Quiz Archive 28th July

Quizmaster: @karmachord

Round 1: General Knowledge

Q1: Which painter’s wife and muse was called Gala? #twubquiz

Q2: Who wrote & sang the satirical song “The Vatican Rag”? #twubquiz

Q3: Who succeeded James II to the throne of England & Scotland? #twubquiz

Q4: Counter-Strike is a mod. of which award-winning computer game? #twubquiz

Q5: Maki & Nigri are found in the cuisine of which country? #twubquiz

Q6: K is the chemical symbol for which element? #twubquiz

Q7: What is the maximum possible break in snooker? #twubquiz

Q8: What is the capital of Latvia? #twubquiz

Q9: Prussian & Cobalt are shades of which colour? #twubquiz

Q10: Name the patron saint of musicians. #twubquiz

Round 2: Books

Q1: What is the name of Mr Rochester’s dog in “Jane Eyre”? #twubquiz

Q2: Which of Peter Rabbit’s relatives was put in a pie? #twubquiz

Q3: How does Hamlet die? #twubquiz

Q4: Who wrote the verse novel “Eugene Onegin”? #twubquiz

Q5: Who wrote the novel “Les Liaisons Dangereux”? #twubquiz

Q6: What kind of animal is Benjamin in “Animal Farm”? #twubquiz

Q7: Name King Lear’s three daughters. #twubquiz

Q8: Who is the primary male narrator of “Wuthering Heights”? #twubquiz

Q9: In whose home does Pooh get stuck after eating too much honey? #twubquiz

Q10: Whose novels include “The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle” and “Norwegian Wood”? #twubquiz

Round 3 Pictures


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Round 4 Classical Music

Q1: Whose 6th symphony ends with 3 hammer blows of fate? #twubquiz

Q2: Which composer’s death in 1893 is widely attributed to cholera? #twubquiz

Q3: Which of Holst’s Planets is “The Bringer of War”? #twubquiz

Q4: The Cor Anglais is most closely related to which other instrument? #twubquiz

Q5: Cup, Harmon & Straight are types of what? #twubquiz

Q6: The music of which composer is played on the Formula One podium during the traditional champagne-spraying? #twubquiz

Q7: What is the difference between a sonata & a concerto? #twubquiz

Q8: Bunthorne & Grosvenor feature in which G&S operetta? #twubquiz

Q9: Which orchestral string instrument is tuned E-A-D-G (low to high)? #twubquiz

Q10: Paganini was a virtuoso on which instrument? #twubquiz

Round 5 Film and TV

Q1: Who plays Madame de Tourvel in the 1988 film “Dangerous Liaisons”? #twubquiz

Q2: Name the two films in which Brad Pitt & Cate Blanchett have appeared together. (1/2 pt for each) #twubquiz

Q3: Who does Xander jilt at the aisle in “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”? #twubquiz

Q4: Which film won 4 Oscars in 2007, including Best Picture & Best Director(s)? #twubquiz

Q5: In which US TV series would you find Chole O’Brien and Ryan Chappelle? #twubquiz

Q6: Which film franchise have released a film every year since 2004 on or around Hallowe’en? #twubquiz

Q7: Which US TV series starred Han k Azaria as a troubled psychiatrist? #twubquiz

Q8: Name the twin precogs in Minority Report. #twubquiz

Q9: Whose chopper does Bruce Willis steal in Pulp Fiction? #twubquiz

Q10: Whose film roles have included Marvin the Paranoid Android (voice), Rasputin & hypnotist Franz Anton Mesmer? #twubquiz

Answers

Round One

1. Dali
2. Tom Lehrer
3. William III & Mary II
4. Half-Life
5. Japan
6. Potassium
7. 155
8. Riga
9. Blue
10. St Cecilia

Round Two

1. Pilot
2. His father
3. Poisoned sword (accepted poison, but not stabbed)
4. Pushkin
5. Laclos
6. Donkey
7. Goneril, Reagan & Cordelia (yey!)
8. Mr Lockwood
9. Rabbit
10. Haruki Murakami

