Quiz Number #532
Round 1
1. Spelling : WILFUL (example wilful misconduct or wilful fire-raising)
2. Yes or No: Is the word Scrabble allowed to be played in Scrabble?
Yes (definition: to do something in a hurry)
3. Which musical note, that is half as long as a crotchet, shares it’s name with a crisp?
Quaver
4. Which one of these is not a Swiss chocolate brand?
Ferrero Rocher < | Lindt | Toblerone
5. TV: Which 2 actors played husband and wife of each other in Brookside & Royale Family?
Ricky Tomlinson and Sue Johnston
6. Who is known as the patron saint of travellers?
St Christopher
7. Which of these TV series shares it’s name with a famous racecourse in Hong Kong?
Happy Valley
8. On a European roulette wheel, the 0 pocket is usually what colour?
Green
9. Most people are born with how many ribs in total?
8
16
24 <
10. In Scotland, for a mountain to be a Munro, it must be what?
Over 3000 ft <
Under 3000 ft
Topped in Snow
Round 2
Connect 4
1. Dead or Alive: Meat Loaf (singer)?
DEAD
2. Origami is the Japanese art of shaping what?
PAPER
3. What type of fishing is an angling technique that uses an ultralight-weight lure for catching trout?
FLY
4. Which word describes 6 legal deliveries bowled from one end of a cricket pitch to the batter?
OVER
5. Connection: WEIGHT
Blockbusters
1. It was announced today that Scottish parliament will ban which DV?
Disposable Vapes
2. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber is said to have a shop on which FS?
Fleet Street
3. Which RJ goes inside a Manchester tart?
Raspberry Jam
4. Which YE is the formal way to address a Cardinal if talking to him?
Your Eminence
5. A luthier is a craftsperson who builds or repairs what SI?
String Instruments
Final Round
1. Which children’s picture book & TV show’s title character of a pink and round blob that takes it’s name from the French phrase for candy floss?
Barbapapa
2. Marengo is on display at National Army Museum in London. What is it?
Hat
Canon
Dagger
Horse <
3. Since 1995, British athlete Jonathan Edwards has held the world record for what?
Triple Jump
4. In 2001, Mambo No 5 was the second UK number 1 hit with the vocals provided by which actor?
Neil Morrissey (Bob The Builder)
5. Who was known as “the face that launched a thousand ships”?
Helen of Troy
6. Which word decsribes Champagne that it’s made from grapes from one single year?
Perlage
Vintage <
Cuvée
Brut
7. There are 10 horses on the field during a polo game. How many many mounted riders for each team?
4
8. What does the D stand for in DC Comics?
Detective
Countdown
Cut Needle
In a position of office without ballot.
UNELECTED
