Virtual Quiz Night 11

Wednesday 29th April 2020

Pictures Round (5)

1- Dan Smith (Bastille)
2- Tom Holland (Billy Elliot and your friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man)
3- Kevin Bacon (EE Frontman and 80s film star)
4- Shakira (Her hips don’t lie)
5- Angela Merkel (Chancellor of Germany, de facto Leader of the European Union and
often described as the most powerful woman in the world)

Connections (5)
All of these answers have a common connection
1- At which football club did Gary Lineker start his career?
Leicester

2- Jesus, Magdalen and All Souls are colleges of which British University?
Oxford

3- Where is platform 9¾ located?

Kings Cross

4- What have NCP offered to all NHS workers during the COVID-19 pandemic?
Free Parking

5- What links your previous four answers?

Monopoly squares (Leicester Square, Oxford Street, Kings Cross Station, Free Parking)

Top 5 (10)
1 point for each correct answer of these Top 5s

1- Top 5 highest grossing films of all time

Avengers: Endgame ($2,797,800,564)
Avatar ($2,790,439,000)
Titanic ($2,194,439,542)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens ($2,068,223,624)
Avengers: Infinity War ($2,048,359,754)

2- Top 5 most densely populated countries

Monaco (18960 per sq. km)
Singapore (7894 per sq. km)
Bahrain (1983 per sq. km)
Malta (1510 per sq. km)
Maldives (1258 per sq. km)
Who said that? Trump or Hitler (5)
1- The truth is, you can never be too greedy
Trump

2- It’s not truth that matters, but victory

Hitler

3- Who says I am not under the special protection of God?

Hitler

4- I play to people’s fantasies. I call it truthful hyperbole

Trump

5- Reading Mein Kampf had a profound effect on me

Trump

Knockout Round (15)

Ten questions on general knowledge… answer as many as you like, but beware - get one
wrong and you score nothing! All ten right and get a bonus of five points.
 
1- Queen Victoria belonged to which ruling house of the British monarchy; Hanover or
Stuart?
Hanover

2- The German Adi Dassler founded which sports company?

Adidas

3- The Orangutan is native to two islands; Borneo and which other?

(A) Sumatra
(B) Madagascar
(C) Java

4- Jerry Murell and his four sons founded which burger chain?
Five Guys

5- Who played The Beast opposite Emma Watson’s Beauty?

Dan Stevens

6- A cocktail of vodka, ginger beer and lime juice is called a Moscow what?
Mule

7- How long is a Blue Whale calf when it is born?

(A) 8ft
(B) 15ft
(C) 22ft
 8- According to the Chinese calendar, 2020 is the year of what animal?
Rat

9- Which is the only planet in our solar system not named after a Greek or Roman god
or goddess?
Earth

10- Who succeeded Margrett Thatcher as Prime Minister?

John Major

Tie Breaker
How many words make up the complete works of William Shakespeare?
884,647