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