DILTON MARSH QUIZ | 12/04/15

ROUND ONE | ANOTHER SCHOOL DAY

LESSON ONE | ENGLISH: Spell the word EFFERVESCENT .

E F F E R V E S C E N T!

LESSON TWO | MATHS: If it takes Daisy, Leonie and Abi exactly one hour to drink a bottle of
wine, how long will it take just Leonie and Abi?
One and a Half Hours (90 minutes)

LESSON THREE | GEOGRAPHY: Paraguay has borders with Brazil, Bolivia and which other country?
Argentina

LESSON FOUR | HISTORY: Which two of Henry VIII’s six wives outlived him?
Anne of Cleves (4th wife, divorced) and Catherine Parr (6th wife)

LESSON FIVE | MUSIC: The oboe belongs to which of the four families of the orchestra?
The Woodwind Family

LESSON SIX | SCIENCE: What colour is chlorophyll?

Green

LESSON SEVEN | ART: How many paintings did Van Gogh sell during his lifetime?
One

LESSON EIGHT | RELIGIOUS STUDIES: Name the ten commandments. (POINT FOR EACH)
1. Thou shalt have no other Gods before me.
2. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image (or idol).
3. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.
4. Remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy.
5. Honour thy Father and thy Mother.
6. Thou shalt not kill.
7. Though shalt not commit adultery.
8. Thou shalt not steal.
9. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
10. Thou shalt not covet

LESSON NINE | P.E: How many people are there per team in the sport of Polo? (Not
including substitutes, or horses)
Four

LESSON TEN | LATIN: “Carpe Diem” is a latin phrase translating as what?

Seize the Day.
ROUND TWO | JAMES BOND

This round is all about the classic spy - all film questions relate to the official James Bond franchise (not
including Never Say Never, or other versions of Casino Royale)

QUESTION ONE: Who is the oldest actor to have played James Bond?
Roger Moore

QUESTION TWO: Shirley Bassey has sung the theme song to three Bond films, name
them. POINT FOR EACH
Goldfinger, Diamonds are Forever, Moonraker

QUESTION THREE: The villain ‘Xenia Onatopp’ appears in which film?

Goldeneye

QUESTION FOUR: Which children’s book did author Ian Fleming also write?
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

QUESTION FIVE: Which duo co-produced the first nine films together? Point for each
name.
Harry Saltzman and Albert R Broccoli (Cubby)

QUESTION SIX: In 2011, Ian Fleming became the first English-Language writer to
have an international airport named after him: The “Ian Fleming
International Airport”, but in which country?
Jamaica (near Oracabessa)

QUESTION SEVEN: Which was the final bond film to feature Desmond Llewelyn as ‘Q’?
The World is Not Enough

QUESTION EIGHT: Which was the first James Bond book to be published? BONUS
POINT - IN WHICH YEAR?
Casino Royale (1953)

QUESTION NINE: Rosa Klebb is a villain from which book/film?

From Russia With Love

QUESTION TEN: Which iconic car first made an appearance in Goldfinger, and
reappeared most recently in Skyfall?
The Aston Martin DB5
ROUND THREE | MUSICAL THEATRE

QUESTION ONE: From which musical would you find the following lyric: “Someday,
I’ll wish upon a star. Wake up where the clouds are far behind
me”
The Wizard of Oz (from Somewhere Over the Rainbow)

QUESTION TWO: What superstitious alternative is used in theatrical circles, as it’s

‘Bad Luck to Say Good Luck on Opening Night’
Break a Leg (alternatively, ‘Merde’ ‘Hals und Beinbruch’ ‘Toi toi toi’)

QUESTION THREE: From which musical would you find the following songs: ‘Oh, What
a Beautiful Morning’, ‘People Will Say We’re In Love’, and ‘Kansas
City’?
Oklahoma!

QUESTION FOUR: Name the rival gangs in ‘West Side Story’

Sharks & Jets

QUESTION FIVE: In which musical might you hear the following lyric: “Kiss today
goodbye, and point me toward tomorrow”
A Chorus Line

QUESTION SIX: Name the two musicals that the boys from Swedish group ABBA
provided the music for.
Chess & Mamma Mia

QUESTION SEVEN: Matilda, with music by Tim Minchin, and based on the Roald Dahl
book, was first performed by The Royal Shakespeare Company. I
want to know in which town or city is the Royal Shakespeare
Company based?
Stratford Upon Avon

QUESTION EIGHT: Which musical tells the story of an American nurse who falls in love
with a French Plantation owner during WWII?
South Pacific

QUESTION NINE: From which musical would you find the songs: ‘I Am the Very
Model of a Modern Major-General’, ‘Stop, Ladies, Pray’ and ‘How
Beautifully Blue the Sky’.
The Pirates of Penzance

QUESTION TEN: Who did Princess Diana dance with to a Billy Joel record on the
stage at the Royal Opera House in 1986?
Wayne Sleep
ROUND FOUR | BOOKS

QUESTION ONE: Who wrote ‘Of Mice and Men’?

