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. Name the longest river in the UK. 2. How many hearts does an octopus have? 3. In which year did Twitter launch? 4. True or false, The Bahamas is made up of over 700 islands? 5. Which fish is the most widely-eaten by humans?

ROUND TWO: MOVIES AND TV 1. Dr Sleep is the follow up to which Stanley

Kubrick movie? 2. The TV show Stranger Things is set in which fictional town? 3. Who played Indian Jones’s father in The Last Crusade? 4. Who played Fox Mulder in the X-Files? 5. In what yeard did Channel 5 launch in the UK? ROUND THREE – SPORTS 1. What’s the maximum score you can achieve in 10-pin bowling? 2. Which horse won the Virtual Grand National 2020? 3. Name the only football team to sack Sir Alex Ferguson as a manager? 4. Who scored the first-ever Premier League goal? 5. How many points is the green ball worth in snooker?

ROUND FOUR – MUSIC 1. What is Elton John’s real name? 2. What year did the Spice Girls release ‘Wannabe’? 3. How many number one singles did Oasis have? 4. What year did Robbie Williams leave Take That? 5. 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

11-15 correct

16 – 20 correct Just making up the numbers and having a social chat!

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

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

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

ROUND TWO 1. The Shining 2. Hawkins, Indiana 3. Sean Connery 4. David Duchovny 5. 1997 ROUND THREE 1. 300 2. Potters Corner 3. St. Mirren 4. Brian Deane 5. Three

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