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]

Comedy Double Acts Quiz - If you only get half an answer, it’s half a point.

1.  Which legendary double act starred in a 1932 Oscar winning short film called ‘The Music Box’ as delivery men struggling to push a large, crated piano up a long flight of stairs?

2.  Comedy duo Frank Skinner and David Baddiel teamed up with which rock band to record the song ‘Three Lions’? Bonus point if you can name their lead singer.

3.  Which half of a famous double act had the 'short, fat, hairy legs'?

4.  Both at Cambridge University and met through Emma Thompson (a mutual friend); BBC TV series A Bit Of ... ran for four series, 1989–95; starred as Jeeves & Wooster, 1990–3?

5.  American Dean Martin gained his career breakthrough with which comedian?

6.  Nick Frost co-writes with which frequent collaborator and best friend?

7.  Which characters were devised by George Logan and Patrick Fyffe as a comedy and musical act?

8.  Which duo comprises wife Janette Tough and her husband Ian?

9.  By what stage name were Cyril Mead and Edward McGinnis better known?

10.  English comedy double-act Hale and Pace met when both were training to be what?

11.  Thomas Derbyshire and Robert Harper were better known as who?

12.  Met at drama school, starred in The Comic Strip; best remembered for their BBC TV series, 1987–2017, which featured (among other things) wildly–extravagant spoofs of films such as Thelma & Louise, Misery, Titanic, and Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?

13. Appeared in the Cambridge Footlights revue Beyond the Fringe, along with Jonathan Miller and Alan Bennett; their television career began with Not Only ... But Also?

14.  Who was older, Ronnie Barker or Ronnie Corbett?

15.  Barry and Paul Elliott, born in Rotherham, in 1944 and 1947 respectively; were better known as? (Barry died in 2018)

16.  A popular comedy team of the 1940s and 1950s.  "Who's on First?" is a comedy routine made famous by which American comedy duo?

17.  Chaim Weintrop and his partner – active mainly in the 1930s and 40s, were better known as who?

18.  Met at Manchester University in the late 1970s; made their names at the Comedy Store (London), performing as 20th Century Coyote, later the Dangerous Brothers?

19.  Which two stars of Not the Nine O’clock News (1979–82); starred as a duo in their own BBC series (1984–98)?

20 Who played Cissie & Ada (two fictional, gossiping housewives from Northern England – more specifically, Lancashire)


 

[easthammer]

12 thanks Zico

[only1billybonds]

12.

Good work Zico.

[Westside]

14. Thanks Zico.

[zico]

Little story on "ghosts".  After my dad died suddenly back in 2000, a few days later mum rang in frustration to say something was wrong with the Fax machine (long time ago!!)  She said it was just spewing out paper, so I went round and sure enough there was loads of paper all with the word "three" printed on them.  I asked mum what she had pressed and she said nothing, it just started printing and wouldn't stop.  Found it bizarre, but not half as bizarre as when I looked closer and noticed the machine wasn't even plugged in!  Only thing I could think of is that there were "three" of us left, but still none wiser 25 odd years later!!  

Ghosts Quiz

1.  Ebenezer Scrooge encounters the ghost of which dead business partner in the book, A Christmas Carol?
Jacob Marley

2.  Sir Walter Raleigh, Richard the Third's nephews, Anne Boleyn, and Lady Jane Grey are just some of the spirits which apparently haunt which famous English castle?
The Tower of London

3.  Which seventeenth-century merchant ship is said to haunt the high seas, allegedly never able to make port, but doomed to sail the sea forever?
The Flying Dutchman

4.  Who played the parts of Sam and Molly in the 1990 film “Ghost”?  Point for each.
Patrick Swayze & Demi Moore

5.  What do you call a board marked with letters and numbers that people can use to speak to spirits? 
A Ouija Board

6.  In which Shakespeare play does a ghost tell the main protagonist that his father was murdered by his treacherous brother Claudius?
Hamlet

