Quiz #16

How many stripes feature on the logo of sportswear company Adidas?

Question 2

What animal completes this quote from the Indiana Jones film Raiders of the Lost Ark: “Why did it have to be…?”?

Question 3

What now common theatre practice did Joseph II of Austria reportedly order to be stopped at performances of Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro because enthusiastic audiences were doubling the opera’s run time – only for audiences to ignore the order?

Question 4

In which city is the Federal Palace of Switzerland located?

Question 5

The 1991 album Unforgettable…with Love sees singer Natalie Cole cover tracks recorded by which artist?

Question 6

The year 2000 holds the record for the most different number one singles in a year in the UK charts. How many songs were number one that year?

Question 7

A pluot is a hybrid fruit derived from what two other fruits?

Question 8

Iceland’s World Heritage site Vatnajökull National Park has the tagline ‘dynamic nature of fire and ice’ based on it containing what two geological features – one being Europe’s largest outside the Arctic circle, and the other comprising of Askja, Kverkfjöll and Snæfell?

Question 9

Which three modes of transport feature in the title of a 1987 film starring Steve Martin and John Candy?

Question 10

Make the longest word possible from the following letters: AEIMNNOPU

Round 1 points
(Maximum: 22)

Round 2

Question 1

In May 1960, the strongest earthquake in recorded history struck the coast of what country?

Question 2

John Dedicoat, who invented the bicycle bell and pencil sharpening machine, was an apprentice of which 18th century Scottish engineer renowned for his work with steam engines and for whom the SI unit of power is named?

Question 3

In a change from the original novel, the film Jurassic Park sees its characters attend to a sick triceratops. What type of dinosaur, which does not feature in the original film, was sick in the book?

Question 4

The app Coblis attempts to allow people to experience living with what genetic condition?

Question 5

In chemistry, what colour does universal indicator turn when in the presence of a strong alkali?

Question 6

Although technically a different symbol, the solidus resembles what punctuation mark?

Question 7

On the coat of arms of Australia, what two animals sit in a wattle tree holding up the escutcheon, or central shield?

Question 8

Which three players from Switzerland – male or female – have won a tennis grand slam singles title, with all three having three or more titles?

Question 9

Per data from the US Department of Energy, what three countries are the largest producers of natural gas in the world?

Question 10

What seven modern day countries were once part of Yugoslavia?

Round 2 points
(Maximum: 21)

Total points
(Maximum: 43)

Round 3

Question 1

In arguably the longest winning streak in sports history, aided by the holder retaining home advantage until defeated by a challenger, the America’s Cup was defended for 132 years by the yacht club of which American city?

Question 2

Where on the human body might one develop ‘Venus rings’?

Question 3

What Pacific island nation has released the ‘2030 No Home’ football shirt, nicknamed ‘the vanishing shirt’ because each publicity photo has seen increasing amounts of fabric removed from it, symbolising the nation disappearing due to climate change?

Question 4

The Montgolfier brothers are most associated with what form of transport, having experimented with developing a new form of it in France in the 1780s?

Question 5

In 1959, a study of sickle cell, malaria, and G6PDD patients in the Congo took the blood of 1860 individuals. Studied retroactively in the 1990s, one sample, labelled LEO70, is currently the earliest known case of what virus being present in humans?

Question 6

Whose weather-predicting reputation was damaged by a recent study by America’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which found that of the ten predictions he made from 2015 to 2024, only three were correct?

Question 7

What are the two television series devised by Vince Gilligan to feature the character Jimmy McGill, also known as Saul Goodman?

Question 8

The three countries in north-east South America known collectively as the Guyanas all used to be – and in one case still is – named after the European colonial powers that ran them. Which three European powers put their name to a Guyana?

Question 9

Which five actors played the five leads, as featured on the film’s promotional poster, in the movie Trainspotting – namely Begbie, Diane, Sick Boy, Spud, and Renton?

Question 10

Which eight plays by William Shakespeare contain the word ‘the’?

Round 3 points
(Maximum: 24)

Total points
(Maximum: 67)

Round 4

Question 1

Which English city has hosted an international piano competition every three years since 1963, except in 2024 when refurbishment works at the city’s town hall meant the competition was relocated to Bradford?

Question 2

Also called allumette, what is the culinary term for cutting food into long thin strips and is most often applied to fruit and vegetables such as carrots, potatoes, and cucumbers?

Question 3

Ajay Banga, who has held prominent business positions including executive chairman of Mastercard, currently serves as the president of what organisation headquartered on H Street in Washington, D.C., less than half a mile from The White House?

Question 4

American comedian Dave Chappelle has claimed he was sold weed by which British actor when this actor worked as a bouncer at a New York comedy club?

Question 5

A breakfast staple in East Africa and parts of Arabia, what type of food is laxoox (lahoh)?

Question 6

The flag of which country is literally translated from Chinese as ‘rice character flag’ due to its design resembling the Chinese character for rice?

Question 7

In the Shinto religion, the ‘2-2-1’ prayer routine asks that people conduct what two actions at a shrine – the first act twice, the second act twice, and finally repeating the first act once?

Question 8

Since the dictatorship of Francisco Franco came to an end in 1975, leading to the replacement of the ‘caudillo’ head of state with a parliamentary monarchy, who have been the two monarchs of the Kingdom of Spain?

Question 9

What categorising names are given to the five different types of bone found in the human skeleton, with the names describing the bones’ various shapes?

Question 10

Which six Norse gods give their names to days of the week in the English language?

Round 4 points
(Maximum: 21)

Total points
(Maximum: 88)

Round 5

In Round 5, there is only one answer. The less clues you need to get it, the more points you receive. If you need only one clue, you receive 10 points; if you require two clues, you will receive 9 points, and so on.

However, you may only answer once. If you answer incorrectly, you receive zero points for the round.

In which film does the following cast list appear?

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Round 5 points
(Maximum: 10)

Total points
(Maximum: 98)