Since September I have been hosting quiz nights on Sundays at a local pub, as explained in this piece. Here’s a record of the 10 rounds of questions for the quiz on Sunday 24 November 2024.

Round 1: General Knowledge

1. What is the capital city of Venezuela?
2. Which former Labour MP and Deputy Prime Minister died earlier this week aged 86?
3. How many days are there in a leap year?
4. In the 1939 film “The Wizard of Oz”, what is the name of Dorothy’s dog?
5. Na is the chemical symbol for which element?

Round 2: The Best Selling Albums Ever

Five albums have sales of over 5m in the UK. They are listed below, missing either the name of the act or the album title. Fill in the gaps

1. ____ Greatest Hits
2. ____ Gold: Greatest Hits
3. The Beatles: _____________
4. Adele: __
5. Oasis: __________

Round 3: I’m Lovin’ It

Currently, McDonald’s, the hamburger restaurant chain, operates in over 120 countries. Which of the following countries has at least one McDonald’s restaurant, and which do not? There are countries that used to have at least one branch but now do not.

1. Ireland
2. Russia
3. Brunei
4. Tunisia
5. Iceland

Round 4: Music: 5-letter #1s

You will hear clips from 5 UK #1s. The titles are all a single 5-letter word. What is that 5-letter word?

1. 80s [The Jam]
2. 90s [Madonna]
3. 00s [Gnarls Barkley]
4. 10s [Pharrell]
5. 20s [Ellie Goulding]

Round 5: Young Oscar Winners: who are they?

[Pictures of 5 Oscar winners when they were younger]

End of Part One

Round 6: The answer is an Olympic City

1. The soap opera “Neighbours” is set in which city?
2. What city was archduke Franz Ferdinand visiting when he was assassinated in 1914?
3. The syndrome where hostages develop positive feelings for their captors is named after which city?
4. Which Canadian city is the  is the second largest French speaking city in the world, after Paris?
5. Italian football club Juventus are based in which city?

Round 7: Music: A Confusion of 80s Bands

Match the song title to the artist

Title	Match the Title to the correct Act
“(Feel Like) Heaven”	Dream Academy
“First Picture of You”	Fiction Factory
“Life in a Northern Town”	Mobiles
“Drowning in Berlin”	New Order
“Confusion”	Lotus Eaters

Round 8: Sport

1. The last time that all four tennis Grand Slam tournaments were won by men from the same country was 1988. What country did the winners come from?
2. Which Manchester City player won the Ballon D’Or for men’s football in October 2024?
3. Which team won the baseball World Series in October 2024?
4. Which team won the men’s Rugby World Cup in 2023?
5. In Formula 1, which team does Lewis Hamilton currently race for?

Round 9: Alliterative Names

Identify the following people, whose names are alliterative:

1. The winner of the Wimbledon Men’s Singles Tournament in 1992
2. The first female Speaker of the House of Commons
3. The current presenter of “Desert Island Discs”
4. She plays Bianca in “Eastenders”
5. The Scottish warrior portrayed by Mel Gibson in “Braveheart”

Round 10: Pot Luck

1. Hotel Manager is an anagram of which famous choir master?
2. Hyperion is a moon of which planet?
3. Which Shakespeare play features Jessica and her father Shylock?
4. “Comedian”, a work of art sold earlier this week for $6.2m, consists of what food item duct-taped to a wall?
5. Which country is named after the second-highest mountain in Africa?

Tie-break Question

In what year was the Constantine the Great crowned Roman Emperor in York, then known as Eboracum?