Buzzer Quiz Questions #6

 And the final post in this series of Buzzer Quiz Questions is below. I hope you have enjoyed/got some use out of these and as mentioned if anyone does want a Word copy emailed, then let me know on daniel@thequizaddict.coom

 

10	Most often used a female first name, this four letter name gives its name to an Island in the Solomon Islands, a region of Guinea and a district of Panama. It’s the name of a sweet Banana Pepper, a failed British Formula One Team and a language spoken in Indonesia.. It’s the first name of an Irish Dancer who became famous as a court Dancer to King Ludwig of Bavaria. The statue that comprises the German Film Award is often given this name. Charles Bronson starred in a film with this four letter name as its title and the character played by Marlene Dietrich in ‘The Blue Angel’ had this as both her First name and surname. This name is short form of the Spanish name Dolores. It’s the first name of a Bunny from the Looney Tunes Franchise  and a famous car from a Superhero movie franchise. In a Barry Manilow song, a woman with this name is mentioned as having “Feathers in her hair and a dress cut down to there”. . For ten points, what is this four letter name that is also the title of a song by the Kinks which was banned from BBC Radio for its reference to Coca Cola	Lola
	Bonus – One Word Female Song Titles
Bonus 1	In 1999, Blondie reached the top of the UK Singles charts with what song?	Maria
Bonus 2	Valerie, whilst also a hit for Mark Ronson and Amy Winehouse, was originally a hit for which Liverpool based band?	The Zutons
Bonus 3	What female forename connects a 1964 hit for Them and a 1982 hit for Laura Brannigan?	Gloria

 

 

11	Winner of two Academy Awards, four Golden Globes and Five Baftas, this 33 year old woman was listed by Forbes Magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2019. Along with her husband, the filmmaker Tom Ackerley, she co-founded the production company ‘LuckyChap’ entertainment.  The role which made her famous was initially supposed to be a guest character but lasted three years and upon moving to American her breakthrough TV role involves her playing a character who ran away from her own wedding to take a job as a flight attendant. This woman has played various roles in an established film career including a British Queen, a key character in the DC Extended Universe Films, a victim of a famous murder, an employee of Fox News and an Olympic Athlete. In 2008, she began playing the role of Donna Freedman on Neighbours and would later star in such movies as ‘Promising Young Woman’, ‘Suicide Squad’ ‘Bombshell’ ‘Mary Queen of Scots’ and ‘I Tonya’ - for ten points, name this Australian Actress who plays the title character in the 2023 movie ‘Barbie’?	Margot Robbie
	Bonus – 2023 Movies
Bonus 1	Creed III marked the directorial debut of which actor, who plays the title character of Adonis Creed in the movie itself?	Michael B Jordan
Bonus 2	Which American actress, known largely for comedy roles, played the role of Ursula in the 2023 live action remake of the Little Mermaid?	Melissa McCarthy
Bonus 3	What is the subtitle of the ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp’ movie released in 2023?	Quantumania

 

 

12	The British civil servant Gladwyn Jebb served as the acting head of this organisation for 3 months until the first elected head was appointed This organisation has six principal operational organisations including those related to Justice, Defence and Economics. The Food Programme division of this organisation has its headquarters in Rome, and the Tourism headquarters are in Spain  whilst the Environmental Program division of this organisation has its Headquarters in Kenya. There are six official languages of the Organisation including French, Russian, Arabic and Spanish and all correspondence with this organisation must be in one of these languages. The first elected leader of this organisation was the Norwegian man Trgvy Lie. With its headquarters in New York, this organisation succeeded the ineffective League of Nations. For ten points, name this intergovernmental organisation whose stated purposes is the maintain peace and security whilst developing international co-operation and friendliness between countries of the world?	United Nations
	Bonus – UN Secretary- Generals
Bonus 1	Which man is the youngest person to have been appointed as UN Secretary General? He is also the only man to have died whilst in office, being killed in a Plane Crash in 1961	Dag Hammarksjold
Round 2	Holding the position from 1992 to 1996, which man has served the shortest tenure as UN Secretary General? This African was denied re-election to the post after a veto from the USA	Boutros Boutros Ghali
Bonus 3	Appointed in January 2017, which Portuguese man is the current UN Secretary General?	Antonio Guterres

 

 

13	Despite his prominent work in an artistic field, this man suffered from poor long distance vision which affected his years of education. This had an impact on his rejection from several art schools but was perhaps a mixed blessing as it cancelled his draft into the Franco-Prussian War. For the last 20 years he lived in a Hotel in Paris, which he converted partly into a studio, and saved it from closure by Promising the French Government it could be used a Museum after his death -which is still open to this day. One of his lovers, accused him of stealing her ideas and trying to kill her, before she destroyed her own work and was committed to a Psychiatric hospital – that lover was Camille Claudel.  One of this mans most famous works commemorates an event in the Hundred Years War, another depicts a scene from the Inferno in Dante’s Divine Comedy and another honours a French novelist. Those works are the sculptures entitled Burghers of Calais, the Gates of Hell and the Monument to Balzac. However, arguably his two most famous works depict an image thought to represent the practice of philosophy and the lovers Francesca Da Rimini and Paolo Malatesta. For ten points, name this French sculptor known for ‘The Thinker’ and ‘The Kiss’?	Auguste Rodin
	Bonus – Most Expensive Sculptures
Bonus 1	Selling for $141 Million in May 2015, the most expensive sculpture ever sold is ‘Pointing Man’ (L Homme au Doigt) which was created by which Swiss sculptor? The second most expensive Sculpture ever sold ‘Walking Man’ is also by this artist	Alberto Giacometti
Bonus 2	4th on the list, selling for $58 million, is ‘Balloon Dog’, which is the highest selling piece from a living artist ever sold? This is one of many works of Ballon Dogs by which American artist	Jeff Koons
Bonus 3	Selling for $8 million, is Nu De Dos, or Back IV, which is the only art work from which mans ‘Back’ series ever sold? This Fauvist Frenchman was better was better known as a Painter.	Henri Matisse

