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Online Quiz League
Questions set by: OQL Committee
For use in: Cup Round 4 and Plate Round 3 matches played 06/12/2023
Correct as of: 06/12/2023
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Round 1
Making up more than two-thirds of the Earth’s mass, which layer of the Earth lies below the crust and above the molten
1a MANTLE
outer core?
In economics what eight-letter word refers to a company that is the only seller or provider of one type of product? It
1b MONOPOLY
shares its name with a popular board game.
CUCKOO (accept ‘On First
Which bird is featured in the title of a famous 1912 work by English composer Frederick Delius? It is half of Delius’ Two
2a Hearing a CUCKOO in
Pieces for Small Orchestra alongside ‘Summer Night on the River’.
Spring’)
Which popular British artist, born in Surrey in 1926 but active in Plymouth from the 1960s, is famous for her comical
2b Beryl COOK
paintings of overweight people enjoying themselves in everyday situations?
Which Bermudian triathlete became the country’s first Olympic gold medallist in 2020? To date she has won four World
3a Flora DUFFY
Championship titles.
Which fictional former art dealer, a major character in the TV series Sex and the City and And Just Like That, shares her
3b CHARLOTTE
first name with actors whose surnames are Rampling and Ritchie?
4a Dying while giving birth to the future Edward VI [the sixth], who was the third wife of Henry VIII [the eighth]? Jane SEYMOUR
The ‘Mandela effect’ is a term used for collective false memories. One such example is the widespread belief that the logo of
4b FRUIT OF THE LOOM
which clothing brand had previously included a cornucopia, despite there being no apparent evidence for this?
Round 2
What word, from the French for ‘scanning’ or ‘sweeping’, describes the technique of hand-painting highlights on to hair to
1a create a soft gradation of lightness towards the ends? It is typically intended to create a more subtle and natural effect than BALAYAGE
ombre.
WORLD HEALTH
The Ethiopian politician Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus [ted-ROSS ad-HA-nome geb-ruh-YES-us] is the Director General of
1b ORGANISATION (or
which international organisation that was frequently in the news in 2020?
WHO)
2a Hampshire takes its name from Southampton, but which other city is its county town? WINCHESTER
2b Beverly Whipple and Alice Khan Ladas popularised the term ‘G-spot’, which was named after which German gynaecologist? Ernst GRÄFENBERG
Joseph Smith and Brigham Young are famous names in the history of the Latter Day Saint movement. By what name is this MORMONs (accept
3a
religious group better known? MORMONISM etc.)
The Black Eyed Peas’ breakout hit ‘Where is the Love?’ was the first recording to feature which band member, who had joined FERGIE (accept Stacy
3b
in 2002 and later went on to a successful solo career in her own right? FERGUSON)
Known for her starring roles in the German comedy films Toni Erdmann and Sisi & I, which German actress starred as a
4a Sandra HULLER
woman on trial for the murder of her husband in the 2023 Palme d’Or winning film Anatomy of a Fall?
The three British drivers who competed in the 2023 Formula One season are Lando Norris, Lewis Hamilton and which other
4b George RUSSELL
driver, who replaced Valtteri Bottas as Hamilton’s team mate at Mercedes in 2022?
Round 3
Which Roman poet, active in the late first and early second centuries CE, is best known for his series of 16 poems known JUVENAL (or Decimus Junius
1a
as The Satires? JUVENALIS)
1b Olivia Rodrigo had her third UK number one single in September 2023, with what song with a one-word title? ‘VAMPIRE’
The Perils of Penelope Pitstop was a spin-off of which 1968 Hanna-Barbera cartoon series that also featured the Slag
2a WACKY RACES
Brothers in their caveman-themed car and Peter Perfect in his Turbo Terrific?
Which Scottish curler, the skipper of a gold medal-winning team in Beijing, was one of Team GB’s two flag bearers at the
2b Eve MUIRHEAD
opening ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympics?
The name of which English county precedes ‘pond’ in the name of a steamed suet pudding that often includes a whole
3a SUSSEX
lemon placed inside it?
What leader of the far-right Party for Freedom won the most votes and seats in the recent elections in the
3b Geert WILDERS
Netherlands? He is currently trying to form a government.
Reaching an elevation of 5,959 metres and behind only Denali, which mountain is the second highest in North America
4a Mount LOGAN
and the highest mountain in Canada?
Lignite and anthracite are varieties of what fossil fuel, a combustible sedimentary rock that is formed from ancient plant
4b COAL (do not accept “charcoal”)
matter?
Round 4
1a Martina Hingis and Roger Federer are tennis players who represented which European country? SWITZERLAND
One of the three main stars of the Emmy-award winning comedy show Smack the Pony alongside Sally Philips and Fiona Allen,
Doon MACKICHAN
1b which actor and comedian featured regularly in the BBC radio satire On the Hour before she appeared in its TV spin-off The
[mac-KEE-ken]
Day Today as the business correspondent Collaterlie Sisters?
