The Chase TV Show: Questions That Beat the Chasers

Test yourself with questions from "The Chase" TV show that even the expert Chasers got wrong. Try these challenging trivia questions and see if you can outsmart the Chasers.

Quiz Questions

1. Ardwick FC was the former name of which northern football club?
2. What game console did Microsoft first release in 2001?
3. Israel's main airport is named after which leader?
4. Who voices Puss in Boots in the Shrek films?
5. The pastry kirsch strudel is made using which fruit?
6. Which equation estimates the number of extraterrestrial civilizations in the Milky Way that might be able to communicate with us?
7. Which card game shares its name with a famous French manufacturer of fine crystal glassware?
8. Which American artist painted "Office in a Small City" in 1953?
9. What is the second fastest competitive swimming stroke after front crawl?
10. Nicko McBrain is the drummer in which heavy metal band?
11. What tower is the oldest part of the Tower of London complex?
12. Olkhon is the largest island in which Siberian lake?
13. White, old glory red, and old glory blue are the official colours of which country's flag?
14. The word 'panic' comes from the name of which Greek god?
15. Which painting technique might use a palette knife to apply the paint rather than a brush?
16. Who wrote the novel "A Woman of Substance"?
17. What musical features "The Marching Song of the Pollicle Dogs"?
18. What is the most widely spoken Germanic language in the world?
19. Which British comedienne wrote the book "Dear Fatty"?
20. In 1990, Rob Reiner directed the film of which Stephen King book?
21. Primula vulgaris is the scientific name for which flower?
22. Which American won seven Olympic swimming golds in 1972?
23. The Mitchell Library is in which Scottish city?
24. Chuck D and Flavor Flav were members of which rap group?
25. Sherry originated in what autonomous region of Spain?
26. Who directed the film "Shaun of the Dead"?
27. What is The Stranglers' only top 5 hit?
28. What country is home to the Wolf Creek crater?
29. Who did cartoonist Gerald Scarfe marry in 1981?
30. Raffia is a type of what tropical tree?

Answers

1. Manchester City
2. Xbox
3. David Ben-Gurion
4. Antonio Banderas
5. Cherries
6. Drake Equation
7. Baccarat
8. Edward Hopper
9. Butterfly
10. Iron Maiden
11. The White Tower
12. Lake Baikal
13. USA
14. Pan
15. Impasto
16. Barbara Taylor Bradford
17. Cats
18. English
19. Dawn French
20. Misery
21. Primrose
22. Mark Spitz
23. Glasgow
24. Public Enemy
25. Andalusia
26. Edgar Wright
27. Golden Brown
28. Australia
29. Jane Asher
30. Palm tree