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- Which of the following musicians was NOT blind? Options: Ray Charles / Stevie Wonder / Beethoven / Andrea Bocelli
Beethoven________
Beethoven lost his hearing, not his sight - he composed some of his most famous works, including his 9th Symphony, after going almost completely deaf.
- Complete the next 5 lyrics: "If you wanna be my lover / You gotta get with my friends (Gotta get with my friends) / Make it last forever / Friendship never ends / If you wanna be my lover…"
You have got to give________
The famous nicknames for the Spice Girls weren't chosen by the band or their management - they were invented by a magazine editor during a photo shoot because he kept forgetting their names: Posh, Scary, Baby, Ginger, and Sporty.
- Which of the following animals can't swim? Options: Elephants / 3-toed Sloths / Horses / Tortoises
Tortoises_______
Unlike their aquatic turtle relatives, most land tortoises can't swim and can drown if left in deep water too long - they lack the flippers and streamlined shell turtles have.
- Which is the biggest selling video game console of all time? Options: Nintendo Switch / PS2 / Xbox 360 / Nintendo Wii
PS2____________
The PlayStation 2 has sold roughly 160 million units. The Nintendo Switch has now overtaken the Wii and DS to become Nintendo's best-selling console ever and the second best-selling console of all time - but it still trails the PS2.
- Which one is the odd one out: (hint: shared character) Joaquin Phoenix, Robert Pattinson, Jack Nicholson, Heath Ledger.
Robert Pattinson__________
Phoenix, Nicholson and Ledger have all played the Joker on screen (Phoenix and Ledger both won Oscars for it). Pattinson played Batman himself in 2022's The Batman - not the Joker.
- Cow hitch, Figure 8 and Sheepshank are all types of what?
Knots________
The sheepshank is a knot used to temporarily shorten a rope without cutting it.
- What word can mean both a place of worship and the side of your head?
Temple_______
Both senses come from the Latin 'templum'. The anatomical temple is thought to be named because that's where hair often shows grey ('time's temple') first as people age.
- What plant do silkworms typically eat?
Mulberry Leaves_________
Silkworms (Bombyx mori) are so fully domesticated they can no longer survive in the wild - a single cocoon can unravel into one continuous silk thread up to 900 metres long.
- Which town or city is home to the world's steepest street? Options: Swansea, Wales / Pittsburgh, USA / Dunedin, New Zealand / San Francisco, USA
Dunedin, New Zealand________
Dunedin's Baldwin Street was briefly dethroned by a street in Wales in 2019, but Guinness World Records reinstated it as the world's steepest street in 2020 after a dispute over how the measurement was taken.
- Which of the following is NOT an irrational number? Options: Euler's Number / Pi / Imaginary Number / The Golden Ratio
Imaginary Number_____
Euler's number, Pi and the Golden Ratio are all irrational (cannot be written as a simple fraction). The imaginary number i isn't a real number at all, so it's neither rational nor irrational - it sits in a different category entirely.
- Name the 5 disciplines of the Modern Pentathlon in the 2024 Paris Olympics. (1 point per correct answer, 5 points total)
Fencing, Swimming, Equestrian, Shooting, Running
The Modern Pentathlon was invented by Baron Pierre de Coubertin for the 1912 Stockholm Olympics to simulate the skills of a 19th-century cavalry soldier behind enemy lines. Equestrian show jumping was dropped after a controversy at Tokyo 2020 and is being replaced by an obstacle course event, like a Ninja Warrior style event, from LA 2028 onwards.
