Sunday Quiz – 6th March 2022 Round 1: Literature - Side-kicks None Which character is present in the first scene of Hamlet, and is accompanying Barnardo and Marcellus on watch duty? What is the full name of Frodo Baggins' gardener, who travelled with him through Middle Earth to the Cracks of Doom? Which character in the Inspector Morse crime novels by Colin Dexter plays the "sidekick" to Morse? The first of the main fairy characters to appear, and a significant influence on events in A Midsummer Night's Dream, a mischievous fairy, sprite, or jester? Who is the highly competent valet of a wealthy and idle young Londoner named Bertie Wooster in a series of comedic short stories and novels by P. G. Wodehouse? One of the main characters of Daniel Defoe's 1719 novel Robinson Crusoe. Robinson names a man with whom he cannot at first communicate, because they first meet on what day? Who acts as squire to Don Quixote and provides comments throughout the novel, known as sanchismos, that are a combination of broad humour, ironic Spanish proverbs, and earthy wit? An experienced galactic hitch-hiker and alien journalist, and a field researcher for the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, who is Arthur Dent's friend – and rescuer? Watson is Sherlock Holmes' best friend, assistant and, in most of the cases redacted by him, flatmate. What is his first name? Bill Watterson created Calvin, a precocious, mischievous and adventurous six-year-old boy and his sardonic stuffed tiger called what? Round 2: General Knowledge None What was the last car (model) to be signed off by Enzo Ferrari himself? When he was alive, Yorick in Shakespeare's Hamlet had what job? Who wrote the epic poems, the Iliad and the Odyssey? What type of herbal tea is said to promote relaxation and sleep? France celebrates its National Day, Bastille Day, on the 14th of which month? What was the computer called which was developed from Turing's bombes at Bletchley Park? What term describes a pain in the chest usually caused by lack of oxygen? What golden yellow gem, a variety of quartz, sounds like a fruit related to lemons? What is an electronic device that allows the passage of current in only one direction? A man who has polyorchidism is known as a polyorchid, what does he have three of? Round 3: Picture Round - Album Covers Name the artist. None Who is this album by? Who is this album by? Who is this album by? Who is this album by? Who is this album by? Who is this album by? Who is this album by? Who is this album by? Who is this album by? Who is this album by? Round 4: Alphabet - P None In Indian cookery, pieces of vegetables coated in seasoned flour and deep fried are? Seemingly a real thing, what is the fear of the pope known as? Which herb is used to make the garnish 'gremolata'? The three buildings of the Acropolis are the Propylaea, Erectheum, and which other? What is the name of the instrument that measures walking distance? A herb or drug described as 'diaphoretic', causes what condition? In a Disney film, who was captured and kept in a cage by Stromboli? In 1954 the Salk vaccine was introduced - a vaccine which effectively wiped out which devastating disease? What is the name of the belief in the existence of many gods or divine beings? What is the name of the leading female star in an opera? Round 5: General Knowledge None Some animals spend the winter in a sleep-like state known as what? What Turkish city has spread to both sides of the Bosporus Strait? The children's author Mrs Darell Waters, who has had books translated in 128 languages, uses what pen name? Which fantasy land was discovered by Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy? The softening and weakening of bones in children, usually because of a vitamin D deficiency is called? To which U.S. city would you travel to see the Liberty Bell? The cocktail "Margarita" contains Cointreau, lime and which other spirit? A tall, tapering, pointed roof on a tower, as in the top of a steeple, is called the? What were Cinderella's slippers originally made from before the story changed and they were glass? What is the chemical name for the mineral known as 'fool's gold'? Time's up
