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Quiz #537 - 12th April 2022Sunset Bar

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Round 1

1.Food & Drink In what U.S. State is Jim Beam produced?
2.On This Day The first Space Shuttle mission (STS-1) was launched on this day, 12th April 1981. What was the name of the Space Shuttle?

Round 1 Question 2

3.Anagram IMMORTAL AUTUMN MORON IN ARSEHOLE is an anagram of what world famous landmark?

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

(1968)

5.History Launched on 10th February 1906, what Royal Navy battleship gave its name worldwide to a class of battleships predominant up to the end of World War I?
6.Geography Most of what was known in ancient times as Mesopotamia is now what modern-day country?
7.Science & Nature What is a common name for the disorder with the medical term dysphemia?
8.Logos What cross-platform app is represented by this icon?

Round 1 Question 8

9.Music Hot Right Now by DJ Fresh (2012), Black Widow by Iggy Azalea (2014), and Lonely Together by Avicii (2017) all feature what artist?
10.Sport & Leisure What former tennis player is dubbed "The Red-Headed Rocket from Rockhampton"?
11.Entertainment What film starring Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, and Al Pacino was nominated for 10 Oscars yet failed to win any?
12.General Knowledge What two letters come next in the following sequence: SC, RM, GL, TD, PB, __?


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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 Who was removed from office as Prime Minister of Pakistan on Sunday by a motion of no-confidence?
3.Art & Literature In George Orwell's 1945 novel, Animal Farm, what kind of animal is Old Major?
4.Name That Tune Name that tune.  (½ point each for Artist and Title)

(1978)

5.On This Day Who flew into space on this day, 12th April 1961, exactly 20 years to the day before the launch of the first Space Shuttle?
6.Geography Known locally as Lefkosia (Λευκωσία), what is the capital of Cyprus?
7.Science & Nature Generally encoded in the same way as many cryptocurrencies, NFTs are digital assets that purport to represent real-world images, music, or videos. What does NFT stand for?  (1pt for 3, ½pt for 2, ¼pt for 1)
8.Flags What country has this as its national flag?

Round 2 Question 8

9.Music From 1980 to 1982, whose backing band included Marco Pirroni, Chris 'Merrick' Hughes, and Terry Lee Maill?
10.Sport & Leisure Who won the Masters Tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club on Sunday?
11.Entertainment Arrange these films in order of first release, earliest first:
A. The Exorcist
B. Jaws
C. Moonraker
D. Star Wars
12.General Knowledge Escape, Eternity, and Euphoria are among the perfumes by what fashion house?


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Round 3

1.Food & Drink What name is given to a wine bottle twice the size of a Standard bottle?
2.In This Year In this year: Winston Churchill was re-elected Prime Minister of the United Kingdom; 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas, a nuclear bomb was detonated at the Nevada Test Site for the first time; and Alice in Wonderland, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Day the Earth Stood Still, and The African Queen all premiered worldwide. What year was it?  [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
3.Current Affairs Best-selling British author Henry Patterson passed away on Saturday, aged 92. Specialising in thriller and espionage novels, by what pen name is he better known?
4.Name That Tune Name that tune.  (½ point each for Artist and Title)

(1986)

5.Anagram OVER TURD BALL is an anagram of what American actor, born in 1931?

6.Entertainment What 2013 animated film and its 2019 sequel are set in the fictional kingdom of Arendelle?
7.Science & Nature What chemical element was formerly known by the Greek term hydrargyrum?
8.Maps What U.S. state is this?

Round 3 Question 8

9.Music In what year were all the songs in this medley first released as singles?  [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]

10.Sport & Leisure Ridden by jockey Sam Waley-Cohen, what horse won the 2022 Grand National at Aintree Racecourse on Saturday?
11.Entertainment Starring Joaquin Phoenix in the title role, who co-stars as talk show host Murray Franklin in the 2019 film Joker?
12.Sudoku Solve this Sudoku puzzle to reveal the 3 digit figure highlighted.

3
6
8
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1
5
3
9
6
2
4
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 city did Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy declare yesterday as being "completely destroyed"?
3.Art & Literature How many voyages did Sinbad the Sailor make?
4.Name That Tune Name that tune.  (½ point each for Artist and Title)

(1995)

5.History Between 1712 and 1914, what was the capital of the Russian Empire?
6.Geography How many U.S. states have the letter 'x' in their name?
7.Science & Nature Named after a province of Thailand, what breed of domestic cat is this?

Round 4 Question 7

8.Landmarks A blend of shrine and museum, in what capital city is this national war memorial?

Round 4 Question 8

9.Music Born Arnold George Dorsey in 1936, he toured the UK with Jimi Hendrix, Cat Stevens and the Walker Brothers in 1967. By what name is this English crooner better known?
10.Sport & Leisure Born in 1961, what former Australian rules footballer, who represented Hawthorn and Geelong, is nicknamed "God"?
11.Entertainment A British soap opera airing since 1995, Hollyoaks is a fictional suburb of what English city?

Round 4 Question 11

12.Ditloids Replace these initials with words to make a true statement: 3 B of W in "B B B S"


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Picture Round

Picture Round 12th April 2022


Snowball Question

Snowball QuestionWhat was the duration (in minutes) of the the first Space Shuttle mission (STS-1), launched on 12th April 1981?

Scoreboard

 Team Name R1 R2 R3 R4 P Total
Smile Bar 6 7 10 11 42¼
Alien Suckers 7 7 9 8 38¼
Drunken Layabouts 8 7 7 32


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