Round 0

Animal Facts
Question 1
True or False?

Dolphins have larger brains than humans

Question 2
True or False?

If a scorpion loses its stinging tail, it will grow back.

Question 3
True or False?

Bats poo from their mouths.

Question 4
True or False?

A group of frogs is called an army.

Question 5
True or False?

A baby cow is called a lamb.

Question 6
True or False?

An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain.

Question 7
True or False?

Slugs have 3 noses.

Question 8
True or False?

Octopuses have 3 hearts.

Question 9
True or False?

Camels store water in their humps.

Question 10
True or False?

The oldest domestic cat on record lived to the age of 38.

Round 1Postcards
Round 2 On This Day
 On this day in 1875 Alexander Graham Bell made the first
telephone call. What were the first words spoken on the
telephone?

a) “Hello Mr Watson, this is Mr Bell.”

Question 1 b) “Mr Watson, come here. I want to see you”
c) “Mr Watson, I am talking with electricity!”
d) “Mr Watson, can I place an order for collection?”
e) “Hello, Who’s this?”
f) “Hello, you may have been mis-sold PPI”
Question 2
On this day in 1953, The coronation of
Queen Elizabeth II took place at
Westminster Abbey. She is now the
longest reigning British monarch. Who
was the longest reigning British king?
Question 3
On this day in 1913, a new score by
Ivor Stravinsky premiered in Paris
and resulted in a riot. What was the
piece of music?
Question 4
On this day in 1987, which celebrity
attempted to buy the remains of The
Elephant Man?
Question 5
On this day in 2015, who resigned as
president of FIFA just 5 days after their
re-election amid a bribery scandal.
Question 6
On this day in 2002, crime drama
‘The Wire’ premiered on HBO. Which
actor played the drug kingpin
Stringer Bell?
Question 7
On this day in 1835, this man and his
circus began their first tour, who is he?
Question 8
On this day in 1941, which American
Baseball Hall of Fame first baseman
died of motor neurone disease at the
age of 37?
Question 9
On this day in 1740, Marquis de Sade
was born. He wrote 120 Days of
Sodom while imprisoned where?
Question 10
On this day in 1967,The Beatle’s Sgt.
Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
was released. Which British artist
designed its iconic cover?
 Round 3
Who’s On The Cover?
Question 1
Question 2
Question 3
Question 4
Question 5
Question 6
Question 7
Question 8
Question 9
Question 10
Round 4
Music
Round 5
Cheese
 Question 1
What is the most popular cheese to be produced and consumed in Greece?
 Question 2
Which animals milk is used to make roquefort?
 Question 3
What is the name of this Indian cheese?
Question 4
This classic blue cheese benefits
from overnight ripening of the curds
for a buttery texture. What is it?
 Question 5
Which writer and comedian had a family name Cheese, but their father
substituted one letter in 1915?
 Question 6
This cheese accounts for almost two-thirds of the Netherlands' production.
What is it?
Question 7
How many Dairylea triangles are
there in a pack?
 Question 7
Carbon dioxide produced by bacteria present during maturation give this
cheese its holes. What is it?
 Question 8
The unique texture of this cheese results from kneading of the curds. What
is it?
 Question 9
What is the name of the enzyme usually added to milk to coagulate it, to
make “curds and whey”?
 Question 10
Which cheese shares its name with a Guiness Premiership rugby team that
play at Welford Road?
Round 6
Architecture
Question 1
Question 2
Question 3
Question 4
Question 5
Question 6
Question 7
Question 8
Question 9
Question 10
Round Linkees
8
Question 1

Equivalent to two bottles of champagne

A large, elaborately prepared meal, usually for
many people
1996 American disaster movie
3x3x11
Question 2

A political state, nation or its territory

American medical drama starring Hugh Laurie
Dirt ingrained on the surface of something
Hard stick-shaped boiled sugar confectionery
Question 3

First meal of the day, usually eaten in the

morning
Ideas, customs, and social behaviour of a
particular people or society
2x2x5x5
A violent struggle involving the exchange of
physical blows
Question 4

A type of constricting snake

Slang term for coffee
A graphic mark, emblem, or symbol used to
aid and promote public identification and
recognition
3rd Letter of the alphabet
Question 5

A type of woven tufted fabric in which the cut

threads are evenly distributed
First working day of the week
Saint who is known as “The Rock”
Island state of the USA
Question 6

Male Monarch
A bird of the genus Corvus
Weapon typically of a long, straight or slightly
curved blade
Song by Peter, Paul and Mary set in Honalee.
Question 7

Hard sweet
rope, cord, or twine that has been stretched
between two points in order to hang washing
for drying
A device used to drive piles into soil to provide
foundation support for buildings
Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, originally
developed as an insecticide, it became
infamous for its environmental impacts
Question 8

Bronze Age city attacked in the Trojan War

Naval Commander (pictured)
Purple Dinosaur
Author of The Iliad and The Odyssey
Question 9

Unreliable
Song by Peter, Paul and Mary set in Honalee
Cabbage-shaped
An uneven or irregular surface; not smooth or
level
Question 10

Controls the steering of a bicycle, motorbike

or scooter
Used to clean teeth
Chinese supervillain
Large flippered marine mammal with tusks
and whiskers