Quiz Number #522

Round 1

1. Spelling: PECULIAR
Def: different to what is normal

2. Which of these Atlantic archipelagos lies furthest north? Cape Verde | The Canary Islands | Azores <
Azores

3. Card Counting is a process most commonly used to “beat the house” in which casino game?
Blackjack

4. What is it that they pump into a crisp packet to keep them fresh?
Nitrogen

5. Tessie Bear, Bumpy Dog, Master Tubby Bear & Mr. Plod all appear in what?
Noddy

6. Who’s profile (face) appears on The Penny Black, the world’s first adhesive postage stamp?
Queen Victoria

7. On a UK keyboard, the £ is shared with which odd number?
3

8. Kinloch is a small town on which Scottish island, that shares it’s name with a drink?
Rum

9. Speke Airport changed it’s name in 2001 and is now named after who?
John Lennon <
George Best
Robin Hood
Marco Polo

10. Crossword: DOPPELGANGER
An apparition or double of a living person. 

Round 2 

Entertainment
1. Film & TV: Which word is missing: Clifford the Big ___ Dog?
Red

2. In which 1996 remake film did Eddie Murphy play Sherman Klump, which was a parody of Robert Louis Stevenson’s 1886 story Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
The Nutty Professor

3. Frédéric Chopin, Lang Lang, Ludwig van Beethoven & Johannes Brahms were all accomplished players of which instrument?
Piano

4. TV (audio clip) How many claps are there each time in the Friends theme song?
4

5. Music: In the duet “I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)” who sings the opening line “Like a warrior that fights”?
Aretha Franklin

 

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

1. Which old phrase by highwayman, was followed by the words “Your money or your life!”
Stand & Deliver

2. Which rapper performed Let Me Blow Ya Mind and  also featured on Gwen Stefani’s song “Rich Girl”?
Eve

3. Which museum chain, named after a French sculptor, has branches in London & Blackpool?
Madame Tussauds

4. Which 1996 film told the story of a short-tempered ice-hockey player who takes up golf?
Happy Gilmour

5. Link: ADAM
Stand & Deliver | Eve | Madame Tussauds | Happy Gilmour 

Final Round 

1. Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot is better known as what Batman villain?
Penguin

2. Of all the days in the week, which is the last to get a mention in the opening chorus of the song Happy Days (TV theme)?
Saturday

3. An otoscope is used by medical professionals to inspect which part of the body?
Ear

4. Which word can be a line segment in geomerty joining two points on any curve, or  three or more musical tones?
Chord

5. Where was Dr. Crippen captured?
On a Ship <
In a Zoo
Eiffel Tower

6. Computer image types: What does the J stand for in JPEG?
Joint

7. A historical item called a bicorne made news this week when it sold at auction. What is a bicorne? (quizprep – reference Napoleon’s hat being sold in 2023 in Paris)
Hat

8. Which job title, used in this country, comes from French and literally means “master of the house.”
Maître d’ 

Countdown 

Countdown:
Answer: APARTMENT
Letters: NEAT TRAMP
Clue: A self-contained housing unit.

Tie Break: How many full days have passed since David Cameron was Prime Minister?

2686 days (quizprep – calculate date from today minus 13 July 2016)