1

Which of the deadly seven sins is also the collective name for a group of lions?

2

How many sides does a quadrilateral have? 

3

The British Open in golf starts today. Assuming there is not a tie breaker or play off, how many holes will the winner have played?

4

Four people in the news over the past week for differing reasons, name the four people

5

In World War 2, particularly in August of 1945, what were Little Boy and Fat Man? 

6

Name any of the five largest Islands in Greece, except Crete.

7

Which naturalist and explorer presented a paper to the Linnean society in London, on his theory on the evolution of species and natural selection in 1838?

8

Name these six countries, all located in the Persian Gulf


9

Since 1950 there has been an annual deep sea fishing tournament in Cuba named after which author? 

10

Name any country in the world that has an active volcano that has had an explosive eruption since January 1st, 2000. Write down only one answer. 

List according to the Smithsonian Volcano Project

Correct answer gets you one point, an answer that less than 40 said gets you 2 points, less than ten gets you  3 points. If you mention  one of the nine answers nobody got you will get four points.

11

New Wave marked the introduction and the popularity of syntheissers.Here are four of the pioneers of New Wave music. Name the four groups!

 

12

The name of which former infamous prison (There are suggestions it might reopen) is also the Portuguese for a pelikan? 

13

Published in 1983 and written by Terry Pratchett, The Colour of Magic was the first book of 48 set in what fictional world? 

14

Name these six famous people from history from the information offered in these six images

15

The element on the Periodic Table that has the highest Atomic number is Oganesson (Og), what number is it? 

16

Name any of the Galilean moons of Jupiter (moons discovered by Galileo), except Ganymede

17

With a population of  around 3..8 million people,what is the most populated  city on Route 66 in the USA

18

Identify these four languages

19

In the 1939 movie The Wizard of Oz, The Tin Man was travelling to Oz to ask the wizard for what? 

20

One of the most famous illusionists of all time is Hungarian born Houdini, what was his first name? 

21

Who has had more UK number ones on the official UK charts, Roxette or Avicii?
   

22

Listen to these three song clips, they are collaborations , each featuring two artists. In each clip, name both of the artists. 

 

 

1

Pride

2

Four

3

72

4

a) Bonnie Tyler

b) Sam Neill

c) Linda Noskova

d) Prince Harry

5

Atomic Bombs

6

Evia, Lesbos, Rhodes or Chios

7

Charles Darwin

8

a) Iran

b) Saudi Arabia

c) Qatar

d) United Rab Emirates

e) Kuwait

f) Oman

9

Ernest Hemingway

10

1 Point

Chile, Ecuador, Bolivia, Honduras, Iceland, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, USA, Philippines, 

2 Points

Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, Peru, Greece, Papua New Guinea , Nicaragua, Mexico

3 Points

Russia,  Turkey,  Greece

4 Points

France, Vanuatu, DR Congo, Tanzania, India, Tonga, Guatemala, Ethiopia, El Salvador, 

11

a) Blondie
The Tide is High

b) Duran Duran
Hungry Like the Wolf

‘c) Talking Heads
Once in a Lifetime

d) Depechemode
Everything Counts

12

Alcatraz

13

The Discworld 

14

a) John F. Kennedy

b) Adolf Hitler 

c) Freddie Mercury

d) Princess Diana

e) Jodef Stalin

f) Marie curie

15

118

16

Calisto, Io, Europa

17

Los Angeles

18

a) Danish

b) Korean

c) Hungarian

f) Icelandic

19

A heart

20

Harry (AA Erich (Weisz))

21

Avicii

(Avicii had two, Roxette had none)

22

a/b) Jay Z & Alicia Keys
Empire State of Mind (2009)

c/d) Queen & David Bowie
Under Pressure (1981)

e/f Wyclef Jean & Avicii
Divine Sorrow (2013)