Quiz Archive 22nd December

Round 1 General Christmas Knowledge


1 How many ghosts appeared to Scrooge in Dicken’s “A Christmas Carol”?#twubquiz

2 The tradition of the Christmas tree originated in which European country?#twubquiz

3 Which song was Christmas No 1 in both 1975 and 1991?#twubquiz

4 Complete this festive verse – “Twas the night before christmas, when all through the house. Not a creature was stirring not even a …“#twubquiz

5 According to tradition, in which country was St Nicholas born?#twubquiz

6 True or False – All of Santa’s reindeer are male #twubquiz


7 If Jesus really was born on Christmas Day, what Starsign would he have been?#twubquiz

8 Which Christmas tune contains the lyrics “Sleigh bells ring, are you list'nin'? In the lane, snow is glist'nin'”?#twubquiz

9 True or False – Bethlehem in Hebrew, translates as “House Of Bread”#twubquiz

10 According to the Bible who is Jesus’s father?#twubquiz

Round 2 Christmas Movies

1 In which 1988 film remake of “A Christmas Carol” does Bill Murray play a cynically selfish TV executive?#twubquiz

2 Which classic 1946 Christmas film features the line “Daddy, every-time a bell rings, an angel gets its wings”#twubquiz

3 Who plays the role of the Prime Minister, in “Love Actually”?#twubquiz

4 Arnold Schwarzenegger is a father trying to get the must have toy, Turbo Man, in which 1996 film?#twubquiz

5 In the film “A Muppet Christmas Carol”, who plays the role of Ebeneezer Scrooge?#twubquiz

6 Which 1942 film first featured Bing Crosby singing “White Christmas”?#twubquiz

7 Of the two crooks in the 1990 film “Home Alone”, one was Daniel Stern, who was the other?#twubquiz

8 Who plays the character of Chris Kringle aka Santa Claus, in the 1994 remake “Miracle On 34th Street”#twubquiz

9 Who wrote the book, that was the basis for the 1982 animated film, “The Snowman”#twubquiz

10 Which 1988 film saw Bruce Willis battling against a group of terrorists that crudely interrupted a Christmas party #twubquiz

Round 3 Pictures


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Round 4 Christmassy answers

1 Which Shakespeare play begins “If music be the food of love play on” ? #twubquiz
2 Which horse won the 1964 Derby ? #twubquiz
3 What was the name of Spandau’s only prisoner ? #twubquiz
4 Who plays the role of Dorian Green in “Birds of a Feather” ? #twubquiz
5 What was the pen name of author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson ? #twubquiz
6 What was the real name of Eric Morecambes partner ? #twubquiz
7 What is Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe's middle name ? #twubquiz
8 Who is the host of Deal or No Deal? #twubquiz
9 What is the name of the computer in Red Dwarf ? #twubquiz
10 What is the highest waterfall in the world ? #twubquiz

Round 5
Identify the Christmas objects from the cryptic clues

1. Appointments? #twubquiz

2. Dad's a barber? #twubquiz

3. Crazy? #twubquiz

4. Make a pig of yourself when you find them? #twubquiz

5. The orange song? #twubquiz

6. A pleasure in Ankara? #twubquiz

7. Vision for cockney? #twubquiz

8. Type that goes on your head? #twubquiz

9. Second visitor in a Christmas Carol? #twubquiz

10. Truncated French stick? #twubquiz

Answers
Answers ROund 1

1 Four

2 Germany

3 Bohemian Rhapsody

4 Mouse

5 Turkey

6 False (Vixen)

7 Capricorn

8 Winter Wonderland

9 True

10 God

Answers
1 Scrooged
2 It’s a Wonderful Life”
3 Hugh Grant
4 Jingle All The Way”
5 Michael Caine
6 Holiday Inn
7 Joe Pesci
8 Richard Attenborough
9 Raymond Briggs
10 Die Hard

Round 3 Answers

1. Puss in boots
2. Cinderella
3. Sleeping beauty
4. Aladdin
5. Babes in the wood
6. Jack and the Beanstalk
7. Mother goose
8. Dick Whittington
9. Peter pan
10. Robinson crusoe

Round 4 Answers


1 Twelfth Night
2 Santa Claus
3 Rudolph Hess
4 Leslie Joseph
5 Lewis Carrol
6 Ernest Wiseman
7 Gabriel
8 Noel Edmonds
9 Holly
10 Angel Falls

ANSWERS

1. Dates

2. Parsnips

3. Nuts / Crackers

4. Truffles

5. Tangerine

6. Turkish delight

7. Mince pies

8. Pork Pie

9. Christmas present

10. Shortbread

Quiz Archive 15th December

Round 1 - Wonkey Donkey

1. Which "scream queen" actress, born 1907, played Ann Darrow in the original King Kong flick? #twubquiz

2. Pianist Clarence "Pinetop" Smith is credited with the first hit (in 1929) in which style of piano blues music? #twubquiz

3. Which character in the film Pulp Fiction was played by Amanda Plummer? #twubquiz

4. Which ABBA track takes its name from a brand of theatrical spotlight? #twubquiz

5. How is the third fight between Muhammed Ali and Joe Frazier, widely regarded as the greatest boxing match ever, commonly known? #twubquiz

6. Which property on a British Monopoly board is the equivalent of Indiana Avenue on a US board? #twubquiz

7. Serial killer Charles Manson's vision of a racial war was partly inspired by which track from the Beatles' White Album? #twubquiz

8. Which Bond girl was played by Grace Jones in A View to a Kill? #twubquiz

9. Which musical instrument is also known as a wheel fiddle? #twubquiz

10. Which Donovan song reached #2 in the US and #8 in the UK in 1966? #twubquiz

Round 2 (Songs With) Parentheses In The Title

1. The Dock Of The Bay #twubquiz

2. I Do It For You #twubquiz

3. Happy Xmas #twubquiz

4. I'm Gonna Be #twubquiz

5. Don't You #twubquiz

6. Bang a Gong #twubquiz

7. Norwegian Wood #twubquiz

8. Voodoo Chile #twubquiz

9. Against All Odds #twubquiz

10. 59th Street Bridge Song #twubquiz

Round 3 Pictures


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Round 4 – Languages of the World

1. Residents of which country refer to their homeland as Nihon? #twubquiz

2. Residents of which country refer to their homeland as Schweiz? #twubquiz

3. Residents of which country refer to their homeland as Hellas? #twubquiz

4. Residents of which country refer to their homeland as Eesti? #twubquiz

5. Residents of which country refer to their homeland as Zhonghua? #twubquiz

6. Residents of which country refer to their homeland as Bharat? #twubquiz

7. Residents of which country refer to their homeland as Alba? #twubquiz

8. Residents of which country refer to their homeland as Aotearoa? #twubquiz

9. Residents of which country refer to their homeland as Magyarorszag? #twubquiz

10. Residents of which country refer to their homeland as Misr? #twubquiz

Round 5 – Dying Words

1. "What a world! Who'd have thought a good little girl like you could destroy my beautiful wickedness? Oh, I'm gone, I'm going!" #twubquiz

2. "Rosebud" #twubquiz

3. "Tell your sister you were right... " #twubquiz

4. "James, earn this. Earn it." #twubquiz

5. "Never let go." #twubquiz

6. “Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer do, I'm half crazy all for the love of you.” #twubquiz

7. "Freedom!" #twubquiz

8. "I'll be right here" #twubquiz

9. “Now then, you loop the rope over the end of that beam there. That's good” #twubquiz

10. "All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die." #twubquiz

Answers

Round 1

1. Fay Wray

2. Boogie Woogie

3. Honey Bunny

4. Super Trouper

5. The Thrilla in Manila

6. Fleet Street

7. Helter Skelter

8. May Day

9. Hurdy Gurdy

10. Mellow Yellow

Round 2

1. (Sittin' On)

2. (Everything I Do)

3. (War Is Over)

4. (500 Miles)

5. (Forget About Me)

6. (Get it On)

7. (This Bird Has Flown)

8. (Slight Return)

9. (Take A Look At Me Now)

10. (Feelin' Groovy)

Round 3

1. Animal Farm

2. The Maltese Falcon

3. Oliver Twist

4. Howards End

5. The Mill on the Floss

6. A Farewell To Arms

7. Watership Down

8. The Two Towers

9. Naked Lunch

10. The French Lieutenant's Woman


Round 4

1. Japan

2. Switzerland

3. Greece

4. Estonia

5. China

6. India

7. Scotland

8. New Zealand

9. Hungary

10. Egypt

Round 5

1. The Wicked Witch of the West (The Wiz of Oz)

2. Charles Foster Kane (Citizen Kane)

3. Darth Vader / Anakin Skywalker (Return of the Jedi)

4. Captain Miller (Saving Private Ryan)

5. Jack Dawson (Titanic)

6. HAL 9000 (2001: A Space Odyssey)

7. William Wallace (Braveheart)

8. ET the Extra Terrestrial

9. Bill Sykes (Oliver!)

10. Roy Batty (Blade Runner)

Quiz Archive 8th December

Round 1
General Knowledge
1. What is the name of the island of little people in “Gulliver’s Travels”?
#twubquiz
2. In Roman numerals what is “C” minus “L”?#twubquiz
3. For which sport is the town of Henley famous?#twubquiz
4. Kevin Rowland was lead singer, with which 80s band? #twubquiz
5. Who appeared to predict all six lottery numbers live on TV, earlier this
year?#twubquiz
6. Which player moves first in a game of chess, white or black? #twubquiz
7. What was the name of the dog in Enid Blyton’s “Famous Five”?#twubquiz
8. In which ocean would you find the coral sea?#twubquiz
9. Who was the first Bond Girl?#twubquiz
10. In which 1994 film did Sally Field play the mother of Tom Hanks?
#twubquiz

Round 2
Shoes

1. In the film The Wizard Of Oz, what footwear did Dorothy use to return home? #twubquiz
2. What are clogs called in Holland? #twubquiz
3. How many pairs of shoes did Imelda Marcos havein her Philippine palace?a. 560, b. 1060, c. 10,060 #twubquiz
4. Who wrote the Elivs presley song 'Blue Seude Shoes'? #twubquiz
5. Which character in the film 'From Russia with Love' wore shoes with poison tipped darts? #twubquiz
6. What are Eskimo boots called?#twubquiz
7. Who got into the charts with "Goody Two shoes"?
8.Who first released the song "These boots are made for walkin"?
9. Who might be given the nickname Shughie (like Shoey) in Scotland?
10. Who sang about someone with "Diamonds on the soles of her shoes"?

