Quiz Number #573

Round 1

1. Spelling: ACQUITTED – Formally declared that they did not commit the crime.

2. Which former prime Minister has an autobiography out called “Unleashed”?
Boris Johnson

3. Which country launched the first dog into an orbital spaceflight around the Earth?
Soviet Union (Russia)

4. To call a number overseas from the UK, you must enter what two digits before the country code?
00

5. True or False: The Oval Office in the White House, is actually square in shape?
FALSE (it’s oval!)

6. Which country hosted COP29?
Azerbaijan

7. Which watchmaker brand shares it’s name with last letter in the Greek alphabet?
Omega

8. Which sport shares it’s name with wedge-shaped sections of fabric, folded and stitched and also mean moves quickly?
Darts

9. Which Climie Fisher song, shares it’s name with a song from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Aspects of Love”?
Love Changes Everything

10. In which film did Marilyn Monroe play Sugar “Kane” Kowalczyk, a ukulele player and singer?
Some Like It Hot

11. David Edward Sutch was the founder of which political party?
Monster Raving Loony Party

12. Architects & Engineers use CAD. What does CAD stand for?
Computer-Aided Design

Final Round

Blockbusters

1. What CD is in a SodaStream cylinder?
Carbon Dioxide

2. Margaret Thatcher earned the nickname “snatcher” by ending what SM?
School Milk

3. Ray Dolby was an American engineer and inventor of what NR system?
Noise Reduction

4. Scotland’s most southerly mainland to mainland vehicle ferry service connects McInroy’s Point to which HQ?
Hunter’s Quay

5. Which CK is the correct term for using green screening visual effects?
Chroma Key

Final 5

6. Which word has been officially named Collins Dictionary word of the year, meaning confident & independent has been inspired by Charli XCX?
Brat

7. Mary Norton was a british writer, best known for The Borrowers. However, her other books were adapted into which 1971 Disney film?
Bedknobs and Broomsticks

8. The Concorde Agreement is a contract that dictates a set of terms in what?
Formula One
Commercial Aviation
Horse Racing
Shoe Design

9. Who took up the office of the  chancellor of Germany in 1998?
Gerhard Schröder

10. Which zodiac sign is depicted with twins?
Gemini

Additional

Countdown

ANSWER: PAINFULLY

Letters: Finally Up

Clue: A situation that is really sore.

Bonus:

Music Round – Answer – STEAM

Tie Break

In Mike Tyson’s professional boxing record, which year was the last time that he won a fight?

2003 (vs Clifford Etienne)

At 6pm tonight, The James Webb Telescope was how many km from Earth?

Got to source on day of using question: https://theskylive.com/jwst-info

1,641,381 km