Round Three

1. Mr PotatoHead
2. Sylvanian Families
3. Action Man
4. Furby
5. Tamagotchi
6. Care Bear
7. My Little Pony
8. Meccano
9. Scalextric
10. Playmobil

Round Four

1. Mahler
2. Tchaikovsky
3. Mars
4. Oboe
5. Mute
6. Bizet
7. Sonata = solo instrument + piano (or just piano), concerto = solo instrument + orchestra
8. Patience
9. Double Bass
10. Violin

Round Five

1. Michelle Pfeiffer
2. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button & Babel
3. Anya
4. No Country For Old Men
5. 24
6. Saw
7. Huff
8. Arthur & Dashiell
9. Zed
10. Alan Rickman

Quiz Archive 21st July

Quizmaster @scolvey (and Mrs Colvey)

Round 1 General knowledge

1. Who was released from Reading jail on 19 May 1897? #twubquiz
2. How many astronauts are currently in orbit around the Earth? #twubquiz
3. Which island was home to the dodo? #twubquiz
4. What sport is played by the New York Rangers? #twubquiz
5. What event takes place on 22-23 august at Hylands Park Chelmsford and Weston Park in Staffordshire #twubquiz
6. How is the chemical compound NaHCO3 better known? #twubquiz
7. The musical Cats is based on a book by which writer? #twubquiz
8. What is an apiphobe afraid of? #twubquiz
9. Who got the 'Last Train To Trancentral'? #twubquiz
10. Who said, "I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying" #twubquiz

Round 2 Teletext
1. What was the name of ITV’s teletext service before the 1993 arrival of Teletext? #twubquiz
2. And what is the current name of the teletext service broadcast on BBC channels? #twubquiz
3. How many digits must be typed to access a page on traditional analogue teletext services? #twubquiz
4. Teletext’s computer games section during the 1990s gained some notoriety, due to its risqué humour. What was it called? #twubquiz
5. In which decade did the first teletext services begin broadcasting? #twubquiz
6. What page number must be typed in order to bring up teletext subtitles on some older televisions? #twubquiz
7. What is the name of Channel 4 Teletext’s infamous virtual quiz host? #twubquiz
8. What page number serves as the ‘home page’ for both the BBC and ITV implementations of analogue teletext? #twubquiz
9. The UK Post Office launched a paid-for teletext-like service in 1979 that allowed basic interactivity. What was it called? #twubquiz
10. What is the character matrix (resolution) for a standard teletext page (ie, how many characters across and down) #twubquiz


Right click the pictures and choose Open in new tab to see them full size. Identify the more famous siblings of the people in the pictures.

Round 4 Film taglines

1. Check in. Relax. Take a shower #twubquiz
2. With great power comes great responsibility #twubquiz
3. His whole life was a million-to-one shot #twubquiz
4. Does for rock and roll what "The Sound of Music" did for hills #twubquiz
5. Let's go to work #twubquiz
6. Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free #twubquiz
7. Be afraid. Be very afraid #twubquiz
8. Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water #twubquiz
9. Nice planet. We'll take it! #twubquiz
10. You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll hurl #twubquiz

Round 5 Current affairs
1. The UK’s terror threat level was reduced from ‘severe’ this week. What is the new official risk level? #twubquiz
2. News about swine flu is everywhere. But what is the name of the particular strain? #twubquiz
3. Only 12 men have ever walked on the moon. But how many in total have orbited the moon, irrespective of walking on the surface? #twubquiz
4. Sir Alan Sugar this week took his seat in the House of Lords. By what full title will he be known? #twubquiz
5. The author of Angela’s Ashes died this week. Can you name him? #twubquiz
6. A mobile phone number directory service launched last month and was suspended this month. Which 118 number did it use? #twubquiz
7. If they win the election, the Tories have promised to replace the Financial Services Authority. What’s the replacement’s name? #twubquiz
8. The new Doctor Who’s costume has been revealed. How will actor Matt Smith wear his trousers? #twubquiz
9. Which Radio 1 DJ has been receiving threatening text messages recently? #twubquiz
10. The UK national debt hit an all-time high this week. What’s the figure? (You can have £10bn either way) #twubquiz


