1. Who had the UK's best selling album of the noughties? #twubquiz
2. What is the collective noun for a group of domestic cats? #twubquiz
3. The Varicella Zoster virus causes what illness? #twubquiz
4. Which Australian state is its own island? #twubquiz
5. On what road did Nellie the Elephant meet the Head of the Herd? #twubquiz
6. Double amputee athlete Oscar Pistorius has what nickname? #twubquiz
7. What group of artists and poets was founded by William Holman Hunt, John Everett Millais and Dante Gabriel Rossetti? #twubquiz
8. What type of food is Petit Suisse? #twubquiz
9. Odette is the main female protagonist in which ballet? #twubquiz
10.There are 2 London Tube stations that use all 5 vowels in their name. Name one of them. #twubquiz
Round 2 - Music in the Movies
1. What song does Bill Murray's character wake up to every morning in Groundhog Day? #twubquiz
2. Which band provided 2 songs for the Back to the Future soundtrack? #twubquiz
3. Which James Bond film did Lois Armstrong provide the title song for? #twubquiz
4. What song does Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom open on? #twubquiz
5. In Pulp Fiction, what song do Uma Thurman and John Travolta's characters dance to in the twist competition? #twubquiz
6. The line "Play it, Sam" in Casablanca refers to which song? #twubquiz
7. "You Got A Friend in me" is the title song from which 1995 animated film? #twubquiz
8. Who played the lead singer of The Weird Sisters in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire? #twubquiz
9. The song "Jai Ho" won the Oscar for best original song in 2008 for which movie? #twubquiz
10. What song is used as a "kick" trigger in the film Inception? #twubquiz
Round 3 Comic Book Characters
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Round 4 - Sherlock Holmes
1. At what address do Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson live? #twubquiz
2. What is the name of Sherlock's brother? #twubquiz
3. What was the name of the first Sherlock Holmes novel? #twubquiz
4. What is the name of Doctor Watson's wife? (and I won't accept Mrs Watson, smart arses!) #twubquiz
5. Which of the following was a hobby of Sherlock's: bee keeping; stamp collecting; gambling. #twubquiz
6. In which coutry did Sherlock have a final duel with Moriarty? #twubquiz
7. What was Moriarty a professor of? #twubquiz
8. The Hound of the Baskervilles begins with the death of Sir Charles Baskerville. How does he die? #twubquiz
9. What is the name of the woman that outwits Sherlock and is noted by Watson to be held in high regard by Holmes? #twubquiz
10. What is the only fictional character to apprear in more film adaptaions than Sherlock Holmes? #twubquiz
Round 5 - Connections
1. What is the name for a gem set by itself? #twubquiz
2. What was the name of the cat in the cartoon Pixie and Dixie? #twubquiz
3. In which 2005 film did Keira Knightley play a bounty hunter alongside Mickey Rourke? #twubquiz
4. What cocktail is commonly made with 3 measures gin, one measure vodka, and one half-measure Lillet? #twubquiz
5. James Brown died on which day in 2006? #twubquiz
6. Which one act opera by Richard Strauss first performed in 1909 is based on a Greek tragedy of the same name? #twubquiz
7. Which Beatles song was inspired by a Salvation Army house near John Lennon's home in Liverpool? #twubquiz
8. Which 1942 Disney film is based on a book subtitled "A life in the woods" published in 1923? #twubquiz
9. What radio code word comes from the French m'aider meaning "come help me"? #twubquiz
10. What connects answers 1-9? #twubquiz
Round 1
1. James Blunt (Back to Bedlam)
2. A clowder
3. Chicken Pox/Shingles
4. Tasmania
5. Mandalay
6. Blade Runner
7. Pre-Raphaelites/Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
8. Cheese
9. Swan Lake
10. Mansion House and South Ealing
Round 2
1. I got you babe - Sony and cher
2. Huey Lewis and the News
3. On Her Majesty's Secret Service (We Have All the Time in the World)
4. Anything Goes
5. You Never Can Tell - Chuck Berry
6. As Time Goes By
7. Toy Story
8. Jarvis Cocker
9. Slumdog Millionaire
10. Non, je ne regrette rien - Edith Piaf
Round 3
1. The Green Lantern
2. The Thing
3. Flash
4. Doctor Octopus (Spider-man)
5. Xavier (X-men)
6. Poison Ivy (Batman)
7. Rorschach (Watchmen)
8. Aquaman
9. Nightwing
10. Scott Pilgrim
Round 4
1. 221b Baker Street
2. Mycroft
3. A Study in Scarlet
4. Mary Morstan
5. Bee Keeping
6. Switzerland
7. Mathematics
8. Heart Attack
9. Irene Adler
10. Count Dracula
Round 5
1. Solitaire
2. Jinks (Jinx)
3. Domino
4. Vesper (Lynd)
5. Christmas (Jones)
6. Elektra (King)
7. Strawberry Fields
8. Bambi
9. May Day
10. Bond Girls
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