Quiz #19

Wormwood Scrubs, Sing Sing, Abbaye de Clairvaux, and Boggo Road are, or have been, examples of what type of building?

Question 2

Which sports star explained his lack of political activism by joking “Republicans buy sneakers too”?

Question 3

What was the profession of Rachel Zane, played by future member of the British royal family Meghan Markle, in the TV show Suits?

Question 4

The term ‘Beltway bandits’ is used to describe influential lobbying and contracting companies operating inside the ring road of what American city?

Question 5

In the game of darts, what is the lowest score that cannot be made using three darts?

Question 6

Petra the dog, Fred the tortoise, Jason the cat, and Joey the parrot were amongst the earliest of the 24 pets that have  appeared on which British children’s TV show, which has run since 1958?

Question 7

What two animals feature in the Aesop’s fable in which one creature finds a piece of cheese, only to drop it when asked by the second animal whether it has a singing voice as beautiful as its appearance?

Question 8

For what do the letters ABC stand in the initialism which tells people the steps to administer first aid?

Question 9

There is often confusion between what is a Nordic country versus what is a Scandinavian country. Which three countries form Scandinavia?

Question 10

Make the longest word possible from the following letters: AGIILNORT

Round 1 points
(Maximum: 23)

Round 2

Question 1

Cambridge University, United States Botanic Garden, and Royal Botanic Garden Sydney are amongst the organisations which have livestreamed the flowering of what plant, which flowers for around 24 hours once every three to seven years and is known for its smell of rotting meat?

Question 2

According to Greek myth, winter is caused by Demeter, the goddess of the harvest, mourning her daughter Persephone’s   annual six-month return to the underworld as punishment for eating the seeds of what fruit?

Question 3

What is the name of the chemically toxic river in Spain after which a global mining company – itself accused in 2024 of poisoning waterways in Guinea, Madagascar, Mongolia, and Serbia – takes it name?

Question 4

In a survey of 233000 UK Year 11 students conducted in 2024, what professional sector was found to be one in which young people most wished to work?

Question 5

Desiring a foreign-sounding name in order to sound more high end, to what did American ice cream company Senator Frozen Products change its name in 1959, picking what its owner believed sounded Danish as a way to acknowledge Denmark’s treatment of Jews during World War II?

Question 6

What French dessert is comprised of thin pancakes covered in a sauce of caramelised sugar, butter, orange juice, and orange liqueur?

Question 7

Ever-presents in the series, who were the two characters available for players to control in the original 1987 arcade version of the game Streetfighter?

Question 8

All named for the age she was when she recorded them, what are the four studio albums released by Adele?

Question 9

What five companies are responsible for the twenty top selling games consoles in history?

Question 10

The Bali tiger, the Javan tiger, and the Caspian tiger are all believed to now be extrinct. What are the six sub-species of tiger that are still extant?

Round 2 points
(Maximum: 23)

Total points
(Maximum: 46)

Round 3

Question 1

In the card game baccarat, to what number between 0 and 9 are players trying to be the closest?

Question 2

Johnny Rico, Dizzy Flores, Carmen Ibanez, and Carl Jenkins are the high school graduates who enlist to fight space bugs in what 1990s science fiction satirical film, which was misunderstood by The Washington Post when it labelled the film ‘written by Nazis’ in a review entitled ‘Goosestepping to the Movies’?

Question 3

A familiar part of elections in many countries, what is not seen in the elections of the Pacific Islands Tuvalu, Palau, and Niue, because the nations see no need for them, or those of Oman and the UAE, because they are banned?

Question 4

A Tik Tok-fuelled craze to watch sunrise and sunset at Mam Tor has led to complaints of bad parking in which English national park, with 300 to 400 parking tickets being written per day and a gritter being unable to navigate a road because 200 cars were double parked?

Question 5

Better known as a story from Arthurian legend, what supposed impossible item can be seen at Montesiepi Chapel in Tuscany in Italy? 

Question 6

What name is used for the currencies of both North Korea and South Korea?  

Question 7

The 2011 National Theatre production of Frankenstein, directed by Danny Boyle and later released as a film,, saw which two British actors take turns playing the roles of Dr Frankenstein and the creature?

Question 8

In which two countries does the International Gemini Observatory operate its advanced optical telescopes, allowing it to study the skies of the northern and southern hemisphere?

Question 9

What are the highest rankings in the British army, navy, and air force respectively?

Question 10

In the song Wonderful World, first released by Sam Cooke, what are the seven school subjects about which the singer claims to be ignorant?

Round 3 points
(Maximum: 20)

Total points
(Maximum: 66)

Round 4

Question 1

Scotland’s unofficial national anthem Flower of Scotland refers to sending ‘proud Edward’s army home to think again’. What is the regnal number of the English king Edward to which the song refers?

Question 2

Scotland’s Coire Glas, Lochan na h-Earba, Red John, Glenmuckloch, and Balliemeanoch are all proposed sites for major developments relating to what type of renewable energy, described by critics as a developer’s gold rush?

Question 3

The contagious and often fatal disease CDV is most commonly associated with dogs, but can also be found in a variety of other animals including seals, bears, badgers, and elephants – although it has no effect on humans. For what do the letters CDV stand?

Question 4

What connects the original names of San Juan in Puerto Rico and Aberdeen in Hong Kong?

Question 5

By what name was the 20^th century African politician born Kamau wa Muigai and baptized Johnstone Kamau more commonly known?

Question 6

Who is the only person to have won the Nobel Prize for Physics twice, first in 1955 for being part of the team that invented the transistor, and then in 1972 as part of a trio who developed a theory of superconductivity?

Question 7

Both with explanatory names, what are the two forms of colour mixing, one based on mixing the primary colours red, green and blue, and one based on filtering, or taking away, the primary colours of cyan, magenta, and yellow from light?

Question 8

After the partition of India in 1947, three leadership roles emerged: Prime Minister of India, Prime Minister of Pakistan,  and Governor-General of Pakistan. Which three men filled these roles?

Question 9

According to Muppet Wiki, which seven muppets appeared in over 100 of the 120 episodes of The Muppet Show, which ran from 1976 to 1981?

Question 10

What are the seven commandments of Animalism, as created by the animals in George Orwell’s novel Animal Farm?

Round 4 points
(Maximum: 25)

Total points
(Maximum: 91)

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.

Into which ocean do the following rivers all drain?

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Round 5 points
(Maximum: 10)

Total points
(Maximum: 101)