Quiz Archive 24 August

Round 1
General Knowledge

1. How many cards are there in a standard deck, including Jokers? #twubquiz
2. What is NaHCO3 better known as in baking? #twubquiz
3. Which scotsman is credited with inventing the TV, even though his design was barely used? #twubquiz
4. If you die intestate, what does it mean? #twubquiz
5. What yellow flowered weed is poisonous, particularly to horses? #twubquiz
6. What's the name of the digital terrestrial TV broadcast service in the UK? #twubquiz
7. Photovoltaic cells are used in what kind of electrical system? #twubquiz
8. Who immediately succeded the "mad" king George III? #twubquiz
9. What cargo did the Cutty Sark usually carry? #twubquiz
10. If you're at the North pole and you take a step forward, what direction are you travelling? #twubquiz

Round 2 Horses

1. What part of the horse is affected by laminitis? #twubquiz
2. How many times did Red Rum win the Grand national? #twubquiz
3. What race horse was stolen in 1983, becoming international news? #twubquiz
4. What was special about the legendary horse Pegasus? #twubquiz
5. According to the Simpsons what was the name of the unicorn in the garden of Eden? #twubquiz
6. What's the trade associated with shoeing horses? #twubquiz
7. Which way do you hang a horseshoe for good luck: u or n? #twubquiz
8. What's a castrated male horse called? #twubquiz
9. What kind of horse racing includes hurdles or fences? #twubquiz
10. Where is the horse of the year show held this year? #twubquiz

Round 3

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Round 4 Websites
What's the principal subject of each of the following sites? No peeking!

1. The Man in Seat Sixty-One #twubquiz
2. Squidoo #twubquiz
3. You Tube #twubquiz
4. O2 #twubquiz
5. Dabr #twubquiz
6. Ecobees #twubquiz
7. Kelkoo #twubquiz
8. Etsy #twubquiz
9. The Onion #twubquiz
10. Alexa #twubquiz


Round 5
Sun Headlines
With the date and event, try to supply the Sun headline.

1. 6 February 1992 Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown admits to having an affair with his secretary. #twubquiz

2. 23 September 2003 Former boxer Frank Bruno is hospitalised for a brief time after a nervous breakdown.#twubquiz

3. 11 April 1992 Editorial claiming credit for the Conservative election victory. #twubquiz

4. 4 May 1982: Torpedoing of the General Belgrano during the Falklands war. #twubquiz

5. 13 March 1986 : British comedian put a live pet in a sandwich, according to Lea La Salle. #twubquiz

6. 1 November 1990 Editorial message to French EU Commissioner Jaques Delors, who was promoting the Euro. #twubquiz

7. 11 January 1979 PM James Callaghan returns from a summit, playing down talk of a winter of discontent. #twubquiz

8. 21 January 2003 Editorial on one handed islamic preacher Abu Hamza. #twubquiz

9. 13 January 2005 Prince Harry arrives at a fancy dress party in Third Reich uniform. #twubquiz

10. 23 March 2010 David Cameron's wife, Samantha announces her pregnancy.#twubquiz

Round 1 Answers
1. 54, excluding the card with rules to bridge on that not all decks have.
2. Bicarbonate of soda
3. John Logie Baird
4. You have remaining assets but no will
5. Ragwort
6. Freeview
7. Solar powered electric.
8. George IV
9. Tea
10. South

Round 2

1. The hoof
2. Three; 1973, 1974, 1977
3. Shergar
4. He had wings
5. Gary
6. Farriery
7. u
8. A gelding
9. Steeplechase.
10. Birmingham, NEC

Round 3

1. Tarantula
2. Flea
3. Daddy Long Legs/Crane fly
4. Ladybird
5. Ant
6. Dragonfly
7. Earwig
8. Colorado beetle
9. Stag beetle
10. Millipede

Round 4

1. Rail travel
2. Self publishing
3. Video hosting
4. Mobile phone network
5. Twitter client
6. Recycling; swapping items
7. Price comparison shopping
8. Buying selling craft items
9. Satire/comedy
10. web statistics



Answers Round 5

1. IT'S PADDY PANTSDOWN
2. BONKERS BRUNO LOCKED UP
3. IT'S THE SUN WOT WON IT
4. GOTCHA
5. FREDDIE STARR ATE MY HAMSTER
6. UP YOURS DELORS
7. CRISIS, WHAT CRISIS?
8. SLING YOUR HOOK
9. HARRY THE NAZI
10. WHAM BAM! SAM CAM TO BE MAM (SHE'LL NEED A NEW PRAM)

