Quiz Number #520

Round 1

1. Spelling: MERINGUE

2. What can be a type of cake, a multicellular organisms or something you might have in the the bath?
Sponge

3. On 8 September 2022, Prince Charles became King Charles the what?
Charles III

4. During Paul Gascoigne’s playing career, in which order did he wear these jerseys. Everton | Lazio | Tottenham (topical – question on the Gazza strip)
Tottenham, Lazio, Everton

5. Which mountain range forms part of the border between France & Spain, stretching 300 hundred miles from the Mediterranean Sea to the Bay of Biscay?
Pyrenees

6. What is the name of a stage show that features ABBA as holograms?
Voyage

7. Who was the British Prime Minister at the time when Barack Obama was inaugurated as US president?
Gordon Brown

8. In USA it’s known as Checkers! What is the game called here?
Draughts

9. In an orchestra, what’s the name of the little stick that a conductor hold in their hand?
Baton

10. À la Crécy is a French cooking term that describes a dish that is served with what?
Carrot 

Round 2 

Entertainment
1. Bohemian Rhapsody (Film clip) 

2. (Audio clip – song title) Moves Like Jagger 

3. Which instrument did this Muppet play? (onscreen picture of Dr Teeth)
Keyboard 

4. The 2024 version of FIFA has been rebranded to what? 

EA FC (or FC24)

5. Actor Link: Renée Zellweger 

Bee Movie
Chicago
Judy
Bridget Jones’s Baby

CONNECT 4 (4X QUIZ QUESTIONS & FOR NUMBER 5 FIND THE CONNECTION) 

1. Simon Webbe, Duncan James, Antony Costa and Lee Ryan made up which boy band?
Blue 

2. What was the surname of German composer “Ludwig van”, born around 1770?
Beethoven

3. In 2006, what was downgraded (by the IAU) to “dwarf planet.”?
PLUTO

4. Which lemon drink (launched 1995) by Hooper’s was regarded as one of the first “alcopops”?
HOOCH

5. Connection: DOGS
Blue (from Blues Clues) | Beethoven | Pluto | Hooch 

Final Round 

1. All acids have what element?
Hydrogen

2. Glasgow’s Gaelic name, Glaschu, means what GG?
Green Glen

3. TV: Who was the commissioner of Hazzard County? Cooter | Coy | Hogg < | Rosco
Hogg

4. What word can mean all the plant life present in a particular region, something that goes on toast or the name of the tram in Thomas the Tank Engine?
Flora

5. Which former party leader is now the Shadow Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero?
Ed Miliband

6. Which part of the triathlon is 10k? Swim | Cycle | Run
Run

7. Douglas Barrowman is married to which Baroness?
Michelle Mone

8. Scottish law: What time tonight must fireworks stop? (on quizprep check your locality & date)
11PM 

Countdown 

Answer: DANDELION 

Letters: Add Online 

Clue: If you pick one you’ll wet the bed! 

Tie Break: What is the ABV percentage of a Bacardi Breezer?
4%