Quiz Number #556
Round 1
1. Spelling: PLAYWRIGHT : A person who writes plays.
2. The MFI program allows third-party manufacturers to produce goods compatible with which tech company?
Apple
3. Which Tom Hanks film shares it’s name with a cocktail made with pink grapefruit juice and vodka and a bus company?
Greyhound
4. “Igglepiggle’s Blanket in Makka Pakka’s Ditch” was the name of an episode in what?
In the Night Garden
5. What is the main gas found in the air we exhale?
Nitrogen
6. According to Bon Jovi, who used to work on the docks?
Tommy
7. Which Northern Irish golfer won The Open in 2011?
Darren Clarke
8. CX-5, MX-5 and CX-30 are models of car by which Japanese car maker?
Mazda
9. Lewis Capaldi, Vera Lynn, Cee Lo Green & Simple Minds have all had a top ten hit with which 6 letter word in the title?
Forget
10. What does the QR stand for in QR-Code?
Quick-Response
11. Which 2019 film’s cast includes Idris Elba, Ray Winstone, Judi Dench & Taylor Swift?
Taylor Swift
12. Which former Celtic player, in 2024 was appointed as head coach of the Welsh national football team?
Craig Bellamy
Final Round
Blockbusters
1. What DL is sent from a hospital doctor to a GP on the completion of treatment?
Discharge Letter
2. Which MO is the CEO of Ryanair?
Michael O’Leary
3. What TM is a popular tourist attraction in Agra?
Taj Mahal
4. Which HJ was a fictional doctor and alter ego of Edward Hyde?
Henry Jekyll
5. Which LL is the name of a peephole in Edinburgh Castle used for kings to evesdrop on conversations?
Lairds Lug
Final 5
6. Which 1960 horror film is adapted from the novel The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham?
Village of the Damned
7. Which one of these creatures are definitely not considered synanthropic animals?
Ants, Pigeons, Red Deer, Red Foxes
Red Deer (Synanthropes have adopted to living near humans to their benefit)
8. Which of these historic events occurred in 1666? Henry VIII died | Great Fire of London | Battle of Hastings | Magna Carta, signed
Great Fire of London
9. In 2018, Police Scotland scrambled a helcopter and search team to East Ayrshire to look for what? Werewolf | Black Panther | Grizzly Bear | A stolen Giraffe
Black Panther
10. Which of these tournements was established first? UEFA Euros | Copa América < 108 yrs | FIFA World Cup
Copa América (Est. 1916)
Additional
Countdown
ANSWER: YESTERDAY
Letters: STRAY EYED
Clue: All my troubles seemed so far away.
Tie Break:
Prior to John F. Kennedy in 1963, which year saw the last actual assassination of a sitting US President?
1901 (William McKinley)
