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 10 rounds of questions for the quiz on Sunday 27 October 2024.
Round 1: General Knowledge
- What is the capital city of Moldova?
- Since November 2023 Christopher Luxon has been prime minister of which Commonwealth country?
- Which film, due for release next month and starring Paul Mescal and Denzel Washington, is a sequel to a major Oscar-winner from 2000?
- What is the title of the last of the 7 books in CS Lewis’s Narnia Chronicles?
- Co is the chemical symbol for which element?
Round 2: Music: Months in the titles of #1s
Here are 5 UK Top 10 hits that contain the name of a month in the title. Name the month. The songs are in the order that the months appear in the year. [Music clips, up to 27s each, accompanied this round.]
- Pilot, 1975 #1
- Jesus and Mary Chain, 1987 #8
- Carole King, 1962 #3
- Guns ’n Roses, 1992, #4
- Four Seasons, 1976 #1
Round 3: Four Letter Geography
The following answers are all 4-letter words
- What is the name of Ireland’s second largest city?
- What is Antarctica’s largest ice shelf?
- What is the English city known to the Romans as Eboracum?
- What is the river that runs through St Petersburg?
- Name the African country whose name is an anagram of a South American capital
Round 4: Double Oscar-winning Actors
Here are actors who have won the Academy Award for Best Actor at least twice. Name the actors who won for the following films. (The years given are the years when the films were released.)
- “Milk” (2008) & “Mystic River” (2003)
- “My Left Foot” (1989) & “Lincoln” (2012)
- “On The Waterfront” (1954) & “The Godfather” (1972)
- “Kramer Versus Kramer” (1979) & “Rain Man” (1988)
- “One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest” (1975) & “As Good As It Gets” (1997)
Round 5: Planet Symbols
Identify the planets from their symbols.
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Round 6: Real or Fictional
Which of the following people were real and which were fictional? Answer REAL or FICTIONAL in each case.
- Forrest Gump
- Vlad the Impaler
- Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
- Sherlock Holmes
- Spartacus
Round 7: 5 pairs of Rhyming Answers
- The element with the atomic number 29 and the symbol Cu / The surname of the US artist, first name Edward, known for his 1942 painting “Nighthawks”
- A town in the North East, the starting point of a famous march in 1936 / The public school in North West London where Winston Churchill, Benedict Cumberbatch and James Blunt were all students
- The title character of a Shakespeare play, described as “Of Athens”? / In the Gospels, the original name of St Peter
- The river that flows through the cities of Southampton and Winchester / According to Jona Lewie’s 1980 hit, the room where you will always find him at parties
- The 2015 James Bond film (“Writing’s on the Wall” was the theme tune) / In Greek myth, the Trojan prince who was regarded as their greatest warrior in the siege of Troy
Round 8: Hitchcock Movies in song titles
You will hear clips from five songs whose titles either share their name with an Alfred Hitchcock film or contain the name of a single-word Hitchcock film. Name the Hitchcock film.
- Talking Heads, 1977 / Hitchcock, 1960
- Elvis Presley, 1962 / Hitchcock, 1941
- U2, 2004 / Hitchcock, 1958
- Siouxsie & the Banshees, 1981 / Hitchcock, 1945
- Sophie Ellis-Bextor, 2001 & 2024 / Hitchcock, 1930
Round 9: Sports by their trophies
Name the sports associated with the following trophies
- Sir Vivian Richards Trophy
- Paul Hunter Trophy
- Commissioner’s Trophy
- Webb Ellis Cup
- Naismith Trophy
Round 10: Have a Guess
- Which Bram Stoker novel begins with a journal entry dated May 3rd?
- “Riding the Bullet” was first mass-market e-book by which US horror writer?
- Eric Coates, the composer of “The Dam Busters March”, also wrote theme to which long-running BBC Radio programme?
- The Misti volcano is in which South American mountain range?
- In 2009 American Football star Tom Brady married which Brazilian model?
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