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
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.
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