M117
Marathon Round Examples
M117 - Cordon Bleu
• All these questions are to do with the colour BLUE.
1 Name the largest animal known to have ever existed
2 A maritime signal flag flown to warn a ship's crew in port of an imminent sailing
3 English boy band consisting of members Antony Costa, Duncan James, Lee Ryan and Simon Webbe
4 Fruit widely grown in Canada and the USA
5 An unofficial accolade for the passenger liner crossing the Atlantic in regular service with the highest speed
6 UK No. 3 single written and recorded by Roy Orbison in 1963
7 BBC documentary narrated by David Attenborough concerning the natural history of the oceans
8 Using a new perspective to “think outside the box”
9 Music genre originating from America in the 1940s
10 Blow fly which deposits eggs on rotting corpses
11 British Intermediate-range ballistic missile which was cancelled without entering full production in 1960
12 A flooded quarry site in Arlesey since 1932
13 Common name for Sula nebouxii - a marine bird native to tropical regions of the eastern Pacific
14 Vera Lynn expected these to be over the white cliffs of Dover tomorrow
15 West Somerset seaside village, on the bay of the same name, with a steam railway station
16 Spring-flowering woodland ‘carpet’ plant, protected under UK law
17 Common name for a disabled parking permit, conveying special parking privileges
18 an award earned by athletes at some universities and schools for competition at the highest level
19 1977 Crystal Gayle song which peaked at number 5 in the UK charts
20 A player would normally score 5 points for potting this, unless an opponent’s foul leaves a free shot
1 Name the largest animal known to have ever existed
2 A maritime signal flag flown to warn a ship's crew in port of an imminent sailing
3 English boy band consisting of members Antony Costa, Duncan James, Lee Ryan and Simon Webbe
4 Fruit widely grown in Canada and the USA
5 An unofficial accolade for the passenger liner crossing the Atlantic in regular service with the highest speed
6 UK No. 3 single written and recorded by Roy Orbison in 1963
7 BBC documentary narrated by David Attenborough concerning the natural history of the oceans
8 Using a new perspective to “think outside the box”
9 Music genre originating from America in the 1940s
10 Blow fly which deposits eggs on rotting corpses
11 British Intermediate-range ballistic missile which was cancelled without entering full production in 1960
12 A flooded quarry site in Arlesey since 1932
13 Common name for Sula nebouxii - a marine bird native to tropical regions of the eastern Pacific
14 Vera Lynn expected these to be over the white cliffs of Dover tomorrow
15 West Somerset seaside village, on the bay of the same name, with a steam railway station
16 Spring-flowering woodland ‘carpet’ plant, protected under UK law
17 Common name for a disabled parking permit, conveying special parking privileges
18 an award earned by athletes at some universities and schools for competition at the highest level
19 1977 Crystal Gayle song which peaked at number 5 in the UK charts
20 A player would normally score 5 points for potting this, unless an opponent’s foul leaves a free shot
Answers follow:-
- Blue Whale
- Blue Peter
- Blue
- Blueberry
- Blue Riband
- Blue Bayou
- The Blue Planet
- Blue Sky Thinking
- Rhythm and Blues
- Bluebottle
- Blue Streak
- Blue Lagoon
- Blue-footed Booby
- Bluebird
- Blue Anchor
- Bluebell
- Blue Badge
- University Blue
- Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue
- Blue Ball
