Friday 20 Question Quiz – 10/05/2024

Round 1: Connection Round

10 questions where all the answers are connected. This one is quite obvious once you’ve got a couple.

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"Grond", featuring in the Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, is an example of what type of siege engine?

The name of which group of recreational designer drugs derives from instances in which they were disguised as something else used to relax?

What technique of wax-resist dyeing, applied to the whole cloth, originated from the island of Java, Indonesia?

Which iconic "specially built high-powered auto" was first named in Detective Comics #48 (February 1941)?

Alkaline, Nickel Metal Hydride (NiMH), and Lithium Ion, are three commonly used types of what?

In what method of manufacturing are products made as specified groups or amounts, within a time frame?

In cricket what is the term for the total number of runs a player has scored divided by the number of times they have been out?

What is the surname of the villain protagonist and unreliable narrator of Ellis's 1991 novel American Psycho?

Based on how they use them, culinary professionals break what into three categories: drop, pour, and coating?

The prime example of which derogatory female stereotype was the militant temperance activist Carrie Nation, who wielded a hatchet?

Round 2: General Knowledge

10 General Knowledge questions with no theme or connection.

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What religions’ sacred writings are divided into the Tripitaka?

When South Sudan gained independence from Sudan in 2011 which city became its capital?

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg in 1791 – which European country is Salzburg a city in?

What is the second-largest planet in our solar system?

What Apollo 13 astronaut contacted Mission Control with the words – "Okay, Houston … we've had a problem here."?

As of 2022, which boxer has the longest consecutive reign as World Heavyweight Champion of 11 years, 8 months, 8 days?

On what type of surface are the tennis matches at Wimbledon played?

Which American painter and art instructor created and hosted The Joy of Painting, which aired from 1983 to 1994?

What type of instrument was named after Laurens Hammond?

Who was Martina Navratilova's usual ladies doubles partner in the 1980's?

Time’s up