Quiz Number #534

Round 1

1. Spelling: PRIVILEGE (a special right or advantage)

2. Pancake Day 2024 (which is a leap year) falls on which day of the week?
Tuesday

3. A member of which group wrote the title song for the 1978 musical film Grease?
Bee Gees

4. In Popeye, who is Olive Oyl’s older brother? Castor Oyl < | Tinf Oyl | Unders Oly |Turm Oyl
Castor Oyl

5. “Soul Limbo” by  Booker T. & the M.G.’s is best known as being the music to which sport on the BBC?
Cricket

6. If Nectar was the drink of the Greek Gods, what was the food?
Ambrosia

7. Music – Name the song title?
Ride On Time

8. Roald Amundsen was a Norwegian explorer famous as being the first to reach which pole?
South Pole

9. In the Second Punic War, who took elephants over the Alps?
Hannibal

10. Who was the 1st western journalist to interview  Vladimir Putin since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022?
Tucker Carlson

11. Which Hollywood actor competed for England in the 1990 Commonwealth Games diving team before modelling for Tommy Hilfiger?
Jason Statham

12. What is the name of the dog trainer who is  the star of the TV series Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly?
Graeme Hall

Final Round

Connect 4

1. What is the first name of someone known on American TV as Chef Ramsay?
Gordon

2. Which software company make products such as Audition, Lightroom & Acrobat Pro?
Adobe

3. Which G is the highest title a chess player can attain?
Grandmaster

4. In Dukes of Hazzard, what breed of lazy Dog was Sheriff Rosco’s pet?
Basset Hound (the dog’s name was Flash)

5. Connection: FLASH

6. Can pheasants fly? Yes | No
Yes

7. Prusik is a type of what?
Knot

8. What is the portuguese word for thank you if you are a woman talking to a woman?
Obrigada

9. Who played the title role in the 2021 film King Richard?}
Will Smith

10. Which car part shares it’s name with the name of the phenomenon where a substance changes color due to a change in pH?
Indicator

Big 3
In Scrabble, there are 4 letter tiles that are worth 3 points each. I’ll give you B, what are the other 3?
C M P

Countdown
LONGEVITY
Letters: Tiny Glove
Clue: A lifespan that lasts a while.

Tie Break: What length is the longest sword (a foil or epee) allowed in Olympic fencing? (in cm)

110 centimeters