1. Karen’s big fat quiz of the year!
2012

2. The teams

3. Round 1-Geography

4. 1. What is the name of the official
national anthem of the USA?

5. 2. Who is the current Prime Minister
of Australia?

6. 3. What is the capital city of
Afghanistan?

7. 4. Which two colours are on the flag
of Poland?

8. 5. Which is the only US state to begin
with the letter ‘P’?

9. 6. On a Monopoly board, which street
shares the same colour as Leicester
Square and Piccadilly?

10. 7. The bank Santander shares its
name with a town in which country?

11. 8. Paraguay has borders with Brazil,
Bolivia and which other country?

12. 9. In which country is Mount Everest?

13. 10. What is the national currency of
Egypt?

14. Round 2 – Music

15. 1. Which Beatles leads the way on the
front of the Abbey Road album cover?

16. 2. Which band had a hit 2009 album
entitled ‘Wild Hearts’?

17. 3. Which musical term means ‘getting
gradually louder and louder’?

18. 4. Who is the Greek God of music?

19. 5. Which rock band released the most
popular version of the 1973 Wings
hit, ‘Live and Let Die’, included on
their 1991 album ‘Use Your Illusion’?

20. 6. Who won the very first series of ‘X
Factor’?

21. 7. In which musical would you find
the songs ‘Mr Cellophane’ and ‘Cell
Block Tango’?

22. 8. ‘Merry Christmas Everyone’ was a
1984 Christmas hit for which singer?

23. 9. Who recorded ‘Yesterday Once
More’ in 1973?

24. 10. Whose hits include ‘I Shot the
Sheriff’, ‘Lay Down Sally’ and ‘Tears In
Heaven’?

25. Round 3 – Picture Round

27. Round 4 – Food and Drink

28. 1. Eggs Benedict traditionally consists
of a muffin, topped with poached
egg, either ham or bacon and which
type of sauce?

29. 2. What is a chipolata?

30. 3. ‘Cuisses de grenouille’ are what in
English?

31. 4. Which country does the brand of
‘Leffe’ beer come from?

32. 5. What is missing from the white
sauce recipe; salt, pepper, milk, flour
and…

33. 6. What is currently the world record
for the number of Ferrero Rocher
eaten in one minute?

34. Round 5 – History

35. 1. What made the deciphering of
hieroglyphics possible and
was rediscovered in Egypt in 1799?

36. 2. Who was the fourth wife of Henry
VIII?

37. 3. Who was on the British throne at
the time of the Spanish Armada?

38. 4. What has been the most common
first name for an American First Lady?

39. 5. Who was the first man to walk on
all 5 continents?

40. Round 6 – Picture Round

42. Round 7 – General Knowledge

43. 1. In maths, what is 4 cubed?

44. 2. Which actor played James Bond in
the 1983 film Octopussy?

45. 3. How many spots are there in total
on two dice?

46. 4. What was the name of the cat at
10 Downing Street between 1989 and
1997?

47. 5. Which spirit is made from the
agave plant?

48. 6. Which spirit was apparently
nicknamed ‘Nelson’s Blood’, after his
body was preserved in it after the
Battle of Trafalgar?

49. 7. Which leading culinary school’s
name literally means ‘blue ribbon’ in
French?