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WorksheetsMark’s 50th Birthday Quiz
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 13mins
Alektorophobia is the fear of what
Hens
Chickens
Peacocks
Doves
What was Indiana Jones’ dad afraid of in the movie Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade?
Spiders
Snakes
Rats
Cats
Who was Andre Agassi’s greatest tennis rival in the 1990s?
Boris Becker
Stefan Edberg
Ivan Lendl
Pete Sampras
Who played Ike Turner in the 1993 Tina Turner biopic “What’s love got to do with it”
Forest Whitaker
Lawrence Fishburne
Denzel Washington
Wesley Snipes
What name is given to a triangle with all equal sides?
Isosceles
Trapezium
Equilateral
Parallelogram
What company introduced commercially the first widespread videocassette in 1971?
JVC
Sony
Philips
Panasonic
What is the main source of food for the Bald Eagle
(a)
Where on the human body is the Zygomatic bone found
Eye
Cheek
Ear
Neck
In what country would you celebrate ‘Carnival’
Cuba
Barbados
Jamaica
Brazil
Who played a character named Prince Akeem in Coming to America.
(a)
What lizard can be 10 feet long
Long Tailed Grass Lizards
The Komodo Dragon
Asian water monitor
Crocodile monitor
How many wings does a bee have?
2
4
6
1
What colour caps do the Australian cricket team wear?
Blue
Green
Yellow
Red
Which country does Denmark share its only land border with?
(a)
What year did Cher release the single ‘Believe’
1997
1998
1999
2000
What is the second smallest country in the world?
Vatican City State
Monaco
San Marino
St Kitts & Nevis
Havana is located on which side of Cuba?
(a)
Who won the first season of American Idol?
Carrie Underwood
Jordan Sparks
Kelly Clarkson
Ruben Studdard
Which was the highest grossing film of the 70s?
Star Wars
Jaws
The Exorcist
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
The UK launch in 1970 of which product was branded as 'The Hot One' (hint: the words Sturmey-Archer was associated with it)?
Speak and Spell
Chopper
The Bionic Woman
Evil Knievel
Who held the post of Prime Minister as the 70s began, on 1st January 1970?
Edward Heath
James Callaghan
Harold Wilson
Margaret Thatcher
In which year was decimal currency introduced in the United Kingdom?
1971
1972
1973
1974
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?
1977-1978
1978-1979
1979-1980
1976-1977
Who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979?
Martin Luther King
Mother Theresa
Mohamed Anwar Al-Sadat
Amnesty International,
Complete the title of the Woody Allen film: 'Midnight in .........'?
London
Paris
Rome
Berlin
What did Dr Robert Ballard discover in 1985?
A new planet
Remains of the Titanic
The shroud of the Turin
Hole in the ozone layer
What is a linnet?
Bird
Musical Instrument
Poem
Butterfly
Which two Mediterranean islands have St George as their patron saint?
Corsica and Sardinia
Malta and Gozo
Sicily and Sardinia
Cyprus and Crete
Who created the mini skirt in 1964?
Yves Saint Laurent
Laura Ashley
Vivienne Westwood
Mary Quant
Where were the 'Cheeky Girls' born?
Estonia
Bulgaria
Romania
Croatia
Which animated Disney Film made its debut in 1991?
The Little Mermaid
Beauty and the Beast
Snow White
The Lion KIng
When did Abba win the Eurovision song contest?
1970
1972
1974
1976
Name this logo:
Lamborghini
Porsche
Bentley
McLaren
What sports tournament was the first to be streamed in colour in the UK?
The World Cup qualifiers
The Ashes
Wimbledon
Six Nations
How old is the moon?
7.5 billion years
4.5 billion years
2.5 billion years
1.5 million years
What name is given to the psychological affliction sometimes experienced by golfers?
The hips
The yips
The mips
The dips
What was the name of the lion in 'The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe?'
Cecil
Aslan
Simba
Leo
Which planet is the smallest?
Mars
Saturn
Mercury
Venus
What term is used in tennis for 40 - 40?
Deuce
Ace
Advantage
Match Point
