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