Wednesday – 30 Question Quiz – 02/11/2022 Round 1: Space 10 questions all about Spaaaaaaaaaace. No exciting theme I'm afraid. None Which planet in our solar system has a longer day than it does a year? Photographed by the Hubble telescope in 1994, "Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9" crashed into which planet? Who was the first person to go to space? Which number Apollo mission was meant to be the third mission to go to the moon, but had to be abandoned due to system failures, and has received a dramatic retelling as a film? What is the name of the constellation that looks like an archer? Which director has been accused by conspiracists of directing the ‘fake moon landing’? What type of creatures were Laska and Benjy who went into space in 1958? Titan, Enceladus and Hyperion are the moons of which planet in our solar system? What is the closest star system to our own? According to the Star Trek canon, how many Star Trek films have there been? Round 2: Alphabet - L If you've not done one of these alphabet rounds before - all of the answers start with the letter "L" and they are all in ascending alphabetical order. None In what language is the Magna Carta (a royal charter of rights agreed to by King John of England) written? What drink would you add to Advocaat to make a "Snowball"? Who directed the third and fourth Star Trek films? Maseru is the capital of which African country? What derivative of cocaine is often used in dental surgeries as an anaesthetic? The mythical creature called a gryphon is said to have the body of a what? What type of paper is used to test if things are acid or alkali? According to Barry Manilow, what is the name of the showgirl at The Copacabana? In The Bible, whose wife was turned into a pillar of salt? Lloyd's of London has preserved the salvaged bell of which frigate, which served in both the French Navy and the Royal Navy? Round 3: General Knowledge Just 10 General Knowledge questions. None Which religions sacred writings are divided into the Tripitaka? The piece on the chess board which is considered the most powerful is the? What's the only 5 point letter in scrabble? Pewter is an alloy with varying quantities of hardening agents, but which is composed primarily of what? What city is considered to be the fashion capital of Italy? What French word describes the painting technique which uses separate dots of pure colour instead of mixed pigments? Who is associated with the address 221B Baker Street, London? Who was the author of Gulliver’s Travels (both names)? The concept of "Six Degrees of Separation" has been turned into a parlour game about which prolific actor? Venus, Aphrodite and Hathor are all goddesses of what? Time's up
