Quiz #46

What is the name of the non-alcohol version of the Bloody Mary cocktail?

Question 2

In the standard technique of playing the cello – generally used by both left- and right-handed individuals – what hand holds the bow?

Question 3

Fashion designer Giorgio Armani passed away last week. Although born in Piacenza, in which Italian city did he and co-founder Sergio Galeotti found the Giorgio Armani company – with the company still headquartered there today?

Question 4

Now in the Canadian Museum of History, the oldest known ice hockey stick in the world is made of what type of wood, a product of a tree synonymous with Canada?

Question 5

Famous for its springtime pink colours, sakura is the Japanese term for blossom of what type of tree?

Question 6

Which late night US television host had his show cancelled in July a week after he described parent company Paramount’s $16m settlement to a ‘frivolous’ lawsuit brought by the Trump administration as a ‘big fat bribe’ to ensure its $8b merger with Skydance could proceed – although Paramount said the cancellation was due to ‘financial headwinds’?

Question 7

The equation to calculate an object’s density is P = M/V. For what do the letters M and V stand?

Question 8

Supposedly chosen by the author in his anger after being fired from his role in Margaret Thatcher’s government, what two letters comprise the initials of the protagonist in Michael Dobbs’s political novel House of Cards, as well as the British and American television adaptations – although the American version changed the character’s name while keeping the same initials?

Question 9

In the fairytale Goldilocks and the Three Bears, what three items belonging to the bears did Goldilocks try?

Question 10

Make the longest word possible from the following letters: AEIILNPTV

Round 1 points
(Maximum: 22)

Round 2

Question 1

Light brown spots on the skin that appear as the body ages, caused by overactive pigment cells that have consistently been exposed to ultraviolet light, where long erroneously considered a sign of problems in which internal organ?

Question 2

By what name is the beetle anthia sexguttatus commonly known due to its black body with six white dots, which resemble the pattern on tiles of a well-known table game?

Question 3

An MRI scanner is a common piece of hospital equipment. For what do the letters MRI stand?

Question 4

Composed of hydrochloric acid in a ‘juice’ secreted by glands, what is the name of the acid found in the human stomach, sometimes simply referred to as stomach acid?

Question 5

Now primarily a tourist attraction, the floating islands of the Uros people on Lake Titicaca are made of what type of plant?

Question 6

A Room with a View, Mr. & Mrs. Bridge, Howards End, The Remains of the Day, and Jefferson in Paris are all films produced by which British film production company?

Question 7

To which two islands was Napoleon Bonaparte exiled during his life, one after he forced to abdicate in 1814, and the other after losing the Battle of Waterloo a year later?

Question 8

Which two Scottish cities sit on the banks of the River Tay?

Question 9

Per the 1927 recipe kept in the archives at Radolfzell, about which there is debate over whether it is the original recipe, what five ingredients are required to make the filling of a Black Forest Cake?

Question 10

Representing Portugal, Argentina, India, Belgium, Poland, Brazil, and England, who are the top seven goalscorers in men’s international football still currently playing?

Round 2 points
(Maximum: 22)

Total points
(Maximum: 44)

Round 3

Question 1

Which famous 20^th century assassination was carried out by Gavrilo Princip?

Question 2

Which famous film scene is accompanied by a piece of music titled ‘The Murder’, composed by Bernard Herrmann?

Question 3

In which US state is Zion National Park, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, and part of Monument Valley, all areas famous for their rock formations?

Question 4

The phrase ‘A Dream within a Dream’ was popularised through an 1849 poem by which American writer?

Question 5

In the first book of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series of young adult fantasy novels, written by Rick Riordan and concerning a teenage boy who discovers he is a demigod, for what object belonging to Zeus is Percy sent on a mission to recover?

Question 6

In a 2022 survey of 2081 British adults commissioned during British Dyslexia Week, in which participants were asked to choose the correct spelling of words from several given options, the five most common errors were for the words harass, vicious, accommodation, separate, and ironically what other word relating to incorrect spelling?

Question 7

What are the two official languages of Morocco?

Question 8

In the sport of baseball, fielding teams have nine players generally positioned in three different areas of the field: the pitcher and catcher; the players on or around the bases; and the players in the open field beyond the bases. What three terms are given to these areas of the baseball field?

Question 9

Over 2000km longer than the contentious rabbit-proof fence, and designed to keep dingoes and wild dogs away from southeast Australia’s sheep farms, Australia’s dingo fence stretches 5600km through which three states?

Question 10

What are the respective superpowers of the five members of the Parr family in the Disney Pixar film The Incredibles?

Round 3 points
(Maximum: 19)

Total points
(Maximum: 63)

Round 4

Question 1

Paleis Noordeinde, Paleis Het Loo, Paleis Huis ten Bosch, and Bronbeek are all palaces in which European nation?

Question 2

The computer worm Morris II, developed under test conditions in 2024, has shown security vulnerabilities in the large language models that form the base of what widely-used artificial intelligence tool, with the worm able to both replicate in computers contacted by the initial infection and prompt systems to send information without users clicking on links?

Question 3

Currently most commonly used to describe Russia’s ruling elites, the word oligarchy is derived from the Latin roots ‘olig’ and ‘archia’. The suffix ‘archia’ means government or rule. What does the root ‘olig’ mean?

Question 4

Written by Ibn al-‘Awwam in Islamic Spain, and containing around 1900 citations, the 12^th century book Kitāb al-Filāḥa is one of the earliest comprehensive practical guides covering which subject?

Question 5

In the 1980s, Jeffery Boswall became a leading voice for better ethics in what area of film-making?

Question 6

Sometimes labelled the national dish of Pakistan, what type of food is nihari?

Question 7

On top of the four who have gone by their middle name rather than first name, which two US presidents went by different surnames from that with which they had at birth due to their parents divorcing and mothers remarrying?

Question 8

Who were the two lead dancers for The Royal Ballet’s premier of Romeo and Juliet in 1965, with the performance reportedly resulting in over 20 curtain calls and leading to a long-running dance partnership?

Question 9

What were the names of the three novels written by American writer David Foster Wallace, albeit the last was incomplete at the time of his death and published posthumously?

Question 10

As defined by Transport for London, what are the six international airports that serve the city of London?

Round 4 points
(Maximum: 19)

Total points
(Maximum: 82)

Round 5

In Round 5, there is only one answer. The less clues you need to get it, the more points you receive. If you need only one clue, you receive 10 points; if you require two clues, you will receive 9 points, and so on.

However, you may only answer once. If you answer incorrectly, you receive zero points for the round.

In which city are the following locations?

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Round 5 points
(Maximum: 10)

Total points
(Maximum: 92)