Buzzer Quiz Questions #4

 To continue to series, here are the next set of Buzzer Questions I have written recently for team practice. This was set a few months ago so apologies for anything that may have changed...

 

1	In March 1995, a person with THIS surname became the first player to receive a Premier League doping ban after testing positive for cannabis. The lead singer of a band whose biggest UK album chart hit inspired a musical has this surname. The first African American Jazz Musician to write an autobiography ‘Swing That Music’ has this surname. The founder of the ‘Livestrong’ charity has this surname, but Nike cut all ties to this charity after this man’s confessions regarding cheating. The man who made his first spaceflight in Gemini 8 but his most famous spaceflight in Apollo 11 has this surname.   For ten points, what is this surname that connects the footballer Chris, lead singer Billie Joe, the musician Louis, the cyclist Lance and the astronaut Neil?	Armstrong
	Bonus – The Apollo Program
Bonus 1	Alongside Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, who was the third man to take a trip to the moon on Apollo 11? He remained in lunar orbit in the command service module whilst Armstrong and Aldrin walked on the surface	Michael Collins
Bonus 2	Also a command module pilot on Apollo 8, the first manned mission to fly to and orbit the moon, who was the commander of Apollo 13?	Jim Lovell
Bonus 3	Part of the crew of Apollo 17, who is the only person without a background in military aviation to have walked on the moon? He is the only professional scientist to have visited the moon and is the second to last person to have stepped foot on the moon, boarding the lunar module shortly before Eugene Cernan	Harrison Schmitt

 

 

 

 

 

 

2	This singer made her recording debut at the age of 13, with her first two albums in 1991 and 1993 flopping commercially. Success was to follow with this singer having won multiple Grammy Awards, holding 21 Guinness World records and having 6 top ten hits in the UK, two of those being Number 1s.  A song by this person was the final song to be performed on the final regular episode of Top of the Pops in 2006. In 2022, this singer went on trial after being one of the names mentioned in the Paradise Papers and this trial will conclude in November when she may face 8 years in prison or a 23.8 million euro fine relating to tax fraud. Although she tried to distract from this news earlier this year with the release of a viral track that racked up 63 million views in 24 hours in January.  Other notable non-musical projects by this singer include the 1997 launch of the charity ‘Barefoot Foundation’. Billboard lists this woman as the bestselling female Latin artist of all time.  The South African band ‘Freshlyground’ feature on one of her most famous hits which includes the lyric ‘The Pressures on, you feel it, but you got it all, believe it’.  In the UK Charts, her two number one singles have both been duets, namely Wyclef Jean and Beyonce. For ten points, name this singer who’s other UK Top ten hits include ‘Underneath your Clothes’ ‘ She Wolf’ and her breakthrough ‘ Whenever, Wherever’?	Shakira
	Bonus – Latin American Pop Acts
Bonus 1	Who began her career as the lead singer of Miami Sound Machine, who gained Worldwide fame in 1985 with the single “Conga”?	Gloria Estefan
Bonus 2	Which Puerto Rican rapper was due to be signed by the Seattle Mariners but was hit by a stray  AK47 bullet during a recording session? His 2004 hit “Gasolina” is credited with introducing Reggaton to a worldwide audience and in 2017 he featured on the song which became the longest-running foreign language Number one in UK Chart history	Daddy Yankee
Bonus 3	Despite hitting the top 10 of the UK Singles charts on 11 occasions, what was the one word title of the only UK Number One single from Enrique Iglesias?	Hero

 

3	This country is both the 17th largest in the world and the 17th most populated.  It has the second largest natural gas supply in the world and the third largest proven oil-reserves. The country also boasts 26 UNESCO World Heritage sites. The leader of this country has been in place since the death of the first leader of this country in 1989. This was only 10 years after that leader had led a revolution that overthrew the dynasty that had existed since 1925.  Mashhad, Isfahan, Karaj, Tabriz and Shiraz are some of the most populated cities in this country which has the official religion of Shia Islam despite being home to one of the worlds oldest religions that was founded by its namesake prophet. It has borders with Turkey, Azerbaijan, Afghanistan and Pakistan as well as border on the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf. Also neighbouring Iraq, for ten points, name this middle eastern country that has its capital at Tehran?	Iran
	Bonus – Iran
Bonus 1	Located in Modern Day Iran, what city served as the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire with the earliest remains dating back to 515 BC?	Persepolis
Bonus 2	Many archaeologists believe that Persepolis was built and primarily used for which annual event held at the spring equinox, that can be referred to as the Persian New Year? This is still an important festival in Iran today	Nowruz
Bonus 3	Which French-Iranian graphic novelist depicted her childhood in Iran in the early 2000s series ‘Persepolis’? The 2007 movie version won the Jury Prize at Cannes and was nominated for Best animated feature at the Oscars	Marjane Satrapi

