Quiz Number #586

Round 1

1. Spelling: MORTGAGE STRATEGY

2. Little, Long-Eared, & Tawny are all types of which bird?
Owl

3. Matt Sherratt is the interim head coach of which Six nations team?
Wales

4. Triple Crown of Acting is a term in the American entertainment industry to describe actors who have won which 3 awards?
Oscar, Emmy, and Tony

5. Which Triple Crown winning English actor are we describing here: [Audio clip: Beadles About / Ironing sfx)?
Jeremy Irons

6. Michael Jackson’s hair caught fire while filming a commercial for who?
Pepsi

7. Music Connection (Audio clip): Holly Johnson – Americanos | Sabrina Johnson – Espresso | All Saints – Black Coffee | Blur – Coffee & Tea
Coffee

8. The Panama Canal was first officially opened to commercial traffic in which century?
20th

9. Which West End musical includes the songs: “Hello – Is Anybody Home?”, “Something About That Boy”, “My Myopia”, “It’s Only a Matter of Time”?
Back To The Future

10. History: The Metaxas Line was a border fortification built by which country to keep the Bulgarians back?
Greece

11. What is the best selling James Bond video game of all time?
Goldeneye

12. Which 2004 film starring Daniel Craig was set in England and Holland?
Layer Cake

Final Round

Blockbusters

1. Which VD gives it’s name to a 1920s gang incident in Chicago and a mural by Banksy?
Valentine’s Day

2. Which FP is a French loan phrase meaning a slip in etiquette, manners, or conduct?
Faux Pas

3. Which DR sang “You took a mystery and made me want it”?
Diana Ross

4. Which CC is a Cheltenham Festival race named after the Queen Mother?
Champion Chase

5. Hickory Dickory Dock is based on which AC, found at Exeter Cathedral?
Astronomical Clock

Final 5

6. DTF Printing is commonly used by t-shirt printing companies. What does the T stand for
Film (Direct To Film)

7. Which former player and now football pundit shares his surname with a Scottish ballet dancer who appeared in “The Red Shoes”?
Shearer (Moira Shearer)

8. Who was the chief propagandist (propaganda minister) for the Nazi Party?
Joseph Goebbels

9. Daltonism is a condition that affects which of the senses?
Sight

10. TTF and OTF are types of fonts used in design. What do the first letters (O and T) stand for in each?
True | Open

Additional

Countdown

ANSWER: PHEASANTS

Letters: TAN SHAPES

Clue: Birds you can shoot from 1st October to 1st February.

Bullseye

Groundhog Day in USA is always on the 2nd of February?
TRUE

Brad Pitt is older than Nigel Farage?
TRUE

The Great Wall of China is longer than the entire coastline of mainland Britain.
TRUE

Ally McCoist scored more goals for Scotland than he did for Sunderland.
TRUE

Cheesecake originated in Philadelphia.
FALSE

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Bonus / Tie Break Questions

The original run of Brookside started in 1982 and ended in which year?
2003

Helen Fielding’s Bridget Jones’s Diary column first appeared in The Independent in which year?
1995