CHRISTMAS General Knowledge Quiz 2015 A Bickerfrost Coproduction

CHRISTMAS! General Knowledge Quiz 2015 A Bickerfrost Coproduction Last modified: 14 th December 2015

ROUND 1 Famous Faces

ROUND 1 : : Famous Faces 1 Peter ? Capaldi 6 2 Maggie ? Smith 7 Anish Kapoor ? Huw Edwards ? 3 Jamie? Murray 8 Claudia ? Winkleman 5 4 Taylor ? Swift 9 Russell? Howard 10 Donald ? Trump Lizzy ? Armistead

ROUND 2 Video Observation Round

The video below is a clip from “Jingle All The Way”. Watch the clip and then answer the questions after. (If the video doesn’t work, go to https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=blbqbd. PFfns )

ROUND 2 : : Observation Round Question 1: What was the (rather excellent) name of the main kid featured? Jamie? Question 2: What was the colour of the bauble which first hit the ground? Red ? Question 3: What letter was on Arnold Schwarznegger’s (Howard’s) costume? T ? Question 4: What was the name of the building that Howard caught his son in front of? Marquette ? Building Question 5: What was the colour of the sleigh the villain fell onto? Blue ? Question 6: What was the name of the device that Howard was told by his son to use to save him? Turborang? Question 7: What could be seen inside the villain’s helmet? A brain ? Question 8: (Hard!) How many policeman took aim at the villain? 14 ?

ROUND 3 General Knowledge

ROUND 3 : : General Knowledge 1. What word represents G in the NATO phonetic alphabet? Golf ?

ROUND 3 : : General Knowledge 2. What is the smallest US state by land area? Rhode Island ?

ROUND 3 : : General Knowledge 3. Complete the list: Revolver, Rope, Candlestick, Pipe, Dagger, … Spanner (Cluedo weapons) ?

ROUND 3 : : General Knowledge 4. Tallinn is the capital of which European country? Estonia ?

ROUND 3 : : General Knowledge 5. Name the two elements that are liquid at room temperature (half point for each): Mercury and Bromine?

ROUND 3 : : General Knowledge 6. Who composed the ballet, The Nutcracker? Tchaikovksy ?

ROUND 3 : : General Knowledge 7. Which Nobel Prize winning author wrote Lord of the Flies? William Golding ?

ROUND 3 : : General Knowledge 8. “A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…” A light year is what distance? (to 1 sf!) A: 9 million km B: 9 billion km C: 9 trillion km D: 9 billion trillion km Light travels roughly 300 000 km/s ? 300 000 x 3600 x 24 x 365 = 9. 4 x 1012 (i. e. C)

ROUND 3 : : General Knowledge 9. Canis Lupus is the latin name for which animal? Wolf ?

ROUND 3 : : General Knowledge 10. Who became the British Prime Minister in 1937? Neville Chamberlain ?

ROUND 4 Which Film?

ROUND 4 : : Which Film? 2 1 Arthur Christmas ? Big Hero ? 6 5 4 6 8 Toy Story 3 ? The Little? Mermaid Robin ? Hood Wreck-It ? Ralph 7 2 3 (Star Wars Episode V) The Empire? Strikes Back Mary? Poppins 9 Ratatouille ?

ROUND 5 : : 2015 1. What did the United States Supreme Court rule as unconstitutional in June? State-level bans on same-sex marriage ?

ROUND 5 : : 2015 2. Which farmyard animals starred in a production of King Lear at a Hoxton Theatre? Sheep ?

ROUND 5 : : 2015 3. At which ceremony did Madonna suffer a fall in February? The Brit Awards ?

ROUND 5 : : 2015 4. Who tragically left One Direction in March? Zayn (Malik) ?

ROUND 5 : : 2015 5. What film about a former movie superhero won most Oscars this year? Birdman ?

ROUND 5 : : 2015 6. What UK city did a Fox News ‘terror expert’ claim was “totally Muslim”? Birmingham ?

ROUND 5 : : 2015 7. How many seats did the Liberal Democrats win in the general election in May? Eight ?

ROUND 5 : : 2015 8. Where did England finish in the Women’s Football World Cup in July? Third ?

ROUND 5 : : 2015 9. Which country won the Eurovision Song Contest in May? ? Sweden (Måns Zelmerlöw)

ROUND 5 : : 2015 10. Who is still third in line to the throne after Princess Charlotte’s birth in May? Prince George of Cambridge ?

ROUND 6 Christmanagrams

ROUND 6 : : Christmanangrams 1. RATS Star 2. SILENT Tinsel ? 4. MR SWEETIE HEN ? Bauble ? ? Men Three Wise 5. STOLE ITEM Mistletoe? 6. BIG ONYX AD Boxing Day ? 7. CASUAL ANTS Santa Claus ? 8. GERMAN Manger ? 9. COORDINATES Decorations ? 10. ICEMEN SIP Mince Pies ? 3. ALE BUB