7.  Which firm hired out spirits for various tasks in a British children's TV comedy originally broadcast by the BBC between 1976 and 1984?
Rentaghost

8.  Who is the female presenter of the Most Haunted British TV series?
Yvette Fielding

9.  The Ghost Train is a 1941 British mystery film based on a 1923 play written by Arnold Ridley who later became known for portraying which elderly Private in the sitcom Dad's Army?
Godfrey

10.  Which British band released the song Ghost Town in June 1981?
Specials

11.  Which ghost was sometimes called "the Mean Green Ghost" in the Ghostbusters films?
Slimer

12.  What is the term for a ghost or spirit that is responsible for physical disturbances, such as loud noises and objects being moved or destroyed? 
Poltergeist

13. In which paranormal movie does the young protagonist announce that he can ‘see dead people’? 
The Sixth Sense 

14.  Which ghost is often criticized by his three wicked uncles, the Ghostly Trio?
Casper the Friendly Ghost

15.  Which US city would you have travelled to if you had wanted to stay at the Cecil Hotel, supposedly once the most haunted hotel in the world?
Los Angeles

16.  American brigantine that set sail from New York City destined for Genoa, Italy and was found abandoned on December 5, 1872, some 400 nautical miles (740 km) from the Azores, Portugal. The fate of the 10 people aboard remains a mystery.  Name the ship?
Mary Celeste

17.  The Stanley Hotel is the name of the famous haunted hotel in Colorado that inspired which Stephen King novel?
The Shining

18.  Which 1999 movie told the story of three film students making a documentary in Maryland?
The Blair Witch Project

19.  Ichabod Crane features in which short horror story by Washington Irving?
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

20.  The Canterville Ghost was the first story to be published by which famous author?
Oscar Wilde.


 

[zico]

Very good East.    May as well follow Funerals with a

Ghosts Quiz

1.  Ebenezer Scrooge encounters the ghost of which dead business partner in the book, A Christmas Carol?

2.  Sir Walter Raleigh, Richard the Third's nephews, Anne Boleyn, and Lady Jane Grey are just some of the spirits which apparently haunt which famous English castle?

3.  Which seventeenth-century merchant ship is said to haunt the high seas, allegedly never able to make port, but doomed to sail the sea forever?

4.  Who played the parts of Sam and Molly in the 1990 film “Ghost”?  Point for each.

5.  What do you call a board marked with letters and numbers that people can use to speak to spirits? 

6.  In which Shakespeare play does a ghost tell the main protagonist that his father was murdered by his treacherous brother Claudius?

7.  Which firm hired out spirits for various tasks in a British children's TV comedy originally broadcast by the BBC between 1976 and 1984?

8.  Who is the female presenter of the Most Haunted British TV series?

9.  The Ghost Train is a 1941 British mystery film based on a 1923 play written by Arnold Ridley who later became known for portraying which elderly Private in the sitcom Dad's Army?

10.  Which British band released the song Ghost Town in June 1981?

11.  Which ghost was sometimes called "the Mean Green Ghost" in the Ghostbusters films?

12.  What is the term for a ghost or spirit that is responsible for physical disturbances, such as loud noises and objects being moved or destroyed? 

13. In which paranormal movie does the young protagonist announce that he can ‘see dead people’? 

14.  Which ghost is often criticized by his three wicked uncles, the Ghostly Trio?

15.  Which US city would you have travelled to if you had wanted to stay at the Cecil Hotel, supposedly once the most haunted hotel in the world?

16.  American brigantine that set sail from New York City destined for Genoa, Italy and was found abandoned on December 5, 1872, some 400 nautical miles (740 km) from the Azores, Portugal. The fate of the 10 people aboard remains a mystery.  Name the ship?

