Quiz Number #416
Round 1
1. Spelling – occasionally
2. New Zealand consists of over 700 islands. What are the names of the 2 main islands?
North & South
3. About which event did Churchill say ‘Never in the field of human conflict was so much been owed by so many to so few’?
Battle Of Britain
4. Which ball is positioned in the very centre of the table at the start of a snooker game?
Blue
5. Who played the part of Detective Chief Inspector Jim Taggart?
Mark McManus
6. What nationality is Ole Gunnar Solskjær?
Norwegian
7. Filth & The Blade Artist are novels written by which Scottish author?
Irvine Welsh
8. Which French word meaning “rebirth”, gives it’s name to a period in history?
Renaissance
9. What is the name of the dog in a Punch & Judy show?
Toby
10. In a game of 501 darts – can you checkout by hitting the outer ring of the bullseye if you have 25 left to score?
NO. It’s called double out.
Round 2
Entertainment
1. Who is the lead singer of Deacon Blue?
Ricky Ross
2. Beechgrove Garden – AUDIO clip
3. Teresa Brewer, Kinks & David Bowie have all had a top 10 hit with what word in the title?
Fashion
4. Glinda the Good Witch appears in what?
Wizard Of Oz
5. Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper & Quinton Jackson starred in which 2010 film that was based on a TV series of the same name?
A-Team
Blockbusters
1. Which HM the complete lunar phase closest to the autumnal equinox?
Harvest Moon
2. Steve Carell provided the voice of Gru in which DM?
Despicable Me
3. What ST is the American way of describing a bunker in golf?
Sand Trap
4. Which DR is a form of fungus that attacks structural and joinery timbers?
Dry Rot
5. Which GF is a TV program featuring Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse?
Gone Fishing
Final Round
1. I add six to eleven, and get five. When does this logic apply?
Time
2. On which island do riders visit Fairy Bridge to say hello to the Fairies for good luck?
Isle Of Man
3. The Earl Haig Fund Scotland is a Scottish charity that is better known as what?
Poppy Scotland (The Royal British Legion)
4. Which TV sports presenter & broadcaster is also the president of the Rugby Football League?
Clare Balding
5. Who is widely considered to be the father of theoretical computer science. During the war credited with breaking the Nazi Enigma code?
Alan Turing
6. Which Belgian-Dutch racing driver has won 8 Grand Prixs so far this season?
Max Verstappen
7. Scottish Martime Museum is located in which Ayrshire town?
Irvine
8. What type of pastry is used to make baklava?
Filo
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Countdown –
Stat Prize – Trapezist
A swinger at the circus.
Tie Break:
Tie Break – The United Nations Climate Change Conference near Paris, which led to the signing of the paris Agreement, tok place in which year?
2015
