1.
What traditional Halloween singles game uses apples to predict who will marry next?
Correct Answer
B. Apple bobbing
2.
Where would a tool called a 'muddler' usually be used?
Correct Answer
C. A bar
Explanation
It's used for crushing mixed-drink ingredients, such as mint for a mojito.
3.
What former basketball star was married for 10 days to Baywatch babe Carmen Electra?
Correct Answer
D. Dennis Rodman
4.
In what year did Sydney host the Summer Olympics?
Correct Answer
A. 2000
5.
At which sport does Guy Haines excel in Hitchcock's 1951 film Strangers On A Train?
Correct Answer
B. Tennis
6.
Which UK amusement park features a rollercoaster called The Big One?
Correct Answer
C. Blackpool Pleasure Beach
Explanation
Record-breaking American Richard Rodriguez spent 401 hours on it in 2007.
7.
Which city in the British Isles has an airport named after a wayward footballer?
Correct Answer
D. Belfast
Explanation
Belfast City Airport took the name of George Best in 2006.
8.
What video game character has a cap adorned with an upside-down letter L?
Correct Answer
A. Waluigi
Explanation
The antithesis of Luigi.
9.
What was the first African country to host the football World Cup?
Correct Answer
B. South Africa
Explanation
In 2010.
10.
In what year was Albert Einstein born?
Correct Answer
A. 1879
11.
The Race for Life is organised by which charity?
Correct Answer
B. Cancer Research UK
12.
What Reebok trainer, first released in the late 1980s, had an inflatable tongue?
Correct Answer
C. Pump
13.
Which Scottish football player/manager was the longest serving manager of Manchester United in 2009?
Correct Answer
A. Matt Busby
Explanation
Fergie may have overseen more games by 2009, but Busby managed them for nearly 25 years.
14.
Which boxing legend filed for bankruptcy in 2003, with debts of $23 million?
Correct Answer
B. Mike Tyson
15.
What part of a sheep might be used to make pork sausage?
Correct Answer
C. Intestine
Explanation
It can be used to make casings for small, tubular sausages.
16.
Which international cricketer famously received a shipment of baked beans while on tour in India as he didn't like the local food?
Correct Answer
D. Shane Warne
17.
Which children's TV presenter lost his job in 1998 after admitting taking cocaine?
Correct Answer
C. Richard Bacon
Explanation
He used to present Blue Peter.
18.
Which of these former England rugby captains did not play for Bath RFC?
Correct Answer
B. Jason Leonard
19.
What is the name of the drink made from fermented bread, that is popular in Russia and Eastern Europe?
Correct Answer
C. Kvass
20.
What did Mary Phelps Jacob create - and receive a patent for - out of two silk handkerchiefs and some ribbon?
Correct Answer
D. Brassiere
Explanation
She received a patent in 1914.
21.
Which long-running BBC One Saturday afternoon sports show broadcast for the last time in 2007 after more than 48 years on TV?
Correct Answer
C. Grandstand
22.
With which other former cricketer did Ian "Beefy" Botham appear in a series of adverts promoting British meat?
Correct Answer
B. Allan Lamb
23.
For what was Michael Schumacher driving in 1997 when his younger brother Ralf won his first Grand Prix?
Correct Answer
A. Ferrari
24.
What 1992 Wimbledon winners named their babies Jaden Gil and Jaz Elle?
Correct Answer
B. Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf
25.
What item of confectionery injured David Bowie when it was thrown onto the stage during a show in Oslo in 2004?
Correct Answer
C. Lollipop
26.
What parachute jumping record was Janet Ellis attempting to break when she broke her pelvis?
Correct Answer
D. UK civilian freefall
27.
Which British football team has the nickname "The Bluebirds"?
Correct Answer
C. Cardiff City
28.
Where was a tribute garden laid out for George Harrison in 2008?
Correct Answer
B. Chelsea Flower Show, London
29.
Which former England footballer and economic history graduate resigned as Reading FC manager in 2009?
Correct Answer
A. Steve Coppell
30.
Which Birmingham suburb was founded as a garden village by the chocolate-making Cadbury family?
Correct Answer
B. Bournville
31.
In tenpin bowling, what is it called when one bowler scores three strikes in a row?
Correct Answer
C. Turkey
32.
Where does singer Jimmy Buffett search for his lost shaker of salt?
Correct Answer
C. Margaritaville
33.
How many blue men appear on stage in a Blue Man Group performance?
Correct Answer
D. Three
34.
Who twice broke into Buckingham Palace and even sat on the Queen's bed in a 1982 scandal?
Correct Answer
C. Michael Fagan
35.
Who was memorialised in 1998 with a purple Beanie Baby embroidered with a white rose?
Correct Answer
B. Princess Diana
Explanation
The bear was named Princess.
36.
Where does Edward Norton's character meet Tyler Durden in the film Fight Club?
Correct Answer
A. On an aeroplane
Explanation
He's sitting in the next seat.
37.
What is the name shared by a brand of charm bracelet and a mythological box that unleashes many evils on mankind?
Correct Answer
B. Pandora
38.
What type of boat is this the description for:
A type of multihulled boat or ship consisting of two hulls, or vakas, joined by some structure, the most basic being a frame, formed of akas. These boats can be sail or engine powered.
Correct Answer
C. Catamaran
39.
What type of food is "damper"?
Correct Answer
D. Bread
Explanation
It was traditionally baked in the ashes of a camp fire.
40.
Which team did France beat to win the 1998 football World Cup?
Correct Answer
C. Brazil
Explanation
"Les Bleus" beat Brazil 3-0.
41.
Which English David beat "Goliath" in a 2009 fight?
Correct Answer
B. David Haye
Explanation
He beat 7-foot Nikolai Valuev to become WBA champion.
42.
What material are most pole vaults made from today?
Correct Answer
A. Fibreglass
Explanation
They were formerly made from bamboo.
43.
In which sport would a player perform a bank shot by deflecting a ball off a backboard and into a hoop?
Correct Answer
B. Basketball
44.
What is the traditional length of a Test cricket match?
Correct Answer
A. Five days
45.
What is the American word for the male underwear worn to protect genitalia during sports, akin to the cricket box?
Correct Answer
B. Jockstrap
Explanation
The Bike Jockey Strap originated in the USA in 1874.
46.
What drink is traditionally made of rum, sugar, lime, sparkling water and mint?
Correct Answer
C. Mojito
47.
Who did Cliff Thorburn beat in the final of the World Snooker Championship in 1980?
Correct Answer
D. Alex Higgins
48.
What classic 1980s Atari arcade game let players control a Formula One race car?
Correct Answer
C. Pole Position
49.
What English dish is the French Canadian dish Pate chinois similar to?
Correct Answer
B. Shepherd's pie
50.
Which tennis star is romantically linked to singer Enrique Iglesias?
Correct Answer
A. Anna Kournikova