Quiz Answers

These are the answers to the Scamp Speakers Quiz

QUESTION1 
Which planet in the solar system is the smallest? (MERCURY – PLUTO WAS THE SMALLEST UNTIL IT WAS DECLASSIFIED AS A DWARF PLANET)

QUESTION2
Mark Labbett, Anne Hegerty and Shaun Wallace are better known as what on TV? (THE CHASERS FROM THE CHASE)

QUESTION3
Between 1995 and 2019 only 3 football clubs outside the big 6 have won the FA CUP (The Big Six being – Liverpool, Man Utd, Arsenal, Man city, Chelsea, Tottenham). Can you name them? (3 points awarded)W
(WIGAN, PORTSMOUTH AND EVERTON)

QUESTION4
Which town is the furthest Easternmost point in United Kingdom? (LOWESTOFT NESS)

QUESTION5
J.K Rowling is the author of the Harry Potter series of books. But what does the J stand for in her name? (JOANNE)

QUESTION6
Tabby McTat, Room on the Broom, the Highway Rat and the Gruffalo are children’s books by which author? (JULIA DONALDSON)

QUESTION7
Which Explorer is widely acknowledged to have discovered Australia in 1770? (CAPT JAMES COOK)

QUESTION8
What is the name of the mountain that has the sculptures of 4 American presidents carved into them? (MOUNT RUSHMORE)

QUESTION9
Which track from the Saturday Night Fever Album performed by the Bee Gees was the only one to make number 1 in the UK? (NIGHTFEVER)

QUESTION10
In what year did Woolworths go into Administration? (2009)

QUESTION11
What were the first six original Mr Men Books that were published? (6 points awarded)
(MR TICKLE, MR GREEDY, MR HAPPY, MR NOSEY, MR SNEEZE, and MR BUMP)

QUESTION12
What is the connection between Sir David Frost, Tony Blair and Brian Clough? (ALL BEEN PLAYED BY MICHAEL SHEEN IN FILMS – FROST/NIXON, THE QUEEN & THE DAMNED UNITED)

QUESTION13
What was the name of the third astronaut on Apollo 11 that accompanied Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong when the first landed on the moon? (MICHAEL COLLINS – HE DID NOT ACTUALLY WALK ON THE MOON)

QUESTION14
How many former Prime Ministers currently sit in the House of Lords? (NONE)

QUESTION15
In 1997 Thrust Jet Powered car vehicle broke the landspeed record and still holds the record today. How fast did Thrust go in MPH? (763 MPH)

QUESTION16
Which fast food restaurant chain has overtaken McDonalds with the most outlets/restaurants in the world? (SUBWAY)

QUESTION17
Which two London Underground stations are the shortest distance apart? (LEICESTER SQUARE & COVENT GARDEN)

QUESTION18
In Athletics what is the connection between the following events – the Decathlon, 110metres hurdles and the 25km RaceWalk? (THEY ARE ONLY MEN EVENTS)

QUESTION19
In Reservoir Dogs, the six men hired to carry out the robbery were given alternative names and each were given a colour. So you had Mr ……etc ? What were the six colours? (6points available)
(MR PINK, MR ORANGE, MR BLONDE, MR BLUE, MR BROWN & MR WHITE)

QUESTION20
What is the first number when written out (e.g. TWO) that has all its letters in alphabetical order? (FORTY)

QUESTION21
What is the name of the two children of Matthew Fisher, MD of Scamp Speakers? (XANDER AND MARTHA)

Answers were hopefully correct at time of writing (June 2020)