Bosham News Quiz – August 2023 Comedy Turns. 1 Which comedy team featured ”Michael Bentine”, “Peter Sellers”, “Harry Secombe”, and “Spike Milligan”? The Goons 2 Which long-winded stand-up was fond of requesting that the audience refrain from “twittering”? Frankie Howard 3 Who created the sitcoms “Bread” and “Butterflies”? …
Bosham News Quiz – June 2023 Capitals. Name the six capital cities in Europe that are spelt with only four letters. 1 Baku (Azerbaijan) 4 Oslo (Norway) 2 Rome (Italy) 5 Bern (Switzerland) 3 Riga (Latvia) 6 Kyiv/Kiev (Ukraine) Quiz Shows. Rearrange the letter groups to make three former TV quiz shows: ERS NGF …
Bosham News Quiz – April 2023 Name Game. Identify the middle name from the list of these well-known people? Albert. Balfour. Isaac. Leonard. Mungo. Winston 1 John Lennon Winston 4 Hugh Grant Mungo 2 James Callaghan Leonard 5 Frank Sinatra Albert 3 Ronnie Corbett Balfour 6 Sir Viv Richards Isaac Ologies: Identify what is …
Bosham News Quiz – March 2023 Around England. 1 Which same river flows through the villages of “Goring”, “Pangbourne” & “Sonning”? River Thames 2 How many stacks of chalk comprise “The Needles” off the west coast of the Isle of Wight? Three 3 M/C In which seaside town is the “British Lawnmower Museum”: Blackpool, …
Bosham News Quiz – February 2023 Phobias. We all have them, perhaps, but can you tie in these phobias to the given fears? Alcohol. Dreams. Fire. Needles. Snow. Speed. 1 Tachophobia Speed 4 Chionophobia Snow 2 Pyrophobia Fire 5 Trypanophobia Needles 3 Oneirophobia Dreams 6 Dipsophobia Alcohol City Nicknames: Identify the cities from their …
Bosham News Quiz – January 2023 British Prime Ministers. During her 70-year reign Queen Elizabeth 11 was served by 15 prime ministers. Name the last ten? HALF MARK FOR EACH. 1A Edward Heath 3B Gordon Brown 1B James Callaghan 4A David Cameron 2A Margaret Thatcher 4B Theresa May 2B John Major 5A Boris Johnson 3A …
Bosham News – “Scrooge” Quiz With Not a Festive Q in Sight! December 2022 100 Not Out. The total answers equal 100! 1 How many lines have a “limerick” and “sonnet” collectively? (5 + 14) 19 2 How many stars feature on the national flag of Australia? 6 3 How many pieces comprise a standard …
Bosham News Quiz – November 2022 TV Quiz Shows! 1 Who fronted “Sale of the Century” between 1971 and 1984? Nicholas Parsons 2 What quiz did the taxi driver “Fred Housego” win in 1980? Mastermind 3 With well over 6000 editions what is the most broadcast TV Game Show? Countdown 4 M/C Up to 1993 …
Bosham News Quiz – October 2022 Abbreviations. For what do the letters stand? 1 Medically, what is WHO? World Health Organisation 2 In the world of retail, what is meant by COD? Cash On Delivery 3 An anagram of “HMSO”, what four letter word is often seen on “ominous looking” brown envelopes? OHMS …
Bosham News – September 2022 Connection: 1 What is the symbol of the zodiac sign “Sagittarius”? The archer 2 Who won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1940 for his novel “The Grapes of Wrath”? John Steinbeck 3 What do the letters stand for in the title of the TV show “QI”? Quite Interesting …
