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• Quiz Number #58822nd March 2025

  Round 1

  1. Spelling: VERSATILITY (noun) (able to change easily)

  2. Mute, trumpeter and whooper are the most common species of what type of bird?
  Swan – (Bonus – young – cygnet)

  3. (Audio Clip) Glory of Love (Peter Cetera song) featured in which film series? Bonus, the singer was a member of which band?
  Karate Kid (Part 2) – Chicago (band)

  4. The town of Ashbourne in Derbyshire hold a medieval version of what every Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday?
  Football game (Royal Shrovetide Football Match)

  5. The Ashbourne event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021. What was the reason for the 2001 cancellation?
  Foot & Mouth

  6. Which Scottish Premiership football team’s black and gold stripe shirt once led them to be nicknamed “the Wasps”?
  Aberdeen

  7. (Audio clip) Song title connection: Annie Lennox – Walking On Broken Glass | Blondie – Heart Of Glass | Pink – Raise Your Glass
  Glass

  8. In wrestling, what do the letters WWE stand for?
  World Wrestling Entertainment (World Wildlife Fund forced them to change it from WWF in 2002)

  9. What does the O stand for in the honour award OBE?
  Officer (this is correct – Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. The “o” in order is as irrelevant as the “o” in of)

  10. Port Said is a city that was founded during or as an effect of the construction of what?
  Suez Canal

  11. Since & including 2020, how many different nationalities have won the men’s singles title at Wimbledon?
  2 (Alcaraz & Djokovic) (data correct as of Spring 2025)

  12. Mark Wahlberg played the film role of John Bennett. What was the name of John’s best friend who was a talking bear?
  Ted

  Final Round

  Guest Round – SIGNS (Nothing to do with road signs though!)

  1. What did the Hollywood sign originall read in 1923?
  HOLLYWOODLAND

  2. Which star signs follows Scorpio in the calendar year?
  Sagittarius

  3. Who had a top 2 hit in 1988 with Sign Your Name?
  Terence Trent D’Arby

  4. The “Arbeit Macht Frie” sign was stolen from the entrance to what in 2010?
  Auschwitz

  5. In BSL (British Sign Language), which letter of the alphabet is signed by joining two hands together, both looking like you are holding carrots?
  B

  
  
  Final 5

  6. Who commanded HMS Endeavour on a voyage of discovery from 1768 to 1771?
  James Cook

  7. Which word for a ridge shares it’s name to the shaded area directly in front of a goal in ice-hockey where the goalkeeper stands?
  Crease

  8. Claudia Wells & Crispin Glover were actors who did not reprise their roles for any of the sequels of which film series? (as Jennifer Parker & George McFly)
  Back to the Future

  9. Hillbilly Elegy is book (later a film starring Glenn Close) written by which politician?
  JD Vance

  10. Which of these has Frankie Dettori never won? Ascot Gold Cup | Goodwood Cup | Ayr Gold Cup | Cheltenham Gold Cup
  Cheltenham Gold Cup (he was a flat racing jockey)

  Additional

  Countdown

  Answer: TARANTULA
  Letters: Natural At
  Clue: Big hairy scary thing, about 4 inches wide.
  
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  Bonus / Tie Break Questions

  Tie Break: The first English club to play in European competition after England’s ban was Aston Villa vs. Baník Ostrava. What year was this match?
  1990

  Referring to binary units as used in RAM, how many bytes are in 1 kibibyte?
  1024

  Additional Tie break – The Price Is Right! As priced online today at (name the shop), what is the price difference between these two 70cl bottles of Johnnie Walker whisky?

  • Johnnie Walker Gold Label Reserve Whisky
  • Johnnie Walker Blue Label Elusive Umami

  Answer – check your data on day of quiz – ( I got £246 difference at Tesco)

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