Quizzes

Quizzes

Looking for something a bit different to general knowledge quiz's for your group or party? Then have a browse through these or check out the Mindbenders section!

Christmas Indoor Treasure Hunt 

Common Phrase Quiz

London Underground Quiz 

Old Money (ideal for those who remember British predecimal coinage!)

 

 

The Underground Quiz/Game

Not an easy quiz. The underground quiz is a paper and pencil quiz based on the London Underground stations. From the clues given see how many station names you can work out. Don't cheat by looking at an underground map... or maybe you'll need to?!!

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Clue:

Underground station:-

Letter to the Corinthians

Longest reign

Anybody for tennis

Seven husband’s for

In the hop’s county

New street for

Egg Shaped

Pillar of stone

Timber ashes

Arms dump

Up the wrong tree

H20 for aromatic leaves

Over the eyes

Bigger than big

Botanical line

A messenger from above

Is falling down

England Expects

Clerical Envy

Off with his head

Please cross here sir

Women’s lib ends here

Alpine Hut

Channel Crossing for many

Young Tree

Irate Monarch

Oriental Pig

Dagenham Choice

Napoleon’s Finale

Royal Judgement

Sea defence

African Chefs

Entrance to a tree

Another name for the mall perhaps!

1760 yards and stop

Common Phrases Quiz

 

How many of these can you work out? To do well at this quiz you need a combination of intelligence, lateral thinking fluency with words and creativity. Each statement below is a phrase, saying or sentence with the only the initial letter of the important words showing. Work out what answer is from the combination of numbers and initial letters of words.

Eg Question: 1001 A- N-  Answer: 1001 Arabian Nights

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1

26 L- of the A-

2

7 W- of the W-

3

16 O- in the P-

4

12 S- of the Z-

5

54 C- in the D- (with J- )

6

9 P- in the S- S-

7

88 P- K-

8

13 S- on the A- F-

9

0 D- C- at which W- F-

10

18 H- on a G- C-

11

90 D- in a R- A-

12

200 P- for P- G- in M-

13

7 S- on a F- P- P-

14

3 B- M- …. (S- H- T- R-)

15

13 L- in a B- D-

16

24 H- in a D-

17

1 W- on a U-

18

57 H- V-

19

11 P- in a F- T-

20

29 D- in F- in a L- Y-

21

64 S- on a C- B-

22

76 T- in the B- P-

23

R- for 40 D- and N- in the G- F-

24

39 S-

25

3 M- in a B-

26

20 N- on a D- B-

27

900 M from L- E- to J- O- G-

28

1 P- in a P- T-

29

366 D- in a L- Y-

30

2 S- of a L- T-

31

4 S- in a Y-

32

4 and 20 B- B- B- in a P-
     

 

Old Money

Compiled by Keith Baby, Elm Lodge

How well do you remember or know of the "old money" of pounds shillings and pence? All of the clues below relate to an amount expressed in "old money". All you have to do is work out the amount for the clue and write is in the boxes opposite, then add up the total. Some of the answers might be slang for a particular coin, others are perhaps a little comic, so beware!

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£

S

d

1. A stone

      

2. Poorly sea creature

      

3. Royal headgear

      

4. Man’s name

      

5. Worker of leather

      

6. Mode of transport

      

7. Type of pig

      

8. Jupiter, Saturn and Venus

      

9. Girl’s name

      

TOTAL

      

 

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