Quiz Archive June 29th

Hosted by @VeggieV

Round 1

7 days around the world:

Questions:

1. Who joined dance act Orbital live on stage at Glastonbury?
2. David Cameron watched England get knocked out of the world cup with which other World Leader?
3. More than 170 artists have criticised Tate Britain for accepting sponsorship from who?
4. Name the General dismissed last week as head of the US military in Afghanistan
5. What Marilyn Monroe memorabilia has just sold for $45,000 in Las Vegas?
6. What will be completely banned in prisons in New Zealand from July 2011?
7. Cabin crew from which airline have appeared in court over charges of smuggling 3kg of cocaine into UK?
8. In which City did the Cabinet hold their first regional meeting this week ?
9. The deputy editor of which magazine is in trouble for calling breastfeeding "creepy"?
10. Who has been just named the most powerful celebrity in the world by Forbes magazine.

round 2 questions

Wimbledon

1. Name one of the players involved in this year's longest tennis match in history.
2. Name the schoolmistress womble.
3. In what year was a wooden racket last used at Wimbledon ?
4. Who played the up-and-coming tennis star Lizzie Bradbury in the 2004 film Wimbledon?
5. Why is the Wat Buddhapadipa buddist temple in Wimbledon particularly significant?
6. Who wrote The Wimbledon Trilogy (The Wimbledon Poisoner;They Came from SW19&East of Wimbledon)?
7. What would the word Wimbledon score in scrabble?
8. In 1988 who did Wimbledon football club beat to win the FA Cup?
9. Which famous sporting venue would you find in Plough Lane, Wimbledon?
10. At the end of which tube line is Wimbledon station?

Round 3
Name the Aussie show

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Round 4

Questions

1. According to the International Ice Cream Association what is the most
popular flavour of ice cream?
2. Lovin' Spoonful sang which 1960's summer anthem?
3. The higest temp measured on Earth was in El Azizia - which country is
it in?
4. In A Midsummer Night's Dream how is Robin Goodfellow better known?
5. Blackpool Sands is a blue flag beach. True or false?
6. In 2009 was the top international tourist destination (a) France (b)
UK (c) US (d) Mexico?
7. Summer Phoenix is married to which fellow US actor?
8. According to Gershwin's Summertime who is good lookin?
9. "Litha" is another name for what?
10. In 'Summer Holiday' in which city are Cliff Richard and his friends
arrested for 'kidnapping'?

Round 5

1. Name this old computer game (see twitpic)
2. Which state was the last to join the Confederacy and first to be readmitted to the Union at the end of the American civil war?
3. ***** Arcade is the famous web comic about gamers started in 1998 (fill in the blank)
4. Name Canada's largest city.
5. Who played the character of Doralee Rhodes in a 1980 classic American film?
6. Which drink is advertised as "seriously easy going"?
7. How many syllables are there in a Haiku?
8. Mull of Kintyre was a hit for which band?
9. Which US state's official animal is the grizzly bear and is known as "The Treasure State"
10. What is the connection?


Answers
round 1

1. Matt Smith
2. Angela Merkl
3. BP
4. Gen Stanley McChrystal
5. chest xrays
6. smoking
7. South African Airways
8. Bradford
9. Mother & Baby
10. Oprah Winfrey

round 2

1. Nicolas Mahut or John Isner
2. Miss Adelaide
3. 1987
4. Kirsten Dunst
5. First Buddhist temple in the United Kingdom
6. Nigel Williams
7. 0 - it is a proper noun.
8. Liverpool
9. Wimbledon stadium (dog track)
10. District

round 3

1. H2O: Just add water
2. Sons and daughters
3. Home and Away
4. Summer Heights High
5. Return to Eden
6. Underbelly
7. The Young Doctors
8. A Country Practice
9. Sullivans
10. Out of the Blue

round 4

1. Vanilla

2. Summer in the City

3. Libya

4. Puck

5. True

6. France

7. Casey Affleck

8. Your mamma

9. Midsummer

10. Athens



round 5

1. Breakout
2. Tennessee
3. Penny
4. Toronto.
5. Dolly Parton
6. Malibu
7. 17
8. Wings
9. Montana
10. Miley Cyrus / Hnnah Montana

