Quiz Number #585
Round 1
1. Spelling: MAINTENANCE HANGAR (at an airport)
2. In a UK plug, what colour (or colours) is the neutral wire?
Blue
3. “One Man and His Dog” is a long running BBC TV show. Are women allowed to compete in it?
Yes (Katy Cropper won it 1990)
4. [Audio clip] Which part of the human body is mentioned in all of these songs?
Back (Baby come back – Don’t look back in anger – Back for good)
5. Merino, Vicuña, Virgin & Melton are all types of what?
Wool
6. Actor link: Who starred in all of these: The Deer Hunter | Don’t Look Up | Mama Mia?
Meryl Streep
7. List all the prime numbers between 1 and 10?
2, 3, 5, 7. (a whole number greater than 1 that cannot be exactly divided by any whole number other than itself)
8. Kraftwerk were an electronic band formed in the 70’s in which country?
Germany
9. Who began their career as an actor in Dr Who and later became a Blue Peter presenter?
Peter Purves
10. How many ears does an ant have?
None
11. Which ship, that was later sunk in battle, earlier in it’s time survived the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor? General Belgrano | Bismarck | USS Arizona |HMS Arc Royal
General Belgrano (was USS Phoenix, then USA sold it to Argentina)
12. Which English Premier League football team has a manager who’s first name is Rutgerus?
Leicester City
Final Round
Blockbusters
1. Which FD is the occupation of Mark Jacobs, Alexander McQueen & Christian Louboutin?
Fashion Designer
2. Which PP gives her name to a “World” within Paultons Park?
Peppa Pig
3. Which LW is preserved as one of the most famous pieces in the collection of The Tank Museum, Bovington?
Little Willie
4. Which AG is chief legal adviser to the Crown in England & Wales?
Attorney General
5. Globally, Madagascar produces more than 80% of which VP?
Vanilla Pods
Final 5
6. In math, Pythagorean theorem helps us when measuring what? Triangles | Water Depth | Distance & Speed | Temperature
Triangles
7. Gypsum is a white powder, better known as what PoP?
Plaster of Paris
8. Teddy Swims, Troggs, Laura Branigan & Afrojack have all had hits with which 7 letter word in the title?
Control
9. Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck was first published when? 1937 | 1957 | 1977
1937
10. A Grammy award is a trophy built in the shape of what?
Gramophone
Additional
Countdown
ANSWER: HARVESTER
Letters: Earths Rev
Clue: Farm machine that gathers a food crop.
Bonus / Tie Break
Connect 4
Answer 4x questions and for number 5, which 7 letter word beginning with “C” connects all of the answers?
1. In Greek mythology, Pegasus was a winged what?
Horse
2. What is the term for a row of text in a poem, song, or script?
Line
3. Which word applies to grassing someone, or where repairs are carried out?
Shop
4. What can Weakest Link contestants call to reset the chain to 0 before a question?
Bank
5. Answer connection link: Clothes
Clothes Horse | Clothes Line | Clothes Shop | Clothes Bank
Extra Questions – Tie Breakers
Name every group that have won the UK version of The X Factor?
Little Mix – Rak-Su
The Persian Gulf is 241,000 square kilometres in size. How big is the Gulf of Mexico in km²? (Basin area, not surface area)
1.6 million km²
