Sunday Quiz – 23rd June 2024

Round 1: Video Game Enemies

10 questions about video game enemies / antagonists.

Which character from the Final Fantasy video game series developed by Square is the main antagonist of Final Fantasy VII?

Which character is depicted in the Portal game series as an artificially superintelligent computer system and apparently destroyed at the end of the first game?

Which character is the leader of the international crime syndicate, Shadowlaw, and the main boss in Street Fighter II?

Known as Eggman in Japan, which character has been Sonic the Hedgehog's nemesis since the first game was released in 1991?

What is the name of the first enemy players encounter - part of Bowser's Army - in the NES video game Super Mario Bros.?

Taking guises such as "Ganon" and "Calamity Ganon", which Gerudo warlord is the iconic villain in the Legend of Zelda series?

Who is the high-ranking Space Pirate and one of the most recurring characters in the Metroid series, appearing as a boss in over half of the games released?

Depicted as emperor of the fictional realm Outworld, who is one of the Mortal Kombat franchise's primary villains?

Originally named Protectors, what genetically enhanced humans primary purpose is to protect Little Sisters while they escort them around Rapture in the Bioshock game?

In Minecraft what is the name of the common hostile mob that silently approaches players and then explodes?

Round 2: Connection Round

In this round all 10 of the answers are connected in some way.

What word is spelled out in Morse code by - .. - dash, dot dot, dash?

What nickname was commonly used for the Lockheed SR-71, an American strategic reconnaissance aircraft?

Which protagonist in the 1991 film adaptation of The Silence of the Lambs was played by Jodie Foster?

In A Song of Ice and Fire what name is given to the religious folk seeking the protection of King Tommen Baratheon in the aftermath of the War of Five Kings?

Which Irish satirist and author wrote the novel "Gulliver's Travels"?

At one time what word was applied to any Catholic priest permanently assigned or incardinated to a church, or specifically to the senior priest of an important church?

In 1993 Brandon Bruce Lee was fatally wounded on set by a prop gun while filming a scene for his breakthrough role as Eric Draven in what film?

Which character from English folklore has been played on screen by actors such as Russell Crowe, Kevin Costner, and Taron Egerton?

In cricket, a batsman being dismissed off their first delivery faced is known as a what?

Which character appeared in Marvel Comics Captain America #117, and was the first Black American superhero in mainstream comic books?

Round 3: Picture Round - Famous People / Connection

Name the 10 "Famous People". They're all connected by something (which won't help much).

Who is this?

Round 4: Audio Round - Connection

Identify the 10 artists performing the songs. There is a connection.

Who/What artist is performing this song?

Round 5: General Knowledge

10 General Knowledge questions with no theme or connection.

Ruling for 43 years, Nebuchadnezzar was the longest-reigning king of what ancient dynasty?

Which ovine expression is used to describe a disreputable member of a family or group?

Spain and Portugal are the two countries which occupy which peninsular?

What material are computer processors traditionally made using?

Originally bred to kill vermin, which breed of dog gets its name from the French for earth?

In 1974, the Tanzanian government announced the federal capital would be moved from Dar es Salaam - where became the official capital in 1996?

Which treaty between Great Britain and China ended the First Opium War?

With a total area of over 130 thousand square kilometres, what is the largest country in the subregion of Central America?

Indifference to pleasure of pain; What Greek philosophical system follows the teachings of Zeno?

When in flight geese are called a. skein, a team, or a wedge; when flying close together, they are called a what?

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