October 2020 Questions

Quiz Questions – The rounds are: General Knowledge Words Picture Round (Vans) History Nature Music Round 1 – General Knowledge (A possible 10 points) 1. What is the name given to the requirement for London Black Cab drivers to commit to memory the city’s 25,000 streets and any landmark on them? 2. How many generations of mobile cell phone technology has there been? 3. Who is the writer who uses the pen name Robert Galbraith? 4. This question concerns a die (or dice) What is the spot value that is opposite the 2? 5. In a news item last month what was the item that caused a village’s broadband to crash every morning at 7am? 6. Which horse is the only three-time winner of the Grand National? 7. Who is Donald Trump's vice president? 8. Who is the only musician ever to have been awarded the Nobel prize for literature? 9. What is the name of Kim Kardashian's eldest child? 10. According to Scottish law, it is illegal to be drunk in charge of a cow. True or False? Round 2 Words ending in wl. I’ll read out definitions of single words that end in wl. What are these words. 1. A waterbird, especially a swimming bird. 2. To sit or lie with the body and limbs spread out awkwardly. 3. To move slowly on the hands and knees or by dragging the body along the ground. 4. To speak with lengthened or drawn-out vowels 5. To express (displeasure, for example) with a frowning facial expression 6. To utter or emit a long, mournful, plaintive sound. 7. To cry or sob loudly 8. Any of various often nocturnal birds of prey having hooked and feathered talons 9. To catch fish with a net in the shape of a sock or bag. 10. A small transparent glass receptacle for keeping aquatic animals in. Round 3 time for a break Round 3 –. Famous Vans. These are pictures of famous people with Van in their name. Who are they? First and Last Names please. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Round 4. History This round is all about historic moments or things that happened in October. 1. This British airship crashed on 5 Oct 1930 near Beauvais, in France killing 48 people. What was it’s name? 2. On 9 October 1967, this Transport Minister, introduced the breathalyser. Who was she? 3. On 12 October 1984 the Grand Hotel in Brighton was bombed by the IRA interrupting this political party’s annual conference. 4. This famous diarist, recorded the wearing of the first waistcoat by King Charles II in October 1666. Who was the diarist? 5. This village in Kent has now become a district of Rochester however, the first youth reform school was built here on 16 October 1902 and the village’s name became synonymous with the name given to reform schools. What is the villages name? 6. On 19 October 1781 the British general Lord Charles Cornwallis surrendered to George Washington at Yorktown, Virginia, ending which conflict? 7. On 21 October 1805 Admiral Nelson was mortally wounded in which battle? 8. What is the surname of Dylan the welsh Poet born on 27 October 1914? 9. On the 30 October 1925 which Scottish scientist made the first television transmission of a moving image? Full name please. 10. On 31 October 1517 this man triggered the Protestant Reformation when he nailed his ’95 Theses’ to the church door at Wittenberg, in Germany. Who was he? Round 5 Berries. I’m going to read out definitions or descriptions of things where the name of the thing can be placed in front of the word berry to make the name of a type of berry. What is the berry? 1. Dried stalks of grain, used especially as fodder or as material for thatching, packing, or weaving. 2. Boy band formed in 2000 consisting of members Antony Costa, Duncan James, Lee Ryan and Simon Webbe. 3. A visible mass of condensed watery vapour floating in the atmosphere. 4. A measure of fresh herrings, equivalent to 37 ½ gallons. 5. Tiny drops of water that form on cool surfaces at night, when atmospheric vapour condenses. 6. A leader or senior figure in a tribe or other group. 7. Hugh Jackman played this character in an eponymous X-Men spin off film released in 2017. 8. A large waterbird with a long neck, short legs, webbed feet, and a short broad bill. 9. A coarse file or similar metal tool for scraping, filing, or rubbing down objects of metal, wood, or other hard material. 10. The longest river in Scotland which flows into the sea by Dundee. Round 6 – Music - Possible 10 points Listen to the following ten music tracks. Unfortunately although they are well known hits over the years these are being played in reverse. 1 point each for the title of the track or as an alternative ½ point for the attributed artist/band? Suggest playing it twice through. 5.10 each time 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 .

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