Friday 20 Question Quiz – 10/11/2023 Round 1: Food - Fruit and Vegetables 10 questions all about fruits and vegetables. None What is distinguished from its blackberry relatives by whether or not the torus stays with the fruit? In this case the torus remains on the plant, leaving a hollow core in the fruit. Probably originating in Persia, which root vegetable is typically orange in colour, though heirloom variants including purple, black, red, white, and yellow cultivars exist? What widely-cultivated creeping vine plant bears cylindrical to spherical fruits, with three main types; slicing, pickling, and seedless? Which round and yellow fruit is a drupe (stone fruit) similar to a small peach, sometimes known as an Armenian plum? Sometimes referred to as "yams" in parts of North America, but not a true yam, what large, starchy, sweet-tasting tuberous roots are native to the tropical regions of the Americas? Which ellipsoidal yellow fruit comes from a small evergreen tree native to Asia, and is used for culinary and non-culinary purposes throughout the world, primarily for its juice, which has both culinary and cleaning uses? Derived from wild mustard and also called leaf cabbage, what vegetable has green or purple leaves, and the central leaves do not form a head? Resembling miniature cabbages, which vegetable has long been popular in Belgium, where the city from which it gained its name is? Which marshland plant has been cultivated as a vegetable since antiquity, and has a long fibrous stalk tapering into leaves? The seed powder is used as a spice. Which elongated, edible fruit – botanically a berry – is used in some countries for cooking and called "plantains" to distinguish from the dessert variety? Round 2: General Knowledge 10 General Knowledge questions with no theme or connection. None A market failure when released in 1981, which company produced the DMC-12 as used in the "Back to the Future" films? In 1976 the Concorde inaugurated the world's first scheduled supersonic passenger service, with British Airways flights from Paris to which city? Which AI entity is seeking to merge with the AI "Neuromancer" in the novel of the same name by William Gibson? In Marvel Comics what is the small, planetary body that serves as home to a race of beings recognized by humans on Earth as the deities of Norse mythology? Which polar explorer is known for his ill-fated expedition to the South Pole and tragic death on the return journey? Robinson Crusoe is claimed to be second only to the Bible in its number of translations, which English writer, trader, journalist, pamphleteer and spy was the author? In the famous boxing match - "The Rumble In The Jungle" - who did Muhammed Ali fight? How many countries have both a Pacific and an Atlantic coastline? Hint What word describes the phenomenon of large, destructive ocean waves caused by underwater earthquakes or volcanic eruptions? What 2021 film directed by Denis Villeneuve is the third adaptation of the novel of the same name by Frank Herbert? Time's up
