MFR Quiz 5 (Sunday 10th May, 8pm)
Round 1 - General Knowledge
Round 2 - “What we run past” - by Jan Gledhill
Round 3 - TV Catchphrases
Round 4 - “World from Above”
ROUND 1 - General Knowledge
1. Which famous waterfall sits on the American/Canadian border?
2. Which Irish musician co-founded Band Aid in 1984 to raise money for the famine in Ethiopia?
3. Which masked vigilante, created by American writer John McCulley, derives his name from the Spanish word for "fox"?
4. In which country did the first Football World Cup finals take place in 1930?
5. On an ordinance survey map, what do the letters “PH” represent?
6. What is the most consumed manufactured drink in the world?
7. Ethylene Glycol is the scientific name for which substance used commonly in motoring?
8. Which ranks higher in the Royal Navy, a Captain or a Commander?
9. In a game of squash, how many points must a player reach in order to win?
10. Which country is the world health organisation based in?
ROUND 2 - “What we run past” by Jan Gledhill
1. Where would you find this house?
2. Name the hill with this cairn at the summit.
3. These are two types of heather commonly found in the Isle of Man. Can you name either one of them?
4. Name the animal (give the name of the species rather than just the generic type of animal!)
5. Name the hill that has this summit.
6. These are the rails we have to climb over on the way up Snaefell. What is the third (middle) rail used for?
Bonus point - can you explain how this system got its name?
7. Name this moorland plant.
8. In which glen would you find this tholtan?
9. Name the bird. You see a lot of these on the Manx hills in spring and summer.
10. What hill has this building at the summit?
ROUND 3 - TV Catchphrases
Give the name of the character who the catchphrase belongs to and the name of the TV show it’s from.
1. Don’t panic Captain Mainwaring!
2. How you doin’?
3. Eat my shorts!
4. I don’t believe it!
5. Nice to see you, to see you nice.
6. I have a cunning plan…
7. Rodney you plonker!
8. Beam me up Scotty!
9. Computer says no.
10. Would you like to phone a friend?
ROUND 4 - “World from above”
Give the name of the monument or landmark and the country in which it can be found.
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