Friday 20 Question Quiz – 15/03/2024 Round 1: Literature - Authors 10 questions all about authors. None Which Russian writer was a prominent Soviet dissident, an outspoken critic of communism and helped to raise global awareness of the Gulag system? Sons and Lovers, "The Rainbow", "Women in Love", and "Lady Chatterley's Lover", subject of censorship trials, are novels by which English novelist? Best known for a BBC radio comedy which developed into a "trilogy" of five books, which English novelist wrote novels such as "The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul"? “It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen” is the opening line of a famous novel by which author? Which novelist sometimes writes under the pseudonym Richard Bachman? Considered the leading exponent of literary realism, which French novelist is known especially for his debut novel "Madame Bovary"? Writing more than fifty novels and prolific in many genres, who wrote "The History of Mr Polly" and "The Invisible Man"? Who married Jenny Von Westphalen in 1843 and wrote three books under the title "Das Kapital" ? Which novelist wrote three anonymously published novels which interpret, critique, and comment upon the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century? Patricia Ponder, Maxine Patrick, and Jennifer Blake are three of the pen names used by which successful American romance novelist? Round 2: General Knowledge 10 General Knowledge questions with no theme or connection. None Which American jazz trumpeter and bandleader released the albums "Bitches Brew", "Dark Magus", and "Tutu"? A doctor would use an instrument called a sphygmomanometer in order to measure your what? In the film "Flight of the Navigator", what is the name of the AI-controlled spacecraft that serves as a central element of the film's plot? What Agency of the Executive Office of the President of the United States was created in 1947, together with the National Security Council? What is the medical practice or technique of burning a part of a body to remove or close off a part of it in an attempt to mitigate bleeding and damage? What alloy of iron that is resistant to rusting and corrosion contains at least 10.5% chromium and usually nickel, as well as 0.2 to 2.11% carbon? The Italian for tail, what is the name for the rounding off of a musical composition? If you wanted to turn a Welsh Rarebit into a Buck Rarebit you would add what ingredient? In what decade or year did the company Costco launch in the UK (YYYY format)? 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s None If you suffered from Alektorophobia you would have an intense, uncontrollable fear of which birds? Time's up
