Quiz Number #572

Round 1

1. Spelling: CINNAMON DOUGHNUT

2. Which word can be a way of bending, a knot, a weapon or the opposite of stern?
Bow

3. Donald Malcolm Campbell died when attempting to break which record?
Water Speed

4. What does the French word “duvet” mean? Down |  Filled | Wrapped
Down

5. Complete the subtitle of the song “Opportunities” by the Pet Shop Boys. “Let’s make….”?
Lots of Money

6. The Sicilian Mafia are known in Italian as Cosa Nostra which translates into what? Our Thing | Code of Honour | New House | We Share
Our Thing

7. Potatoes are rich in which vitamin, which acts as an antioxidant?
C

8. What colour was the Owl and the Pussy-cat’s boat?
Green

9. The Chieftain tank (FV4201) was first used by Britain in which war?
Gulf War

10. There is a city in Washington called Fife. There is also a city that shares it’s name with which Scottish city?
Aberdeen

11. Which company developed the Betamax video (VCR) system?
Sony

12. The Kiel Canal (the world’s busiest man-made waterway) connects the North Sea to the Baltic Sea. The canal runs through which country?
Germany

Final Round

Blockbusters

1. Which JK founded the band Jamiroquai?
Jay Kay

2. In 2018, Francesco Molinari became the first Italian to lift which CJ?
Claret Jug

3. Which CF is a parrot created by the writer Robert Louis Stevenson?
Captain Flint

4. Was a Spanish magician with the catchprase “Piff Paff Poof!” performed by Geoff Durham?
Great Soprendo

5. Which FM are hand targets worn by boxing trainers?
Focus Mitts

Final 5 (The 1% Club)

Quiz Host notes: The 1% Club quiz questions rely on players using logic rather than general knowledge.

1. You’re running a race and you pass the person in third place. What place are you in now?
3rd

2. If you toss a coin 4 times and it lands on tails every time, what is the % probability it will land on tales next time?
50%

3. Write down the next two letters in this sequence? W,D,T,N,T,L,I, _, _
TS (Write down the next two letters in this sequence)

4. In a regular, shuffled, 52 deck of card, what is the probability of drawing 14 cards of the same suit consecutively from the top of the deck?
None (0%) (there are only 13 cards of the same suit)

5. 15051 reads the same forwards as it does backward. What is the next number that reads the same forward as it does backward?
15151

Additional

Countdown

ANSWER: TAMPERING

Letters: German Tip

Clue: Intruding into other people’s affairs.

Bonus:

How many Chinese zodiac sign are based on actual extant creatures?
11 (there are 12 animals but one is a dragon)

Early email systems used POP (Later POP3). What does POP stand for?
Post Office Protocol

Tie Break
In cm, how tall is Gary Barlow’s son Daniel?
187.96 cm (6” 2 inches)