Quiz Number #626
Round 1
1. Spelling: SYMMETRICAL (a design that has two halves that are exactly the same in shape and size)
2. What is the name of the mascot of Kellogg’s Frosties?
Tony
3. What does OBR stand for. The fiscal watchdog that recently admitted its worst-ever procedural failure?
Office for Budget Responsibility
4. A tetrahedron three-dimensional triangular shape. How many sides (faces) does it have?
4
5. True or False: Franklin D. Roosevelt married Theodore Roosevelt’s niece!?
TRUE
6. “First Lord of the Treasury” title of a UK pm, changes to “Lady” when it’s a woman?
FALSE
7. Earth worms do not hibernate, the enter a deep state of dormancy. True or false, is the correct sense of the word… only mammals hibernate?
FALSE
8. Twelve Plus One is an anagram of which other sum which gives the same total?
Eleven Plus Two
9. Which fabric share’s it’s name with a river that flows across the border of England & Scotland?
Tweed
10. ASCII is a Standard Code for Information Interchange, used to represent text characters as numerical values that computers can understand. What does the A stand for?
American
11. Paul Young the singer isn’t so young now. On the 17 January 2026 he will celebrate which big milestone birthday?
70
12. Which anti-virus software takes it’s name from the nautical command meaning “stop” or “cease”?
Avast
Final Rounds
Blockbusters
1. Which EL is a council area in Scotland?
East Lothian
2. Which AG is a handheld power tool used for cutting or polishing metal & masonry?
Angle Grinder
3. Which FC is the correct name given to a national airline?
Flag Carrier
4. Which SR was an ancient route famously travelled by Marco Polo?
Silk Road
5. Which CK was the weapon of choice by the farmers wife in “Three Blind Mice”?
Carving Knife
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Double Up
1. Of the 4 main Teletubbies, name the two who names end in “Y”?
Dipsy | Tinky Winky
2. Which two countries with Union Jack flags within their flags, fought in the Vietnam War?
Australia | New Zealand
3. Surnames of the two detectives that appear in the greatest number of Agatha Christie stories?
Hercules Poirot | Miss Marple
4. The two most popular Spanish beer brands sold in the UK in 2024?
San Miguel | Estrella Damm
5. Which Japanese car makers have factories in Sunderland and Derbyshire?
Nissan | Toyota
Additional
Countdown
Answer: UNWRITTEN
Letters: WINTER NUT
Clue: A rule that is accepted but not formally established.
Tie Break:
How many years are there between The Sooty Show first airing on TV and Charlie Chaplin dying?
22 (Chaplin dies 1977- Sooty first on-air 1955)
