ALZHEIMER SCOTLAND QUIZ 2020 – QUESTIONS

Scottish category

1. A munro is the name for a Scottish mountain above which height?

2. The Gaelic for whisky is Uisge Beatha. What is its literal meaning?

3. Where do the smoked haddock known as ‘smokies’ come from?

4. Where did actor Ewan McGregor grow up?

5. What is Scotland's national animal?

6. Who plays Spud in Trainspotting?

7. Where in Scotland does Europe's oldest tree grow?

8. Scotland has the world's shortest commercial flight, where does it fly to and from?

9. Against which country in 2018 did James Forrest score an international hat-trick for Scotland?

10. Who invented the television?

Food and Drink category

1. What type of pastry are profiteroles made from?

2. What is the main flavour of aioli?

3. Which vegetable can be oyster, chestnut or shitaki?

4. What is wiener schnitzel?

5. How is steak tartare cooked?

6. Which drink is Worcester sauce traditionally added to?

7. Which fish is the main ingredient of Scotch Woodcock?

8. What is beef fillet cooked in puff pastry called?

9. What gives Windsor Red cheese its colour and flavour?

10. What is a Worcester Pearmain?

ALZHEIMER SCOTLAND QUIZ 2020 – QUESTIONS

Movies category 1.In what 1976 thriller does Robert De Niro famously say “You talkin’ to me 2. For what movie did Steven Spielberg win his first Oscar for Best Director? 3. Which Alfred Hitchcock thriller is notorious for its shocking “shower scene”? 4. Which show about Danny and Sandy was made into a film with John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John? 5. Which singer starred in The Bodyguard? 6. What is the first rule of Fight Club? 7. Who played Jack in Titanic? 8. Which 2020 film starring Robert Downey Jr tells the story of a physician who can talk to animals? 9. Which movie star is killed off in the opening scene of Scream? 10. Directed by Guy Ritchie, who plays the Genie in the 2019 adaptation of Aladdin?

Music category 1. Knights in White Satin was a 1967 hit for which band?

2. Which band sang The Final Countdown?

3. What was David Bowie’s real surname?

4. How many members are there in South Korean mega boyband BTS?

5. Which talent show judge managed Westlife?

6. Who sang the 1965 James Bond theme, Thunderball?

7. Roger Taylor is the drummer in which band?

8. In which year did the Spice Girls release Wannabe?

9. Spandau Ballet features which former EastEnders actor in its line-up?

10. Which song begins with the line, ‘I thought love was only true in fairy tales’?

ALZHEIMER SCOTLAND QUIZ 2020 – QUESTIONS

Sport category 1. Which Romanian gymnast won six medals in the 1976 Olympics and four in the 1980 Olympics? 2. Which male tennis player won the US Open Championship in 1994? 3. With which sport is the Ryder Cup associated? 4. What was unusual about the 1980 Olympic Games held in Moscow? 5. What is the Indianapolis 500? 6. What popular name was given to the American boxer Joe Louis? 7. Who came first in the Tour de France for the fourth consecutive year in 1994? 8. Who beat Bjorn Borg in the men’s singles tennis championship at Wimbeldon in 1981? 9. Which golf player won the British Open in 1987, 1990, and 1992? 10. The Corbillon Cup is associated with which sport?

Miscellaneous 1.Who painted ‘The Nightwatch’ ? 2. Which German brothers collected stories such as ‘Hansel and Gretel’? 3. What nationality was Hans Christian Andersen? 4. Who said ‘A scout smiles and whistles under all circumstances’? 5. Who first urged Beethoven to ‘roll over’ in 1956? 6. What is a chinook? 7. What is the full name for DNA? 8. To which family does the chive belong? 9. Which river runs through the Grand Canyon? 10. Who wrote the television series ‘The Singing Detective’?