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4	Paul Henning produced an American sitcom than ran from 1963-1970 that was set in one of these locations. A 2017 ITV drama, set during World War II, was set at one of these locations.  An earlier BBC series starring Tamzin Outhwaite also features one of these locations the title.  Tom Hiddlestone won a Golden Globe award for his role in a 2016 series in which he played former military officer Jonathan Pine, who had a key role in one of these locations.  The subtitle of the fifth season  of ‘American Horror Story’ has a one word title that is one of these locations. But perhaps the most notable tv show set in one of these settings is a 1970s sitcom with episodes such as ‘A Touch of Class’ ‘Gourmet Night’ and ‘The Germans.  For ten points, what is the principal settings for the TV shows Petticoat Junction, The Halycon, The Night Manager   and Fawlty Towers?	Hotels
	Bonus –1970s Sitcoms
Bonus 1	Running from 1969 to 1973, which sitcom revolves around the lives of Stan Butler and Jack Harper who are employees of the Luxton and District Motor Traction Company?	On the Buses
Bonus 2	Airing from 1965-1975, which comedy series centred around the openly racist and anti-socialist character of Alf Garnett, played by Warren Mitchell?	Till Death Do Us Part
Bonus 3	Attracting 21 million viewers when first aired in 1977, and still repeated to this day, the Christmas Special of which BBC sitcom involved Margo Leadbitter’s dispute with a delivery driver leading to her having to cancel Christmas and consequently spending it with the “home-made” Christmas of neighbours Tom and Barbara?	The Good Life

 

5	Development of this video game franchise can be dated back to 1993, when the development team responsible were told to create a game using elements from the Super Nintendo title ‘Sweet Home’.  Due to the existence of both a DOS Game and a punk band, this game series could not have its intended title and held a competition amongst staff to chose a new title.  The series made its debut on Sega Saturn and Sony Playstation in 1996, with two more titles released in the 1990s including versions on the Nintendo 64 and PC ports. The 4th game in the series, released in 2000, was originally a Dreamcast exclusive with three more entries in the series between 2002 and 2005 being GameCube exclusives. The first game to include online multiplayer in this series was the 2003 game with the subtitle ‘Outbreak’ and ‘Dead Aim’ was one of several spin off games from this series that were designed for use with the G-Con light gun. ‘The Darkside Chronicles’ followed this trend and was released on Wii in 2009 for use with the Wii Zapper. A 2021 entry into this series was set in Romania and features Ethan Winters as the protagonist, the thsame character who had defeated the bioweapon Eveline in the 7th game in the series. STARS, which stands for Special Tactics and Rescue Service, appear in several games which at various points include Albert Wesker, Jill Valentine and Chris Redfield. 142 million copies of this game series has been sold as of March 2023, making it the best selling Franchise in the history of Capcom.   Also associated with the Umbrella Corporation and Racoon City, For ten points, can you name this survival horror video game series with entries including ‘Nemesis’ ‘Code: Veronica’ and ‘Village’?	Resident Evil
	Bonuses – Capcom Video Game Series
Bonus 1	First appearing in 2006, which Capcom Survival horror series has had editions that have been set in venues such as a large shopping mall in Colorado, Still Creek near Las Vegas and Fortune City? Frank West, Chuck Greene and Nick Ramos are the protagonists in the various editions of this series	Dead Rising
Bonus 2	What two word alliterative term is given to the series of “legal drama style games”, that first appeared in 2001 and centred around the character of Phoenix Wright?	Ace Attorney
Bonus 3	The best selling game in Capcom history is the 2018 edition of which series with the subtitle ‘World’?	Monster Hunter