 

 

14	Ferdinand Ward, known as “the Best-Hated man in the USA”, lead a failed Ponzi Scheme which caused the near Bankruptcy of this former President. However, this President saved his finances whilst dying from cancer by having his memoirs published by Mark Twain.  This mans wife, Julia, was the first First Lady to be recorded on Film. This President features on the current $50 Bill and has done so since 1914. The controversial Orville Babcock was indicted for the Whiskey Ring Scandal that happened during the two-term reign of this President. Taking the Presidency between Andrew Johnson and Rutherford B Hayes, this man was born with first name Hiram, for ten points, Who is this American President who served as the 18th President from 1869 to 1877 and had a middle initial which didn’t stand for anything?	Ulysses S Grant
	Bonus – Presidential Scandals
Bonus 1	Which President denied an affair with his slave Sally Hemmings, but DNA evidence in the 1990s showed that he fathered at least three of her children? At the time Hemmings would have had no legal rights to deny unwanted sexual advances from her owner	Thomas Jefferson
Bonus 2	Instead of heading to devastated areas, which President flew over New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in Air Force One? This lead Kanye West to proclaim on a live TV fundraiser that his President “Doesn’t Care About Black People”	George W Bush
Bonus 3	After an eventful few years including a three year prison sentence for tax fraud and campaign violations amongst other things, and both suing and being sued by Donald Trump, which of Trumps former Lawyers is the man held responsible for making the hush money payments to Stormy Daniels via the Essential Consultants company he created for that very purpose?	Michael Cohen

 

15	Rolled sheeting of this metal became mandatory for use in roofing in Paris in the 1860s which is reflected in many paintings of the era. Its name derives from the alchemist Paracelsus who named it after the German word for Prong or tooth. Andreas Margraff discovered the pure metallic form of this in 1746 and Luigi Galvani and Alessandro Volta discovered its electrochemical properties in 1800. Around 55% of the 11 million tonnes of this mined every year is used in the Galvanization of steel and to protect it for corrosion. Sphalerite is the most common ore of this metal. Meat, Liver, Cheese and bran are all good dietary source of this element which is an essential trace element for humans.  Low levels of this element in  soil is one of the most common causes of cereal crop failure. Calamine lotion, which is a mixture iron oxides and this element, has been used to treat conditions such as burn, eczema and sunburn for many years and its  a key ingredient in nappy cream. Brass is an alloy of copper and this element. This is the first element in group 12 of the periodic table and has the Atomic number 30. For ten points, name this metal which has the atomic symbol ZN?	Zinc
	Bonuses - Alloys
Bonus 1	The term Pewter covers a variety of alloys that primarily consist of which element?	Tin
Bonus 2	Used to create a permanent bond between metal workpieces, Solder is an Alloy of Tin of what other element?	Lead
Bonus 3	An Amalgam is the name given to any alloy of which metallic element with any other?	Mercury

 

16	Construction is currently underway in Wolverhampton to renovate a building that will become a museum dedicated to this British chain. As well as on high streets, branches of this chain can be found at Heathrow and Gatwick airport as well as London Victoria and London Liverpool street station . The first branch of this chain opened in Colney Hatch Lane in Muswell Hill London in 1979 with the initial branches located in and around the Haringey area. Axminister carpets produce a unique carpet for each new branch of this chain which reflects the name and location of that branch. The chain gets its name from a mixture of a character in Dukes of Hazard, and a school teacher of the founder who told him he would never amount to much On 2018, the founder deleted all of the social media accounts belong to the chain claiming they brought nothing but bad publicity. This was somewhat ironic as when the Covid Pandemic hit, he refused initially to close all 874 branches of his chain, refused to pay staff until the government had paid furlough and refused to pay suppliers. Locations of branches of this chain include former banks, railway stations, cinemas, a Corn Exchange and the one in Harrogate is located in the towns former Royal Baths.  The Royal Victoria Pavilion in Ramgsate is the largest in the UK with a capacity to hold 1,500 drinkers and diners.  For ten points, Tim Martin is the founder of which chain of pubs operating in the UK and Ireland?	Wetherspoons
	Bonuses –  UK Pub and Restaurant Chains
Bonus 1	The largest pub company in the UK is which company that operate over 4,800 venues? It was formed in 2010 and involved the purchase of pubs from Mitchellls and Butlers and later Yates and Slug and Lettuce brands.	Stonegate
Bonus 2	Which chain was founded in 1997 with the first two stores located in Soho and within Harvey Nichols? Despite being British and having no presence in Japan, it focuses on the ‘Kaiten’ style of delivering food to customers	Yo Sushi
Bonus 3	With 158 sites in the UK, and owned by Mitchell and Butlers, which chain originated in 1985 and features a chef on the logo who’s name suggests a real person, but its origin is unknown? They specialise in one particular style of meal meaning they use over half a million Turkeys and half a million beef joints every year	Toby Carvery