Quiz #02 – AB51 Quiz

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Round 1

#1. On which British children’s TV show did Mr Spoon go on adventures in a spacecraft made of a baked beans tin with a funnel on top?

Answer: Button Moon

#2. For what do the letters S, L, and R stand when describing an SLR camera?

Answer: Single-lens reflex

#3. Whittling is the art of carving shapes into what type of material?

Answer: Wood

#4. The dihydrogen monoxide parody, used to highlight scientific illiteracy amongst the general population, calls for the banning of which common substance?

Answer: Water

#5. In the song The Twelve Days of Christmas, how many ladies dancing are there?

Answer: Nine

#6. The men’s national football team of which west African nation are known by the nickname the Black Stars?

Answer: Ghana

#7. Using the standard RYB colour model, what two colours are combined to make purple? (1 of 2)

#8. (2 of 2)

Answers: red; blue

#9. What are the three respective names given to triangles of three equal sides, two equal sides, and no equal sides? (1 of 3)

#10. (2 of 3)

#11. (3 of 3)

Answers: equilateral; isosceles; scalene

#12. Which four countries have been to the final of the men’s football World Cup once, and only once? (1 of 4)

#13. (2 of 4)

#14. (3 of 4)

#15. (4 of 4)

Answers: Sweden (1958); England (1966); Spain (2010); Croatia (2018)

#16. What nine-letter word can be made from the following letters: ADEEGLNOT

Answer: Elongated

#17. Doran Godwin, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Anya Taylor-Joy have all played on screen which Jane Austen heroine?

Answer: Emma Woodhouse

#18. The Chinese city of Panjin is famous for having a beach of what colour, which is actually a wetland covered in the plant Suaeda salsa?

Answer: red

#19. People with which colour of hair on average have the most hair follicles on their head?

Answer: blonde

#20. Myleene Klass, Kym Marsh, Suzanne Shaw, Danny Foster, and Noel Sullivan formed the pop group Hear’Say after success on which British talent show?

Answer: Popstars

#21. What name is shared by the lead singer of the band Hootie and Blowfish who became the first African American to be named the Country Music Association’s New Country Artist of the Year; the writer and director of the Academy Award winning film Sound of Metal; and the Persian leader defeated by Alexander the Great in the Battle of Gaugamela?

Answer: Darius

*Darius Rucker was the lead singer of Hootie and the Blowfish, Darius Marder directed Sound of Metal, and Darius III was defeated by Alexander the Great.

#22. Freddie Mercury, the lead singer of the band Queen, was born in which East African island archipelago?

Answer: Zanzibar

#23. Which two NFL teams have the most Super Bowl victories, each having won the title six times? (1 of 2)

#24. (2 of 2)

Answers: New England Patriots; Pittsburgh Steelers

#25. According to the International Bartenders Association, what three ingredients comprise a sidecar cocktail? (1 of 3)

#26. (2 of 3)

#27. (3 of 3)

Answers: cognac (brandy); triple sec (orange liqueur); lemon juice

#28. Who have been the four US Presidents whose surnames have started with the letter J? (1 of 4)

#29. (2 of 4)

#30. (3 of 4)

#31. (4 of 4)

Answers: Thomas Jefferson; Andrew Jackson; Andrew Johnson; Lyndon Johnson

#32. Which six British footballers have won the Ballon d’Or prize for the world’s best male footballer? (1 of 6)

#33. (2 of 6)

#34. (3 of 6)

#35. (4 of 6)

#36. (5 of 6)

#37. (6 of 6)

Answers: Stanley Matthews; Denis Law; Bobby Charlton; George Best; Kevin Keegan; Michael Owen

#38. Which Scottish music festival ran from 1994 to 2016, including 18 editions at the Balado airfield near Perth?

Answer: T in the Park

#39. The sculpture Mano del Desierto, depicting a giant hand in the desert, can be found in which South American nation?

