Sunday Quiz – 20th September 2020 Round 1: Maths 10 questions about Maths or involving Maths. None If seven people meet each other and each shakes hands only once with each other, how many handshakes will there have been? Hint What is the cube root of 343? Hint A dress has a thirty percent discount applied and is on sale for £63. What was the original price in pounds of the dress before the reduction? Hint How many prime numbers are there between from number 1 to 100? Hint What is the next number in the series: 2, 9, 30, 93, …? Hint Geoff thinks of a number. He deducts five from it and then divides the result by three. His answer is 25. What number did he start with? Hint When added together, what do the visible numbers on a standard dartboard total? Hint If 1609.34 meters is equivalent to one mile, how many lengths, to the nearest length, would complete one mile in a 25 meter swimming pool? Hint Frankie buys 1 pencil and 1 eraser for £1.10, Jimmy buys 1 pencil and 1 ruler for £1.30, Sandy buys 1 ruler and 1 eraser for £1.40 - what is the cost of 1 pencil in pence? Hint If the number 2 = E and 1 = A, can you fill in the missing letters to reveal the name of a famous ancient leader: 1*2*1**2* **2 **21* Round 2: Film Directors 10 questions all about Film directors. None What famous director makes a cameo as the Cook County Assessor in the Blues Brothers? Which film director's films include "Raging Bull" and "Goodfellas"? With which film did Kevin Costner make his directorial debut? Whose final film as director was Eyes Wide Shut? Which British director attempted to appear in all the films he directed? Gerald Thomas directed what series of 31 films? What was the last film where Sergio Leone directed Eastwood? Who directed the 1962 film Lawrence of Arabia? Which directors films include Shivers, Videodrome and The Fly? The 1996 film "The Cable Guy" was directed by which other actor / comedian? Round 3: Famous Buildings Identify the famous buildings from the pictures. None What famous building is this? What famous building is this? What famous building is this? What famous building is this? What famous building is this? What famous building is this? What famous building is this? What famous building is this? What famous building is this? What famous building is this? Round 4: Music Intros - Fools You will hear 10 clips of around 20 seconds of a song with a pause between each song. Identify the artist of each song. 20-09-2020-Music None 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Round 5: General Knowledge 10 General Knowledge questions with no theme or connection. None What word can mean a mark of disgrace, while also being a character consisting of two joined letters of the Greek alphabet? The name of what cooking utensil comes from the Cantonese for “cooking pot?” Until the 1750s, what country on the Asian continent was the sole source of the world’s diamonds, before South Africa started supplying them? To what was Jack Nicholson referring when he once said, “With them, I’m Jack Nicholson, without them I’m fat and sixty?” In biology, if an organism is considered anaerobic, it does not require what for growth? What actor, who has starred as many dark and unusual characters, got his first film role in "Nightmare on Elm Street" as a character named Glen Lantz? In Die Hard, what is the name of Alan Rickman’s character? What novel is set on a desert planet with giant sandworms? Which city in America tipped their tea overboard in protest to British taxation? Words that have opposite meanings are known as what? Time's up
