THE QUARANTINE QUIZVOLUME ONE

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QUARANTINEQUIZ

VOLUME ONE

ROUND 1: FILM & TV

ROUND 2: SPORT

ROUND 3: GEOGRAPHY

ROUND 4: MUSIC

ROUND 5: SCOTLAND AND ITS PEOPLE

ROUND 6: GENERAL NONSENSE

ROUND ONE: FILM & TV

1/ WHAT IS THE NAME OFALAN RICKMAN'S CHARACTER

IN DIE HARD?

2/ TOM HANKS HAS BEENNOMINATED FOR THE BEST ACTOR

OSCAR ON FIVE OCCASIONS,WINNING TWICE FOR

"PHILADELPHIA" & "FORREST GUMP".

NAME THE THREE FILMS FOR WHICHHE WAS UNSUCCESSFULLY

NOMINATED IN 1989, 1999 AND 2001.

3/ NAME THE TWO CLASSICBBC POLICE DRAMA SERIES OF

THE LAST TWO DECADES,TAKING THEIR NAMES FROM

POPULAR DAVID BOWIESONGS.

4/ IN THE YEARS SPANNING1966 (BATMAN: THE MOVIE) TO

2017 (JUSTICE LEAGUE), SIXACTORS HAVE PORTRAYED

BATMAN ON THE BIG SCREEN.NAME THEM.

5/ NAME THE PUBS OFTENVISITED IN EACH OF THESE

FAMOUS TV SERIES:

CORONATION ST, STILL GAME,EMMERDALE, THE SIMPSONS,EASTENDERS, FAMILY GUY

ROUND TWO: SPORT

1/ NINE NON-EUROPEANCOUNTRIES HAVE HOSTEDGAMES IN THE FIFA MEN'S

WORLD CUP.

NAME FIVE, WITH A BONUSPOINT FOR ANY CORRECT

ANSWER NOT MENTIONED BYANOTHER TEAM.

2/ WHICH ONE OF THESE FOURSPORTS WILL NOT BE

CONTESTED IN THE UPCOMINGTOKYO OLYMPICS?

A/ SKATEBOARDING

B/ SURFINGC/ CLIMBINGD/ SQUASH

3/ TORVILL AND DEAN WONMEDALS AT TWO OLYMPIC

GAMES.

NAME THE LOCATION ORYEAR FOR EACH MEDAL.

4/ IN WHICH CITY IS EUROPE'SLARGEST SPORTS STADIUM?

FOR A BONUS POINT, NAME

THE STADIUM.

A SECOND BONUS POINT ISAVAILABLE TO WHOEVER CAN

GUESS CLOSEST TO ITSOFFICIAL CAPACITY.

5/ IN HOW MANY GRAND SLAMSINGLES FINALS HAVESERENA AND VENUS

WILLIAMS FACED EACHOTHER?

FOR A BONUS POINT, HOWMANY OF THESE WERE AT

WIMBLEDON?

ROUND THREE: GEOGRAPHY

1/ WHAT IS THE CAPITAL CITYOF AUSTRALIA?

2/ WHICH ONE OF THEFOLLOWING COUNTRIES IS

NOT OFFICIALLY RECOGNISEDBY THE UNITED NATIONS?

A/ KOSOVO

B/ SOUTH SUDANC/ MONTENEGRO

D/ TONGA

3/ INDIA HAS LAND BORDERSWITH SEVEN COUNTRIES.

NAME THEM.

4/ IDENTIFY THE CITIES FROMTHEIR FAMOUS SILHOUETTES

5/ WHICH CITY (INCLUDINGITS GREATER METROPOLITAN

AREA) IS THE MOSTPOPULOUS ON THE PLANET?

ROUND FOUR: MUSIC

1/ ACCORDING TO THEOFFICIAL UK CHARTS, HOWMANY NO.1 SINGLES HAVE

BEEN RELEASED BY (ORFEATURED) QUEEN?

2/ WHICH WELL-KNOWNRECORDING ARTISTS WERE

ORIGINALLY KNOWN AS:

1/DAVID ROBERT JONES2/ REGINALD DWIGHT

3/ NORMAN COOK4/ PAUL HEWSON

3/ COMPLETE THE FOLLOWINGMUSICAL EQUATION:

(MAIDS A MILKING) MINUS (GOLD RINGS)

MULTIPLIED BY

(ORIGINAL SPICE GIRLS) PLUS (BOB MARLEY'S LITTLE BIRDS)

4/ ELVIS PRESLEY HOLDS THEALL TIME RECORD FOR WEEKS

SPENT AT NO.1 ON THE UKSINGLES CHART - 80 WEEKS.

WHO IS THE TOP RANKING

SCOTTISH ARTIST (31 WEEKS)?

5/ LISTEN TO THESE 5NOVELTY UK CHART HITS.

NAME THE ARTISTS AND SONGTITLES FOR ONE POINT EACH

ROUND FIVE: SCOTLAND ANDITS PEOPLE

1/ WHAT HEIGHT MUST AMOUNTAIN IN SCOTLAND BE

IN ORDER TO BE CATEGORISEDAS A MUNRO?

2/ DONALD TRUMP'S MOTHER MARY ANNE MACLEOD WASBORN ON WHICH SCOTTISH

ISLAND?

3/ WHO WON SCOTLAND'SONLY ACTING OSCAR IN 1987?

4/ THE INAUGURAL OPENCHAMPIONSHIP WAS PLAYEDIN WHICH AYRSHIRE TOWN?

5/ NAME SCOTLAND'S SEVENCITIES.

ROUND SIX: GENERALNONSENSE

1/ WHICH SPIRIT ISGENERALLY DISTILLED FROM

POTATOES?

2/ WHICH VIDEO GAMECHARACTER MADE HIS FIRST

APPEARANCE AS THE HERO IN1981'S "DONKEY KONG"?

3/ MATCH THE FOLLOWINGCOLLECTIVE TERMS TO THECORRECT SPECIES OF BIRD:

ARMY CROWSMURDER. RAVENSPARLIAMENT CUCKOO

ASYLUM. OWLSCONSPIRACY EAGLES

4/ WHICH COMPANY'SFLAGSHIP DEVICE WAS FIRSTSOLD TO THE PUBLIC IN 1976FOR THE PRINCELY SUM OF

$666 EACH?

5/ WHICH SHAKESPEARE PLAYSINSPIRED THE FOLLOWING FILMS:

A/ LION KING

B/ WEST SIDE STORYC/ 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU

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