Round 1

1. Spelling: PROFESSIONALISM (context: the quiz-host showed a high level of professionalism)

2. Richard Madden & Kevin Costner have both played which title character?
The Bodyguard

3. If I bought a chair for £9, sold it for £11, bought it back for £8 and sold it again for £19, how much profit have I made?
£13

4. Which podcast from Sky News and Tortoise Media has the tagline: “Russia knows our weaknesses. But do you?”
The Wargame

5. Tod and Copper were the of the main characters in which Disney film?
Fox & the Hound

6. What kind of animal was Mrs Tiggy-Winkle?
Hedgehog

7. If you went to the beach at the city of Santander, you could paddle in what?
Mediterranean Sea | Bay of Biscay | Gulf of Portugal
Bay of Biscay

8. A bakers dozen is receiving extra bread. A lesser known phrase is a “heaped bushel”. How many gallons went in a bushel if it wasn’t heaped? (bakers could be fined or face flogging for selling underweight bread)
8 Gallons

9. Front seatbelts were required to be fitted in all new cars sold in the UK in which year?
1950 | 1967  |1983 | 1989
1967 (fitted in cars! – not wearing them)

10. A singer from which non-European country won the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest?
Canada

11. Which VC is the correct name for the backbone in the human body?
Vertebral Column

12. Viola Davis is a Triple Crown winner. What is her profession?
Actor

Final Rounds

History Timeline – Which Happed First?

Andy Murray wins US Open Singles title.
2012
Andy Murray wins Wimbledon Singles title.
2013

Assassination of John F. Kennedy
1963
The Cuban Missile Crisis.
1962

First Toy Story film released.
1995
First Harry Potter film was released.
2001

Joseph Nicéphore Niépce takes the world’s first photograph.
1826
Thomas Edison developed a commercially viable light bulb.
1879

Ed Sheeran releases studio album called “x” (“Multiply”)
2014
Ed Sheeran releases studio album called “−” (“Subtract”)
2023

Final 5 – Double Points – 5 Questions for 2 Points Each

6. If you wrote down all the names NATO phonetic alphabet words to make a word search, which two capital cities could be found?
Lima & Rome

7. Who were the two musketeers that make up Les Trois with Athos?
Porthos and Aramis

8. Who are the two (different) most recent fighters that Tyson Fury has faced in the ring?
Oleksandr Usyk & Derek Chisora (Francis Ngannou was non-title)

9. An IPS panel monitor is a technology known for it’s wider viewing angles. Give us two of the words that IPS represent?
In-Plane Switching

10. What are the two most common languages spoken in Belgium as their first language. One by about 60% and one by about 40%?
Dutch (Flemish) & French

Additional

Countdown

Answer – Invention
Letters: Nine Ion Tv
Clue: A creation of something new.

Bonus: Picture Question.

Picture clue: Catchphrase. (if you are reading this on QuizPrep website, picture will feature soon, search the word “catchphrase”). Clue: Australian pop duo.
Savage Garden

Tie Break

Oasis’s biggest gig ever was their two-night concert at Knebworth House in August of which year?
1996

Tie Breaker 2 (back-up)

Die Another Day was a James Bond film released in which year?
2002