Buzzer Quiz Sets #1

 I recently wrote some Buzzer Quiz Questions for use within team practice and thought I would share them on the blog!

Ill post five a day for the next few days.......If you would like these as a Word document please email daniel@thequizaddict.com and Ill send them over 

1	This woman was born in 1973 in San Francisco, California.  Prominent royal biographer Andrew Morton wrote a biography about this woman published in 1999.  Her hobby of knitting to cope with stress lead her to release a series of handbags under her name and the word ‘Real’. This woman appeared in adverts for a diet company and was paid $1 million providing she lost 40 pounds in 6 months. She would later get a job on Channel 5 as a cross-Atlantic reporter. In October 2014 she began a campaign against cyberbullying labelling herself as ‘patient zero’ of online harassment.  A record 70 million viewers watched an ABC news interview with this woman in March 1999. Prior to her fame, Linda Tripp began secretly recording telephone conversations with this woman in September 1997. Independent counsel Kenneth Starr was one of the people who investigated the actions of this woman and obtained the blue dress which provided crucial evidence that this woman was telling the truth. For ten points, name this woman who took up a position in the White House Office department of Legislative Affairs in December 1995 and embarked on an infamous affair herself with President Bill Clinton?	Monica Lewinsky
	Bonus – Presidential Scandals
Bonus 1	When the news of the affair broke out, Monica Lewinsky hid from public view in her mothers apartment at which complex in Washington DC, the  name of which was given to the Scandal that led to the resignation of Richard Nixon?	Watergate
Bonus 2	Prior to Watergate, The Teapot Dome Scandal was considered the biggest scandal in US Presidential History and involved the leasing of Navy Petroleum Reserves in Wyoming in the early 1920s. Who was President at the time of this scandal?	Warren G Harding
Bonus 3	The Iran Contra affair under the Presidency of Ronald Regan, involved the sales of arms to the Contras, who were anti-communist rebels in which Central American country?	Nicaragua

 

 

 

 

2	In a 2007 Radio Times survey, this actor was labelled the ‘Coolest Man on TV’. His then ten year old daughter made her acting debut in a Kenneth Branagh film and this is one of four children he shares with a fellow actress. Notable TV roles for this actor include a Venetian adventurer, a mind controlling Marvel character and a demon who has lived on earth since the dawn on creation. He has also portrayed the real life figures of Arthur Eddington (the English polymath) , the Wales and Manchester United footballer Jimmy Murphy, Scottish writer Walter Scott and  Russian defector Alexander Litvinenko. Both this actor, and his father in law, played the same famous leading role in a long running TV series.  Film roles for this actor include voicing Spitelout in the ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ series and playing Barty Crouch Jr in ‘Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire’. In 2021, this actor won an International Emmy for playing serial killer Denis Nilsen in the ITV series ‘Des’ and starred as DI Alec Hardy in all 24 episodes of ‘Broadchurch’. For ten points, name this Scottish actor who played the tenth incarnation of The Doctor in the long running sci-fi series ‘Doctor Who’?	David Tennant
	Bonus – Actors to have played The Doctor
Bonus 1	David Tennant’s father in law and former Doctor Who actor Peter Davison, became famous in 1978 for his role as Tristan Famon in the BBC adaption of which set of stories by English veterinary surgeon James Herriot? The show was remade by Channel 5 in 2020	All Creatures Great and Small
Bonus 2	Prior to reinventing Doctor Who, Russell T Davies cast which future Doctor as Steve Baxter, a man who realises he is the Son of God, in the 2003 TV Drama  ‘The Second Coming’?	Christopher Ecclestone
Bonus 3	After playing the Doctor, which man played the title role in the TV Series Worzel Gummidge between 1979 and 1989?	Jon Pertwee

 

 

