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Mark’s 50th Birthday Quiz

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Alektorophobia is the fear of what

a)

Hens

b)

Chickens

c)

Peacocks

d)

Doves

2.

What was Indiana Jones’ dad afraid of in the movie Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade?

a)

Spiders

b)

Snakes

c)

Rats

d)

Cats

3.

Who was Andre Agassi’s greatest tennis rival in the 1990s?

a)

Boris Becker

b)

Stefan Edberg

c)

Ivan Lendl

d)

Pete Sampras

4.

Who played Ike Turner in the 1993 Tina Turner biopic “What’s love got to do with it”

a)

Forest Whitaker

b)

Lawrence Fishburne

c)

Denzel Washington

d)

Wesley Snipes

5.

What name is given to a triangle with all equal sides?

a)

Isosceles

b)

Trapezium

c)

Equilateral

d)

Parallelogram

6.

What company introduced commercially the first widespread videocassette in 1971?

a)

JVC

b)

Sony

c)

Philips

d)

Panasonic

7.

What is the main source of food for the Bald Eagle

(a)  

8.

Where on the human body is the Zygomatic bone found

a)

Eye

b)

Cheek

c)

Ear

d)

Neck

9.

In what country would you celebrate ‘Carnival’

a)

Cuba

b)

Barbados

c)

Jamaica

d)

Brazil

10.

Who played a character named Prince Akeem in Coming to America.

(a)  

11.

What lizard can be 10 feet long

a)

Long Tailed Grass Lizards

b)

The Komodo Dragon

c)

Asian water monitor

d)

Crocodile monitor

12.

How many wings does a bee have?

a)

2

b)

4

c)

6

d)

1

13.

What colour caps do the Australian cricket team wear?

a)

Blue

b)

Green

c)

Yellow

d)

Red

14.

Which country does Denmark share its only land border with?

(a)  

15.

What year did Cher release the single ‘Believe’

a)

1997

b)

1998

c)

1999

d)

2000

16.

What is the second smallest country in the world?

a)

Vatican City State

b)

Monaco

c)

San Marino

d)

St Kitts & Nevis

17.

Havana is located on which side of Cuba?

(a)  

18.

Who won the first season of American Idol?

a)

Carrie Underwood

b)

Jordan Sparks

c)

Kelly Clarkson

d)

Ruben Studdard

19.

Which was the highest grossing film of the 70s?

a)

Star Wars

b)

Jaws

c)

The Exorcist

d)

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

20.

The UK launch in 1970 of which product was branded as 'The Hot One' (hint: the words Sturmey-Archer was associated with it)?

a)

Speak and Spell

b)

Chopper

c)

The Bionic Woman

d)

Evil Knievel

21.

Who held the post of Prime Minister as the 70s began, on 1st January 1970?

a)

Edward Heath

b)

James Callaghan

c)

Harold Wilson

d)

Margaret Thatcher

22.

In which year was decimal currency introduced in the United Kingdom?

a)

1971

b)

1972

c)

1973

d)

1974

23.

The winter overlapping which two years was popularly known as ‘The Winter Of Discontent’, due to widespread action by trade unions demanding large pay rises?

a)

1977-1978

b)

1978-1979

c)

1979-1980

d)

1976-1977

24.

Who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979?

a)

Martin Luther King

b)

Mother Theresa

c)

Mohamed Anwar Al-Sadat

d)

Amnesty International,

25.

Complete the title of the Woody Allen film: 'Midnight in .........'?

a)

London

b)

Paris

c)

Rome

d)

Berlin

26.

What did Dr Robert Ballard discover in 1985?

a)

A new planet

b)

Remains of the Titanic

c)

The shroud of the Turin

d)

Hole in the ozone layer

27.

What is a linnet?

a)

Bird

b)

Musical Instrument

c)

Poem

d)

Butterfly

28.

Which two Mediterranean islands have St George as their patron saint?

a)

Corsica and Sardinia

b)

Malta and Gozo

c)

Sicily and Sardinia

d)

Cyprus and Crete

29.

Who created the mini skirt in 1964?

a)

Yves Saint Laurent

b)

Laura Ashley

c)

Vivienne Westwood

d)

Mary Quant

30.

Where were the 'Cheeky Girls' born?

a)

Estonia

b)

Bulgaria

c)

Romania

d)

Croatia

31.

Which animated Disney Film made its debut in 1991?

a)

The Little Mermaid

b)

Beauty and the Beast

c)

Snow White

d)

The Lion KIng

32.

When did Abba win the Eurovision song contest?

a)

1970

b)

1972

c)

1974

d)

1976

33.

Name this logo:

a)

Lamborghini

b)

Porsche

c)

Bentley

d)

McLaren

34.

What sports tournament was the first to be streamed in colour in the UK?

a)

The World Cup qualifiers

b)

The Ashes

c)

Wimbledon

d)

Six Nations

35.

How old is the moon?

a)

7.5 billion years

b)

4.5 billion years

c)

2.5 billion years

d)

1.5 million years

36.

What name is given to the psychological affliction sometimes experienced by golfers?

a)

The hips

b)

The yips

c)

The mips

d)

The dips

37.
Which is the most abundant gas in the atmosphere?
a)
Oxygen
b)
Nitrogen
c)
Ozone
d)
Carbon Dioxide
38.

What was the name of the lion in 'The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe?'

a)

Cecil

b)

Aslan

c)

Simba

d)

Leo

39.

Which planet is the smallest?

a)

Mars

b)

Saturn

c)

Mercury

d)

Venus

40.

What term is used in tennis for 40 - 40?

a)

Deuce

b)

Ace

c)

Advantage

d)

Match Point