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Quiz Number #516

Round 1

1. Spelling: AMMUNITION

2. How many of the Zodiac signs names end with a vowel?
5 (Notes: Libra Scorpio Virgo Gemini Leo)

3. Smirnoff Red Label Vodka, has an ABV of what? 17.5% | 27.5% | 37.5% <
37.5%

4. Picture question: What does this road sign mean? Dual Carriageway Ends | Road Narrows | Open Your Legs a Bit
Road Narrows On Both Sides

5. In the Mr. Men, what colour is Mr Greedy?
Pink

6. The Albert Park Circuit is a F1 motorsport street circuit around which city?
Melbourne

7. What 4 letters describes a doucument that is required by DVLA when a vehicle is not being used on a public road, and therefore does not require vehicle tax?
SORN

8. Who was the last Empress of India?
Mary Of Teck
Victoria
Wallis Simpson
Elizabeth (Queen Mother) <

9. Aviemore is a town and tourist resort, situated within which national park?
Cairngorms National Park

10. Harvard University is located in which city? Cambridge < | Seattle | Philadelphia | Sydney
Cambridge 

Round 2 

Entertainment 

1. Eliza Rose had a hit song in 2022 with B.O.T.A. which stands for what?
Baddest of Them All

2. Which British TV game show shares it’s name with the horse in Toy Story?
Bullseye

3. Musicals: Audio clip: Name the musical?
Les Misérables

4. Which puppet first appeared on TV in a series called The Three Scampies, alongside  Spike McPike, a very aggressive Scottish hedgehog?
Basil Brush

5. What was the title of the 2017 film about Winston Churchill, with Chruchill played by Gary Oldman?
The Darkest Hour

BLOCKBUSTERS
 

1. Which WS is a famous prison in White City, West London?
Wormwood Scrubs

2. What WR is used to make Mojito?
White Rum

3. What GG was the 4th children’s book by David Walliams?
Gangsta Granny

4. Solid Carbon Dioxide is also known as what DI?
Dry Ice

5. Which NF is known on TV as “The Supervet”?
Noel Fitzpatrick 

Final Round 

1. Mobile phones have SIM cards, which stands for what?
Subscriber Identity Module

2. Which of these Hollywood actors was born in England and moved to Glasgow as a child, attending school in Rutherglen?
Marlon Brando
Clark Gable
Stan Laurel <
Charlie Chaplin

3. In which city would you find the world’s largest LED screen?
Las Vegas

4. Auk, Brent, Cormorant, Dunlin, Eider, Fulmar and so on are Shell oil fields in the North Sea, which were named after what?
Birds

5. What was Stephen Hawking’s IQ? 80 | 160 < | 320 | 740
160

6. Where would you find a Smith machine?
Gym

7. What V is the term or word for a translucent paper often used for tracing or drafting?
Vellum

8. What is the maximum number of hits a volleyball team is allowed to make before the ball must go over the net?
3 


Countdown
 

Answer: Wrongness
Letters: Wren Songs
Clue:  ​The fact of not being right 

Tie Break: Famous rescues: How many years apart were Operation Dynamo & Chilean Copiapó mining accident?
70 (2010 – 1940)