17.  The Stanley Hotel is the name of the famous haunted hotel in Colorado that inspired which Stephen King novel?

18.  Which 1999 movie told the story of three film students making a documentary in Maryland?

19.  Ichabod Crane features in which short horror story by Washington Irving?

20.  The Canterville Ghost was the first story to be published by which famous author?



 

[only1billybonds]

14.

Thanks Zico

[easthammer]

17 today so not a dead loss, thanks Zico

[Westside]

11. Thanks Zico.

[zico]

Funerals Quz

1. Which legendary comedians epitaph reads in Gaelic, "I told you I was ill"? 
Spike Milligan's

2.  Diana, Princess of Wales’s funeral took place in which church in September 1997?
Westminster Abbey

3.  The tomb of Lord Nelson is located in the crypt, next to that of the Duke of Wellington, in which famous building?
St Paul's Cathedral

4.  John F. Kennedy was buried in Arlington National Cemetery which is in which US State?
Virginia

5.  Antyesti, literally meaning "last rites or last sacrifice", refers to the rite-of-passage rituals associated with a funeral in which religion?
Hinduism

6.  In a 1982 eulogy, at whose funeral did James Stewart describe as "just about the nicest lady I ever met"?
Grace Kelly or Princess Grace of Monaco

7.  Which American president read the eulogy at Nelson Mandela's funeral?
Barack Obama

8.  Which successful comedy screenwriter wrote Four Weddings and a Funeral?
Richard Curtis

9.  Who wrote the 1964 spy novel "Funeral in Berlin"?
Len Deighton

10.  Which UK Prime Minister’s final resting place is in St Martin's Church in Bladon, just outside Blenheim Palace grounds.? 
Winston Churchill

11.  After Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in 1865, his body was taken on a five-state tour via train - in which state was he finally buried, was it Iowa, Illinois or Indiana?
Illinois

12.  After being killed in a car crash in 1997, Eugene Shoemaker is the only person to be laid to rest where?
On the moon (Eugene Shoemaker is a famous astrophysicist)

13.  Whose ashes have been laid to rest under the stage at the London Palladium?
Sir Bruce Forsyth

14.  Located on the west bank of the Nile, across from the ancient city of Thebes, which famous landmark was the burial place of most of Egypt's pharaohs from the 16th to 11th centuries BC?
The Valley of the Kings

15.  What are the series of burial tunnels under the cities of Paris and Rome known as?
Catacombs

16. Actor Kevin Costner gave a 17-minute eulogy at the funeral of which singer who died back in 2012?
Whitney Houston

17.  Which Scottish novelist is buried in the same small cemetery in Switzerland as Richard Burton, who of course starred in one of this writers most successful works, “Where Eagles Dare”?
Alistair MacLean – he also wrote the screenplay to the film as well as the novel.

18.  Which one of the following is not buried in Westminster Abbey: Charles Dickens, Stephen Hawking, Isaac Newton, or William Shakespeare?
William Shakespeare

19. Which famous English seafarers body lies in a lead coffin off the coast of Portobelo, Panama?
Sir Francis Drake

20.  Who is buried in the graveyard at St Margaret's Church in East Wellow, Hampshire, after the offer of burial in Westminster Abbey was declined by her relatives?
Florence Nightingale

 

[zico]

Good to hear East as it seemed apt to follow a Pharmacy Quiz with a 


Funerals Quiz

1. Which legendary comedians epitaph reads in Gaelic, "I told you I was ill"? 

2.  Diana, Princess of Wales’s funeral took place in which church in September 1997?

3.  The tomb of Lord Nelson is located in the crypt, next to that of the Duke of Wellington, in which famous building?

4.  John F. Kennedy was buried in Arlington National Cemetery which is in which US State?

5.  Antyesti, literally meaning "last rites or last sacrifice", refers to the rite-of-passage rituals associated with a funeral in which religion?

