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Take our big Bullseye quiz to find out if you’re a winner or just end up with your bus fare home

EVERYONE loves a bit of bully – and last weekend’s Bullseye reboot with new host Freddie Flintoff was ITV’s most-watched Sunday show.  

Now we’ve got some questions from the super, smashing, great Bullseye Quiz Book so you can play along with friends.  

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Last week’s Bullseye reboot with Freddie Flintoff was ITV’s most-watched Sunday showCredit: Refer to source

Jim Bowen and Bully from the original series of BullseyeCredit: Rex

Find out if you win the most cash or leave with just your BFH – bus fare home – like on the original hosted by Jim Bowen. 

There are four difficulty levels: Easy (worth £30 for a correct answer), medium (£50), hard (£100) and marksman (£200).  

Choose your option and see who makes the most money. 

  •  The Bullseye Quiz Book (Penguin, £14.99).

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BOOKS AND CULTURE

Have you been following the Yellow Brick Road for the answer to question 1Credit: AP:Associated Press

1. (Easy) Who does Dorothy’s house crush in the book (and film, above) The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz?

2. (Medium) What is the traditional birthstone for the month of May?

3. (Hard) Which comic opera is also known as The Lass That Loved A Sailor?

4. (Marksman) Which novel begins with the line, “124 was spiteful. Full of a baby’s venom”.

BRITAIN

Check out question 6 to see if you ‘snow’ the answerCredit: Getty – Contributor

5. (Easy) A “Brummie” is the nickname for a person from which British city?

6. (Medium) British explorer Robert Falcon Scott, above, led two expeditions to which region?

7. (Hard) In which Welsh county is Eryri/Snowdonia located?

8. (Marksman) Which motto appears on a looped scroll at the bottom of the royal coat of arms?

ENTERTAINMENT

Who’s the voice behind this Simpsons baddie? See question 10Credit: Alamy

9. (Easy) What is the name of Fred Flintstone’s best friend?

10. (Medium) The character Sideshow Bob from TV series The Simpsons was played by which actor?

11. (Hard) In the film Back To The Future, Doc Brown has a hard time believing that which movie star would become President of the US?

12. (Marksman) Who is the only actor to have appeared in both the films that have won the most Academy Awards – Titanic and The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King?

FOOD AND DRINK

Question 15 will test your confectionery-based knowledgeCredit: Alamy

13. (Easy) “Adam’s ale” is a slang term for what drink?

14. (Medium) Which chef began his association with the Cornish village of Padstow in the early 1970s, with his bistro The Seafood Restaurant?

15. (Hard) The confectionery brand Quality Street was named after a play written by which Scottish novelist and playwright?

16. (Marksman) Which was the first British restaurant to top the World’s 50 Best Restaurants list?

HISTORY

You can test your acronym skills with question 19Credit: Alamy

17. (Easy) Which 102-floor skyscraper was completed in New York City in 1931, becoming the world’s tallest building at the time?

18. (Medium) Which marble mausoleum was completed in 1653 on the banks of the River Yamuna in Agra, India?

19. (Hard) What does the acronym NATO, above, stand for?

20. (Marksman) Whose tomb includes the curse, “Blessed be the man that spares these stones/And cursed be he that moves my bones”?

MUSIC

Do you recognise this guitar? Head to question 24Credit: BNPS

21. (Easy) Which American singer-songwriter, whose signature songs included Ring Of Fire, was known as the “Man in Black”?

22. (Medium) Before it was a hit for Mark Ronson and Amy Winehouse in 2007, which band originally wrote and sang Valerie?

23. (Hard) After he left rap group NWA, whose debut solo album was called The Chronic?

24. (Marksman) Whose guitar, above, which they played during an MTV Unplugged set in November 1993, sold for the highest-ever price for a guitar at auction, at $6,010,000 (£4,960,000), in June 2020?

NATURE

This is Gerald Durrell – but how much do you know about him? See 27Credit: Rex

25. (Easy) What is an adult female horse known as?

26. (Medium) How many humps does a Bactrian camel have?

27. (Hard) Naturalist and author Gerald Durrell set up a zoological park on which island?

28. (Marksman) What is the name for a rapidly rotating neutron star that emits beams of electromagnetic radiation from its magnetic poles?

PLACES

Head to question 32 to see if you can hit the target with this Markman-grade question on placesCredit: Getty

29. (Easy) What is the name for Germany’s highway system, with stretches containing no speed limit?

30. (Medium) In which city will you find the statue-lined Charles Bridge?

31. (Hard) What is the newest formally acknowledged country, having gained its sovereignty on July 9, 2011?

32. (Marksman) What is the name of the war memorial, above, in Ypres, Belgium, dedicated to the 54,896 British and Commonwealth soldiers whose graves are unknown?

SPORT

Shoot and score with Marksman-level question 36Credit: Getty

33. (Easy) Which British heptathlete won gold at the London 2012 Olympics and was made a dame in the 2017 New Year Honours list?

34. (Medium) Which three-word expression to describe a tense situation was uttered by football manager Sir Alex Ferguson during a 2003 press conference?

35. (Hard) In terms of medals won, who’s the most successful female Team GB athlete?

36. (Marksman) Which English footballer won back-to-back Ballon D’Ors in 1978 and 1979?

TECH

Do you know which film these two droids come from – see 37 for the easy option hereCredit: Refer to Caption

37. (Easy) In which science-fiction movie franchise would you find the two droids R2-D2 and C-3PO?

38. (Medium) In banking, what does the acronym ATM stand for?

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39. (Hard) What was the name of the first Briton in space, who travelled to the Mir space station in 1991?

40. (Marksman) What was the name of the first child born from IVF treatment?

ANSWERS

Now check your answers from above…

  1. The Wicked Witch Of The East
  2. Emerald
  3. HMS Pinafore
  4. Beloved by Toni Morrison
  5. Birmingham
  6. Antarctica
  7. Gwynedd
  8. Dieu et mon droit (God and my right)
  9. Barney Rubble
  10. Kelsey Grammer
  11. Ronald Reagan
  12. Bernard Hill
  13. Water
  14. Rick Stein
  15. JM Barrie
  16. The Fat Duck
  17. Empire State Building
  18. The Taj Mahal
  19. North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
  20. William Shakespeare
  21. Johnny Cash
  22. The Zutons
  23. Dr Dre
  24. Kurt Cobain
  25. Mare
  26. Two
  27. Jersey
  28. Pulsar
  29. Autobahn
  30. Prague
  31. South Sudan
  32. Menin Gate
  33. Jessica Ennis-Hill
  34. Squeaky-bum time
  35. Dame Laura Kenny
  36. Kevin Keegan
  37. Star Wars
  38. Automated Teller Machine
  39. Helen Sharman
  40. Louise Brown

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