Quiz Number #536

Round 1

1. Spelling: ACCOMMODATE

2. Round 5 games of this year’s Six Nations will be played in which month?
March

3. In which of the home naions is Pembroke Castle?
Wales

4. The flag of Bolivia features red, yellow and what other colour?
Green

5. Queen Bees and Wannabes is a 2002 book by Rosalind Wiseman, which is the basis for which films in 2004, then remade in 2024?
Mean Girls

6. Corfu, Paxos, & Lefkas are islands that belong to which group of Greek islands?
Ionian Islands (accept Heptanese)

7. Which famous actor played Billy Flynn in the 2002 musical film, Chicago?
Richard Gere

8. Which city is the setting for the TV series called Kin?
Dublin

9. Who was the Roman goddess of the Moon?
Luna

10. How many Scottish players have ever won the Ballon d’Or?
1 (Dennis Law)

11. If you are born in April what would be your birthstone?
Diamond

12. Mary Ann Evans is the real name of which author?
George Eliot

Final Round

Blockbusters (first 5 questions)

1. Which FB is a landmark pictured on Bank of Scotland £20 notes?
Forth Bridges

2. The first UK No. 1 hit by a girl-band was called what BL?
Baby Love

3. Of the fifty US States, which RI is the smallest by area?
Rhode Island

4. Striking miners in the 80’s who would drive to other towns to protest were known as what FP?
Flying Pickets

5. Music: Which GD wanted woken up on the 1st of October?
Green Day

Final Cryptic 5

6. What did Herschel discover in 1781?
Uranus

7. Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary closed as a prison in which decade?
1960’s (1961)

8. The law of which 17th century British chemist defines the proportional relationship between the pressure and volume of a gas?
Robert Boyle

9. Neville Chamberlain was the Prime Minister for the first how many months of WW2? 3 | 8 | 12 | 16
8

10. Which actor starred in Cat Ballou, but died before the film was released?
Nat King Cole

Additional

Countdown

Letters: Ice Liquor

Clue: Black sweets.

Answer: LIQUORICE

Tie Break (closest to the correct answer wins)

Tie Break – In which year did German-born Albert Einstein last set foot in Germany?

1933

Bonus 3 (optional)

As used by UK Police, the vowels of the phonetic alphabet are Alpha, Echo. What are the other 3?

India | Oscar | Uniform