Quiz Archive June 22nd

Hosted by @JasonDass

General Knowledge
1. What are the two main political parties in the USA? #twubquiz
2. Frank Duckworth and Tony Lewis are associated with which sport? #twubquiz
3. The late John Bonham played drums for which British rock band during the 1970s?
#twubquiz
4. What country playing at this year’s FIFA world cup is ranked 105th in the world?
#twubquiz
5. Michael Jackson was born and raised on the outskirts of which American city?
#twubquiz
6. What is the capital of Senegal? #twubquiz
7. Sulphur dioxide is a chemical compound. What is its formula? #twubquiz
8. What position did Michael Martin hold within Parliament from 2000-2009? #twubquiz
9. Name one of the three films that have won 11 Academy Awards (Oscars) #twubquiz
10. What is the 4th largest planet in the solar system? #twubquiz
Elton John Round
1.
Can you name Elton’s real name? (First or surname) #twubquiz
2.
‘Candle in the wind 1997’ sold how many million copies, 17, 27 or 37? #twubquiz
3.
With which English football club is Sir Elton heavily associated with? #twubquiz
4.
What decade was Sir Elton born in? #twubquiz
5.
Number 1 hit ‘Bennie and the Jets’ (1973) was the star piece of which album?
#twubquiz
6. Can you name one of the three other men who set up Rocket Records with Elton in
1972? #twubquiz
7. Who did Elton marry on Valentine ’s Day in 1984? (will accept surname) #twubquiz
8. What 1994 Disney film did Elton write the soundtrack to? #twubquiz
9. Who has written practically all the lyrics for Elton’s songs since 1967? #twubquiz
10. Sir Elton is godfather to two children of which famous English footballer? #twubquiz

Round 3 http://jasondass.wordpress.com/twubquiz/

World Cup Round
1.
Who is currently the number 1 ranked team in the world?
2.
What player has scored the most goals at one world cup tournament?
3.
Who was the first team officially knocked out of this year’s world cup?
4.
Name two of the South African cities being used to host games
5.
Who is manager of the Ivory Coast (Cote d’Ivoire) side?
6.
Who did South Africa draw 1-1 with in the opening match?
7.
When was the last time England hosted a world cup?
8.
Who is England’s representative referee for the finals?
9.
The ‘Glo Premier League’ is the top division in which nation: Honduras, Ghana or
Nigeria?
10. Who is captain of the Spanish national side?
Traditions Round
1. The third Pillar of Islam is Zakat, what is this?
2. When is Thankgiving Day held in America?
3. Who was the founder of Sikhism?
4. The imperial capital of the Roman Empire was called what? (now Istanbul in Turkey)
5. In what river did John the Baptist baptise Jesus in?
6. What is the largest religion in the world?
7. The Jedi Church is a recognised religion fundamentally based in what country?
8. Who is the current Pope? (Religious or Christian name)
9. How many Psalms are there in the Bible?
10. Shabbat is the 7th day of the Jewish week. What day is this for the rest of the world?
Jason Dass

Answers
General knowledge
1. Democrats and Republicans
2. Cricket
3. Led Zeppelin
4. North Korea
5. Chicago (accept Gary)
6. Dakar
7. SO2
8. Speaker
9. Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, tied Ben-Hur and Titanic at 11 Oscars.
10. Neptune

Elton John
1. Reginald Kenneth Dwight
2. 37million
3. Watford FC
4. 1940s (1947)
5. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
6. Bernie Taupin, Gus Dudgeon, Steve Brown
7. Rebate Blauel
8. The Lion King
9. Bernie Taupin
10. David Beckham

Round 4
Anagrams: Easyjet, Fatigue, Poseidon, Christie, Wakefield
World Cup
1. Brazil
2. France's Just Fontaine (13 in 1958)
3. Cameroon
4. Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, Bloemfontein, Durban, Pretoria, Rustenburg, Nelspruit,
Johannesburg, Polokwane
5. Sven Goran Eriksson
6. Mexico
7. 1966
8. Howard Webb
9. Ghana
10. Iker Casillas

Round 5 Tradition Round
1. Giving to charity
2. Fourth Thursday in November
3. Guru Nanak
4. Constantinople
5. River Jordan
6. Islam (accept Muslim)
7. New Zealand
8. Pope Benedict XVI
9. 150
10. Saturday

Quiz Archive 15th June

Round 1 General Knowledge

1. What is measured on the Scoville scale? #twubquiz
2. What was the most significant geological deposit during the Carboniferous period? #twubquiz
3. What is the capital of Illinois? #twubquiz
4. In which Shakespearean play is Tybalt slain?#twubquiz
5. What fruit is commonly used as a pacifier for babies in China?#twubquiz
6. Whose diary is known for its eyewitness accounts of the great fire of London?#twubquiz
7. What star was born Edna May Beazley in the city of Wagga Wagga, Australia?#twubquiz
8. Which Italian region includes Florence? #twubquiz
9. What subatomic particle carries a negative electrical charge?#twubquiz
10. What plant feature characterizes the angiosperms?#twubquiz

