Sunday Quiz - 11th July 2021

Round 1: Science and Nature - Medicinal Plants

10 questions on the subject of medicinal plants

Used throughout history as a perfume, incense and medicine, what tree gum is used as an antiseptic in mouthwashes, gargles, and toothpastes?

What name is given to the dried latex obtained from the seed capsules of the Papaver somniferum which also contains the closely related codeine and thebaine?

What genus containing over 550 species of flowering succulent plants are frequently cultivated as ornamental plants and can also be made into types of special soaps or used in other skin care products?

What large genus of flowering plants in the legume family can be used as a laxative in the form of pods, or herbal tea made from the leaves?

With bark extracts used since at least 1632, what medication is extracted from the cinchona tree, which is native to Peru?

Traditionally used for a variety of medicinal purposes, and a possible candidate for the Soma plant, what medicinal preparation is a banned substance by both the International Olympic Committee and the World Anti-Doping Agency?

Which herb, commonly used in stuffing, had a high reputation throughout the Middle Ages, with many sayings referring to its healing properties and value?

Listed as a noxious weed in more than twenty countries, some studies and research reviews have supported the efficacy of St John's wort as a treatment for what in humans?

What flowering plant, native to areas of Ethiopia contains the alkaloid cathinone, a stimulant, which is said to cause excitement, loss of appetite, and euphoria?

Round 2: Geography - Rivers

10 questions on the subject of rivers.

What principal river of West Africa runs in a crescent through Mali, and discharges into the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean?

With a drainage basin covering eleven countries, including Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, South Sudan, and more, which river flows into the Mediterranean Sea at Alexandria?

With an average discharge greater than the next seven largest independent rivers combined — what river represents 20% of the global riverine discharge to the ocean?

The longest tributary river in the world, which river which flows through Russia, China, and Kazakhstan is the chief tributary of the Ob river?

The 6th largest river system in the world, the basin of which river was the birthplace of ancient Chinese civilization, the most prosperous region in early Chinese history?

Which river in south Central South America, running through Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina for some 4,880 kilometres is second in length only to the Amazon River among South American rivers?

Formerly also known as the Zaire River, the second largest river in the world by discharge volume, which river is also the world's deepest recorded river?

The easternmost of the three great Siberian rivers that flow into the Arctic Ocean, what is the eleventh-longest river in the world, and the longest river in Russia?

A trans-boundary river in East Asia and Southeast Asia, what is the world's twelfth longest river, running through China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam?

The longest in the world to flow entirely within one country, on which river is the Three Gorges Dam, the largest hydro-electric power station in the world?

Round 3: Theme Round - Adams

10 questions which are all themed around the name Adam.

With the first name Adam, which English-born Irish musician is the bassist and co-founder of the rock band U2?

With the first name Adam, the holder of nine Golden Raspberry Awards and 37 nominations, which American actor is known for films such as Happy Gilmore and The Longest Yard?

With the first name Adam, which actor, a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, gained wider recognition when he played Kylo Ren in the Star Wars sequel trilogy?

With the first name Adam, beginning his musical career in 1994 with the band Kara's Flowers, who is the lead singer with the group Maroon 5?

With the first name Adam, despite appearing in films such as Monster-in-Law, and The Aviator, who is best known for his role as Ben Wyatt in the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation?

With the first name Adam, best remembered for portraying Batman in the 1960s ABC series of the same name, who is also the mayor of the town of Quahog in Family Guy?

With the first name Adam, which special effects designer and fabricator, actor, educator, and more, is known as the former co-host (with Jamie Hyneman) of MythBusters?

With the first name Adam, real name Stuart Leslie Goddard, which English singer and musician gained popularity as the lead singer of a new wave group who released the song "Prince Charming"?

With the first name Adam, which figure during the Scottish Enlightenment is also sometimes known as The Father of Economics' or 'The Father of Capitalism'?

With the first name Adam, which American actor starred in Full Metal Jacket as Animal Mother, as well as in the TV series Firefly?

Round 4: Music Intros - Adverts

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Round 5: General Knowledge

10 General Knowledge questions with no theme or connection.

What name is given to a technique of engraving, using a sharp-pointed needle, that produces a furrowed edge resulting in a print with soft, velvety lines?

It is well established that Copernicus coined the theory that the earth revolves around the sun, what was his first name?

Which Republic in southeastern Europe is bounded on the north by Austria, the northeast by Hungary, the south by Croatia, and the west by Italy?

Which famous painting by Edvard Munch was stolen from an Oslo museum on the 12th of December 1994?

The modern African republic of Tanzania was formed when Tanganyika and which other nation were combined?

Sharing a name with the fifth studio album by Irish rock band U2, a Yucca Brevifolia is better known as a what?

Which of the South American countries has both a Pacific and Atlantic coastline?

What name is given to a massive ensemble of hundreds of millions of stars, all gravitationally interacting, and orbiting about a common center?

What was the average age of United States soldiers, in years, in the Vietnam war?

The Three Wise Men in the bible were Balthazar, Melchior and who else?

Sunday Quiz – 11th July 2021

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