I have certainly used “dirty bird” and probably “dirty bottle”, I’m sure a bell can also be dirty but you’re still not getting the point for the question!
The Godfather, Yam Don did though (Scoring may be somewhat dodgy in this quiz! )
I did get the Panda Pop reference but that’s not a collective noun… I’m afraid you needed Panda Pops for the full mark
I will take the Hump Day Quiz Master’s marking over mine though so you now have 265.78… unfortunately all objections needed to be submitted in writing before the trophy was awarded so @FL45H 's victory stands!
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Where do the questions come from?
I found a mysterious old box of trivial pursuit, with even more trivial pursuits stuffed inside. It is a treasure trove of quiz questions, and all of them really old. Perfect fodder for a Hump Day special.
| Geography | Entertainment
— | — | —
| 1. Kosovo | 1. Ed Sheeran
| 2. Marble | 2. HAL 9000
| 3. Petrograd | 3. Colin Firth
| 4. Anglesey | 4. The Man With the Golden Gun
| 5. Autobahn | 5. Star Trek
| History | Arts & Literature |
| 1. Franz Ferdinand | 1. Inferno
| 2. The Hindenburg | 2. Sherlock Holmes
| 3. Holding an election | 3. 21
| 4. Japan and the US | 4. Jabberwocky
| 5. Sweden | 5. Brighton
| Science & Nature | Sprot & Leisure |
| 1. Blog | 1. Commonwealth Games
| 2. Neither | 2. Nothing
| 3. DDT | 3. Kadeena Cox
| 4. Paddington | 4. Alan Ball
| 5. Daffodil | 5. Blue, green, red and yellow
It’s tight at the top. There are a few marking decisions that could be contested, but hopefully someone will come along and score 20+ and we won’t have to worry about that…
Which region in the Balkland area of Europe declared its independence from Serbia in 2008? Montenegro?
What is the Taj Mahal made of? Marble?
The name of the Russian city of St Petersburg was changed to what during World War I? Leningrad?
What is Wales’s biggest island? Anglesey?
What is the German motorway system called? Autobahn?
Entertainment
Which musician wrote the song “I See Fire” for the soundtrack of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug? Ed Sheeran? He’s popped up everywhere so worth a punt!
What’s the name of the spacecraft’s computer system in 2001: A Space Odyssey? No idea - Skyrim?
Who played George VI in The King’s Speech? Colin Firth
What Bond film saw Christopher Lee as the villain? The Man With The Golden Gun?
Which deep-space TV drama’s clamshell ‘communicator’ inspired Motorola to develop the first handheld mobile phone? Star Trek?
History
What name is shared by a former archduke of Austria-Este and the Scottish rock band fronted by Alex Kapranos? Franz Ferdinand
What ill-fated craft was captained by Ernst Lahmann? No clue, something German?
If you were using the D’Hondt method, what would you be doing - applying for a patent, holding an election or dating archaeological finds? Election?
What two countries fought the Battle of the Coral Sea? Australia and New Zealand?
Which country’s parliament is known as the Riksdag? Sweden?
Art & Literature
What title is both the first part of Dante’s The Divine Comedy and a book by Dan Brown? Inferno?
Who fell to his death at the Reichenbach Falls? Sherlock Holmes (and Moriarty).
About 180 copies of the Gutenberg Bible were printed in the 15th century. How many complete copies still exist - 11, 21 or 31? 31?
What poem begins: “Twas brillig, and the slithy toves…”? No clue, something old?
Peter James writes novels about DS Roy Grace, predominantly set in which seaside town? Torquay?
Science & Nature
What’s the word for an online journal, or personal website? Blog?
Which is colder, minus 40 degrees centigrade, or minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit? Celsius?
Which chemical pesticide was banned in 1972 because it led to the near extinction of the American bald eagle? Feel like I’d have heard of it but can’t think!
What London station did Brunel’s Great Western Railway terminate at? Victoria?
Which yellow spring flower contains a toxic chemical, lycorine? Daffodils?
Sprot & Leisure
What sproting event have Manchester, Edinburgh and Glasgow all previously hosted? Commonwealth Games?
What is a score of 19 worth in cribbage? 19?
At Rio 2016, who was the first British Paralympian since 1984 to win gold medals in two different sprots at the same Games? Kadeena Cox?
Who was Britain’s first six-figure footballer? Trevor Francis?
In the classic game Twister, which four colours are the spots on the mat? Red, Yellow, Blue, Green?
Thankfully Sea has broken the tie at the top, and I don’t think there’s enough quibble points to take anyone over the edge. But, just for fun, if I change the default_marking_stringency from ‘friendly’ to ‘Peitho’ then I think the 19s would be rejigged into:
Hey!!! You what now?! My marking is perfectly kind… you just need the correct answer… or a comedy answer for silly bonuses of course.
My marking would give me the point for 2 since my answer is correct! Having googled it I see your point on 2 though I’m sure me and @WillC both appreciate the friendly marking. Also, having Googled 3 all possible answers are wrong (though my guess is most wrong so definitely don’t expect marks ).
Overall, thank goodness @Sea has come through for default (so far!) victory!
(Scoring may be somewhat dodgy in this quiz! 
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Assumed stone but as it’s a specific question, probably means sonething special so going to say Marble? If so, fancier than I realised, well done it!
Having googled it I see your point on