Round 2
Vuvuzelas

1. What note does a standard vuvuzela produce? #twubquiz
2. How long was the longest working vuvuzela produced?#twubquiz
3. What was the original material used to produce vuvuzelas?#twubquiz
4. Which church threatened legal action to stop fans playing vuvuzelas at the world cup?#twubquiz
5. What's the maximum permitted length of vuvuzela at the 2010 world cup?#twubquiz
6. What's the maximum volume recorded emitted from a vuvuzela?#twubquiz
7. In 2001 Masincedane Sport began mass producing vuvzelas made from which material?#twubquiz
8. What is the suggested Zulu meaning of vuvuzela?#twubquiz
9. What item has run out of stock in many in South African pharmacies?#twubquiz
10. Which Daily Telegraph writer has described critics of vuvuzelas as "killjoys"?#twubquiz

Round 3

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Round 4

Tube Stations
Give the London Underground stations suggested by each clue.
1. Letter to the Corinthians #twubquiz
2. Maidstone perhaps? #twubquiz
3. Bigger than big #twubquiz
4. 1760 yards and stop! #twubquiz
5. Alpine hut #twubquiz
6. Oriental Pig #twubquiz
7. Up the wrong tree #twubquiz
8. "You may cross the river here sir" #twubquiz
9. Clerical envy #twubquiz
10. Angry monarch #twubquiz


Round 5
World Cups

1. How many millilitres are there in one US customary cup? #twubquiz
2. Which suit of cards is derived from the Latin card suit of cups?#twubquiz
3. CUPS is a kind of UNIX software to manage printing. What does the acronym stand for?#twubquiz
4. A protective cup is worn over which part of the body during some contact sports?#twubquiz
5. Complete the Madness lyric Teacher comes to break it up/Back of the `ead ...#twubquiz
6. Known variously as gak hoi, buhang and bentusa, what traditional therapy involves creating suction on parts of the skin?#twubquiz
7. What does a cupping pattern of tyre wear often indicate is wrong with a car?#twubquiz
8. In the bra size 36C, what part is the cup measurement?#twubquiz
9. The coffee cup sleeve that stops you burning your hands was patented by Jay Sorenson in what year?#twubquiz
10. What's the name of the drinking puzzle involving three or more cups joined together where you have to try to drink without spilling?#twubquiz

Answers Round 1

1. Spiciness of chilli peppers
2. Coal
3. Springfield
4. Romeo and Juliet
5. Lychee
6. Samuel Pepys
7. Dame Edna Everage
8. Tuscany
9. Electron
10. Flowers

Round 2 Answers


1. B flat
2. 35m (114 feet)
3. Tin
4. The Nazareth Baptist Church
5. 1m
6. 127 decibels
7. plastic
8. Making a vuvu noise
9. Ear plugs
10. Paul Kelso

Round 3
Flags

Answers

1. Vietnam
2. Belgium
3. Australia
4. Germany
5. Greece
6. Ireland
7. Italy
8. Luxembourg (after a change of heart am accepting netherlands too as they're so similar)
9. South Korea
10. People's republic of China

Round 4
1. St. Pauls
2. Kentish Town
3. Wapping
4. Mile End
5. Swiss Cottage
6. East Ham
7. Barking
8. Knightsbridge
9. Parsons Green
10. Kings Cross

Round 5 Answers
1. 237 (will accept 230-240)
2. Hearts
3. Common Unix Printing System
4. Male genitalia
5. with a plastic cup
6. Fire cupping
7. Poor wheel alignment
8. C
9. 1993
10. A fuddling cup.

Quiz Archive 8th June

Round 1

1: Since 1066, who was the first King of England to have "The Third" appended to his name?#twubquiz
2: In Goldilocks and the Three Bears, what foodstuff are the bears leaving to cool?#twubquiz
3: Steve Martin, Martin Short and which other actor comprised the Three Amigos in the 1986 comedy movie?#twubquiz
4: All countries that use DVDs with the region code 3 are found in which continent?#twubquiz
5: Three Mile Island, scene of a partial nuclear meltdown in 1979, is in the Susquehanna River in which US state?#twubquiz
6: In computing "Leetspeak", the number 3 is used to represent which upper-case letter?#twubquiz
7: The triskelion or trinacria, a three-legged symbol, is on the flag of which Italian island?#twubquiz
8: What name is given to three consecutive strikes in tenpin bowling?#twubquiz
9: What unit of length was defined as "three grains of barley, dry and round, placed end to end, lengthwise" in 1324?#twubquiz
10: And a very easy one for certain people here, who was the third actor to play Doctor Who from 1970 - 1974?#twubquiz

