Sunday Quiz – 18th June 2023 Round 1: Food - Fruit and Vegetable Varieties 10 questions about different fruits and vegetables. None What type of salad vegetable has varieties such as Iceberg, Boston, Cos, and Bibb? Used in a popular alcoholic beverage - Cardinal, Barlinka and Napoleon are varieties of what fruit? What vegetable in the genus Brassica has varieties including Snowball, White Horse, and Igloo? Honeoye, Allstar, and Ozark Beauty are all varieties of which red fruits? Without arguing if it's a fruit or a vegetable - Beefsteak, Cherry, and Heirloom, are varieties of what? Technically a berry (a pretty big one...), which member of the family Cucurbitaceae has varieties including Honeydew, Galia, and Santa Claus? Which commonly purple, spongy, absorbent fruit, is often known by two different names, but has three, and includes varieties such as Green Thai and Fairy Tale? What fleshy drupe (stone fruit) of many plants of the genus Prunus has varieties such as Bing, Sour, and Black? An edible green plant in the cabbage family, what vegetable has varieties such as Eastern Magic, Purple Sprouting, and Romanesco? What is probably one of the most versatile vegetables and has variety names such as Italian Torpedo, Walla Walla, and Red Burgundy? Round 2: Sci-Fi - Spaceships 10 questions about various Science Fiction Spaceships. None The ceremonial flagship for the United Nations Space Command, the UNSC Infinity is from which media franchise? In Frank Herbert's Dune novels what is the name of the vast spaceships which, with the help of their bizarrely mutated navigators, have the ability to 'fold' space? In Star Wars, the character Han Solo famously states that what ship "made the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs"? In Joss Whedon's 'space western', Firefly, Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds is the owner and captain of what ship? What is the former MCRN (Martian Congressional Republic Navy)-turned-independent Corvette-class frigate central to The Expanse called? What ship in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is capable of near-instantaneous travel through use of the Infinite Improbability Drive? Danny Boyle's 2007 film Sunshine follows the crew of what ship as they carry a huge nuclear bomb towards the sun? What was the name of the ship in the original 1965 show following the Robinson family's adventures in outer space - "Lost in Space"? While most of the story in "The Martian" takes place, naturally, on Mars, the remaining Ares 3 crew are on their way back to Earth aboard what ship? In Christopher Nolan's Interstellar, what is the name of the ship used by a group of astronauts who travel through a wormhole near Saturn in search of a new home? Round 3: Picture Round - Famous Music Videos Identify the artist from the famous music video. None Which group/artist is featured in this music video? Which group/artist is featured in this music video? Which group/artist is featured in this music video? Which group/artist is featured in this music video? Which group/artist is featured in this music video? Which group/artist is featured in this music video? Which group/artist is featured in this music video? Which group/artist is featured in this music video? Which group/artist is featured in this music video? Which group/artist is featured in this music video? Round 4: Science and Nature - Biology 10 questions about Biology. None What is the name given to the science of “improving” the population by controlled breeding? What is the technical term for long-sightedness? What is the hardest substance in the human body? What is the hormone used in treating inflammation and allergies? The name of which disease comes from the Italian meaning 'bad air'? Which gland, situated at the base of the skull, regulates growth and metabolism? Located in the middle ear, what is the smallest muscle in the human body? True or false — more than a quarter of the bones in the human body are in the hands? True False None What word for taking tissue for microscopic examination was coined by French dermatologists in 1879? Another name for your voice box is the? Round 5: General Knowledge 10 General Knowledge questions with no theme or connection. None What is the heaviest element that can be formed by regular fusion reactions in the core of a star? Following Rome's conversion to monotheistic Christianity, two words were adopted as the vocative singular form to address the Christian God, name either? Haneda Airport is one of two international airports serving which capital city? The centre of an archery target is called the what? Slugs and snails belong to which class of molluscs? In what country is the Mekong River Delta? Tsargrad, Istanbul, and Constantinople are three of its names, by what other name was this city known? The Vietnamese call it "The Brother" the Chinese "The Friend", what is the fastest growing species of grass? What word starting with the letter C is the unit of Imperial measure equal to 1/10 of a nautical mile? Which former member of the group 'Cream' received the OBE in 1995? Time's up
