THE QUARANTINE QUIZ

Volume Three

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THEQUARANTINE

QUIZVOLUME THREE

ROUND 1: FILM & TVROUND 2: SPORTSROUND 3: GEOGRAPHYROUND 4: MUSICROUND 5: ANIMALS (GREAT & SMALL)ROUND 6: GENERAL NONSENSE

ROUND ONE: FILM & TV

1/ MATCH CORONATION STREET, CROSSROADS,EASTENDERS, EMMERDALE AND HOLLYOAKS TO THECORRECT BRITISH SOAP AWARD FACT. EACH SOAP

CORRESPONDS TO ONE FACT.

A/ WINNER OF "BEST SOAP" ON A RECORD TEN OCCASIONSB/ ALTHOUGH NOMINATED MORE THAN ONCE, HAS NEVER

WON A BRITISH SOAP AWARD.C/ WINNER OF THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY "GREATEST

MOMENT" AWARDD/ WINNER OF THE MOST RECENT "BEST SOAP" AWARD

E/ WINNER OF "BEST VILLAIN" ON A RECORD NINEOCCASIONS

2/ WHICH FICTIONAL CHARACTERHAS BEEN PORTRAYED ON THE BIG

SCREEN BY SEAN CONNERY,RUSSELL CROWE AND KEVIN

COSTNER?

3/ ALONG WITH MICHAEL MADSEN'S"MR BLONDE", FIVE OTHER

CRIMINALS IN QUENTINTARANTINO'S "RESERVOIR DOGS"

HAVE COLOUR-CODED NICKNAMES.

WHAT ARE THOSE FIVE COLOURS?

4/ WHICH LONG-RUNNING POLICEDRAMA WAS BASED IN THE

FICTIONAL POLICE STATION "SUNHILL"?

5/ WHICH FIVE PIXAR FILMS HAVESUBSEQUENTLY HAD MAJOR-

RELEASE SEQUELS/PREQUELS?

ROUND TWO: SPORTS

1/ THE USA HAS PRODUCED A RECORD 56 MALE SPRINTERSTO HAVE BROKEN THE 10 SECOND BARRIER FOR THE 100

METRE SPRINT, FOLLOWED BY THE JAMAICA WITH 20.

WHICH ARE THE ONLY TWO FURTHER COUNTRIES TO HAVEPRODUCED 10 OR MORE SPRINTERS BREAKING THE

BARRIER?

2/ IN FOOTBALL, WHICH FOUR UKCITIES HAVE HOSTED A EUROPEANCUP/CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL?

3/ IN CRICKET, WHICH ONE OFTHE FOLLOWING IS NOT A

GENERALLY-ACCEPTED TERM FORA STYLE OF BOWLING?

A/ GOOGLYB/ FLIPPERC/ DOOSRAD/ FOSH

4/ LIST THE FOLLOWING CLASSIC HORSE RACES INORDER OF DISTANCE - LONGEST TO SHORTEST. ONE

POINT IS AVAILABLE FOR EVERY CORRECTPOSITION.

A/ THE GRAND NATIONAL

B/ THE GOLD CUPC/ THE KENTUCKY DERBY

D/ PRIX DE L'ARC DE TRIOMPHE

FOR A BONUS POINT, WHAT IS THE TOTALDISTANCE IN METRES OF ALL 4 RACES? CLOSEST

GUESS TAKES THE POINT.

5/ COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING SPORTINGEQUATION:

(NO. OF POINTS FOR POTTING A RED IN SNOOKER

- PLUS - THE NO. OF STARTING PLAYERS IN A RUGBY TEAM)

MINUS

(THE NUMBER OF HOLES ON A GOLF COURSE

- DIVIDED BY - NUMBER OF DELIVERIES IN ONE OVER OF CRICKET)

ROUND THREE: GEOGRAPHY

1/ WHAT ARE THE CURRENT NAMESFOR THE COUNTRIES PREVIOUSLY

KNOWN AS THE BELOW?

A/ RHODESIAB/ SIAM

C/ PERSIAD/ THE DUTCH EAST INDIES

E/ BRITISH HONDURAS

2/ WHICH LARGER NATIONS HOLDSOVEREIGNTY OVER THEFOLLOWING ISLANDS?