Answer: Chile

#40. Is Greek mythology, who was turned into a spider as punishment for boastfully defeating the goddess Athena in a weaving contest by producing a work that mocked the Gods?

Answer: Arachne

#41. Nutritionally, 100g of blackcurrants will supply over 200 per cent of the recommended daily intake of which vitamin?

Answer: Vitamin C

#42. What type of tree features on the flag of Lebanon?

Answer: Cedar

#43. In the 2011 film Contagion, widely viewed as predicting the Covid-19 outbreak, which American actress plays Beth, the woman who effectively becomes Patient Zero after shaking hands with a chef in a Hong Kong casino?

Answer: Gwyneth Paltrow

#44. Although its definition has historically involved various combinations, the ‘dead man’s hand’ in poker now involves which two black pairs – that being a pair of black what plus a pair of black what? (1 of 2)

#45. (2 of 2)

Answers: Aces
8s

*The dead man’s hand is two black aces plus two black 8s, with one additional hole care.

#46. Following the 2020 General Election in the Republic of Ireland, which three parties came together to form a coalition government? (1 of 3)

#47. (2 of 3)

#48. (3 of 3)

Answers: Fianna Fáil; Fine Gael; Green Party

#49. Of the world’s top ten largest countries by area, what four have population densities of less than 10 people per square kilometre? (1 of 4)

#50. (2 of 4)

#51. (3 of 4)

#52. (4 of 4)

Answers: Russia; Canada; Australia; Kazakhstan

#53. According to data from the US Geological Survey, which ten countries were the largest miners of silver in 2022? (1 of 10)

#54. (2 of 10)

#55. (3 of 10)

#56. (4 of 10)

#57. (5 of 10)

#58. (6 of 10)

#59. (7 of 10)

#60. (8 of 10)

#61. (9 of 10)

#62. (10 of 10)

Answers: Mexico; China; Peru; Chile; Russia; Poland; Australia; Bolivia; USA; Argentina

#63. Count Aleksey Vronsky is the lover of which literary character?

Answer: Anna Karenina

#64. In which Italian city are the twin towers of Garisenda and Asinelli, the former of which leans 4° and became the subject of an intervention and restoration project announced in 2023?

Answer: Bologna

#65. In the 1991 film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Robin and Marian’s wedding is interrupted by the return of which English king from the Third Crusade?

Answer: King Richard

#66. What is the only city to have hosted both a summer and winter Olympics in the modern era?

Answer: Beijing

*Beijing hosted the Summer Olympics in 2008 and the Winter Olympics in 2022.

#67. What type of Japanese cooking style involves grilling or frying food on a large metal plate, from which the style takes its name?

Answer: Teppanyaki

#68. Via Rail operates the rail system in which country?

Answer: Canada

#69. What are the names of the two moons of the planet Mars? (1 of 2)

#70. (2 of 2)

Answers: Phobos; Deimos

#71. What are the names of the three species of puffin? (1 of 3)

#72. (2 of 3)

#73. (3 of 3)

Answers: Atlantic puffin; Horned puffin; Tufted puffin

#74. Who are the only four actors to have won back-to-back Best Actor or Best Actress Academy Awards? (1 of 4)

#75. (2 of 4)

#76. (3 of 4)

#77. (4 of 4)

Answers: Luise Rainer (1936,1937); Spencer Tracy (1937,1938); Katherine Hepburn (1967,1968); Tom Hanks (1993, 1994)

#78. What have been American musician Taylor Swift’s ten studio album releases? (1 of 10)

#79. (2 of 10)

#80. (3 of 10)

#81. (4 of 10)

#82. (5 of 10)

#83. (6 of 10)

#84. (7 of 10)

#85. (8 of 10)

#86. (9 of 10)

#87. (10 of 10)

Answers: Taylor Swift; Fearless; Speak Now; Red; 1989; Reputation; Lover; Folklore; Evermore; Midnights

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