Karen’s big fat quiz of the year!

2012

The teams

Round 1-Geography

1. What is the name of the official national anthem of the USA?

2. Who is the current Prime Minister of Australia?

3. What is the capital city of Afghanistan?

4. Which two colours are on the flag of Poland?

5. Which is the only US state to begin with the letter ‘P’?

6. On a Monopoly board, which street shares the same colour as Leicester

Square and Piccadilly?

7. The bank Santander shares its name with a town in which country?

8. Paraguay has borders with Brazil, Bolivia and which other country?

9. In which country is Mount Everest?

10. What is the national currency of Egypt?

Round 2 – Music

1. Which Beatles leads the way on the front of the Abbey Road album cover?

2. Which band had a hit 2009 album entitled ‘Wild Hearts’?

3. Which musical term means ‘getting gradually louder and louder’?

4. Who is the Greek God of music?

5. Which rock band released the most popular version of the 1973 Wings hit, ‘Live and Let Die’, included on

their 1991 album ‘Use Your Illusion’?

6. Who won the very first series of ‘X Factor’?

7. In which musical would you find the songs ‘Mr Cellophane’ and ‘Cell

Block Tango’?

8. ‘Merry Christmas Everyone’ was a 1984 Christmas hit for which singer?

9. Who recorded ‘Yesterday Once More’ in 1973?

10. Whose hits include ‘I Shot the Sheriff’, ‘Lay Down Sally’ and ‘Tears In

Heaven’?

Round 3 – Picture Round

Round 4 – Food and Drink

1. Eggs Benedict traditionally consists of a muffin, topped with poached

egg, either ham or bacon and which type of sauce?

2. What is a chipolata?

3. ‘Cuisses de grenouille’ are what in English?

4. Which country does the brand of ‘Leffe’ beer come from?

5. What is missing from the white sauce recipe; salt, pepper, milk, flour

and…

6. What is currently the world record for the number of Ferrero Rocher

eaten in one minute?

Round 5 – History

1. What made the deciphering of hieroglyphics possible and

was rediscovered in Egypt in 1799?

2. Who was the fourth wife of Henry VIII?

3. Who was on the British throne at the time of the Spanish Armada?

4. What has been the most common first name for an American First Lady?

5. Who was the first man to walk on all 5 continents?

Round 6 – Picture Round

Round 7 – General Knowledge

1. In maths, what is 4 cubed?

2. Which actor played James Bond in the 1983 film Octopussy?

3. How many spots are there in total on two dice?

4. What was the name of the cat at 10 Downing Street between 1989 and

1997?

5. Which spirit is made from the agave plant?

6. Which spirit was apparently nicknamed ‘Nelson’s Blood’, after his

body was preserved in it after the Battle of Trafalgar?

7. Which leading culinary school’s name literally means ‘blue ribbon’ in

French?