6.  In a 1982 eulogy, at whose funeral did James Stewart describe as "just about the nicest lady I ever met"?

7.  Which American president read the eulogy at Nelson Mandela's funeral?

8.  Which successful comedy screenwriter wrote Four Weddings and a Funeral?

9.  Who wrote the 1964 spy novel "Funeral in Berlin"?

10.  Which UK Prime Minister’s final resting place is in St Martin's Church in Bladon, just outside Blenheim Palace grounds.? 

11.  After Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in 1865, his body was taken on a five-state tour via train - in which state was he finally buried, was it Iowa, Illinois or Indiana?

12.  After being killed in a car crash in 1997, Eugene Shoemaker is the only person to be laid to rest where?

13.  Whose ashes have been laid to rest under the stage at the London Palladium?

14.  Located on the west bank of the Nile, across from the ancient city of Thebes, which famous landmark was the burial place of most of Egypt's pharaohs from the 16th to 11th centuries BC?

15.  What are the series of burial tunnels under the cities of Paris and Rome known as?

16. Actor Kevin Costner gave a 17-minute eulogy at the funeral of which singer who died back in 2012?

17.  Which Scottish novelist is buried in the same small cemetery in Switzerland as Richard Burton, who of course starred in one of this writers most successful works, “Where Eagles Dare”?

18.  Which one of the following is not buried in Westminster Abbey: Charles Dickens, Stephen Hawking, Isaac Newton, or William Shakespeare?

19. Which famous English seafarers body lies in a lead coffin off the coast of Portobelo, Panama?

20.  Who is buried in the graveyard at St Margaret's Church in East Wellow, Hampshire, after the offer of burial in Westminster Abbey was declined by her relatives?


 

[easthammer]

I am on the road to recovery with 11 thanks Zico

[Westside]

9. Thanks Zico.

[zico]

Pharmacy Quiz

1.  Which brand of antiseptic mouthwash is named after the pioneer of antiseptic surgery?
Listerine (named after Joseph Lister)

2.  What's a well-known and mostly archaic term for a medical professional who dispenses and formulates medicine?
Apothecary

3.  What is hypertension better known as?
High blood pressure

4.  What's another word for painkillers, in other words medications that reduce or suppress pain?
Analgesics

5.  What drink was invented by pharmacist John Pemberton - his first sales were at Jacob's Pharmacy in Atlanta, Georgia, in May 1886?
Coca-Cola

6.  What does the standard abbreviation "pc" mean on a prescription?
Post cibum, meaning 'after meals,’ (two points for Post cibum, a point for after meals)

7.  Fluoxetine is a well-used, well-known antidepressant known by which brand name?
Prozac

8. The generic laxative bisacodyl is the same as which brand name starting with the letter 'D'? 
Dulcolax

9.  Also called water pills, what medications help rid your body of salt and water as urine?
Diuretics

10.  Onset of the medication sildenafil is typically within 20 minutes and lasts for about 2 hours, what is the brand name it's sold under?
Viagra

11.  What are medicines often used to relieve symptoms of allergies, such as hay fever, called?
Antihistamines

12.  What does the standard abbreviation "bd" mean on a prescription?
Bis in Die which is Latin for "twice a day."  (Two points for Bis in Die, a point for twice a day)

13.  What was discovered in 1961 by Stewart Adams and John Nicholson while working at Boots UK Limited? It is available under a number of trade names, including Nurofen and Anadin.
Ibuprofen

14.  Fortamet and Glucophage are brand names for which oral diabetes medicine?
Metformin

15.  Tums is an antacid made of sucrose and what chemical compound?
Calcium carbonate (CaCO3)

16. What drink, sold mostly in chemists up until the 1980s, was invented in Newcastle in 1927 by British pharmacist William Hunter?
Lucozade

17.  No longer sold in the UK after its patent expired in 2002, which tranquilizer was described as "Mother's Little Helper" by the Rolling Stones in a 1966 song?
Valium

18.  Launched in 1959 by an English pharmaceutical company based in Crewe, which brand of children's medicine is usually a coloured syrup used to treat fever and pain?
Calpol

19. What is Zovirax used to treat? 
Cold sores (around the mouth)

20.  Bisoprolol, atenolol, propranolol are the most commonly prescribed examples of what medicines?
Beta-blockers










 

[zico]

Same here Westside, could never get into Miss Marple at all.

