Sunday Quiz – 17th December 2023 Round 1: Numbers - 1 to 10 All of the answers to the questions are numbers between 1 and 10. All numbers are only used once. None How many books are in J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter" series? Please select your answer 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 When playing golf, what number club is the wood, a driver? Please select your answer 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 How many sides, or points does a snowflake have? Please select your answer 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 How many days after the assassination of JFK was Lee Harvey Oswald shot? Please select your answer 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Until 2006 there were considered to be how many planets in our solar system? Please select your answer 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 A traditional basketball team has how many players on the court at any given time? Please select your answer 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 In Olympic platform diving, the height of the platforms used is how many metres above the water? Please select your answer 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 How many pieces of bun are in a McDonald's Big Mac? Please select your answer 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 In computing, how many bits are in a byte? Please select your answer 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 How many chambers does the human heart have? Please select your answer 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Round 2: Music - Best Selling UK Singles 10 questions about singles which were the best selling in the UK on particular years. None "Someone You Loved" by which artist was the top selling UK single of 2019? In 2015 the best selling UK single was by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars, what was it called? Who had the best selling UK single in 2011 with the song "Someone like You"? The Weeknd had the best selling UK single of 2020 with which song? "Somebody That I Used to Know" by Gotye was the best selling single in the UK in 2012, who else featured on the song? "As It Was" by which artist was the best selling UK single of 2022? The best selling UK single of 2014 was which upbeat Pharrell Williams song? Featuring Wizkid & Kyla, who had the best selling UK single of 2016 with "One Dance"? What Ed Sheeran song was the best selling single in the UK in 2021? What best selling UK single of 2018 was by Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa? Round 3: Picture Round - Famous Siblings Identify the family name of each of the people pictured. They all are/have famous siblings too. None What is this persons family name? What is this persons family name? What is this persons family name? What is this persons family name? What is this persons family name? What is this persons family name? What is this persons family name? What is this persons family name? What is this persons family name? What is this persons family name? Round 4: UK/U.S. TV Shows Identify the name of the original U.S. TV show which was adapted for UK TV. None The TV show University Challenge is a British adaptation of which American show, first aired in 1953? Play Your Cards Right is a British adaptation of which American show, first aired in 1978? Blind Date is a British adaptation of which American show, first aired in 1965? Celebrity Squares is a British adaptation of which American show, first aired in 1966? Geordie Shore is a British adaptation of which American show, first aired in 2009? Strike It Lucky is a British adaptation of which American show, first aired in 1986? Family Fortunes is a British adaptation of which American show, first aired in 1976? The Brighton Belles is a British adaptation of which American show, first aired in 1985? Blankety Blank is a British adaptation of which American show, first aired in 1962? Days Like These is a British adaptation of which American show, first aired in 1998? Round 5: General Knowledge 10 General Knowledge questions with no theme or connection. None Which Scottish author wrote under two names, adding the initial of his adopted middle name 'Menzies'. His first science fiction book was Consider Phlebas? In 1800 Alessandro Volta invented the voltaic pile, based on previous works by Luigi Galvani. It was an early type of what? What type of spirit is the drink Armagnac? Having sold more than 600 million copies worldwide as of 2023, what is the best-selling book series in history? Men Without Hats, a Canadian new wave and synth-pop band, had a worldwide hit with what record in the 1980's? What name is given to the collection of Ancient Greek sculptures from the Parthenon and other structures from the Acropolis of Athens, now held in the British Museum? Which was the only one of the four tennis grand slam tournaments that Pete Sampras failed to win in men's singles? Australian Open French Open Wimbledon U.S. Open None The song "West End Girls" was a number for which famous pop duo? Which Austrian city hosted both the 1964 and 1976 Winter Olympics? A Central African country with a coastline on the Atlantic Ocean which is bordered by five countries, the equator crosses which country just north of its middle? Time's up
