Sunday Quiz – 14th April 2024

Round 1: Music in Film

10 questions about songs which were famously used in films.

In which film of 1985 was the song Don’t You (Forget About Me) by Simple Minds a well known part of the soundtrack?

In which film of 1986 was the song Take My Breath Away by Berlin a well known part of the soundtrack?

In which film of 1992 was the song I Will Always Love You by Whitney Houston a well known part of the soundtrack?

In which film of 1977 was the song Nobody Does It Better by Carly Simon a well known part of the soundtrack?

In which film of 1969 was the song Born to Be Wild by Steppenwolf a well known part of the soundtrack?

In which film of 2013 was the song Young and Beautiful by Lana Del Rey a well known part of the soundtrack?

In which film of 1991 was the song Goodbye Horses by Q Lazzarus a well known part of the soundtrack?

In which film of 1983 was the song Maniac by Michael Sembello a well known part of the soundtrack?

In which film of 1992 was the song Stuck in the Middle with You by Stealers Wheel a well known part of the soundtrack?

In which film of 1999 was the song Kiss Me by Sixpence None the Richer a well known part of the soundtrack?

Round 2: Hotels

10 questions on the theme of hotels.

Which hotel featured in Stephen King's best selling 1977 novel, The Shining, as well as the 1980 film of the same name?

Which group had a massive late 1976 hit with their release of Hotel California?

What type of Bible first appeared in The Superior Hotel in Superior, Montana, in 1908?

Founded in 1812 as Mivart's Hotel and located in Mayfair, London, which hotel is renowned for its afternoon teas?

When the Ritz Paris opened in 1898, it was the first hotel with electricity, a bath, and what else in every room?

In which film does Ralph Fiennes play Monsieur Gustave H., famed concierge of a mountainside resort in the fictional Eastern European country of Zubrowka?

The Icehotel was first built in 1989 and each November it's rebuilt over the course of six weeks. Which country is it in?

Which 2011 British comedy-drama film features an ensemble cast as a group of British pensioners moving to a retirement hotel in India?

Elvis sang "Well, since my baby left me. Well, I found a new place to dwell. Well, it's down at the end of Lonely Street. At…"?

Opened in 1907 at Fifth Avenue and Central Park South, which New York hotel was used as a setting in Home Alone 2?

Round 3: General Knowledge

10 General Knowledge questions with no theme or connection.

Known as the "Lady of the Lamp", who was the first woman to receive The Order of Merit, in 1907?

Which country in Oceania is the world's third largest island country with an area of 462,840 km2 (178,700 sq mi)?

What is the name for the end product of the gravitational collapse of a massive star?

What's the international radio code word for the letter "B"?

Which former president of the Soviet Union was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1990?

What is the name of the thread made from intestines of sheep which is used for strings of musical instruments?

With which period in music do we associate composers such as Beethoven, Mozart and Haydn?

Which planet is covered in thick clouds of carbon dioxide and sulphuric acid?

What is the name given to the drawing of wild but politically favourable electoral districts?

With 33 consonants, 24 dependent vowels, 12 independent vowels, and several diacritic symbols, what language has the longest alphabet in the world?

Round 4: Compound Words

What word can be appended to the end of the other words to make a new word

What 5 letter word can follow; Night, Book, and Over?

What 4 letter word can follow; Rain, Trench, and Pea?

What 5 letter word can follow; Key, Dash, and Score?

What 4 letter word can follow; Bare, Flat, and Club?

What 5 letter word can follow; Moon, Star, and Day?

What 5 letter word can follow; Foot, Blue, and Finger?

What 4 letter word can follow; Side, Cat, and Board?

What 5 letter word can follow; Sound, Back, and Side?

What 4 letter word can follow; Stream, Main, and Time?

What 5 letter word can follow; Key, Sound, and Hover?

Round 5: General Knowledge

10 General Knowledge questions with no theme or connection.

What is the only country in the world to have an image of the Holy Bible on its national flag?

As of 2023 what is the family name of the only brother and sister to have recorded separate UK No1 singles?

People who have alcoholism may suffer from the DTs, what does DTs stand for?

In the bible to whom is the book of Lamentations attributed?

As part of Hercules' twelve labours, what type of animal did he have to capture for number seven?

The first to be televised, in which city were the 1936 Summer Olympics held?

What alloy is formed from a mixture of copper and tin?

What is the name of the computer in Stanley Kubrick's film "2001: A Space Odyssey"?

What word describes the practice of growing and tending of a forest?

In golf a hole score of three strokes fewer than par is called a double eagle in the U.S., what is it called in the UK?