General Knowledge – 23/09/2020 Round 1: Mythology 10 questions about various mythologies. None In the religion of ancient Babylon, Tiamat is first a creator goddess, but also is depicted as what creature? Lending his name to the English for Tuesday, Tyr is the Norse god of what? Jörmungandr, the middle child of the giantess Angrboða and Loki, is what type of creature? In Norse mythology who rode an eight legged horse called Sleipner? In Egyptian mythology, who is the god of the underworld? Who gave birth to the winged horse, Pegasus, from her blood after she had been slain? In Hindu mythology what is the name of the mother goddess? In Roman mythology, who was the wife of Jupiter? The dybbuk is a creature in which people's mythology? In Greek mythology what type of creature was Chiron? Round 2: Poets 10 questions all about Poets and Poetry. None Who was the first person to be buried at Poets Corner in Westminster Cathedral? What woman poet who wrote around 1800 poems, only had 10 published in her life and only left her home state of Massachusetts once? When the students in the film 'Dead Poets' Society' stood on their desks and said 'O captain! my captain!', who were they quoting? In the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, what race writes the third worst poetry in the Universe? Which U.S. born poet, known for 'The Waste Land', among other work, won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1984? Once married to Ted Hughes, which American poet committed suicide in 1963? Which writer of the 17th and 18th Centuries first penned the line 'For fools rush in where angels fear to tread.'? Rodin's The Thinker is really a portrait of what ostracised Italian poet? Which German city, capital of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, was the birthplace of the poet Heinrich Heine? Which Welsh poet, whose works include "Do not go gentle into that good night", died of alcohol poisoning the year he published his collected poems? Round 3: Flags Identify the counties from their flags. None Which countries flag is this? Which countries flag is this? Which countries flag is this? Which countries flag is this? Which countries flag is this? Which countries flag is this? Which countries flag is this? Which countries flag is this? Which countries flag is this? Which countries flag is this? Round 4: Language 10 questions on the subject of Language. None What is the only word in the English language that ends in the letters “mt”? Brandy, decoy and landscape all come from which European language? What are the two languages which appear on the Rosetta stone? What is the principle language of Brazil? Nadsat was a made up language in what controversial book and film? Which group of people, Germanic immigrants to America, speak a language called Mudderschproch? The words Assassin, Magazine, and Sofa, come from which language? What name is given to words in different languages that have the same original source, eg: “water” (english) and “wasser” (german)? Mostly spoken in the UK, “Erse” is another name for which language? In what language is the term “klutz” an insult? Round 5: General Knowledge 10 General Knowledge questions with no theme or connection. None To celebrate its 30th birthday in 2010, what playable classic arcade game did Google put on its homepage? What cartoon did Jim Davis pen, beginning in 1978, that is still syndicated today? Princeton Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey is the setting for which American medical drama series? Spanish silver dollars, also known as the Spanish peso, were worth how many Spanish Reales? What ‘H’ means designing, displaying and describing coats of arms? Who directed the ‘cornetto trilogy’, better known as Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz and The World's End? Who is the deposed dwarf king attempting to reclaim his throne under the mountain in JRR Tolkien’s “The Hobbit”? What kind of creature was Chewbacca in "Star Wars"? What is the maximum number of clubs a golfer may use in a round? What religion links Weasak, Dhammacakka, and Bhodi day? Time's up
