Quiz Archive July 20th

ROUND 1: General Knowledge

How many football teams took part in this year’s World Cup in South Africa? #twubquiz

In which TV show would you find the characters Catherine Willows and Nick Stokes? #twubquiz

Which famous book ends with the line: "He would be in Jem's room all night, and he would be there when Jem waked up in the morning”? #twubquiz

What are the three main ingredients that make up a Cosmopolitan cocktail? #twubquiz

Which famous ballerina was involved in a coup to overthrow the government of Panama in the 1950’s?#twubquiz

What comes next in this sequence: 1, 3, 4, 7, 11…..? #twubquiz

In which film does the lead character say the following line: ‘I'm not a smart man, but I know what love is.’ #twubquiz

Which British female gymnast received an MBE alongside Formula 1 world champion Jenson Button on this years Honours list? #twubquiz

American rapper Eminem headlined which music festival based in Scotland this summer? #twubquiz

What is the name of the act who won this year’s Britain’s Got Talent? #twubquiz

Round 2 Mad Scientists
1. Which schizophrenic mad scientist populated a novel by Robert Louis Stevenson? #twubquiz


2. Who is Mary Shelley’s most famous mad scientist? #twubquiz


3. What was the name of the mad scientist in David Cronenburg’s classic horror remake of ‘The Fly’? #twubquiz


4. What is the name of the mad scientist from the cult 1919 silent German, expressionist scary movie? #twubquiz


5. Which mad scientist inhabited an island created by H.G. Wells? #twubquiz


6. Who was the mad doctor fascinated by life after death in the classic 1985 gore-fest movie ‘Re-Animator’? #twubquiz


7. Who was Marty McFly’s mad scientist companion? #twubquiz


8. Which mad scientist created Mini Me? #twubquiz


9. Which cross-dressing mad scientist appeared with Susan Sarandon and Meatloaf in a 1975 movie musical? #twubquiz


Who was the mad scientist from the cartoon series, Pinky and the Brain? #twubquiz


Round 4 Animal Magic
1. Which creature’s hair is the main ingredient in itching powder? #twubquiz
2. What is the largest land carnivore in the world? #twubquiz

3. US President George Washington’s false teeth were not made of wood, as is commonly believed. What were they carved from? #twubquiz

4. Which marine animal kills the most humans per year? #twubquiz

5. Which animal was used in folk medicine as a ‘cure’ for bed wetting? #twubquiz

6. What is the collective noun for a group of ferrets? #twubquiz

7. Which animal has the strongest bite? #twubquiz

8. What is the correct term for a baby porcupine? #twubquiz

9. In the animal world what is ‘a dork’? #twubquiz

10. How many flowers (to the nearest thousand) must a bee visit to make one tablespoon of honey? #twubquiz


Round 5 Higher or Lower
This round you have to guess whether the celebrity's height is Heigher or Lower than the previous celebrity #twubquiz

Our “marker” is Tom Cruise. #twubquiz

1. Britney Spears #twubquiz
2. Antonio Banderas #twubquiz
3. Jeff Goldblum #twubquiz
4. Liam Neeson #twubquiz
5. Ralph Fiennes #twubquiz
6. Rupert Grint #twubquiz
7. Leonardo DiCaprio #twubquiz
8. Michael Caine #twubquiz
9. Russell Brand #twubquiz
10. Cameron Diaz #twubquiz

Answers

Round 1

32
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
‘To Kill a Mockingbird’, Harper Lee
Vodka, Triple Sec (Cointreau), Cranberry juice
Dame Margot Fonteyn
18, you simply have to add the previous 2 terms to get the next one
Forest Gump
Beth Tweddle
T in the Park
Spelbound
Round 2
1 Dr. Jekyll from ‘The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’, 1886
2 Dr Frankenstein from ‘Frankenstein’ or ‘The Modern Prometheus’, 1818
3 Seth Brundle played by Jeff Goldblum, 1986
4 ‘The Cabinet of Dr Caligari,’ directed by Robert Wiene: Das Kabinett des Doktor Caligari
5 Dr. Moreau from ‘The Island of Dr. Moreau’, 1896
6 Dr Herbert West, dir: Stuart Gordon, based on the short story by H.P. Lovecraft
7 Dr Emmet Brown from Back to the Future
8 Dr Evil from Austin Powers
9 Dr. Frank N. Furter from The Rocky Horror Picture Show
10 Brain.

Round 3
1 Buddleia
2 Hoya
3 Pansy
4 Geranium
5 Orchid
6 Magnolia
7 Marigold
8 Cornflower
9 Fuschia
10 Courgette

Round 4
1. Tarantula
2. Grizzly Bear
3. The tusks of a hippopotamus
4. Box Jellyfish
5. The Mouse. The medicinal mouse was either fried and roasted or reduced to a powder and mixed with water.
6. A business of ferrets
7. The crocodile
8. A Porcupette
9. A whale’s penis
4,000
Round 5
Tom Cruise 1.70 m
Britney Spears 1.63 m Lower
Antonio Banderas 1.74 m Higher
Jeff Goldblum 1.94 m Higher
Liam Neeson 1.93 m Lower
Ralph Fiennes 1.83 m Lower
Rupert Grint 1.78m Lower
Leonardo DiCaprio 1.83 m Higher
Michael Caine 1.88 m Higher
Russell Brand 1.85 m Lower
Cameron Diaz 1.75 m Lower