Post by Lonely on Jan 21, 2022 8:13:09 GMT
Time to get the show back on the road. 
Q 1/- Nasa has announced plans to launch an un-crewed flight around the moon in February 2022, paving the way for astronauts to once again set foot on Earth’s satellite. But when did a person last set foot on the moon?
a/- 1969
b/- 1970
c/- 1971
d/- 1972
Q 2/- Nasa has completed the final tests of the space telescope that will replace the Hubble. What is it called?
a/- James Taylor telescope
b/- James McCrimmon telescope
c/- James Webb telescope
d/- James Lovell telescope
Q 3/- Orlando! Bloom. He first came to global prominence in the Lord of the Rings movies as Legolas, but what is the name of his character in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series?
a/- Cutler Beckett
b/- Henry Avery
c/- Joshamee Gibbs
d/- Will Turner
Q 4/- Which of these countries has no capital?
a/- Brazil
b/- Malawi
c/- Micronesia
d/- Nauru
Q 5/- Which of these shows, which can be loosely grouped as 'Scandi noir' – featured a regular cast including Søren Malling, Lars Mikkelsen and Sofie Gråbøl?
a/- Midnight Sun (Midnattsol)
b/- The Killing (Forbrydelsen)
c/- The Bridge (Broen)
d/- Borgen (Borgen)
Q 6/- In Douglas Adams' Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy, what was Bowerick Wowbagger doing?
a/- Writing poetry considered to be the worst in the Galaxy
b/- Spending a year dead for tax reasons
c/- Insulting everyone in the entire universe in alphabetical order
d/- Constructing the coastlines of continents on artificial planets
Q 7/- Jupiter is a massive show-off with 79 moons. Of these four options, which is the largest?
a/- Callisto
b/- Ganymede
c/- Io
d/- Europa
Q 8/- Artist James Concannon is suing toy company Lego, claiming they've made a minfig which copies the unique design of one of his jackets. The minifig was included in a Lego set for which TV show?
a/- Queer Eye
b/- Buffy The Vampire Slayer
c/- RuPaul’s Drag Race
d/- Squid Game
Q 9/- Scotland is rightly renowned for its absolutely beautiful islands that teem with wildlife like puffins. But roughly how many Scottish islands are there?
a/- Roughly around 250
b/- Roughly around 450
c/- Roughly around 800
d/- Exactly 1,057
Q10/- Yulia Peresild and Klim Shipenko rently returned from the International Space Station after doing what for the very first time in space?
a/- Announcing that they'd started a European Super League in space and then having to back down a couple of days later
b/- Being vaccinated against Covid-19 in space
c/- Campaigning for the election of the mayor of Moscow in space
d/- Shooting scenes for the first movie made in space
Q11/- Scientists claim to have discovered something near the North Pole which they have recommended be named Qeqertaq Avannarleq in the local language. What?
a/- A makeshift memorial to Captain Lawrence Oates
b/- The remains of a wrecked Viking expedition
c/- A new breed of Arctic penguin
d/- An island that is the world’s northernmost point of land
Q12/- Speaking of northern things, who released the 1995 album A Northern Soul?
a/- Kate Bush
b/- M-People
c/- Nick Heyward
d/- The Verve
Q13/- New Zealand’s prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, said: ‘Sorry, a slight distraction’ after what disrupted one of her press conferences?
a/- Her phone wouldn’t stop buzzing with goal alerts from Old Trafford
b/- One of the flags on the backdrop behind her fell down
c/- A 5.9 magnitude earthquake happened
d/- A man wearing an Olly Murs face mask burst into the room
Q14/- Nasa recently launched a spacecraft on a 12-year quest to explore eight asteroids. It has been given a name that is a Beatles reference. What is the name?
a/- Eleanor, after Eleanor Rigby
b/- Jude, after Hey Jude
c/- Lucy, after Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds
d/- Prudence, after Dear Prudence
Q15/- Which one of these four glamorous film stars, often clashing with authorities once said: "I believe in censorship. I made a fortune out of it."
a/- Grace Kelly
b/- Jayne Mansfield
c/- Mae West
d/- Marilyn Monroe
Q16/- Which classic 1970s disaster movie featured Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Leslie Nielsen and Red Buttons among its cast?
