Quiz Number #453
Round 1
1. Spelling – Longitude
2 .The Equator is the line of 0 degrees of what – longitude or latitude?
Latitude
3. Which two animals feature promitently on the Australian Coat of Arms?
Kangaroo & Emu
4. Which word, meaning to light a fire, is today more commonly associated with reading?
Kindle
5. TF, prior to the 1932 Olympics, the javelin event involved live animals as target bait?
FALSE
6. Humans or dogs. Which is best at seeing different colours? (color vision deficiency)
Humans
7. Which country is abbreviated with the letter title DPRK?
North Korea
8. Which Alton Towers ride crashed in 2015 causing serious injuries to a number of riders?
The Smiler < | Oblivio | Nemesis | Wicker Man
9. Which song originally recorded in 1977 by George Benson, was one of Whitney Houston’s first big hits?
Greatest Love Of All
10. Cape Verde is an archipelago and island country in which ocean?
Atlantic Ocean
Round 2
True / False
1. Mexico is in North America?.
TRUE
2. At the Olympics, only men compete the 110-metre hurdles?
TRUE
3. A Full House beats Four of a Kind in Texas Hold’em poker.
FALSE
4. Danny Boyle is Scottish.
FALSE
5. Jim Bowen, the legendary presenter of Bullseye is still alive.
FALSE
BLOCKBUSTERS
1. Which DL is an American golfer with III after his name?
Davis Love
2. Which CC is a popular tourist attraction on on Mathew Street, Liverpool?
Cavern Club
3. Which DF in tennis will cost a player a point when they keep failing to succesfully serve?
Double Fault
4. Sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia is a brief condition known as what BF?
Brain Freeze
5. Which TB is the French term for a chef’s hat?
Toque Blanche
Final Round
1. Jacobitism was a movement that supported the restoration of the House of _____ to the British Throne?
House of Stuart
2. With the new Scottish Premiership due to get underway and no points on the table, which team sit in 3rd place?
Dundee Utd
3. What is the meaning of the Italian phrase – Zuppa Del Giorno?
Soup Of The day
4. Liberty City, San Andreas, Vice City & Anywhere City are all settings for which computer game series made by Rockstar games?
GTA – Grand Theft Auto
5. What is the age of the earth? 1.3 billion yrs | 4.5 billion years | 13.5 billion years
4.5 Billion Years
6. The chorus of which song includes the lines “And if I only could. I’d make a deal with God. And I’d get him to swap our places”?
Running Up That Hill
7. What is the name of the indigenous Polynesian people of mainland New Zealand?
Māori people
8. What is the name of the King of Spain?
Felipe VI or Philip VI is King of Spain
Tie break:
Felipe VI began his reign as King of Spain in which year?
2014
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Countdown
Cacophony
Pony Coach
A loud, unpleasant mixture of sounds.
