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Quiz #295 - 12th January 2016Number 1 Bar & Restaurant

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Round 1

1.Food & Drink If you order il pesce in an Italian restaurant, what type of dish will you be served?
2.On This Day Making its maiden voyage on this day, 12th January 2004, what is the name of the world's largest ocean liner?
3.Science & Nature What substance is secreted from glands in the heads of worker bees and used to feed bee larvae and adult queens?
4.Name That Tune Name this David Bowie song. [½ point each for Title and Year]

5.Sport & Leisure Currently underway, what two countries are hosting the 2016 Dakar Rally?  (½ point for each)
6.Geography From where did New Zealand get it's name, the Dutch province of Zealand or the Danish island of Zealand?
7.Anagram HOMELY WHOREMASTER TORY is an anagram of what 1970s American TV sitcom?
8.Logos What surf and snowboard outwear manufacturer has this as its logo?

Round 1 Question 8

9.Music What was David Bowie's real surname?
10.History The names of what two items of clothing originate from the Crimean War?  (½ point for each)
11.Entertainment How were Leonard, Adolph, Julius, Herbert and Milton better known together on film?
12.General Knowledge Name the two stock exchanges currently operating independently in the mainland People's Republic of China?  (½ point for each)


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Round 2

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

Round 2 Question 1

2.Current Affairs Nicknamed "El Chapo", name the Mexican drug lord recaptured on Friday, six months after escaping from prison.
3.Science & Nature What 'P' describes the antimatter counterpart of the electron?
4.Name That Tune Name this David Bowie song. [½ point each for Title and Year]

5.Sport & Leisure What former Olympic sport required competitors to move backwards to win?
6.Geography What is the only United States jurisdiction whose road traffic drives on the left?
7.Art & Literature In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, what is Dr. Frankenstein's first name?
8.Flags What landlocked country in Southern Africa has this as its national flag?

Round 2 Question 8

9.Music During the recording of Young Americans in 1975, what mega star dropped into the studio and jammed with David Bowie to create the classic song, Fame?
10.History Who was the first Tudor King of England, crowned in 1485?
11.Entertainment What two male actors were awarded Best Performance in a Motion Picture at Sunday's Golden Globe Awards?  (½ point for each)
12.General Knowledge A place of refuge that's blissful.
Answer with two words. The first part of the sentence is a clue to a five letter word. Add one letter to that word to give the answer to the second part of the sentence.


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Round 3

1.Food & Drink What food crop is most vulnerable to attack by the Colorado Beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata)?
2.On This Day An earthquake in Haiti killed over 100,000 people and destroyed much of the capital Port-au-Prince on this day, 12th January, in what year?  [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
3.Science & Nature What is the tenth-most-massive known body directly orbiting the Sun in our solar system?
4.Name That Tune Name this David Bowie song. [½ point each for Title and Year]

5.Sport & Leisure In association football, who won the 2015 FIFA Ballon d'Or last night?
6.Entertainment What 1976 film starred David Bowie as Thomas Jerome Newton, an alien searching for water to save his home planet?
7.Art & Literature Whose 1849 poem In Memoriam A.H.H. coined the famous phrase
'Tis better to have loved and lost. Than never to have loved at all?
8.Geography What European country is this?

Round 3 Question 8

9.Music The chorus to what 1971 David Bowie song begins with these lyrics?
Sailors fighting in the dance hall
Oh man!
Look at those cavemen go
10.Anagram I JOINED HAG CHEAT is an anagram of what professional golfer?
11.Entertainment First aired in 2011, name this American remake of a cult British TV comedy drama.
12.Sudoku Solve this Sudoku puzzle to reveal the 3 digit figure highlighted.

Round 3 Question 12



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Round 4

1.Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a well known phrase. (8 word answer)

Round 4 Question 1

2.Current Affairs Who announced his engagement to 59-year-old Jerry Hall in the "births, marriages and deaths" section of the Times newspaper this morning?
3.Science & Nature Systolic and diastolic are terms used when measuring what?
4.Name That Tune Name this David Bowie song. [½ point each for Title and Year]

5.Sport & Leisure In American football, who defeated the Clemson Tigers to win the College Football Playoff National Championship yesterday?
6.Geography By what name are the Windward Islands and Leeward Islands collectively known?
7.Art & Literature Whose paintings were characterised as "Matchstalk Men and Matchstalk Cats and Dogs"?
8.Landmarks Accompanied by a 30,000-capacity grandstand, "The Float" is the world's largest floating stage. Also used for sporting events, in what city is it?

Round 4 Question 8

9.Music Fill in the four missing words from these lyrics by David Bowie:
_____ really sang,
screwed up eyes and screwed down _____
Like some cat from _____,
he could lick 'em by _______

 (¼ point for each)
10.History In a war lasting just two days in October 1961, India defeated what European country to end 451 years of overseas provincial governance in Goa?
11.Entertainment David Bowie played Maj. Jack 'Strafer' Celliers in the 1983 film Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence. Who played Lt. Col. John Lawrence?
12.General Knowledge A national symbol of the French Republic, what is the name of France's Goddess of Liberty?

Round 4 Question 12



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Picture Round

Picture Round 12th January 2016


Snowball Question

Snowball QuestionSlightly larger than a soccer pitch, how many square metres is the stage at The Float at Marina Bay?

Scoreboard

 Team Name R1 R2 R3 R4 P Total
Fad Suckers 10½ 8 6 38½
Bugadifino 7 7 38
Drunken Layabouts 8 7 6 34


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