Quiz Number #490
Round 1
1. Spelling – BOUQUET OF DAFFODILS
2. What is the day, 1 week before Easter Sunday called?
Palm Sunday ( aka Sixth Sunday of Lent, Palm and Passion Sunday)
3. In health & safety, what does RPE stand for?
Respiratory Protective Equipment
4. Who was the last horse to win back-to-back Grand Nationals (2 years in a row or more)?
Tiger Roll
5. Which of the Beatles married Cynthia Powell?
Lennon
6. Which sport, which is a close resemblence to the national sport of Ireland, is considered the national sport of Scotland?
Shinty
7. Which product used to claim that, as well as cleaning the kids, it “cleaned the bath as well”?
Matey
8. With which country does mainland France share it’s longest border?
Spain
9. 20th Century Tyrants: List these in order of when they died – most recently last? Saddam Hussein (2006) | Fidel Castro (2016) < | Margaret Thatcher (2013)
Hussein – Thatcher – Castro
10. The Borg Collective is a civilization in which sci-fi series?
Star Trek
Round 2
BLOCKBUSTERS
1. Which MB is described as a one-four-seven in snooker?
Maximum Break
2. Donald Trump has been in court accused of paying “hush money” to which SD?
Stormy Daniels
3. Which WG was a title character played by Jon Pertwee?
Worzel Gummidge
4. Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll race for which AM?
Aston Martin
5. Which JM was a British hostage, freed from Lebanon for over five years in 1991?
John McCarthy
GUEST ROUND – ALCOHOL
Strongbow Cider Tennanets Lager – stronger
piña colada – rum
Buckfast Devon – Donegal – Drumchapel
Which CL is the fancy name for a Bacardi & Coke
Cuba Libre
Name the beer – Skol
Final Round
1. The name of which dance can also mean – a short jacket or be a type of dressage horse?
Bolero
2. Linen is a textile made from the fibers of which plant (F)?
Flax
3. How long (approx) is an elephant pregnant? 3 – 11 – 22 – 44
22 Months
4. “Freddie Starr Ate My Hamster” was a famous headline that appeared on which newspaper?
The Sun
5. Website addresses use the prefix HTTPS. What does the P stand for?
Protocol
6. What is the opposite of matter?
Antimatter
7. Rory Graham is a singer who performs under what name?
Rag’n’Bone Man
8. Where is Nicaragua? Central America < | Africa | Asia
Central America
Countdown
ANSW :Columnist
Letters: SLIM COUNT
Clue: A journalist who writes editorials