Quiz Archive 17th August 2010

Hosted by @GJMale

Round 1
Four
All questions relate to the number 4 in some way
1: Four Corners Monument marks the boundaries between Colorado, Arizona, Utah and which other US State? #twubquiz
2: A string quartet usually comprises 2 violins, a viola, and which other instrument? #twubquiz
3: Muharram, Rajab, Dhu al-Qi'dah and Dhu al-Hijjah are the four sacred months of which religion? #twubquiz
4: With the symbol Be, which chemical element has the atomic number 4? #twubquiz
5: Who wrote the poem Funeral Blues, featured in the film Four Weddings and a Funeral? #twubquiz
6: What did Albert Einstein declare to be the 4th dimension in his Theory of Relativity? #twubquiz
7: Roger Bannister broke the 4-minute mile barrier in 1954 at the Iffley Road track in which university city? #twubquiz
8: Which computer game programmed by Alexey Pajitnov holds the Guinness World Record for "Most Ported Video Game"? #twubquiz
9: If Episode V is The Empire Strikes Back, and Episode VI is Return of the Jedi, then in Star Wars what is Episode IV? #twubquiz
10: Dying on 4/4/1841, who was the first US President not to serve a full 4-year term in office? #twubquiz

Round 2
"Men" of Literature
All answers contain the name of a Mr Men character somewhere
1: Professionally, how are singers Gabriela and Monica Irimia better known? #twubquiz
2: What mathematical type of average is the sum of all terms divided by the number of terms? #twubquiz
3: What was the nickname of American jazz trumpeter John Birks Gillespie? #twubquiz
4: Written by John Stewart, what was the last Monkees song to reach 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100? #twubquiz
5: What was the title of the 2nd Wallace and Gromit animation, the first of the series to win an Oscar? #twubquiz
6: Which Welsh international footballer moved from Liverpool to Juventus, then back to Liverpool during the 80s? #twubquiz
7: Written by the Crossmith brothers, which novel follows the life of Mr. Charles Pooter for 15 months? #twubquiz
8: What type of Party was both a post-punk band led by Nick Cave, and a play written by Harold Pinter? #twubquiz
9: Which television programme featured Jim Phelps receiving messages on self-destructing tapes? #twubquiz
10: Sternutation is the act of doing what bodily function, which according to Mythbusters travels at 35-40mph? #twubquiz

Round 3

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Round 4
Days and Dates
1: What strange date occurred in 1712 when Sweden realigned its calendar to the Julian calendar? #twubquiz
2: Still in Sweden, 3rd September 1967 was "Hogertrafik" Day marking what traffic law change? #twubquiz
3: US Presidents John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and James Monroe all died on what apt date? #twubquiz
4: Where in the world is Margaret Thatcher day celebrated on January 10th? #twubquiz
5: 19th October is a public holiday in Albania, named after which 1979 Nobel Peace Prize winner? #twubquiz
6: How is the French national holiday "le quatorze juillet" most commonly known in English? #twubquiz
7: The Peter Pan Cup, a 100 yard swimming race in the Serpentine in Hyde Park, takes place on what day of the year? #twubquiz
8: In the Gregorian calendar, the 13th of the month will fall on which day of the week the most often? #twubquiz
9: Used in the French Republican Calendar in the late 18th century, how many Decimal Seconds were in a day? #twubquiz
10: Which 1993 Bill Murray film is linked to the date on which the Christian day of Candlemas occurs? #twubquiz

Round 5
Connection
All answers are connected in some way, Q10 will be guess the connection
1: What traditional song, adopted by the England rugby union fans, has the 2nd line "Coming for to carry me home"? #twubquiz
2: What is the occupation of Penn Jillette, and nickname of both snooker player Shaun Murphy & poker pro Antonio Esfandiari? #twubquiz
3: Which UK daily newspaper, edited by Dominic Mohan, has an average daily readership of approximately 7,700,000? #twubquiz
4: What 2006 film set in the world of fashion starred Anne Hathaway and Meryl Streep? #twubquiz
5: What is the title of the 1949 Arthur Miller play featuring the Loman family? #twubquiz
6: In chess, what name is given to a checkmate delivered in 2 moves, the quickest possible in the game? #twubquiz
7: Joseph Alois Ratzinger is the 265th person to hold what title? #twubquiz
8: What gameshow involves spinning a disk to reveal the value of the next letter to be guessed in a hangman-type puzzle? #twubquiz
9: When referring to a magistrate, what do the initials JP stand for? #twubquiz
10: All or part (and I really do mean "part") of each answer are connected in some way. Name the connection. #twubquiz

Answers:
Four
1: New Mexico
2: Cello
3: Islam
4: Beryllium
5: W. H. Auden
6: Time
7: Oxford
8: Tetris
9: A New Hope (Though will accept just "Star Wars" as that was how it was titled in 1977)
10: William H. Harrison

"Men" of Literature
1: CHEEKY Girls
2: MEAN
3: DIZZY
4: DAYDREAM Believer
5: The WRONG Trousers
6: Ian RUSH
7: Diary of a NOBODY
8: BIRTHDAY
9: Mission: IMPOSSIBLE
10: SNEEZE

Rockstars
1: Stevie Wonder
2: George Michael
3: (Sir) Cliff Richard
4: Kylie Minogue
5: Tina Turner
6: Paul McCartney
7: Freddie Mercury
8: Prince
9: Phil Collins
10: Eric Clapton

