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
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