LET’S GET Quizzical
FIVE BRILLIANT QUIZZES TO DO WHILE LOCKED DOWN WITH YOUR FAMILY
QUIZ 1 QUESTIONS
1 Last weekend’s birthdays included flower-child pop singer Donovan and Piano Man songwriter Billy Joel. But which musician is older?
2 A bit of geography: list FIVE countries with a name that ends in ‘…stan’.
3 Now, some questions from the world of entertainment. Harvey, Hazel and Honey are all fictional... whats?
4 From their initials, give the names of these three actresses who were Downton Abbey regular cast members: J.B.F., P.W., E.McG.
5 ‘Check in. Unpack. Relax. Take A Shower’ was the tagline on the posters for which film?
6 Jane and Michael Banks are characters in which film musical?
7 Next, some sport and games. The Olympics were due to take place this summer. Now they’re pegged for next summer, if the logistics allow. In which city?
8 In 2015, then British prime minister David Cameron said he supported West Ham, forgetting that he really supported which other team, who also play in claret and blue?
9 Famous wrestler Andre The Giant was driven to school in France as boy by which future Irish Nobel Prize winner?
10 There are four travel hubs on the Irish Monopoly board.
Name THREE.
11 Some questions about books. The Edinburgh neighbourhood of Merchiston has become known as Writers’ Row because its inhabitants have included Ian Rankin, Alexander McCall Smith and which other author, who’s estimated to be worth £750m?
12 How many years elapse between George Orwell’s world of Big Brother and Arthur C. Clarke’s Space Odyssey?
13 What was unusual about the Booker Prize in 1974, 1992 and 2019?
14 Next, food and drink. These phrases are anagrams of which herbs and spices: Army rose; German loss; arise ants.
15 Which dessert is named after a woman who took her stage name from an Australian city?
16 Which of these foodstuffs does NOT have EU protected status? Clare Island Salmon; Waterford Blaa; Dublin Coddle; Sneem Black Pudding
17 In 2014, Diana Beard became a TV villain after she opened a freezer containing what dessert, which had been prepared by a man called Iain?
18 In which famous battle were the forces of Brian Boru, High King of All Ireland, victorious (although Boru himself lost his life) in April 1014?
19 Music next. Who is this musician (see above), pictured as a youth?
20 What two dishes are rhymed in the song Food Glorious Food?
21 Between 1962 and 1970, The Beatles released 11 songs with ‘love’ (or some variant) in the title. Name five.
22 The Rose of Tralee has cancelled its 2020 festival. What year was the pageant first held?
23 Last month, the Rolling Stones reunited for the One World: Together At Home concert. Which song, appropriately about being frustrated, did they perform?
24 Which American actor, known for flying spacecraft on screen, has recently had to apologise for not following air-traffic control procedure while flying a small plane in California?
25 Finally, a connection question. What connects the following: the flood plain surrounding the Mississippi River, the watch brand favoured by James Bond and the circumference of a circle divided by its diameter?