Friday Quiz December 12th 2014
1. What won best single of the year at the inaugural BBC Music Awards?
2. What two-word phrase, relating to the dramatic drop in pressure leading to severe meteorological conditions in the UK, has been severely overused this week?
3. What flat, currant biscuit is named after an Italian statesman and soldier?
4. Name the film.
5. What is generally recognized as the most expensive spice in the world?
6. Chopin’s Minute Waltz is the theme music to which radio programme?
7. What Latin named Roman Catholic organization translates into English as Work of God?
8. What is the name of the electronic score board on Family Fortunes?
9. What links these two pictures?
10. Name the character this actor is most famous for playing.
11. Which foodstuff is typically sourced from the pancreas of a young animal?
12. In what month is the earth closest to the sun?
13. Name the saint.
14. Where did The Drifters like to spend Saturday Night?
15. Which Wimbledon tennis champion also danced on Strictly Come Dancing?
16. A 1958 film about a group of National Service recruits launched which series of films?
17. Which prefix denotes a multiplying factor of 10-to-the-minus-12?
18. Andrew drinks white coffee and smokes. He is totally consistent with his habits. Every day, apart from 29th February he smokes the same number of cigarettes, uses the same amount of coffee beans and the same amount of milk in his coffee. He buys the daily newspaper, which he purchases more often than a packet of 20 cigarettes. The cigarettes are purchased more often than the pint of milk, which in turn is purchased more often than the bag of coffee beans. On June 14th he bought all four items. The next time he bought all four items on the same day was 4th July the following year. How many cigarettes does he smoke each day?
19. What connection links these pictures:
20. Unscramble the two 2 connected words : B D E E I L N N N O R T Z
