Quiz Number #447
Round 1
1. Spelling – Tobacconist
2. Was Mr. Kipling, maker of exceedingly good cakes, a real man or made up?
Made up
3. There is only one suspension bridge in the UK that makes it into the world’s top 20 longest ( length of their main span). What is it called?
Humber Bridge
4. “You know that it would be untrue” is the opening line of Light My Fire. What is the next line?
You know that I would be a liar
5. The New York Stock Exchange is located on which street?
Wall Street
6. What is the number 19 in Roman numerals?
XIX
7. Alan Alexander Milne was an English author. What was the name of his son?
Christopher Robin
8. TF: Bonnie Prince Charlie was Italian.
True
9. Which of these is the name given to the most southerly point on mainland Great Britain? Lands End | Lizard Point | Dunnet Head
Lizard Point
10. Golden Minute 2010
Round 2
Entertainment
1. Oasis, John Lennon & Ben E King all had a hit song called what?
Stand By Me
2. Cybill Shepherd and Bruce Willis starred as private detectives in which 80s TV series?
Moonlighting
3. Who are the 2 presenters of the long running Radio Scotland show “Off The Ball”?
Stuart Cosgrove & Tam Cowan
4. Who performed the song Waka Waka (This Time for Africa) which was used as the official World Cup anthem in 2010?
Shakira
5. In which computer-animated Western did Johnny Depp voice an eccentric but intelligent chameleon?
Rango
Blockbusters
1. Which CW was a military conflict fought from October 1853 to February 1856?
Crimean War
2. Oleoresin Capsicum is a chemical agent in canisters, better known as what PS?
Pepper Spray
3. The Royal Greenwich Observatory in London was chosen as the defining point of which PM?
Prime Meridian
4. Which CT was a long-time venue of the PDC World Darts Championship before 2008?
Circus Tavern
5. Which PF had a man servant called Jean Passepartout?
Phileas Fogg
Final Round
1. If your home domestic electricity bill was £30 inc VAT, how much is the charge before the VAT is added?
£28.57 (£1.43 @ 5%)
2. Kehlsteinhaus is known as “The Eagles Nest” and was a famous retreat for Hitler. Which country is it in?
Germany
3. How many summer Olympics have been cancelled due to war?
3 (1916, 1940, 1944)
4. If the water was the same temperature, would sound travel faster at 1 fathom or 100 fathoms?
100 fathoms
5. On a sphere, if the nadir is the lowest point, it is directly and vertically downward of which Z?
Zenith
6. Which Scottish inventor patented a steam engine that produced continuous rotary motion?
James Watt
7. Panama is a transcontinental country in Central America & South America. Which country does it border in South America?
Columbia
8. Up to how many players from each team group together to form a scrum in rugby union?
8
Tie break:
GHTie 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
Yachtsman
Scanty Ham
A person who sails a boat with a sail.
