Sunday Quiz – 3rd December 2023 Round 1: History - Explorers 10 questions about explorers throughout history. None Sir Edmund Hillary from New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay from Nepal successfully reached the summit of which mountain in 1953? Which Portuguese explorer is known for discovering a sea route to the eastern spice islands of Indonesia? British explorer Alexander Gordon Laing is famous for his journey across which desert in the early 19th century? Who was the African American explorer who accompanied Robert Peary on seven voyages to the Arctic over a period of nearly 23 years? Who was the American astronaut and geologist who became the 5th person to walk on the moon as part of the Apollo 14 mission? Which Norwegian explorer led the first successful expedition to the South Pole in 1911? Which Spanish conquistador is known for the conquest of the Inca Empire in Peru? Who was the American explorer and archaeologist who rediscovered the lost Inca city of Machu Picchu in 1911? What nationality was explorer John Hanning Speke, famed for being the first European to visit Lake Victoria and to identify it as the source of the Nile? Who is known for his solo journey around the world in a sailboat and his book "Sailing Alone Around the World"? Round 2: Mythology - Gods and Goddesses Identify which religion/mythology each of the following 10 deities belong to. None With which religion/mythology would you associate the God Thor? Roman Egyptian Greek Hindu Norse None With which religion/mythology would you associate the God Vishnu? Roman Egyptian Greek Hindu Norse None With which religion/mythology would you associate the Goddess Athena? Roman Egyptian Greek Hindu Norse None With which religion/mythology would you associate the God Anubis? Roman Egyptian Greek Hindu Norse None With which religion/mythology would you associate the Goddess Freyja? Roman Egyptian Greek Hindu Norse None With which religion/mythology would you associate the God Jupiter? Roman Egyptian Greek Hindu Norse None With which religion/mythology would you associate the Goddess Hera? Roman Egyptian Greek Hindu Norse None With which religion/mythology would you associate the God Horus? Roman Egyptian Greek Hindu Norse None With which religion/mythology would you associate the Goddess Kali? Roman Egyptian Greek Hindu Norse None With which religion/mythology would you associate the God Hades? Roman Egyptian Greek Hindu Norse None Round 3: Biology - Eyes 10 questions all about eyes. None A large percentage of the human eye is made of a firm jelly-like fluid that helps it maintain shape, what is it called? What name is given to the effect on photos when the light of a camera flash or other bright light source illuminates blood vessels at the back of the eye? What is the medical name for nearsightedness, the most common vision problem where people often have longer eyeballs? Photokeratitis is the name given to what condition affecting the eyes - we associate it with our skin? It is estimated 70-79% of people have brown eyes, while 8-10% have what colour? What part of the eye is the only living tissue in the human body that doesn’t contain blood vessels? Which part of your eye, the coloured part, controls how much light comes in? Genetic, or caused by an illness, what is the name of the condition in which someone has two different coloured eyes? Our eyes sit in bony cavities in the skull, what is the name given to these cavities? What eye chart that can be used to measure visual acuity is named after the Dutch ophthalmologist who developed the chart in 1862? Round 4: "The Internet" 10 questions all about "The Internet". None What does the P stand for in HTTP/HTTPS - which you would see in the "address bar" of a browser? What open protocol had its golden era during the 1990s and early 2000s, with 240,000 users on QuakeNet in 2004? The first social network to reach a global audience, in 2011, Specific Media Group and Justin Timberlake jointly purchased which company? The campaign website for which Republican nominee in the 1996 U.S. presidential election is still online (as of 2023)? Which search engine established in 1995 became one of the most-used early search engines, but lost out to Google and was purchased by Yahoo! in 2003? As of October 2023 8 out of top 10 most visited websites are principally based out of the U.S., name either of the other countries in the top 10? The first website was created in August 1991 by Tim Berners-Lee, by the end of 1992 how many websites were there? 5 10 21 47 138 None What is the standard response code/number you would expect to see on a website when there is a page not found, or file not found? Hint First used in 1969, what was the name of the first public packet-switched computer network, part of the technical foundation of the Internet? As of 2023 CNN still hasn't taken down the main page from the 1996 trial of which American sport star? Round 5: General Knowledge 10 General Knowledge questions with no theme or connection. None What is the name of the dog who is the sidekick to the cartoon villain Dick Dastardly, and appeared with him in the 1968 television series Wacky Races? The first song transmitted from another planet, which musician recorded "Reach for the Stars", sent from the surface of Mars by the Curiosity rover? In the world of music, originally known as The Dust Brothers, how are Ed Symonds and Tom Rowlands better known? The Moscow State Academy of Choreography, founded in 1773, is more commonly known as what? The books 'Born Free', 'Living Free' and 'Forever Free' tell the story of Elsa, what type of animal was Elsa? The Cosa Nostra, also referred to simply as the Mafia, is a criminal society and criminal organisation founded on which island? The Mannequin Pis is a very famous statue located in which European city? Castel Gandolfo, a small town 25 km southeast of Rome and is known for being the summer residence of who? Which mammal can fire a mixture of methane, butane and sulphur from its scent glands? In "Farscape", who is the living ship with a symbiotic AI system that assists the crew in their interstellar adventures? Time's up
