Quiz Archive 23 March

Round 1 General Knowledge

1. Which London Tube line is coloured red on the map? #twubquiz
2. What are the three primary colours of light?#twubquiz
3. How many pairs of legs does an insect have?#twubquiz
4. Which artist appliqued names to a tent, calling it Everyone I Have Ever Slept With 1963-1995?#twubquiz
5. What year did Queen Victoria ascend to the throne?#twubquiz
6. Which country's capital is Reykjavík?#twubquiz
7. Name one of the two main pioneers of Cubism?#twubquiz
8. Which dog breeds are crossed to make a labradoodle?#twubquiz
9. Braeburn, Empire and Russet are types of what?#twubquiz
10. Which US state does the San Andreas Fault run?#twubquiz

Round 2
Current affairs
1. In which country has Google stopped cewnsoring its search results? #twubquiz
2. How much per day did BA claim the recent three day strike cost it? #twubquiz?
3.Which political party leader's wife has announced her pregnancy this week #twubquiz?
4. By how many votes was the US healthcare bill passed in Congress #twubquiz?
5. Which famous boxing commentator died this week? #twubquiz
6. What relative of Roald Dahl started a cooking show today? #twubquiz
7. In what country did a volcano erupt after 200 years of dormancy this
week? #twubquiz
8. Abuse of which hashtag had a conservative web site redirected to porn yesterday?#twubquiz
9. Which former minister likened himself to a cab on hire?#twubquiz
10. How has Monkseaton High School reduced absenteeism since October?#twubquiz

Round 3

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Round 4 Fruit or Veg

In each case say whether the item is a fruit or a vegetable

1. Tomato #twubquiz
2. Celery #twubquiz
3. Lettuce #twubquiz
4. Runner bean#twubquiz
5. Kumquat #twubquiz
6. Beetroot #twubquiz
7. Cucumber #twubquiz
8. Leek #twubquiz
9. Pumpkin #twubquiz
10. Marrow #twubquiz

Round 5 Eggheads


1. Which of the eggheads was the first winner of Who Wants to be a Millionaire? #twubquiz
2. What is egghead Chris' surname? #twubquiz
3. Who was the host drafted in to cover when Dermot is away? #twubquiz
4. What's the name of the audition show spin off that selects new eggheads? #twubquiz
5. Daphne has won Brain of Britain, Going for Gold and what show final, twice?#twubquiz
6. What does CJ's assumed surname mean translated from Dutch to English? #twubquiz
7. Who won a bad losers' version of the Weakest Link?#twubquiz
8. Who is the most recent addition to the eggheads? #twubquiz
9. What was the first team to beat the eggheads?#twubquiz
10. Which three eggheads have played on their own in the final round as of 22/3/10? #twubquiz

Answers Round 1

1. The Central Line
2. Red, Blue & Green (not yellow, that's paint, not light!)
3. Three
4. Tracey Emin
5. 1837
6. Iceland
7. Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque
8. Labrador and Poodle
9. Apple
10. California

Round 2 Answers


1. China
2. £7m
3. David Cameron
4. 7
5. Harry Carpenter
6. Sophie Dahl
7. Iceland
8. #cashgordon
9. Stephen Byers
10. Started lessons an hour later.

Round 3 answers

1. David Schwimmer
2. Paul Rudd
3. Maggie Wheeler
4. Courtney Cox
5. Jennifer Aniston
6. Eliott Gould
7. Matthew Perry
8. James Michael Taylor
9. Lisa Kudrow
10. Matt Leblanc


Answers Round 4

1. Fruit
2. Veg
3. Veg
4. Fruit
5. Fruit
6. Veg
7. Fruit
8. Veg
9. Fruit
10. Fruit

Round 5 Answers

1. Judith Keppel
2. Hughes
3. Jeremy Vine
4. Are you and egghead?
5. Fifteen to One
6. Handsome Man or The Beautiful
7. CJ
8. Pat Gibson
9. The Unicorn Inn
10. Kevin, Daphne and Barry