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• Quiz Number #64611th July 2026

  Round 1
  

  1. Spelling – CLASSIFICATION – sort inventory by category

  2. TF: Walt Disney personally provided the voice for Mickey Mouse in the early cartoons?

  TRUE

  3. Which word shares it’s name with a university in Connecticut & a lock manufacturer?

  Yale

  4. Which word can mean a liquid applied to the face, a product to dye your hair or a chemical used in photocopying machines?

  Toner

  5. Which strategic tile-flipping board game is also a tragedy written by William Shakespeare?

  Othello

  6. What shape is a Stop sign?

  Octagon

  7. What was the title of a 1993 film starring Sylvester Stallone as a mountain climber?

  Cliffhanger

  8. Which 3 letter abbreviation proceeds the Chelsea Flower Show, being the name of the organisers?

  RHS – Royal Horticultural Society

  9. Which president hosted Elizabeth II on her first official US state visit?

  Eisenhower

  10. Who was the first man to orbit the Moon alone? Becoming at the time, “the most isolated man in history”?

  John Young | Alfred Worden | Michael Collins (on Apollo 10)

  11. In which song does a monkey get choked while a goose drinks wine?

  The Clapping Song

  12. Name this Mr Men character? (on-screen picture question)

  Mr Topsy Turvy

  Final Rounds

  Blockbusters

  Which TM is the ultimate symbol of love and one of the Seven Wonders of the World?
  Taj Mahal

  Which RP is a golf course / club that held the 2025 Open Championship?
  Royal Portrush

  Which LD describes a direct blood relative to their parents?
  Lineal Descendant

  Which NM, written by and starring Emma Thompson, had the subtitle “and the Big Bang”?
  Nanny McPhee

  Which RF made world news after exploding on 26 April 1986?
  Reactor 4

  Double Up

  1. Two most recent teams to win Scotland’s top flight league apart from Rangers or Celtic?
  Aberdeen | Dundee United

  2. Colin & Margaret Chegwin had three children. What were the 1st names of the two that pursued a successful career in TV & radio?
  Keith | Janice

  3. Name the two capital cities that Frédéric Chopin’s heart is buried and that his body is buried?
  Warsaw | Paris

  4. If Northern Europeans being a Suomi married an Eesti, what nationalities are they?
  Finland | Estonia

  5. Which two actors are officially Academy Award winners for playing the same character in a film series?
  Marlon Brando | Robert De Niro

  Additional

  Countdown

  Answer: SLAPSTICK

  Letters: TALKS PICS

  Hint: A simple type of comedy when actors behave in foolish way.

  Tie Break

  In F1, how many laps are raced in the Monaco Grand Prix?

  78

  Tie Break 2

  How many Earth days are there in a year on Mars (to the nearest whole number)?

  687

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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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