Sunday Quiz – 31st March 2024 Round 1: Ascending Invention Decades 10 questions where the I would like the decade of the invention. Each invention is later than the last.Answers in YYYY format ideally. None In what decade did Benjamin Franklin invent the lightning rod? Hint In what decade did Richard Trevithick invent the steam locomotive? Hint In what decade did Louis Braille invent the Braille reading system for the blind? Hint In what decade did Louis Pasteur invent the pasteurization process? Hint In what decade was the first instantaneous transmission of images, or television broadcast - carried out by Georges Rignoux and A. Fournier? Hint In what decade was nuclear power first used to produce electricity for households in Arco, Idaho? Hint In what decade was ARPANET, the precursor the modern Internet developed? Hint In what decade was DNA profiling pioneered by Alec Jeffreys? Hint In what decade was the first portable MP3 player released? Hint In what decade was the first known "NFT", Quantum, created by Kevin McCoy and Anil Dash? Hint Round 2: Connection Round 10 questions where there's a theme/connection between the answers. None Also known as Power Man, which Marvel comics character with superhuman strength and unbreakable skin was created at the height of the blaxploitation genre? Which song by Robbie Williams was released as the first track from his second album in 1998 and became his first single to top the UK Singles Chart? What is the 24th and the last letter of the Greek alphabet and a Swiss luxury watchmaker? In music, what name for a piece or a section of a piece played or sung by a single performer, is from the Italian word meaning alone? In tarot, what card symbolizes power, strength and leadership in matters of love, work and health? What is a four letter alternative for bubble tea, a tea-based drink that originated in Taiwan in the early 1980s? Jasmine, Elsa, and Ariel are all Disney characters who hold what royal position? Her breakthrough single "Video Games" came in 2011, by what name is Elizabeth Woolridge Grant professionally known? What word can refer to an animal wounding something by scratching and tearing, or any number type of large hammers? What archipelago is divided into Greater and Lesser island groupings, with the Greater including the larger islands of Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico? Round 3: Pictures - Artists Identify the artists who painted the following 10 pictures. None Who painted this? Who painted this? Who painted this? Who painted this? Who painted this? Who painted this? Who painted this? Who painted this? Who painted this? Who painted this? Round 4: General Knowledge 10 General Knowledge questions with no theme or connection. None Of the tools used by carpenter's, what are jig and coping types of? Sharing a name with a city, what was the name of the Duke of Wellington's horse at Waterloo? Who are the indigenous Polynesian people of mainland New Zealand (Aotearoa) from East Polynesia, who arrived between roughly 1320 and 1350? By what military rank do we know the deck boss, or a qualified member of the deck department - responsible for the components of a ship's hull? What is the only capital city which has a name starting with the letter U? As of 2023 which powerful global position has been held by 266 men, of which 27 are believed to have been murdered? What is the main acid in many fruits, including apricots, blueberries, cherries, grapes, and many more - it contributes to the sourness of unripe apples? What name is given to the bands of tough elastic tissue around your joints that connect bone to bone? What word describes something you might hear, see, smell, taste or feel that appears to be real but only exists in your mind? Who was the first heir to the British throne (and later monarch) to receive a university degree? Round 5: General Knowledge 10 General Knowledge questions with no theme or connection. None What Spanish word for a nap or rest especially in the afternoon comes from the Latin sexta (hora) "sixth (hour), noon"? In DC Comics, what is the first name of Supergirl in Kryptonian? In which country is El Alto-La Paz, which with more than two million people at an average of 3,869m above sea level is the highest city in the world? The first stamp issue of the U.S. consisted of an engraved 5-cent red brown stamp depicting who - the first postmaster of the U.S.? Which French Romantic composer is known for orchestral works the "Symphonie fantastique" and "Harold in Italy"? The Yeomen Warders of His Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress the Tower of London, and Members of the Sovereign's Body Guard of the Yeoman Guard Extraordinary, are popularly known as the what? The longest-reigning British Queen was Elizabeth II, who was the longest-reigning British King? Rocky Mountain oysters, also known as prairie oysters in Canada, is a food dish made of what part(s) of a bull? Pressed in Indiana in September 1984, the first commercial music compact disc (CD) pressed in the U.S. was by which musician? Which classic children's novel by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery recounts the adventures of an 11 year old orphan girl? Time's up
