Sunday Quiz – 20th November 2022 Round 1: Musical Instruments 10 questions all about musical instruments. None What type of small flute of the fipple family is also a type of kidney bean, common in France? The smallest size grand piano is called a what grand? A type of flute, what is the smallest instrument in a traditional orchestra? What musical instrument has gourd, shoulder, nut, and leaves? Belly, Block, Blout, Nut, Rib, and waist are all parts of what instrument? Invented in 1829 by Cyrill Damien, Mark Twain referred to what instrument as the "stomach Steinway."? Les Paul and Charlie Christian were exponents of which musical instrument? What type of harp that is named from the Greek "lord of the winds" is played by passing a current of air over its strings? If there are 36 black keys on a piano, how many white keys does it have? Hint Which Russian stringed musical instrument has a characteristic triangular body and three strings? Round 2: General Knowledge 10 General Knowledge questions, no theme. None In the music group Village People, there was an American Indian, a cowboy, a construction worker, a biker and who else? In what sort of building would you find a parlour, scriptorium, dorter and cellarium? What name is given to the strength of wind represented by 8 on the Beaufort scale? Circadian dysrhythmia, associated with travel, is better known by what term? Which astronomer discovered the planet Uranus in 1781? On an ordnance survey map what type of building does a H in circle represent? What shape has four sides all the same length but no right angles? In music what type of scale is made up of semi-tones? What electrical device is used to change the magnitude of voltage or current? In 1954 the first successful transplant operation was performed by Dr Joseph Murray in Boston, Massachusetts, what organ was it? Round 3: Picture Round - Films - S Identify the films from the stills. They all start with the letter S. None What film is this? What film is this? What film is this? What film is this? What film is this? What film is this? What film is this? What film is this? What film is this? What film is this? Round 4: Periodic Table / Elements 10 questions all about the periodic table and elements. None Which Russian chemist and inventor is best known for formulating the Periodic Law and inventing the periodic table? The earlier periodic table organised elements by atomic weight, while the modern table organises elements by what? How many rows (or periods) are there on the periodic table? Hint The rows on the periodic table are arranged so that what type of elements are on the left side? What is the most conductive metal on the periodic table? How many chemical elements are there on the first row of the periodic table? Hint Found as a trace element in alloys, mostly in platinum ores, what is the densest naturally occurring element? With the symbol Sg and atomic number 106, what was the first metal to be named after a person? What brittle, steel-grey metalloid ) (atomic number 33) is also known as the "King of Poisons"? As of 2022, what is the last element on the periodic table? Round 5: General Knowledge 10 General Knowledge questions, no theme. None What is the name given to the number resulting from 10 to the 100th power? What does a dotted line represent on an Ordnance Survey map? Which mountain range is between the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea? Actor Jean Claude Van Damme is also known as 'The muscles from...' which European city? Featuring the characters Aaron and Tamora, what is the name of Shakespeare's (disputed) first printed play? What has been the currency of Malawi since 1971, and the currency of Zambia since 1968? Located in your throat/neck, what is the only bone in the human body that is not connected to any other bones nearby? When two words are combined to form a single word (e.g., breakfast + lunch = brunch) what is the new word called? What solid has the biggest volume for a given surface area? What is the name of the tool used to measure horizontal and vertical angles in surveying? Time's up