Round 3

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Round 4 Birds
Thanks to Pauls quiz.com

1. What is the alternative name of the Shakespearean character, Robin Goodfellow? #twubquiz
2. What bird is in the title of a book by Jack Higgins, made into a film starring Donald Sutherland and Michael Caine? #twubquiz
3. In Golf, how many strokes under par is a birdie?#twubquiz
4. What type of bird did William Wordsworth address with the words "Shall I call thee bird, or but a wandering voice"?#twubquiz
5. Which instrument was played by the jazz musician Charlie "Bird" Parker?#twubquiz
6. Who wrote the story on which the 1963 Alfred Hitchcock film "The Birds" was based?#twubquiz
7. Which bird was the title of a 1968 UK number 1 hit for Fleetwood Mac?#twubquiz
8. In the famous Monty Python parrot sketch, what breed of parrot had John Cleese supposedly been sold?#twubquiz
9. Which English football league club are nicknamed "The Eagles"?#twubquiz
10. Which British high street bank uses the eagle as its logo?#twubquiz

Round 5
About Britain
1 In which city was the Titanic built ? #twubquiz
2 The London Monument near London Bridge was built to commemorate what ?
#twubquiz
3 In which city was Thomas A Becket murdered ?#twubquiz
4 What was the Roman name for Ireland ?#twubquiz
5 The Government Communication Headquarters(GCHQ) is based near which town?#twubquiz
6 In which London street would you find the US Embassy ? #twubquiz
7 What is the name for the range of hills that separate England from Scotland ? #twubquiz
8 Which Surrey town is famous for its mineral deposits?#twubquiz
9 Which city is home to the UK’s oldest University? #twubquiz
10 In which town is the Open University based?#twubquiz

Round 1
Answers
1. Lilliput
2. L
3. Rowing
4. Dexy’s Midnight Runners
5. Derren Brown
6. White
7. Timmy
8. Pacific
9. Ursuala Andress
10. Forrest Gump

Round 2
1. Ruby slippers.
2. Klompen
3. b. 1060
4. Carl Perkins
5. Rosa Klebb.
6. Mucluks
7. Adam Ant
8. Nancy Sinatra
9. Anyone named Hugh
10.Paul Simon

Round 3
Answers

1. Tim Collins
2. Declan
3. Toady
4. Karl Kennedy
5. Donna Freedman
6. Paul Robinson
7. Harold Bishop
8. Libby Kennedy/Fitzgerald
9. Susan Kinskey/Kennedy
10. Elle Robinson

Round 4
1. Puck
2. Eagle (The Eagle Has Landed)
3. One
4. Cuckoo
5. Saxophone
6. Daphne Du Maurier
7. Albatross
8. Norweigian Blue
9. Crystal Palace
10. Barclays

Round 5
1. Belfast
2. The Great Fire Of London
3. Canterbury
4. Hibernia
5. Cheltenham
6. Grosvenor Square
7. The Cheviots
8. Epsom
9. Oxford
10. Milton Keynes

Quiz Archive 1st December

Quiz master @neuro100

Round 1

Q1. Which country hasn’t fought in a war since 1815? #twubquiz

Q2 Which is the only city in the world to lie in two continents? #twubquiz

Q3 How long does it take light to travel from Earth to the moon? (approx) #twubquiz

Q4 What is the ‘Star of India’? #twubquiz

Q5 What’s the annual list of ALL ships called? #twubquiz

Q6 Which condition first reported by coal miners is also known as ‘Caisson disease’? #twubquiz

Q7 For what is the Bay of Fundy in Canada famous for? #twubquiz

Q8 In a choir, what is the term given to the lowest female singing voice? #twubquiz

Q9 In which city is the Taj Mahal located? #twubquiz

Q10 What was John Wayne’s real name? #twubquiz

Round 2

Q1 Who wrote ‘A Prayer For Owen Meany’? #twubquiz

Q2 Which classic novel is set in Maycomb, Alabama, and is narrated by the 6 year old ‘Scout’? #twubquiz

Q3 The title of which book by Ray Bradbury refers to the temperature that paper auto-ignites? #twubquiz

Q4 Which book follows Holden Caulfield’s 3 days after being expelled from Pency Prep? #twubquiz

Q5 What is the name of the ranch owners son in Steinbecks ‘Of Mice and Men’? #twubquiz

Q6 Which Anthony Burgess book had its final redeeming chapter omitted from US editions prior to 1986? #twubquiz

Q7 What is the name of the narrator in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel ‘The Great Gatsby’? #twubquiz

Q8 Which book, published in 1957, is considered the defining work of the ‘Beat Generation’? #twubquiz

Q9 In which year was Joseph Conrads ‘Heart of Darkness’ first published? #twubquiz

Q10 Which Kurt Vonnegut novel features the substance ‘Ice 9’, an alternative structure of water? #twubquiz


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Round 4

Q1. Which famous sportsman embarrassingly crashed his car recently? #twubquiz

Q2 Who recently gatecrashed a White House state dinner? #twubquiz

Q3 Which small Wiltshire town recently fell silent for the 100th time commemorating UK servicemen killed in action? #twubquiz

Q4 In which US city did a gunman shoot dead 4 police officers recently? #twubquiz

Q5 Whose recently released album is expected to be the biggest and fastest selling this year? #twubquiz

Q6 Which huge construction finally started work on Sunday, only 14 months late? #twubquiz

Q7 Which state-owned conglomerate sent shockwaves through the business world recently by declaring $59 billion losses? #twubquiz

Q8 Name either of the two NFL teams that recently played at Wembley Stadium? #twubquiz

Q9 Where is Barack Obama due to stop off on his way to collect the Nobel peace prize? #twubquiz

Q10 Who was Hamid Karzai’s opponent in the recent Afgan presidential election? #twubquiz

Round 5

Q1 Dionysis, the Greek God of wine, was known by the Romans as what? #twubquiz

Q2 How many varieties of wine grape exist worldwide? #twubquiz

Q3 Who said “Come quickly, I am tasting stars!”? #twubquiz

Q4 Which wine producer has as their motto “Welcome to our place”? #twubquiz

Q5 Which type of wine is the world’s most expensively priced at C$ 30,000 for a half bottle? #twubquiz

Q6 The aphid ‘Phylloxera’ was responsible for what in the mid 19th century? #twubquiz

Q7 In 1906, in the US, 30 million gallons of wine were lost due to what natural disaster? #twubquiz

Q8 Which Asian wine, in legend, has its origins as a Dragon lure? #twubquiz

Q9 Which popular wine is grown in Veneto, Italy? #twubquiz

Q10 In the US, what does ‘AVA’ stand for?

Round 1

Q1 Switzerland

Q2 Istanbul

Q3 1.26 secs

Q4 It’s the worlds largest sapphire

Q5 Lloyds register

Q6 The bends

Q7 The highest tides on Earth

Q8 Contralto

Q9 Agra

Q10 Marion Morrison

Round 2

Q1 John Irving

Q2 To Kill A Mockingbird

Q3 Farenheit 451

Q4 Catcher in the Rye

Q5 Curley

Q6 A Clockwork Orange

Q7 Nick Carraway

Q8 On The Road

Q9 1902

Q10 Cat’s Cradle

Round 3

Q1 Jupiter

Q2 Halleys Comet

Q3 The Crab Nebula

Q4 The Horsehead Nebula

Q5 Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights)

Q6 Scorpio

Q7 Neptune

Q8 The Cat’s Eye Nebula

Q9 Pleiades (the Seven Sisters)

Q10 Meteors

Round 4

Q1. Tiger Woods

Q2. Tareq and Michaele Salahi

Q3. Wootton Bassett

Q4 Seattle

Q5 Susan Boyle

Q6 The Large Hadron Collider

Q7 Dubai World

Q8 Tampa Bay Buccaneers New England Patriots

Q9 Copenhagen

Q10 Dr. Abdullah Abdullah

Round 5

Q1 Bacchus

Q2 10,000

Q3 Dom Perignon

Q4 Jacobs Creek

Q5 Icewine

Q6 The Great French Wine Blight

Q7 The San Francisco Earthquake

Q8 Sake

Q9 Pinot Grigio

Q10 American Viticultural Area

Quiz Archive 24th November

Quiz Master: @MissPoofy

Round 1 General Knowledge

1. Agincourt Was The Final Battle In Which War #twubquiz.

2. What Gemstone Is Used To Symbolize 40 Years Of Marriage? #twubquiz

3. What Do The Initials ATC Stand For With Regard To Aviation? #twubquiz

4. Which Cartoon Duo Made Their Screen Debut In 1965 In “Puss In Boots”? #twubquiz

5. By What Name Was Steve Irwin More Commonly Known? #twubquiz

6. If You Were In An Internet chatroom And You Wrote The Letters “BBFN” What Would You Mean? #twubquiz

7. Which Is The Only Fish That Can Hold Objects In Its Tail? #twubquiz

8. What Is The Oldest Cathedral In Britain? #twubquiz

9. An Orchidectomy Is The Surgical Removal Of What? #twubquiz

10. What Is The Favourite Food Of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles? #twubquiz

Round 2 Places in Songs

1. Muppets Have Been Singing For 40 Years About A Sunny Day On Their Way To This Street? #twubquiz

2. On Which Interstate Highway Did Chuck Berry Get His Kicks? #twubquiz

3. Where Did George & Ira Gershwin Experience A Foggy Day? #twubquiz

4. Which Fair Was The Subject Of A Simon & Garfunkel Song? #twubquiz

5. To Which City Did Dione Warwick Ask The Way In 1968? #twubquiz

6. Which Famous Album Included The Tracks "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" & Carry The Weight? #twubquiz