Which very large naval battle of the Red Turban Rebellion took place between August and October 1363 and led to the fall
2a Battle of Lake POYANG
of the Yuan Dynasty and the establishment of the Ming dynasty?
2b Which Danish brand is associated with the advertising slogan ‘Probably the best lager in the world’? CARLSBERG
3a What is the name for the innermost layer of a tooth, composed of the connective tissue, blood vessels and nerves? PULP
Which city is the site of the oldest Roman settlement in Iberia? This city, that gives its name to the southernmost province of TARRAGONA (accept
3b
Catalonia, was made a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000. TARRACO)
Which mononymous musician recorded the soundtrack to the 1989 film Batman? The soundtrack’s lead single, ‘Batdance’, was PRINCE (or Prince
4a
this musician’s first number one in the US since ‘Kiss’. Rogers NELSON)
4b What name is commonly given to the arch or frame in a conventional theatre through which the spectator sees the stage? PROSCENIUM arch
HALF-TIME - PLEASE CHANGE ORDER
Round 5
George Fox and William Penn are famous names in the history of the Religious Society of Friends. By what name is this religious
1a QUAKERs
group better known?
The Black Eyed Peas’ breakout hit ‘Where is the Love?’ featured and was co-written by which former member of NSYNC, who
1b Justin TIMBERLAKE
did not appear in the video for the song as he was promoting his album Justified at the time?
Which Spanish-German actor made his international breakthrough as Herman Zoller in the 2009 film Inglourious Basterds and as
2a Daniel BRUHL
Niki Lauda in the 2013 film Rush? He starred as Dr Lazlo Kreizler in the Emmy-nominated 2018 TV period drama The Alienist.
The two Spanish drivers who competed in the 2023 Formula One season are former champion Fernando Alonso and which Ferrari
2b Carlos SAINZ, Jr.
driver, the only driver aside from Max Verstappen and Sergio Pérez to have won a race in the 2023 championship?
What two-word term refers to a hairstyle, typically worn by men, that involves short, spiked hair with the ends bleached blond in
3a FROSTED TIPs
stark contrast to the rest of the hair?
NATO (or NORTH
Jens Stoltenberg is the Secretary-General of which international organisation, that has been in the news frequently since February
3b ATLANTIC TREATY
2022?
ORGANISATION)
4a Buckinghamshire takes its name from Buckingham, but which other town is its county town? AYLESBURY
INTRAUTERINE
Ernst Gräfenberg created the first example of what form of long-acting reversible contraception? One type of this form of DEVICE (or IUD,
4b contraception uses copper and is known as a ‘coil’, and another uses a cylinder that releases a progestogen and is commonly known by INTRAUTERINE
the brand name Mirena. CONTRACEPTIVE
DEVICE, IUCD)
Round 6
Which Welsh triathlete announced her retirement in 2022 after winning gold in the European Triathlon Championships? Despite
1a Non STANFORD
never winning an olympic medal, she has won medals in six World Triathlon Series.
Which fictional lawyer, a major character in the TV series Sex and the City and And Just Like that, shares her first name with
1b MIRANDA
actors whose surnames are Richardson and Hart?
Who was the sixth and final wife of Henry VIII? She went on to marry Jane Seymour’s brother, making her both stepmother
2a Catherine PARR
and aunt to Edward VI.
Another example of the Mandela effect concerns which American brand of sports shoes, which people mistakenly believe
2b SKECHERS
contains a letter T in its name?
Formed when parts of the mantle or crust melt, what name is given to molten rock beneath the Earth’s surface? When this
3a MAGMA
substance is extruded through volcanic eruption, it is then known as lava.
In economics, the model that determines the price of a given product within a market is known as supply and what six-letter
3b DEMAND
word?
SWAN (or CYGNE;
Which bird is the subject of the penultimate movement of Camille Saint-Saëns’ Carnival of the Animals? Scored for a cello
4a accept The Dying
accompanied by two pianos, this piece was used for a dance piece made famous by Anna Pavlova.
SWAN)
Beryl Cook was greatly influenced by which English painter best-known for his paintings of Biblical scenes as if they occurred in
4b Stanley SPENCER
the Berkshire village of Cookham?
Round 7
DENTINE (or
1a In a healthy tooth, what layer of tissue lies below the enamel and surrounding the pulp?
DENTIN)
Which Spanish city is the only one in the world to be completely surrounded by intact Roman walls? This provincial capital is the
1b LUGO
fourth largest in Galicia – behind Vigo, A Coruña and Ourense – and was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2000.
Which mononymous musician originally recorded his signature song ‘Kiss From a Rose’ in 1987, although it only received SEAL (or Seal
2a
worldwide attention in 1995, after it was featured on the soundtrack of the film Batman Forever? SAMUEL)
A proscenium is absent in what sort of stage, that extends into the audience? This type of stage is found in Liverpool’s Everyman
2b Theatre and Sheffield’s Crucible Theatre, and should not be confused with theatre in the round, in which the stage is surrounded on THRUST
all sides.