a/- Airport
b/- Earthquake
c/- The Poseidon Adventure
d/- The Towering Inferno
Q17/- Born in Northern Ireland in 1943, which scientist was instrumental in the discovery of pulsars in 1967 while still a graduate student in radio astronomy?
a/- Jocelyn Bell Burnell
b/- Kathleen King
c/- Nettie Stevens
d/- Rosalind Franklin
Q18/- The Australian Open tennis tournament has been in the news a lot. But where is it played?
a/- Brisbane
b/- Canberra
c/- Melbourne
d/- Sydney
Q19/- Have U been paying attention? What is the Caspian Sea Monster?
a/- A Soviet underwater missile defence system, that was intended to launch nuclear missiles at Western Europe from the bottom of the Caspian sea
b/- An experimental Soviet aircraft that flew above water at an altitude of 5-10 metres
c/- It was a very large experimental Soviet oil-drilling rig which capsized and sank in the Caspian Sea in the 1960s
d/- The nickname of the largest submarine ever built by the Soviet Union
20/- And finally, for all you interplanetary snoopers, try this. René Auberjonois, Colm Meaney and Alexander Siddig were regular cast members on which Star Trek show?
a/- Star trek: Discovery, the one that we can all pretend never happened
b/- Star Trek: The Next Generation
c/- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
d/- Star Trek: Voyager
BONUS QUESTION: Which book has won the public vote for the Diagram prize for 'oddest book title of the year' in 2021?
a/- Curves for the Mathematically Curious
b/- How to Avoid Huge Ships
c/- Is Superman Circumcised?
d/- The Big Book of Lesbian Horse Stories
Answers:
Q 1/- D Q 6/- C Q11/- D Q16/- C
Q 2/- C Q 7/- B Q12/- D Q17/- A
Q 3/- D Q 8/- A Q13/- C Q18/- C
Q 4/- D Q 9/- D Q14/- C Q19/- B
Q 5/- B Q 10/- C Q15/- C Q20/- C
BONUS Q/- C
Q 1/- Nasa has announced plans to launch an un-crewed flight around the moon in February 2022, paving the way for astronauts to once again set foot on Earth’s satellite. But when did a person last set foot on the moon?
a/- 1969
b/- 1970
c/- 1971
d/- 1972
Q 2/- Nasa has completed the final tests of the space telescope that will replace the Hubble. What is it called?
a/- James Taylor telescope
b/- James McCrimmon telescope
c/- James Webb telescope
d/- James Lovell telescope
Q 3/- Orlando! Bloom. He first came to global prominence in the Lord of the Rings movies as Legolas, but what is the name of his character in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series?
a/- Cutler Beckett
b/- Henry Avery
c/- Joshamee Gibbs
d/- Will Turner
Q 4/- Which of these countries has no capital?
a/- Brazil
b/- Malawi
c/- Micronesia
d/- Nauru
Q 5/- Which of these shows, which can be loosely grouped as 'Scandi noir' – featured a regular cast including Søren Malling, Lars Mikkelsen and Sofie Gråbøl?
a/- Midnight Sun (Midnattsol)
b/- The Killing (Forbrydelsen)
c/- The Bridge (Broen)
d/- Borgen (Borgen)
Q 6/- In Douglas Adams' Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy, what was Bowerick Wowbagger doing?
a/- Writing poetry considered to be the worst in the Galaxy
b/- Spending a year dead for tax reasons
c/- Insulting everyone in the entire universe in alphabetical order
d/- Constructing the coastlines of continents on artificial planets
Q 7/- Jupiter is a massive show-off with 79 moons. Of these four options, which is the largest?
a/- Callisto
b/- Ganymede
c/- Io
d/- Europa
Q 8/- Artist James Concannon is suing toy company Lego, claiming they've made a minfig which copies the unique design of one of his jackets. The minifig was included in a Lego set for which TV show?
a/- Queer Eye
b/- Buffy The Vampire Slayer
c/- RuPaul’s Drag Race
d/- Squid Game
Q 9/- Scotland is rightly renowned for its absolutely beautiful islands that teem with wildlife like puffins. But roughly how many Scottish islands are there?
