Quick Fire Questions (Round 6)
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Published: 2nd November 2020
Author: Adam
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These questions can be used in general knowledge quizzes or in Chase-style cash-builder rounds.
We have plenty more of this style of round available, too.
As always, we suggest giving each player one minute and keeping track of their total!
Questions:
At what age could you first expect to receive a message from the Queen?
100th birthday
If something is 'Hepatic' then it relates to which organ of the body?
Liver
Name the Rudyard Kipling poem which contains the line 'If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster/And treat those two impostors just the same'?
If
In the Harry Potter film franchise, which actor plays Harry Potter?
Daniel Radcliffe
In women's shoes, what are Block, Platform Wedge, Stiletto and Kitten examples of?
Heels
Halifax Town and the New York Mets baseball team shared which similar sounding stadium name?
The Shay/Shea Stadium
Which 'P' is a scientific role for the study of the fossilised remains of all kinds of previously living organisms?
Paleontologist
The Great Fire of London took place in which year?
1666
Which German-owned supermarket opened its' first UK branch in Stechford, Birmingham?
Aldi
Which British children's author wrote Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory and The Witches?
Roald Dahl
Madge, Maggie, Marge and Meg are all shortened versions of which female name?
Margaret
Which green amphibian appears as a Muppet in both Sesame Street and The Muppet Show?
Kermit the Frog
Which canal which runs through Egypt is considered to be the defining border between Africa and Asia?
Suez Canal
Good Omens is a collaborative novel between English authors Terry Pratchett and which other writer?
Neil Gaiman
The French word 'lapin' translates to which animal in English?
Rabbit
Who played the Genie in the 2019 film Aladdin?
Will Smith
Which country has won African's Cup of Nations international tournament on the most occasions?
Egypt
Which author, known as the 'Father of English literature' wrote 'The Canterbury Tales'?
Geoffrey Chaucer
Watson, Crick & Wilkins were awarded a Nobel prize for discovering what is shaped like a double helix?
DNA