Quiz Number #562

Round 1

1. Spelling : RESTAURATEUR
(There is no “N”! Oxford English Dictionary notes that examples of this variant spelling date back to 1837)

2. Michael Bond is most famous for writing about a bear. In which country was his bear born?
Peru

3. A RHIB is a lightweight but high performance boat. What does RHIB stand for?
Rigid-Hulled Inflatable Boat

4. Which word have we missed out at the end of this old proverb “Much cry and little…”? (Means When non-stop talking and gossiping prevents any work from getting done)
Wool

5. Which river flows through Inverness?
Ness

6. Lyrics: For the first time in history, it starting raining men about what time?
10.30

7. Which actor from Friends, starred in the TV series Band Of Brothers?
David Schwimmer

8. Which of these two things happened first: Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II or 1st episode of Coronation Street?
Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II

9. The club badge of which Premier League side features a 3 mast ship?
Manchester City

10. US Airways Flight 1549 was an Airbus A320 that ended up where, instead of it’s original destination? Pentagon | Hudson River < | Pennsylvania
Hudson River

11. In 2021, which TV presenter presented a revival of the TV quiz show The weakest Link?
Romesh Ranganathan

12. Where is the Island of Reil?
In Your Brain

Final Round

Blockbusters

1. Which DM was the debut studio album by the band Oasis?
Definitely Maybe

2. A Fischer dowel is better known as what WP?
Wall Plug

3. Semibreves & crotchets are a couple of varieties of which MN?
Musical Notes

4. A famous CIA alleged plot to assassinate Fidel Castro in the 60’s involved giving him which EC?
Exploding Cigar

5. Which AK played in the Old Firm derby, Merseyside derby, Manchester derby as well as playing for Soviet Union?
Andrei Kanchelskis

Final 5

6. Donna Summer was a singer known as the “Queen of….” what?
Disco (example notes, Elvis king rock n roll, Sezen Aksu, queen of Turkish Pop!!)

7. Going with % of proportion of the world’s population at the time, which was the biggest empire in history?
Persian Empire (aka Achaemenid Empire)

8. Who did Forrest marry?
Jenny

9. “We Can Remember It for You Wholesale” was a 1966 science fiction novel by Philip K. Dick that was adapted into which Arnold Schwarzenegger film?
Total Recall

10. The Velvet Revolution (in English) saw a shift of power in which country?
Czechoslovakia

Additional

Countdown

ANSWER: NAILBITER

Letters: Retail Bin

Clue: The end of the episode leaves you hanging on.

Bonus:

Tie Break Questions:

How many words are sung in Do They Know It’s Christmas, before Sting sings?
75

Emma Raducanu won the US Open in which year?
2021

In which year did Netflix mail its billionth DVD and also announce that it will move into the world of video streaming?
2007