Tuesday 29 November 2016

Quiz - Week 20

As many of you know I host a quiz night every Monday at a local pub. It is always great fun and I not only enjoy the atmosphere but it is also great to get out, socialise and stretch some brain cells. 

It is quite simple:


There are 6 Question rounds of a variety of content containing 5 questions. Some of these questions hold multiple points so watch out for those! 


At the end of the quiz determine which round that you want to play your "Joker" on and this allows you to double the points for that round. 


Then on Friday I will be post the answers on my Facebook page. Then, if you want, you can come back to this post via the link and comment what your weekly score is!


So here it is!


1. Random
1. Which is the world’s largest living species of lizard?
2. Walt Disney lost out on an Oscar for Best Picture in 1965 to My Fair lady, but which of his films was nominated?
3. Which Irish television presenter was the host of ‘Going For Gold’ between 1987 and 1996?
4. Seismology is the study of what?
5. How many people survived the sinking of RMS Titanic? Exact 5, nearest 5 2 and nearest 10 1

2. Film

1. In which Lord of the Rings film does Sir Ian McKellen play Gandalf the Grey?
2. According to the Lego movie “Everything is….” what?
3. How many Back to the future movies were made?
4. The 2014 film “A theory of everything” is the story based on which professor?
5. Jack Nicholson is famous for saying the line “Here’s Johnny!” in which film?

3. Cartoons
1. Who is the creator of Family guy?
2. Matt Groening created which 2 animated series?
3. In the Simpsons who was Barts teacher?
4. In the flintstones what is the name of Fred and Wilmas baby?
5. Which Brothers created the Looney Tunes cartoons that featured characters like Bugs Bunny?
 
4. Technology
1. What does PNG stand for when used to describe a computer image file format?
2. Which multinational technology company was founded by Jerry Yang and David Filo in 1994?
3. Who invented the motorised vacuum cleaner in 1901?
4. Pressing the ‘Ctrl’ key on a PC along with which letter of the alphabet is a short cut for the ‘Undo’ command?
5.  What is the name for the smallest possible unit of data in a computer?
5. Food and Drink
1. Approximately how many turkeys were purchased at Christmas in the UK; 1 million, 10 million or 20 million?
2. ‘Ambrosia’, ‘Maigold’ and ‘Saint Everard’ are varieties of which fruit?
3. What type of foodstuff is ‘mascarpone’?
4. Which country is the world’s largest producer of tea?
5. In which country is Kingfisher Beer brewed?

6. General Knowledge
1. Name all six weapons used in a traditional British version of the board game Cluedo? Point each
2. How many dots are there in total on one dice?
3. Which is the world’s largest ocean?
4. How many points is a pink ball worth in snooker?
5. What are the first names of Harry Potter’s parents?

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