Virtual Quiz Night 5

Tuesday 7th April 2020

Pictures Round (5)

1 Judge Rinder (Robert Rinder) - Criminal barrister, TV personality and host of Judge
Rinder on ITV

2 Darcey Bussell – Retired ballerina, model and previous judge on Strictly Come
Dancing

3 Christopher Biggins – Actor and presenter famed for Poridge, Surprise Surprise, I’m
A Celeb and CBB

4 Andy Parsons – Comedian brought to fame by Mock the Week

5 Emma Thompson – Actress, screenwriter, activist, 2x BAFTA winner, 2x Oscar

winner, 2x Golden Globe winner

Connections (5)
All of these answers have a common connection

1- Which Bedfordshire town has the postcode prefix LU?

Luton

2- Which US President was assassinated on 22nd November 1963?

John F. Kennedy

3- Which 16th Century Italian astronomer has been described as "father of

observational astronomy", the "father of modern physics", the "father of
the scientific method", and the "father of modern science"?
Galileo Galilei

4- Which president is the focus for the musical ‘Evita’?

President Juan Peron

5- What links your previous 4 answers?

International airports: London Luton Airport, JFK- John F Kennedy International Airport,
Galileo Galilei Airport/Pisa Airport, Presidente Peron International Airport

Specialist Subject – Quiz shows (5)

1- Why is The Chase’s Mark Labette is nicknamed ‘The Beast’?
Labete = The Beast in French

2- Family Feud is known by what title in the UK?

Family Fortunes

3- Name the 3 standard lifelines in Who Wants to be a Millionaire?

50:50, Phone a Friend, Ask the Audience

4- The Charles Ingraham coughing scandal of 2001 has been dramatized in a 2017 play
and a 2020 ITV drama starring Michael Sheen. What are they both titled?
Quiz

5- Who presents BBC quiz show Pointless?

Alexander Armstrong

Movie Synonyms
I have changed the names of famous movies or movie franchises. Work out the film or
franchise to score a point. For example: Arachnid Boy = Spider-Man

1- The Audible Vibrations of a Melody

The Sound of Music

2- Assignment: Unattainable
Mission: Impossible

3- The Retaliators
The Avengers

4- The Marvelous Hungarian Inn

The Grand Budapest Hotel

5- The Canis Lupus of the Lower Manhattan Financial District

The Wolf of Wall Street

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- Which unlikely song entered the Big Top 40 Chart this week at Number 2?
Thankyou Baked Potato – Matt Lucas

2- Which ‘G’ proceeds Prix, Slam and Theft Auto?

Grand

3- Which of the following is one of the Great Offices of State?

A) Chancellor of The Exchequer
B) Secretary of State for Defence
C) Chancellor of the Dutchy of Lancaster

4- What would you use Ethylene Glycol for in your car?

Antifreeze
 5- Named after the street on which it’s situated, The Central Criminal Court for England
and Wales is more commonly called what?
The Old Bailey

6- Which film won the 2019 British Academy Film and Television Award for Best Film?
1917 – Sam Mendez

7- PB is the chemical symbol for what element?

Lead

8- Who holds the title ‘The Princess Royal’?

Princess Anne

9- Which Dame was appointed Poet Laurette in 2009 and continued until her
resignation in 2019, serving as the first woman, first Scottish-born and first LGBT
Poet Laurette?
Dame Carole Anne Duffy

10- Who played astronaut and botanist Mark Watney in the 2015 Ridley Scott film The
Martian?
Matt Damon

Tie Breaker
How many episodes of Eastenders have aired since its conception in 1985?
(This is according to the Radio Times and accurate as of 7 th April 2020, and includes tonight’s
episode)
6104