Answers

Round 1 answers
1. Oscar Wilde
2. 13
3.Mauritius
4. Ice hockey
5. V festival
6. Bicarbonate of soda or baking soda
7. TS Eliot
8. Bees
9. The KLF
10. Woody Allen

Round 2 answers
1. Oracle
2. Ceefax
3. 3
4. Digitiser
5. 1970s
6. 888
7. Bamber Boozler
8. 100
9. Prestel
10. 40 x 25

Round 3 answers
1. Angelina Jolie
2. Victoria Beckham
3. Miley Cyrus
4. Amy Winehouse
5. Brad Pitt
6. Paul McCartney
7. Boris Johnson
8. Liz Hurley
9. Kylie Minogue
10. Beyonce Knowles

Round 4 answers
1. Psycho
2. Spider-man
3. Rocky
4. This Is Spinal Tap
5. Reservoir Dogs
6. The Shawshank Redemption
7. The Fly
8. Jaws 2
9. Mars Attacks!
10. Wayne's World

Round 5 answers
1. Substantial
2. H1N1
3. 24
4. Baron Sugar of Clapton
5. Frank McCourt
6. 118 800
7. Consumer Protection Agency
8. Rolled up
9. Fearne Cotton
10. £799bn

Quiz Archive 14th July Twub Quiz at the Movies

Round 1 Behind the Scenes

1. What does the Dolly grip do? #twubquiz
2. What is the Gaffer in charge of? #twubquiz
3. What's the name for the assistant to the head of the electrical department? #twubquiz
4. Who creates and records additional sound effects to add to the soundtrack? #twubquiz
5. What do the initials CGI stand for in film making? #twubquiz
6. What Star Wars sound effect was created by pulling paper from an envelope? #twubquiz
7. Which credit is often followed by the letters ASC, CSC, BSC or ACS? #twubquiz
8. What animation technique involves shooting puppets one still at a time? #twubquiz
9. What is the umbrella term for the film making processes that take place after shooting? #twubquiz
10. What does it mean when the director calls "That's a wrap"? #twubquiz

Round 2 Who's Who in the Movies

1 Which Dustin links "Finding Never-land" and "Meet the Fockers"? #twubquiz
2 Who played Han Solo in the original Star Wars Movie? #twubquiz
3 What is the surname of Susan, star of "Dead Man Walking"?#twubquiz
4 Who played Bridget in "Bridget Jones's Diary ? #twubquiz
5 Which Tom was the voice of Woody in the original "Toy Story ? #twubquiz
6 Which Woody had a son called Satchel Farrow? #twubquiz
7 Which star of "Mary Poppins" has written children's stones under the name of Julie Edwards?#twubquiz
8 Which Kim married Alec Baldwin? #twubquiz
9 Annette Bening is the first wife of which Hollywood playboy actor director?#twubquiz
10 in which decade was Helena Bonham Carter born?#twubquiz

Round 3 Movie Posters


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Round 4 Directors

1 Who is Ethan Coen's director brother? #twubquiz
2 Who directed "Moulin Rouge", starring Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor? #twubquiz
3 Who directed the film "Flags of Our Fathers"? #twubquiz
4 What was George Lucas's role in the original "Star Wars"? #twubquiz
5 Who directed the movie about the most disastrous disaster at sea in peace time? #twubquiz
6 Who had the middle name Blount but only used his initial? #twubquiz
7 Which musical duo was the subject of a Mike Leigh movie with Jim Broadbent? #twubquiz
8 Which musical did Alan Parker direct before the drama "Angela's Ashes"? #twubquiz
9 How is Melvin Kaminski of "Young Frankenstein" better known? #twubquiz
10 Which Neil was Oscar-nominated as director and also writer for "The Crying Game"? #twubquiz