Days and Dates
1: February 30th (They had a double leap year)
2: Change to driving on the right-hand side of the road from the left.
3: 4th July
4: Falkland Islands (or Islas Malvinas, if you must)
5: Mother Teresa (or Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu)
6: Bastille Day
7: Christmas Day
8: Friday (yes, really http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_13th has the chart)
9: 100,000 (100 seconds to the minute, 100 minutes to the hour, 10 hours in the day)
10: Groundhog Day (both are 2nd February)

Connection
1: Swing Low, Sweet CHARIOT
2: MAGICIAN
3: THE SUN
4: The DEVIL Wears Prada
5: DEATH of a Salesman
6: FOOL's mate
7: POPE (Will grudgingly accept Head of the Catholic church)
8: WHEEL OF FORTUNE
9: JUSTICE of the Peace
10: Tarot cards from the Major Arcana

Quiz Archive August 10th 2010

Round 1 - General Knowledge

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

Quiz Archive July 27th

General knowledge round 1:

Hosted by @lecb

1) Who plays the grumpy American doctor in the hit TV show House? #twubquiz

2) What colour is the jubilee line on the standard London Tube map? #twubquiz

3) How many square metres is a hectare? #twubquiz

4) Who plays Mark Corrigan in Peep Show? #twubquiz

5) What is a potato in French? #twubquiz

6) Which football team play at Pride Park? #twubquiz

7) When did Michael Jackson die (day/month/year)? #twubquiz

8) What is Brahms And Lizst in cockney rhyming slang? #twubquiz

9) What is capital city of Chile? #twubquiz

10) Who won Big brother 3? #twubquiz

Round 2: calories.

1) How many calories in a 2 finger KitKat? (+/- 5 cal) #twubquiz

2) How many calories in a Jaffa Cake (+/- 5cal)? #twubquiz

3) How many calories in a Rich Tea biscuit? (+/- 5cal)? #twubquiz

4) How many calories in a McDonald’s cheeseburger (+/- 30 cal)? #twubquiz

5) How many calories in Crème Egg(+/- 20 cal)? #twubquiz

6) Calories in the average raw apple(+/- 10 cal)? #twubquiz

7) Calories in a pack (25g) of Frazzles(+/- 15 cal)? #twubquiz

8) Calories in a babybel (+/- 10 cal)? #twubquiz

9) Calories in a 35ml shot of Jack Daniels (+/- 20 cal)? #twubquiz

10) Calories in an 8oz fillet steak (+/- 30 cal)? #twubquiz

Round 3:


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Round 4 - Neighbours:

1) What is the name of Harold and Madge’s adopted son? #twubquiz

2) What’s the name of the receptionist Karl had an affair with? #twubquiz

3) How many biological children do Karl and Susan have together? #twubquiz

4) Who was Libby’s first husband? #twubquiz

5) Who did Holly Valance play in Neighbours (full name please)? #twubquiz

6) What is Toadie’s job? #twubquiz

7) Who did Ruth Wilkinson marry? #twubquiz

8) How did Julie Martin die? #twubquiz

9) How many children does Paul Robinson have (known children)? #twubquiz

10) Who did Libby have a teacher/student relationship with? #twubquiz

Round 5: medicine

1) Name the part of the body where insulin is produced? #twubquiz

2) How many chromosomes do Down Syndrome sufferers have? #twubquiz

3) What’s another name for the clavicle? #twubquiz

4) If a doctor prescribed you a beta blocker what would it be for? #twubquiz

5) Name 2 of the 4 hormones involved in the menstrual cycle. #twubquiz

6) Name the 2 bones in your forearm? #twubquiz

7) What are erythrocytes? #twubquiz

8) Which side of the body are the appendix located? #twubquiz

9) Where in the body is bile made? #twubquiz

10) Dermatologists are specialists in which part of the body? #twubquiz


Answers
General knowledge:

1) Hugh Laurie

2) Grey

3) 10 000

4) David Mitchell

5) pomme de terre

6) derby county

7) 25th june 2009

8) Pissed

9) Santiago

10) Kate Lawler


How many calories?

1) 101-111

2) 40-50

3) 31-41

4) 270 - 330

5) 150 - 190

6) 43 - 63

7) 106 - 136

8) 50 - 70

9) 58 - 98

10) 306 - 366


Comedy faces:

1) david Mitchell

2) sarah millican

3) Armando ianucci

4) Lesley joseph

5) Bernard manning

6) tommy cooper

7) noel fielding

8) Graeme garden

9) eric morecambe

10) sandi toksvig


Neighbours:

1) Paul Mclain

2) Sarah Beaumount

3) 3

4) Drew Kirk

5) Felicity “flick” Scully

6) Lawyer

7) Philip Martin

8) She fell of a building

9) 5

10) Taj Coppin



Medicine:

1) Pancreas

2) 47

3) Collar bone

4) Heart arrythmias/high BP

5) LH, FSH, Oestrogen, Progesterone.

6) Ulna, radius

7) Red blood cells

8) right

9) Liver

10) skin