Quiz Number #451
Round 1
1. Spelling: currency
2. Which one of these countries does not use the Euro currency? Slovakia | Monaco | Czech Republic
Czech Republic
3. In the ITF Rules of Tennis, is a player allowed to start a game by serving underarm?
YES
4. The Helix Park has how many 30 meter high horse heads?
2
5. Of the 5 most recent Prime Ministers of Britain, how many were born in England?
2 (May & Cameron) (Blair, Brown: Scotland and Johnson: New York) (void question – update with new info)
6. The Bluefaced Leicester, Texel & the Cheviot are all types of what?
Sheep
7. Sayings: Someone who is basically good hearted but lacking social graces and respect for the law, is known as “A ____ in the rough”?
Diamond
8. What ‘colorful’ fish is a slang term for a fake clue in a mystery?
Red Herring
9. In regards to Time: What does ‘AM’ stand for?
Ante Meridiem
10. What was the name of the Russian space station that operated in low Earth orbit from 1986 to 2001?
Mir
Round 2
Entertainment
1. What was the superhero name of Helen Parr, the wife of Mr Incredible?
Elastigirl
2. Audio clip – The Italian Job
3. Kate Bush was back at number 1 in 2022 with Running Up That Hill, thanks to the song gaining popularity by appearing in which TV show?
Stranger Things
4. Lyrics : “I catch a paper boy, But things don’t really change, I’m standing in the wind, But I never wave bye-bye”?
Modern Love
5. What word is 1/10 (one tenth) of a metre?
Decimetre
BLOCKBUSTERS
1. Mark Hamill is most famous for playing which LS?
Luke Skywalker
2. Which RE is a series of computer games, credited with defining the genre of survival horror?
Resident Evil
3. Which LR is considered to be the unofficial flag of Scotland?
Lion Rampant
4. Olaf Scholz was preceded by which AM?
Angela Merkel
5. Agatha Christies “Curtain” featured the death of which HP?
Hercule Perot
Final Round
1. Which famous Portuguese explorer was the first European to reach India by sea?
Vasco da Gama
2. Women’s singing voices are divided into three groups: soprano, mezzo-soprano, and what else?
Contralto
3. Scotland has 6 world heritage sites. One is called The Ring of ____ what?
Brodgar
4. Cristiano Ronaldo made his World Cup debut at the age of 21. Which year was this?
2006
5. “Cogito, ergo sum” translates into what well known English phrase?
I Think, Therefore I Am
6. An Australian didgeridoo is traditionally made of what type of wood?
Eucalyptus
7. étés in French. veranos is Spanish. hafau in Welsh. What is the word in English?
Summer
8. Highway code. A car driver passing a horse should should slow down to a maximum of what mph?
10 mph
Tie break:
How many British Prime Ministers were educated at the University of Oxford?
28
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Countdown
Geography
Gay Gopher
The study of places.