That's not bad East, you are too hard on yourself.  To make you feel better here is a 


Pharmacy Quiz

1.  Which brand of antiseptic mouthwash is named after the pioneer of antiseptic surgery?

2.  What's a well-known and mostly archaic term for a medical professional who dispenses and formulates medicine?

3.  What is hypertension better known as?

4.  What's another word for painkillers, in other words medications that reduce or suppress pain?

5.  What drink was invented by pharmacist John Pemberton - his first sales were at Jacob's Pharmacy in Atlanta, Georgia, in May 1886?

6.  What does the standard abbreviation "pc" mean on a prescription?

7.  Fluoxetine is a well-used, well-known antidepressant known by which brand name?

8. The generic laxative bisacodyl is the same as which brand name starting with the letter 'D'? 

9.  Also called water pills, what medications help rid your body of salt and water as urine?

10.  Onset of the medication sildenafil is typically within 20 minutes and lasts for about 2 hours, what is the brand name it's sold under?

11.  What are medicines often used to relieve symptoms of allergies, such as hay fever, called?

12.  What does the standard abbreviation "bd" mean on a prescription?

13.  What was discovered in 1961 by Stewart Adams and John Nicholson while working at Boots UK Limited? It is available under a number of trade names, including Nurofen and Anadin.

14.  Fortamet and Glucophage are brand names for which oral diabetes medicine?

15.  Tums is an antacid made of sucrose and what chemical compound?

16. What drink, sold mostly in chemists up until the 1980s, was invented in Newcastle in 1927 by British pharmacist William Hunter?

17.  No longer sold in the UK after its patent expired in 2002, which tranquilizer was described as "Mother's Little Helper" by the Rolling Stones in a 1966 song?

18.  Launched in 1959 by an English pharmaceutical company based in Crewe, which brand of children's medicine is usually a coloured syrup used to treat fever and pain?

19. What is Zovirax used to treat? 

20.  Bisoprolol, atenolol, propranolol are the most commonly prescribed examples of what medicines?







 

[Westside]

Impressive score West.  Must have been too easy!  

For some reason upon my reply your post vanished, not sure why, but I have edited, hope that's what you put down.

That's all fine Zico. Watched too much TV in the past. Can't abide Miss Marples though, which is the one I didn't get.

[easthammer]

24 for me Zico unfortunately that's 12 for today and 12 for yesterday

[zico]

Impressive score West.  Must have been too easy!  

For some reason upon my reply your post vanished, not sure why, but I have edited, hope that's what you put down.

[Westside]

20 Thanks Zico.

[zico]

Cops on the Box Quiz

1.  Which actor played both lawyer "Perry Mason" and disabled detective "Ironside"?
Raymond Burr

2. There were seven seasons of 'Prime Suspect', broadcast on British TV between 1991 and 2006. Who plays the main character, Jane Tennison? 
Helen Mirren

3.  Where was "Magnum PI", starring Tom Selleck, set?
Hawaii

4.  Which TV detective was played by Pierce Brosnan before he became 007?
Remington Steele

5.  In which year did Sam Tyler re-awake after his car accident in "Life on Mars" was it 1973, 1974 or 1975?
1973

6.  Which actor linked 'The Professionals' and 'The Chief'?
Martin Shaw

7.  Which TV detective worked for the Le Bureau des Étrangers?
Bergerac

8.  What was the name of the detective agency run by Maddie Hayes and David Addison in "Moonlighting"?
Blue Moon 

9.  What is the common link between the following TV detectives: Hazell, Rockford, Taggart and Bergerac?
They all have the first name James (Jim)