John Steinbeck

QUESTION TWO: Who wrote about a character called Bertie Wooster?

P.G. Wodehouse

QUESTION THREE: Which was the first Children’s book by Roald Dahl to be published?
The Gremlins

QUESTION FOUR: What is the surname of Wendy, John, and Michael in the Peter Pan
stories by J.M. Barrie?
Darling

QUESTION FIVE: On BBC’s ‘Desert Island Discs’ which two books are guests
automatically given to take with them to the desert island?
The Complete Works of Shakespeare, and the Bible

QUESTION SIX: Who wrote ‘Moby Dick’?

Herman Melville

QUESTION SEVEN: In which book does the character ‘Sirius Black’ first appear?
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (mentioned in the
Philosopher’s Stone, but doesn’t appear!)

QUESTION EIGHT: Whose autobiography is titled ‘Dear Fatty’?

Dawn French

QUESTION NINE: Can you identify the book from its synopsis? ‘An aeroplane
crashes into a remote island and the only survivors are boys under
the age of thirteen. They try to govern themselves, with
disastrous consequences’
Lord of the Flies

QUESTION TEN: This author has, to date, only published one book - which won the
Pulitzer Prize in 1961. Their second novel is due to be published in
July of this year (almost exactly 55 years later - give or take four
days). Who are they?
Harper Lee
ROUND FIVE | THE WIPEOUT ROUND.
The wipeout round is another of those “innovations” that we try to bring to this weekly quiz. The rules are
as follows. You get two points for a correct answer. If you get all 10 questions correct, you double the
score. However, if you get one question wrong, you lose all of the marks in the round! Blank spaces do
not constitute a wrong answer, so if you’re not sure - best to leave it blank!

QUESTION ONE: Which gemstone is the traditional birthstone of someone born in

the month of September?
Sapphire

QUESTION TWO: In which street are the headquarters of the Bank of England?
Threadneedle Street

QUESTION THREE: Which TV chef’s real name was Phyllis Nan Sortain Pechey?
Fanny Craddock

QUESTION FOUR: In the hit TV sitcom ‘The Royle Family’, what was the name of the
character played by Ralf Little?
Anthony Royle

QUESTION FIVE: How many squares are there on a chess board?

64

QUESTION SIX: Alan B. Shepard, Jr. became the second man to do what, in 1961?
Travel into space

QUESTION SEVEN: In UK measurement, how many teaspoons are equivalent to one

tablespoon?
Three (teaspoon is 5ml, tablespoon 15ml)

QUESTION EIGHT: Which Greek God is the equivalent of the Roman God Neptune?
Poseidon

QUESTION NINE: What did Barnes Wallace invent in 1942 to help the war effort?
Bouncing bomb

QUESTION TEN: Who was the first Queen Regnant of England?

Mary I (Regnant = reigning in own right)
PICTURE ROUND TWO | BY GEORGE!
1. George Benson
2. George Gershwin
3. George Bernard Shaw
4. George Foreman
5. George Lucas
6. George Takei
7. George Sampson
8. George Carlin
9. George Burns
10. George Clooney
TIEBREAKER QUESTIONS
Including the antenna on the top, how many metres tall is the Eiffel Tower?
324 metres

How many minutes long is the total running time of the 1972 film’The Godfather’?
178 minutes

On what date was the first UK premium bond purchased?

1st November 1956

How many words are there in Herman Melville’s book ‘Moby Dick’?
212,758

How many miles, as the crow flies, is it from London to New York?
3470 miles

How long, in days, hours, minutes and seconds, was the total duration of the successful Apollo 11 mission
which landed on the moon in 1969?
8 days, 3 hours, 18 minutes and 35 seconds

How many words are there in the King James Bible?

783, 137

On which date was the first ever episode of the Channel 4 word quiz ‘Countdown’ broadcast?
Tuesday 2nd November 1982

How long, in miles, is the River Thames?

215 miles

How many times does the word ‘blood’ appear in Shakespeare’s ‘Macbeth’?
42

How many metres high is Mount Snowdon?

1085 metres

In the 2012 Olympics, Russian Ivan Ukhov won gold in the men’s high jump – with a jump of what height?
2.38 metres

The first even Tesco store was opened in Burnt Oak, Middlesex – in which year?
1929

How many full-time undergraduate students were at Cambridge University in the year 2012/2013?
11,925

How much was the average price of a Greater London house, for sales between October and December
2012?
£445,651