So, I only thought it right that I start put them on here. (There are a couple of Brit specific questions, but this shouldn't spoil your enjoyment)
I think I will put them on 30 at a time. So the next 30 will appear in a couple of days. Note questions were intended to get progressively harder, so this set and the third part might be a bit easier than the second and fourth sets.
The scores form the event (albeit a small event) are on http://www.southwestquizzers.com/#!resultsrankings-and-reports/c1py5. You may notice it includes some strong quiz names, so see how you compare!,
Enjoy.........................................
1. In terms of area and population, what is the largest
island in the Mediterranean Sea?
Sicily
2. In which English county is Edgehill, scene of the first
significant battle of the English Civil War?
Warwickshire
3. Which national football team won the 2015 FIFA Women’s
World Cup Final in July 2015, beating Japan 5-2 in the final?
USA
4. Native to South America, which animal is the largest of
the rodent family?
Capybara
5. Sharing a name with a current Radio One DJ, which
architect designed the Eden Project in Cornwall, which was completed in 2000?
Nicholas Grimshaw
6. Which chemical element is listed as number 2 on the
periodic table?
Heliun
7. (Picture) Which British actor played the role of Max
Rockatansky in the 2015 film, ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’, the fourth in the 'Mad Max'
film franchise?
Tom Hardy
8. (Picture)'One O’clock Jump' is a 12-bar blues
instrumental jazz standard, that was written by which well known pianist,
bandleader, and composer?
Count Basie
9. After Oxygen, which chemical element, at number 13, is
the second on the Periodic Table to begin with a vowel?
Aluminium
10. Entering with the song 'Bitaqat Hob' and performed by Samira
Bensaid, which is the only African nation that has competed in the Eurovision
Song Contest?
Morocco
11. Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark are protagonists in
which Trilogy of novels, written by Suzanne Collins?
The Hunger Games
12. In which Book of the Old Testament are the stories of
Rahab and The Spies and The Fall of Jericho located?
Joshua
13. Bergshamra, Duvbo and Farsta are all stations in which
Scandinavian capital city's underground train/metro system?
Stockholm
14.In writing his book entitled 'The Loneliest Man in the
World’, warden Eugene K.Bird was describing which war criminal, who served the
final 21 years of his lifetime and prison sentence as the only inmate of
Spandau prison?
Rudolf Hess
15. In 1989, which American became the youngest male tennis
player to win a Grand Slam singles title, when he won the French Open at the
age of 17 years and 4 months?
Michael Chang
16. (Picture) According to the Schmidt sting pain index, its
bite/sting ranks higher than the tarantula hawk wasp as the most painful, with
some victims equating the pain to being shot. What is the very appropriate
name, therefore, of this ant (Paraponera clavata), that inhabits humid lowland
rainforests in Central and South America?
Bullet Ant
17. Beating a shortlist including Tracey Emin's 'My Bed’,
which Academy Award winner won the 1999 Turner Prize?
Steve McQueen
18. Which planet in the solar system, is named after the
Roman god of travellers, boundaries, luck, trickery and thieves (among other
things)?
Mercury
19. Only two US TV series have won the Golden Globe Award
for Best Television Series for Drama on three occasions. Mad Men is one, but
which 1990s TV series is the other?
The X Files
20. (Picture) She first found fame on the Nickelodeon
television series 'Victorious' in 2009 and also starred in its spinoff, 'Sam
& Cat'. In 2014 she reached a whole new global audience when she released
the single 'Problem', which went to number one across the world (including the
UK and US). What is the name of this singer and actress?
Ariana Grande
21. In science, if Oxygen is O2 and Ozone is O3, what name
is usually given to O4? (Two acceptable answers)
Tetraoxygen (or Oxozone)
22. (Picture) Making models such as the 'Sandero' and
'Duster’, from which European country does the car manufacturer Dacia
originate?
Romania
23. Staged in the West End between 2011 and 2014 and on
Broadway in 2012, which Tony Award-winning play was adapted by Richard Bean,
from a 1743 Commedia dell'arte-style comedy entitled 'Il servitore di due
padroni?
One Man, Two Guv'nors
24. Taking over from Jonathan Sacks in September 2013, what
is the name of the current Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom?
Ephraim Mirvis
25. Apart from Alaska, only one US state lies north of the
49th parallel. Situated in Manitoba, the exclave of Elm Point belongs to which
US state, nicknamed 'The Land of 10,000 Lakes'?
Minnesota
26. Who was the US President at the time Hawaii joined the
Union, to become the 50th state?
Dwight D Eisenhower
27. (Picture) Similar to the game boules, which Paralympics
sport, designed for wheelchair users and those with limited motor skills,
involves throwing leather balls at a jack, with the aim of being the closest to
it?
Boccia
28. A generic description for some black-furred animal
breeds and for the colour black in heraldry, what is the name of the species of
marten, that inhabits forest environments, primarily in Russia and has also
been historically harvested, for its highly valued fur?
Sable
29. Currently, six out of the seven tallest buildings in
Europe are located in which capital city?
Moscow
30. Likened to characters such as Dale Arden and Lois Lane,
what is the name of the female partner of the comic strip hero, Buck Rogers?
Wilma Deering
