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• Quiz Number #63924th May 2026

  Round 1
  

  1. Spelling – SOVEREIGNTY : the power that a country has to govern itself.

  2. Which Kate Bush song shares its name with an 1847 novel and a 2026 film starring Margot Robbie?

  Wuthering Heights

  3. Audio clip – Mystery voice?

  Dara Ó Briain

  4. Simple Sums. Add number teams that make up second teirs of Scottish & English football leagues.

  Teams in Sky Bet Championship + Teams William Hill Championship.

  (24+10) = 34

  5. Which word meaning jewellery in German is used in American slang to mean an idiot?

  Schmuck

  6. Which video game character is also known as King Koopa or Daimaō in Japan?

  Bowser

  7. John Clayton is a fictional character known as Tarzan. What VG is his official title?

  Viscount Greystoke

  8. Which Harry Styles song includes the lines “Breathe me in, breathe me out”?

  Watermelon Sugar

  9. Which Ford hatchback replaced the Escort in Ford’s European range in 1998?

  Focus

  10. Which James Bond film shares its name with a type of duck?

  Goldeneye

  11. Around 780,000 years ago, the Brunhes–Matuyama reversal describes what change taking place?

  Great Oxygenation Event

  Formation of the Moon (which likely stabilised Earth’s tilt)

  Magnetic Poles Swapping Over

  Cambrian Explosion (sudden diversification of animal life)

  12. True / False. Gibraltar is the southernmost point of mainland Europe?

  FALSE

  Final Rounds

  Wheel – Hitlers Inner Circle

  1. Which Nazi leader was Hitler’s deputy until he flew to Scotland in 1941 in a failed attempt to negotiate peace?
  Rudolf Hess

  2. Who was Hitler’s Minister of Propaganda?
  Joseph Goebbels

  3. Which businessman and fashion house founder designed the uniforms for the Nazis?
  Hugo Boss

  4. The verdicts of the Nuremberg trials were delivered on    1 October of which year?
  1946

  5. Which architect became Hitler’s Minister of Armaments and War Production in 1942?
  Albert Speer

  Double Up
  1. First two Chinese zodiac creatures in alphabetical order?
  Dog | Dragon

  2. First two words of the lyrics of the 1973 Elton John song “Candle In The Wind”?
  Goodbye | Norma

  3. Niagara Falls is on the border of which Canadian province and which American state?
  Ontario | New York

  4. First names of the Kemp brothers that played The Krays in a 1990 film?
  Martin | Gary

  5. Of these four awards at Crufts, which 2 cannot be won by a crossbreed?
  Best in Show
  Flyball
  Best in Group – Toy
  Agility

  Additional

  Countdown

  Answer: EAVESDROP

  Letters: Paved Rose

  Hint:  Listen secretly to what they are saying.

  Tie Break:

  The National Hunt Challenge Cup is the longest race at the Cheltenham Festival. How many full furlongs are raced?

  29

  (3 miles, 5 furlongs, and 201 yards)

  Tie Break 2:

  How tall (in metres) is The Elizabeth Tower (commonly known as Big Ben)?

  96m

  The Finnieston Crane is 53m

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Music Rounds

1 minute clip (play twice during presentation) with 5 songs from 5 different decades.

Format 1: Pull the first letter from each artist and it will spell out which 5 letter word?

Format 2: Give the teams the 5 letter word first, then play the clip and have them name each artist.

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