Quiz Number #509

Round 1

1. Spelling: PERSEVERANCE
definition: persistence in doing something despite difficulty or delay in achieving success.

2. World Book Day in the UK is held on the 1st Thursday of when? March < | July | October
March

3. Which one of these words (as spelt onscreen here / no blanks inc.) cannot be played in Scrabble? QUEEN | Tendency | Vacuum | Drizzle?
DRIZZLE (There is only 1 Z in a Scrabble box)

4. Michael Parkinson advertised a free pen & poor-value insurance deals to the elderly for which company?
AXA Sun Life

5. What nationality were the Wright brothers, the aviation pioneers?
American

6. In the card game Pontoon, what is a hand score if you are dealt a Jack, Queen & Ace worth? (dealt in that order)
21

7. Which former England & Liverpool player is the current manager of Saudi First Division League side Al-Qadsiah?
Robbie Fowler

8. The Exocet is a missile designed to target and cause damage to what? | Aircraft | Tank | Ships < | Other Missiles
Ships

9. Audio clip: Who was the president? clip {Hello Neil & Buzz, I’m talking to you by telephone from the Oval Office of the White House}
Richard Nixon

10. In British history, November 1978 to February 1979 became known as “The Winter of ___”?
Discontent 

Round 2 

ENTERTAINMENT 

1. Which Pixar animated film featured an overprotective father called Marlin?
Finding Nemo

2. TV: Tweenies (theme) {audio clip}

3. Which rock band share their name with an NFL team from Philadelphia?
Eagles

4. Which Steven Spielberg film features an iconic scene of a little girl called Carol Anne conversing with static on a TV?
Poltergeist

5. Which of these characters was not created by comic book writer Stan Lee?
Spider-Man | Hulk | Superman < | Iron-Man
Superman

BLOCKBUSTERS 

1. DNA, Salute & Get Weird were all studio albums by which LM?
Little Mix

2. What DS is the name of Clarkson’s Farm?
Diddly Squat

3. Which LH was elected as Speaker of the House of Commons in 2019?
Lindsay Hoyle

4. Which GO was the operation codename of Charles III’s coronation?
Golden Orb

5. Which DB beat Garry Kasparov at chess in 1996?
Deep Blue 

Final Round 

1. True / False: The Sahara Desert is the 3rd largest overall desert in the world?
TRUE (after the Antarctica and the Arctic)

2. In km2 area, which of these is larger. Sahara desert. China.
China

3. What word describes a Bitcoin blockchain where the currency is stored? Where do you keep your coins?
Wallet

4. Which African country is the Kilimanjaro Region?
Tanzania

5. Which word can be a dragon, killed by Apollo at Delphi; a snake or a general-purpose programming language?
Python

6. History: The Babington Plot was a plan to assassinate who?
Elizabeth I

7. The Italian phrase for “pick-me-up”, gives it’s name to what item often found on an Italian menu?
Tirami Su

8. The outermost regions of the atom are called electron shells and contain the electrons. What type of charge do they have
Negative 

Countdown 

ANSWER:  Broadcast
LETTERS: Toad Crabs
Clue: To send it out by radio waves. 

Tie Break: What is the current value of 1 Bitcoin in GBP? 

£20,364.49 (check rate)