7. Where Was Lola A Showgirl? #twubquiz

8. The Eagles Were 'Livin' It Up' At The? #twubquiz

9. Frank Sinatra Starts Spreading The News That He's Leaving for Here Today? #twubquiz

10. The Beatles Say "You Don't Know How Lucky You Are Boy" When They Are Back Here? #twubquiz

Round 3 Pictures



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Round 4 US Thanksgiving:

1. Name one of two NFL (Football) teams that host a game in recent years on every Thanksgiving. #twubquiz

2. The first Thanksgiving celebrated in the fall of 1621 was located where? #twubquiz

3. What part of the turkey is saved and snapped as superstitious good luck custom? #twubquiz

4. What is the Friday after Thanksgiving called? (Signifies the start of the holiday shopping season). #twubquiz

5. This US retailer plans to keep it's doors open 24hrs on TDay due to a trampling of people last year that resulted in one death. #twubquiz

6. In A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, Name one of the foods Snoopy prepares for the feast. Hint: they are NOT traditional dishes. #twubquiz

7. True or False: Thanksgiving is always celebrated on November 26th. #twubquiz

8. What happens to a lucky turkey at the White House every year on Thanksgiving? #twubquiz

9. Last year, the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade located in what city attracted over 2.5 million spectators? #twubquiz

10. Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving in what month? #twubquiz


Answers
Round 1
1. 100 Years War
2. Ruby
3. Air Traffic Control
4. Tom & Jerry
5. The Crocodile Hunter
6. Bye Bye For Now
7. Sea Horse
8. Canterbury
9. Testicles
10. Pizza

Round 2
1. Sesame Street
2. Route 66
3. London
4. Scarborough Fair
5. San Jose
6. Abbey Road
7. Copa Cabana
8. Hotel California
9. New York, New York
10. The USSR

Round 3
1. Petronas Twin Towers Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
2. Empire State Building New York City, United States.
3. Shanghai Financial Center, Shanghai, China
4. British House of Parliament, London, England
5. Saint Basil's Cathedral, Moscow, Russia
6. Burj Al Arab, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
7. San-ai Building, Tokyo, Japan
8. Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia
9. The Gherkin, London, England
10. Kansas City Public Library, Kansas City, United States

Round 4
1. Dallas/Detroit
2. Plymouth, Ma.
3. Wishbone
4. Black Friday
5. Walmart
6. Popcorn and toast
7. False (every 4th Thursday of November)
8. Pardoned
9. New York
10. October

Round 5
1. J
2. 10
3. C. 45
4. Friday
5. 6
6. A. Olympus
7. False
8. 120
9. 10
10. Yippee!

Quiz Archive 17th November

Quiz Master: @GJMale

R1:
1: What was the capital of West Germany from 1949 - 1990? #twubquiz
2: What 4 letter abbreviation is the English for what the French call "Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique Nord"? #twubquiz
3: What was the codename for the invasion of Normandy by Allied forces during World War II? #twubquiz
4: First performed in 1787, which opera features the title character encountering Donna Elvira, Donna Anna and Zerlina? #twubquiz
5: What is the geographical term for a narrow strip of land connecting 2 larger land areas, such as Bolbs from Gibraltar to Spain? #twubquiz
6: Which band originally recorded Ballroom Blitz? #twubquiz
7: What element has the highest melting point of all the non-alloyed metals? #twubquiz
8: Omaha is the largest city by population in which US state? #twubquiz
9: Which typographical symbol is the ligature of the Latin word "et"? (spell the answer, don't type the symbol please!) #twubquiz
10: Also called tree-ring dating, What is the scientific method of dating based on the analysis of patterns of tree-rings? #twubquiz

R2:
1: Which Simpsons character did Wizard Magazine rate as the 45th greatest villain of all time? #twubquiz
2: Who has provided the voices for Cookie Monster, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear and Yoda? #twubquiz
3: Which US cartoon was the first primetime animated television series to broadcast a 3rd season? #twubquiz
4: In the Garfield comic strip, what breed of dog is Odie? #twubquiz
5: Which Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle wore a blue bandanna and and used a katana as a weapon? #twubquiz
6: Which stage musical features the songs 'The Internet Is for Porn' and 'What Do You Do with a B.A. in English?'? #twubquiz
7: Which Peanuts character almost always carries a security blanket? #twubquiz
8: What is the name of the dog in traditional Punch and Judy performances? #twubquiz
9: In Captain Scarlet, what is the name of the worldwide security organisation lead by Colonel White? #twubquiz
10: In what state is South Park set? #twubquiz

R3:



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R4:
Example: NASA finds lots of water on the moon - EITHER Gordon Brown OR Barack Obama will score the point. Just give 1 name. #twubquiz
If you give 2 names, I will only take the first name entered. #twubquiz
1: Start of the construction of the Berlin Wall #twubquiz
2: King George VI of the United Kingdom dies #twubquiz
3: World War II begins #twubquiz
4: Neil Armstrong walks on the moon #twubquiz
5: Tanks halted by a protestor in Tiananmen Square #twubquiz
6: The Wright Brothers make their first successful test flights in the Wright Flyer I #twubquiz
7: RMS Titanic sinks after hitting an iceberg #twubquiz
8: Pope Benedict XVI elected to succeed Pope John Paul II #twubquiz
9: The first credit card charge on Diners Club is made #twubquiz
10: The first Star Wars film is released #twubquiz

R5:
1: Built near Weybridge in Surrey, what was the world's first purpose-built motorsport venue? #twubquiz
2: A Pontiac Trans Am called KITT appeared in which David Hasselhoff series? #twubquiz
3: What is the name of the android character played by Lance Henriksen in Aliens and Alien 3? #twubquiz
4: Eleanor of Aquitaine was the mother of which Shakespearean title character? #twubquiz
5: Which poem, popularised by Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, sees a knave steal some tarts? #twubquiz
6: You would be most likely to see three spheres suspended from a bar outside what type of establishment? #twubquiz
7: What city in New South Wales, Australia, is the largest exporter of coal in the modern world? #twubquiz
8: What is the American name for the board game that the Brits calls draughts? #twubquiz
9: What is the only UK top 10 hit for the American band, Ram Jam? #twubquiz
10: What is the common name of "The Beatles", the first Beatles album released by their own record label, Apple? #twubquiz


Tiebreak: How many weeks has Darkside Of The Moon by Pink Floyd been in the UK Album charts Top 75, as of December 2005? #twubquiz

Answers
R1 Answers
1: Bonn
2: NATO
3: (Operation) Overlord
4: Don Giovanni
5: Isthmus
6: Sweet
7: Tungsten
8: Nebraska
9: Ampersand
10: Dendrochronology (Dendrology is different, sorry)

Answers:
R2:
1: Mr Burns
2: Frank Oz
3: The Flintstones
4: Beagle
5: Leonardo
6: Avenue Q
7: Linus van Pelt
8: Toby
9: Spectrum
10: Colorado


R3:
1: Nevermind
2: Help!
3: The Joshua Tree
4: Led Zeppelin
5: Born in the USA
6: Pet Sounds
7: Hotel California
8: The Darkside Of The Moon
9: Let it Bleed
10: The Bends

R4 answers:
1: Harold Macmillan - John F Kennedy (mid-August, 1961)
2: Winston Churchill - Harry S Truman (6th February, 1952)
3: Neville Chamberlain - Franklin D Roosevelt (1st September, 1939)
4: Harold Wilson - Richard M Nixon (21st July, 1969)
5: Margaret Thatcher - George H W Bush (5th July, 1989)
6: Arthur Balfour - Theodore Roosevelt (17th December, 1903)
7: Herbert Henry Asquith - William H Taft (15th April, 1912)
8: Tony Blair - George W Bush (19th April, 2005)
9: Clement Atlee - Harry S Truman (8th February, 1950)
10: Jim Callaghan - James E Carter (25th May, 1977)

R5 answers:
1: Brooklands
2: Knight Rider
3: (Lance) Bishop (341-B)
4: King John
5: The Queen of Hearts
6: Pawnbrokers
7: Newcastle
8: Checkers
9: Black Betty
10: White (Album)



Tiebreak: How many weeks has Darkside Of The Moon by Pink Floyd been in the UK Album charts Top 75, as of December 2005? #twubquiz

Answer: 367

Quiz Archive 10th November

Round 1 General Knowledge

1. What are the least number of points needed to win a single game in tennis? #twubquiz
2. Terracotta is made by baking what?#twubquiz
3. What is the abbreviation used for metre?#twubquiz
4. What type of "Sleep" was a classic Bacall and Bogart movie?#twubquiz
5. Which Frenchman gave his name to an item worn by ballet dancers?#twubquiz
6. In 2004, Piers Morgan resigned as editor of which British daily paper?#twubquiz
7. Charlie Chaplin found fame in America but where was he born?#twubquiz
8. Which word means clever and can also be a stinging pain?#twubquiz
9. Which 19th-century American President was murdered in a theatre?#twubquiz
10. Which Kelly got double gold in the 2004 Olympics in Greece?#twubquiz

Round 2 Cocktails

1. What do you add to peach schnapps to make a Fuzzy Navel? #twubquiz
2. What do vodka, Kahlua and milk (or cream) make? #twubquiz
3. To make a Shirley Temple what do you add to 7-Up or Sprite? #twubquiz
4. James Bond likes what drink “shaken, not stirred”? #twubquiz
5. Complete the lyric: “If you like ____ ______ , and getting caught in the rain”. #twubquiz
6. Which drink shares the name of a beach and an iron mine near Santiago, Cuba? #twubquiz
7. Which popular Christmas beverage is believed to have been partially derived from the word "grog"? #twubquiz
8. What is the main fruit juice used in a Bloody Mary? #twubquiz
9. Which diminutive star played the leading role in the movie Cocktail? #twubquiz
10. Which Eurovision winning band shared its name with a drink composed of champagne and orange juice? #twubquiz

