Quizzical Expressions 5

Round 1 – General Knowledge

Round 2 – 90’s Kids TV Themes
Round 3 – Picture Connections
Round 4 – Initialized History
Round 5 – Connected General Knowledge

Round 1 – General Knowledge

2 points for every correct answer

1 In what year (and in what country) was Spotify founded? (1 point for each)
2006, Sweden
2 What is a penguin’s skin covered with?
Feathers
3 What type of pasta translates into English as ‘little worms’?
Vermicelli
4 Peter Auty is famous for singing which song, composed by Howard Blake for a 1982 animated
short film?
Walking in the Air
5 How many people make up a jury for trials in England?
12
6 Trypophobia is the fear of what?
Clusters of small holes, bumps, or patterns
7 Who won the 1994 Oscar for Best Original Score for their work on ‘The Lion King’?
Hans Zimmer
8 What pastry-based dessert derives its name from the French word for lightning?
Éclair
9 In relation to pandemics, what does the term PPE stand for?
Personal Protective Equipment
10 What are the next two letters in this sequence? E, N, T, J, Q
K, A (8, 9, 10, Jack, Queen, King, Ace)

Round 2 – Music: 90’s kids TV Themes

1 point for every correct answer

1 Arthur
2 Live and Kicking
3 The Demon Headmaster
4 Grange Hill
5 The Queen’s Nose
6 Come Outside
7 Zzzzap!
8 Mr Benn
9 Thunderbirds
10 Tots TV
11 Oakie Doke
12 SMTV Live
13 Round the Twist
14 Fun House
15 BRUM
16 Goosebumps
17 Art Attack
18 Babar
19 Rupert the Bear
20 Teletubbies

Round 3 – Picture Connections

1 point for every correct answer

1 Cilla Black (Priscilla White)

2 John Wayne (Marion Robert Morrison)
3 Lady Gaga (Stephanie Joanne Angelina Germanotta)
4 Elton John (Reginald Dwight)
5 All famous for changing their name
6 Anthony Hopkins (John Adams in Amistad, Richard Nixon in Nixon)
7 Lin-Manuel Miranda (Alexander Hamilton in Hamilton)
8 Daniel Day-Lewis (Abraham Lincoln in Lincoln)
9 Martin Sheen (Josiah ‘Jed’ Bartlet in West Wing)
10 Have all played the role of POTUS (real and fictional)
11 Fiat Panda
12 VW Beetle
13 Robin Reliant
14 Ford Mustang
15 Cars named after animals
16 Rachel Weisz (German)
17 Barry White (English)
18 Serge Blanco (Spanish)
19 Raymond Blanc (French)
20 Names mean ‘white’ in different languages)

Round 4 – Initialized History

2 points for every correct answer

e.g. 1966: E W the W C

1 1865: A L is A by J W B
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth
2 1876: A G B patents the T
Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone
3 1903: F P F by the W B
First powered flight by the Wright Brothers
4 1912: S O the T
Sailing/Sinking of the Titanic
5 1929: S of ‘T G D’
Start of The Great Depression
6 1945: A B D on H and N
Atomic Bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
7 1961: F M in S
First man in space (Yuri Gagarin)
8 2007: L O T i
Launch of the iPhone
9 2008: B O E P O T U S
 Barack Obama elected President of the United States
10 2014: K K “B the I”
Kim Kardashian “breaks the internet”

Round 5 – Connected General Knowledge

2 points for every correct answer

Explain connection – the last letter of the first answer is the first letter of the next.

1. Which former Radio 1 DJ is famous for saying the phrase “All in the best possible taste!” while
appearing on TV as a woman with a full beard?
Kenny Everett
2. What time are the clocks striking in the first line of George Orwell's novel 1984?
Thirteen
3. The Torino Scale is a method of categorizing the impact hazard of so-called NEO's. What do the
letters N E O stand for?
Near Earth Object
4. Thomas A. Swift's electric rifle is better known as what?
TASER
5. What is the capital city of Latvia?
Riga
6. Which Greek god was said to have been condemned to hold up the celestial heavens for
eternity?
Atlas
7. In 1997, which group broke a long standing Beatles record for the highest charting 'Debut
Single' in the US by a British band?
Spice Girls
8. Which British conductor recently moved from Berlin to London to take up a new post?
Sir Simon Rattle
9. ‘Everyone I have ever slept with 1963-1995’ was an artwork created by Tracey who?
Emin
10. What period of time came in between the Paleolithic and Bronze ages?
Neothilic