115Th FIFE SCOUT GROUP QUIZ

1. In which country is the original Legoland? DENMARK 2.What was the surname of Wendy and her brothers in ‘Peter Pan’? DARLING 3. Which Scottish golf course was the venue for the first-ever Open Championship? PRESTWICK 4. What was the name of the dog on the picture of ‘His Master’s Voice’? NIPPER 5. Found particularly in Loch Lomond, a ferox is a variety of what sort of fish? A TROUT 6. What unit is used to measure frequency – e.g. of radio waves? HERTZ 7. Food: – what seeds is tahini paste made from? SESAME SEEDS 8. In opera, who married Captain Pinkerton, then killed herself when he deserted her? MADAM BUTTERFLY 9. Who or what was Polynesia, who taught Dr Dolittle to talk to the animals? POLYNESIA / HIS PARROT 10 What name is given to a doctor specialising in treating old people GERIATRICIAN 11 In meteorology, what could be lenticular, noctilucent or mammatus? CLOUDS 12 In Scottish waters, what are Auk, Dunlin, Piper and Cormorant – if they’re not birds? OIL/GAS FIELDS 13 What sort of clinic was first set up in Britain by Marie Stopes in 1921? FAMILY PLANNING 14 Who was ‘a bear of very little brain’? WINNIE THE POOH 15 Under apartheid, what were black peoples’ tribal homelands in South Africa called BANTUSTANS 16 What was Istanbul called before it was called Constantinople? BYZANTIUM 17 Which American was nicknamed ‘The March King’ – he composed many well-known military and patriotic ones. (JOHN PHILIP)SOUSA 18 After the Ice Age ended, what sort of tree was the first to colonise Scotland? BIRCH 19 Who was the first Roman Emperor to convert to Christianity? CONSTANTINE 20 In which year was the Soviet Union officially dissolved? 1991 21 What long-distance footpath goes from Edale in Derbyshire to Kirk Yetholm on the Scottish border? THE PENNINE WAY 22 If an MP applies for the stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds, what is he doing? RESIGNING 23 Which religious group was founded in 1830 by Joseph Smith? THE MORMONS / CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS 24 In WW2, where in Scotland were the Churchill Barriers constructed? SCAPA FLOW / ORKNEY 25 Which of the Cluedo characters is soon to be replaced – by a more PC one? MRS WHITE, the housekeeper 26 At the start of season 2016-17, which English Premier League team will play their home games at the Riverside Stadium? MIDDLESBROUGH 27 Which country’s capital is Kampala? UGANDA 28 In America, the OSS was the forerunner of which organisation? THE CIA 29 The M60 is the orbital motorway for which English city? MANCHESTER 30 5-month-old pig Butch and her brother Sundance escaped from an abbatoir in 1995 and went on the run. What nickname did the press give them? ‘THE TAMWORTH TWO’ 31 Which river flows through Washington DC? THE POTOMAC 32 Who played Prisoner Number 6 in a cult TV series of the ‘60s? PATRICK McGOOHAN 33 According to the saying, whose wife must be above suspicion CAESAR’S 34 Which English monarch was the Babington Plot aimed against? ELIZABETH 1st 35 What was the title of the TV series written by John Byrne about a band about to take their Silver Jubilee tour of Scotland? ‘TUTTI FRUTTI’ 36 Where is the stock exchange called the Hang Seng? HONG KONG 37 Which team did comic hero Roy Race play for? MELCHESTER ROVERS 38 Which radio station’s signature tune is ‘Lillibulero’? BBC WORLD SERVICE 39 Which two gases make up nearly all of the sun? (2 part answer) HYDROGEN and HELIUM (1 MARK EACH) 40 What foodstuff does a fromologist study? CHEESE (They also collect cheese labels)