Round 3 Pictures

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Round 4 Food and Drink

1. Which pudding is eaten with roast beef? #twubquiz
2. Which vegetables can be French, runner or baked?#twubquiz
3. What colour is piccalilli?#twubquiz
4. What sort of food is a rollmop?#twubquiz
5. Is wholemeal bread brown or white?#twubquiz
6. If something is cooked "au gratin" what must it contain?#twubquiz
7. Petits pois are small what?#twubquiz
8. In which country is Peroni beer bottled?#twubquiz
9. What are the two main ingredients of a shandy?#twubquiz
10. Which Scottish island has seven working whisky distilleries on it?#twubquiz

Round 5 The eighties

1. Who was the leader of the good Transformers? #twubquiz
2. In which year did the Berlin Wall fall? #twubquiz
3. What is the name of the Dukes of Hazzard's car? #twubquiz
4. Which song contains this lyric “My job is very boring I'm an office clerk” #twubquiz
5. Which role or character did David Bowie and John Hurt both play in the 80's? #twubquiz
6. Who was US president for most of the 1980s? #twubquiz
7. What actor was famous for the line "Nanoo, Nanoo?" #twubquiz
8. Which Madness song contains the lyric “And all I wanted was a word…”? #twubquiz
9. Which one of the A Team was a Pilot? #twubquiz
10. In which year did Karen Carpenter,Ira Gershwin and David Niven die? #twubquiz

Round 1 Answers

1 Four.
2 Clay.
3 M (m).
4 Big.
5 Leotard.
6 Daily Mirror
7 England,
6 Smart.
9 Abraham Lincoln.
10 Kelly Holmes.

Round 2 Answers
1. Orange Juice
2. White Russian
3. Grenadine
4. Vodka Martini
5. Pina Coladas
6. Daiquiri
7. Eggnog
8. Tomato
9. Tom Cruise
10. Buck’s Fizz

Round 3 Animals - Answers

1. (That) Darn Cat (and Hayley Mills)
2. K9 (robot dog from Doctor Who)
3. Phar Lap (Australian race horse)
4. Jumbo (PT Barnum's huge elephant)
5. Jake, The cat from outer space
6. Dolly (cloned sheep)
7. Shergar (horse kidnapped by the IRA)
8. Laika (first dog in space)
9. Trim (famous cat of Matthew Flinders, australian explorer, statue outside state library of NSW)
10. Snowy/Milou (Tintin's dog)

Round 4 Answers

1 Yorkshire.
2.Beans.
3 Yellow.
4 Fish.
5 Brown.
6 Cheese.
7 Peas.
8 Italy.
9 Beer and lemonade.
10 Isle of Islay.


Round 5 Answers
1. Optimus Prime
2. 1989
3. General Lee
4. Echo Beach, Martha and the muffins
5. The Elephant Man
6. Ronald Reagan
7. Robin Williams (Mork)
8. Michael Caine
9. H.M. "Howling Mad" Murdoch
10. 1983

Quiz Archive 3rd November

ROUND ONE – FOOD & DRINK

Q1 – What flower is the spice Saffron taken from? #twubquiz

Q2 – What is the main ingredient in guacamole? #twubquiz

Q3 – Christine, Alice & Florentine are all varieties of which fruit? #twubquiz

Q4 – From which American state do Cajun and Creole cuisine come? #twubquiz

Q5 – What type of pastry is used to make chocolate éclairs? #twubquiz

Q6 – During wartime rationing in Britain, how many fresh eggs a week were allowed per person? #twubquiz

Q7 – Slivovitz is an Eastern European Brandy, made from what ingredient? #twubquiz

Q8 – What type of cake is traditionally baked for Easter Sunday? #twubquiz

Q9 – What flavour is Triple Sec liqueur? #twubquiz

Q10 – What type of food is Ricotta? #twubquiz

ROUND TWO - NATURE

Q1 – Which animal has the longest gestation period? #twubquiz

Q2 – What type of grass grows by 3-4 feet a day? #twubquiz

Q3 – Which British bird’s eggs are the largest? #twubquiz

Q4 – In which geological time period did the first mammals appear on Earth? #twubquiz

Q5 – Which creature has ears on its legs? #twubquiz

Q6 – Which is the only bird that can fly backwards? #twubquiz

Q7 – Two halves of which organ are joined by the Corpus Callosum in mammals? #twubquiz

Q8 – Which creature changes its sex annually? #twubquiz

Q9 – What type of creature is a hairstreak? #twubquiz

Q10 – What is the largest carnivore in Britain? #twubquiz

Round 3 Pictures


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ROUND FOUR - GAMES

Q1 –Who is the victim in Cluedo? #twubquiz

Q2 – How many tiles are there in a normal set of dominoes? #twubquiz

Q3 – What is the best possible poker hand called? #twubquiz

Q4 – Which two letters are worth ten points in Scrabble? #twubquiz

Q5 – How many rooks are there on a chess board at the start of a game? #twubquiz

Q6 – What is the cheapest property on a Monopoly board? #twubquiz

Q7 – Sonic the Hedgehog is the mascot of which games company? #twubquiz

Q8 – Which 1995 film features a board game where the hazards players face in the game come to life? #twubquiz

Q9 – Which board game was found on board the wreck of the Tudor warship “Mary Rose”? #twubquiz

Q10 – Excluding jokers, how many picture cards are there in a normal deck of cards? #twubquiz

ROUND FIVE – LITERATURE – NAME THE BOOK FROM THESE FIRST LINES:

Q1 – “All children, except one, grow up.” #twubquiz

Q2 – “These two very old people are the mother and father of Mr Bucket.” #twubquiz

Q3 – “Marley was dead, to begin with.” #twubquiz

Q4 – “Call me Ishmael.” #twubquiz

Q5 – “Someone must have been telling lies about Joseph K, for without having done anything wrong he was arrested one fine morning.” #twubquiz

Q6 – “Last night I dreamed I went to Manderley again.” #twubquiz

Q7 – “It was the day my grandmother exploded.” #twubquiz

Q8 – “It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.” #twubquiz

Q9 – “If you want to find Cherry Tree Lane all you have to do is ask the policeman at the crossroads.” #twubquiz

Q10 – “Lyra and her daemon moved through the darkening Hall, taking care to keep to one side, out of sight of the kitchen.” #twubquiz

ANSWERS

ROUND ONE

1 – Crocus

2 – Avocados

3 – Apple

4 – Louisiana

5 – Choux

6 – 1

7 – Strawberry

8 – Simnel cake

9 – Orange

10 – Cheese

ROUND TWO

1 – Elephant (African)

2 – Bamboo

3 – Swan (Mute)

4 – Jurassic

5 – Cricket

6 – Hummingbird

7 – Brain

8 – Oyster

9 – Butterfly

10 – Badger

ROUND THREE

1 – Dublin

2 – Paris

3 – Berlin

4 – Stockholm

5 – Moscow

6 – Tokyo

7 – Beijing

8 – Washington DC

9 – New Delhi

10 – Abu Dhabi

ROUND FOUR

1 – Dr Black

2 – 28

3 – Royal Flush

4 – Q & Z

5 – 4

6 – Old Kent Road

7 – Sega

8 – Jumanji

9 – Backgammon

10 – 12

ROUND FIVE

1 – Peter Pan

2 – Charlie & the Chocolate Factory

3 – A Christmas Carol

4 – Moby Dick

5 – The Trial

6 – Rebecca

7 – The Crow Road

8 – 1984

9 – Mary Poppins

10 – The Northern Lights

Quiz Archive 27th October

Host: @scolvey

Round 1 General knowledge
1. Who was born on 30 November 1874 and died on 24 January 1965? #twubquiz
2. Cinnabar, Dark Dagger and Angle Shades are all species of what? #twubquiz
3. What sauce is made chiefly from butter, egg yolks and tarragon vinegar? #twubquiz
4. In which country is Angel Falls, the world's highest waterfall? #twubquiz
5. Which author coined the term 'cyberspace'? And bonus point for which book? #twubquiz
6. What was the first sporting event to be broadcast in colour? #twubquiz
7. Konkani and Bodo are among the languages spoken in which country? #twubquiz
8. The first ever Nobel Prize in Physics went to Wilhelm Rontgen in 1901 for his discovery of what? #twubquiz
9. Who is the Shadow Secretary of State for Business? #twubquiz
10. How many children did Queen Victoria have? #twubquiz

Round 2 - Current affairs
1. What popular technology celebrated its 40th birthday this past week? #twubquiz
2. Why was a London woman this week banned from hosting a dinner party? #twubquiz
3. Who this week boycotted the opening of a war crimes trial against himself? #twubquiz
4. Which film-maker and screenwriter this week quit Scientology because of its gay-bashing? #twubquiz
5. Nasa unveiled a new rocket in Florida this week. What's it called? #twubquiz
6. Which all-you-can-eat restaurant chain has been making UK headlines this week? #twubquiz
7. Running since around 1995, a pioneering internet destination shut up shop this week. What was its name? #twubquiz
8. A new computer operating system launched this past week. Which one? #twubquiz
9. What did BNP leader Nick Griffin refer to as 'creepy' on Question Time last week? #twubquiz
10. Who has just been announced as the presenter of the Golden Globe film awards in Janauary 2010? #twubquiz

Round 3 of #twubquiz is to identify the aeroplanes from the pix.

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Identify the aeroplanes!