A/ FAROE ISLANDS

B/ PUERTO RICOC/ MADEIRA

D/ TASMANIAE/ NEW CALEDONIA

3/ WHICH ONE OF THEFOLLOWING EUROPEAN

COUNTRIES IS NOT OFFICIALLYCLASSIFIED AS MULTILINGUAL?

A/ BELGIUMB/ NORWAYC/ ROMANIA

D/ NETHERLANDS

4/ MINSK IS THE CAPITAL CITY OFWHICH COUNTRY?

5/ WHICH FIVE COUNTRIES HOLDPERMANENT MEMBERSHIP OFTHE UN SECURITY COUNCIL?

ROUND FOUR: MUSIC

1/ UNSCRAMBLE THE FOLLOWINGANAGRAMS TO FIND THE NAMES

OF FIVE POPULAR STAGEMUSICALS.

A/ AGREES

B/ AS REBEL SMILESC/ WIDEST OYSTERS

D/ MATH LIONE/ BROOK MOMENT HOOF

2/ WHICH TWO FEMALE ARTISTSSHARE THE RECORD FOR MOSTGRAMMY AWARD WINS IN ONE

YEAR (EACH WINNING 6 IN 2010 &2012, RESPECTIVELY)?

3/ OASIS WERE FAMOUSLYSPOTTED AND SIGNED TO

CREATION RECORDS IN 1993,AFTER A SUPPORT SLOT IN WHICH

CULT GLASGOW SMALL MUSICVENUE?

4/ WHICH TV SHOWS WOULD YOU ASSOCIATEWITH THE FOLLOWING SONGS BY WELL-

KNOWN ARTISTS?

A/ LED ZEPPELIN - WHOLE LOTTA LOVEB/ ALLMAN BROTHERS - JESSICA

C/ OASIS - HALF THE WORLD AWAYD/ JOE COCKER - A LITTLE HELP FROM MY

FRIENDSE/ THE JAM - NEWS OF THE WORLD

5/ CAN YOU NAME THE ARTISTRESPONSIBLE FOR EACH OFTHESE UK CHRISTMAS NO.1

SINGLES?

ROUND FIVE: ANIMALS (GREAT & SMALL)

1/ WHICH ONE OF THE FOLLOWINGIS NOT A REAL BREED OF DOG?

A/ NEW GUINEA SINGING DOG

B/ DANISH KRAPPC/ JAPANESE CHIN

D/ NOVA SCOTIA DUCK TOLLINGRETRIEVER

2/ WHICH FOUR "BEST PICTURE" OSCARWINNERS  HAVE ANIMALS IN THEIR TITLES? 

1975197819901991

FOR TWO POSSIBLE BONUS POINTS, NAMETHE TWO WINNERS IN 2008 AND 2014 WITH

ANIMALS HIDDEN IN THEIR TITLES.

3/ KOKO, A WESTERN LOWLANDGORILLA BORN IN SAN FRANCISCO

ZOO IN 1971, BECAME FAMOUSGLOBALLY FOR HAVING LEARNED

WHICH SKILL FROM HERHANDLERS?

4/ ICTHYOLOGY IS THE NAMEGIVEN TO THE STUDY OF WHAT

CATEGORY OF ANIMALS?

5/ AS OF 2019, IT IS ESTIMATEDTHAT 9 MILLION DOGS AND 7.5

MILLION CATS ARE KEPT AS PETSIN THE UK.

WHICH 8 SPECIES MAKE UP THE

REMAINDER OF THE TOP TENMOST POPULAR PETS?

ROUND SIX: GENERAL NONSENSE

1/ CAN YOU IDENTIFY THE 5 USPRESIDENTS FROM THEIR

INITIALS?

A/ GW (1789 - 1797)B/ TJ (1801 - 1809)

C/ HST (1945 - 1953)D/ LBJ (1963 - 1969)E/ JC (1977 - 1981)

2/ NAME THE BEER BRANDS BELOW:

3/ WHICH ELEMENT TAKE ITSSYMBOL FROM THE LATIN

WORD "PLUMBUM"?

4/ BY WHICH NAME IS ASCORBICACID NORMALLY KNOWN?

5/ THE SEVEN NATURAL WONDERSPROJECT WAS LAUNCHED IN 2008,

GATHERING THE OPINION OF ALARGE PANEL OF EXPERTS TO

CREATE A LIST TO THE RIVAL THEESTABLISHED LIST OF MAN-MADE

WONDERS

NAME THE SEVEN NATURALWONDERS THAT WERE CHOSEN.

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