Round 5 Connections

1. If the computer in the Sarah Jane Adventures got married what would you call the couple? #twubquiz
2. Which Bible matriarch was the wife of Isaac?#twubquiz
3. What is Acrophobia, the fear of heights, often wrongly called?#twubquiz
4. What is the nickname of England under 21 football Manager Stuart Pearce MBE?#twubquiz
5. What animals are winged, bipedal, warm-blooded, vertebrates that lay eggs?#twubquiz
6. What Cornish hotel is referenced in a song by Tori Amos on her album The Beekeeper?#twubquiz
7. What would be another way to describe ripped drapes?#twubquiz
8. What compass point could be described by the angle 337.5 degrees?#twubquiz
9. A member of the UK disability advice network killed someone on the motorway to Wales. How would the tabloids describe it?#twubquiz
10. What's the connection?#twubquiz

Answers
And the answers to this week's quiz :

TWUBQUIZ 14-07-09
Round 1 Behind the Scenes

1. Operates camera dolly also safety of cameraman
2. Electrical department
3. Best Boy
4. Foley Artist
5. Computer Generated Imagery
6. Doors opening
7. Director of photography/cinematographer.
8. Stop motion animation.
9. Post Production
10. They've finished filming

Round 2 Who's Who in the Movies

1 Dustin Hoffmann
2. Harrison Ford
3. Sarandon
4. Renee Zellweger
5. Hanks
6. Allen
7. Julie Andrews
8. Basinger
9. Warren Beatty
10 1960s

Round 3 Answers

1. Bruno
2. 500 days of summer
3. The proposal
4. Harry Potter and the half Blood Prince
5. The Hangover
6. Ice Age 3
7. TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN (apparently the caps are important)
8. The Boat that rocked
9. Year One
10. Public enemies

Round 4 Directors

1 Joel
2 Baz Luhrmann.
3 Clint Eastwood.
4 Director
5 James Cameron.
6 Cecil B de Mille.
7 Gilbert & Sullivan (Topsy Turvy).
8 Evita,
9 Mel Brooks.
10 Jordan

Round 5 Connections

1. Mr and Mrs Smith
2. Rebecca
3. Vertigo
4. Psycho
5. The birds
6. Jamaica Inn
7. Torn Curtain
8. North by Northwest
9. Dial M for Murder (DIAL M4 Murder, sorry!)
10. Alfred Hitchcock movies

Quiz Archive 7th July 2009

TWUBQUIZ 07-07-09

Questionmaster: @Captain_Razzle

Round 1 – Current Affairs

Round 2 – General Knowledge

Round 3 – Picture Round

Round 4 – Music

Round 5 – Law



ROUND ONE – CURRENT AFFAIRS

Questions:

1. Which high profile prisoner has had parole refused by the Justice Secretary?

2. What does QUANGO mean?

3. Which MPs have had their house taken over by squatters?

4. Who will Captain England’s Ashes test squad?

5. Which company has just had its rail franchise nationalised?

6. Name the actress who plays Gwen Cooper in Torchwood?

7.For how many years has America been independent of the UK?

8.Why has Marco Polo been in the news this week?

9.Which state-run radio station has just started broadcasting commercials?

10.David Tennant will join which girl band singer in the new St Trinians film?

Answers

1.Ronnie Biggs

2. Quasi-Autonomous Non-Governmental Organisation

3.Anne & Alan Keen

4.Andrew Strauss

5.National Express

6.Eve Myles

7.233 years

8.Cruise Liner with Novovirus outbreak on board

9.Vatican Radio

10.Sarah Harding



ROUND TWO – GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Questions

1. What is the name of the fictional barrister created by real-life barrister John Mortimer?

2. What BASIC command would be input by pressing the [A] key on a ZX Spectrum?

3.The “People’s Palace” forms part of which University College?

4. Name the former member of the band The Communards who is now a CofE Reverend?

5.How many METRES in a MILE?

