Quiz Number #561

Round 1

1. Spelling: INSTALMENT (payment instalment)

2. What is Bangladesh? City | Country | Language
Country

3. What kind of animals were Pinky and Perky?
Pigs

4. Which word means 24 or sometimes 25 sheets of paper of the same size and sounds a bit like a group of singers?
Quire

5. True or False: Emma Bunton (Baby Spice) was the oldest member of the Spice Girls?
FALSE

6. Which Scottish athlete has more Olympic medals than any other?
Duncan Scott

7. What is the smallest capital city in the EU by both area and population?
Valletta

8. What is the name of a Scottish wooden kitchen tool, dating from the 15th century, that is used to stir porridge?
Spurtle (Spirtle, spartle, sputril)

9. Which building in Berlin is the seat of the German federal parliament and was the end goal in “the race to Berlin” in 1945?
Reichstag

10. Astrocytes are found in the CNS. What does CNS stand for?
Central Nervous System

11. Which film starred Bill Murray as John Winger, a former taxi cab driver who enlists in the army?
Stripes

12. What is the name of the event at Crufts that is a relay-style race, where two teams of four dogs compete by returning a ball to the other side?
Flyball

Final Round

Blockbusters

1. John Newton was a clergyman and poet, famous for writing which AG?
Amazing Grace

2. Which CH is a title of a remixed song featuring Elton John & Dua Lipa?
Cold Heart

3. In botany, a drupe is also known as what SF?
Stone Fruit

4. Which CO is played at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio?
Cincinnati Open

5. Si King is the only remaining member of which HB?
Hairy Bikers

Final 5

6. Which T, is a word that means to alter a planet or moon to make it habitable for Earth life?
Terraforming

7. Bruce Reynolds is a former criminal mastermind who describes what.. as his “Sistine Chapel ceiling”?
Great Train Robbery

8. Which higher education facility was designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
Glasgow School of Art

9. What kind of fruit or veg has a variety called beefsteak?
Tomato

10. Which character, created by Kenneth Grahame, was well-meaning, but was inclined to  boast lavishly about his grand mansion?
Mr Toad

Additional

Countdown

ANSWER: GARNISHED

Letters: His Danger

Clue: Food that has had parsley sprinkled on it.

Bonus:

Tie Break:

At the time of the US election in 2016, how many golf courses in the world are owned by Donald Trump?
17

Which breed has won more “Best in Show” titles at Crufts, than any other? (7 times)
English Cocker Spaniel