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Quiz #218 - 13th May 2014Number 1 Bar & Restaurant

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Round 1

1.Food & Drink A perry is an alcoholic beverage made from fermented what?
2.On This Day The Enschede fireworks disaster in the Netherlands claimed the lives of 23 and injured 947 people on this day, 13th May, in what year?
3.Science & Nature In human anatomy, where are the metacarpals?
4.Name That Tune Name that tune.  (½ point each for Artist and Title)

(1964)

5.Sport & Leisure What was unusual about Alan Shepard’s two, 6 iron golf strokes in February 1971?
6.Geography The tip of the Horn of Africa is in what country?
7.Anagram DEMON FLAYS HESITANTLY is an anagram of what American band formed in 1967?
8.Logos Relaunched in 2013, which automobile brand has this as its logo?

Round 1 Question 8

9.Music What singer is known as 'The Groover from Vancouver'?
10.History In 1913, Adolf Hitler, Leon Trotsky, Joseph Tito, Sigmund Freud and Joseph Stalin were all living in which city?
11.Entertainment The 1998 drama film Primary Colors is a fictionalised account of whose first presidential campaign?
12.General Knowledge What is the only country to be a member of both OPEC and the Commonwealth of Nations?


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Round 2

1.Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a well known term or phrase.

Round 2 Question 1

2.Current Affairs What country, represented by bearded drag artist Conchita Wurst, won the Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday?

Round 2 Question 2

3.Science & Nature What is the pH balance of pure water?
4.Name That Tune Name that tune.  (½ point each for Artist and Title)

(1971)

5.Sport & Leisure What is the common name for a 1-Wood golf club?
6.Geography After which entertainer is the airport at Burbank, Los Angeles County, California named?
7.Art & Literature What 14th century poet wrote The Canterbury Tales?
8.Flags What Central European country has this as its national flag?

Round 2 Question 8

9.Music What 1984 song begins with the line: I've been alone with you inside my mind?  (½ point each for Artist and Title)
10.History The Hanging Gardens of Babylon are most commonly believed to have been irrigated by pumps from which river?
11.Entertainment Which British actor voices CIA deputy director Avery Bullock in the animated TV show American Dad?
12.General Knowledge In South Korea, what is the Hangul?


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Round 3

1.Food & Drink What 'L' describes the family of plants that include peas, beans, lentils, soybeans, peanuts, and tamarind?
2.In This Year In this year: The Beatles made their first live American TV performance on The Ed Sullivan Show; 319 were killed in riots at a football game between Peru and Argentina; and murderers Gwynne Owen Evans and Peter Anthony Allen became the last people to be executed in the UK. What year was it?  [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
3.Science & Nature Of the 8 major planets in our solar system, which has the longest orbital period around the Sun?
4.Name That Tune Name that tune.  (½ point each for Artist and Title)

(1983)

5.Sport & Leisure Name the only two people to have won the FIFA World Cup as both player and manager?
6.Entertainment What is the only film with an exclamation mark in its title to have won the Best Picture Oscar?
7.Anagram I BORE IN A YANK is an anagram of what capital city and the country it is capital of? (2 word answer)
8.Geography What country is this?

Round 3 Question 8

9.Music Who wrote the song Mr. Tambourine Man, a worldwide hit for The Byrds in 1965?
10.History Which French general was head of state of the wartime Vichy government?
11.Entertainment First aired from 1998 until 2004, name this TV series.

12.General Knowledge In Greek mythology, what many-headed serpent was killed by Heracles?


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Round 4

1.Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a well known term or phrase.

Round 4 Question 1

2.Current Affairs Name the Los Angeles Clippers owner who apologised on Sunday for making racist remarks, one month after being banned from basketball for life.
3.Science & Nature What 'S' describes a resin secreted by the female lac bug, on trees in the forests of India and Thailand?
4.Name That Tune Name that tune.  (½ point each for Artist and Title)

(1995)

5.Sport & Leisure What nationality is current MotoGP World Champion Marc Marquez?
6.Geography The "Bridge of No Return" is a border crossing between which two Asian countries?
7.Art & Literature The first wife of the Daphne du Maurier character "Maxim" De Winter was called what?
8.Landmarks What European city is this?

Round 4 Question 8

9.Music In a 1958 song by The Coasters, what title words come before the line "don't talk back"?
10.History Since the Second World War, who is the only US President NOT to be Time magazine's 'Person of the Year'?
11.Entertainment Who starred as the wizard in the 2013 film Oz the Great and Powerful?
12.General Knowledge In what country was Trivial Pursuit first created in December 1979?


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Picture Round

Picture Round 13th May 2014


Snowball Question

Snowball QuestionAndré-Jacques Garnerin performed the first ever parachute jump, dropping from a balloon at 6,500 ft. over Monceau Park, Paris on 22nd October, in what year?

Scoreboard

 Team Name R1 R2 R3 R4 P Total
Bugadifino 9 10 10 10 11 50
Drunken Layabouts 7 9 10 42
Fad Suckers 8 8 11 41


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