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 1 December 2024.

Round 1: General Knowledge

1. What is the capital city of Barbados?
2. Who is the current leader of the Conservative party?
3. The 200th day of the year falls in what month?
4. Who won the Best Actor Oscar for playing Winston Churchill in the 2016 film “Darkest Hour”?
5. K is the chemical symbol for which element?

Round 2: Beatles #1s

Name the following Beatles #1 songs based on the number of letters in their titles

1. 3 5 3 (1963)
2. 9 6 (1966)
3. 3 3 4 2 4 (1967)
4. 4 7 (1968)
5. 3 6 2 4 3 4 (1969)

Round 3: US Capitals by letter

Each question lists 3 US States. The State Capitals of all 3 begin with the same letter. What is the letter?

1. Ohio, West Virginia, Nevada
2. Hawaii, Pennsylvania, Connecticut
3. Georgia, Maine, Maryland
4. Colorado, Delaware, Iowa
5. Utah, New Mexico, Oregon

Round 4: Music: Where are we going next?

Each of the following music clips will end just before the name of a geographical location. What word comes next?

1. Elvis Presley
2. Ian Dury & the Blockheads
3. Right Said Fred
4. Lynyrd Skynyrd
5. Ralph McTell

Round 5: Logos: Name That Car Company

[5 Logos from Motor Manufacturers]

End of Part One

Round 6: Get your 5 a day: Booze and Fruit

Which fruit is used to make the following drinks?

1. Cointreau
2. Slivovitz
3. Midori
4. Archers
5. Calvados

Round 7: Booker Prize Winners

Match the winning novel …

G

Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha

Midnight’s Children

Wolf Hall

Schindler’s Ark

With its author …

Salman Rushdie

Hilary Mantel

John Berger

Thomas Keneally

Roddy Doyle

Round 8: Airport Codes

Name the cities from their IATA Codes:

1. CDG
2. ORK
3. BCN
4. SOF
5. AKL

Round 9: They all have the initials BB

Identify the following people, whose usual names have the initials BB:

1. Protest singer, born in Barking in 1957
2. French actress, born 1934, known for her animal rights activism
3. US First Lady 1989-1993
4. UK actor born 1936, known for the line “Gordon’s Alive!”
5. She became President of Pakistan in 1988

Round 10: Pot Luck

1. Nominates is an anagram of which US State?
2. Io is a moon of which planet?
3. Which Shakespeare play features the twins Viola and Sebastian, separated after a shipwreck?
4. Simon Harris is the prime minister of which country?
5. Which is the name of the Caribbean island that comprises Haiti and the Dominican Republic?

Tie-break Question

According to the Parliament.uk website, how many Labour MPs are there in the House of Commons?