3	In 2022, this car manufacturer was listed as the 9th largest automobile maker in the world. The first car produced by this company was named after the surnames of the companies’ investors Den, Aoyama and Takeuchi. In the 1920s the vast majority of this car manufacturers output was trucks. They provided a vast amount of vehicles for the US Army during the Korean war and during the 1964 Olympics they held a contest to find “Miss Fairlady” who would then lead the marketing campaign for their car the ‘Datsun Fairlady 1500’. Whilst serving as Chairman of this company Carlos Ghosn was arrested at Tokyo airport in 2018 leading to him fleeing from Japan to Lebanon, hidden inside a musical instrument box. This company produced the bestselling Electric Car of the 2010s. For ten points, name this Japanese car manufacturer with a UK base in Sunderland, who make models including the Micra, the Qashqai and the Leaf?	Nissan
	Bonus – Electric Cars
Bonus 1	One of the 10 best selling Electric Cars in the UK is the Kona, which is produced by which South Korean manufacturer?	Hyundai
Bonus 2	What three letter name, usually a female forename, is given to Renaults best selling electric car in the UK? A regular version of this car model is also a common site on UK Roads	Zoe
Bonus 3	The top two best selling electric cars in the UK in 2022, were the Model Y and the Model 3, both of which are made by which American company?	Tesla

 

4	This singer was originally part of a band called Shaking Trees who received some exposure on the BBC Introducing series. In 2022, this artist was the fourth most streamed UK female singer on Spotify behind Adele, Ellie Goulding and Dua Lipa. She has two Brit Awards to her name including the ‘British Song of the Year Award’. This singer rose to prominence after appearing on The Voice and in 2014 became the first contestant from that show to have a UK Number 1 single. She progressed into the judges seat on the TV series Project Icon which first aired in 2023. Her UK Top 10 hits have included collaborations with Sigala, David Guetta and Ella Henderson. Her debut album ‘Only Honest on the Weekend’  contained, for ten points, the singles ‘Better of Without You’ ‘Heaven on My Mind’ ‘Remember’ and ‘My Heart Goes (La Di Da)’?	Becky Hill
	Bonus – British Song of the Year
Bonus 1	Who holds the record for the most number of wins at the Brits in the ‘British Song of the Year’ award? These include three as a member of a boy band and three as a solo act	Robbie Williams
Bonus 2	The first winner of the award in the 1980s was which song that opens with the lyrics “Sometimes I feel I’ve got to Run Away”?	Tainted Love
Bonus 3	Who was the first solo female winner of the award, when she won in 2004 for her song ‘White Flag’?	Dido

 

5	During the early years of his life this man lived in exile in the North West of his home country due to the activity of his poet father. After studying animation at his nations Film Academy, he was a co founder of the Avant Garde group ‘Stars’.  Later in his career he would also found the architectural studio ‘Fake Design’. After a period living in the USA, this person befriended the poet Alan Ginsberg. Work that alienated him from his home nation including investigation into government cover ups, in particular work concerning school construction. In 2010  this man was placed under house arrest and in 2011, this man was arrested at an airport for ‘economic crimes’ and detained without charge for 81 days. This period of detention is reflected in his work ‘S.a.c.r.e.d’, with other key works by this figure including a photography series in which he sticks  his middle finger up at significant world landmarks. For ten points, name this contemporary artist who was finally permitted to leave China in 2015 and has resided in Europe ever since?	Ai Wei Wei
	Bonus – Ai Wewei
Bonus 1	Ai Weiwei collaborated with Swiss architects Herzog and Meuron on a National Stadium in Beijing that was given which nickname because of its fretted structure? It was the centre piece of the 2008 Beijing Olympics	Birds Nest
Bonus 2	In 2011, an Ai Weiwei work involved  100 million of what kind of seeds being poured into the Turbine Hall at Tate Modern?	Sunflower Seeds
Bonus 3	In 2023, Ai Weiwei unveiled a recreation of which iconic painting by Claude Monet that he produced with 650,000 multi coloured Lego Bricks?	Water Lillies