Round 1 - General Knowledge #twubquiz
1. Who played Wolfie Smith in the BBC sitcom Citizen Smith? #twubquiz
2. Who invented the arc lamp? #twubquiz
3. Bronislaw Komorowski recently became the president of which country? #twubquiz
4. In the electromagnetic spectrum what comes between ultra-violet and infra-red? #twubquiz
5. Which country is known as the Land of the Thousand Lakes (even though it has closer to 190,000)? #twubquiz
6. Which actor wrote and sang the theme tune to kid's TV show "Button Moon"? #twubquiz
7. What type of sweets were launched in Sheffield in 1919 to mark the end of the war? #twubquiz
8. What one thing did William Shakespeare leave to his wife, Anne Hathaway, in his will? #twubquiz
9. In the cartoon Hong Kong Phooey, what is the janitor's first name? #twubquiz
10. Who was the runner up in the Men's singles at Wimbledon this year, losing to Rafael Nadal in the final? #twubquiz
Round 2 - Biscuits and Cakes #twubquiz
1. What biscuit named after an Italian Genreal? #twubquiz
2. Which TV show featured a fictional illegal drug called cake? #twubquiz
3. What cake was 1st sold at the corner of Vicarage Road and St Mary’s Road, Lancashire, 1793? #twubquiz
4. What cake takes its name from a fortified Portugese wine popular at the time the cake was invented? #twubquiz
5. what invigorating sweet contains lady-finger biscuits and espresso coffe? #twubquiz
6. Which kids TV show featured The Phantom Flan Flinger? #twubquiz
7. Which historical figure allegedly burned some cakes and was scolded by a peasant? #twubquiz
8. What French term does the name biscuit derive from? #twubquiz
9. What is the official diference between a biscuit and a cake? #twubquiz
10. In 2007, to the nearest 10kg, how heavy was the worlds largest biscuit, baked in Munich? #twubquiz
Round 3
Round 4 - Phobias
1. Marylin Monroe suffered with which common phobia? #twubquiz
2. Tyramophobia is the fear of what? #twubquiz
3. Indiana Jones has a fear or what? #twubquiz
4. What is the fear of clowns called? #twubquiz
5. Paraskavedekatriaphobia is the fear of what? #twubquiz
6. What is the name of the creatures in the Harry Potter books that show you your deepest fears? #twubquiz
7. Phasmophobia is the fear of what? #twubquiz
8. The Greek god of fear lends his name to a moon of which planet? #twubquiz
9. Gymnophobia is the fear of what? #twubquiz
10. Which TV character has a total of 312 phobias? #twubquiz
Round 5 - Connections
1. Which European coutry was officially formed in 1871? #twubquiz
2. What UK tabloid had the headline Freddie Star Ate My Hamster in 1986? #twubquiz
3. What US State belonged to Mexico until 1850? #twubquiz
4. Which Neil Diamond song was deemed inappropriate for radio in USA after 9/11? #twubquiz
5. Linus Pauling is one of only 2 people to win 2 Nobel Prizes in different categories. Name the other. #twubquiz
6. Which recent award winning British movie was directed by David Bowie's son? #twubquiz
7. Who wrote a novel first published in 1928 that was not published openly in the UK until 1960 due to its content? #twubquiz
8. Which country was the last to win the football World Cup for the first time? #twubquiz
9. Which British film actress was famous for playing Miss Marple in the 60s? #twubquiz
10. What connects answers 1 - 9 ? #twubquiz
Tie Break
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How many stiches are there in my Doctor Who scarf?
Answers
Round 1
1. Robert Lindsay
2. Humphry Davy
3. Poland
4. Visible light
5. Finland
6. Peter Davison
7. Peace Babies (Now called Jelly Babies)
8. The second best bed
9. Penry
10. Tomas Berdych
Round 2
1. Garabaldi
2. Brass Eye
3. Eccles Cake
4. Madeira
5. Tiramasu
6. Tiswas
7. King Alfred the Great
8. Bake twice
9. A biscuit goes soft when stale, a cake goes hard.
10. 600kg
Round 3
1. cell
2. Switch
3. LED (Light Emmiting Diode)
4. Battery
5. Lamp
6. Resistor
7. Ammeter
8. Heater
9. AC (alternating current) supply
10. Fuse
Round 4
1. Agrophobia
2. Needles / injections
3. Snakes
4. Coulrophobia
5. Friday the 13th
6. Boggarts
7. Ghosts
8. Mars
9. Nudity
10. Adrian Monk
Round 5
1. Germany
2. The Sun
3. California
4. America
5. Marie Curie
6. Moon
7. DH Lawrence
8. France
9. Margaret Rutherford
10. Names/Things that chemical elements have been named for: Germanium, Helium, Californium, Americum, Curium, Selenium, Lawrencium, Francium, Rutherfordium
Tie Break
The scarf has 65,934 stiches
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