Quiz Number #409
Round 1
1. Spelling – broccoli
2. In 1963, who delivered a speech that became known as “I Have a Dream”?
Martin Luther King Jr.
3. TF: 2 and 3 are the only consecutive prime numbers?
TRUE
4. The Queen commemorates her Ruby Jubilee but describes the year as her “annus horribilis,”, the Conservative Party are re-elected for a fourth successive term. The new FA Premier League commences. Whitney Houston had the best-selling single of 1992, “I Will Always Love You”
1992
5. Sprite is a colorless, lemon and lime-flavored soft drink created by which of these companies? Coca-Cola | Pepsi Cola?
Coca-Cola
6. What B is the German word for ‘please’?
Bitte
7. Connecting to the internet using VPN technology is becomming increasingly popular. What does VPN stand for?
Virtual private network
8. In Group F of the World Cup Qualifier group, which team is missing. Denmark, Isreal, Scotland, Austria, Moldova?
Faroe Islands
9. Which childrens book is described in this plot description: Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy Pevensie are evacuated from London in 1940, to escape the Blitz, and sent to live with Professor Digory Kirke at a large house in the English countryside.
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
10. What is orange, can be domesticated or wild, and sounds very much like a parrot?
Carrot
(Quakers, Cockatiels, Jardines)
Round 2
Entertainment
1. Jazzy Jeff , Black Eyed Peas, Vengaboys, Guy Mitchell & Lulu have all had hits with what word in the title?
Boom
2. Film clip – Love your suit –
Silence of the lambs
3. What is the name of the brewery that built the Rovers Return in Coronation Street?
Newton & Ridley
4. What was the name of the Star Trek captain played by Patrick Stewart?
Jean-Luc Picard
5. In Ballet dancing – an act of spinning on one foot, typically with the raised foot touching the knee of the supporting leg?
Pirouette
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Blockbusters
1. Which RT includes the lines “Who could hang a name on you? When you change with every new day. Still I’m gonna miss you”?
Ruby Tuesday
2. Which JF co-presented Gladiators with Ulrika Jonsson in the 1990s?
John Fashanu
3. Which TT purchased a baker’s shop in Lorne Place, Uddingston in 1890?
Thomas Tunnock
4. In which SE did Andrew Lloyd Webber have his cast on rollerskates?
Starlight Express
5. In tennis, which DF is a term to describe when a server hits the net for the second time when starting a game?
Double Fault
Final Round
1. 3 British riders have won the Tour De France in the last 21 years. Name them all.
Chris Froome | Geraint Thomas | Bradley Wiggins
2. Which word game invented by Allan Turoff and originally distributed by Parker Brothers, is played using a plastic grid of lettered dice, in which players attempt to find words in sequences of adjacent letters?
Boggle
3. Who was born in Edinburgh in 1771 and is now famous for appearing on various Scottish bank notes?
Sir Walter Scott
4. Which British aircraft manufacturer produced the Spitfire?
Supermarine
5. (GH Only) Who is the longest serving Deputy Prime Minister in the UK? (formally appointed)
John Prescott
6. Ryzen is a brand of microprocessors made by which company?
AMD (Advanced Micro Devices)
7. What nationality is the athlete Yohan Blake?
Jamaican
8. Which of these is largest in size (mainland surface area km2) China | Australia?
China
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Countdown – Nicest Sit – Scientist
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Tie Break: Great Britain finished 2nd overall in the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games medal table. How many medals in total did they win?
124
