Quiz Number #565
Round 1
1. Spelling: ILLEGALLY COUNTERFEITED
2. Which of these vinyl record formats was able to give wider dynamic range and be much greater in amplitude? 7″ Singles | 12″ Singles | 12″ LP
12″ Singles (Due to wider groove)
3. Conference, Comice, Bartlett & Concorde are all types of what fruit?
Pears
4. Which particular town did Donald Trump say were eating their pets?
Springfield
5. Ransom E. Olds was a manufacturer of American trucks. The company inspired the name of which rock band?
REO Speedwagon
6. Apple have launched their new iPhone 16, hoping people will get FOMO. What does FOMO stand for?
Fear Of Missing Out
7. The term “Eskimo” is fading from use for indigenous peoples of the Arctic, in favour of what?
Inuit
8. The eastern section of the border between England & Scotland is formed by which river?
Tweed
9. Which two word term meaning “a flashy display intended to confuse & bewilder”, is the name of a song from the musical Chicago?
Razzle Dazzle
10. What are the real first names of Mr & Mrs Tough, who starred on TV as The Krankies?
Ian & Janette
11. Who led the Terra Nova Expedition to Antarctica?
Captain Scott (Robert Falcon Scott)
12. In which Michael Jackson song does he repeatedly harass Annie by asking her if she’s OK?
Smooth Criminal
Final Round
1. Which HM usually falls around 23rd September and is the nearest to the nearest the autumnal equinox?
Harvest Moon
2. The night of what date in September is mentioned in the 2nd line of this song? (Earth, Wind & Fire)
21st
3. When was the last year that the Summer Olympic games began in September. (actual date 15th September)
2000 (in Melbourne, Australia)
4. What’s the next line of this song? “Summer has come and passed. The innocent can never last.” (6 words)
Wake Me Up When September Ends
5. Music Clip – ANSWER – TREND (all songs feature the word September in the lyrics) Temptations – Papa Was A Rollin’ Stone; Rod Stewart – Maggie May; Earth, Wind & Fire – September; Neil Diamond – September Morn; Dinah Washington – September in the Rain
Final 5
6. Which band were overall winners of the 2024 Mercury Prize? English Teacher < | Maths Exam | Geography Class | Double French
English Teacher
7. Who is Kamala Harris’s vice-presidential running mate?
Tim Walz
8. Polaris Dawn has acted illegally and violated Article VI of which OST?
Outer Space Treaty
9. What profession have to agree and swear to the Hippocratic Oath (or rewritten versions of it)?
Doctors
10. Which English television host & journalist interviewed all eight British prime ministers serving from 1964 to 2016 and all eight American presidents in office from 1969 to 2008?
David Frost
Additional
Countdown
ANSWER: EARMARKED
Letters: Armed Rake
Clue: Funds or resources that have been designated for a purpose.
Bonus:
Tie Break:
The name “September” takes it’s name from the Latin word for which number?
7 (Septem)
J. Robert Oppenheimer, the director of the Manhattan Project, was born in which year?
1904
2022 figures by Statista. Per capita, Germany consumed 92 litres of beer per capita. In the same years, what volume was consumed by the Czech Republic?
136
