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Quiz #521 - 16th February 2021Sunset Bar

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Round 1

1.Food & Drink What name is given to a dish of two halves of an English muffin, topped with ham or bacon, poached eggs, and Hollandaise sauce.
2.On This Day Name the English archaeologist who unsealed the burial chamber of Pharaoh Tutankhamun on this day, 16th February 1923.
3.Anagram STAINED HEN RECTUM is an anagram of what sports team?

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

(1961)

5.History What British surgeon performed the world's first operation under controlled antiseptic conditions in 1877?
6.Geography What North American city was known as Bytown until 1855?
7.Science & Nature All crewed Russian spaceflights are launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. In what country is it?
8.Logos What three words complete this historic logo?  (1pt for 3, ½pt for 2, ¼pt for 1)

Round 1 Question 8

9.Music How You Remind Me, Someday, Photograph, and Rockstar are among hits in the 2000s for what band?
10.Sport & Leisure At Roland-Garros in 1983, Yannick Noah was the last player to win a tennis Grand Slam tournament with what?
11.Entertainment Filmed on the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, what is the name of the fictional island in the British-French TV series Death in Paradise?
12.General Knowledge A psychic has predicted that at Euro 2020 Lewandowski will score six more goals than Ronaldo and Ronaldo will score four less than Silva. Lukaku will score one more than Mbappé and Silva will score one more than Lukaku. Ronaldo and Mbappé will score four goals between them. How many goals is each of the five players predicted to score?


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Round 2

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

Round 2 Question 1

2.On This Day Leader of organic chemistry at DuPont, for what did Wallace H. Carothers receive a United States patent on this day, 16th February 1937?
3.Art & Literature The Night Watch is a 1642 painting by what Dutch artist?

Round 2 Question 3

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

(1973)

5.History The event in Central London in July and August 1858, in which hot weather exacerbated the smell of untreated human waste and industrial effluent on the banks of the River Thames, is known as the Great ... what?
6.Geography Of the five former Soviet states known as "the 'stans", which is the largest by area?
7.Science & Nature In reference to aircraft such as the Harrier Jump Jet, what does VTOL stand for?  (¼ point for each)

Round 2 Question 7

8.Flags What country has this as its national flag?

Round 2 Question 8

9.Music Most successful in the late 80s and throughout the 90s, what band were formed in New York City in 1978 by Michael "Mike D" Diamond, Adam "MCA" Yauch, and Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz?
10.Sport & Leisure What professional snooker player is nicknamed Haircut 100?
11.Entertainment On TV and film, what character links David Doyle, Bill Murray, Ramón Rodríguez, and Patrick Stewart?
12.Add/Deduct a Letter The marque of a monetary unit.
Answer with two words. The first part of the sentence is a clue to a five 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 What cocktail is traditionally made with vodka, peach schnapps, orange juice, and cranberry juice?

Round 3 Question 1

2.In This Year In this year: Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt disappeared, presumed drowned, in the sea near Portsea, Victoria; the New Zealand dollar replaced the New Zealand pound; and Beatles manager Brian Epstein was found dead in his locked bedroom. What year was it?  [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
3.Art & Literature Complete the title of this 1890 poem by Australian bush poet Banjo Paterson: The Man from ____ River.
4.Name That Tune Name that tune.  (½ point each for Artist and Title)

(1993)

5.Anagram A BUM, ANAL GENE is an anagram of what awkward 12-letter word?

6.Entertainment What actor, born in 1907, played Shakespearean title characters on film four times, receiving Best Actor Oscar nominations each time?
7.Science & Nature Nicknamed "Dragon Lady", what is the manufacturer and name of this U.S. high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft?  (½ point for each)

Round 3 Question 7

8.Maps What Middle East country is this?

Round 3 Question 8

9.Music Teenage Kicks is the 1978 debut single by what Northern Irish punk rock band?
10.Sport & Leisure His first career victory in the Cup Series, who won the Daytona 500 on Monday?
11.Entertainment What 1984 film stars Ralph Macchio as the title character, Daniel LaRusso?
12.Sudoku Solve this Sudoku puzzle to reveal the 3 digit figure highlighted.

5
8
2
7
1
4
2
1
3
1
6
3
7
3
8
7
8
9
4
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7
9
1
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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 What British-Swedish pharmaceutical company partners with Oxford University to produce a COVID-19 vaccine?
3.Art & Literature What is the title of British author Salman Rushdie's controversial 1988 novel?
4.Name That Tune Name that tune.  (½ point each for Artist and Title)

(2008)

5.History The daughter of a Pakistani Prime Minister, her husband became President shortly after her assassination in 2007. Name her.
6.Geography What Islamic Republic is the world's largest producer of opium?
7.Science & Nature What was the name of the probe, numbered 4, that took the first close-up photographs of another planet during its flyby of Mars on 14th July 1965?
8.Landmarks What U.S. city is this?

Round 4 Question 8

9.Music Later covered by The Marvelettes and Dusty Springfield, who was Tossin' and Turnin' in 1961?
10.Sport & Leisure What European capital city was the birthplace of Martina Navratilova in 1956?
11.General Knowledge From tonight's Picture Round, in the correct order, what are the 6 missing numbers in the following paired sequence? 1-_  2-_  4-_  5-_  6-_  7-_
12.Ditloids Replace these initials with words to make a true statement: 6 P on a S T


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Picture Round

Picture Round 16th February 2021


Snowball Question

Snowball QuestionIn 2016, Aleix Segura achieved the world's longest official breath hold ever underwater. For how many seconds did he hold his breath?

Scoreboard

 Team Name R1 R2 R3 R4 P Total
Drunken Layabouts 10 9 7 43
Alien Suckers 6 7 8 8 11½ 40½
ANZUS Conundrum 7 2 30¾
Cunny Funts 9 5 4 4 27½


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