Quiz of the Week – Various

Chris Stokley from DSI Kitchens and Bathrooms has created a quiz for you all to take part in and enjoy this weekend! Grab a notepad and a pen, gather the family together and get answering. You could even FaceTime some family and friends to include them in the quiz too!

The questions are below and answers will be following so don’t scroll too far and no cheating!

Round 1 – Music

1. Which American pop rock band have released albums entitled ‘Songs about Jane’, ‘Hands All Over’ and ‘Red Pill Blues’?
2. What was the name of Desmond Dekker’s backing band?
3. What is the name of Miley Cyrus’s father?
4. How many crochets are equal to one semibreve?
5. In which modern-day country was the composer Gustav Mahler born?
6. Who had a number two hit in the late Eighties with ‘Don’t Worry, Be Happy’?
7. What was the name of Tom Jones’s first ever single?
8. Billy Corgan is the lead singer of which alternative rock band?
9. Who had the last UK number one of 2018 with her single ‘Sweet but Psycho’?
10. Who released the 1986 single ‘Anyone Can Fall in Love’ which was a version of the EastEnders theme tune?

Round 2 – Bingo

For which numbers would the following traditional bingo calls be used?

1. Knock at the door
2. Dancing Queen
3. Time for tea
4. Heaven’s Gate
5. Two little ducks
6. Buckle my shoe
7. Nearly there
8. Valentine’s day
9. Young and keen
10. Tom Mix

Round 3 – Around the world

1. Apart from the United Kingdom, name two other European countries where residents drive on the left.
2. What is the capital of the US state of Alaska?
3. Which is the further distance as the crow flies: from London to New York or from London to St. Petersburg?
4. What is the name of the second highest mountain the United Kingdom after Ben Nevis?
5. Which English city did poet Matthew Arnold describe as ‘the city of dreaming spires’?
6. In which UK city would you find Waverley station?
7. What is the national currency of Peru?
8. In which English county would you find Cotswold Wildlife Park and Gardens?
9. Name two of the three US states which border California.
10. Which is the taller structure: the Empire State Building or Trump International Hotel and Tower?

Round 4 – Acronyms

All of these acronyms are famous snooker players. Can you solve who they are?

1. Lanolin Souvenir
2. Marble Sky
3. Sighing Axle
4. Horned Tyke
5. Advises Vet
6. Rented Hyphens
7. Reopen Debt
8. Ambushing Tart
9. Sonnet Broiler
10. Drone Array

---

ANSWERS

---

Round 1 – Music

1. Maroon 5
2. The Aces
3. Billy Ray Cyrus
4. Four
5. Czech Republic
6. Bobby McFerrin
7. Chills and Fever
8. The Smashing Pumpkins
9. Ava Max
10. Anita Dobson

Round 2 – Bingo

1. 4
2. 17
3. 83
4. 78
5. 22
6. 32
7. 89
8. 14
9. 15
10. 6

Round 3 – Around the world

1. Two of: Republic of Ireland, Malta or Cyprus 
2. Juneau
3. New York (to New York = 3461 miles, to St. Petersburg= 1305 miles
4. Ben Macdui (in the Cairgorms National Park)
5. Oxford
6. Edinburgh
7. Peruvian sol
8. Oxfordshire
9. Two of: Oregon, Nevada and Arizona (also borders the Mexican state of Baja California to the south)
10. Trump International Hotel and Tower (in Chicago is 423.2m, the Empire State Building is 381m)

Round 4 – Acronyms

1. Ronnie O’Sullivan
2. Mark Selby
3. Alex Higgins
4. Ken Doherty
5. Steve Davis
6. Stephen Hendry
7. Peter Ebdon
8. Stuart Bingham
9. Neil Robertson
10. Ray Reardon