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Quiz #239 - 7th October 2014Number 1 Bar & Restaurant

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Round 1

1.Food & Drink Galia, or Sarda, is a variety of what fruit?
2.On This Day The U.S. invasion of Afghanistan began with an air assault and covert operations on the ground on this day, 7th October, in what year?
3.Science & Nature Less well known than platinum, gold or silver; what precious metal has the atomic number 46 and is sometimes used to make jewellery?
4.Name That Tune Name that tune.  (½ point each for Artist and Title)

(1957)

5.Sport & Leisure In tennis, who won the 2013 Davis Cup?
6.Geography Of the 48 contiguous U.S. states, what is the westernmost state capital and the state it is capital of?
7.Anagram HOT DAREDEVIL is an anagram of what American rock vocalist?
8.Logos What well known company has this as its logo?

Round 1 Question 8

9.Music What British rock star played composer Franz Liszt in the 1975 musical film Lisztomania?
10.History Name both the captain and the ship that ran aground on the Great Barrier Reef on 11th June 1770?
11.Entertainment Complete the name of this 1954 Dylan Thomas play: Under ____ ____?
12.General Knowledge What total do you get if you add all the numbers on a roulette wheel?


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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 Name the American sportsman suspended from all competition for six months following his drink-driving arrest last week.
3.Science & Nature A member of the gourami family, what species of fish is this?

Round 2 Question 3

4.Name That Tune Name that tune.  (½ point each for Artist and Title)

(1969)

5.Sport & Leisure What name is given to the area behind the line that crosses the width of a snooker or pool table?

Round 2 Question 5

6.Geography What Australian state capital lies on the Swan River?
7.Art & Literature Sancho Panza was squire to what character in a 1605 novel of the same name?
8.Flags What archipelago and autonomous country has this as its national flag?

Round 2 Question 8

9.Music In the 1982 Human League song Don't You Want Me, how many years had the couple been together?
10.History Sort these geological periods in date order; oldest first, most recent last:
A. Jurassic
B. Cretaceous
C. Triassic
11.Entertainment In what 1976 film did Laurence Olivier play a Nazi war criminal named Dr. Christian Szell?
12.General Knowledge What European cathedral houses a 24-ton bell nicknamed "Fat Peter"?


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Round 3

1.Food & Drink Originating in Tuscany, what 'P' describes this traditional Italian dessert containing fruits and nuts?

Round 3 Question 1

2.In This Year In this year: The PlayStation 2 was released worldwide; an Air France Concorde crashed into a hotel near Paris; and the U.S. Supreme Court stopped the Florida presidential recount, effectively handing the Presidency to George W. Bush. What year was it?  [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
3.Science & Nature What 'I' describes the uppermost and largest bone of the human pelvis?
4.Name That Tune Name that tune.  (½ point each for Artist and Title)

(1980)

5.Sport & Leisure New Zealand won the 2014 Rugby Championship on Saturday despite losing to what country in their last game of the competition?
6.Entertainment What 1960s TV family lived at 1313 Mockingbird Lane in the fictional city of Mockingbird Heights?
7.Art & Literature 18th century English painter George Stubbs is best known for his paintings of what animal?
8.Geography What is this, the largest and northernmost territory of Canada?

Round 3 Question 8

9.Music What American rock band, formed in 1994, got its name from a term used by Allied pilots during World War II to describe UFO-type sightings?
10.Anagram KILL IN FINE HANDS is an anagram of what capital city and the country it is capital of?
11.Entertainment Name this 1968 film and the actor speaking.

12.General Knowledge To the nearest 1%, what was the percentage "No" vote in the 2014 Scottish independence referendum?  [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]


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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 Nicknamed "Baby Doc", name the former President of Haiti who died on Saturday.
3.Science & Nature What species of ape is most closely related to humans?
4.Name That Tune Name that tune.  (½ point each for Artist and Title)

(1997)

5.Sport & Leisure Feyenoord football club is based in what Dutch city?
6.Geography The Ligurian and Alboran seas are branches of what larger sea?
7.Art & Literature What American novelist wrote the Rabbit tetralogy?
8.Landmarks Its historic centre is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, what European city is this?

Round 4 Question 8

9.Music What Beatles song starts Last night I said these words to my girl?
10.History In 1966, what American psychologist popularised the catchphrase "Turn on, tune in, drop out"?
11.Entertainment Who played the mob boss "stung" by Paul Newman and Robert Redford in the 1973 film The Sting?
12.Sudoku Solve this Sudoku puzzle to reveal the 3 digit figure highlighted.

Round 4 Question 12



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Picture Round

Picture Round 7th October 2014


Snowball Question

Snowball QuestionOf the 3,623,344 votes cast in the 2014 Scottish independence referendum, less than 1 in a thousand were blank or invalid. How many were blank or invalid?

Scoreboard

 Team Name R1 R2 R3 R4 P Total
Drunken Layabouts 8 10¼ 9 7 43¾
No Debbie or Tommy 4 7 35½
Fad Suckers 7 5 5 29


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