Quiz Number #566

Round 1

1. Spelling: SYMMETRICAL ALIGNMENT

2. Which word meaning “a person or thing that is likely to cause harm” is the nickname of Darragh, the newest chaser on The Chase?
Menace

3. Simple sums, add together number of equinoxes in a year, number of blades on a Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopter and number of times London Fashion Week is held every year?
10 (2 + 6 +2)

4. Which Tom Hanks film has the subtitle “The Miracle On The Hudson”?
Sully

5. How many of these UK magazines are published on a monthly frequency? Radio Times, British Vogue, Hello!, Which?
2 (Vogue & Which)

6. Which “W” is responsible for looking after and managing animals of a film set? (the animal handler)
Wrangler

7. In the Republic of Ireland, what position does a Taoiseach hold?
Prime Minister

8. Diamonds are composed of which single element?
Carbon

9. Who was the first act that Factory booked to perform at the opening night of The Hacienda?
The Smiths | New Order | Madonna | Bernard Manning
Bernard Manning

10. A person will typically go through four to six sleep cycles per night. Which stage is when vivid dreaming occurs? Stage 1 | N3 | REM <
REM

11. Which famous actress played Sandra Wilkinson, the ballet teacher in the 2000 film Billy Elliot?
Julie Walters

12. What is the correct name for the “and” (“&”) sign, the logogram that represents the word and?
Ampersand

Final Round

Blockbusters

1. Which FN describes cynical crime drama films (from the 1940’s & 50s)?
Film Noir

2. Which SS is where runners cross the finishing line in the Great North Run?
South Shields

3. What SC  is a liqueur created by bartender Martin Wilkes Heron in New Orleans in 1874?
Southern Comfort

4. Which AP is the venue that holds the PDC World Darts Championship?
Alexandra Palace (ally pally)

5. What RG is a pen name used by Joanne Rowling?
Robert Galbraith

Final 5

6. Merlin Griffiths serves behind the bar in which TV show?
First Dates

7. “Operation Barbarossa” was the code name of nazi Germany’s invasion of which country?
Soviet Union

8. What does the A in LASER stand for?
Amplification (Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation)

9. Which city  hosted the Russian F1 Grand Prix from 2014 until 2021?
Sochi

10. In bridge, when the first pair of players has won two games, they declare “a what”…?
A Rubber

Additional

Countdown

ANSWER: GENERATED

Letters: Danger Tee

Clue: Brought into existence.

Bonus:

Tie Break:

Within how many of the 56 member countries in the Commonwealth of Nations, is homosexuality still illegal? (have  laws that criminalize same-sex relationships)

32

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Time Machine

1972
Munich Olympics

“The Godfather” is released in cinemas in the United States

Slade    Mama Weer All Crazee Now

Alice Cooper     School’s Out

2017
Inauguration of Donald Trump

Theresa May calls snap general election for June 8th 2017

Shape of You by Ed Sheeran

New Rules” by Dua Lipa