Joker Quiz 1

SUBJECTS ARE, THEATRICAL, MOTTOS, NATIONAL DISHES, NATURE, BRITISH TV COP SHOWS, TRIVIA

THEATRICAL
1 In the theatre what does FOH stand for? - Front of House
2 What is the theatrical term for the actors restroom backstage? - Green Room
3 Which English music hall, a tourist favourite since 1869, was forced to shut down in 1992? - Folies Bergere
4 By what name do actors call stage blood? - Kensington gore
5 Who became in 1981 the youngest performer at that time to have a one man show in The West End? - Rowan Atkinson
MOTTOS
6 Which English county has the motto “Through waves, through fields”? - Cambridgeshire
7 Which Scottish university has the motto “Without knowledge all is in vain”? - Edinburgh Napier
8 What is the motto of the Women’s Institute? - For Home and Country
9 Which English army town has the motto “No Cross No Crown”? - Colchester
10 What is the motto of the FBI? - Fidelity Bravery Integrity
NATIONAL DISHES
11 What is the Hungarian national dish? - Goulash
12 Of which country is bigos (pronounced beegosh) the national dish? - Poland
13 Which island country's national dish is puffin stuffed with rhubarb? - Faeroes Islands
14 South Korea's national dish 'kimchi' is fermented what? - Cabbage
15 Ackee and salt fish is the national dish of which country? - Jamaica
NATURE
16 What is a male zebra called? - Stallion
17 What is the young of the ox called? - Stot
18 What type of fish is a bonnethead? - Shark
19 What colour are the flowers of oil seed rape? - Yellow
20 What are blombergs, oak and fire bellied types of? - Toads
BRITISH TV COP SHOWS
21 Who was Chief Inspector George Gently's sergeant? - John Bacchus
22 Who played Peter Boyd in Waking The Dead? - Trevor Eve
23 In which TV series does Superintendent Jane Tennison appear? - Prime Suspect
24 Who played Detective, later inspector Hathaway in the TV drama Lewis? - Laurence Fox
25 Who played the character of Spender in the TV series? - Jimmy Nail
TRIVIA
26 What do the letter PS stand for on a letter? - Post Script
27 If you bought the RTE Guide in Ireland what information would you receive? - TV listings
28 What does CWOT stand for in Text Speak? - Complete Waste of Time
29 Which four letter word beginning with S is an Arab marketplace or bazaar? - Souk
30 Where, in a household, would you find a magnetron? - In a microwave oven
JACKPOT
31 Which English town did the Romans call Aqua Sulis? - Bath
32 In 1961 Pauline Tilston married which former merchant seaman who later went on to fame and some notoriety? - John Prescott
33 Which rank of the English peerage has eight balls and eight strawberry leaves all on stalks on its coronet? - Earl

Blog - Joker Quizzes _ An explanation.

Joker quizzes
18/12/2019

"This was a style of quiz we were using several years ago.

The pub had a go ahead owner who didn't mind putting his hand in his pocket and we used to have a joker quiz on a Sunday night, six rounds of five questions in various subjects, you were given the subjects in advance and picked which one you wanted as your joker for which you received double points, the subjects usually had a strange one amongst them.

There was then a jackpot (Three questions at the end) which went up every week as the jackpot cost a pound to enter, and when it was won the owner used to kick it off again with fifty quid as a sweetener.

Some Sunday nights they were queuing up. I used to try and work it out that every team would get one correct Jackpot answer and hopefully one or two would get two but I tried to make sure no-one was going to get three until the money was worth winning. Then I would give them all a fighting chance, hoping it would be shared."

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Bill Turnbull