Virtual Quiz Night 9

Tuesday 21st April 2020

Pictures Round (5)

1- Kat Deley (Host of SMTV)

2- Henry VIII (King of England 1509 – 1547, lady killer and fatty)
3- Stephen Schwartz (Composer of Wicked, Pippin, Pocahontas, Prince of Egypt etc)
4- Jason Derulo (Singer, songwriter and dancer)
5- Ed Milliband (Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy,
Leader of Her Majesty’s Opposition (2010 – 2015) and youngest ever Leader of the
Labour Party)

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

1- William Roach has played which legendary character in Coronation Street since
1960?
Ken Barlow

2- Which network provider merged with T-Mobile in the UK to create EE?

Orange

3- Which former Liverpool, Real Madrid, Newcastle United, Manchester United, Stoke
City and England striker shares a name with a Starsky & Hutch actor?
Michael Owen

4- Who has appeared in more films than any other Disney character after their first
appearance in The Wise Little Hen in 1935?
Donald Duck

5- What links your previous 4 answers?

Take That – Gary Barlow, Jason Orange, Mark Owen, Howard Donald

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

1- What are the top 5 most streamed songs on Spotify?

Shape of You – Ed Sheeran (2,475,000,000)
Rockstar – Post Malone (1,882,000,000)
One Dance – Drake (1,840,000,000)
Closer – The Chainsmokers (1,757,000,000)
Thinking Out Loud – Ed Sheeran (1,521,000,000)

2- What are the top 5 google searches worldwide?

Youtube – 1,363,700,000 per month
Facebook – 1,189,200,000 per month
Gmail - 562,900,000 per month
Google – 483,300,000 per month
Hotmail – 349,600,000 per month

Specialist Subject – Logos

1- Pepsi
2- Mitsubishi
3- Mastercard
4- Boeing
5- London Symphony Orchestra

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- What country has the most natural lakes in the world?

Canada

2- What percentage of the river Nile is in Egypt?

(A) 100%
(B) 83%
(C) 22%
(D) 9%

3- Which of Newtons Laws of Motion is usually paraphrased to “every action has an

equal and opposite reaction”?
(A) First
(B) Second
(C) Third

4- What would you find in a kitchen and a British tank and is often described as being
the most important piece of equipment in a British armoured vehicle?
Boiling Vessel/Kettle

5- The Roman God, Jupiter has a Greek equivalent. Who?

Zeus

6- The Statue of Liberty was a gift to the US from which country?

France

7- Who became King after his father, George V, died and ruled for less than a year?
Edward VIII / Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor

8- Actor Jim Carter, best known for his role as Mr Carson in Downton Abbey, is married
to whom?
Imelda Staunton
 9- Who wrote the novel Dracula?
Bram Stoker

10- Billy wants to buy some tickets for the cinema on his credit card. He wants 4 adult
tickets at £15 each and 2 kid’s tickets at £10 each. A 10% booking fee is applied to
the tickets. Then the cinema adds a 3% charge for paying by credit card. What is the
total price of Billy’s transaction?
£90.64

Tie Breaker
In kilometres, what is the circumference of the Earth at the equator?
40,075km