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Who wants to be a millionaire? Part 2

Total questions: 75

Worksheet time: 38mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

100£

Which of these is an old-fashioned term for a tomato?

a)

love apple

b)

darling cherry

c)

dream orange

d)

saucy banana

2.

100£

What name is given to a year with 366 days?

a)

stride year

b)

leap year

c)

skip year

d)

vault year

3.

100£

In card games, what name is given to the most important suit?

a)

lumps

b)

bumps

c)

trumps

d)

grumps

4.

100£

Which term applied to a greyish cat with dark stripes?

a)

tabby

b)

flabby

c)

crabby

d)

scabby

5.

100£

What was the name of the charter granted by King John?

a)

Magna Carta

b)

Chris Carta

c)

Howard Carta

d)

Jimmy Carta

6.

100£

What do diners in a restaurant use to take away their leftovers?

a)

piggy bag

b)

doggy bag

c)

kitty bag

d)

bunny bag

7.

200£

What kind of food is sage?

a)

fungus

b)

bean

c)

herb

d)

wine

8.

200£

Somebody with more important things to do has other ... ?

a)

fish to fry

b)

potatoes to boil

c)

tomatoes to grill

d)

eggs to scramble

9.

200£

Complete the proverb: "Once bitten, twice ..."

a)

forgotten

b)

shy

c)

full

d)

hungry

10.

200£

Which colour is traditionally associated with the Conservative Party?

a)

blue

b)

green

c)

yellow

d)

red

11.

200£

Which colour has a shade called 'pillar box'?

a)

blue

b)

green

c)

yellow

d)

red

12.

200£

An item that sells quickly is said to sell like hot what?

a)

cakes

b)

chocolate

c)

soup

d)

dogs

13.

300£

Which of these is a poetic name for Ireland?

a)

Diamond Country

b)

Ruby region

c)

Emerald Isle

d)

Pearl District

14.

300£

Which creatures are kept in an aviary?

a)

bees

b)

birds

c)

butterflies

d)

bears

15.

300£

The Bronx is an area in which US city?

a)

Chicago

b)

New York

c)

Los Angeles

d)

Miami

16.

300£

What is the name for the celebratory meal after a wedding, whatever the time of day?

a)

wedding breakfast

b)

wedding lunch

c)

wedding tea

d)

wedding supper

17.

300£

Which of these is a shade of pink?

a)

shocking

b)

disgusting

c)

appaling

d)

horrifying

18.

300£

Something difficult to understand is said to be as clear as what?

a)

glass

b)

paint

c)

mud

d)

water

19.

500£
Someone lively and cheerful can be said to be 'full of the joys of ...' what?

a)

spring

b)

summer

c)

autumn

d)

winter

20.

500£

Where does a person who plays truant refuse to go?

a)

school

b)

church

c)

weddings

d)

dentist

21.

500£

On which of these occasions is haggis traditionally eaten?

a)

August Bank Holiday

b)

Burns Night

c)

St. Patrick's Day

d)

Queen's Birthday

22.

500£

What is the name of the seats on the ground floor of a theatre?

a)

booths

b)

shops

c)

counters

d)

stalls

23.

500£

What kind of arts are karate and judo?

a)

fine

b)

culinary

c)

martial

d)

black

24.

500£

The traditional opening to the 23rd Psalm is 'The Lord is my ...' who?

a)

guardian

b)

hope

c)

shepherd

d)

father

25.

1000£

What kind of chair can turn around and is commonly used in offices?

a)

rocking chair

b)

easy chair

c)

deck chair

d)

swivel chair

26.

1000£

What kind of chair is made of canvas over a folding frame?

a)

rocking chair

b)

easy chair

c)

deck chair

d)

swivel chair

27.

1000£

In which London building are the Crown Jewels kept?

a)

Buckingham Palace

b)

Houses of Parliament

c)

Westminster Abbey

d)

Tower of London

28.

1000£

The British dependency of Gibraltar is joined by land to which other European country?

a)

France

b)

Germany

c)

Italy

d)

Spain

29.

1000£

Which of these ingredients would you traditionally find in a paella?

a)

pasta

b)

potato

c)

rice

d)

couscous

30.

1000£

The Appalachian mountain range is on which continent?

a)

Asia

b)

Africa

c)

Europe

d)

North America

31.

2000£

What would be the defining characteristic of a narcissistic person?

a)

wealth

b)

anxiety

c)

vanity

d)

intelligence

32.

2000£

Where would you be most likely to see a 'gazebo'?

a)

at a zoo

b)

on a roof

c)

in a garden

d)

under water

33.

2000£

Complete the title of the Umberto Eco book: 'The Name of the ...'

a)

Dahlia

b)

Lilac

c)

Narcissus

d)

Rose

34.

2000£

Whose tomb was discovered by Howard carter in 1922?

a)

Alexander the Great

b)

Julius Caesar

c)

Tutankhamen

d)

Genghis Khan

35.

2000£

The first atom bomb was dropped on which Japanese city?

a)

Nagasaki

b)

Yokohama

c)

Hiroshima

d)

Nagoya

36.

2000£

Which of these words is a slang name for diamonds?

a)

frosr

b)

snow

c)

hail

d)

ice

37.

4000£

What kind of bird is a macaw?

a)

parrot

b)

penguin

c)

puffin

d)

pigeon

38.

4000£

Leonardo DiCaprio starred in which of these films?

a)

The Cruel Sea

b)

The Beach

c)

The Swimmer

d)

The Sea of Sand

39.

