Quiz Number #617
Round 1
1. Spelling: QUEUE AISLE (Lane for waiting to be served)
2. Which of these is a prime number? 2 | 6 | 12 | All
2
3. Who is the most recent US President that did not have a full, official State Visit to the UK?
Joe Biden
4. Which fashion designer’s marriage to Derek ended after she met Malcolm McLaren in the 1970s?
Vivienne Westwood
5. Who played the title role of Mr Popper, who had lots of birds?
Jim Carey
6. On an old desktop PC, what colour of PS/2 port should you plug the keyboard?
Green | Purple
Purple
7. Which UK city features a three-ring system including the A4540 Middleway, and the Outer Ring Road A4040?
Birmingham
8. Who was the first directly elected Mayor of Greater Manchester?
Andy Burnham
9. Director Link; Who directed all of these? The Martian | Alien | Blade Runner | Gladiator
Ridley Scott
10. Surname of Portuguese football manager currently for Oman national team that was assistant to Alex Ferguson?
Queiroz
11. What percentage of the Sahara Desert is in the northern hemisphere? 0% | 96.6% (approx) | 100%
100%
12. True or False: During his gap year from university, Albert Einstein went backpacking around Thailand?
FALSE
Final Rounds
Odd One Out (Guest Round)
1. Didn’t have a hit single called “Jump”?
Van Halen
Girls Aloud
Sister Sledge <
2. Any of the title character’s parents are killed in the film?
Finding Nemo
Bambi
Moana <
3. Happened either only within our out with London.
The Blitz
2012 Summer Olympics
Jack the Ripper murders < (only within London)
4. They are not related.
Terry Venables <
Frank Lampard
Harry Redknapp
5. It is a fat-soluble vitamin.
Vitamin A <
Vitamin B
Vitamin C
DOUBLE UP (5 questions, each with 2 correct answers…)
6. The two busiest train stations in Scotland last year?
Glasgow Central | Edinburgh Waverley
7. Surnames of the two Scottish tennis players have both won Wimbledon titles in their careers?
Murray | Murray
8. In a list of birds that Bernard Matthews is responsible for the death of, which two top the list?
Turkey | Chicken
9. Titles of Rihanna’s first two UK No.1 hit songs?
Umbrella | Take A Bow
10. Of the Greek mythology Twelve Olympians, which two are last alphabetically?
Poseidon | Zeus
Additional
Countdown
Answer: Hamstring
Letters: Man Rights
Clue: An injury that footballers get.
Tie Break:
Tie Break – When is the last year that a Scottish footballer won the Ballon d’Or?
1964 (Dennis Law)
Bonus – (On-TV-Screen)
Catchphrase – Roquefort Files
Charles Kirk
Music clip _ APPLE
