Quiz Number #589
Round 1
1. What does UNESCO stand for?
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
2. What does the “e” stand for in ecommerce & email?
Electronic
3. Which city will the host the 2026 FIFA World Cup Final?
New York
4. Version 2 of which Nintendo games console is due to be released this year?
Switch
5. Music Connection (Audio clip). Super Duper Love | Superstition | Super Bass | Super Trouper
Super
6. Which 1986 film starring Christopher Lambert & Sean Connery had the subtitle “There Can Be Only One”?
Highlander
7. Australia is the largest country by area in Oceania. Which is the 2nd largest?
Papua New Guinea
8. The Irish euro coin (Eire) features a picture of what on the “national side” of the coin?
Harp
9. Write down all of these animals that are not omnivores? | Pig | Bear | Hamster | Rhino
Rhino
10. Which three animals does the clever mouse encounter before he comes face to face with The Grffalo?
Fox, Owl & Snake
11. Barrett Strong’s “Money (That’s What I Want)” was the first record released by which famous record label?
Motown (Talma) (clue – … The best things in life are free. But you can give them to the birds and bees
12. Matty Healy is the lead singer of which band from Cheshire?
The 1975
Final Round
Blockbusters
1. Which BR opens with “Is this the real life?”
Bohemian Rhapsody
2. Which AD played Patrick Trench, the next door neighbor in One Foot in the Grave?
Angus Deayton
3. Which CC was an overseas territory governed by Great Britain?
Crown Colony
4. Which BO is a space company founded by Jeff Bezos?
Blue Origin
5. The king that signed the Magna Carta was called what JL?
John Lackland
Final 5
6. According to the Fortune 500 list, what was the largest American company by revenue in 2024? | Amazon | Apple | Alphabet | Walmart
Walmart (trading as Asda in UK)
7. Komodo dragons are endemic to which country?
Indonesia
8. Following the rules of BIDMAS/BODMAS, what is the answer to: 750 + 250 x 5?
2000
9. The eastern walls of the Kremlin run adjacent to which civic space?
Red Square
10. The past tense of weep is wept. What is the past tense of sleepwalking?
Sleepwalked
Additional
Countdown
Answer: DANDELION
Letters: Add Online
Clue: Fluffy weed
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Bonus / Tie Break Questions
Family Fortunes Style But With Real Data
Find the missing answer? The leading brands of “Breads And Brioches” in Great Britain for 2023 (in order are): Warburtons | Hovis | _____ | Tesco | Aldi
Kingsmill
Rounded to the nearest whole number: What percentage of Scottish councils will be charging for garden waste collection by 1st July 2025?
91% (29 of the 32 = 90.625%)
How many times did Martin Brundle make the podium (finish top 3) in a Formula One race?
Nine (F1 career never won a race. Best finishes were 2nd which he achieved on multiple occasions)
Connect 4
Which word can follow Clyde, Mersey, Channel & Dartford West?
Tunnel
Which golf club has a rounded clubhead and used for long distance tee shots?
Wood
What is the name of this “|” vertical bar symbol?
Pipe
Which 1994 film does Hopper place an explosive device on a bus?
Speed
Connection: WIND
TUNNEL | WOOD | PIPE | SPEED