Round 4 - 70s/80s TV
1. In which year did Australian soap opera Neighbours first air in Australia? #twubquiz
2. And in which year did UK soap opera EastEnders first air in the UK? #twubquiz
3. Which comedian died from a heart attack in 1984, during a live UK television performance? #twubquiz
4. In the 1970s TV series, The Fall And Rise Of Reginald Perrin, what was the name of the company for whom Reggie worked? #twubquiz
5. What was the name of the band on The Muppet Show? #twubquiz
6. Who shot J. R. Ewing? #twubquiz
7. And which Dallas character was nicknamed 'the poisoned dwarf`? #twubquiz
8. Before becoming a series in its own right, The Simpsons was part of which US comedy show? #twubquiz
9. What was the rock 'n' roll name of Sunny Crocket's pet alligator in Miami Vice? #twubquiz
10. Which 1980s TV show featured a character called Colt Seavers? #twubquiz

Round 5 - Halloween
1. In which play does a witch say, "Double, double toil and trouble; fire burn and cauldron bubble" #twubquiz
2. Pendle Hill, said to be haunted by the ghosts of ten witches hanged there in 1612, is in which county? #twubquiz
3. Who directed 1987 vampire flick The Lost Boys? #twubquiz
4. Which witch (and her familiar) were created by Jan Pienkowski? #twubquiz
5. On 8 October a new world record for heaviest pumpkin was set. How heavy (within 100lb) was the pumpkin? #twubquiz
6. Which fictional character was first portrayed onscreen in 1992 by Kristy Swanson? #twubquiz
7. Who wrote Good Omens: The Nice And Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch? #twubquiz
8. Which Hollywood actor died on Halloween in 1993, age 23? #twubquiz
9. Which of Henry VIII's wives is said to frequent the Haunted Gallery at Hampton Court Palace? #twubquiz
10. What is the festival of Halloween called by pagans? #twubquiz

Round 1 General knowledge Answers
1 Winston Churchill
2 Moth
3 Bearnaise
4 Venezuela
5 William Gibson, Neuromancer
6 Wimbledon, 1967
7 India
8 X-rays
9 Ken Clarke
10 Nine

Round 2 - Current affairs
1 The internet
2 It was a Harry Potter-themed party and Warner lawyers wrote a cease and desist
3 Karadzic
4 Paul Haggis
5 Ares 1-X
6 Taybarns
7 Geocities.
8 Windows 7
9 Gay men kissing
10 Ricky Gervais

Round 3 - Identify the aeroplanes
1 Messerschmitt 109
2 Airbus 380
3 Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird
4 TupelevT-144 (Concordski)
5 Spruce Goose
6 Boeing 747
7 Dehavilland Comet
8 DC-10
9 Harrier Jumpjet
10 Lancaster bomber

Round 4 - 70s/80s TV
1 1985
2 1985
3 Tommy Cooper
4 Sunshine Desserts
5 Doctor Teeth and the Electric Mayhem
6 Kristin Shepard
7 Lucy Ewing
8 The Tracey Ullman Show
9 Elvis
10 The Fall Guy

Round 5 - Halloween
1 Macbeth
2 Lancashire
3 Joel Schumacher
4 Meg & Mog
5 1725lb
6 Buffy the Vampire Slayer
7 Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman
8 River Phoenix
9 Catherine Howard
10 Samhain

Quiz Archive 20th October

Round One – General Knowledge

1. What is the proper name for the Tower of London’s Beefeaters? #twubquiz

2. Which ghost haunts the girl’s toilets in the Harry Potter novels? #twubquiz

3. Which Shakespearian play features the Montague and Capulet families? #twubquiz

4. Which bone covers the knee joint? #twubquiz

5. Is a pumpkin a vegetable or a fruit? #twubquiz

6. In Monopoly, what other two streets form a set with Trafalgar Square? #twubquiz

7. Professor Moriarty was the archenemy of which literary character? #twubquiz

8. How is refined sodium chloride better known? #twubquiz

9. Who is the butler for the “Addams Family”? #twubquiz

10. What do all the numbers on a standard clock face add up to?#twubquiz

Round 2 Words

1. Ablutophobia is fear of what? #twubquiz
2. What is the collective noun for a group of greyhounds?#twubquiz
3. What were Bart Simpson's first words? #twubquiz
4. Which "bear of little brain" was bothered by long words? #twubquiz
5. What are the first three words of the bible? #twubquiz
6. Which man made material is named by combining the French words for velvet and hook? #twubquiz
7. Ancient Egyptians used pictures instead of words. What were these called? #twubquiz
8. In computing, what word comes from a contraction of the words `by eight`? #twubquiz
9. Whose first spoken words on screen were `Hot Dogs` in 1929?#twubquiz
10. If a noun is a naming word, what is a doing word? #twubquiz

Round 3 Pictures


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Round 4 Cake

1. What English town is associated peppermint cake, popular with mountaineers? #twubquiz
2. Who took McVities to court in 1991 because they thought Jaffa cakes were in fact biscuits? #twubquiz
3. What flavour is Devil's food cake, popular in the US? #twubquiz
4. What is the second main ingredient in fish cakes, after fish? #twubquiz
5. Which nut is used in the making of a Bakewell pudding? #twubquiz
6. Which cake is made of pink and yellow squares, surrounded in marzipan? #twubquiz
7. Which cakes, often served in an assortment are named after the French for "small oven".#twubquiz
8. What marzipan based cake is eaten in mid Lent or at Easter? #twubquiz
9. What are the biscuits in triamisu dipped into during preparation?#twubquiz
10. Where does Black Forest gaueau/cake originate from? #twubquiz

Round 5 Food and Drink

1. Which batter mix is an accompaniment to roast beef? #twubquiz
2. What fruit is the better known name for the Chinese Gooseberry?#twubquiz
3. In food additives what do the letters M.S.G. stand for? #twubquiz
4. If you have the “Soup Du Jour”, what does “Du Jour” mean? #twubquiz
5. Eclairs are made from which type of pastry? #twubquiz
6. True or false, Doughnuts originated in Holland? #twubquiz
7. Spinach is rich in which mineral? #twubquiz
8. What are Fontina, Port Salut and Quargel types of? #twubquiz
9. What name is given to a butter than has been rendered to remove the milk solids and water from the butter fat? #twubquiz
10. Specifically what is a truffle? #twubquiz

Tie Break
The first crossword appeared in the italian magazine Il Secolo Illustrato della Domenica in what year? #twubquiz

Round 1
1. Yeoman Of The Guard
2. Moaning Myrtle
3. “Romeo And Juliet”
4. Patella
5. Fruit – it grows on vines
6. Fleet Street & The Strand
7. Sherlock Holmes
8. Table Salt
9. Lurch
10. 78

Round 2

1. Washing
2. A leash
3. "Ay Caramba"
4. Winnie the Pooh
5. "In the beginning"
6. Velcro
7. Hieroglyphics
8. Byte
9. Mickey Mouse
10. Verb

Round 3 pictures
1. Slitheen/ Raxacoricofallipatorians
2. Zygon
3. Dalek (Sec)
4. ood
5. Chumbly
6. Draconian
7. Axon
8. Ice Warrior
9. Cybermen
10. Judoon

Round 4
1. Kendal
2. HMRC, inland revenue
3. Chocolate
4. Potato
5. Almond
6. Battenburg
7. Petit Fours
8. Simnel
9. Coffee
10. Germany


Round 5
1. Yorkshire Pudding
2. Kiwi Fruit
3. Mono-Sodium Glutamate
4. Of The Day
5. Choux
6. True
7. Iron
8. Cheese
9. Clarified Butter
10. A Type Of Fungus

Tie break
1890

Quiz Archive 13th October

Round 1 – General Knowledge ….#twubquiz

R1 Q1 Sabena is the national airway of which country? #twubquiz

R1 Q2 What is a baby rat called? #twubquiz

R1 Q3 Mars was the Roman God of War and what else? #twubquiz

R1 Q4 What is the national currency of Equador? #twubquiz

R1 Q5 In which decade was the biro invented, and the office of President of Ireland was created? #twubquiz

R1 Q6 Three US states have five letters in their names. Name them. #twubquiz

R1 Q7 The William Webb Ellis trophy is awarded in which sport? #twubquiz

R1 Q8 Selenology is the study of what? #twubquiz

R1 Q9 Which jazz singer was known as ‘The first lady of song’? #twubquiz

R1 Q10 In Victorian times, what was a Spittleman? #twubquiz

Round 2 – Movies…..#twubquiz

R2 Q1 In what year was the first full-length talking movie? #twubquiz

R2 Q2 For which film did Sean Penn win the best actor Oscar in 2003? #twubquiz

R2 Q3 Who is the last person to be listed in the opening credits of a movie? #twubquiz

R2 Q4 Who co-wrote and directed ‘The Dark Knight’? #twubquiz

R2 Q5 Who starred as Richard Nixon in the 2008 film Frost/Nixon? #twubquiz

R2 Q6 Which SciFi author wrote ‘Total Recall’ and ‘Minority Report’? #twubquiz

R2 Q7 The 2007 movie ‘There will be blood’ was loosely based upon which Upton Sinclair novel? #twubquiz

R2 Q8 Who plays Private Adrian Caparzo in the 1998 film ‘Saving Private Ryan’? #twubquiz

R2 Q9 Which actor played Brian Clough in this years film ‘The Damned United’? #twubquiz

R2 Q10 How many official AND unofficial James Bonds have there been? #twubquiz

Round 3 Pictures Name the place


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Round 4 – Famous last words & Epitaphs…#twubquiz

R4 Q1 “Bugger Bonor” #twubquiz

R4 Q2 “Here lies one whose name was writ on water” #twubquiz

R4 Q3 “I should never have switched from Scotch to Martinis” #twubquiz

R4 Q4 “Hurrah boys! Let’s get these last few reds then head on back to camp. Hurrah!” #twubquiz

R4 Q5 “I told you I was ill” #twubquiz

R4 Q6 “Drink drink, fan fan, rub rub” #twubquiz

R4 Q7 “I’ve had eighteen straight whiskies, I think that’s the record…” #twubquiz

R4 Q8 “Either that wallpaper goes, or I do” #twubquiz

R4 Q9 “Do not walk on the grass” #twubquiz

R4 Q10 “Die, my dear? Why, that’s the last thing I’ll do!” #twubquiz

Round 5 What's the Connection?

