Quiz night Sample questions and answers - Girlguiding

Sample questions and answers

Quiz night

We've provided a couple of rounds of questions to give you some inspiration and get you started. If you have time you can make your own questions or there are lots of quizzes online that you can download for free. Be creative with your rounds and make sure they're tailored to the audience.

Girlguiding round

1 What year did girls gate-crash the first Boy Scout Rally at Crystal

1909

Palace, and ask Robert Baden-Powell to create `something for girls'?

2 A junior section for girls under 11 was formed in 1914. It was

renamed `Brownies' in 1915, but what was its original name?

Rosebuds

3 22 February is World Thinking Day. But whose birthdays does it

commemorate?

Robert and Olave Baden-Powell

4 Before it was known as Girlguiding what was the name of the UK's

guiding movement?

The Guide Association

5 How many global members of the World Association of Girl Guides

150

and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) are there?

6 Which of Girlguiding's branch associations is not on an island or group Gibraltar

of islands?

7 Pax Lodge in London is one of the WAGGGS World Centres. But it

Our Ark

isn't the first World Centre to have been built in London. What was it

originally called when it opened in 1932?

8 What year did Girlguiding launch Big Gig, a pop concert just for

Guides and Rangers?

2000

9 In 1966, six Guides broke a world record. What did they do to

achieve it?

They were the fastest girls' relay team to swim the English Channel

10 What is the highest award members of Girlguiding can work towards? The Queens Guide

Award

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General knowledge round

1 Which planet is eighth from the Sun in the Solar System?

Neptune

2 Au is the symbol of which precious metal?

Gold

3 Which Yorkshire village did the Bronte sisters live in?

Haworth

4 Who was Queen of England for the 9 days between 10th July and

19th July 1553?

Lady Jane Grey

5 Which Australian region is Sydney the capital of?

New South Wales

6 In what year did Dame Kelly Holmes win her first Olympic Gold

medals, competing in the women's 800m and 1500m

2004 (Athens Olympics)

7 Who was the Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from May 2009 ?

May 2019

Carol Ann Duffy

8 Which material is measured in quires, bales and reams?

Paper

9 In the world of Beatrix Potter, what type of animal is Timmy Tiptoes? Squirrel

10 In Greek mythology where could Cerberus be found?

Guarding the gates to the underworld

Christmas round

1 What other name does St. Stephen's Day go by?

Boxing Day

2 Which Christmas film features the song `Walking in the Air'?

The Snowman

3 Which UK monarch delivered the first Christmas Broadcast in 1932? George V

4 What is the name of Ebenezer Scrooge's partner in `A Christmas Carol'? Jacob Marley

5 What is the star sign of someone born on Christmas Day?

Capricorn

6 What are the gifts that the Three Wise Men gave baby Jesus?

Gold, frankincense & myrrh

7 Which country is eggnog originally from?

England

8 `Feliz Navidad' is Happy Christmas in which language?

Spanish

9 Rudolph is the most famous of Santa's reindeer. Can you name the

other 8?

Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner and Blitzen

10 In a non-leap year, what number day is Christmas Day?

359

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