Quiz #222 - Saturday Quiz Time

#222

Septembers of the Past, The Number 2, Celebrity Name Merger, Making the Rounds, and Lost in Translation.

Septembers of the Past

Cause there's one day in September, you want to remember.

The Second World War began on 1st September 1939 when Hitler’s forces invaded which European country?

A monument to the September 11 attacks, the 9/11 Memorial in New York City features what focal point in the footprints of the former Twin Towers?

Although he was born Gaius Octavius in September 63BCE, the founder of the Roman Empire has which other month of the year named after him?

Which pilot, later featured on Australia’s $20 banknote, completed the first successful trans-Tasman flight in September 1928?

Kicking off on the 2nd day of September, the Great Fire of London in 1666 began in what type of establishment - a blacksmith's forge, an apothecary, or a bakery?

Septembers of the Past

The Number 2

It’s Edition #222; we’re not going to get this opportunity again until #2222.

The base-2 numeral system known as binary uses what two numbers?

What two cities provide the setting for the Charles Dickens novel A Tale of Two Cities?

A security measure in modern tech, what does 2FA stand for?

With a duration of 2 minutes and 2 seconds, what song was aptly ranked number 2 on Triple J’s Hottest 100 of 1997?

Grossing over $7 billion since its debut in 2001, what action film franchise used the number “2” twice in the title of a 2003 film?

The Number 2

Celebrity Name Merger

We’ll give you clues about two famous people. The last name of the first person is the first name of the second person.

e.g. “Scott CAM Smith”

English actor who has portrayed Bond in five instalments and an English singer known for the hits 7 Days and Walking Away.

Prime Minister of the UK in 2013 and a film star named the highest-paid actress over 40 in 2013.

Country singer who can outsmoke Snoop Dogg and an activist who served 27 years in prison.

Notorius gang leader from the 1880s and the first winner of American Idol.

Australian boxer who was the first Indigenous Australian to win a world title and an Australian actress whose first major Hollywood role was in the 2004 film Troy.

Celebrity Name Merger

Making the Rounds

This category disputes the notion that it’s hip to be square.

A musical round such as the one found in “Row, Row, Row Your Boat” is an example of which composition technique based on imitation that shares its name with a camera company?

The Knights of the Round Table were characters in the legends about which folk hero?

What is the value of Pi rounded to five decimal places?

In golf, a standard PGA Tour event consists of how many rounds?

Australia’s road rules state that when approaching a roundabout, you must give way to what - any vehicle entering the roundabout to your right, any vehicle already in the roundabout, or any other vehicle approaching at a faster speed?