Sunday Quiz – 22nd May 2022 Round 1: Alphabet None What name/job title is given to a statistician employed by an insurance company to calculate risks? What term is used in cooking to describe food that has been cooked so that it is still firm to the bite? Whose grandson got the first phone call from a commercial cellular system in 1983? Which cover of an Elvis Presley song gave The Pet Shop Boys a no.1 hit in 1987? The fundamental constituents of tissue building drugs, what name is given to a synthetic hormone used to build muscle? Who succeeded Winston Churchill as prime minister of England in 1955? Celery, walnuts, and what other main ingredient is added to mayonnaise to make a Waldorf salad? What Greek philosopher wrote Meteorologica, popularising that name for the study of weather? What word is used in a balance sheet to mean "everything a company owns"? What is the common name for Tinea Pedis, a fungal skin condition which attacks the feet? Round 2: Wood None The wood of which species of evergreen tree in the conifer family was traditionally used to make English longbows? The name of which musical instrument comes from the Greek words "sound of wood"? The aniseed-flavoured drink absinthe contained, originally, an extract of which plant? In which sport do you find a piece of wooden apparatus exactly 17ft long? What type of food is a “hen of the woods”? Which American artist depicts his dentist, B.H. McKeeby, and his sister Nan as a farmer-preacher and daughter in a 1930 painting? Which wood are cricket stumps usually made from? What very lightweight wood is often used for rafts & model aeroplanes? Which country's name came from the wood that was its first major export? In which popular board game, originating from Germany, might you hear the phrase - “Got wood?”? Round 3: Picture Stills - 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: Sport and Games None At which sporting venue would competitors travel down The Brabham Strait? In which game or sport are "Staunton" pieces used? In which game or sport can a person be "skunked"? In what sport do you need brooms and brushes? The Solheim Cup is the woman's equivalent of which famous sporting cup? Which famous sporting event was founded by Chris Brasher in 1981? In 1931 what was the first live televised sporting event in the UK? Which sport includes events called The Halfpipe, The Slopestyle, and The Boardercross? Which sport is played over 4 periods of 15 minutes, with only two of the seven players able to score? Who captained the English football/soccer team during the 1966 World Cup? Round 5: General Knowledge None In particle physics, every observed subatomic particle is either a boson or a what? Which element can't you freeze by cooling it to absolute zero and will only freeze if you apply extremely intense pressure? Tardar Sauce, who lived until 2019 was a famous cat on the internet with an underbite and feline dwarfism. What name was she better known as? A 3 letter word found in rowboats, that links a Friend, and a Scottish actor? What instrument is used for measuring the distance between two points on a curved surface? Which tree has catkins in the Spring and edible nuts called cobs in the Autumn? In what type of building would you see the Dewey classification system used? What was the first video game console to use the DVD format? In Maths, what word is given to the part of a fraction above the line? What capital city means “Smoky bay” in the Old Norse language? Time's up
