Trivia Trail
The last letter of an answer is the same as the first letter of the next answer.
1: The cast of which television series released a version of Journey's Don't Stop Believing in 2009? #twubquiz
2: Wodefit Gesgeshi, Widd Innat Ityopp'ya is the national anthem of which country? #twubquiz
3: Who is the Greek Goddess of the Hunt, Forests and Hills, and the Moon? #twubquiz
4: With the atomic number 34, which chemical element derives its name from the Greek word for Moon? #twubquiz
5: Koplik spots are seen on the first day of the rash appearing of what infectious disease? #twubquiz
6: The British Army officer initial training centre is in which Berkshire town? #twubquiz
7: What form of textile art is both the title of a 1970 Don McLean album, and a 1971 Carole King album? #twubquiz
8: Also known as the Day of Atonement, what day completes the Judaism period known as the High Holy Days? #twubquiz
9: In Watership Down, Hazel, Fiver and Bigwig are names of what type of animal? #twubquiz
10: Sharing their name with a US State, which Scottish band recorded the theme song to the sitcom "Ellen"? #twubquiz
Each question has First or Last in it
R2:
1: Worth 1 point, what was the last points scoring finishing position in the 2009 Formula 1 motor racing season? #twubquiz
2: Who was the first and only US President to serve 2 unconnected terms in office? #twubquiz
3: What piece of clothing is manufactured on a "last"? #twubquiz
4: Who is referred to as "The Last King Of Scotland" in the film of the same name? #twubquiz
5: Who is the current First Lord of the Treasury? #twubquiz
6: Judith Keppel and John Carpenter were the first Brit and American to do what on television? #twubquiz
7: Who dangled from the hands of a clock in the 1923 film "Safety Last"? #twubquiz
8: James Last is most associated with what style of music? #twubquiz
9: Who wrote the novel "The Last of the Mohicans"? #twubquiz
10: The first international cricket match was contested between which two unlikely countries? (.5 for each) #twubquiz
R3
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All questions relate to Italy in some way. You can give the city names in Italian.
R4
1: Venice law requires that all gondolas are painted what colour? #twubquiz
2: Mount Etna, the most active volcano in Europe, is on which island? #twubquiz
3: The 1957 treaty establishing the European Economic Community was signed in which city? #twubquiz
4: Fiona May, who competed for both the UK and Italy, was a 2-time world champion in which athletics event? #twubquiz
5: The gold heist and getaway in the 1969 film "The Italian Job" is centred on which Italian city? #twubquiz
6: For which 1997 film did Roberto Benigni win the Academy Award for Best Actor? #twubquiz
7: Which car company's badge features a red cross on a white background, and a serpent? #twubquiz
8: Michaelangelo's David is on display at the Galleria dell'Accademia in which city? #twubquiz
9: In what century did construction begin on the Leaning Tower of Pisa? #twubquiz
10: With the smallest cast of any of his plays, Valentine and Proteus are the title characters of which Shakespeare work? #twubquiz
No points for guessing what the connection is, but something relating to the connection will form all or part of the answer
R5: Connections
1: Donald Sutherland and Alan Alda both played what role in M*A*S*H? #twubquiz
2: What is the name of the tectonic boundary between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate? #twubquiz
3: What is the nickname of Arnold Rimmer's heroic alter-ego in Red Dwarf? #twubquiz
4: Mintonette was the original name of what indoor sport? #twubquiz
5: What word can be either a name for the devil, or an alternative name for the 2 in a game of cards? #twubquiz
6: Which of the 6 original internet top-level domains is not listed here: com, edu, gov, mil, org? #twubquiz
7: What word features in the title of both the A side and the B side of The Beatles' first UK Top 40 chart single? #twubquiz
8: The Prisoner's Dilemma is a fundamental problem in what theory of mathematics? #twubquiz
9: What is the more correct term for a badger's den? #twubquiz
10: A vesta is a short type of what? #twubquiz
R1:
1: Glee
2: Ethiopia (translates as March Forward, Dear Mother Ethiopia) - read Ityopp'ya out loud...
3: Artemis
4: Selenium
5: Measles
6: Sandhurst
7: Tapestry
8: Yom Kippur
9: Rabbit
10: Texas
R2:
1: 8th
2: Grover Cleveland
3: Shoes
4: Idi Amin
5: Gordon Brown
6: Win the top prize on Who Wants to be a Millionaire?
7: Harold Lloyd
8: Big Band (I have been lenient with the marking here)
9: James Fenimore Cooper
10: USA and Canada
R3:
1: Gregory House
2: Leonard "Bones" McCoy
3: Egon Spengler
4: Bunsen Honeydew
5: Mark Sloan (Diagnosis: Murder)
6: Zachary Smith
7: Frasier Crane
8: Mark Sloan (Grey's Anatomy)
9: John Watson
10: John Zoidberg
R4:
1: Black
2: Sicily (Sicilia)
3: Rome (Roma)
4: Long Jump
5: Turin (Torino)
6: Life is Beautiful (La vita รจ bella)
7: Alfa Romeo
8: Florence (Firenze, Fiorenza)
9: 12th (August 9, 1173)
10: The Two Gentlemen of Verona
R5:
1: Captain Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce
2: San Andreas Fault
3: Ace Rimmer
4: Volleyball
5: Deuce
6: .net
7: Love (Love Me Do / PS I Love You)
8: Game Theory
9: Sett
10: Match
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