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Quiz Number #494

Round 1 

1. Spelling: PRIVILEGE

2. Complete the title of this hit song by Prince… “When Doves ___”? Fly – Cry – Die
Cry

3. Name all 3 snooker tournaments that make up the sport’s prestigious Triple Crown events?
UK Championship | World Snooker Championship | Masters

4. What is now the newest city in Scotland? (to be granted city status)
Dunfermline

5. Who was the Mayor of New York City during 9/11 attacks?
Rudy Giuliani

6. LG Electronics is the world’s 2nd largest TV manufacturer. What does LG stand for?
Looking Good | Life’s Great | Laughing Giraffe | Lucky-Goldstar <
Lucky-Goldstar

7. For a “Man With No Name”, he had 3, “Joe”, “Manco” and “Blondie”. Who played this part?
Clint Eastwood

8. Toxteth is an inner-city area of which UK city?
Liverpool

9. A few years after JFK was shot, Jacqueline Kennedy remarried which shipping tycoon?
Aristotle Onassis

10. What is the name of the rotating boat lift in Tamfourhill?
Falkrik Wheel 

Round 2 

Guest Round – Coronations – HANDS 

1. Which Poker Hand would win – Full House or 4 of a Kind?
4 of a Kind

2. Fedde Le Grand loved which city?
Detroit (No.1 song – Put Your Hands Up For Detroit)

3. Who was this Danish author? (On-screen Picture)
Hans Christian Andersen 

4. What does this hand signal mean? Cycling hand signals (On-screen picture)
Slow Down 

5. Name the 1992 film. (On-screen picture)
The Hand That Rocks The Cradle 

BLOCKBUSTERS



1. Which LE is the most westerly point of mainland England?
Lands End

2. Which DL  is an annual series of elite track and field athletic competitions?
Diamond League

3. Which ML was a team captain on Shooting Stars (on TV)?
Mark Lamarr

4. Which MT can be a Tiki-culture rum cocktail or an 80’s girl group?
Mai Tai

5. Known as “Plough” in the UK, Americans call it what BD?
Big Dipper 

Final Round 

1. What is the Biblioteca Ambrosiana in Milan? Library < | Church | Castle
Library

2. Torr and Pascal are both units of what physical property?
Pressure

3. Lyrics: I bought a ticket to the world. But now I’ve come back again. Why do I find it hard to write the next line?
TRUE

4. The Champions League Anthem plays during Royal coronations. What is the music called? (Composed by George Frideric Handel)
Zadok the Priest

5. The Ekstraklasa is the top professional league for men’s football in which country?
Poland

6. The band Måneskin recently won the Eurovision Song Contest for which country?
Italy

7. Due to the increasing tensions between Germany and other countries in the 19th & 20th centuries, the German Mastiff became known as what?
Great Dane

8. The Waverley Novels are a long series of novels by who?
Sir Walter Scott 


Countdown


Answer: Clownfish
Letters: Wolfs Chin
Clue: Nemo is one.