Sunday Quiz – 28th May 2023 Round 1: India 10 questions all about India. None What English novelist, short-story writer, poet, and journalist was born in British India, and wrote works of fiction including the Jungle Book? What beverage with a smoothie-like consistency has been called "the most popular and traditional yoghourt-based drink" in India? Which cross and circle board game that originated in Ancient India has a name that derived from the Hindi word paccīs, meaning "twenty-five"? When referring to drink, what style of beer do the letters IPA stand for? Celebrated as the Festival of Colours, what name is given to the Hindu festival which celebrates the arrival of Spring in India? What is the official currency in the Republic of India - it is subdivided into 100 paise? Until 1896 India was the only place where diamonds were mined, until their discovery in which other country? Madras curry or Madras sauce is a fairly hot curry sauce with heavy use of chilli powder that was named for a southernmost Indian state capital. What is that capital now called? As of 2016 India had/has the largest postal network in the world, with 1,55,618 post offices and how many employees? 4,97,000 5,66,000 6,13,000 7,01,000 8,72,000 None What colourful, swan-sized bird is the national bird of India? Round 2: Captains 10 questions all about famous captains. None Recipient of the Super Soldier serum, World War II comic hero Steve Rogers is better known as who? Which British officer in the Royal Navy and colonial administrator was the former Governor of New South Wales? Which British explorer, cartographer and naval officer is famous for his three voyages between 1768 and 1779 in the Pacific Ocean? Which fictional character has a first mate called Gentleman Starkey? Which novel by Louis de Bernieres is set in Cephalonia? Lawrence Edward Grace "Titus" Oates was a British army officer, and later an explorer, who died from hypothermia during the Terra Nova Expedition to where? Which British mercantile marine officer was master of numerous White Star Line vessels and the captain of RMS Titanic when the ship sank on her maiden voyage? Which English professional footballer was the captain of the England national team that won the 1966 FIFA World Cup? In a TV show which started in 1990, Gaia, the spirit of earth, assembles a team who are able to combine their powers to summon which elemental warrior to defend Earth from pollution? Which English swimmer and stuntman is the first recorded person to swim the English Channel for sport without the use of artificial aids? Round 3: Picture Round - Emoji Films Identify the films from the emoji clues. None What film is being described/shown by the emojis? What film is being described/shown by the emojis? What film is being described/shown by the emojis? What film is being described/shown by the emojis? What film is being described/shown by the emojis? What film is being described/shown by the emojis? What film is being described/shown by the emojis? What film is being described/shown by the emojis? What film is being described/shown by the emojis? Hint What film is being described/shown by the emojis? What film is being described/shown by the emojis? What film is being described/shown by the emojis? What film is being described/shown by the emojis? What film is being described/shown by the emojis? What film is being described/shown by the emojis? What film is being described/shown by the emojis? What film is being described/shown by the emojis? What film is being described/shown by the emojis? What film is being described/shown by the emojis? What film is being described/shown by the emojis? Round 4: General Knowledge 10 General Knowledge questions with no particular theme or connection. None What fast food brand suspended its slogan from August 2020-May 2021 due to the pandemic? In what year did the U.S. passport introduce male and female genders? Hint What religious sacred writings are divided into the Tripitaka? In the TV show Red Dwarf, what did the H stand for on the character Rimmers head? With two horizontal stripes, red over white, two countries have almost identical flags, one is Monaco - what is the other? Which 2015 animated film is about the workings and emotions of a child's mind after she is forced to move to San Francisco from the midwest? Used in cooking, what kind of plants are chervil, borage, and thyme? What are noctilucent, cirrus, and cirrostratus categories of? Their technical name is hydrometeors. What's their common name? In 2007 what song by James Blunt was voted the most annoying song of the decade (in the UK)? Time's up