10.  How many Angels did Charlie have at any one time?
Three

11.  How was detective Sergeant Johnny Ho better known?  
The Chinese Detective

12.  'Dixon of Dock Green' was broadcast on British television between 1955 and 1976. Who played the title role of the policeman George Dixon?
Jack Warner

13.  Who wrote the novels that the TV series "Inspector Morse" was based on?
Colin Dexter

14.  What were the first names of Mr and Mrs Hart in TV's "Hart to Hart"?  Point for each.
Jennifer & Johnathan

15.  This actor starred with Karl Malden in "The Streets of San Francisco" before gaining fame as a leading man in Hollywood.  Who is he?
Michael Douglas

16.  In TJ Hooker William Shatner's character had a presidential first and middle name.  What are they?
Thomas Jefferson

17.  Starsky & Hutch star David Soul’s big break in the movie business came in 1973 when he was cast by Clint Eastwood as Officer John Davis in the second Dirty Harry film.  Can you remember the film’s title?
Magnum Force

18.  Tyne Daly and Sharon Gless played which two New York City police detectives?
Cagney & Lacey

19.  Which fictional village is home to Miss Marple?
St Mary Mead

20.  In April 1980, what became the first British TV series to feature a female police detective as the leading character?  For a bonus point who played her?
The Gentle Touch - Jill Gascoine

 

[zico]

Cops on the Box Quiz

1.  Which actor played both lawyer "Perry Mason" and disabled detective "Ironside"?

2. There were seven seasons of 'Prime Suspect', broadcast on British TV between 1991 and 2006. Who plays the main character, Jane Tennison? 

3.  Where was "Magnum PI", starring Tom Selleck, set?

4.  Which TV detective was played by Pierce Brosnan before he became 007?

5.  In which year did Sam Tyler re-awake after his car accident in "Life on Mars" was it 1973, 1974 or 1975?

6.  Which actor linked 'The Professionals' and 'The Chief'?

7.  Which TV detective worked for the Le Bureau des Étrangers?

8.  What was the name of the detective agency run by Maddie Hayes and David Addison in "Moonlighting"?

9.  What is the common link between the following TV detectives: Hazell, Rockford, Taggart and Bergerac?

10.  How many Angels did Charlie have at any one time?

11.  How was detective Sergeant Johnny Ho better known?  

12.  'Dixon of Dock Green' was broadcast on British television between 1955 and 1976. Who played the title role of the policeman George Dixon?

13.  Who wrote the novels that the TV series "Inspector Morse" was based on?

14.  What were the first names of Mr and Mrs Hart in TV's "Hart to Hart"?  Point for each.

15.  This actor starred with Karl Malden in "The Streets of San Francisco" before gaining fame as a leading man in Hollywood.  Who is he?

16.  In TJ Hooker William Shatner's character had a presidential first and middle name.  What are they?

17.  Starsky & Hutch star David Soul’s big break in the movie business came in 1973 when he was cast by Clint Eastwood as Officer John Davis in the second Dirty Harry film.  Can you remember the film’s title?

18.  Tyne Daly and Sharon Gless played which two New York City police detectives?

19.  Which fictional village is home to Miss Marple?

20.  In April 1980, what became the first British TV series to feature a female police detective as the leading character?  For a bonus point who played her?



 

[only1billybonds]

10.

Cheers Zico 

[Westside]

11. Thanks Zico.

[zico]

Foods named after places in the UK Quiz

1.  First mentioned in print in 1893, name the traditional English dessert consisting of a mixture of strawberries, meringue, and whipped cream?
Eton mess

2.  Name the valley that the River Ure flows down in North Yorkshire famous for its cheese?
Wensleydale

3.  What is the better-known name for the common sole which chefs love for its flavour, versatility, and ease of filleting?
Dover sole

