Quiz Number #330

The Chase

Accoring to the proverb, “don’t count your chickens until they are” what?
Hatched <
Across the road
Plucked

How many coins in current circulation are bi-colour?
1 <
2
3

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange took refuge at the London embassy of which country?
Ecuador <
Sweden
Russia

For which news story have the IOC featured this week?
Russian doping <
Pokémon GO
T. May New PM

What word comes from the Greek for “light” & “draw”?
Photography
Camera
Lens

Movies

Ghostbusters
Up
Clear and Present Danger
United 93
Get Carter

 

Countdown

PINK SCAB :
Backspin :

Used to play a ball by hitting downward or undercutting

 

Who Wants To Be A Millionaire

EASY

Which song was used as the TV theme song for the sitcom Absolutely Fabulous?
This Wheel’s on Fire <
Half The World Away
Handbags and Gladrags
When the Whistle Blows

OFGEM is the regulator of which industries?
Gas <
Gambling
Insurance
Mobile Phones

In Spanish, what flavour is naranja?
Orange <
Lemon
Mint
Garlic

In radio, what does the A in DAB stand for?
Air
Audio <
Analog
Access

Who directed the 2010 survival drama 127 Hours?
Danny Boyle <
Ridley Scott
Ken Loach
Guy Ritchie

biographical drama “Steve Jobs”

MEDIUM

Which former World No.1 golfer is known as “The Big Easy”?
Ernie Els <
Greg Norman
Vijay Singh
Seve Ballesteros

What is the European equivalent of our 999 here in the UK?
112 <
123
911
321

The Great North Run starts in which city?
Newcastle upon Tyne <
South Shields
Gateshead
Sunderland

Hosni Mubarak was the president of which country until 2011?
Egypt <
Syria
Libya
Turkey

12 Downing Street is traditionally used as the official residence of the holder of which political office?
Chief Whip <
Foreign minister
Chancellor
Deputy PM

HARD

Who was the last bachelor Prime Minister of Great Britain?
Edward Heath <
Harold Wilson
John Major
James Callaghan

For which player did Rangers agree the clubs record transfer fee for selling a player?
Alan Hutton <
Barry Ferguson
Tore André Flo
Mikel Arteta

Which Girls Aloud song opens with the words “Disco dancing with the lights down low”?
Sound of the Underground <
The Promise
Love Machine
Call The Shots

How many children did Elvis Presley have?
1 <
2
3
4

The artist L. S. Lowry is famous for painting what type of pictures?
Horses
Flowers
Matchstick Men <
Dragons