Q1. Who wrote the novel The Three Musketeers? #twubquiz
A1. Alexandre Dumas.
Q2. What year did Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson (Madame de Pompadour) die? +\- 10 years. #twubquiz
A2. 1764.
Q3. The group of young Manchester United football players involved in the 1958 Munich air disaster were nicknamed the Busby what? #twubquiz
A3. Babes.
Q4. Adolf Hitler was born in which country? #twubquiz
A4. Austria.
Q5. Which festival events are referred to as "encierro" in the native Spanish? #twubquiz
A5. Running of the Bulls.
Q6. The late Patrick Swayze contributed which song to the Dirty Dancing soundtrack? #twubquiz
A6. She's Like The Wind.
Q7. Which winter Olympic sport can be played in differing styles called "regular" and "goofy"? #twubquiz
A7. Snowboard.
Q8. In which British county does the Bramley apple originate? #twubquiz
A8. Nottinghamshire.
Q9. How many syllables must a sonnet have? #twubquiz
A9. 140.
Q10. Which element has the atomic number of 15? #twubquiz
A10. Phosphorus.
Round 2. Buffy the Vampire Slayer #twubquiz
Q1. Why was Buffy expelled from her first highschool? #twubquiz
A1. She burnt down the gym.
Q2. Sunnydale High School is situated on top of The Hellmouth, in season 1 which room is it directly under? #twubquiz
A2. The library.
Q3. Who was Spike's sire? #twubquiz
A3. Drusilla.
Q4. Every slayer is assigned a mentor to guide them, what are they called? #twubquiz
A4. Watcher.
Q5. Finish the quote from Season 1's "Never Kill a Boy on the First Date": "If the apocalypse comes..." #twubquiz
A5. Beep me.
Q6. Which two Buffy characters ended up as series regulars in spin-off Angel (excluding the title character)? (1/2 point for each) #twubquiz
A6. Cordelia and Wesley. (And Spike. And Harmony)
Q7. "Tabula Rasa" is the name of a Season 7 episode where the Scooby Gang lose their memories. What does "Tabula Rasa" mean? #twubquiz
A7. Clean slate.
Q8. Two episodes stood out because of their audio: Hush (for having very little dialogue) & The Body. Why was The Body remarkable? #twubquiz
A8. There was no backing track.
Q9. Scooby member Oz is what kind of creature? #twubquiz
A9. Werewolf.
Q10. How many times has Buffy died? #twubquiz
A10. Twice.
Round 3. Picture This - can you identify the title and artist of these famous paintings from the cropped image? ½ point each #twubquiz
A1. "A Bigger Splash" by Hockney.
A2. "A Market Place" by LS Lowry.
A3. "Le Rêve" aka "The Dream" by Picasso.
A4. "Sunflowers" by van Gogh.
A5. "Campbell's Soup" by Andy Warhol.
A6. "The Scream" by Munch.
A7. "Son of Man" by Magritte.
A8. "Starry Night" by van Gogh.
A9. "The Last Supper" by Leonardo da Vinci.
A10. "Girl With a Pearl Earring" by Johannes Vermeer.
Round 4. Quoth He - Quotes from Shakespeare's plays. Identify the character and play they originate from, 1/2 point each. #twubquiz
Q1. "Ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man" #twubquiz
A1. Mercutio, Romeo and Juliet.
Q2. "Madness in great ones must not unwatch'd go" #twubquiz
A2. Claudius, Hamlet.
Q3. "Et tu, Brute?" #twubquiz
Q3. Caesar, Julius Caesar.
Q4. "Quoth my master: 'I know,' quoth he, 'no house, no wife, no mistress.'" #twubquiz
A4. Dromio of Ephesus, Comedy of Errors.
Q5. "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark" #twubquiz
A5. Marcellus, Hamlet.
Q6. "What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet" #twubquiz
A6. Juliet, Romeo and Juliet.
Q7. "Journeys end in lovers meeting, every wise man's son doth know" #twubquiz
A7. Feste, Twelfth Night.
Q8. "We few, we happy few, we band of brothers" #twubquiz
A8. King Henry V, Henry V.
Q9. "I kiss the wall's hole, not your lips at all" #twubquiz
A9. Flute/Thisbe, Midsummer Night's Dream.
Q10. "Our wooing doth not end like an old play; Jack hath not Jill" #twubquiz
A10. Berowne, Love's Labour's Lost.
Round 5. Stand Up - questions on comedians, comics etc. (FYI "comedian" is used whether subject is male or female) #twubquiz
Q1. Tommy Cooper was famous for wearing which item of clothing? #twubquiz
A1. A fez.
Q2. Which comedian and ventriloquist voices puppets called Peanut and José Jalapeño on a Stick? #twubquiz
A2. Jeff Dunham.
Q3. Which comedian often sings "The Ballad Of Barry And Freda" during their stand up routine? #twubquiz
A3. Victoria Wood.
Q4. Which comedian joined up with Jackie Chan for the Rush Hour movies? #twubquiz
A4. Chris Tucker.
Q5. Which host of The Generation Game, who died in 1995, was born William Sulley White? #twubquiz
A5. Larry Grayson.
Q6. Who recently ran 43 full marathons in 51 days for the charity Sport Relief? #twubquiz
A6. Eddie Izzard.
Q7. What were the first names of double act legends Laurel and Hardy? #twubquiz
A7. Stan and Oliver.
Q8. Which comedian and chat show host married actress Portia de Rossi in 2008? #twubquiz
A8. Ellen DeGeneres.
Q9. Tim Minchin is writing the music and lyrics for which production at the Royal Shakespeare Company? #twubquiz
A9. Matilda.
Q10. Frankie Boyle recently came under fire for describing which Olympian as someone looking at themselves in the back of a spoon? #twubquiz
A10. Rebecca Adlington.
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