MK Quiz League - Summer 2013
- Quiz Questions for Monday 3rd June 2013 - Written by Ed Ficek
Team A
Team B
ROUND ONE (Team Questions)
PICK A LETTER. Surnames only for individuals : The letters are
1. S
2. W
3. P
4. N
5. G(i)
6. P
1 Q: Which Wiltshire town was twinned with Walt
Disney World, Florida, in 2009?
A: Swindon
7. G(ii)
8. K
2 Q: Who wrote the 1927 novel 'To the Lighthouse'?
A: Virginia Woolf
3 Q: Meaning 'quiet loud' what is the full modern Italian 4 Q: The unrecognized state of Biafra existed from
name for the piano?
1967-1970 in the south-east of which country?
A: Pianoforte
5 Q: Whom did Mervyn King succeed as Governor of
the Bank of England in 2003?
A: Eddie George
A: Nigeria
6 Q: Which Rugby League player has appeared in a
record 10 Super League Grand Finals?
A: Jamie Peacock
7 Q: Who wrote the songs "Swanee, I got Rhythm" and 8 Q: Who was the Chancellor of West Germany at the
"Lady be Good"?
time of the reunification of East and West Germany?
A: George Gershwin
A: Helmut Kohl
ROUND TWO (Team Questions)
PICK A SUBJECT. The subjects are:1. Plays
2. Military
5. Composers
6. Art
3. Birthstones
7. How Many
4. Leaders
8. Human Body
1 Q: Which play by Arthur Miller is set during the Salem 2 Q: What British army bugle call used at funerals
witchcraft trials of 1692?
originally signalled the end of the military day after final
inspection?
A: The Crucible
3 Q: A birthstone of March, the mineral heliotrope is
commonly called what, due to its red inclusions?
A: Bloodstone
5 Q: Who composed the overture "Fingal's Cave"?
A: Felix Mendelssohn
7 Q: How many letters are there on the top line of a
standard computer keyboard?
A: 10
A: Last Post
4 Q: Who, founder of the Mongol Empire, was the
grandfather of the Mongol leader Kublai Khan (121594)?
A: Ghengis Khan
6 Q: In which Art Gallery would you find "The Hay
Wain" and "The Rokeby Venus"?
A: National Gallery
8 Q: In which part of the body would you find the
zygomatic bone?
A: The Cheek (If "Head" answered ask to be more
specific)
MK Quiz League - Summer 2013
- Quiz Questions for Monday 3rd June 2013 - Written by Ed Ficek
Team A
Team B
ROUND THREE (Individual Questions) (Jokers to be used, each team to nominate one player.)
Team
to AnswerThe
Firstsubjects are:PICK AASUBJECT.
The Categories are:1 & 2 Taxes
5 & 6 Dukedoms
1 Q: Which Tax replaced "Purchase Tax" in 1963?
A: VAT (Value added Tax)
3 & 4 Earthquakes
7 & 8 1990 Pop Music
2 Q: Which Tax replaced "Capital Transfer Tax" in
1986?
A: Inheritance Tax
3 Q: In which Caribbean country did an earthquake kill 4 Q: In February 2011 an earthquake killed over 180
thousands in January 2010?
people in which New Zealand city?
A: Haiti
A: Christchurch
5 Q: The Dukedom of Marlborough takes its title from a 6 Q: The Dukedom of Wellington takes its title from a
town in what county?
town in what county?
A: Wiltshire
A: Somerset
7 Q: Which band had a UK Number one hit in 1997 with 8 Q: Which band had a UK Number one hit in 1998 with
"Don't Speak"?
"Deeper Underground"?
A: No Doubt
A: Jamiroquai
ROUND FOUR (Team Questions)
Theme Round
Firsts
1 Q: Which was the first team to win the FA Cup?
2 Q: Who was the first actor to win an Academy award
for best actor posthumously for his role in Network in
1976?
A: Wanderers
3 Q: Which was the first London Underground railway
line?
A: Metropolitan
5 Q: Which country won the first Eurovision Song
Contest?
A: Switzerland
7 Q: What was first won by "Wings" in 1928?
A: Oscar
A: Peter Finch
4 Q: What was the title of Status Quo's first UK No. 1
hit?
A: Down Down
6 Q: Which cyclist was the first non-European to win
the Tour de France?
A: Greg LeMond
8 Q: Who was the first monarch of the House of Tudor?
A: Henry VII (Seventh)
RESERVE QUESTIONS
1 Q: In which literary genre are "Hugos" awarded?
A: Science Fiction
2 Q: In which Italian city does the football team
Sampdoria play its home matches?
A: Genoa
MK Quiz League - Summer 2013
- Quiz Questions for Monday 3rd June 2013 - Written by Ed Ficek
Team A
Team B
ROUND FIVE (Team Questions)
PICTURE PUZZLE - FULL NAME UNLESS STATED
PICK A NUMBER 1 to 8.
1 Q: Which golfer?
2 Q: Which boxer?
A: Justin Rose
A: Carl Froch
3 Q: Which actor?
4 Q: Which teletubby?
A: Richard Thorp (Alan Turner)
A: Po
5 Q: Who is this?
6 Q: Who eyes are these?
A: Jennifer Lopez
A: David Bowey
7 Q: Which classic game is this?
8 Q: The statue of which German composer is shown
here?
