End Of Year General Knowledge Quiz 2018 A

End Of Year: General Knowledge Quiz! 2018 A Bickerfrostameedelig Coproduction Last modified: 14 th July 2018

ROUND 1 Famous Faces

ROUND 1 : : Famous Faces 1 2 Jessie ? Lingard 6 3 Jess ? Glynne James ? Corden Jo Johnson ? 7 4 8 Hannah ? Fry 5 Bryce Dallas ? Howard 9 Henry VII ? Jacqueline ? Wilson 10 Emily ? Maitlis Michael ? Mc. Intyre

ROUND 2 Observation Round

ROUND 2 : : Observation Round If the video doesn’t play within the slide, visit: https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=z. JDu 5 D_IXbc Questions to follow…

ROUND 2 : : Observation Round 1 4 Where is Julie from? Answer: Northampton ? 2 What is the first number to be Numberwang? Answer: ? 38 3 ? 5 What time is seen on the clock? 9 Answer: ? Autumn 6 What is the last imaginary number? Answer: Shinty ? Six 8 What number in a red circle can be seen above the contestants? Answer: 66 7 What number does Simon fail to return on the Numberleen? Answer: ? 3 What is the colour of the tower seen in the city backdrop behind the accountant? Answer: ? Green/Torqouise What is the only negative number on the Wangernumb board? Answer: -3 ? What is the colour of the dresses by the assistants who present Simon with a crown? Answer: Green ? 10 How many numbers were either Numberwang or Wangernumb? Answer: ? 9

ROUND 3 Sport

Question 1 In which year did England last win the men’s football world cup? 1966 ?

Question 2 Who won the snooker world championships this year (2018)? ? Mark Williams

Question 3 Name the four countries to have won the rugby union world cup: New Zealand, Australia, ? South Africa, England

Question 4 Which English batsman recently recorded the fastest T 20 I 50 for England? ? balls) Jos Buttler (22

Question 5 Who won the golden boot award at the most recent Football world cup? Harry Kane (TBC) ?

Question 6 Which tennis player holds the record for most grand slam singles titles won in the open era (post 1968)? Serena Williams (24 – Roger Federer holds ? the men’s record with 20)

Question 7 In which year did the rugby league world cup first take place? 1954 ?

Question 8 Which team won the NBA (basketball) finals in 2018? Golden State? Warriors

Question 9 Who currently holds the record for most international tries scored in men’s rugby union (bonus mark available if you guess how many tries he has scored)? ? Daisuke Ohata (Japan – 69 tries)

Question 10 Which country is the current reigning Olympic Games Silver medallist in cricket? France (they lost the final against England in 1900; ? cricket hasn’t been at the Olympics since)

ROUND 4 Superheroes

ROUND 4 : : Name the Super Hero or Super Villain 1 2 3 5 6 The Penguin ? 8 7 General ? Zod 10 The Rocketeer ? Lex Luthor ? 9 Batgirl ? Blade ? Condiment ? King The Phantom ? 4 Sandman ? Rogue ?

ROUND 5 Musicals (Thanks to Colman Maths)

ROUND 5 : : Name the musical 1 The Sound? of Music 2 ? Grease 5 Moulin? Rouge 6 The Phantom of the Opera 3 4 ? Les Miserables Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat 7 8 ? Chicago ? 9 10 My Fair Lady ? ? Summer Holiday ? La La Land ?

ROUND 6 General Knowledge

ROUND 6 : : General Knowledge 1. Name this county. Suffolk ?

ROUND 6 : : General Knowledge 2. Which Tiffin house’s initials would start your postcode if you lived in Hastings, Kent? TN ?

ROUND 6 : : General Knowledge 3. Which Tiffin teacher’s initials are the chemical symbol for protactinium? PA ?

ROUND 6 : : General Knowledge 4. Which bird came top of the RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch of 2018 and is an anagram of PORUS WASHER? House Sparrow ?

ROUND 6 : : General Knowledge 5. Who has recently replaced Boris Johnson as foreign secretary? Jeremy Hunt ?

ROUND 6 : : General Knowledge 6. What sweet-smelling flowering plant is this? Honeysuckle ?

ROUND 6 : : General Knowledge 7. What is the name of the Cbeebies song that became one of the many unofficial World Cup Anthems? The Kick Song ?

ROUND 6 : : General Knowledge 8. Which European country was the birthplace of the cartoonists who created The Adventures of Tintin and The Smurfs? Belgium ?

ROUND 6 : : General Knowledge 9. What object currently housed in the British Museum was the key to deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphs? The Rosetta Stone ?

ROUND 6 : : General Knowledge 10. What is the name of the fifth book in Anthony Horowitz’s “The Power of Five” series? Oblivion ?