R5 Q1 The Spanish-American war of 1898 was fought over what piece of real estate? #twubquiz

R5 Q2 What cocktail is made from tequila, triple sec and lime? #twubquiz

R5 Q3 Which award have John F. Kennedy, Harper Lee and Stephen Sondheim all won? #twubquiz

R5 Q4 Which famous musical is based upon work by T. S. Elliot? #twubquiz

R5 Q5 Which term is given to a group that secretly undermines a larger group from within? #twubquiz

R5 Q6 What violent bloodsport is also known as Tauromachy? #twubquiz

R5 Q7 The attempted overthrowing of President Manuel Azaňa sparked which conflict? #twubquiz

R5 Q8 Which sport involves trolling and chunking? #twubquiz

R5 Q9 Which 1997 WWI movie starred Chris O’Donnell and Sanrda Bullock? #twubquiz

R5 Q10 Who wrote ‘The Dangerous Summer’ and ‘The Garden of Eden’? #twubquiz

Answers

Round 1

Q1 Belgium

Q2 Kitten

Q3 Vegetables/farming

Q4 US Dollars

Q5 1930’s

Q6 Maine, Texas, Idaho

Q7 Rugby Union

Q8 The moon

Q9 Ella Fitzgerald

Q10 Hospital attendant

Round 2

Q1 1927

Q2 Mystic River

Q3 The director

Q4 Christopher Nolan

Q5 Frank Langella

Q6 Phillip K. Dick

Q7 Oil!

Q8 Vin Diesel

Q9 Micheal Sheen

Q10 8

Round 3

Q1 Edinburgh Castle

Q2 Capitol Hill

Q3 Suez Canal

Q4 Gibraltar

Q5 Anfield

Q6 Acropolis

Q7 Pisa

Q8 Monaco

Q9 Nurburgring

Q10 Red Square

Round 4

Q1 King George V

Q2 John Keats

Q3 Humphrey Bogart

Q4 General Custer

Q5 Spike Milligan

Q6 Admiral Lord Nelson

Q7 Dylan Thomas

Q8 Oscar Wilde

Q9 Peter Ustinov

Q10 Groucho Marx

Round 5

Q1 Cuba

Q2 Marguerita

Q3 Won a Pulitzer

Q4 Cats

Q5 Fifth columnist

Q6 Bullfighting

Q7 Spanish civil war

Q8 Big game fishing

Q9 ‘In Love and War’

Q10 Ernest Hemingway

Quiz Archive 6 October 2009

Round 1 - International Round

1. Which country has the shortest coastline? #twubquiz
2. What Italian term describes the mood of a piece of music as sweet? #twubquiz
3. What city embarrassed itself by assuming they would be chosen for the 2016 Olympics, only to be defeated by Rio De Janeiro? #twubquiz
4. Kim Campbell was the first woman prime minister of which country? #twubquiz
5. What is the French meaning of 'Marmite'? #twubquiz
6. In architecture, cartouche is a decorative feature resembling what? #twubquiz
7. The traditional biathlon most commonly (for example at the Olympics) consists of which two sports? #twubquiz
8. What is the name of the street in London famous for its tailors shops? #twubquiz
9. Who was the 'father of medicine' to whom a code of medical ethics is attributed and which bears his name? #twubquiz
10. What shape is farfalle pasta? #twubquiz

Round 2 - Easy Round

1.What is the Roman numeral for 50? #twubquiz
2. Jack Bauer is the main character in which TV series? #twubquiz
3. The statue on the top of London's Old Bailey building is holding what in her right hand? #twubquiz
4. What is the sign of the Zodiac represented by a crab? #twubquiz
5. Tactile relates to which of the senses? #twubquiz
6. What does the F stand for in John F Kennedy? #twubquiz
7. Which is the largest city in the USA? #twubquiz
8. What is a camel with two humps called? #twubquiz
9. What is the last letter of the Greek alphabet? #twubquiz
10. Who wrote the novel Cider With Rosie? #twubquiz

Round 3 Pictures


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Round 4 Connections Round - The last letter of each answer is the first letter of the succeeding answer.

1. In which month is St David's Day celebrated? #twubquiz
2. New York is on which river? #twubquiz
3. On which planet is the Great Dark Spot? #twubquiz
4. Which famous London sculpture is the work of Sir Alfred Gilbert? #twubquiz
5. In which English county is Nunney Castle? #twubquiz
6. An icosahedron is a three-dimensional form with how many faces? #twubquiz
7. What colour are the flowers on the St John's Wort? #twubquiz
8. What is the young of an otter called? #twubquiz
9. What 'colour' was actor Steve Buscemi in the film Reservoir Dogs? #twubquiz
10. What chemical element has the symbol Kr? #twubquiz

Round 5 IQ Round

1. Rearrange 'Roger Obeys' to give a fruit. #twubquiz
2. Replace both blanks with the same 5 letters. Turn down oven when BLANK BLANK to golden. #twubquiz
3. Some months have 30 days, some months have 31 days. How many months have 28 days? #twubquiz
4. How many animals of each species did Moses take with him in the Ark? #twubquiz
5. Which number should come next in the series? 1 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 5 - 8 -13 A. 8 B. 13 C. 21 D. 26. E. 31 #twubquiz
6. Mary, who is sixteen years old, is four times as old as her brother. How old will Mary be when she is twice as old as her brother? #twubquiz
7. Which one of the five is least like the other four? Dog, Mouse, Lion, Snake, Elephant #twubquiz
8. How many 3-cent stamps are there in a dozen? #twubquiz
9. How close of a relative would the sister-in-law of your dad's only brother be to you? #twubquiz
10. Pair the words: ROCK / PARK / BRIDLE / THEME / SPEECH / PATH / BOTTOM / FREE #twubquiz

Answers

Answer Round 1

1. Monaco
2. Dolce
3. Chicago
4. Canada
5. Cooking pot
6. A scroll
7. Skiing and shooting
8. Savile Row
9. Hippocrates
10. Bow tie or butterfly

Round 2
1. L
2. 24
3. A sword
4. Cancer
5. Touch
6. Fitzgerald
7. New York
8. Bactrian
9. Omega
10. Laurie Lee

Round 3
1. Sydney 2000
2. Barcelona 1992
3. Los Angeles 1984
4. Moscow 1980
5. Beijing 2004
6. Seoul 1988
7. Atlanta 1996
8. London 2012
9. Athens 2004
10. Rio de Janeiro 2016

Round 4
1. March
2. Hudson
3. Neptune
4. Eros
5. Somerset
6. Twenty
7. Yellow
8. Whelp
9. Pink
10. Krypton

Round 5
1. Gooseberry
2. Tarts and start
3. 12 (all)
4. None. Noah.
5. 21
6. 24
7. Snake
8. 12
9. Mom
10. Rock bottom, free speech, bridle path, theme park

Quiz Archive 29 September 2009

Round 1 General Knowledge

1. What is the boiling point of water using the kelvin scale?#twubquiz

2. What was the 1st human invention that broke the sound barrier?#twubquiz

3. What name was given to the Samuri code of honour?#twubquiz

4. What colour is the bullseye on a standard dartboard?#twubquiz

5. What song does the main character wake up to every morning in Groundhog Day?#twubquiz

6. How many rounds are there in an Olympic boxing match?#twubquiz

7. Which South American country was named after the Italian city of Venice?#twubquiz

8. What is the only Central American country in which baseball, not soccer, is the people's favourite sport?#twubquiz

9. Which Hasbro `action figure` got its name from a Robert Mitchum film?#twubquiz

10. What is the largest fresh water lake in North America?#twubquiz

Round 2 Doctors

Can you name the actors who played these film and TV doctors?

1. Dr Kildare? (TV) #twubquiz

2. Dr Zhivago? (1965 Film)#twubquiz

3. Dr Frasier Crane? (TV)#twubquiz

4. Dr Douglas Ross? (TV)#twubquiz

5. Dr Hannibal Lectar? (1991 Film) #twubquiz

6. Dr Finlay? (TV)#twubquiz

7. Doc Martin? (TV)#twubquiz

8. Dr Hawkeye Pierce? (1970 Film)#twubquiz

9. Dr Doolittle? (1998 Film)#twubquiz

10. Dr Gregory House? (TV)#twubquiz

Round 3 Pictures

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Round 4 British and American English

What are the US English equivalents of these British English

words/phrases?#twubquiz


1. Nappy? #twubquiz
2. Curriculum Vitae? #twubquiz
3. Behind (position)? #twubquiz
4. Engaged tone? #twubquiz
5. Pavement? #twubquiz
6. Bum / Backside? #twubquiz
7. Postcode?#twubquiz
8. Tap? #twubquiz
9. Aubergine? #twubquiz
10. Drawing pin? #twubquiz

Round 5 Connections

1. Which three characters have advertised Kellogs Rice Krispies since 1903? #twubquiz

2. What was the title of Roald Dahl’s first autobiography, released in 1984 and covering his childhood?#twubquiz

3. Which month gets its name from the Latin word for "eight"?#twubquiz

4. What type of snake is a sidewinder?#twubquiz

5. In which athletics event do you have to go backwards to win?#twubquiz

6. What was the name of Britney Spears` first hit single?#twubquiz

7. What's the BBC science and philosophy documentary series that has produced more than 1000 episodes since it began in 1964?#twubquiz

8. What was Hephaestus the Greek God of?#twubquiz

9. What is the first book of the Bible attributed to a prophet?#twubquiz

10. What's the connection?#twubquiz

Answers
Round 1

1. 373k - kelvins
2. The whip
3. Bushido
4. Red
5. I Got You Babe (by Sonny and Cher)
6. 4
7. Venezuela
8. Nicaragua
9. G.I. Joe
10. Lake Superior

Round 2
1. Richard Chamberlain
2. Omar Sharif
3. Kelsey Grammer
4. George Clooney
5. Anthony Hopkins
6. Bill Simpson
7. Martin Clunes
8. Donald Sutherland
9. Eddie Murphy
10. Hugh Laurie

