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Quiz #311 - 17th May 2016Number 1 Bar & Restaurant

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Round 1

1.Food & Drink In many English-speaking countries, what 'P' describes this type of pressed, grilled sandwich?

Round 1 Question 1

2.On This Day Televised hearings of the United States Senate Watergate Committee opened on this day, 17th May, in what year?  [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
3.Science & Nature From what type of tree is nearly all the world's natural cork obtained?
4.Name That Tune Name that tune.  (½ point each for Artist and Title)

(1964)

5.Sport & Leisure In golf, between 1936 and 1965, who won a record 82 PGA Tour events?
6.Geography In what country is the city of Casablanca?
7.Anagram LUMP ON ANAL DILDO is an anagram of what world famous theatre? (2 word answer)
8.Logos What American multinational technology company has this as its logo?

Round 1 Question 8

9.Music What singer-songwriter's given names are Kathryn Dawn?
10.History Who succeeded François Mitterrand as President of France in 1995?
11.Entertainment What TV series began in 2004 with the plane crash of Oceanic Airlines Flight 815?
12.General Knowledge LG Electronics is among the world's largest television manufacturers. What did LG originally stand for?


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Round 2

1.Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a well known term or phrase. (3 word answer)

Round 2 Question 1

2.Current Affairs In what capital city did a truck bombing kill at least 65 people and wound 87 last Wednesday?
3.Science & Nature What is the Latin name for the constellation known as the "Great Bear"?
4.Name That Tune Name that tune.  (½ point each for Artist and Title)

(1973)

5.Sport & Leisure In November 2001, aged 20, who became the youngest male tennis player ever to be ranked No. 1 in the world singles?
6.Geography One of only two places in the world where star garnets can be found in any significant quantities, what U.S. state is nicknamed the "Gem State"?
7.Art & Literature What is the name of the fictitious whaling ship that appears in the 1851 novel Moby-Dick by Herman Melville?
8.Flags Independent from the United Kingdom since 1978, what Caribbean island nation has this as its national flag?

Round 2 Question 8

9.Music Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain and Amy Winehouse all died at what age?
10.History In a competition in October 1829, what beat Cycloped, Novelty, Perseverance and Sans Pareil?
11.Entertainment Who played Harry Lime in the 1949 film The Third Man?
12.General Knowledge Lotion with a piercing cry.
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 From what country does Kronenbourg 1664 originate?
2.On This Day The first legal same-sex marriages in the United States were performed in the state of Massachusetts on this day, 17th May, in what year?  [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
3.Science & Nature What simple name is given to the interdisciplinary science that deals with the study of all mechanical waves in gases, liquids, and solids including topics such as vibration, sound, ultrasound and infrasound?
4.Name That Tune Name that tune.  (½ point each for Artist and Title)

(1986)

5.Sport & Leisure Who became the youngest ever driver to win a Formula One race by winning the 2016 Spanish Grand Prix on Sunday?
6.Entertainment In what 1990s TV serial drama did Sheryl Lee feature as murdered homecoming queen Laura Palmer?
7.Art & Literature What is written on the tiny bottle that Alice finds in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland?
8.Geography What country in West Africa is this?

Round 3 Question 8

9.Music Name the title, artist and country of the winning song in the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday.
10.Anagram ANGRY WHITE SEMEN is an anagram of what 20th century novelist?
11.Entertainment The first one not to use the title of an Ian Fleming story, for what 1989 James Bond film did Gladys Knight sing the theme song?
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 term or phrase. (5 word answer)

Round 4 Question 1

2.Current Affairs Name the Brazilian President suspended last week after both houses of the National Congress voted to impeach her.
3.Science & Nature A family of general-purpose, high-level programming languages, what does the acronym BASIC stand for?
4.Name That Tune Name that tune.  (½ point each for Artist and Title)

(1992)

5.Sport & Leisure In a career that spanned 21 years, who holds the record for the most Major League Baseball home runs?
6.Geography In what country would you find the Great Dividing Range, or Eastern Highlands?
7.Art & Literature What English novelist's work includes The Confidential Agent, The Third Man, The Quiet American and Our Man in Havana?
8.Landmarks At 350 metres, the Keangnam Landmark Tower is the tallest building in what capital city?

Round 4 Question 8

9.Music Formed in 1972, what American jazz rock band named themselves after a strap-on dildo mentioned in the William S. Burroughs novel Naked Lunch?
10.History What U.S. President is credited with founding the Interstate Highway System?
11.Entertainment What is the name of Al Pacino's character in the 1983 film Scarface?
12.General Knowledge What is the average (mean value) of 8, 80, 800 and 8000?


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Picture Round

Picture Round 17th May 2016


Snowball Question

Snowball QuestionThe flagpole located at King Aoon Square in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia is the tallest flagpole in the world. How tall, in feet, is it?

Scoreboard

 Team Name R1 R2 R3 R4 P Total
Drunken Layabouts 10 8 2 31¼
Three Guys 7 5 25¼


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