4000£

What type of dog is Lady in the cartoon film 'Lady and the Tramp'?

a)

cocker spaniel

b)

beagle

c)

chihuahua

d)

border collie

40.

4000£

Which Shakespeare play features the line 'Something is rotten' in the state of Denmark?

a)

Macbeth

b)

Hamlet

c)

King Lear

d)

Othello

41.

4000£

Jupiter is the Roman name for which God of Greek mythology?

a)

Ares

b)

Eros

c)

Apollo

d)

Zeus

42.

4000£

The song 'A Whole New World' comes from which Disney film?

a)

The Lion King

b)

Aladdin

c)

The Little Mermaid

d)

Pocahontas

43.

8000£

England fought the Hundred Years' War against which country?

a)

Spain

b)

Poland

c)

France

d)

Switzerland

44.

8000£

What shape is the pasta 'fettuccini'?

a)

ribbons

b)

butterflies

c)

parcels

d)

shells

45.

8000£

The Topkapi Palace was home to which emperors?

a)

Holy Roman

b)

Russian

c)

Ottoman

d)

Aztec

46.

8000£

What was the name of Michael Jackson's 1995 album?

a)

HIStory

b)

GEOGraphy

c)

CHEmistry

d)

BIOlogy

47.

8000£

What is the triangular muscle of the shoulder called?

a)

triceps

b)

biceps

c)

gluteus maximus

d)

deltoid

48.

8000£

What is the technical name of the voice box?

a)

larynx

b)

epiglottis

c)

coccyx

d)

mandible

49.

16000£

Arriving in New York, who famously said 'I have nothing to declare except my genius'?

a)

Albert Einstein

b)

John Lennon

c)

Noel Coward

d)

Oscar Wilde

50.

16000£

The American Robert Oppenheimer is best known for the development of what?

a)

telephone

b)

atom bomb

c)

artificial satellite

d)

helicopter

51.

16000£

Which French phrase means 'required by fashion'?

a)

de luxe

b)

de nos jours

c)

de trop

d)

de rigueur

52.

16000£

Which gas was named after the Greek word for 'green'?

a)

argon

b)

neon

c)

chlorine

d)

helium

53.

16000£

Episodes of which TV comedy are regularly titled "The one with ... "?

a)

South Park

b)

Friends

c)

The Simpsons

d)

Frasier

54.

16000£

The Mariana Trench is the deepest part of which ocean?

a)

Pacific

b)

Atlantic

c)

Indian

d)

Arctic

55.

32000£

The Indonesian capital Jakarta is on which island?

a)

Sumatra

b)

Bali

c)

Borneo

d)

Java

56.

32000£

Mecca is a city in which country?

a)

India

b)

Saudi Arabia

c)

Yemen

d)

Israel

57.

32000£

The girl's name Erica is also the Latin word for which plant, another girl's name?

a)

Daisy

b)

Lily

c)

Pansy

d)

Heather

58.

32000£

In mythology, which creature sprang from the blood of Medusa?

a)

Pegasus

b)

Cerberus

c)

Hydra

d)

Centaur

59.

32000£

The Rosetta Stone was discovered in which country?

a)

Israel

b)

Yemen

c)

Egypt

d)

Ethiopia

60.

32000£

The Daiquiri cocktail is named after a place in which country?

a)

Cuba

b)

Venezuela

c)

Mexico

d)

Guyana

61.

64000£

Petrography is concerned with what?

a)

soil

b)

fossils

c)

rocks

d)

oceans

62.

64000£

What is the literal meaning of the word 'Pharaoh'?

a)

river of light

b)

eat well

c)

great house

d)

lover of gods

63.

64000£

In which modern country is the site of the Battle of Balaklava?

a)

Armenia

b)

Turkey

c)

Ukraine

d)

Georgia

64.

64000£

Who was made the first Holy Roman Emperor?

a)

Augustus

b)

Saladin

c)

Attila

d)

Charlemagne

65.

64000£

Which artist painted 'Guernica'?

a)

Dali

b)

Picasso

c)

Cezanne

d)

Van Gogh

66.

64000£

What is the literal meaning of the word 'cenotaph'?

a)

single pillar

b)

old monument

c)

silent stone

d)

empty tomb

67.

125000£

What is the national anthem of Australia?

a)

O, Australia!

b)

Australia Forever

c)

Advance Australia Fair

d)

Land of Freedom and Sun

68.

125000£

What does the F stand for in the name of the US president John F Kennedy?

a)

Franklin

b)

Finnegan

c)

Frobisher

d)

Fitzgerald

69.

125000£

In October 1956, which country of the Eastern Bloc was invaded by the Soviet Union?

a)

Czechoslovakia

b)

Hungary

c)

Yugoslavia

d)

Poland

70.

125000£

Which amendment to the US constitution says that no-one may be forced to testify against himself in court?

a)

1st

b)

4th

c)

5th

d)

15th

71.

125000£

What nationality was the astronomer Kepler?

a)

German

b)

Danish

c)

Polish

d)

Swiss

72.

125000£

Caliban is a character in which Shakespear play?

a)

The Tempest

b)

Measure for Measure

c)

Julius Caesar

d)

King John

73.

250000£

'The Scarlet Letter' is a novel by which American writer?

a)

Herman Melville

b)

Nathaniel Hawthorne

c)

Jack London

d)

John Steinbeck

74.

500000£

Port Louis is the capital of which island state in the Indian Ocean?

a)

Mauritius

b)

Seychelles

c)

Maldives

d)

Madagascar

75.

1,000,000£

The Roman philosopher Seneca was tutor to which emperor?

a)

Trajan

b)

Constantine

c)

Hadrian

d)

Nero