Round 3 pictures

1. Dragon 32
2. Acorn Electron
3. ZX Spectrum
4. Acorn Achimedes
5. Oric 1
6. Amstrad CPC 464
7. BBC Micro
8. ZX80
9. Commodore 64
10. ZX81

Round 4
1. Daiper
2. Resume
3. In back of
4. Busy signal
5. Sidewalk
6. Fanny
7. Zip code
8. Faucet
9. Eggplant
10. Thumbtack

Round 5

1. Snap, Crackle and Pop
2. Boy
3. October
4. Rattlesnake
5. Tug of War (will accept rowing and backstroke)
6. Baby One More Time
7. Horizon
8. Fire
9. Joshua
10. U2 Albums - Pop, Boy, October, Rattle And Hum, War, Achtung Baby, No Line On The Horizon, The Unforgettable Fire, The Joshua Tree

Quiz Archive 22 September 2009

Quiz Master: @karmachord

ROUND ONE – GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Q1- How many of his wives did Henry VIII execute? #twubquiz

Q2 – What genus of trees has the Latin name “Picea”? #twubquiz

Q3 – How many strings does a ukulele have? #twubquiz

Q4 – Name the capital of the Isle of Man. #twubquiz

Q5 – What is a Baiji? #twubquiz

Q6 – What is the capital of Ethiopia? #twubquiz

Q7 – Which two nations are the world’s biggest polluters? #twubquiz

Q8 – Which car manufacturer makes the Twingo? #twubquiz

Q9 – Which colour can be BOTH Alizarin and Quinacridone? #twubquiz

Q10 – Which saint survived being shot with arrows, only to be later beaten to death? #twubquiz

ROUND TWO – LITERATURE

Q1 – Who wrote the “Night’s Dawn” Trilogy? #twubquiz

Q2 – How many Brontë siblings were there? #twubquiz

Q3 – Which Steinbeck novel features the characters George and Lennie? #twubquiz

Q4 – Who kills Polonius? #twubquiz

Q5 – Name Heathcliff’s son. #twubquiz

Q6 – Who wrote “Tipping the Velvet”? #twubquiz

Q7 – Where did Kubla Khan build his pleasure dome? #twubquiz

Q8 – Which city is represented by Christminster in the novels of Thomas Hardy? #twubquiz

Q9 – In which of the Narnia stories is one of the children turned into a dragon? #twubquiz

Q10 – Who wrote “Ode to a Nightingale”? #twubquiz

ROUND THREE - PICTURES
Name the composer


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ROUND FOUR – TV & FILM

Q1 – Which professional dancer won Strictly Come Dancing 2008? #twubquiz

Q2 – In which film does Anthony Hopkins play a butler opposite Emma Thompson’s housekeeper? #twubquiz

Q3 – Who played the MC in the film “Cabaret”? #twubquiz

Q4 – What make & model of car does James Bond drive in “Goldfinger”? #twubquiz

Q5 – Name Tom Cruise’s character in “Mission Impossible”. #twubquiz

Q6 – Which film features the song “High Cockalorum”? #twubquiz

Q7 – Which engine was number 3 in “Thomas and Friends”? #twubquiz

Q8 – Which 2009 animated film features the voices of Dawn French & Jennifer Saunders? #twubquiz

Q9 – Which sin’s victim is discovered first in “Se7en”? #twubquiz
Q10 – Name the computer in “2001: A Space Odyssey”. #twubquiz

ROUND FIVE – SCIENCE

Q1 – Which two elements are liquid at room temperature (25 degrees C)? #twubquiz

Q2 – What colour does Magnesium glow when heated? #twubquiz

Q3 – Which geneticist famously used pea plants in his experiments? #twubquiz

Q4 – What is the formula for the volume of a cylinder? #twubquiz

Q5 – How many Carbon atoms are there in a Benzene Ring? #twubquiz

Q6 – What is the formula of Nitrous Oxide (Laughing Gas)? #twubquiz

Q7 – Name the psychologist famous for his experiments with salivating dogs? #twubquiz

Q8 – Which alcohol is produced during anaerobic respiration in yeast? #twubquiz

Q9 – Lack of Vitamin C causes which disease? #twubquiz
Q10 – Metatarsals are found where? #twubquiz

ANSWERS

ROUND ONE

1 – Two

2 – Spruce

3 – Four

4 – Douglas

5 – A Yangtze river dolphin

6 – Addis Ababa

7 – USA & China

8 – Renault

9 – Red

10 – Sebastian
ROUND TWO

1 – Peter F Hamilton

2 – Six

3 – Of Mice & Men

4 – Hamlet

5 – Linton Heathcliff

6 – Sarah Waters

7 – Xanadu

8 – Oxford

9 – The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

10 – Keats
ROUND THREE

1 – Beethoven

2 – Brahms

3 – Bach

4 – Elgar

5 – Mahler

6 – Wagner

7 – Mozart

8 – Handel

9 – Shostakovich

10 – Tavener
ROUND FOUR

1 – Camilla Dallerup

2 – The Remains of the Day

3 – Joel Grey

4 – Aston Martin DB5

5 – Ethan Hunt

6 – The Water Babies

7 – Henry

8 – Coraline

9 – Gluttony

10 – HAL
ROUND FIVE

1 – Mercury & Bromine

2 – White

3 – Gregor Mendel

4 - πr²h

5 – Six

6 – N2O

7 – Ivan Pavlov

8 – Ethanol

9 – Scurvy

10 - Feet

Quiz archive 15th September

Round 1 Current Affairs

1. What was the name of Swayze's character in Ghost?

2. Patrick Swayze played alongside Jennifer Grey in which brat pack American WAR film?

3. Which actress played Swayze's pro Yankee sister in TV drama North and South?

4. Complete this film line: That was the summer of 1963 - when everybody called me Baby ....

5. This image appeared on the posters for which film?

6. Which of Swayze's films had the working title 'Johnny Utah'?

7. Swayze was not one of these things - which? licensed pilot; Arabian horse breeder; scientologist?

8. Complete this song lyric "She leads me through the moonlight ....."

9. What was Swayze's job in film Road House?

10. Hiked Lofty is an anagram of which other headling star who has battled alcoholism?

Round 2 Which Year?

1. Oliver; Lily the Pink; West Brom won FA Cup
2. Gandhi; Save Your Love; Jimmy Connors wins Wimbledon mens' singles
3. The Sting; Merry Xmas everyone; Red Rum wins Grand National
4. My Fair Lady; I Feel Fine; John Surtees wins F1 Championship
5. Schindler's List; Mr Blobby; Steffi Graf wins Wimbledon womens' singles
6. Platoon; Reet Petite; Joe Jackson World Snooker Champion
7. No country for Old Men; When you believe; Alberto Contador wins Tour de France
8. Around the World in 80 Days; Just Walkin in the Rain; Jack Burke Jnr wins Gold Masters
9. The Deer Hunter; Mary's Boy Child; Argentina wins football world cup
10. American Beauty; I have a Dream; Lennox Lewis is BBC sports personality of the year

Round 3 Pictures Who's Missing?




Round 4 Read with Mother

1. Which book tells the tale of Pauline, Petrova and Posy Fossil

2. Who is the current Children's Laureate?

3. In which fictional Oxford college did Lyra Belacqua grow up?

4. Who wrote Charlotte's Web?

5. Eric Carle wrote a book about what kind of cricket?

6.Which book in Narnia series does NOT hv children from our world as main characters?

7.Daisy Meadows is a pseudonym for 4 authors who write which set of books?

8. In Beatrix Potter's The Tale of Ginger and Pickles - what do Ginger & Pickles do for a living?

9. Where would u find the faraway tree?

10. What nickname does Michael give his willy in Judy Blume's Forever?

Round 5 Connection

1. on which programme did Yana Rodionova get hit by a knife live on air?

2. where did winston churchill and Jawaharlal Nehru go to school?

3. which Mediterranean country is said to have been the birthplace of Aphrodite?

4. What is the last book of the New Testament?

5. Which charity runs the Full Stop campaign?

6. Which town is the home of Sussex County Cricket Club?

7. Which troubled celeb is married to Mark Croft?

8. In which country would you find Madaba , "City of Mosaics" ?

9. Which country would you be in if you were visiting Byron Bay ?

10. Which person connects all these answers?


Answers
Round 1

1. Sam

2. Red Dawn

3. Kirstie Alley

4. and it didn't occur to me to mind

5. Donnie Darko

6. Point Break

7. scientologist

8. Only to burn me with the sun

9. Bouncer

10. Keith flloyd

Round 2
1. 1968
2. 1982
3. 1973
4. 1964
5. 1993
6. 1986
7. 2007
8. 1956
9. 1978
10. 1999

Round 3
1. Bill Rodgers
2. David Van Day
3. Perkin Flump
4. Mary Kate Olsen
5. Peter Duncan
6. Jude Law
7. Derek Nimmo
8. Hazel Blears
9. General Lee
10. Pablo Picasso

Round 4
1. Ballet Shoes

2. Anthony Browne

3. Jordan College

4. E. B. White

5. A very quiet cricket

6. The Horse and his boy

7. Rainbow magic - fairy books

8. shopkeepers

9.The enchanted wood

10. Ralph


Round 5

1. This Morning

2. harrow

3.cyprus

4. Revelation

5. NSPCC

6. Hove

7. kerry katona

8. jordan

9. australia

10. Peter Andre

Quiz Archive 8th September 2009

Round 1 - General Knowledge

1. What is the definition of abecedarian? #twubquiz
2. During the 60's, George Harrison acquainted Cilla Black of which fruit? #twubquiz
3. Where is Michael Jackson buried? #twubquiz
4. What is "batophobia" a fear of? #twubquiz
5. In Tennis world rankings, Andy Murray is what seed? #twubquiz
6. The Cane Toad are known as "Australia's Amphibian Plague", but where did they come from? #twubquiz
7. In musical terms, what does "forte" mean? #twubquiz
8. Who is the current leader of the Green Party? #twubquiz
9. What is the name of the next new episode of Doctor Who? #twubquiz
10. Who lived in the Land of Uz and had friends named Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar? #twubquiz

