Quiz Set 7 -
Questions
Round 1: General Knowledge
1. In 1989 the video game Tetris was
released for which console, being bundled with the North American and European
versions of it?
2. Which Armenian-American heavy metal band,
known for their anti-war and anti-capitalist lyrics, topped the US album charts
on 9/11/2001?
3. In September 1992, which British group ironically
topped the singles charts during the BBC’s drug awareness week with the song Ebeneezer
Goode, a barely veiled ode to the joy of drugs?
4. In the early days of Mastermind, it had
a reputation for only being won by professional persons or those in
traditionally academical careers. What job with a much lower reputation in such
circles was performed by the 1980 winner, Fred Housego?
5. O’Neill, Carter, Jackson and Teal’c were
the main characters in which Richard Dean Anderson sci-fi TV show?
6. To which country do the Galapagos
Islands belong?
7. What is the collective name given to the
Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg trilogy of films, Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz and
The World’s End? There are three acceptable answers to this question, any one
is fine.
8. Which was supposedly the only painting
by Vincent Van Gogh that the artist sold while he was still alive?
9. In George Orwell’s Animal Farm, what
kind of animal is Clover?
10. What is the only UK road sign to be
octagonal?
Round 2: -Ologies, -Philias,
and -Phobias
12 points on
offer here, because there’s four questions on each of the 3 sub-topics. Hope
you did Greek or Latin at school!
Ologies
1. Commonly misused to refer to bell-ringing,
what word actually refers to the study of bells themselves?
2. An interest in it being very useful for
answering the questions in this very round, what name is given to the study of
words?
3. Vexillology is a very useful interest
for a quizzer to have. As a concept, it was formalised in the USA in the
1950’s, and is treated very seriously, much like heraldry. Of what is it the
study?
4. Ichthyology is a subset of zoology – the
study of the animal kingdom. Of which specific creatures is it the study?
Philias
5. Opinions on the weather will always be
controversial; what name is given to the love of the rain?
6. Considering how much time we spend on
it, a love of work & exercise would be a very useful thing to have indeed! What
is the word for a love of such things?
7. Despite the name, toxophilia has nothing
to do with drugs or toxins, though that’s not to say it’s derivation is
something less dangerous. Which sport, which has a very, very long history,
would a toxophile practice?
8. It has a more common name coming from
the Latin, but what animals are beloved by ailurophiles, that name instead
coming from the Greek?
Phobias
9. What is the correct name for a fear of
heights? There are other terms that are used for it, but only one accurate
word.
10. A particularly problematic fear for its
sufferers, what name is given to fear of the sun or sunlight?
11. Increasingly common, thanks doubtless to
horror films and the works of people like Stephen King, what is coulrophobia
the fear of?
12. It’s a fear with specific names for
specific subsets, but what is chromophobia itself the fear of?
Round 3: Connections
1. As of April 2017, who is the current 5th
in line to the British throne?
2. With what kind of beans are baked beans
typically made?
3. What is the flowery name of Richard
Bucket’s wife in the sitcom Keeping Up Appearances?
4. The countries of Haiti and the Dominican
Republic are located on which island, the 22nd largest in the world?
5. What is the Maori war cry that New
Zealand sports teams typically perform before international matches, especially
in rugby?
6. Which reclusive American industrialist
produced the Spruce Goose in 1947?
7. Which Christmas carol includes the lines
“Christ, by highest heaven adored; Christ the everlasting Lord; Late in time
behold him come; Offspring of a Virgin’s womb”?
8. In professional wrestling, a hero is
known as a “face”. What is a villainous character known as?
9. Starring in a series of Disney films,
which Volkswagen Beetle had a number 53 on the front?
10. Finally, what connects all of the above
answers?
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