind honking?
A New York minute

17. 'Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so' is a line from which book?
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy 

18.  In April of which year did the first generation of the Pulsar LED Digital watch go on sale to the public. Was it 1968, 1972 or 1976?
1972

19.  Which English clockmaker invented the marine chronometer? (Hint, Think Only Fools and Horses)
John Harrison

20.  Who said: 'Time spent with cats is never wasted'?
Sigmund Freud






 

[zico]

Time Quiz

1. The Gregorian calendar we use today replaced which calendar in Great Britian in 1752?

2.  How many official time zones are there in China, is it one, five or nine?

3.  How many seconds (usually) does a boxer have to be knocked down for before being considered to be knocked out?

4.  What year did Marty McFly go back to in Back to the Future? 

5.  Often known as 'The First American' who is thought to have first said: 'Time is Money'?

6.  What is the study of measuring time and mechanical time-keeping devices called?

7.  Which European capital city is famous for its astronomical clock?

8. Who composed The Symphony No. 101 commonly known as 'The Clock' because of its ticking" rhythm?

9.  Which fictional species are the main antagonist in the H. G. Wells novel The Time Machine?

10.  Which SI unit of time is equal to one billionth of a second?

11.  'Clocks' is a song by which British rock band?

12.  Which place name is the most well used in popular culture to measure time verbally?

13.  In California, Methuselah is around 4,848 years old; what is it?

14.  The states of Colorado and Utah are in which American time zone?

15.  In Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, Miss Havisham has all the clocks in her mansion frozen at precisely what time?

16.  Which American phrase that refers to a very short period of time did comedian Johnny Carson once joke was the time between a traffic light turning green and the car behind honking?

17. 'Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so' is a line from which book?

18.  In April of which year did the first generation of the Pulsar LED Digital watch go on sale to the public. Was it 1968, 1972 or 1976?

19.  Which English clockmaker invented the marine chronometer? (Hint, Think Only Fools and Horses)

20.  Who said: 'Time spent with cats is never wasted'?


 

[zico]

I'm more often than not too late to the ball for these quizzes, but love them none-the-less.

Thanks with a festive overture.

Nice to hear there are those who have a look without posting scores as I do wonder sometimes if it is worth it as Easthammer and Westside tend to be only two who post scores daily, mind you if 30 did it would go too far the other way!    I've retired now so keeps me busy although I am aware I will tend to post questions you have all heard before as what is it two, three years since I took over from East?  and trying to get new questions every day is not easy!  However a few Christmas Quizzes are in the pipeline, just waiting to get a bit closer before I bring the festive ones out!

[easthammer]

12 Thanks Zico, I am now off out on a cold winter's night to a cold, cold bowl with little expectation of anything to warm my spirits 

[Mike Oxsaw]

I'm more often than not too late to the ball for these quizzes, but love them none-the-less.

Thanks with a festive overture.

[Westside]

9. Thanks Zico.

[zico]

Winter Quiz

1.  Which zodiac sign runs from November 22 to December 21?
Sagittarius

2.  "Now is the winter of our discontent" is the opening line from which William Shakespeare play?
Richard III

3.  True or false. No country in the Southern Hemisphere has ever hosted the Winter Olympics?
True

4.  The Winter Palace is a palace in Saint Petersburg that served as the official residence of the House of ………………, previous emperors, from 1732 to 1917?
Romanov

5.  Which James Bond actor made his film debut in the 1968 historical period drama The Lion in Winter?
Timothy Dalton

6.  Which fruit has a variety called 'Winter Banana'?
Apple

7.  Which country has won the most medals throughout Winter Olympic history?
Norway

8.  In fiction, where is the land of talking animals and mythical creatures that one White Witch has ruled for 100 years of deep winter?
Narnia (in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe)

9.  Which winter sport is sometimes known as "the roaring game"?
Curling

10.  The Winter of Discontent was a winter in the UK of strikes by public sector trade unions demanding larger pay rises; who was Prime Minister at the time?
James Callaghan (1978-79)

11.  'A Winter's Tale' is a song that reached number 2 in the UK singles chart in January 1983 for which singer?
David Essex

12.  How many sides do all snowflakes have?
Six sides

13.  The eruption of which country's Mount Tambora volcano in April 1815 created a 'Year without Summer' in the Northern Hemisphere?
Indonesia

14.  The Winter War was a military conflict between the Soviet Union and which country?
Finland (in 1939-40)

15.  In television's Game of Thrones what is the name of the ancestral home of House Stark?
Winterfell

16. The 1924 Winter Olympics, which were the first ever, were held at a site at the foot of which mountain? 
Mont Blanc (the site was Chamonix, France)

17.  Burning the Clocks is a winter solstice festival that takes place each year in which Sussex seaside resort?
Brighton

18.  Which simple sled differs from most sleds or sleighs in that it has no runners or skis (or only low ones) on the underside?
Toboggan

19. What winter sport combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting?
Biathlon

20.  "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!", also known as simply "Let It Snow", is a song written by lyricist Sammy Cahn and composer Jule Styne in July 1945.  The song was first recorded that fall by which American baritone singer, trumpeter and big band leader who was most popular in the 1940s and 1950s?
Vaughn Monroe






 

[zico]

Winter Quiz

1.  Which zodiac sign runs from November 22 to December 21?

2.  "Now is the winter of our discontent" is the opening line from which William Shakespeare play?

3.  True or false. No country in the Southern Hemisphere has ever hosted the Winter Olympics?

4.  The Winter Palace is a palace in Saint Petersburg that served as the official residence of the House of ………………, previous emperors, from 1732 to 1917?

5.  Which James Bond actor made his film debut in the 1968 historical period drama The Lion in Winter?

6.  Which fruit has a variety called 'Winter Banana'?

7.  Which country has won the most medals throughout Winter Olympic history?

8.  In fiction, where is the land of talking animals and mythical creatures that one White Witch has ruled for 100 years of deep winter?

9.  Which winter sport is sometimes known as "the roaring game"?

10.  The Winter of Discontent was a winter in the UK of strikes by public sector trade unions demanding larger pay rises; who was Prime Minister at the time?

11.  'A Winter's Tale' is a song that reached number 2 in the UK singles chart in January 1983 for which singer?

12.  How many sides do all snowflakes have?

13.  The eruption of which country's Mount Tambora volcano in April 1815 created a 'Year without Summer' in the Northern Hemisphere?

14.  The Winter War was a military conflict between the Soviet Union and which country?

15.  In television's Game of Thrones what is the name of the ancestral home of House Stark?

16. The 1924 Winter Olympics, which were the first ever, were held at a site at the foot of which mountain? 

17.  Burning the Clocks is a winter solstice festival that takes place each year in which Sussex seaside resort?

18.  Which simple sled differs from most sleds or sleighs in that it has no runners or skis (or only low ones) on the underside?

19. What winter sport combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting?

20.  "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!", also known as simply "Let It Snow", is a song written by lyricist Sammy Cahn and composer Jule Styne in July 1945.  The song was first recorded that fall by which American baritone singer, trumpeter and big band leader who was most popular in the 1940s and 1950s?