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• Quiz Number #57314th December 2024

  Round 1

  1. Spelling: ACQUITTED – Formally declared that they did not commit the crime.

  2. Which former prime Minister has an autobiography out called “Unleashed”?
  Boris Johnson

  3. Which country launched the first dog into an orbital spaceflight around the Earth?
  Soviet Union (Russia)

  4. To call a number overseas from the UK, you must enter what two digits before the country code?
  00

  5. True or False: The Oval Office in the White House, is actually square in shape?
  FALSE (it’s oval!)

  6. Which country hosted COP29?
  Azerbaijan

  7. Which watchmaker brand shares it’s name with last letter in the Greek alphabet?
  Omega

  8. Which sport shares it’s name with wedge-shaped sections of fabric, folded and stitched and also mean moves quickly?
  Darts

  9. Which Climie Fisher song, shares it’s name with a song from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Aspects of Love”?
  Love Changes Everything

  10. In which film did Marilyn Monroe play Sugar “Kane” Kowalczyk, a ukulele player and singer?
  Some Like It Hot

  11. David Edward Sutch was the founder of which political party?
  Monster Raving Loony Party

  12. Architects & Engineers use CAD. What does CAD stand for?
  Computer-Aided Design

  Final Round
  

  Blockbusters

  1. What CD is in a SodaStream cylinder?
  Carbon Dioxide

  2. Margaret Thatcher earned the nickname “snatcher” by ending what SM?
  School Milk

  3. Ray Dolby was an American engineer and inventor of what NR system?
  Noise Reduction

  4. Scotland’s most southerly mainland to mainland vehicle ferry service connects McInroy’s Point to which HQ?
  Hunter’s Quay

  5. Which CK is the correct term for using green screening visual effects?
  Chroma Key

  
  Final 5

  6. Which word has been officially named Collins Dictionary word of the year, meaning confident & independent has been inspired by Charli XCX?
  Brat

  7. Mary Norton was a british writer, best known for The Borrowers. However, her other books were adapted into which 1971 Disney film?
  Bedknobs and Broomsticks

  8. The Concorde Agreement is a contract that dictates a set of terms in what?
  Formula One
  Commercial Aviation
  Horse Racing
  Shoe Design

  9. Who took up the office of the  chancellor of Germany in 1998?
  Gerhard Schröder

  10. Which zodiac sign is depicted with twins?
  Gemini

  Additional

  Countdown

  ANSWER: PAINFULLY

  Letters: Finally Up

  Clue: A situation that is really sore.

  Bonus:

  Music Round – Answer – STEAM

  
  Tie Break

  In Mike Tyson’s professional boxing record, which year was the last time that he won a fight?

  2003 (vs Clifford Etienne)

  At 6pm tonight, The James Webb Telescope was how many km from Earth?

  Got to source on day of using question: https://theskylive.com/jwst-info

  1,641,381 km

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Top tip for creating your own Countdown conundrums.

These are my 2 go-to websites. Firstly find a 9 letter word by using www.crosswordsolver.org. Next head to wordsmith.org/anagram and find some interesting combinations of the letters.

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.

Here is a sample of our music round which can be used as a full round or just bonus points during a music question round.