Virtual Quiz Night 23

Wednesday 10th June 2020

Pictures Round (5)

1- Sandi Toksvig (Comedian, presenter, actress, writer, producer, founder of Women’s
Equality Party and host of QI and GBBO)
2- Joe Jonas (Singer, Songwriter and actor, famed for being one of The Jonas Brothers)
3- Stephen Merchant (Writer, director, actor, comedian known for The Office and
Extras)
4- Dame Angela Lansbury (English-American-Irish actress known for Murder, She
Wrote, Mame, Gaslight, Grand Budapest Hotel, Blithe Spirit. 5x Tony, 1x Olivier, 1x
Oscar, 1x BAFTA, 6x Golden Globe)
5- Sir Paul McCartney (1/4 of the Beatles, Ex-husband of Linda McCartney & Heather
Mills)

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

1- What ‘J’ means to bring bad luck or cast a spell on something?

Jinx/Jynx

2- What fruit is traditionally served at Wimbledon?

Strawberry

3- Which single became Jessie J’s second number one in the UK in 2011 after Price Tag?
Domino

4- Which Italian Scooter brand translates to “wasp" and has become an icon of the
‘Mods’ movement?
Vespa

5- What links your previous four answers?

Bond Girls (Jinx (Halle Berry) – Die Another Day, Strawberry Fields (Gemma Arterton) –
Quantum of Solace, Domino Deval (Claudine Auger) – Thunderball, Vesper Lynd (Eva Green)
– Casino Royale)

Top 5 (10)
1- Top 5 biggest non-polar deserts in the world
Sahara Desert – Northern Africa (3,500,000 2miles)
Arabian Desert – Arabian Peninsula (1,000,000 2miles)
Gobi Desert – China and Mongolia (500,000 2miles)
Patagonian Desert – Argentina (260,000 2miles)
Great Victoria Desert (Accept: Outback) – Australia (250,000 2miles)
 2- Top 5 tea brands in the UK
Tetley (27% market share)
PG Tips (24% market share)
Typhoo (13% market share)
Twinings (11% market share)
Yorkshire (6% market share)

Specialist Subject – Song Lyrics (5)

The following are famous song lyrics. Half a point for correctly guessing each song and half a
point for correctly guessing each artist

1- “Strangers waiting up and down the boulevard”

Don’t Stop Believing – Journey

2- “When you call my name it’s like a little prayer. I’m down on my knees I want to take
you there.”
Like A Prayer – Madonna

3- ‘I’ll be over at ten, you told me time and again but you’re late, I wait around and
then (ba da bah)”
Build Me Up, Buttercup – The Foundations

4- “First I was afraid, I was petrified”

I Will Survive – Gloria Gaynor

5- “I see trees of green, red roses too”

What a Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong

Single Letters (5)

1- What insect makes honey?
B

2- Which Men in Black agent is played by Tommy Lee Jones?

K

3- What psychological thriller TV series features the characters Joe Goldberg and
Guinevere Beck 
U

4- What do you find next to the beach?

C

5- You have two of them on your face but what is one called?
I
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- Anthony Horowitz is known for writing which series of spy novels?

Alex Rider

2- What ‘E’ is the place where a river meets tidal waters?

Estuary

3- Which actor played DI John Corbett in the latest series of Line of Duty?
Stephen Graham

4- Which member of the band ‘The Wanted’ won Strictly Come Dancing in 2015?
Jay McGuiness

5- What do the 50 stars represent on the US flag?

The 50 US States

6- Old Trafford Stadium is located where?

(A) London
(B) Liverpool
(C) Manchester
(D) Leicester

7- When ordered according to wingspan, which genus of birds holds 6 of the top 10
spots?
(A) Stork
(B) Albatross
(C) Eagle
(D) Swan

8- Which of the following puppet TV shows was created by Jim Henson?

(A) Space Patrol
(B) Fraggle Rock
(C) Thunderbirds
(D) Captain Scarlet

9- The Coachella Valley Music and Arts festival is held in which US state?
California

10- Which species of Elephant has smaller ears, Indian or African?

Indian

Tie Breaker
How many words are there in Leo Tolstoy's novel War & Peace?
587,287