Quiz Number #567
Round 1
1. Spelling: CONSCIENTIOUS (someone who strives to do their duties correctly)
2. The Scottish government have raised the minimum unit price (MUP) for alcohol? What is the new price per unit?
65p per unit
3. Which is the biggest selling book by Julia Donaldson, which was illustrated by Axel Scheffler?
The Gruffalo
4. Which of the centuries has had the highest number of monarchs (UK)? 19th century | 20th century | 21st century
20th century
5. Which familiar word is Italian for “Pine Eye”?
Pinocchio (Occhio di pino)
6. Which country shares it’s name with a film starring Sean Connery and a hit song by The Gibson Brothers?
Cuba
7. The Simpsons started out on TV as a series of animated shorts on who’s TV show?
Tracey Ullman
8. From 1949 to 1990, which city was the capital of West Germany?
Bonn
9. What scale is used to measure the heat of chillies?
Scoville
10. Which “fill-in-the-blank party game” sued SpaceX last week for illegally trespassing on their land?
Cards Against Humanity
11. “Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free”, was the tagline of which film starring Tim Robbins?
The Shawshank Redemption
12. It is possible for a man in Norway to wed his widows sister?
FALSE
No (as he is dead)
Final Round
Blockbusters
1. The Central Criminal Court of England and Wales is often referred to as what OB?
Old Bailey
2. At Oldham General Hospital in 1978, which LB became known as the world’s first test-tube-baby?
Louise Brown
3. Which PS is the most senior civil servant in a UK government department or ministry?
Permanent Secretary
4. Stanley Gibbons is a famous name with what SC?
Stamp Collecting
5. Which PN is an area of the southern Pacific Ocean which is also known as spacecraft cemetery?
Point Nemo
Final 5
6. HSBC, is one of the largest banking institutions in the world. What does the S stand for in HSBC?
Shanghai (Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation)
7. Actor link: 4x films all starring which actor: Brüno | Stormy Monday | Quadrophenia | Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Sting (Gordon Sumner)
8. Which former England manager is currently the manager of the Jamaica national team?
Steve McClaren
9. Before the WTC twin towers came down, 10047 and 10048 were what?
Zip Codes
10. If you search the internet for which Saudi Arabian city, the top reult may instead land you on which Bingo operator?
Mecca
Additional
Countdown
ANSWER: HOURGLASS
Letters: Goals Rush
Clue: Egg timer that runs for 60 minutes.
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 (check answer)
Dinosaurs went extinct at the end of which period?
Cretaceous <
Jurassic
Triassic
Dinossic
This year the UK stopped producing any electricity from burning coal – ending its reliance on the fossil fuel which has lasted for how many years?
142-years
(Note: Thomas Edison powered London street lights in 1882.)
