Sunday Quiz – 26th June 2022 Round 1: Alphabet - C None What instruments are used for measuring the distance between two points on a curved surface? In which country was Greenpeace founded in 1971? The Panama canal connects the Pacific Ocean and which other body of water? What structure in the back of the brain governs motor control? What name is given to a large French country house? Which chemical compound in the body is linked to hardening of the arteries? What is the fear of enclosed spaces called? What was the computer called which was developed from Turing's ‘bombes’ at Bletchley Park? What is the name for the deep freezing of bodies of people in the hope of being woken in the future? In Greek mythology Polyphemus was the leader of which group of mythical giants? Round 2: Lakes None The Welland Canal links Lake Erie to which other of the Great Lakes Lake? What misleadingly named lake is the world's largest, having an area of almost 394,000sq km? What is the largest lake in South America, and the highest navigable lake in the world? Lake Eyre, Australia's lowest point, is in which state? What reservoir formed by the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River in the Southwestern United States is the largest man made lake in the world? A rift lake in Russia, what is the world's largest freshwater lake by volume, and the world's deepest lake? The Gatun Lake and the Gaillard Cut are found on which waterway? What is the largest lake in Sweden, the largest lake in the European Union and the third-largest lake of all Europe? A popular holiday location in the North of the country, what is the largest lake in Italy? Located in northwestern Russia, in the vicinity of Saint Petersburg, what is the largest lake located entirely in Europe? Round 3: Picture Round - TV Shows None What TV show is this? What TV show is this? What TV show is this? What TV show is this? What TV show is this? What TV show is this? What TV show is this? What TV show is this? What TV show is this? What TV show is this? Round 4: Jim / Jimmy / Jiminy None Also known as 'The peanut president', who was the first U.S. President to use a word processor? Who was the first male tennis player to win 100 tournaments? Which singer fronted Bronski Beat and The Communards? Which astronaut, one of the first three astronauts to fly to and orbit the Moon, did Tom Hanks play in the film Apollo 13? Which character sang, "When you wish upon a star.." in Disney's "Pinocchio"? In 1990, Stephen Hendry became the youngest person ever to be crowned World Snooker Champion. Who did he beat in the final? In DC Comics and the DCEU, what is the name of the photographer for The Daily Planet? Who recorded the album "The Cry of Love" in 1970 and opened for the Monkees on their 1968 American Tour? Which Surrey cricketer made history at Old Trafford in 1956 when he took 19 wickets in the test match against Australia? Who created "The Muppet Show" and along with Frank Oz directed "The Dark Crystal"? Round 5: General Knowledge None Which female artist released their 6th album in 1985 entitled "The Whole Story"? A poem of fourteen lines is called a what? What was Disney's first non-animated live action film? What English word comes from Latin for sheath for a sword? What shape is something that is “reniform”? Which hard substance, closely resembling bone, makes up the bulk of a tooth? Which publishing company was founded in London in 1935 by Allen Lane? An athletics event, what type of race got its name from a short dash between two churches? In what year did Doctor Who get revived as a TV series by the BBC, having been discontinued in 1989? Which famous "Pop" artist designed the album sleeve for the Rolling Stones LP 'Sticky Fingers'? Time's up
