Quiz Number #594

Round 1

1. Spelling: What does the 1st A in NASA stand for?
Aeronautics (11 letters)

2. Calling which of these phone numbers from a landline will generally cost the same as calling a local number? 0345 | 0800 | 0898
0345

3. With which of these would you associate Raoul Silva? Real Madrid | James Bond | Chichén Itzá
James Bond

4. If listing all the names of the 7 dwarfs, which vowel doesn’t appear?
I

5. True Fales. A fully charged “AA” battery weighs 4.2% more than a discharged “AA” battery?
FALSE

6. Since the year 2000, which two Scottish managers have held the permanent managerial position at Aston Villa?
Alex McLeish & Paul Lambert

7. When did Charles Richter develop the Richter Scale? 1855 | 1935 < | 1965 | 1985
1935

8. Which Olympic sport shares its name with a job regularly carried out by landscape gardeners?
Fencing

9. Chinatown Wars, Liberty City Stories & Vice City Stories are all titles in which video game series?
Grand Theft Auto

10. Which TV series followed the story of police sergeant Catherine Cawood?
Happy Valley

11. Real life or purely fictional. How many of these were actual real people rather than complete fiction? William Wallace | Dick Turpin | Sherlock Holmes | Christopher Robin
3

12. In finance, using an ISA may be a way to avoid paying excess tax. What does ISA stand for?
Individual Savings Account

Final Round

Blockbusters

1. Which SD is a basketball shot when a player scores by shoving it through the rim?
Slam Dunk

2. Which BM is the second-highest mountain in the UK?
Ben Macdui

3. Hagrid’s Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure is a type of what RC?
Roller Coaster

4. What GT did Ian Fleming keep on his writing desk for inspiration?
Golden Typewriter

5. Which KS shot J.R. Ewing?
Kristin Shepard

Final 5

6. Countdown Version 2

7. Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart renamed their band to what in 1976?
The Tourists (originally called – The Catch)

8. Which company are Guinness World Record holder for “largest tyre manufacturer per year”, making around 318 million. (2nd on the list are Michelin, producing approximately 180 million tires each year)
LEGO

9. If a typical hairdryer produces perceived volume in the range of 90dB and a chainsaw was twice as loud. How loud is the chainsaw? -90dB | 100dB | 145 dB | 180dB
100dB

10. The story of Operation Chastise was adapted into the plot of which 1955 war film?
The Dam Busters

Additional

Countdown

ANSWER: NAILBITER

Letters: Alibi Rent

Hint: A TV episode may finish with this to keep you binge watching.

Tie Break:
Rory McIlroy won the 2014 Open Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Club with a total score of what?
271 (combined score over four rounds) 17 under par

Bonus
Bargain Hunt – Picture question A or B. Which sold for $195.4m?
“The Shot Blue Marilyn,” featuring Marilyn Monroe, by Andy Warhol  $195.4 million
“Portrait of a Girl,” by the Dutch artist Rembrandt $1.4 million