Quiz Number #445
Round 1
1. Spelling – Mediterranean
2. You can download bills and bank statements in PDF format. What do the letters stand for?
Portable Document Format
3. In France what would you do with a Flamiche? Wear it | Eat it | Ride it
Eat it
4. The Dickin Medal, commonly referred to as “the animals’ Victoria Cross” has been awarded to 4 different types of animal. What are they?
Horses, Pigeons, Dogs & a cat.
5. What is the name of Channel 4’s video on demand service?
All 4
6. Yes or no. Can you make gin from vodka?
Yes
7. Which sport and recreational activity shares it’s name with a village just north of the Erskine Bridge?
Bowling
8. Sea shanty – Audio clip – next 4 words and the title of the shanty.
Blow The Man Down
9. Jammie Dodgers are biscuits named after which Beano comic character?
Roger The Dodger
10. Who wrote a novel in 1865 called Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (commonly Alice in Wonderland)?
Lewis Carroll
Round 2
Entertainment
1. Actor Link: Night At The Museum | Muppets Most Wanted | Cemetery Junction
Ricky Gervais
2. Audio clip – end credits of Back To The Future
3. Which band is composed of brothers Caleb, Nathan and Jared Followill with their cousin Matthew Followill?
Kings Of Leon
4. Which Disney Pixar animated film tells the story of Princess Atta, (clue – she is the Queen’s daughter and also an ant)?
A Bugs Life
5. Which journalist performed the rap “My money don’t jiggle jiggle, it folds…” which became an internet viral trend?
Louis Theroux
Blockbusters
1. Which CF from Blackburn is one of the most successful World Superbike racers of all time?
Carl Fogarty
2. Which RB is a golf club on the rotation to host The Open?
Royal Birkdale
3. Which SP was employed as Don Quixote’s squire?
Sancho Panza
4. Which HC created the Sooty Show?
Harry Corbett
5. Which AH is a Latin phrase meaning literally ‘to this’?
Ad hoc
Final Round
1. Who is the missing Roman emperor from the Julio-Claudian dynasty. Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, and …
Nero
2. What is the Scottish equivilant of the Japanese Kabuki? Highland Dancing | Bagpipes | A Unicron
Highland Dancing
3. Who was Leader of the Opposition for the first two years of the John Major’s premiership?
Neil Kinnock
4. Which American city shares it’s name with a a former capital of ancient Egypt that was once ruled by King Tut?
Memphis
5. Which country held the last World Cup before the outbreak of World War II meaning the next one would not be held until 1950?
France
6. What is the name of the basket where the pilot and passengers stand in a hot air balloon?
Gondola
7. Which Franz Kafka book tells the story of salesman Gregor Samsa, who wakes one morning to find himself inexplicably transformed into a huge insect?
The Metamorphosis (Die Verwandlung)
8. What word is the ritual act of pouring aromatic oil over a person’s head, performed as part of a coronation ceremony?
Anointing
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Tie break:
Tie break – As of the week ending 19 May 2022, the UK Singles Chart has had how many different number one hits.
1397
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Countdown
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