Quiz Number #505
Round 1
1. Spelling: SEPARATELY
2. What is the name of the small seaside town in Wirral, Merseyside that is home to Royal Liverpool Golf Club?
Hoylake
3. What is the purpose of an app called Indeed? Recruitment < | Dating |Price Comparison
Recruitment
4. Jim Templeton took a photograph of his daughter on holiday in 1964 that is still to this day debated within the UFO spotting community. What did the photo become known as?
Solway Spaceman (or Cumberland Spaceman)
5. What was Oppenheimer’s first name? JR
Julius Robert
6. What are the odds (in the simplest form) of picking an Ace from a full 52 deck of playing cards?
1/13 (example: 2/4 can further be simplified and written as ½)
7. Which brand of crisps used to advertise themselves as “Man Crisps”?
McCoys
8. Richard Dreyfuss played Matt Hooper in which film?
Jaws
9. Lyrics: Which song opens with the words “The moment I wake up, Before I put on my makeup”?
I Say A Little Prayer
10. Who hosted a TV gameshow in teh 90’s called “Don’t Forget Your Toothbrush”?
Chris Evans
Round 2
Guest Round – History Timeline A or B, which happened 1st?
Trinity, the first detonation of a nuclear weapon. July 1945
Hitler commits suicide. April 1945
Margaret Thatcher dies. 2013
Ninetendo release theie “Nintendo DS” handheld game console. 2004
The last Scottish team to win a European trophy. (Aberdeen 1983)
Red Rum wins his 3rd Grand National. 1977
Terry Wogan final Radio 2 Breakfast show. 2009
Piers Morgan fired as editor of Daily Mirror. 2004
JLS realease their 1st single. 2009
One Direction release their 1st single. 2011
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BLOCKBUSTERS
1. Which FW performs with her band called … and the Machine?
Florence Welch
2. Which CA is a Spanish tennis player, currently ranked as ATP world No. 1?
Carlos Alcaraz
3. Which MC is defined as the process of initiating, directing, and grading purposeful voluntary movement?
Motor Control
4. Which HF was placed under the strict guardianship of the Widow Douglas and her sister, Miss Watson?
Huckleberry Finn
5. What TM was the title of the Spice Girl’s 6th single & 6th No.1?
Too Much
Final Round
1. PSPS is a UK based registered charity that own the Kingswear Castle and which other boat?
PS Waverley (Paddle Steamer Preservation Society)
2. Driving the quickest route from Marseille to Milan would involve driving in how many countries in total?
2
3. In the hair & beauty industry, NYX is a brand that specialise in what? Makeup < | Hair Dye | Hair Straighteners | Nails
Makeup
4. How many shillings were in a pre-decimal pound?
20
5. Charles-Édouard Jeanneret was a Swiss-French architect, known as “le…” what?
Le Corbusier
6. Which song, sung by Fred Astaire in Top Hat in 1935 was also the title of a collaborative 2014 album by Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga
Cheek to Cheek
7. Who had a backing band called the “Blue Notes”?
Harold Melvin
8. If you were to list the capital cities of Venezuela, Hawaii & Argentina, which of the 3 cities would be last alphabetically?
Honolulu (Caracas – Buenos Aires)
Countdown
Answer: Multipack
Letters: Talcum Kip
Clue: Sold together
