Coronavirus Quiz

Week 1

Film
1. There are three films that are tied for most Academy Awards won. Name one.

One from Ben-Hur, Titanic, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.

2. Which film has had the longest original cinematic release run?

The Rocky Horror Picture Show | 38 years.

3. Which film had the most extras?

Ghandi - 300 000.

4. Which film had the first orchestral soundtrack?

King Kong | 1933.

5. The main plot point of the film, what is the first word spoken in the film ‘Citizen Kane’?

Rosebud.
History
1. How many children did Queen Victoria have?

Nine.

2. There have been two years where we have had three kings. Write one of them.

One from 1066 or 1936.

3. Write two of the three colours used on the Suffragette flags.

Two from purple, white, or green.

4. In what year was the Berlin Wall erected?

1961.

5. The father of Alexander the Great, Philip II of Macedon sent a threat to Sparta which read “You
are advised to submit without further delay, for if I bring my army on your land, I will destroy your
farms, slay your people and raze your city.” What was Sparta’s response?

‘If’.
Texting
I shall give you five numbers. You should write down the word that would be produced if you typed
the number out on a standard telephone keypad. You may assume that predictive texting is turned on
and that each number correspond to exactly one letter.
1. 843

The.

2. 4663293

Goodbye.

3. 247478627

Christmas.

4. 43556

Hello.

5. 3474

Fish.
General Knowledge
1. The classical Latin alphabet did not contain three letters that are present in our modern alphabet.
Name two of them.

Two from J, U or W.

2. By volume enclosed, which company owns the largest building in the world?

Boeing. Their factory in Washington has a floorspace of 98 acres | larger than

Disneyland.

3. One point for each two of the three countries that doesn’t have SI units as their official system of
units.

USA, Liberia, Burma

4. When the Duke of Cambridge’s son becomes king, what number will he be?

Seventh

5. If I mixed red and green light, what colour would it be?

Yellow.