4.  Which well-known breed of beef cattle gets its name from both a Scottish city and county?
Aberdeen Angus

5.  What is the Welsh vegetarian sausage made from Caerphilly cheese, leeks and breadcrumbs?
Glamorgan sausage

6.  Crosse & Blackwell acquired a factory site in 1920 in which village, just outside Burton upon Trent?
Branston (Branston Pickle is named after the village)

7.  An oval-shaped, currant-filled pastry similar to Eccles cake is named after which town in Oxfordshire?
Banbury (Banbury cakes)

8.  First named in 1747 in The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy, which food product is celebrated annually on the first Sunday of February?
The Yorkshire pudding

9.  Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire prides itself on making what quality food product?
Pork pies

10.  Give the last names of the two pharmacists that created Worcestershire sauce?
Lea and Perrins (John Lea and William Perrins)

11.  Which sugar-based confection was invented 'by accident' in the 19th century in Cumbria from a batch of glacier mints that "went wrong"?
Kendal Mint Cake

12. Which sweet roll made from yeast dough with crushed sugar sprinkled on top after baking gets its name from a British city? 
Bath Bun

13.  Which thick Scottish soup of smoked haddock, potatoes and onions gets its name from a small town on the northeast coast of Scotland?
Cullen Skink

14.  The oatcake is a local speciality in which county of England?
Staffordshire (Staffordshire oatcake)

15.  What food product would you associate with the town of Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire?
Tewkesbury mustard

16.  A type of smoked haddock is a speciality of which Scottish town?
Arbroath (Arbroath smokie)

17.  Which English County has a well-established traditional method of wet curing pork and a well-known association with the large-scale production of hams?
Wiltshire (Wiltshire Ham)

18.  London Pride is a beer produced by Fuller's Brewery. What exactly is London Pride named after?
London Pride is a flower (which came to symbolise the resilience of Londoners during the London blitz as it quickly colonised bomb sites)

19.  Which coastal town in Norfolk is famous for its crab which is said to be the best in the UK?
Cromer (Cromer crab)

20.  What is the name of the black, small, roughly circular sweet associated with a historic Yorkshire market town?
Pontefract cakes

 

[zico]

Foods named after places in the UK Quiz

1.  First mentioned in print in 1893, name the traditional English dessert consisting of a mixture of strawberries, meringue, and whipped cream?

2.  Name the valley that the River Ure flows down in North Yorkshire famous for its cheese?

3.  What is the better-known name for the common sole which chefs love for its flavour, versatility, and ease of filleting?

4.  Which well-known breed of beef cattle gets its name from both a Scottish city and county?

5.  What is the Welsh vegetarian sausage made from Caerphilly cheese, leeks and breadcrumbs?

6.  Crosse & Blackwell acquired a factory site in 1920 in which village, just outside Burton upon Trent?

7.  An oval-shaped, currant-filled pastry similar to Eccles cake is named after which town in Oxfordshire?

8.  First named in 1747 in The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy, which food product is celebrated annually on the first Sunday of February?

9.  Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire prides itself on making what quality food product?

10.  Give the last names of the two pharmacists that created Worcestershire sauce?

11.  Which sugar-based confection was invented 'by accident' in the 19th century in Cumbria from a batch of glacier mints that "went wrong"?

12. Which sweet roll made from yeast dough with crushed sugar sprinkled on top after baking gets its name from a British city? 

13.  Which thick Scottish soup of smoked haddock, potatoes and onions gets its name from a small town on the northeast coast of Scotland?

14.  The oatcake is a local speciality in which county of England?

15.  What food product would you associate with the town of Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire?

16.  A type of smoked haddock is a speciality of which Scottish town?

17.  Which English County has a well-established traditional method of wet curing pork and a well-known association with the large-scale production of hams?

18.  London Pride is a beer produced by Fuller's Brewery. What exactly is London Pride named after?

19.  Which coastal town in Norfolk is famous for its crab which is said to be the best in the UK?

20.  What is the name of the black, small, roughly circular sweet associated with a historic Yorkshire market town?