3a Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Rafael Nadal are tennis players from which European country? SPAIN
Also known for writing the 1997 stage play and 2005 film hit Closer, which actor played the inept reporter Peter O’Hanraha-
3b Patrick MARBER
Hanrahan in the radio show On the Hour and also in its TV adaptation The Day Today?
Battle of YAMEN
Named after a coastal town, at which naval battle of 1279 did the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty defeat the preceding Song dynasty and
4a (accept Naval Battle of
establish rule over most of China? The Yuan navy achieved this victory despite being outnumbered ten to one.
the YA Mountain)
4b Which Belgian lager brand is associated with the advertising slogan ‘Reassuringly expensive’? STELLA Artois
Round 8
The name of which English county precedes ‘clanger’ in the name of a suet crust dumpling? The dish is also popular in
1a BEDFORDSHIRE
neighbouring counties such as Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire.
Which Polish politician led his party Civic Platform to second place in the recent Polish general election, but is expected to form a
1b coalition government next week? He previously served as Prime Minister from 2007–14, and was President of the European Council Donald TUSK
from 2014–19.
Reaching a height of 4,421 metres, which mountain in California is the highest in the Sierra Nevada and the contiguous United Mount WHITNEY (or
2a
States? TUMANGUYA)
2b Which black, semi-precious gemstone is a hardened form of lignite? JET
Which Roman poet of the first century BCE, famous for both beautiful love lyrics and some graphically obscene lampoons,
3a CATULLUS
addressed many of his poems to a woman called Lesbia?
Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘Vampire’ was the lead single off what album, her second, released in September 2023? ? Like her debut album,
3b GUTS
Sour, the album has a one-word title.
A 1969 spin-off of Wacky Races featured Dick Dastardly and which canine sidekick in their flying machines, aiming to stop Yankee
4a MUTTLEY
Doodle Pigeon?
Which English skeleton racer won her only Olympic gold at Vancouver in 2010, and acted as Team GB’s flag bearer at that Games’
4b Amy WILLIAMS
closing ceremony?
If the match is tied, please proceed to Round 9. Otherwise, the winning team should now immediately relocate to the Zoom room
supplied in the fixture email to play the Quarter Final. If the losing team have chosen to play the Quarter final as a friendly then
they should immediately relocate to the other Zoom link supplied in the fixture email
If the scores are level after Round 8, please play Round 9 – if scores are still level after that, the tie should be broken using the
‘Nearest the Bull’ question that follows. If the ‘Nearest the Bull’ is required, please inform Jon Stitcher or Aidan Linge of the
result.
1a Which Japanese dish consists of battered dough balls containing pieces of octopus? TAKOYAKI
Following spells playing for Leicester City, Everton, Barcelona and Tottenham Hotspur, which footballer, scorer of 48 goals for
1b Gary LINEKER
England, finished his club career in the J-League with Nagoya Grampus Eight?
2a Ophthalmology is the branch of medicine that deals with which part of the body? EYEs
2b Which Russian city is home to The Motherland Calls, once the tallest statue in the world? VOLGOGRAD
Following spells at Nancy [NON-see] and Monaco, which French football manager managed Nagoya Grampus Eight for one
3a Arsène WENGER
season, guiding the team to an Emperor’s Cup win, before taking the reins at Arsenal, where he would remain in charge until 2018?
In Japan, octopus is also sometimes served in which style, where meat or fish is marinated before being floured and deep fried? It is
3b KARAAGE
not to be confused with tempura, which doesn’t involve marination and uses a batter.
The Statue of Unity, the world’s largest statue, stands at 182 metres in which Indian state that lies along India’s west coast? It
4a GUJARAT
depicts Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, who also gives his name to the airport in this state’s largest city, Ahmedabad.
4b Podiatry is the branch of medicine that deals with which part of the body? FEET
Nearest the Bull
If this question is required, each team must nominate one player only to answer this question. The QM should read the
question aloud and ask the two nominated players to send them a private message with their answer. Whichever team’s
answer is closer to the correct answer wins the match.
Q: How many years were there from the founding of the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan [ten-oatch-TEET-llan] and its capture by Spanish
forces led by Hernán Cortés?
A: 196
Spares
Which American boxer did Lennox Lewis defeat in the 1988 Olympic final? Known for a trilogy of fights against Evander
1 Holyfield, he was the undisputed world heavyweight champion before surrendering the WBC title when he refused to fight Riddick BOWE
Lewis.
Who was the lead singer and lead guitarist for Creedence Clearwater Revival, and wrote their songs ‘Proud Mary’, ‘Fortunate
2 John FOGERTY
Son’ and ‘Bad Moon Rising’?
Sam TAYLOR-JOHNSON
David is a 2004 video artwork depicting David Beckham sleeping. It was by which artist, a member of the Young British
3 (accept Sam TAYLOR-
Artists and later a film director?
WOOD)
ELIZABETH I (prompt on
4 Which English monarch was nicknamed ‘the Virgin Queen’?
‘Elizabeth’)
