If you haven’t yet taken part in a virtual quiz during lockdown it must only be a matter of time.
Over the last few weeks the nation’s appetite for quizzing is almost as high as it’s taste for banana bread.
Chances are you’ve been playing along with family, friends or work colleagues to pass the time.
There have been plenty of big virtual events to join including a Friends quiz and even Bongo’s Bingo has gone online.
But there’s no reason why you can’t just host your own simple question and answer quiz, as long as you nominate a trustworthy quizmaster to take the lead.
Our colleagues over at CambridgeshireLive have created this great 40 question general knowledge quiz, with topics ranging from food and drink to TV, film, geography, science and nature.
So get the drinks in tonight and see who will be your quiz champion.
Questions
Food and drink quiz questions
1. What is the name of the Greek dip consisting of yoghurt and cucumber?
2. In Indian cooking, what is a Tandoori?
3. What is a mocha?
4. In the UK we know it as sweetcorn, but what cereal grain is it a variety of?
5. Enchiladas originated in which country?
6. In French cooking, what does 'en Croute' mean?
7. What are the two main ingredients in a bellini cocktail?
8.The beer brand 'Old Speckled Hen' was aquired by which brewery in 2000?
9. Which fast food company used the advertising slogan "I'm Lovin' it"?
10. What is unusual about the tomato based soup known as Gazpacho?
Science and nature quiz questions
11. Which type of animal is a Barramundi?
12. Which of the following geological eras came first: Mesozoic, Paleozoic or Cenozoic?
13. Which animals' name means river horse?
14. What is a common name for Nitrous Oxide?
15. What is the scientific name for the kneecap?
16. What is the name of the tube connects the kidney to the bladder?
17. Which flower is meant to symbolise beauty?
18. How many eggs does the average chicken lay per year?
19. How is the pharmaceutical product 'acetylsalicylic acid' better known?
20. Is rainwater slightly acid or slightly alkaline?
World geography quiz questions
21. What body of water separates Saudia Arabia from Africa?
22. Catalonia is a region of what country?
23. What is the largest island is the Caribbean Sea?
24. What are the five boroughs of New York City?
25. Which country has the longest coastline in the world?
26. In what mountain range is Mount Everest located?
27. In which English county is the town of Stevenage?
28. Sofia is the capital of which country?
29. What are the three official languages of Belgium?
30. In which city is the Vatican City?
TV and Film quiz questions
31. In which English seaside town was ‘Fawlty Towers’ set?
32. In which film franchise does Eddie Murphy play Axel Foley, a Detroit detective?
33. For what film did Martin Scorcese win his only best director Oscar?
34. Who is the host of quiz show Tipping Point?
35. What was the name of Tom Cruise's character in Top Gun?
36. At the beginning of Goodfellas, who says the line: "As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster?"
37. In Dirty Dancing, what is Baby's first name?
38. What is the name of James Corden's character in Gavin & Stacey?
39. Who plays Tommy Shelby in Peaky Blinders?
40. What is David Schwimmer's character in Friends called?
Answers
Food and drink answers
1. Tzatziki
2. A dish cooked in a clay oven known as a Tandoor
3. A coffee flavoured with chocolate
4.Maize
5. Mexico
6. In pastry
7. Prosecco and peach puree
8. Greene King
9. McDonalds
10. It is served cold
Science and nature quiz answers
11. Fish
12. Paleozoic -ended around 248 million years ago
13. Hippopotamus
14. Laughing gas
15. Patella
16. Ureter
17. Calla Lily
18. 260
19. Aspirin
20. Slightly acidic
World geography quiz answers
21. Red Sea
22. Spain
23. Cuba
24. Manhattan, The Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn and Staten Island
25. Canada
26. Himalayas
27. Hertfordshire
28. Bulgaria
29. French, Dutch and German
30. Rome
TV and Film quiz question answers
31. Torquay
32. Beverly Hills Cop
33. The Departed in 2007
34. Ben Shepherd
35. Maverick
36. Henry Hill
37. Frances
38. Smithy
39. Cillian Murphy
40. Ross Geller