A: Downfall
A: Beethoven
ROUND SIX ( TEAM QUESTIONS )
PICK A LETTER. Surnames only for individuals :
1. F
2. M
3. P
4. G
5. C
1 Q: What is the four letter prefix added to patronymic
surnames of Anglo-Norman origin to mean 'son of'?
A: Fitz
3 Q: Who was sacked as a judge on 'Strictly Come
Dancing' in 2009 in favour of a younger panellist?
A: Arlene Phillips
The letters are
6. A(i)
7. A(ii)
8. Z
2 Q: Which fashion designer was found hanged at home
in 2010?
A: Alexander Mcqueen
4 Q: Whose first novel was 'A Time to Kill' in 1989?
A: John Grisham
5 Q: What is the name of the 'rover' that landed on Mars 6 Q: What word for a surprise attack originally referred to
in August 2012?
hiding in the woods?
A: Curiosity
7 Q: Where was the Papacy based from 1309-1377?
A: Avignon
A: Ambush (from French 'embusche', from earlier Latin
referring to putting something in the woods, such as an
army)
8 Q: Who is the former Formula 1 racing driver who won a
Paralympics Cycling Gold Medal at London 2012?
A: Alex Zanardi
MK Quiz League - Summer 2013
- Quiz Questions for Monday 3rd June 2013 - Written by Ed Ficek
Team A
Team B
ROUND SEVEN (Individual Questions) (Jokers to be used, each team to nominate one player.)
Team
A SUBJECT.
to Answer The
Firstsubjects are:PICK A
1 & 2 Backing Groups
3 & 4 Countries
5 & 6 TV Game Shows
7 & 8 Films
1 Q: Who were Smokey Robinsons backing group?
A: The Miracles
3 Q: Which country has the most westerly point in
mainland Africa?
A: Senegal (Pointe des Almadies, Cap Vert Peninsula)
2 Q: Who were Martha Reeves' backing group?
A: The Vandellas
4 Q: Which country has the most northerly point in
mainland South America?
A: Colombia (Punta Gallinas)
5 Q: In what TV game show do players not want to join 6 Q: In what TV game show do players not want to join
the '200 Club'?
the '1p Club'?
A: Pointless
7 Q: Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman became an 'item'
following their roles in which 1990 film?
A: Days Of Thunder
ROUND 8 ( Team Questions )
PICK A SUBJECT. The subjects are:1. Fruit
2. Formula 1
5. Radio
6. Food
1 Q: Which fruit can be Wilhemine, Sarah Bernhardt or
Romanoff?
A: Strawberries
A: Deal Or No Deal
8 Q: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie met, subsequently
becoming an 'item', while co-stars in which 2005 film?
A: Mr And Mrs Smith
3. Bands
7. Authors
4. Towns
8. Capitals
2 Q: In F1 what does DRS stand for?
A: Drag Reduction System
3 Q: Members of which band won both "I'm a Celebrity - 4 Q: The South Downs Way runs from Winchester to
Get Me Out of Here" and 'Strictly Come Dancing " in
which Sussex town?
2011?
A: Mcfly
A: Eastbourne
5 Q: Who presents "I've Never Seen Star Wars" on BBC 6 Q: In a French restaurant, what would a 'potager'
Radio 4?
prepare?
A: Marcus Brigstocke
7 Q: Whose first novel in a famous series was 'The
Colour of Magic' in 1983?
A: Terry Pratchett
A: Soups
8 Q: What is the capital of Guernsey, Channel Islands?
A: St Peter Port
RESERVE QUESTIONS
3 Q: Which term has come into use for musicals based 4 Q: What word was used by Billy Batson to change
on a catalogue of previously released songs?
into Captain Marvel?
A: Jukebox Musicals
A: Shazam!
MK Quiz League - Summer 2013
- Quiz Questions for Monday 3rd June 2013 - Written by Ed Ficek
Team A
Team B
FUN QUIZ ROUND (Team Questions) - This is a non compulsory element of the quiz
The following questions are for use in a "Beer Leg".
They must not be included in the score of the main quiz competition
CHOOSE ODDS OR EVENS
1 Q: How many strings are there on a double bass?
A: 4
3 Q: What is the chemical symbol for Uranium?
A: U
5 Q: Which days child 'works hard for a living'?
A: Saturday's
7 Q: Which car company makes the Berlingo?
A: Citroen
9 Q: Dendrology is the study of what?
A: Trees
11 Q: Who won a Best Actor Oscar in 1989 for his part
in "My Left Foot"?
A: Daniel Day Lewis
13 Q: Oryx, Kudu and Gnu are types of which
creature?
A: Antelopes
2 Q: Which is the longest of the English Horseracing
classics?
A: St Leger
4 Q: Which type of creature is a cassowary?
A: Bird
6 Q: What word appears before tilt, flood, face, house,
and length, to produce five different terms?
A: Full
8 Q: In which Bond film does the villain's car turn into
a small aeroplane to enable him to escape?
A: The Man With the Golden Gun
10 Q: What nationality was the painter Mondrian?
A: Dutch
12 Q: Who was the son of Daedalus?
A: Icarus
14 Q: In which County are Wells, Bridgewater and
Yeovil?
A: Somerset
15 Q: Which metal is extracted from the ore mined in a 16 Q: What is the name of the world's largest investorstannery?
owned electric utility service provider, based in
Düsseldorf? In 2002 it took over Powergen.
A: Tin
A: EON