Quiz Number #412
Round 1
1. On original Rubiks Cubes, which colour is missing white, red, blue, green, and yellow?
Orange
2. How much prize money does the winning team get in the Ryder Cup? $1.5m $5m $50m Nothing.
Nothing
3. Spelling: acquittal. a judgement or verdict that a person is not guilty of the crime with which they have been charged.
4. Raduis, Ulna & Humerus are three bones in your arm. Which of the 3 is in the upper arm?
Humerus
5. What nationality is TV personality Fred Sirieix?
French
6. Royal Yacht Britannia is a popular tourist attraction. In which city is it permanently berthed?
Edinburgh
7. Which American / Mexican boxer, won 11 world titles in six weight classes and had the nickname “The Golden Boy”?
Oscar De La Hoya
8. Authr Jeff Kinney worte a series of books called “Diary of ” what?
A Wimpy Kid
9. During the NASA Space Shuttle program, there were 2 fatal disasters. What were the names of the Shuttles involved?
Challenger | Columbia
10. Which Microsoft Office application specialises in workspace chat and videoconferencing and was used extensivley by schools for home learning when they were closed?
Teams
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Round 2
Entertainment
1. Mark Ronson, The Zutons & Steve Winwood have all had a hit song with a song title featuring which girl’s name?
Valerie
2. Audio clip – Woody Woodpecker
3. Worst pies in London is a song from which stage musical?
Sweeny Todd
4. What is the name of Peppa Pigs brother?
George
5. Who played Margaret “Maggie” “the Cat” Pollitt in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof?
Elizabeth Taylor
Blockbusters
1. Which IM is an American soccer team owned by David Beckham?
Inter Miami
2. “I’ve been walkin’ these streets so long, Singin’ the same old song. ” are the opening lines to which RC?
Rhinestone Cowboy
3. Santander Airport is now named after which SB?
Seve Ballesteros (most famous well known from Cantabria in the last century born in Pedreña)
4. Which GE was a French Civil engineer, credited with building a big tower in France?
Gustave Eiffel
5. Norville Rogers was a friend and fellow gang member with which SD?
Scooby Doo
Final Round
1. In a barn there are men and horses. In all, there are 22 heads and 72 feet. How many men are there?
8 (14 horses (14 heads, 56 feet) 8 men (8 heads, 16 feet)
2. Who was the Prime Minister of Britain at the time that Angela Merkel assumed office of German Chancellor?
Tony Blair
3. A Rock dove is more commonly referred to as what P?
Pigeon
4. The July Crisis was a series of diplomatic and military escalations, which led to the outbreak of which war?
World War I
5. Glucagon is a hormone that is produced in which organ?
Pancreas
6. Who is the only British boxer to be awarded a knighthood?
Sir Henry Cooper
7. Which one of these is a type of moth? Steamer | Drinker | Alkie
Drinker
8. Cavity Sam was the name of the patient in what?
Operation (game)
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Countdown
Hearts Tip – Therapist — Hint: A Shrink.
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Tie Break
There are a total of 32 council areas in Scotland. List as many as you can that include the words North, South, East or West.
North Lanarkshire
North Ayrshire
South Ayrshire
South Lanarkshire
East Ayrshire
East Dunbartonshire
East Lothian
East Renfrewshire
West Dunbartonshire
West Lothian
