Quiz #101*

*This quiz was used for an event for a local football team in Scotland. It primarily comprises of previously published questions.

What name is given to the baked product that mixes a croissant and a muffin?

Question 2

Internet TV series Hot Ones involves celebrities being interviewed whilst eating increasingly spicy versions of what food?

Question 3

Goalhanger Podcasts, the media company behind podcasts such as The Rest is Politics and The Rest is History, was established by which sportsperson turned television presenter?

Question 4

Costing £3.70 on the newsstand, what is the most expensive daily newspaper in the UK? This means not a specialist weekend title.

Question 5

Through which major Australian city does the Yarra river flow?

Question 6

What company was established by Adrian Dalsey, Larry Hillblom and Robert Lynn in 1969?

Question 7

What former presenter of That’s Life!, founder of the Childline charity, and later a campaigner for assisted dying passed away on September 30, aged 86?

Question 8

What two colours appear in the name of the pop band comprised of members Kim Ji-soo, Jennie Kim, Roseanne Park, and Lalisa Manobal – more commonly known by fans as Jisoo, Jennie, Rose, and Lisa?

Question 9

Which three US states have only four letters in their name? 

Question 10

Make the longest word possible from the following letters:  AGIMNORSS

Round 1 points
(Maximum: 21)

Round 2

Question 1

Commonly formed when copper is exposed to moist air for an extended period of time, what colour is basic copper carbonate?

Question 2

Which food and beverage company owns the Mountain Dew, Tropicana, and Gatorade drinks brands, as well as the Doritos and Lay’s snack lines?

Question 3

The theme music from the 1966 film The Trap, composed by Ron Goodwin, is used annually by the BBC in its live coverage of which April sporting event?

Question 4

The rugby league Super League Grand Final between Warrington Wolves and Wakefield Trinity was held on Saturday October 3 at Old Trafford. Prior to the game, which former rugby league player, who won the super league seven times, captained England, and was knighted in 2026, completed his latest fundraising challenge by completing his seventh ultramarathon in seven days at the stadium in time to watch his son take part in the game?

Question 5

The Castro, The Mission, The Presidio, Fisherman’s Wharf, The Haight, and Ashbury Heights are neighbourhoods in which US city?

Question 6

Which musician’s Songs in the Key of Life album turned 50 years old on September 28?

Question 7

Featuring Leonard Nimoy, Judd Nelson, Eric Idle, and famously Orson Welles in his last film role – in which he played a planet that destroyed other planets – what animation film is celebrating its 40^th anniversary this year, having been released in 1986, 21 years before the current live action franchise began?

Question 8

Which two planets in the solar system have no moons?

Question 9

Who were the three children of Peggy Mitchell on the soap opera Eastenders?

Question 10

Who are the five children of Donald Trump?

Round 2 points
(Maximum: 17)

Total points
(Maximum: 38)

Round 3: Music Round

In the music round, each question has two points available: one for the title of the piece and one for the artist. In question 10, the title of the piece and the composer are required.

The pieces will be moving backwards chronologically, starting with the most recent release.

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Round 3 points
(Maximum: 20)

Total points
(Maximum: 58)

Round 4

Question 1

Mullion, jamb, transom, casement and stay are all elements of what common architectural feature?

Question 2

Yahata, Amaterasu, Ō-Inari, and Fūjin are amongst the principle gods of which religion?

Question 3

Outside the North and South Pole, what desert is the driest in the world, with some weather stations yet to record any rainfall?

Question 4

Which word in biology means an agent that passes a disease to another biological organism; in mathematics means a geometric object that has both length and direction; in computer science means a type of data structure whose elements are accessed by means of an integer index; and is the name of the journal of the British Science Fiction Association?

Question 5

The Berlin Wall fell on November 9, 1989. However, in which month is the Day of German Unity, the German national holiday that celebrates official reunification between East and West Germany in 1990?

Question 6

Who is the named director on the films Gone with the Wind and The Wizard of Oz, both released in 1939 and named in the American Film Institute’s 100 best American films ever list?

Question 7

According to the Royal Entomological Society, Belgica antartica is the only indigenous year-round insect living in Antarctica. What type of insect is Belgica antarctica?

Question 8

For what do the initials A.A. stand in the name of Winnie the Pooh author A.A. Milne?

Question 9

To which three men has actress Angelina Jolie been married?

Question 10

According to the country’s Ministry of Public Security, what are the five most common surnames in China?

Round 4 points
(Maximum: 17)

Total points
(Maximum: 75)

Round 5

In Round 5, there is only one answer. The fewer 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.

The following people all have a common name, which appears as either a first name or surname. What is it?

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Round 5 points
(Maximum: 10)

Total points
(Maximum: 85)

Bonus Round

All teams wishing to play the bonus round pay cash into a central pot. The team that names the most correct answers in five minutes wins the pot.

Since Aberdeen won the title in 1985, the Scottish Premier Division, Premiership, or Premier League has been won by only two teams: Rangers and Celtic. During those 40 years, what 20 teams have finished bottom of Scotland’s top tier? To clarify, these are teams that have finished bottom of Scotland’s top division, not the entire football league.