Quiz Number #593
Round 1
1. Picture (of road signs): In which country was this photo taken?
France
2. The 2025 Grand National winner was ridden by the trainer’s son. What is their surname?
Mullins (Willie & Patrick)
Bonus: In newspaper racing form listings: BD indicates what? (Brought Down)
3. Which of famous ship is best known for carrying the Pilgrims to the New World in 1620?
Mayflower
4. What name did Donald Trump give to his day of a barrage of overseas trade tariffs?
Liberation Day
5. Which tech firm started life with the name BackRub?
Google
6. Which actor from Trainspotting, also starred in films such as Pearl Harbor, Snatch & Black Hawk Down?
Ewen Bremner
7. What did Georgie Porgie do once the boys came out to play?
Ran Away
8. A device called a “common log” was used to determine what unit of measurement?
Knots
9. Who holds the record as the youngest-ever winner of the men’s singles Wimbledon title?
Boris Becker
10. Which one of these famous people is NOT qualified as a teacher? J.K Rowling | Brian May | Sting | Jimmy Carr
Jimmy Carr
11. Which part of a fishing rod is called the ferrule? Handle | Joint | Reel Seat | Butt
Joint
12. Victoria Sugden, Joe Tate & Bob Hope are all characters in which TV soap?
Emmerdale
Final Round
Who Wants To be A Millionaire Fastest Finger
List these castles most northerly (by latitude) first?
Balmoral | Stirling | Edinburgh | Culzean
List these Olympians by Olympic gold medals won (highest first)?
Jason Kenny 7
Chris Hoy 6
Steve Redgrave 5
Ben Ainslie 4
List these Scrabble board bonus squares by amount of them on the board?
Light Blue (24)
Light Pink (17)
Dark Blue (12)
Red (8)
List these countries in order of succesfully launching a rocket into space orbit (earliest 1st)?
USA
France
China
UK
List these Blue Peter presenters by age, oldest first?
Valerie Singleton 87
John Leslie 60
Richard Bacon 49
Helen Skelton 41
Final 5
6. What G is the main modern day country associated with the Maya lost civilisation?
Guatemala
7. Which Beatles song which was covered by Oasis, includes lines such as “Sitting on a cornflake” & “Semolina pilchard, climbing up the Eiffel Tower”?
I Am The Walrus
8. Which former footballer starred in the music video for the Liam Gallagher song “Once”?
Eric Cantona
9. Adolf Dassler founded Adidas. Which rival brand was founded by his brother Rudolf Dassler?
Puma
10. In 1698, Tsar Peter the Great of Russia, famously introduced a tax on what distinctive feature?
Beards
Additional
Countdown
ANSWER: DEADLIEST
Letters: SADDLE TIE
Hint: Most capable of causing fatality.
Tie Break:
In which year did Greenland’s colonial status officially end and it became an integral part of the Kingdom of Denmark?
1953