6. Name the current presenter of Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs?

7. Who will play the 11th Doctor’s first assistant?

8. What is the Karman Line?

9. What was the name of the British designed competitor to the Space Shuttle canned in 1988?

10. What item received the first £1M valuation on Antiques Roadshow?

Answers

1. Horace Rumpole

2.New

3. Queen Mary College (& Westfield)

4. Richard COLES

5.1609.334

6.Kirsty Young

7.Karen Gillen

8. The recognised Earth/Outer Space boundary at an altitude of 100km

9.HOTOL

10. Model of the Angel of the North by Anthony Gormley



Round 3


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Answers

1. Winston Churchill
2. David Beckham
3. Christine Aguilera
4. Marilyn Monroe
5. Kelly Brook
6.The Hoff !
7. Beyonze
8. Freddie Mercury
9. Demi Moore
10. Stephen Hawking (child on left)

ROUND 4 – MUSIC

Questions: Please give the next line to the following lyrics...

1.I know its out of fashion, and a trifle uncool...

2.You’re built like a car...

3.We’re no strangers to love, You know the rules and so do I...

4.We Watch the shows, we watch the Stars on Video for hours and hours...

5.Its on America’s tortured brow, that Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow...

6.You know that I’ve been drunk a thousand times...

7.I want a Doctor to take your picture...

8.When I’m Stuck in a day, That’s grey, And Lonely...

9.Your beauty is beyond compare with flaming locks of auburn hair...

10.Every night I’m there, I’m always there, She knows I’m there...

Answers

1.But I can’t help it I’m a romantic fool (Echo Beach – Martha and the Muffins)

2.You’ve got a hub-cap-diamond-star-halo (Get It On – T-Rex)

3.A full commitment’s what i’m thinking of (Never Gonna Give You Up – Rick Astley)

4.He hardly need to use our ears, how music changes thru the years (Radio Ga Ga – Queen)

5.Now the workers have struck for fame cos Lennon’s on sale again (Life on Mars – David Bowie)

6.And these should be the best days of my life (The Size of a Cow – The Wonderstuff)

7.So I can look at you from inside aswell (Turning Japanese – The Vapors)

8.I just stick out my chin and grin and say, Oh (Tomorrow –from Annie)

9.With ivory skin and eyes of emerald green (Jolene – Dolly Parton)

10.And heaven knows, I hope she goes (Eloise – The Damned)`1



ROUND FIVE – LAW

Questions

1.Article Six of the Human Rights Act 1998 enshrines what?

2.Stephen Fry served a custodial sentence for what offence?

3.What is the longest custodial sentence that can be passed by magistrates when conditions allow?

4.In what year was the guillotine last used for legal execution in France?

5.Name two of the four Inns of Court.

6.”De minimis non curat lex” translates as what legal principle?

7.The Dangerous Dogs Act was enacted in which year?

8.What is the official name of the Crown Court knows as the Old Bailey?

9.By what title does one address a DISTRICT JUDGE in Court?

10.What is the name of the current Lord Chancellor?

Answers

1.The right to a fair trial.

2.Fraud (credit card fraud).

3.12 months (where two indictable offences are being sentenced together).

4.1977

5.Middle Temple, Inner Temple, Lincoln’s Inn, Gray’s Inn.

6.The law does not concern itself with trifles.

7.1991

8.The Central Criminal Court.

9.Sir or Madam

10.Jack Straw

Quiz Archive 30th June 2009

Round 1 – General knowledge

1. What is the main language on the island of Anglesey?#twubquiz
2. What colour are the houses in the game of Monopoly?#twubquiz
3. How many pints of milk are used to make a pound of Cheddar cheese? #twubquiz
4. Which word can mean a parasitic worm, the hook of an anchor or a lucky chance?#twubquiz
5. How old does a road vehicle need to be to be described as a classic?#twubquiz
6. What was the name of the first computer to defeat a World Chess Champion?#twubquiz
7. Sw19 is the post code for which sporting location? #twubquiz
8. According to Viking Mythology what is THOR god of?#twubquiz
9. Who provided the BBC commentary for the Eurovision song contest from 1980-2008? #twubquiz
10. What is the capital of North Korea? #twubquiz

