Sunday Quiz – 29th September 2024

Round 1: Fall

10 questions themed around the word “Fall”.

Which 1997 role-playing video game is set in a mid-22nd century post-apocalyptic and retro-futuristic world?

Located in Venezuela, what is the world's highest waterfall on land, standing at 3,212 feet (979 metres) tall?

2012 saw the release of which James Bond film – the 23rd in the series and starring Daniel Craig as 007?

A historical event, symbolising the end of the Cold War, what wall fell in Germany in 1989?

Released in 2019, "When We All Fall Asleep" is the debut studio album by which American singer-songwriter?

Fall at Your Feet is a 1991 song from the 1991 album "Woodface" by which Australian group?

What term is used to describe when an object is moving only due to gravity, without any other forces acting upon it?

Popular culture in the United States associates what day – the first Monday in September – as the end of summer and the start of fall?

Starring Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt, which 2024 action comedy film is loosely based on the 1980s TV series of the same name?

What name is given to the constant speed that a freely falling object eventually reaches when unable to further accelerate?

Round 2: Chemical Element Names

10 questions about why some chemical elements have the names they do.

What element, with the symbol Cu, is from the Latin word for "from Cyprus", as it was mined extensively on the island of Cyprus in antiquity?

What element, with the symbol Es, is named after a famous theoretical physicist?

What element, with the symbol No, is named after the inventor of dynamite?

What element, with the symbol Fm, is named after the creator of the world's first nuclear reactor?

What element, with the symbol Rf, is named after which New Zealand "father of nuclear physics"?

What element, with the symbol Ge, is named after the country where it was first produced and studied?

What element, with the symbol Cm, is named after which couple who did pioneering research on radioactivity?

What element, with the symbol Hg, is named after a Roman god known for his speed?

What element, with the symbol Pd, is named after an asteroid, which was named after a Greek goddess?

What element, with the symbol Mg, is named after the Greek city where it was first discovered?

Round 3: Pictures – Animated TV Shows

10 images from animated TV shows. Identify the shows.

What TV show is this?

Round 4: General Knowledge

10 General Knowledge questions with no theme or connection.

Which sea area is a continuation of the Skagerrak and has several large cities and major ports including Gothenburg, Aarhus, and Aalborg?

What non-nutritive artificial sweetener was first produced in 1879, by Constantin Fahlberg, a chemist working on coal tar derivatives?

What rays have the smallest wavelengths and the most energy of any other wave in the electromagnetic spectrum?

Which famous park in central Moscow celebrated its 90th anniversary in August 2018?

Which country will become the first country to host three men's football (soccer) World Cups in 2026 when it hosts along with Canada and the US?

What play by Shakespeare features the following characters: Cornwall, Gloucester, Regan, and Goneril?

Set in a Japanese prison camp in Burma during World War II, "Bridge on the River Kwai" was filmed in which country?

Released in 1993, what was the first web browser which included images and text on the same page?

The national flag of which country has a blue disc depicting a starry sky (which includes the Southern Cross)?

"The Undiscovered Country", a Star Trek title, is taken from which work by Shakespeare?

Round 5: General Knowledge

10 General Knowledge questions with no theme or connection between the answers.

The Enhanced Fujita Scale or EF Scale, which became operational in 2007, is used to assign which weather phenomenon a 'rating'?

In addition to Liquid Snake, what was the name of the other pivotal antagonist in the first Metal Gear Solid game?

What type of pasta has a name that is derived from the Italian word for butterflies?

What is the name of the large gap in the A and B rings caused by the gravitational pull of Saturn's moon Mimas?

Generally occurring with a wide array of other unusual minerals, what is the most common platinum mineral?

Which English painter revolutionised the painting of horses and other animals with rigorous investigations of their anatomy published in his book The Anatomy of the Horse?

Which English neurologist and middle-distance athlete ran the first sub-4-minute mile in 1954?

Which American musician was Whitney Houston married to between 1992 and 2007?

George Washington, the first President of the US took the oath of office at Federal Hall in New York City and was inaugurated on April 30, of which year?

The Hugo Award was traditionally an award for the best in Science Fiction, for which SF pioneer was it named?