Friday 20 Question Quiz – 08/09/2023 Round 1: Nautical Terms 10 questions all to do with nautical terminology. None What is the front part of a ship called? What's the term for the right side of a ship when facing forward? What is the measurement of the water's depth beneath a ship called? What's the term for the secondary anchor onboard a yacht, generally used to secure it temporarily? What do you call the framework that holds a ship's sails? What is the area at the back of a ship where steering for the rudder is normally located? What is the practice of throwing cargo or equipment overboard to lighten a ship during a storm called? What do you call structure in the upper part of the main mast of a ship or a structure that is used as a lookout point? In sailing, what is a line (rope, cable or chain) used to control the movable corner(s) (clews) of a sail? What is the area of a ship below the main deck where cargo is stored? Round 2: General Knowledge 10 General Knowledge questions with no theme or connection. None What is the name of the British overseas territory in the North Atlantic Ocean better known as Bermuda? Based on a P. D. James novel, what 2006 dystopian film, directed by Alfonso Cuarón, is set in 2027, after two decades of human infertility? In 1975 who won the best actor Oscar for his role in the film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest? The second largest of its type in the world, what is the largest public building constructed in the United Kingdom in the 20th century? Seemingly "it was a little bit frightening", what were people doing in 1974 according to a song by Carl Douglas? Where the Wild Things Are is a 1963 children's picture book written and illustrated by which American writer and illustrator? What word do you get from this clue? The law mixed up the link between the common and the Smith's nation. What is the name of the Italian dessert that is made with mascarpone cheese, ladyfingers, and coffee? The mature versions of which plant produces a highly addictive latex which may be refined to produce opium for smoking, or treated with certain chemicals to produce morphine? To form polypeptides and proteins, amino acids are joined together by what type of bonds? Time's up
