CHRISTMAS! General Knowledge Quiz 2015

A Bickerfrost Coproduction

Last modified: 14th December 2015

ROUND 1Famous Faces

ROUND 1 :: Famous Faces

Huw EdwardsAnish Kapoor

Peter Capaldi Maggie Smith Jamie Murray Taylor Swift Russell Howard

Claudia Winkleman

Donald Trump

Lizzy Armistead

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ROUND 2Video Observation Round

The video below is a clip from “Jingle All The Way”. Watch the clip and then answer the questions after.

(If the video doesn’t work, go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blbqbdPFfns )

ROUND 2 :: Observation Round

Question 1: What was the (rather excellent) name of the main kid featured?Jamie

Question 2: What was the colour of the bauble which first hit the ground?Red

Question 3: What letter was on Arnold Schwarznegger’s (Howard’s) costume?T

Question 4: What was the name of the building that Howard caught his son in front of?Marquette Building

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Question 5: What was the colour of the sleigh the villain fell onto?Blue ?Question 6: What was the name of the device that Howard was told by his son to use to save him?Turborang?Question 7: What could be seen inside the villain’s helmet?A brain ?Question 8: (Hard!) How many policeman took aim at the villain?14 ?

ROUND 3General Knowledge

1. What word represents G in the NATO phonetic alphabet?

Golf

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2. What is the smallest US state by land area?

Rhode Island

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3. Complete the list: Revolver, Rope, Candlestick, Pipe, Dagger, …

Spanner (Cluedo weapons)

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4. Tallinn is the capital of which European country?

Estonia

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5. Name the two elements that are liquid at room temperature (half point for each):

Mercury and Bromine

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6. Who composed the ballet, The Nutcracker?

Tchaikovksy

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7. Which Nobel Prize winning author wrote Lord of the Flies?

William Golding

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8. “A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…”A light year is what distance? (to 1sf!)

A: 9 million kmB: 9 billion kmC: 9 trillion kmD: 9 billion trillion km

Light travels roughly 300 000 km/s300 000 x 3600 x 24 x 365 = 9.4 x 1012 (i.e. C)

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9. Canis Lupus is the latin name for which animal?

Wolf

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10. Who became the British Prime Minister in 1937?

Neville Chamberlain

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ROUND 4Which Film?

ROUND 4 :: Which Film?

Mary Poppins

Toy Story 3

Big Hero 6 Arthur Christmas

Wreck-It Ralph

The Little Mermaid

Robin Hood

(Star Wars Episode V) The Empire Strikes Back

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ROUND 5

1. What did the United States Supreme Court rule as unconstitutional in June?

State-level bans on same-sex marriage

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2. Which farmyard animals starred in a production of King Lear at a Hoxton Theatre?

Sheep

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3. At which ceremony did Madonna suffer a fall in February?

The Brit Awards

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4. Who tragically left One Direction in March?

Zayn (Malik)

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5. What film about a former movie superhero won most Oscars this year?

Birdman

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6. What UK city did a Fox News ‘terror expert’ claim was “totally Muslim”?

Birmingham

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7. How many seats did the Liberal Democrats win in the general election in May?

Eight

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8. Where did England finish in the Women’s Football World Cup in July?

Third

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9. Which country won the Eurovision Song Contest in May?

Sweden (Måns Zelmerlöw)

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10. Who is still third in line to the throne after Princess Charlotte’s birth in May?

Prince George of Cambridge

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ROUND 6Christmanagrams

ROUND 6 :: Christmanangrams

1. RATS Star

2. SILENT Tinsel

3. ALE BUB Bauble

4. MR SWEETIE HEN Three Wise Men

5. STOLE ITEM Mistletoe

6. BIG ONYX AD Boxing Day

7. CASUAL ANTS Santa Claus

8. GERMAN Manger

9. COORDINATES Decorations

10. ICEMEN SIP Mince Pies

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