Monday, 26 April 2010

Quiz Archive 20th April

Round 1 General Knowledge

1. What colour is the District line on the tube map? #twubquiz
2. What phenomenon causes a straw in a glass of water to appear broken?#twubquiz
3. Name a common land based gastropod. #twubquiz
4. Which artist achieved fame for artwork that included dead animals preserved in formaldehyde?#twubquiz
5. What ended Henry VIII's marriage to Anne Boleyn?#twubquiz
6. What is the capital of Denmark?#twubquiz
7. What artistic technique involves painting in small dots of pure colour?#twubquiz
8. Which is the official state cat of Maine?#twubquiz
9. What conserve is often made using Seville oranges?#twubquiz
10. What is the name of an area where one tectonic plate descends below another?#twubquiz

Round 2
Current affairs
1. Why has the name Eyjafjallajokull been important this week? #twubquiz
2. Who claimed he'd met a "40 year old black man" who was very concerned about immigration? #twubquiz?
3. What Gordon Brown phrase became an unofficial Lib Dem hashtag #twubquiz?
4. Who announced that he's quitting the BBC for ITV this week #twubquiz?
5. What date was the last day for registering to vote in the UK general election? #twubquiz
6. Which singer and activist took on the BNP's Richard Barnbrook this week? #twubquiz
7. Iranian cleric Hojatoleslam Kazem Sedighi claimed that women wearing revealing clothing were responsible for what? #twubquiz
8. What was the typo that caused the recall of 7,000 copies of The Pasta Bible?#twubquiz
9. Who is the leader of the green party?#twubquiz
10. What website claimed an exclusive when it reviewed a stolen iphone 4 prototype?#twubquiz

Round 3

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Round 4 Fungus or Alien
In each case say whether the item is an English name for a fungus or a Doctor Who alien

1. Blusher#twubquiz
2. Gelth #twubquiz
3. Foamasi #twubquiz
4. Fused tooth #twubquiz
5. Sickener #twubquiz
6. Drashig #twubquiz
7. Drahvin #twubquiz
8. Gond #twubquiz
9. Earthfan #twubquiz
10. Dogend #twubquiz

Round 5 Theme Tunes

In each case identify the TV programme. Some are easier than others!

1. https://www.humyo.com/5603985/quizzes/Audio/Themes2/theme1.mp3?a=0_9qDZeD3xo
#twubquiz

2. https://www.humyo.com/5603985/quizzes/Audio/Themes2/theme2.mp3?a=bT_9fswGJbc
#twubquiz

3. https://www.humyo.com/5603985/quizzes/Audio/Themes2/theme3.mp3?a=JrfarRHy6wA
#twubquiz

4. https://www.humyo.com/5603985/quizzes/Audio/Themes2/theme4.mp3?a=gDicWSKwZzM
#twubquiz

5. https://www.humyo.com/5603985/quizzes/Audio/Themes2/theme5.mp3?a=8xnt2nRiBK8
#twubquiz

6. https://www.humyo.com/5603985/quizzes/Audio/Themes2/theme6.mp3?a=WW1ZwRJZCK4
#twubquiz

7. https://www.humyo.com/5603985/quizzes/Audio/Themes2/theme7.mp3?a=toa4vcIUX3Y
#twubquiz

8. https://www.humyo.com/5603985/quizzes/Audio/Themes2/theme8.mp3?a=w-lzsCtk05Q
#twubquiz

9. https://www.humyo.com/5603985/quizzes/Audio/Themes2/theme9.mp3?a=nunzuu6xIPs
#twubquiz

10. https://www.humyo.com/5603985/quizzes/Audio/Themes2/theme10.mp3?a=x4yDJV2qgjo
#twubquiz


Answers Round 1

1. Green
2. Refraction
3. Slug or Snail
4. Damian Hurst
5. She was beheaded
6. Copenhagen
7. Pointilism
8. Maine Coon
9. Marmalade
10. Subduction zone

 Round 2 Answers


1. It's the volcano that's grounded aircraft
2. David Cameron
3. I agree with Nick
4. Adrian Chiles
5. Today 20th April
6. Billy Bragg
7. Eathquakes
8. It called for "freshly ground black people"
9. Caroline Lucas
10. Gizmodo

Round 3

1. Spongebob Squarepants
2. Bobby Hill
3. Denis the Menace
4. Beavis
5. Mr Bump
6. Cartman
7. Daffy Duck
8. Goofy
9. Peter Griffin
10. Mr Burns

Answers Round 4
1. Fungus
2. Alien
3. Alien
4. Fungus
5. fungus
6. Alien
7. Alien
8. Alien
9. Fungus
10. Fungus

Round 5 Answers

1. Baywatch
2. Benny Hill
3. Call my bluff
4. The Good Life
5. Grange Hill
6. Heroes
7. The Littlest Hobo
8. Reggie Perrin
9. Roobarb
10. Wonder Woman 

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