Quiz Number #433
Round 1
1. Spelling – Polystyrene (synthetic packaging)
2. What is the name of Liz McColgan’s daughter, who recently broke Paula Radcliffe’s 21-year-old British half marathon record?
Eilish McColgan
3. Before the introduction of the single European Currency, what was the currency in Greece?
Drachma
4. Tom Hanks won two consecutive Academy Awards for Best Actor in 1993 then 1994 in which films?
Philadelphia (1993) and Forrest Gump (1994)
5. If you exit the M8 at junction 28, you will be where? Glasgow Airport | Anderston | Dobbies Livingston
Glasgow Airport
6. Which of these goes in a Cosmopolitan cocktail? Rum – Vodka – Gin
Vodka
7. What colour is the big letter F on a can of Fosters?
Red
8. Largest felines in the world? Lions or Tigers
Tigers
9. What is the plural of moose? Meese | Mooses | Moose
Moose
10. Where is the black stripe on the flag of Belgium? Top, Bottom, left?
Left
Round 2
Entertainment
1. Who played the film role of Michael Dundee?
Paul Hogan
2. Audio Clip – Colonel Hathi’s March – Jungle Book
3. Which Bob Dylan song was covered by Driscoll and used as the theme song to the BBC comedy series Absolutely Fabulous?
Wheels On Fire
4. Sodor is a fictional island in which kids TV programme?
Thomas & Friends
5. REM had a global best selling album in the 90s called ____ for the people?
Automatic
Blockbusters
1. Which HW played Fonz in Happy Days?
Henry Winkler
2. Which SB is played to determine the champion of the NFL?
Super Bowl
3. Which GR is a waiting room for performers in a theatre?
Green Room
4. Which AG has a brand of perfume called “Thank U Next”?
Ariana Grande
5. What GP is a material used to fill a tooth after a root canal procedure?
Gutta-Percha
Final Round
1. (Not TOW) Greyhound Grand Nation. Completed 30 secs. 180m 480m 780m 1080m
480m
2. 80s timeline – sort these three events – earliest first: Band Aid | Falklands War 1982 | Charles & Di Wedding
Charles Di – Falklands – Band Aid
3. When the Queen was born, her father was known as what? Prince George | Prince Arthur | King George VI | Prince Albert
Prince Albert <
4. Which piece of music by George Frideric Handel is known as the coronation anthem. The Champions Lg anthem was also based on this.
Zadok the Priest
5. Internet acronyms. What do the letters TTYL mean?
Talk to you later
6. ESPN is a group of TV channels. What does it stand for? (originally an initialism for
Entertainment and Sports Programming Network
7. What do the internal angles of a triangle add up to?
180 degrees
8. Dmitri Mendeleevis often referred to as the father of what?
Periodic Table
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Tie break:
Years between George Frideric Handel dying and Dmitri Mendeleev being born?
1834 – 1759
75
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