a/- Roughly around 250
b/- Roughly around 450
c/- Roughly around 800
d/- Exactly 1,057
Q10/- Yulia Peresild and Klim Shipenko rently returned from the International Space Station after doing what for the very first time in space?
a/- Announcing that they'd started a European Super League in space and then having to back down a couple of days later
b/- Being vaccinated against Covid-19 in space
c/- Campaigning for the election of the mayor of Moscow in space
d/- Shooting scenes for the first movie made in space
Q11/- Scientists claim to have discovered something near the North Pole which they have recommended be named Qeqertaq Avannarleq in the local language. What?
a/- A makeshift memorial to Captain Lawrence Oates
b/- The remains of a wrecked Viking expedition
c/- A new breed of Arctic penguin
d/- An island that is the world’s northernmost point of land
Q12/- Speaking of northern things, who released the 1995 album A Northern Soul?
a/- Kate Bush
b/- M-People
c/- Nick Heyward
d/- The Verve
Q13/- New Zealand’s prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, said: ‘Sorry, a slight distraction’ after what disrupted one of her press conferences?
a/- Her phone wouldn’t stop buzzing with goal alerts from Old Trafford
b/- One of the flags on the backdrop behind her fell down
c/- A 5.9 magnitude earthquake happened
d/- A man wearing an Olly Murs face mask burst into the room
Q14/- Nasa recently launched a spacecraft on a 12-year quest to explore eight asteroids. It has been given a name that is a Beatles reference. What is the name?
a/- Eleanor, after Eleanor Rigby
b/- Jude, after Hey Jude
c/- Lucy, after Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds
d/- Prudence, after Dear Prudence
Q15/- Which one of these four glamorous film stars, often clashing with authorities once said: "I believe in censorship. I made a fortune out of it."
a/- Grace Kelly
b/- Jayne Mansfield
c/- Mae West
d/- Marilyn Monroe
Q16/- Which classic 1970s disaster movie featured Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Leslie Nielsen and Red Buttons among its cast?
a/- Airport
b/- Earthquake
c/- The Poseidon Adventure
d/- The Towering Inferno
Q17/- Born in Northern Ireland in 1943, which scientist was instrumental in the discovery of pulsars in 1967 while still a graduate student in radio astronomy?
a/- Jocelyn Bell Burnell
b/- Kathleen King
c/- Nettie Stevens
d/- Rosalind Franklin
Q18/- The Australian Open tennis tournament has been in the news a lot. But where is it played?
a/- Brisbane
b/- Canberra
c/- Melbourne
d/- Sydney
Q19/- Have U been paying attention? What is the Caspian Sea Monster?
a/- A Soviet underwater missile defence system, that was intended to launch nuclear missiles at Western Europe from the bottom of the Caspian sea
b/- An experimental Soviet aircraft that flew above water at an altitude of 5-10 metres
c/- It was a very large experimental Soviet oil-drilling rig which capsized and sank in the Caspian Sea in the 1960s
d/- The nickname of the largest submarine ever built by the Soviet Union
20/- And finally, for all you interplanetary snoopers, try this. René Auberjonois, Colm Meaney and Alexander Siddig were regular cast members on which Star Trek show?
a/- Star trek: Discovery, the one that we can all pretend never happened
b/- Star Trek: The Next Generation
c/- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
d/- Star Trek: Voyager
BONUS QUESTION: Which book has won the public vote for the Diagram prize for 'oddest book title of the year' in 2021?
a/- Curves for the Mathematically Curious
b/- How to Avoid Huge Ships
c/- Is Superman Circumcised?
d/- The Big Book of Lesbian Horse Stories
Answers:
Q 1/- D Q 6/- C Q11/- D Q16/- C
Q 2/- C Q 7/- B Q12/- D Q17/- A
Q 3/- D Q 8/- A Q13/- C Q18/- C
Q 4/- D Q 9/- D Q14/- C Q19/- B
Q 5/- B Q 10/- C Q15/- C Q20/- C
BONUS Q/- C
