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
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