Quiz Number #553

Round 1

1. Spelling: ARIAL (the sans-serif typeface font)

2. Donald Sutherland sadly passed this week. He starred in a 1970 film called M*A*S*H. What do those letters stand for?
Mobile Army Surgical Hospital

3. What is the name of the Glasgow version of the U-Bahn in Germany?
Subway

4. One-liners (Music clips: available from https://www.youtube.com/@quizprep7861) – Hello Goodbye – All Around The World – Cruel Summer

5. Driver Theory Test: What shape is the road sign that is titled “Cycle Route Ahead”?
Triangular B

6. Royal Mail has released some special stamps to mark the 60th anniversary of which team?
Red Arrows

7. Qabid is the one and only what in Scotland? Space Port | Oil Refinery  | Rhinoceros
Rhinoceros

8. Maggie Bell sang the title song to Taggart. What was the song called?
No Mean City

9. The CB750 & CB77 are considered iconic models of motorbikes by which manufacturer?
Honda

10. History: Who is best known for helping Charles Edward Stuart escape by smuggling him to Skye?
Flora MacDonald

11. Which food gives it’s name to the June full Moon (first full moon of the summer)?
Strawberry Moon

12. Complete the title of this Disney song “Never Smile At A ____
Crocodile

Final Round

Blockbusters

1. Which MR is the name of a museum in Portsmouth housing an old navy ship?
Mary Rose

2. Which FM describes a group of people quickly assembling in public to perform?
Flash Mob

3. Which FM  has been the highest rank in the British Army since 1736?
Field Marshal

4. Which SB was a top 5 hit for Ricky Martin in 2000?
She Bangs

5. In construction, what type of joist is RS (RSJ)?
Rolled Steel

Final 5

6. TV: What was the name of Glen Michael’s lamp?
Paladin

7. Which ABBA song includes the lines “Take it now or leave it” & Nothing promised, no regrets”?
Voulez-Vous

8. Which gas is used as laughing gas and is also used as an oxidiser in rocket propellants?
Nitrous Oxide

9. The Kelpies are a pair of monumental steel horse-heads near Falkirk. One is called Duke. What is the other one called?
Baron

10. The vast majority of golf umbrellas are what shape? Pentagon | Heptagon | Octagon  | Nonagon
Octagon

Additional

Countdown

Answer: TWENTIETH

Letters: White Tent

Clue: What you’d celebrate the year before the key to the door.

Tie Break: Martini glass filled to 90% of it’s height is filled to what percentage of it’s fillable volume.?

72.9% volume