Here you have the quiz as used at Haridimos Apartments in Tavronitis for the night of 12th July 2021.
Some big scores on the night; how will you do?
QUESTIONS
Round 1 - TAVRONITIS, MONDAY NIGHT (This phrase gives the first letter of each corresponding answer, so Q1=T, Q2=A, Q3=V etc)
T – Which beach and village is found 20km West of Chania and near the WWII airfield of Maleme?
A – The POK was a coalition of 3 football clubs, Olympiacos, Panathanaikos and which other team?
V – Which company owns AOL and Yahoo and is the 2nd largest telecoms company behind AT&T in the US?
R – Who wrote the book, ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’?
O – Who are the race of people that work all day and night in Willy Wonka’s factory?
N – Which country invented the cheese slicer in 1925 and salmon sushi in 1974?
I – Who is the first of the ‘major prophets’ in the Period of Prophecy from the Christian Old Testament?
T – Which statesman and 3rd president of the USA died on July 4th 1826?
I – Naftali Bennet took over as the Prime Minister of which country in 2021?
S – Which county of Sweden gives its name to a company that builds trucks, busses and other heavy vehicles?
M – Which actor revealed at the Cannes 2021 film festival that he turned down the lead role in Avatar, losing out on millions of dollars as James Cameron offered him 10% of the profits; it made almost $3 billion dollars at the box office?
O – Which football stadium is found on Sir Matt Busby Way?
N – Arik Air is the national airline of which country?
D – Found at 1,025m above sea level looking down onto the Lassithi Plateau in Crete, what is the famous cave said to be the birthplace of the Greek god, Zeus?
DIKTAEAN CAVE
A – Which 90’s band had the members, Melanie, Nicole, Natalie, Simone and Shaznay?
Y – What type of nomadic tent is said to have been invented by the Mongolians of Siberia in 600BC?
N – In which city would you watch the Canaries at Carrow Road?
I - Who is the only Welshman to captain a winning European Ryder Cup side?
G – Which island is home to the southernmost point of Europe?
H – What was the name of the Bigfoot that lived with the Hendersons in the 1987 US comedy film?
T – What type of food is obtained from the starchy root of the Cassava plant?
Round 2 – TRUE OR FALSE
1. Marrakesh is the capital of Morocco
2. Coffee is made from berries
3. Your small intestine is approximately 3.5 times your height
4. Hillary Clinton and Celine Dion are related
5. The Great Wall of China is longer than the distance between London and Beijing
Round 3 – WHAT COMES NEXT? (What is next in the sequence, e.g. If I said 1,2,3,4... the next in sequence is 5)
1. And Now For Something Completely Different, The Holy Grail, The Life of Brian....
2. Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush....
3. George V, Edward VIII, George VI...
4. Pugh, Pugh, Barney McGrew, Cuthbert, Dibble....
5. Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon....
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ANSWERS
T – Which beach and village is found 20km West of Chania and near the WWII airfield of Maleme?
TAVRONITIS
A – The POK was a coalition of 3 football clubs, Olympiacos, Panathanaikos and which other team?
AEK ATHENS
V – Which company owns AOL and Yahoo and is the 2nd largest telecoms company behind AT&T in the US?
VERIZON
R – Who wrote the book, ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’?
ROALD DAHL
O – Who are the race of people that work all day and night in Willy Wonka’s factory?
OOMPA LOOMPAS
N – Which country invented the cheese slicer in 1925 and salmon sushi in 1974?
NORWAY
I – Who is the first of the ‘major prophets’ in the Period of Prophecy from the Christian Old Testament?
ISAIAH
T – Which statesman and 3rd president of the USA died on July 4th 1826?
THOMAS JEFFERSON
I – Naftali Bennet took over as the Prime Minister of which country in 2021?
ISRAEL
S – Which county of Sweden gives its name to a company that builds trucks, busses and other heavy vehicles?
SCANIA
M – Which actor revealed at the Cannes 2021 film festival that he turned down the lead role in Avatar, losing out on millions of dollars as James Cameron offered him 10% of the profits; it made almost $3 billion dollars at the box office?
MATT DAMON
O – Which football stadium is found on Sir Matt Busby Way?
OLD TRAFFORD
N – Arik Air is the national airline of which country?
NIGERIA
D – Found at 1,025m above sea level looking down onto the Lassithi Plateau in Crete, what is the famous cave said to be the birthplace of the Greek god, Zeus?
DIKTAEAN CAVE
A – Which 90’s band had the members, Melanie, Nicole, Natalie, Simone and Shaznay?
ALL SAINTS
Y – What type of nomadic tent is said to have been invented by the Mongolians of Siberia in 600BC?
YURT
N – In which city would you watch the Canaries at Carrow Road?
NORWICH
I - Who is the only Welshman to captain a winning European Ryder Cup side?
IAN WOOSNAM
G – Which island is home to the southernmost point of Europe?
GAVDOS
H – What was the name of the Bigfoot that lived with the Hendersons in the 1987 US comedy film?
HARRY
T – What type of food is obtained from the starchy root of the Cassava plant?
TAPIOCA
Round 2 – TRUE OR FALSE
1. Marrakesh is the capital of Morocco
FALSE (RABAT)
2. Coffee is made from berries
TRUE
3. Your small intestine is approximately 3.5 times your height
TRUE (22 feet / 7m)
4. Hillary Clinton and Celine Dion are related
FALSE
5. The Great Wall of China is longer than the distance between London and Beijing
TRUE (21,196km / 8,136km)
Round 3 – WHAT COMES NEXT? (What is next in the sequence, e.g. If I said 1,2,3,4... the next in sequence is 5)
1. And Now For Something Completely Different, The Holy Grail, The Life of Brian....
THE MEANING OF LIFE
2. Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush....
CLINTON
3. George V, Edward VIII, George VI...
ELIZABETH II
4. Pugh, Pugh, Barney McGrew, Cuthbert, Dibble....
GRUBB
5. Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon....
ZETA