As explained in this piece from last month, I have been asked to host a Sunday night quiz at a local pub. Here’s a record of the 50 questions for the quiz on Sunday 20 October 2024.

Round 1: General Knowledge

1. What is the capital city of North Korea?
2. Name either of the two candidates still contesting the leadership of the Conservative Party
3. Pep Guardiola is the longest-serving manager in the Premier League. Who is the second longest-serving manager of a team in the Premier League?
4. The Ugenia Lavender series of children’s books was written by which Spice Girl?
5. Pt is the chemical symbol for which element?

Round 2: Music: UK acts with US #1s

Which of these UK acts had at least one American #1? Answer YES or NO for each

1. Freddie and the Dreamers
2. The Who
3. Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders
4. The Kinks
5. Herman’s Hermits

Round 3: 5 things that I learnt this month

1. Who was prime minister for longer, Teresa May or Boris Johnson?
2. What is the last number alphabetically when using Roman Numerals?
3. In 2023 footballer Lionel Messi started playing for which MLS team?
4. Malcolm Little, born in 1925, was better known as who?
5. Name either of the two cities that have more skyscrapers than New York

Round 4: Music: Days of the Week

You will hear part of five songs whose titles contain the days of the week. Name the day of the week

1. The Rolling Stones, 1967, US #1
2. The Bangles, 1986, #2
3. The Undertones, 1980, #11
4. Elton John, 1973, #7
5. Blondie, 1979, #1

Round 5: Signs of the Zodiac

[A picture round: Identify the Signs of the Zodiac from their usual symbols]

End of Part One

Round 6: King Charles Rules

For each of the following pairs of countries, name the one where King Charles III is the ceremonial head of state

1. Barbados or Jamaica
2. Papua New Guinea or Kiribati
3. Solomon Islands or Marshall Islands
4. Tonga or Tuvalu
5. Belize or Honduras

Round 7: Double Oscar winning actresses

Earlier this year the Academy Award for Best Actress went to someone who won the same award at the ceremony held in 2017. Here are five questions about her, and other double Oscar-winners. Name the actresses who won for the following films.

1. “Poor Things” (2024) & “La La Land” (2017)
2. “Sophie’s Choice” (1983) & “The Iron Lady” (2012)
3. “Women in Love” (1971) & “A Touch of Class” (1974)
4. “Klute” (1972) & “Coming Home” (1979)
5. “The Accused” (1989) & “Silence of the Lambs” (1992)

Round 8: #1s with US States in the title

You will hear part of five songs whose titles contain the name of a US State. Name the State

1. Eagles, 1977 US #1
2. Gladys Knight & the Pips, 1973 US #1
3. Pussycat,1976 #1
4. R Dean Taylor, 1971 US #1 (Cashbox)
5. Beyonce, 2024 #1

Round 9: The NATO Phonetic Alphabet

The answers to all of these questions are words in the NATO Phonetic Alphabet, which begins Alpha, Bravo, Charlie and so on. What word in the NATO Phonetic Alphabet is …

1. The name of a country?
2. The prefix for 1,000?
3. The title of a 1964 film featuring Michael Caine and Stanley Baker?
4. The name of a dance developed in the 1910s in North America?
5. The capital city of a South American country?

Round 10: Have a Guess

1. Honeycrisp, created at the University of Minnesota, is a variety of which orchard fruit?
2. Professor Waldman is a character in which Mary Shelley novel?
3. In 2009 Brazilian supermodel Giselle Bundchen married which quarterback?
4. Dough Boy is the ship’s steward in which Herman Melville novel?
5. “Diego and I” is a 1949 work by which Mexican artist?