Round 2 - IQ

1. Some months have 30 days, some months have 31 days. How many months have 28 days? #twubquiz
2. If a doctor gives you 3 pills and tells you to take 1 every half hour, how long would it be before all the pills are gone? #twubquiz
3. Divide 30 by half and add ten. What do you get? #twubquiz
4. You have one match & enter a COLD & DARK room where there's an oil heater, an oil lamp & a candle. Which would you light first? #twubquiz
5. Four years ago, Jane was twice as old as Sam. Four years on from now, Sam will be 3/4 of Jane's age. How old is Jane now? #twubquiz
6. If it were 2 hours later, it would be half as long until midnight as it would be if it were an hour later. What time is it now? #twubquiz
7. Only one other word can be made from all the letters of INSATIABLE. What is it? #twubquiz
8. What letter would come next in this series of letters: B A C B D C E D F? #twubquiz
9. If two typists can type two pages in two minutes, how many typists will it take to type 18 pages in six minutes? #twubquiz
10. If you count from 1 to 100, how many 7"s will you pass on the way: 10, 11, 19, 20 or 21? #twubquiz

Round 3 Pictures



Round 4 - Comic heroes and villains

1. What is the name of The Hulk's alter-ego? #twubquiz
2. In the Marvel universe, Wilson Fisk is better known as whom? #twubquiz
3. In Batman, what is the name of the first Robin's alter-ego? #twubquiz
4. What nationality is the original Wolverine? #twubquiz
5. Fantastic Four's Invisible Girl alter-ego is known as whom? #twubquiz
6. From '2000AD' what colour is Rogue Trooper's skin? #twubquiz
7. Johnny Blaze's superhero alter-ego is? #twubquiz
8. Lara Lor-Van's son is better known as whom? #twubquiz
9. What are Wonder Woman's signature weapons? #twubquiz
10. Which large, red-skinned protagonist is also known as the "World's Greatest Paranormal Investigator"? #twubquiz

Round 5 - Cold Conclusion

1. Donald Sinclair’s persona was an inspiration for which comedian? #twubquiz
2. "Great Railway Journeys of the World" was presented by whom? #twubquiz
3. Who played the character "Timothy Lumsden"? #twubquiz
4. Which ornithologist wrote "The Inbetweenies" and "The Funky Gibbon"? #twubquiz
5. The show "Seven of One" spawned two of the BBC's most successful sitcoms. Who played the lead in both? #twubquiz
6. Who received multiple Tony award nominations for his songwriting work on the Broadway musical "Spamalot"? #twubquiz
7. Who presented "It'll be Alright on the Night" before Griff Rhys Jones? #twubquiz
8. Who played the character "Igor" in "Young Frankenstein"? #twubquiz
9. According to Terry Jones, who committed “the worst case of party-pooping in all history"? #twubquiz
10. What is the connection between the answers (the round title is a clue)? #twubquiz

Round 1 - General Knowledge

1. Pertaining to, or learning/teaching of, the alphabet.
2. Avocado.
3. Glendale's Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
4. Being near an object of great height, such as a skyscraper.
5. Second.
6. Introduce from Hawaii to eradicate Cane Beetles. D’OH!
7. Loud, or strong.
8. Caroline Lucas.
9. The Waters of Mars.
10. Job (The Book of Job).

Round 2 - IQ

1. Twelve. (They all have at least 28 days).
2. One hour. (On the hour, at half past the hour and one hour later).
3. Seventy.
4. The match!
5. Twelve. (4 years ago Jane was 8, Sam was 4. In 4 years from now, Jane will be 16 and Sam will be 12).
6. 9pm
7. BANALITIES
8. E. (Alternate letters increase by one).
9. Six. (One typist types one page in two minutes).
10. Twenty. (If you found 10, you forgot about 70, 71, etc.; if you got 11, you forgot about the 70 series, but remembered 77 had 2; if you got 19, you forgot about the extra 7 in 77; if you got 21 you created a 7 out of thin air!).

Round 3 - Picture Round

1. Colin Farrell (Hart's War/Phone Booth)
2. Keifer Sutherland (Phone Booth/Lost Boys)
3. Alex Winter (Lost Boys/Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure)
4. Keanu Reeves (Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure/Constantine)
5. Rachel Weisz (Constantine/About a Boy)
6. Hugh Grant (About a Boy/Notting Hill)
7. Julia Roberts (Notting Hill/Ocean's 11)
8. George Clooney (Ocean's 11/From Dusk til Dawn)
9. Quentin Tarantino (From Dusk til Dawn/Pulp Fiction)
10. Bruce Willis (Pulp Fiction/Hart's War)

Round 4 - Comic heroes and villains

1. Dr. Bruce Banner (Dr. David Banner was the TV series alter-ego).
2. Kingpin.
3. Dick Grayson.
4. Canadian.
5. Susan Storm Richards.
6. Blue.
7. Ghost Rider (Johnny Storm is the Human Torch!!).
8. Super-Man.
9. Indestructible bracelets (vambraces) and the Lasso of Truth.
10. Hellboy.

Round 5 - Comedic Cold Conclusion

1. John Cleese (Basil Fawlty is the character based on Donald Sinclair).
2. Michael Palin.
3. Ronnie Corbett.
4. Bill Oddie.
5. Ronnie Barker - Porridge & Open all hours.
6. Eric Idle.
7. Denis Norden.
8. Marty Feldman.
9. Graham Chapman (he had died one day before the 20th anniversary of the first broadcast of Flying Circus).
10. The Frost Report (get it?? "Cold Conclusion"!!) - all were writers and/or performers on the show.

Quiz Archive 1st September 2009

Round 1 General Knowledge

1. Which famous building has the address 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue? #twubquiz

2. In 1996, what overtook Coca-Cola as being the most well known brand name in the world?#twubquiz

3. Used in a variety of games, what are sometimes known as `devil`s bones`?#twubquiz

4. In the NATO phonetic alphabet, what word is used for `M`?#twubquiz

5. What is Chromophobia the fear of?#twubquiz

6. Brochan is a Scottish word for which type of food?#twubquiz

7. In which US city was Ally Mcbeal set?#twubquiz

8. Which state did Arnold Schwarzenegger become Governor of in November 2003?#twubquiz

9. By what name is Gautama Siddhartha better known?#twubquiz

10. How many zeros are in a one trillion when written out in numerical form?#twubquiz

Round 2 Doctor Who

1. What's the character name of the new companion played by Karen Gillan? #twubquiz
2. Who did Trivial Pursuit mistakenly credit as creator of Doctor Who? #twubquiz
3. Which number Doctor did Tom Baker play? #twubquiz
4. Which character, who did not regenerate, was played by Michael Wisher, David Gooderson, Terry Molloy and Julian Bleach? #twubquiz
5. Which companion actress married her doctor, divorced him and went on to marry Richard Dawkins? #twubquiz
6. The acronym UNIT now stands for Unified Intelligence Taskforce. What was its original meaning? #twubquiz
7. What's the name of the Dalek's home planet? #twubquiz
8. What's the usual external shape of the TARDIS? #twubquiz
9. Who played "Doctor Who", a human inventor in two 1960s feature films? #twubquiz
10. David Tennant played Hamlet with the RSC last year. What other role did he take on in repertoire? #twubquiz

Round 3 Pictures



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Round 4 Homophones
Give both words that sound the same but have different definitions in each case.


1. Lock opener / Landing stage #twubquiz
2. Grain / Surrender #twubquiz
3. Religious structure / Change or amend #twubquiz
4. Unit of currency / Aroma #twubquiz
5. Innocent / Hounded #twubquiz
6. Singing group / Measure of paper #twubquiz
7. Poultry / Polluted #twubquiz
8. Heaviness / Pause or hold back #twubquiz
9. Avoided by stooping / Channel #twubquiz
10. Underwear / Thieves #twubquiz

Round 5 Connections

1. Which french town was capital of military Vendee and is twinned with Solihull? #twubquiz
2. What is a kind of canoe used in central and south america? #twubquiz
3. Which town is capital of the Isle of Mull and played host to Balamory for three years? #twubquiz
4. Which of the channel islands is the only one to have a railway? #twubquiz
5. This duke gave his name to a waterproof boot. What's his title?#twubquiz
6. What Siberian city celebrated its 400th anniversary in 2004?#twubquiz
7. Enya's 1988 single featured the memorable lyric "sail away". What was the name of the song? #twubquiz
8. Which Balkan state borders Romania, Serbia, Macedonia, Greece and Turkey? #twubquiz
9. Who formed the Dramatico record label in 2002 and wrote Katie Melua's "Nine Million Bicycles"? #twubquiz
10. What's the connection? #twubquiz

ANSWERS Round 1:

1. The White House
2. McDonalds
3. Dice
4. Mike
5. Colours
6. Porridge
7. Boston
8. California
9. Buddha
10. 12

Answers Round 2

1. Amy Pond
2. Terry Nation
3. Fourth
4. Davros
5. Lalla Ward
6. United Nations Intelligence Taskforce
7. Skaro
8. Police box
9. Peter Cushing
10. Berowne in Love's Labours Lost

Answers Round 3

1. Brightness control screen
2. Table latch/coat hook
3. Headphone cover
4. Seat pocket
5. Game controller/joystick
6. TV channel selection
7. Window blind
8. Cup holder/indentation in table
9. Reading lamp
10. Seat belt.


Round 4 Answers
1. Key / Quay
2. Seed / Cede
3. Altar / Alter
4. Cent / Scent
5. Chaste / Chased
6. Choir / Quire
7. Fowl / Foul
8. Weight / Wait
9. Ducked / Duct
10. Knickers / Nickers

Round 5 Answers
1. Cholet
2. Bungo
3. Tobermory
4. Alderney
5. Wellington
6. Tomsk
7. Orinocco flow
8. Bulgaria
9. Mike Batt
10. Wombles