Quiz Round History Round No: Joker: Find more rounds at themightyquiz.org/downloads

Questions Answers Q1. Which Greek god gave his name to the NASA A1. Apollo. missions which landed twelve men, including Neil Armstrong, on the moon?

Q2. Which controversial structure was built in 1961 A2. The Berlin Wall. and came down in 1990?

Q3. Who was the longest serving British Prime Minister A3. Margaret Thatcher. of the 20th century?

Q4. Two of Henry VIII’s six wives were executed. Anne A4. Catherine Howard. Boleyn and…

Q5. In the Bayeux Tapestry which king of England is A5. Harold Godwinson (accept Harold). shown with an arrow in his eye?

Q6. In which battle, fought in the Atlantic Ocean off A6. Trafalgar. the southwest coast of Spain, was Lord Nelson killed?

Q7. In 1963, President John F. Kennedy was A7. Dallas. assassinated while riding in a motorcade in which Texas city?

Q8. Who discovered Radium, was the first woman to A8. Marie Curie. be awarded a Nobel prize and helped create the first ever ambulances?

Q9. In which year did the UK join the EEC, which A9. 1973. became the EU in 1993?

Q10. What influential technology was invented by A10. The Printing Press. Johannes Gutenberg in about 1450?

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Quiz Round Sports Round No: Joker: Find more rounds at themightyquiz.org/downloads

Questions Answers Q1. England men’s football team made it to the A1. 1966 and 1990 (needs both years for the point). semi-finals of the 2018 World Cup. In which other two World Cup tournaments did they also get that far?

Q2. Which Welsh cyclist, known as G, became the third A2. Geraint Thomas. British rider to win the Tour de France in 2018?

Q3. Who ran the first four-minute mile? A3. Roger Bannister.

Q4. Which American swimmer has won the same A4. Michael Phelps (23 golds). number of Olympic gold medals as South Africa?

Q5. In tennis, what follows a deuce? A5. Advantage.

Q6. Lewis Hamilton won his fifth F1 world title in 2018. A6. Michael Schumacher. Who is the only person to have won more?

Q7. In 1986, who became the youngest ever A7. Mike Tyson. heavyweight champion of the world?

Q8. Who was the manager of Leicester City when they A8. Mike Tyson. beat 5,000-1 odds to win the 2015-16 Premier League title?

Q9. Complete the sequence: Sydney, Athens, Beijing, A9. Rio de Janeiro (city of the Summer Olympics). London…

Q10. Which jump in the Grand National shares its A10. The Chair. name with a piece of furniture?

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Quiz Round General Knowledge Round No: Joker: Find more rounds at themightyquiz.org/downloads

Questions Answers Q1. What is the name of the founder of PayPal, A1. Elon Musk. SpaceX and Tesla?

Q2. The oldest surviving census data comes from A2. China. which modern-day country?

Q3. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson was a mathematician A3. Lewis Carroll. who wrote children’s stories under what name?

Q4. Bobby Seagull and Eric Monkman, writers of the A4. University Challenge. ‘Mighty Minds’ round in The Mighty Quiz, found fame after appearing on which television show?

Q5. On a car number plate, the letters GB indicate the A5. Czech Republic. car is from Great Britain. Which country is represented by CZ?

Q6. In which country would women wear a mantilla? A6. Spain. Head and shoulders. A bonus point for naming the part of the body where it’s worn.

Q7. According to the proverb, what is the mother of A7. Necessity. invention?

Q8. After 1928, women over what age were given the A8. 21. right to vote?

Q9. What do the following numbers have in common? A9. Square numbers. 4, 9, 16, 25, 36

Q10. RP is the standard form of English accent. What A10. Received pronunciation (also known as the do the letters stand for? Queen’s English).

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Quiz Round Entertainment Round No: Joker: Find more rounds at themightyquiz.org/downloads Questions Answers Q1. She’s the biggest selling artist of the 21st A1. Adkins. century, but what is Adele’s surname?

Q2. What do Sandy Shaw, Lulu and Brotherhood of Man A2. Won the Eurovision Song Contest for the UK. all have in common?

Q3. On which UK TV show would you find the A3. Top Gear. character ‘The Stig’?

Q4. Which Canadian artist’s real name is Aubrey A4. Drake. Graham?

Q5. The name of which famous band is also the A5. Abba. Aramaic word for ‘father’?

Q6. Which British actor was born Maurice Micklewhite? A6. Michael Caine.

Q7. Which American 1990s TV series was based on the A7. Sabrina the Teenage Witch. Archie Comics series of the same name and has recently been revived as a (much darker) Netflix series?

Q8. What is Paul McCartney’s real first name? A8. James.

Q9. Which British grime artist used to work in an oil A9. Stormzy. refinery, self-released his first album, and recently set up a University of Cambridge scholarship fund for black students?

Q10. Originally created by Stan Lee, and including A10. Marvel Comics. superheroes such as Iron Man, Captain America and Thor, which comic books have been turned into the most successful film series of all time?

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Quiz Round Guess the Link Round No: Joker: Find more rounds at themightyquiz.org/downloads

Questions Answers Q1. Which Batman villain has the surname A1. The Penguin. ‘Cobblepot’?

Q2. The lead singer of the Beautiful South was also the A2. The House Martins. singer in which other band?

Q3. Which band released the album Hotel California, A3. The Eagles. with a title track of the same name, in 1977?

Q4. Who wrote the satirical novel Gulliver’s travels? A4. Jonathan Swift.

Q5. Who became known as ‘The Lady of the Lamp’? A5. Florence Nightingale.

Q6. Which architect designed St. Paul’s Cathedral in A6. Sir Christopher Wren London?

Q7. What was the surname of the brothers in the 1990s A7. Crane. sitcom Frasier?

Q8. Who is Scout’s dad in the Harper Lee novel To Kill a A8. Atticus Finch. Mockingbird?

Q9. What do you call a cricket batsman being A9. Out for a duck. dismissed without scoring any runs?

Q10. What connects the questions in this round? A10. Birds.

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Quiz Round Science and Nature Round No: Joker: Find more rounds at themightyquiz.org/downloads

Questions Answers Q1. What nationality was Alois Alzheimer, who gave A1. German. his name to Alzheimer’s disease?

Q2. Where in the human body would you find the A2. The ear (bones in the ear). hammer, the anvil and the stirrup?

Q3. What did Alfred Nobel, for whom the Nobel prize A3. Dynamite. was named, invent?

Q4. What is the chemical symbol for Lead? A4. Pb.

Q5. What is the collective noun for a group of owls? A5. A parliament .

Q6. What makes plants green? A6. Chlorophyll.

Q7. Who invented the television? A7. John Logie Baird.

Q8. What is Edward Jenner known for? A8. Pioneering the smallpox vaccine, the world’s first vaccination. Accept ‘vaccinations’.

Q9. Complete the equation: Speed equals distance A9. Time. divided by what?

Q10. What was the name of the group’s dog in Enid A10. Timmy. Blyton’s ‘Famous Five’?

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