Quiz Number #613
Round 1
1. Spelling: LEISURE ENVIRONMENT. (A setting like a park or a pool).
2. What D is a kind of animal used to make Eiderdown products?
Duck
3. Simple Simon asked the pieman to taste his what?
Ware
4. Which one of these electronic music acts is just one person – rather than a duo or group? Disclosure | MK | Daft Punk?
MK
5. Why did most pirates wear eye patches? Look frightening | Cover injured eyes | Keep one eye adjusted to dark < | Superstition against curses
Keep one eye adjusted to dark (still used in modern military/aviation training)
6. In the academic qualification GCSE, what does the GCSE stand for?
General Certificate of Secondary Education
7. Gal Gadot is best known for playing which character from the DC Comics films? (DC Extended Universe)
Wonder Woman
8. The word Sushi comes from a Japanese word meaning what? Raw Fish | Sour Rice | Convenience
Sour Rice
9. Quadrophenia was a film about Mods and Rockers fighting on the beach of which seaside town?
Brighton
10. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is considered to be what nationality in today’s terms?
Austrian
11. What oxidizer is most commonly paired with fuel in liquid rocket engines?
Liquid Oxygen (LOX)
12. True or false. It is illegal to hold a mobile phone in your hand when supervising a learner driver.
TRUE
Final Rounds
Blockbusters
1. Which FC did Sinatra face when the end was near in My Way?
Final Curtain
2. Cape Verde is an island country and archipelagic state of which WA?
West Africa
3. Which CF is a rowing event that won Steve Redgrave his first Olympic Gold?
Coxed Four
4. Which OW led to Britain taking control of Honk Kong?
Opium Wars
5. Which DH completes the title of this film featuring Huntr/x “KPop __ __”?
Demon Hunters
Double Up (5 Questions for 10 Points)
6. Belgium has three official languages. Dutch (Flemish) is one. What are the other two?
French | German
7. TV: First names of the husband and wife that run Harrid’s Convenience Store?
Navid | Meena
8. First names of the Klitschko brothers who have both held versions of the heavyweight world title?
Vitali | Wladimir
9. The Mersey Railway Tunnel is one of three tunnels that make up The Mersey Tunnels. Name the other two.
Queensway | Kingsway
10. One a comedian, one was a boy band member: Name the winners of 1st two series of Celebrity Big Brother?
Jack Dee | Mark Owen
Additional
Countdown
Answer: Hurricane
Letters: Raunchier
Clue: A severe storm.
Bonus:
List these in order of when they first took on the job of Scotland manager? ABCD
Berti Vogts 2002
Alex McLeish 2007
Craig Levein 2009
Gordon Strachan 2013
Bonus B
Connect 4
In poker, what term is used when a player matches another player’s bet rather than folding or raising?
CALL
Which body part is used in the phrase meaning to carry a heavy responsibility or burden?
SHOULDER
“The Power” & ” Mary Had A Little Boy” were UK top 10 hits for which German group?
SNAP
What imperial unit of weight is equal to 6.35kg?
STONE
Connection – COLD
Tie Break:
“Live Science”, as well as most travel and cultural sites, cite that there are how many identified pyramids in Egypt?
118
