Paul Meakin - July 2020

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QUIZ TIME

Let’s face it, over the past few months we have all probably been involved in a virtual quiz at some point. If you now think of yourself as the general knowledge master, try our tricky quiz for size…

ROUND ONE: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Name the longest river in the UK. How many hearts does an octopus have? In which year did Twitter launch? True or false, The Bahamas is made up of over 700 islands? Which fish is the most widely-eaten by humans?

ROUND TWO: MOVIES AND TV 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Dr Sleep is the follow up to which Stanley Kubrick movie? The TV show Stranger Things is set in which fictional town? Who played Indian Jones’s father in The Last Crusade? Who played Fox Mulder in the X-Files? In what yeard did Channel 5 launch in the UK?

ROUND THREE – SPORTS

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

What’s the maximum score you can achieve in 10-pin bowling? Which horse won the Virtual Grand National 2020? Name the only football team to sack Sir Alex Ferguson as a manager? Who scored the first-ever Premier League goal? How many points is the green ball worth in snooker?

ROUND FOUR – MUSIC 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

What is Elton John’s real name? What year did the Spice Girls release ‘Wannabe’? How many number one singles did Oasis have? What year did Robbie Williams leave Take That? Which city were the bands Arctic Monkeys, Pulp and The Human League formed in?

THE ANSWERS ARE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE. HOW DID YOU DO? 1-5 correct

Have you even done a virtual quiz during lockdown?

6-10 correct

Just making up the numbers and having a social chat!

11-15 correct

You take quizzing seriously, but there’s still a little way to go.

16 – 20 correct

ANSWERS

You are the quiz master. Everyone wants to be on your team.

ROUND ONE

ROUND THREE

1. River Severn 2. Three 3. 2006 4. True 5. Herring

1. 300 2. Potters Corner 3. St. Mirren 4. Brian Deane 5. Three

ROUND TWO

ROUND FOUR

1. The Shining 2. Hawkins, Indiana 3. Sean Connery 4. David Duchovny 5. 1997

1. Reginald Kenneth Dwight 2. 1996 3. Eight 4. 1995 5. Sheffield

LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE

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