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Quiz Number #394

Chase

Astronauts flying to the ISS must speak which language inorder to communicate with ground control?
Russian <
English
French

Which German loan-word means to have a feeling of dread?
Angst <
Agony
Apprehension

Players must be at least what age before they can buy Lotto scratchcards?
16 <
18
21

The ASA investigated who when they claimed that Pyramid tea bags better than round?
PG Tips <
Tetley
Typhoo

Which word can be an estimate of budget expected during a financial year ; or a line on a tennis court?
Baseline <
Sideline
Forecast

 

Movies

Madagascar

Escape from Alcatraz

War for the Planet of the Apes

 

Link: Jennifer Aniston

Bruce Almighty
Along Came Polly
Marley & Me
We’re the Millers

 

Countdown

Air Lingo
Original

The first or earliest

 

Weakest Link

50/50 Famous Racehorses. Flat or Jump

Frankel – flat

Desert Orchid – Steeplechaser

Nijinsky – flat

Kauto Star – steeplechaser

Rock of Gibraltar – flat

 

EASY

Million Dollar Baby tells the story of a waitress who takes up which sport?
Boxing <
Netball
Tennis
Football

Robson & Jerome were a pop dou active in the 1990s, the pair rose to fame in which TV show?
Soldier Soldier <
Londons Burning
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
Taggart

A portrait of who, appears on the obverse side of Bank of Scotland notes?
Walter Scott <
James Watt
Robert Burns
Robert the Bruce

Who was the 1st First Lady (of America) called Bush?
Laura
Barbara <
Heirey
Trimmid

What is the name of a baby Koalas?
Joey <
Cub
Pup
Billy



MEDIUM

 

Gordon Strachan managed 3 English clubs, which of these is not one of them?
Coventry
Southampton
Middlesbrough
Leeds United <

In which decade was the £1 coin introduced to replace the £1 notes?
1960’s
1970’s
1980’s <
1990’s

Who presents the revived version on the TV game show The Crystal Maze?
Richard Ayoade <
Craig Charles
Paddy McGuinness
Jon Bentley

Which Russell provided the voice of Elvis in Forrest Gump?
Russell Brand
Kurt Russell <
Russell Crowe
Russell Grant

Which airport in Britain has the IATA code BHX?
Birmingham Airport <
Blackpool Airport
Bournemouth Airport
Bristol Airport

 

HARD

Which Dutch and Afrikaans word for “farmer” shares it’s name with wars?
Boer <
Donbass
Kashmir
Crimea

The Ampersand appears along with which number on a qwerty keyboard?
3
5
7 <
9

What tile based game game begins with “The Twittering of the Sparrows”?
Mahjong <
Dominoes
Okey
Alhambra

Status Quo had a hit with which song that was originally recorded Dion DiMucci?
The Wanderer <
Runaround Sue
One Way Rider
What You’re Proposing

In text acronym language – IIRC stands for what?
If I remember correctly

 

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