Quiz Questions – The rounds are: General Knowledge Geography Politics February Nature Music Round 1 – General Knowledge (A possible 11 points)

1. Kofi Annan, U Thant and Ban Ki-Moon have all been Secretary General of which international organisation?

2. In Lousia May Alcott’s novel Little Women how do the March Sisters refer to their mother? Is it Momma, Marmee or Mimi?

3. Which US pop singer appears dressed as a hamburger in the video for the 2019 Taylor Swift song “You need to calm down”?

4. Who directed Pulp Fiction?

5. How many children does our Queen Elizabeth have?

6. Who voices Elsa in Frozen?

7. Who authored The Hunger Games book series?

8. What currency is used in Turkey?

9. Which side of the road do people drive on in Australia?

10. In what year was the first iPhone released?

Round 2 Geography. I’m going to read out some titles of films but one word of that film is missing and corresponds to a European City. Please name the city. Max 10 points

1. An american in ______(Gene Kelly 1951)

2. ______has fallen (Gerard Butler 2016)

3. The merchant of ______(Al Pacino 2004)

4. ______by the sea (Casey Affleck 2016)

5. Vicky Cristina ______(Penelope Cruz 2008)

6. It started in ______(Sophia Loren 1960)

7. Funeral in ______(Michael Caine 1966)

8. The Grand ______Hotel (Ralph Fiennes 2014)

9. Bull ______(Kevin Costner 1988)

10. When in ______(Kristen Bell 2010)

Round 3 – Politics. Please name the politicians shown below. First Names and Surnames please.

1. 2. 3.

4. 5. 6.

7. 8. 9.

10.

Round 4. February facts. All these questions are concerned with February. Max 10 points

1. On 18 Feb 1930, Clyde Tombaugh discovered this object in the solar system, but later it was declassified from a planet to a dwarf planet.

2. This man was released from prison after 27 years on 11 Feb 1990 and later became the South African president.

3. On 11 Feb 1929, the Lateran Treaty was signed which recognised this enclave as an independent nation.

4. Francis Crick and James Watson announced their discovery of the double helix structure of this molecule on 28 Feb 1953

5. The siege at this mission in San Antonio, Texas began on 23 Feb 1836

6. Princess Elizabeth was staying in this country on discovering that she had become queen on 6 Feb 1952

7. Torvill and Dean won ice-skating gold at the winter Olympics in this city on 14 Feb 1984

8. The British pound was divided into 100 pence when this process, known as D-Day, completed on 15 Feb 1971

9. On 22 Feb 1997 scientists revealed that the first mammal successfully cloned from adult cells was a sheep known by this name

10. This woman was executed on 8 Feb 1587 at Fotheringhay Castle on the orders of her cousin Queen Elizabeth I

Round 5. Nature. I’m going to describe some things that also happen to be names of flowers. I’ll also give you the initials of the flower. What are the flowers. Max 10pts.

1. This is a bird native to New Guinea known for its bright plumage and courtship displays. (BOP)

2. Name of the titular princess in William Goldman’s novel ‘The Princess Bride’. (B)

3. The opposite end of the colours of the rainbow from Red. (V)

4. The name of the Sussex heritage railway that runs between Sheffield Park and East Grinstead. (B)

5. The surname of the actor who played Private Pike in Dad’s army (L)

6. The son of the river god Cephissus in the Greek myth who fell in love with his own reflection (N)

7. The ship that carried the pilgrims from Plymouth, England to Massachusetts I n 1620 (M)

8. The first name of Cara Delevingne’s elder sister who was born in 1986 (P)

9. A perforated cap attached to the neck of a watering can in order to produce a spray. (R)

10. A reddish-orange gem variety of zircon (H)

Round 6 – Music - Possible 10 points

1. As of August 2020, who is the youngest person ever to win a Grammy Award?

2. Fill in the blanks in the lyrics to this Katy Perry song, “Do you ever feel like a BLANK BLANK , Drifting through the wind, wanting to start again”

3. Who was Carly Simon singing about in the second verse of her song, 'You're so vain'?

4. Which cartoon character did it to beat Westlife to the UK Christmas number one spot in 2000?

5. Who had a hit in 1990 with Nothing Compares 2 U?

6. Which video was more popular on You|Tube. Baby Shark or Despacito?

7. What was Britney Spears’ first single called?

8. What was the name of Madonna’s first studio album, released in 1983?

9. Ringo Starr was not the original drummer for the Beatles – but who was?

10. Name the singer who is the only person to have ever performed more than one James Bond theme song.