Quiz Number #471

Round 1 

1. Spelling: PROFITEERING

2. What is the name of NASA’s new space program that will go to the “Moon & Beyond”?
Artemis

3. How many centre cubes (not edges) are there on a standard Rubiks Cube?
6

4. What 2 ingredients are used to make fresh pasta? Flour & Oil | Flour & Eggs | Flour & Water
Flour & Eggs

5. “Magna Carta” is latin for what GC?
Great Charter

6. Empire, Cameo & Golden Delicious are all types of what fruit?
Apple

7. Jafar, Abu & Princess Jasmine are all characters in which Disney film?
Aladdin

8. TF: The last time that Wales went to the World Cup was the year that Pelé made his World Cup debut?
TRUE

9. The Western Isles are also known as what? Inner Hebrides | Outer Hebrides < | Top-Right Hebrides
Outer Hebrides

10. If you had a “gebrochenes Bein” in Germany or a “pierna rota” in Spain, you’d have what?
Fashionable Clothes
Fast Motorbike
Big Appetite
Broken Leg < 

Round 2 

Entertainment 

1. Ricky Valance & Scissor Sisters have both had a hit featuring which girl’s name?
Laura

2. Who is the only Blue Peter presenter that was forced to hand their badge back and was sacked?
Richard Bacon

3. Audio clip – John Bercow

4. Marcus Bentley provided the voice-over in a strong Geordie accent for which TV show?
Big Brother

5. Jim Diamond had a top 10 hit with the theme song to which TV show?
Boon 

BLOCKBUSTERS 

1. What WP has exceeded eight billion according to UN estimates?
World Population

2. Which JR is an ITV criminal barrister called Robert?
Judge Rinder

3. In an office, which LP takes a drum and a toner?
Laser Printer

4. Which NS has a gentle decline and is suitable for beginner skiers?
Nursey Slope

5. What HE is a camera system used in sports to settle over-the-line disputes?
Hawk Eye 

Final Round 

1. Rudyard Kipling is most famous for what wtjb?
Writing the Jungle Book

2. Which theme park in the UK has a section called “Nickelodeon Land”?
Blackpool Pleasure Beach

3. Where would you expect to see a Howdah? In A Pond | On An Elephant < | Around The Ankle | Around The Ankle
On An Elephant

4. Which of these news events happened first?
David Cameron becomes PM
Charles & Camilla marry <
Obama becomes President
Michael Jackson dies

5. Which Greek Goddess was sea nymph whose name represented the bounty of the sea. Mother of the Nereids? Hera | Enyo | Iris | Doris
Doris <

6. A 50p coin is an equilateral curved version of what shape?
Heptagon

7. Bones in the body. The maxilla is better known as the upper what?
Jawbone

8. If Monday’s child is fair of face, what goes with Thursday’s child?
Has far to go 

Countdown

Letters: LAPDANCES 

Answer: LANDSCAPE 

Clue: Can be type of art or gardening.