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Quiz #293 - 22nd December 2015Number 1 Bar & Restaurant

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Round 1

1.Food & Drink What are the two main ingredients of a Snowball cocktail?
2.On This Day After days of bloody confrontations, name the Communist President of Romania overthrown on this day, 22nd December, 1989.
3.Science & Nature What colour are the berries of the mistletoe plant?
4.Name That Tune Name that tune.  (½ point each for Artist and Title)

(1942)

5.Sport & Leisure At 148, who is the most-capped player in rugby union history?
6.Geography In what part of the British Isles would you find Snaefell mountain?
7.Anagram SMART HERETICS is an anagram of what festive object?
8.Logos Founded in 1910 by Joyce Hall, what privately owned American company has this as its logo?

Round 1 Question 8

9.Music How still we see thee lie is the second line of what popular Christmas carol?
10.History What British monarch was crowned on Christmas Day in 1066?
11.Entertainment What 2004 festive film is this?

Round 1 Question 11

12.General Knowledge Part of Christmas celebrations primarily in the UK, Ireland and Commonwealth countries such as Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa; what were invented by London sweet maker Tom Smith in 1847?


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Round 2

1.Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a festive phrase.

Round 2 Question 1

2.Current Affairs What American comedian misread his cue card, wrongly announcing Ariadna Gutiérrez from Colombia as Miss Universe 2015 on Sunday?
3.Science & Nature What 'L' derives its name from the Latin for "wool oil"?
4.Name That Tune Name that tune.  (½ point each for Artist and Title)

(1957)

5.Sport & Leisure What American tennis player was World No. 1 for an all time record eight years from 1952 to 1960?
6.Geography What is the capital of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia?
7.Art & Literature What 1978 children's picture book without words by Raymond Briggs was adapted into an animated short film in 1982?
8.Flags What Australian territory is represented by this flag?

Round 2 Question 8

9.Music What Christmas carol includes these lyrics?
To save us all from Satan's power
When we were gone astray
10.General Knowledge In terms of body parts, what does Pope Francis only have 1½ of, that most people have two?
11.Entertainment What 2006 film stars Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet as two lovelorn women from opposite sides of the Atlantic who temporarily exchange homes to escape heartbreak during the holiday season?
12.General Knowledge Throughout the song, The Twelve Days of Christmas, how many gifts are given in total?


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Round 3

1.Food & Drink Popular in Canada and the United States, what Christmas drink is traditionally made with milk, cream, sugar, whipped eggs, plus spirits such as brandy, rum or bourbon, and a sprinkling of ground cinnamon or nutmeg?
2.On This Day Who was dubbed the "shoe bomber" after a failed attempt to destroy an American Airlines flight from Paris to Miami by igniting explosives hidden in his shoes on this day, 22nd December, 2001?
3.Science & Nature Osteomyelitis is an infection and inflammation of what part of the body?
4.Name That Tune Name that tune.  (½ point each for Artist and Title)

(1963)

5.Sport & Leisure For how many years were Sepp Blatter (FIFA) and Michel Platini (UEFA) both banned from association football on Monday amid the 2015 FIFA corruption case?

Round 3 Question 5

6.Entertainment What 1946 Christmas film is set in the fictional town of Bedford Falls?
7.Art & Literature Written in rhymed verse, what children’s Christmas story takes place in Whoville?
8.Geography What European country is this?

Round 3 Question 8

9.Music In what year was Band Aid's original Do They Know It's Christmas? released?  [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
10.Anagram TENSE AGGRESSIONS is an anagram of what festive phrase?
11.Entertainment In the 1990 first edition of the film franchise, in what city was Kevin left Home Alone at Christmas?
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 festive term.

Round 4 Question 1

2.Current Affairs Name the Spanish Prime Minister re-elected on Sunday despite his party losing one third of its seats.
3.Science & Nature Native to Africa, by what name are Galagos more commonly known?

Round 4 Question 3

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

(1973)

5.Sport & Leisure What retired sportsman was nicknamed The Golden Bear?
6.Geography "Good King Wenceslas", Wenceslas I, was Duke of Bohemia from 921 until his assassination in 935. In what modern day country is Bohemia?
7.Art & Literature Who painted The Mystical Nativity in 1500?

Round 4 Question 7

8.Landmarks One of the largest association football stadiums in the world, and also known as Soccer City, in what city would you the FNB stadium?

Round 4 Question 8

9.Music What 1987 Christmas hit took its title from a 1973 novel by J. P. Donleavy?
10.History What secret society was founded in Pulaski, Tennessee on Christmas Eve 1865?
11.Entertainment What 1996 festive comedy film is this?

Round 4 Question 11

12.General Knowledge Based on those mentioned in the 1823 poem A Visit from St. Nicholas, how many of Santa's reindeer have names ending with the letters "ER"?


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Picture Round

Picture Round 22nd December 2015


Snowball Question

Snowball QuestionSince 2007, the world's tallest floating Christmas tree has been displayed annually in Rio de Janiero. How tall, in feet, is it?

Scoreboard

 Team Name R1 R2 R3 R4 P Total
Bugadifino 11½ 10½ 7 8 43½
Fad Suckers 8 8 9 8 39½ǂ
Drunken Layabouts 9 10 5 8 39½


ǂ Tiebreak Runner-Up

Tiebreak Question

How old was Frank Sinatra when he passed away in 1998?


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