Round 2
Current Affairs

1. What reason has been given for the recent halving of carbon dioxide emmissions growth? #twubquiz
2. For which entertainer's birthday did the BBC buy a £99.99 bottle of Krug Champagne on expenses? #twubquiz
3. Judi Dench provoked the most complaints about Quantum of Solace for doing what? #twubquiz
4. What was the most famous expenses claim for Tory MP Sir Peter Viggers? #twubquiz
5. Who recently announced the scrapping of the national numeracy and literacy strategies? #twubquiz
6. Which Great Train Robber has been hospitalised with a suspected broken hip? #twubquiz
7. Which Oscar winner turned up for rehearsals at her former school in Southcote last Wednesday? #twubquiz
8. Which broadcaster has been told by Ofcom to share its premium channels with other suppliers? #twubquiz
9. The Ulysses spacecraft was retired last week. What did it study for 18 years? #twubquiz
10. What is the latest model of iPhone, released this month? #twubquiz

Round 3
Picture Round


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Round 4
Vegetables and, technically, some fruit too.

1. Carrots are especially rich in which vitamin? #twubquiz
2. What vegetable is traditionally used in a Moussaka?#twubquiz
3. What continent do tomatoes originate from?#twubquiz
4. What is the Indian dish Dhal made from?#twubquiz
5. What name is given to sun dried peppers used to spice up Tabasco sauce?#twubquiz
6. What 2 vegetables are normally in Bubble & Squeak?#twubquiz
7. What can be Kos or iceberg?#twubquiz
8. What type of bean is used to make baked beans?#twubquiz
9. Which bean is the richest natural vegetable food, high in protein?#twubquiz
10. What kind of vegetable are Kelvedon Wonder, Little Marvel and Hurst Green Shaft?#twubquiz

Round 5 Connections Round

1. Which Ms King won 20 Wimbledon titles, including doubles in her career? #twubquiz
2. What acronym is used by the UK professional society of skin doctors? #twubquiz
3. IMDB lists The Godfather parts 1&2 and The Dark Knight as the top three movies in which category? #twubquiz
4. How should you prepare an egg for cooking scrambled or in an omelette? #twubquiz
5. What’s the best way to describe Mrs Doubtfire actor, Mr Williams swaying in a hammock? #twubquiz
6. Which colours could the pixels in a monochrome TV set display? #twubquiz
7. What mnemonic do first aiders use for the order to check circulation, airway and breathing? #twubquiz
8. A sufferer of Xaireaphobia never can say… what? #twubquiz
9. What would be the most descriptive title for a ballard to soil? #twubquiz
10. What’s the connection? #twubquiz

Round 1 Answers
1. Welsh
2. Green
3. 8
4. Fluke
5. 25 years old
6. Deep Blue
7. Wimbledon
8. Thunder
9. Terry Wogan
10. Pyongyang

Answers Round 2

1. The global recession
2. Bruce Forsyth
3. Swearing
4. A duck island
5. Ed Balls
6. Ronnie Biggs
7. Kate Winslet
8. BSkyB
9. The Sun
10. iPhone 3GS

Round 3 Answers

1. Breakout
2. Defender
3. 3D Monster Maze
4. Elite
5. Pac Man
6. StreetFighter 2
7. Frogger
8. Donkey Kong
9. Space Invaders
10. Pong

ANSWERS Round 4

1. A
2. Aubergine
3. S. America
4. Lentils
5. Chillies
6. Potatoes & Greens/cabbage
7. Lettuce
8. Haricot
9. Soya
10. Peas


Answers Round 5
1. Billie Jean
2. BAD (British Association of Dermatologists)
3. Thriller
4. Beat It
5. Rocking Robin
6. Black or White
7. ABC
8. (Never can say) Goodbye. “Xairea” is an ancient Greek word meaning goodbye.
9. Earth Song
10. Michael Jackson (or Jackson 5) songs