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Organisations From Around the World (Round 112)

All the following questions relate to organisations from around the world

 

The United Nations Children's Fund is still referred to as UNICEF, but which 2 words from the original title have been dropped to leave the current name?
International and Emergency

 

Doctors Without Borders uses the acronim MSF, why?
It refers to Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) founded in 1971

 

Which organization has a panda as its emblem?
World Wildlife Fund

 

The BRIT Awards 2017 Quiz (Round 1)

 

Who were the hosts of this years Brits?
Dermot O'Leary and Emma Willis

 

Which artist 'brought the house down'?
Katy Perry (a dancer dressed as a house fell off the stage)

 

Who posthumously won the British Male Solo award?
David Bowie

 

British Female Solo award was won by Emeli Sande, but in which country was she born?
England

 

George Michael 'duetted' with which singer at the awards?
Chris Martin

 

Sports Quiz (Round 12)

 

What do the initials UEFA represent?
Union of European Football Associations

 

Wigan Athletic, Burton Albion and which other team were promoted to the Football Championship for the 2016-17 season?
Barnsley

 

Which team won the inaugural Cricket World Cup in 1975?
West Indies

 

Which nation won the first Football World Cup played in 1930?
Uruguay

 

How many players are on a Netball team?
7

 

2016 in Movies (Round 3)

 

Name the film about a WWII American Army Medic who becomes the first man in American history to receive the Medal of Honor without firing a shot.
Hacksaw Ridge

 

Who played the female lead in the film Passengers released in 2016?
Jennifer Lawrence

 

Dev Patel and Nicole Kidman star in which film which tells the story of an Indian boy who gets lost on the streets of Calcutta and is adopted and later tries to find his family?
Lion

 

Anagrams Round 9 (UK Lakes)

 

Below are well known lakes in the UK but in anagram form.

 

Go Hen Laugh
Lough Neagh

 

Nod moll hoc
Loch Lomond

 

Wire mender
Windermere

 

A thinkable sea wets
Bassenthwaite Lake

 

Ten wet drawer
Derwent Water

 

Law result
Ullswater

 

Ark mom crewcut
Crummock Water

 

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