Quiz Number #599

Round 1

1. Spelling: EMBARRASSES

2. Grey Goose is a brand of vodka produced originally where?
France

3. Which three countries have hosted the Summer Olympics more than twice?
UK – USA – France

4. Which musical film shares it’s name with a landlocked state in the South Central region of the United States?
Oklahoma

5. Gary Lineker learned to speak Spanish when he went to play for which club (in a Spanish speaking part of the world)?
Barcelona

6. Song Link: Ordinary

7. ISBN is a unique 10-13 digit identification code assigned to books. What does ISBN stand for?
International Standard Book Number

8. Kalimera is Greek for what? Good Morning | Thank you | Farewell
Good Morning ( Καλημέρα )

9. Is New Zealand located to the east or to the west of Australia?
East

10. “King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut” was a live music and entertainment venue that opened in the mid-1980’s where?
Glasgow | New York | Cairo | Ciudad Madero
New York

11. The name of a river that rises in Snowdonia and flows through Wales and Cheshire and if you give us the name of the river runs around the estate that the Queen died, that’s the answer we want?
River Dee (2x rivers, same answer)

12. Can water can boil and freeze at the same time?
YES (it’s called Triple Point)

Final Rounds

Double Money (5x Questions… 10 Points)

6. The 2x largest cities by population in the Canary Islands.
Las Palmas & Santa Cruz

7. Name both Swiss tennis players who were once ranked world number 1 in singles?
Roger Federer – Martina Hingis

8. Which actors played DCI Gene Hunt & DI Sam Tyler on TV?
Philip Glenister | John Simm

9. Hey Jude was a hit single by the Beatles starting with an H. name the other 2 hits that start with an H?  (A Hard Days Night – doesn’t count)
Help – Hello Goodbye

10. Name both Tudor monarchs who’s name weren’t Henry or Edward?
Mary and Elizabeth

Additional

Bonus (Surname Link. 3 Questions. The Answers all have the same same surname. All we want is the surname).

Born in 1788 and better known as Lord Byron.
George Gordon

Alex Raymond’s best known comic strip character.
Flash Gordon

Wears the number 1 shirt for Hearts.
Craig Gordon

Countdown

Letters: CAKING PIN
Answer: PANICKING
Clue: Getting all worried and in a right flap!Tie Break

Tie Break

In 13 April, 2025, Xuanyi Geng broke the world record of solving a Rubik’s Cube (3x3x3 single) in how many seconds (2 decimal places)?
3.05 seconds