Owls
100 – What is the collective noun for a group of owls?
A) A flock
B) A parliament
C) A colony
D) A herd
B) A parliament
This beef dish, named after a Russian count, is served in a sour cream sauce.
A) Beef Wellington
B) Beef Bourguignon
C) Beef Stroganoff
D) Beef Tartare
C) Beef Stroganoff
This golfer has won the most major championships in the history of the sport with 18 titles.
A) Tiger Woods
B) Jack Nicklaus
C) Arnold Palmer
D) Gary Player
B) Jack Nicklaus
This British artist won the Mercury Prize in 2012 for their debut album "An Awesome Wave."
A) Alt-J
B) Arctic Monkeys
C) Foals
D) Blur
A) Alt-J
Mozart was born in this Austrian city in 1756.
A) Vienna
B) Salzburg
C) Innsbruck
D) Graz
B) Salzburg
Owls have how many eyelids per eye?
A) One
B) Two
C) Three
D) Four
C) Three
This cheese, produced only in a specific region of France, is aged in caves and has distinctive blue veins running through it.
A) Roquefort
B) Gorgonzola
C) Stilton
D) Brie
A) Roquefort
In which sport would you perform a Fosbury Flop?
A) Long jump
B) Pole vault
C) Hurdles
D) High jump
D) High jump
This artist holds the record for the most Billboard Hot 100 number one singles by a female artist.
A) Rihanna
B) Mariah Carey
C) Taylor Swift
D) Beyoncé
C) Taylor Swift
This baroque composer, blind in later life, wrote the oratorio "Messiah" in just 24 days in 1741.
A) Telemann
B) Purcell
C) Handel
D) Bach
C) Handel
This owl species, found across Europe and Asia, is the largest owl in the world by wingspan.
A) The great horned owl
B) The Eurasian eagle owl
C) The snowy owl
D) The tawny owl
B) The Eurasian eagle owl
This French sauce is made from egg yolks, butter and lemon juice.
A) Béarnaise
B) Béchamel
C) Velouté
D) Hollandaise
D) Hollandaise
How many dimples does a standard golf ball have?
A) 226
B) 336
C) 496
D) 156
B) 336
Which of these songs was a massive hit for Drake and 21 Savage on their joint album "Her Loss" in 2022?
A) Privileged Rappers
B) Rich Flex
C) Major Distribution
D) On BS
B) Rich Flex
his is the term for a large-scale musical composition for orchestra, choir and soloists.
A) A concerto
B) A symphony
C) An oratorio
D) A sonata
C) An oratorio
Owls belong to one of two families. Tytonidae is one, what is the other?
A) Strigiformes
B) Bubonidae
C) Strigidae
D) Falconidae
C) Strigidae
This cooking technique involves vacuum sealing food in a bag and cooking it in a water bath at a precise low temperature.
A) Confit
B) Sous vide
C) Bain-marie
D) Blanching
B) Sous vide
In boxing, how many weight divisions are officially recognised by the WBC?
A) 12
B) 14
C) 17
D) 19
C) 17
Finish the lyric: "I got loyalty, got royalty inside my DNA..."
A) "hustle though"
B) "dedication"
C) "passion pain"
D: "heritage"
C) "passion pain"
Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" is based on a poem written by which German philosopher and poet, originally titled "Ode to Freedom"?
A) Goethe
B) Friedrich Schiller
C) Immanuel Kant
D) Heinrich Heine
B) Friedrich Schiller
Which of these is NOT a real species of owl?
A) The fishing owl
B) The laughing owl
C) The spectacled owl
D) The shadow owl
D) The shadow owl
Umami, now recognised as the fifth basic taste, was first identified in 1908 by Japanese chemist Kikunae Ikeda who isolated it from which ingredient?
A) Soy sauce
B) Kombu seaweed
C) Bonito flakes
D) Fermented miso
B) Kombu seaweed
In the ancient sport of Pato, the national sport of Argentina, players on horseback must throw a ball with handles through a raised hoop. What animal was originally used instead of a ball in the 17th century?
A) A rabbit
B) A duck
C) A chicken
D) A cat
B) A duck
Which artist released the debut album "Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial" in 2019?
A) Polo G
B) Roddy Ricch
C) Lil Durk
D) Lil Baby
B) Roddy Ricch
This Italian composer wrote the opera "The Barber of Seville."
A) Verdi
B) Puccini
C) Donizetti
D) Rossini
D) Rossini