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Quiz #482 - 21st January 2020Sunset Bar

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Round 1

1.Food & Drink Popular throughout Central Europe, what type of food is Gugelhupf, or Kugelhopf?
2.On This Day Production of the iconic DeLorean sports car began in Dunmurry, Northern Ireland, on this day, 21st January, in what year?  [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]

Round 1 Question 2

3.Anagram GENITAL SCUM CENSORS is an anagram of what multinational company?

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

(1965)

5.History William Travis, James Bowie, and Davy Crockett were killed in what battle?
6.Geography Upon gaining independence from the United Kingdom in 1979, the Gilbert Islands, Phoenix Islands, and Line Islands became part of what newly named sovereign state?
7.Science & Nature What units of measurement are represented by X and Y in the following formula?
(X − 32) × 5/9 = Y  (½ point for each)
8.Logos This logo belongs to the governing body of what sport?

Round 1 Question 8

9.Music Brothers Jordan and Jonathan Knight, Joey McIntyre, Donnie Wahlberg, and Danny Wood comprise what band?
10.Sport & Leisure The day before the Munich Air Disaster in February 1958, what team did Manchester United play in their quarter-final second leg of the European Cup?
11.Entertainment What is the nickname of the ship's computer in the 1979 film Alien?

Round 1 Question 11

12.General Knowledge Which of these four scrambled words is the "odd one out" when unscrambled? (a) CGHICOA   (b) OOTNHUS   (c) XINEPOH   (d) JIBGINE


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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 A WHO meeting tomorrow could result in an emergency being declared over the recent coronavirus outbreak. What Chinese city was the source of the outbreak?
3.Art & Literature What is the Tin Woodman searching for in L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz?
4.Name That Tune Name that tune.  (½ point each for Artist and Title)

(1979)

5.History Who founded the Salvation Army in London in 1865?
6.Geography What major river flows through Baghdad?
7.Science & Nature What is the common name for the chemical compound NaCl?
8.Flags What country on the west coast of Central Africa has this as its national flag?

Round 2 Question 8

9.Music What band released the album Meat is Murder in 1985?

Round 2 Question 9

10.Sport & Leisure Name the American track sprinter stripped of his titles in 2005 for using performance-enhancing drugs, jailed in 2007 for cheque fraud, and again in 2008 for dealing heroin.
11.Entertainment What 1954 Alfred Hitchcock film stars Ray Milland as a professional tennis player, Grace Kelly as his wife, and Robert Cummings as her lover?
12.Add/Deduct a Letter Well balanced but no longer fresh.
Answer with two words. The first part of the sentence is a clue to a six letter word. Deduct one letter from that word to give the answer to the second part of the sentence.


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Round 3

1.Food & Drink A national dish of Wales, what type of food is cawl?
2.In This Year In this year: Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space; the failed Bay of Pigs Invasion of Cuba took place; and Barack Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. What year was it?  [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
3.Art & Literature In J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan, what collective name is given to the children "who fall out of their prams when the nurse is looking the other way and if they are not claimed in seven days, they are sent far away to the Neverland"?
4.Name That Tune Name that tune.  (½ point each for Artist and Title)

(1983)

5.Anagram SCRAP BEETLE is an anagram of what honourable 11-letter word?

Round 3 Question 5

6.Entertainment Who provides the voice of the dragon in the 1996 film Dragonheart?
7.Science & Nature What name is given to a fabric or yarn made from the fleece of the Angora goat?
8.Thailand What province in Eastern Thailand is this?

Round 3 Question 8

9.Music It Don't Come Easy, Back Off Boogaloo, and Photograph were hits in the early 70s for who?
10.Sport & Leisure Who has been ranked world number one male golfer since May 2019?
11.Entertainment Beneath .. (1970), Escape from .. (1971), Conquest of .. (1972), and Battle for .. (1973) are sequels to what 1968 film?
12.Sudoku Solve this Sudoku puzzle to reveal the 3 digit figure highlighted.

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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 Who was appointed Prime Minister of Russia following the resignation of Dmitry Medvedev last week?
3.Art & Literature What were the first names of English author H. G. Wells?  (½ point for each)

Round 4 Question 3

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

(2004)

5.History Making world headlines in November 1974, by what name was Richard John Bingham better known?
6.Geography In what U.S. state does the Mississippi River flow into the Gulf of Mexico?
7.Science & Nature In the International System of Units (SI), what single unit of measurement is equal to 1 billion kilobytes?
8.Landmarks What European capital city is this?

Round 4 Question 8

9.Music Fill in the blank from these opening lyrics to the Rolling Stone's Get Off of My Cloud:
"I live in an apartment on the __________ floor of my block."
10.Sport & Leisure What two teams will face off on 3rd February in Super Bowl LIV?  (½ point for each)
11.Entertainment In M*A*S*H, what is the nickname of Captain Benjamin Franklin Pierce?
12.Ditloids Replace these initials with words to reveal a well known phrase: 99 B of B on the W.


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Picture Round

Picture Round 21st January 2020


Snowball Question

Snowball QuestionThe Restaurante Botín in Madrid is the world's oldest restaurant. In what year did its original owner, French cook Jean Botín, open it?

Scoreboard

 Team Name R1 R2 R3 R4 P Total
Fad Suckers 10 8 9 44
Drunken Layabouts 8 8 39¾
Hugh Jardons 6 7 9 10 38½
Aliens 5 6 27½


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