Quiz Number #464
Round 1
1. On standard playing cards, which of the Kings has no moustache?
King Hearts
2. What is the power output from a computer USB port? 0.5V | 5V < | 50V
5V
3. Which component or corps of the British Army have the initials RTR? Example: Scots Guards are SG.
Royal Tank Regiment
4. Stadio Giuseppe Meazza is better known as what?
San Siro
5. What is fifteen percent of two thousand?
300
6. Adding all the moons from Mars, Mercury, Earth & Venus gives you a total of how many moons?
3 (Earth x 1 | Mars x 2 | Merc & Venus None)
7. Which widely used French saying means “a quality that cannot be described or named easily.”?
Je ne sais quoi
8. Complete the title of this 1988 Kylie Minogue song: “Got To Be….”? (it was her 2nd hit song)
Certain
9. Which Premier League manager shares his surname with another word for a witch?
Erik ten Hag
10. Nord Stream are a pair of pipelines that run from Russia, under the sea to Lubmin in which country?
Germany
Round 2
Entertainment
1. Who got a slap from Will Smith at the 2022 Oscars?
Chris Rock
2. AUDIO – Knight Rider
3. In the Bealtes song Penny Lane, who was “showing photographs”?Eleanor Rigby | Clarabella | A Roadsweeper | A Barber <
A Barber
4. Which former One Direction member made his film acting debut in the 2017 film Dunkirk?
Harry Styles
5. What was the name of Dick Van Dyke’s character in Mary Poppins? (not Mr. Dawes Sr)
Bert
BLOCKBUSTERS
1. Which RB was a middle-distance athlete who ran the first sub-4-minute mile?
Roger Bannister
2. Which BT was the tallest man made structure in the British Empire when it opened in 1894?
Blackpool Tower
3. Campers may secure a guyline to the ground with which TP?
Tent Peg
4. Found in hot tubs & Jacuzzis, what MJ is the name given to the hydro bubbles system?
Massage Jets
5. What CD is a Latin aphorism, usually translated “seize the day”?
Carpe Diem
Final Round
1. David Beckham was alive at the same time as Charlie Chaplin.
TRUE
2. Pasta is the plural form of pasto.
FALSE
3. Cavendish, Pisang and Lady Finger are all types of which fruit?
Banana
4. Lemurs are native to which island?
Madagascar
5. How many sides has a pentacontagon? 20 | 50 | 80
50
6. In Monopoly, what is the price of building one house on Mayfair?
£200
7. Who is the only US president to have taken the oath into office onboard a plane?
Lyndon B. Johnson
8. In which year was the first official annual running of a steeplechase which later became known as the Grand National? 1739 | 1839 < | 1939
1839
Tie break:
How many full years gap were there between the release of Mary Poppins (starring Julie Andrews) & Mary Poppins Returns (starring Emily Blunt)
54 years, 3 months, 2 days#
Countdown
Letters for 2 points: LOST AGAIN
Answer: NOSTALGIA
Clue for 1 point: An affectionate feeling you have for the past.