R2 questions

1: In 2002 which ex-minister revealed she had an affair with John Major in the mid-1980s?#twubquiz
2: The 1989 film Scandal was based on Christine Keeler's affair with which Secretary of State in 1963?#twubquiz
3: What did Douglas Hogg claim expenses for last parliament? A duck house, moat cleaning, or pornographic pay-per-views?#twubquiz
4: And which newspaper broke the story of the expenses claims scandal?#twubquiz
5: Who is the Formula 1 boss who donated a £1m to the Labour Party, after which saw the tobacco advertising ban not apply to F1?#twubquiz
6: The Watergate Complex, scene of a political break-in tied to Nixon's re-election campaign, is in which city?#twubquiz
7: After being sent to jail for perjury in 2001, which politician wrote his prison diaries under the nom de plume "FF 8282"?#twubquiz
8: Who was British Prime Minister at the start of the Suez Crisis in 1956?#twubquiz
9: Who resigned as Defence Secretary in 1986 due to the Westland Affair?#twubquiz
10: Who was the leader of the Liberal party forced to resign after being accused of conspiring to murder his lover, Norman Scott?#twubquiz

Round 3

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Round 4
1: How many points is the OUTER Gold zone worth in Archery?#twubquiz
2: Nicknamed Goldenballs, which footballer holds the record for most England caps for an outfield player?#twubquiz
3: Which gameshow invited contestants to stand on the hot spot to complete a gold run?#twubquiz
4: Chattanooga Choo Choo, the first song to be awarded a gold record in 1942, was released by which bandleader?#twubquiz
5: What was the name of the ship on which Jason set sail to retrieve the Golden Fleece?#twubquiz
6: Which UK radio station is based at 1 Golden Square, London?#twubquiz
7: Who starred as James Bond in The Man with the Golden Gun?#twubquiz
8: What is the chemical symbol for gold?#twubquiz
9: The Golden Bear is which city's film festival's top prize?#twubquiz
10: The Golden Arches are a symbol of which restaurant chain?#twubquiz

Round 5
Queen Lyrics

1: She keeps Moet et Chandon; In her pretty cabinet; 'Let them eat cake' she says; Just like Mary Antoinette #twubquiz
2: Are you ready, Are you ready for this; Are you hanging on the edge of your seat? #twubquiz
3: You say black I say white; You say bark I say bite; You say shark I say hey man; Jaws was never my scene #twubquiz
4: Because I'm easy come, easy go, Little high, little low, Any way the wind blows doesn't really matter to me, to me #twubquiz
5: Just laughing and gay like a clown (ooh ooh ooh); I seem to be what I'm not you see; I'm wearing my heart like a clown #twubquiz
6: You're my sunshine; And I want you to know; That my feelings are true; I really love you #twubquiz
7: There goes my baby; She knows how to Rock n' roll; She drives me crazy; She gives me hot and cold fever #twubquiz
8: C'mon Oh won't you take me home tonight? Oh down beside your red firelight; Oh and you give it all you got #twubquiz
9: With the rhythm and the rhymes let the music flow; Everybody everywhere listen to the radio #twubquiz
10: I've fallen in love; I've fallen in love for the first time; And this time I know it's for real #twubquiz

Answers
3 Is The Magic Number
1: Henry III (He ruled from 1207, but as an aside Henry the Young King ruled with his father Henry II from 1155 - 1183)
2: Porridge
3: Chevy Chase
4: Asia
5: Pennsylvania
6: E
7: Sicily
8: Turkey (Will accept Triple, Triple X)
9: Inch
10: Jon Pertwee

Political Scandals
1: Edwina Currie
2: John Profumo
3: Moat cleaning. He denies it, which makes one wonder why he put moat cleaning on his expenses claims if he wasn't claiming for it. Jacqui
Smith's husband ordered the pornography which made its way onto her expenses claims, whilst Peter Viggers claimed for the duck house.
4: Daily Telegraph (Accepting Telegraph)
5: Bernie Ecclestone
6: Washington, D.C.
7: Jeffrey Archer
8: Anthony Eden
9: Michael Heseltine
10: Jeremy Thorpe

Pictures:
1: Benny Andersson (Any answer variant that includes Benny I've accepted. Any with Bjorn I've rejected)
2: Hagar the Horrible
3: Alfred Nobel
4: Sandi Toksvig
5: Niels Bohr
6: Mika Hakkinen
7: Ulrika Jonsson (Have accepted Ulrikakaka)
8: Bjorn Borg
9: Ingmar Bergman
10: Hans Christian Andersen

Gold:
1: 9
2: David Beckham
3: Blockbusters
4: Glenn Miller
5: Argo (will not accept Argonaut - they were Jason's crew)
6: Absolute Radio (Will accept Virgin Radio, as a former name of the station)
7: Roger Moore
8: Au
9: Berlin
10: McDonalds

Queen: (I'm only accepting the exact title, give or take the definite article)
1: Killer Queen
2: Another One Bites The Dust
3: Bicycle Race
4: Bohemian Rhapsody
5: The Great Pretender
6: You're My Best Friend
7: Crazy Little Thing Called Love
8: Fat Bottomed Girls
9: Radio Ga Ga
10: I Want To Break Free