Season 3 - Week 9 - T1 Placement Flashcards
Which chocolate-coated wafer bar consisting of two or four fingers was originally launched in 1935 as Rowntree’s Chocolate Crisp? Featuring distinctive red and white packaging, its UK slogan begins ‘Have a break…’
KIT KAT
The ‘members only’ nightclub Maisonette 9 and the gay club Hercules are establishments owned by impresario Tony Prince in which open-world video game franchise? Developed by Rockstar Games, its first instalment was released in 1997.
GRAND THEFT AUTO
Thomas Haden Church has played many notable cinematic villains. In which 1993 Western movie did he play the outlaw Billy Clanton? This film tells the story of the Gunfight at the OK Corral which took place in the titular Arizona town.
TOMBSTONE
Known as the Jester from Leicester, which Englishman is the current world snooker champion, and has won the trophy four times overall?
Mark SELBY
Which 1957 Dr Seuss work follows a mean-spirited furry green creature as he tries to ruin the festive period? Jim Carrey played the title character in a 2000 live-action film adaptation of this tale.
How the GRINCH Stole Christmas
A Bell 222 helicopter was the star of which 1980s American TV show, where it appeared as a military prototype capable of both supersonic and stealth flight? Jan-Michael Vincent played the helicopter’s pilot, Stringfellow Hawke.
AIRWOLF
Films have long been a breeding ground for memes. One of the most famous of these is the meme ‘Well that escalated quickly’, a line spoken by which actor during his portrayal of Ron Burgundy in the film Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy?
Will FERRELL
Better known by the stage name Mousse T, German producer and DJ Mustafa Gundogu [GUN-doi-du] had a UK #2 hit in 1998 with which song that featured vocals by Inaya Day?
HORNY 98
Since January 2021, Adil Ray has hosted a reboot of which 1980s gameshow? In this show, which works very similarly to the internet game Wordle, contestants must guess a five-letter word from being told which of their previously guessed letters are correct.
LINGO
Inspired by Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, which 1961 musical film replaces the Montague and Capulet families with gangs known as Jets and Sharks? It features the songs Maria, America, and I Feel Pretty.
WEST SIDE STORY
What name is shared by a Blue Peter dog first seen on the show in 1978, and the stage name of the jungle and drum and bass music producer with the real name Clifford Price?
GOLDIE
Richard Coles and Jimmy Somerville were the core members of which synthpop act, whose biggest UK hit was the 1986 number one Don’t Leave Me This Way?
The COMMUNARDS
Kate Spade, Calvin Klein and Tom Ford are all fashion designers from which country?
United States of America
Who is the most recent Scottish world snooker champion, winning the title for the fourth time in 2011? His career has been marked by controversy, including a notable match fixing scandal
John HIGGINS
Better known by their stage name Modjo, French producers and DJs Romain Tranchart [TRON-shar] and Yann Destagnol [dest-an-YOLL] had a UK #1 in 2000 with what song?
LADY (Hear Me Tonight)
Which English fantasy novelist announced that he had been diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease in 2007, and died in 2015 aged just 66? Many of this writer’s stories were set in the city of Ankh Morpork.
Terry PRATCHETT
ntroduced in 1932, which sweet snack, named for a bird, consists of a rectangular milk chocolate-covered biscuit bar filled with chocolate cream? Its slogan exhorts consumers to ‘p-p-p-pick up’ one of these bars.
PENGUIN
First broadcast in November 2021 and hosted by Alex Scott, what BBC quiz show begins with eight competitors and whittles them down over three rounds to leave a final two competing for the prize?
The TOURNAMENT
Which Australian racecourse hosts the Melbourne Cup and the Victoria Derby? Opened in 1840, the track is shaped “not unlike a pear” and has a 1200m straight known as the ‘Straight Six’.
FLEMINGTON
Based on the memoir The Von Trapp Family Singers, which 1965 musical film features the songs Sixteen Going On Seventeen, Climb Ev’ry Mountain and Edelweiss?
The SOUND OF MUSIC
The Scumm bar, named after an early LucasArts scripting language, features in which video game franchise? Its first instalment, in which the hapless Guybrush Threepwood seeks to become a notorious pirate of the Caribbean, was published in 1990.
MONKEY ISLAND
Among the many villainous roles taken on by Thomas Haden Church is that of Lyle van de Groot in which 1997 comedy film? In it, he stars opposite Brendan Fraser’s title role as a man who has been raised in the titular environment by apes, in the style of Tarzan?
GEORGE OF THE JUNGLE
Which 1957 Dr Seuss work centres on an anthropomorphic creature who wears an item of red-and-white headgear? It was adapted into a 2003 live action film starring Mike Myers.
The CAT IN THE HAT
An array of GMC pickup trucks capable of extreme jumps featured in which American TV show of the 1980s? The series starred Lee Majors as Colt Seavers, a Hollywood stuntman moonlighting as a bounty hunter.
THE FALL GUY
