Sunday Quiz – 4th February 2024 Round 1: What Comes Next? What comes next in the sequence.. None What comes next: Home, brain, heart? What comes next: Lennon, McCartney, Starr? What comes next: M, A, M, J, J? What comes next: Ford, Carter, Reagan? What comes next: 1, 8, 27? Hint What comes next: Federer, Nadal, Djokovic? What comes next: Sylvester McCoy, Paul McCann, Christopher Eccleston? What comes next: Brown, Blue, Pink? What comes next: Triangle, Square, Pentagon, Hexagon? What comes next: Mars, Jupiter, Saturn? Round 2: Western Philosophers - Ancient to Classic 10 questions about Western Philosophers who lived between or in the Ancient to Classic periods. All answers are one word. None Which Ionian Greek philosopher, said to be the first man to call himself a philosopher, identified with metempsychosis, or the "transmigration of souls"? Which Greek Middle Platonist philosopher, and priest at the Temple of Apollo in Delphi, is known primarily for his Parallel Lives, a series of biographies of illustrious Greeks and Romans? Thought to have lived between c. 550 and c. 460 BC, which Greek dramatist and philosopher is often credited with being one of the first comic writers? Generally considered among the greatest mathematicians of antiquity and chiefly known for the Elements treatise, which Greek is known as the "father of geometry"? Which Greek philosopher from Athens is credited as the founder of Western philosophy and among the first moral philosophers of the ethical tradition of thought? Which Greek philosopher and sage established his own school - "the Garden" - in Athens and taught that the universe is infinite and eternal and that all matter is made up of extremely tiny, invisible particles known as atoms? During the Classical period a philosophical school in Athens called the Academy was founded by which philosopher who had the real name Aristocles? From the city of Syracuse in Sicily, which Greek is considered the greatest mathematician of ancient history and was the first to derive an approximation of pi? Which stoic philosopher of Ancient Rome, a statesman, dramatist, and in one work, satirist, is better known mononymously instead of as "the younger"? The founder of the Peripatetic school of philosophy, who spent around 20 years at the Academy in Athens - his works contain the earliest known formal study of logic? Round 3: Picture Round - Herbs and Spices Identify the herbs and spices from the pictures provided. None What herb/spice is this? What herb/spice is this? What herb/spice is this? What herb/spice is this? What herb/spice is this? What herb/spice is this? What herb/spice is this? What herb/spice is this? What herb/spice is this? What herb/spice is this? Round 4: Comic Character "Taglines" Identify the comic character from the "Tagline" associated with them. None What comic book character does this tagline refer to: Man of Steel? What comic book character does this tagline refer to: World's Greatest Detective? What comic book character does this tagline refer to: Sorcerer Supreme? What comic book character does this tagline refer to: Merc with the Mouth? What comic book character does this tagline refer to: Emerald Archer? What comic book character does this tagline refer to: Boy Wonder? What comic book character does this tagline refer to: The Man Without Fear? What comic book character does this tagline refer to: The Mightiest Avenger? What comic book character does this tagline refer to: Clown Prince of Crime? What comic book character does this tagline refer to: King of the Seven Seas? Round 5: General Knowledge 10 General Knowledge questions with no theme or connection. None In 1853 Elisha Otis invented a safety device that prevents what from falling if the hoisting cable fails? What is considered both as a basic human necessity and as a moral flaw, akin to vanity and selfishness, synonymous with egotism, narcissism, et al.? What was the surname of the Zimbabwean Methodist minister, theologian, and politician who served as the first President of Zimbabwe from 1980 to 1987? The Volga–Baltic Waterway, a series of canals and rivers in Russia, connects what sea to the World Ocean? The electronics company Philips & Co was founded in 1891 in Eindhoven, in which country? Also called a tarboosh/tarboush, what is the name of the felt headdress in the shape of a short, truncated hat, usually red, typically with a black tassel attached? On a pencil what do the initials HB stand for? A heavenly body moving under the attraction of the Sun and consisting of a nucleus and a tail is called a what? What is the study of soils in their natural environment called? One of the most popular entertainers of the 20th century, which "Rat Pack" member died of a heart attack on May 14, 1998, at the age of 82? Time's up
