Quiz #07
It is time for another quiz. A fun quiz? Of course. And this time my parents are playing.
As always the early rounds are supposed to be easier, there is a downloadable version attached, the questions and answers are already at https://quiz.ab51.org, and the answers will be along shortly.
On with the questions:
Round 1
Question 1
What piece of household furniture takes its name from an empire that was formally ended in 1922 during the establishment of the Republic of Turkey?
Answer:
1 point
Question 2
Which is larger: a northern elephant seal or a southern elephant seal?
Answer:
1 point
Question 3
What European capital connects Jack, the author of White Fang, and Julie, the singer famous for her rendition of Cry Me a River?
Answer:
1 point
Question 4
Whilst a standard US computer keyboard has 26 letters, a standard Spanish one has 27. What is the extra letter?
Answer:
1 point
Question 5
Which UK chocolate bar was advertised as ‘not for girls’ in the 2000s, triggering complaints to the Advertising Standards Agency?
Answer:
1 point
Question 6
The volume of which three dimensional shape is found using the formula πr²h?
Answer:
1 point
Question 7
Separated by the Danube river, by what names are the east and west banks of Budapest known?
Answer:
2 points
Question 8
What three elements are present in citric acid?
Answer:
3 points
Question 9
What are the names of the four men’s major golf championships?
Answer:
4 points
Question 10
Make the longest word possible from the following letters: ACCEORRSW
Answer:
Up to 9 points
(*length of word equates to points awarded)
Round 1 points
(Maximum: 24)
Round 2
Question 1
With over 4 million daily passengers and plans to expand its network from 13 lines to 20 by 2034, which city has the busiest mass transit metropolitan railway system in South America?
Answer:
1 point
Question 2
What is the name of the non-profit foundation behind the Firefox web browser?
Answer:
1 point
Question 3
Prior to the understanding of oxygen’s role in the combustion process, what element was believed to exist in combustible substances, having been proposed by 17th-century scientist Johann Becher and then named by 18th-century scientist Georg Stahl?
Answer:
1 point
Question 4
In 2024 a Colombian court ordered the controlled hunting and sterilization of what invasive species, which was first introduced to the country when four animals from drug lord Pablo Escobar’s private zoo were allowed to roam after his death?
Answer:
1 point
Question 5
What digit is pressed three consecutive times in order to dial the emergency services in New Zealand?
Answer:
1 point
Question 6
What was the name of the pop group comprised of Tito Jackson’s sons - who are Michael Jackson’s nephews - Tariano, Taryll, and Tito?
Answer:
1 point
Question 7
What are the names of the two Death in Paradise spin off series, one set in Devon and the other Australia?
Answer:
2 points
Question 8
In Virgil’s Aeneid, what four types of wood are described as being used in the construction of the Trojan horse - although scholars believe the poet was most likely seeking varied language rather than accuracy?
Answer:
4 points
Question 9
Since making his professional debut in 2002 at the age of 17, for which five club sides has Cristiano Ronaldo played football?
Answer:
5 points
Question 10
Since its inaugural tournament in 1987, which eight nations have reached a Rugby Union World Cup semi-final?
Answer:
8 points
Round 2 points
(Maximum: 25)
Total points
(Maximum: 49)
Round 3
Question 1
What connects the cats Gobbolino, Sootica, Jiji, Mog, and Salem Saberhagen?
Answer:
1 point
Question 2
In 1976, which British Conservative Party politician committed a ‘grave disorder’ in the House of Commons by grabbing the ceremonial mace and waving it at the Labour government benches?
Answer:
1 point
Question 3
Derived from the Greek for ‘open sea’, what name is given to the zone of open ocean in which fish such as the mackerel, sardines, and whale shark can be found?
Answer:
1 point
Question 4
The signalling gene SHH, which plays a role in a human embryo’s limb development, creates a protein named after which computer game character?
Answer:
1 point
Question 5
Now kept at the Tate Modern, one of three commissioned versions of which famous piece of art once resided in the town hall of the East Sussex town of Lewes, but was covered and then returned to the man who commissioned it because it was deemed too erotic?
Answer:
1 point
Question 6
What company was established by Adrian Dalsey, Larry Hillblom and Robert Lynn in 1969?
Answer:
1 point
Question 7
Which two US statesmen contested a duel on July 11, 1804 at Weehawken, New Jersey, resulting in the death of one of the participants?
Answer:
2 points
Question 8
According to recipes created by confectionery company Jelly Belly, what three flavours of jelly bellies combine to make a coffee cake flavour?
Answer:
3 points
Question 9
Which four European countries are the only nations in the world to officially have no lyrics to their national anthem?
Answer:
4 points
Question 10
What were the names of the five films in the Twilight film franchise?
Answer:
5 points
Round 3 points
(Maximum: 20)
Total points
(Maximum: 69)
Round 4
Question 1
Outside which skyscraper in New York City is Channel Gardens situated?
Answer:
1 point
Question 2
Dennis Muren has the most Academy Award wins of any living person, with nine. In which category have eight of those wins occurred?
Answer:
1 point
Question 3
The apps Too Good to Go, Olio, and Karma aim to reduce waste by allowing people and businesses to share unwanted or excess quantities of what item?
Answer:
1 point
Question 4
What was the name of the song sung by Kermit the Frog at the start of The Muppet Movie in 1979 which has been covered by the likes of Willie Nelson, The Carpenters, Barbra Streisand, Gwen Stefani, and Weezer, and in 2020 was added to the US National Recording Registry after the Library of Congress deemed it ‘culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant’?
Answer:
1 point
Question 5
Which book won the 2024 Booker Prize, with its single-word title making reference to its plot of six astronauts travelling around the Earth for 24 hours?
Answer:
1 point
Question 6
Referring to its colour and number, by what name is the London, Midland and Scottish Railway Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 better known?
Answer:
1 point
Question 7
The Catalina macaw, or rainbow macaw, is a hybrid between which two species of bird?
Answer:
2 points
Question 8
Which three states in India have a Christian majority - that being over 50 per cent of the population?
Answer:
3 points
Question 9
What four written languages can be found on the Rosetta Stone, currently residing at the British Museum?
Answer:
4 points
Question 10
What are the names of the eight major islands of Hawaii?
Answer:
8 points
Round 4 points
(Maximum: 23)
Total points
(Maximum: 92)
Round 5
In Round 5, there is only one answer. The less clues you need to get it, the more points you receive. If you need only one clue, you receive 10 points; if you require two clues, you will receive 9 points, and so on.
However, you may only answer once. If you answer incorrectly, you receive zero points for the round.
The following have all been world champions in which sport?
Clue 1 (10 points)
Josip Primozic
Clue 2 (9 points)
Lou Yun
Clue 3 (8 points)
Eizo Kenmotsu
Clue 4 (7 points)
Shannon Miller
Clue 5 (6 points)
Svetlana Khorkina
Clue 6 (5 points)
Rebeca Andrade
Clue 7 (4 points)
Kohei Uchimura
Clue 8 (3 points)
Olga Korbut
Clue 9 (2 points)
Nadia Comăneci
Clue 10 (1 point)
Simone Biles
Answer:
Round 5 points
(Maximum: 10)
Total points
(Maximum: 102)
It was a happy coincidence that a version of the Round 3 Question 4 turned up on University Challenge last night. Five points for me.
Anyway, thank you all for playing - as always it is much appreciated - and the share and subscribe buttons are here for your pleasure.
