Wednesday – 30 Question Quiz – 11/10/2023 Round 1: Chemistry - Etymology of Elements 10 questions where you work out the name of the chemical element from the etymology provided. None What element, with the symbol Be, is named after the mineral which contains this element? What element, with the symbol Sm, is named after the mineral from which it was first isolated? What element, with the symbol Ni, is from the German word meaning "copper devil," as it initially fooled miners looking for copper? What element, with the symbol Bi, is from the German word "wismut," meaning "white mass" or "white lead."? What element, with the symbol Zn, is from the German word meaning "prong" or "pointed", as it was used in the extraction of metal from ore? What element, with the symbol Pt, is from the Spanish word meaning "little silver" because of its appearance? What element, with the symbol W, is from the Swedish words meaning "heavy stone"? What element, with the symbol Zr, is named after the Arabic word meaning "gold-coloured", because of the colour of its compounds? What element, with the symbol Nh, is named after the Japanese word meaning Japan? What element, with the symbol Tm, is named after a mythological place in the far north? Round 2: Music - The Beatles 10 questions all about the music group The Beatles. None When the Beatles provided backing music for the vocalist Tony Sheridan what name did they have? Which skiffle/rock and roll group, formed by John Lennon in Liverpool in 1956, evolved into the Beatles in 1960? The Beatles were catapulted them into the attention of the mainstream media after appearing on Sunday Night At The London Palladium in what year? Hint What was the name of the precursor to The Beatles active between August and November 1959, the last 'Beatles' lineup to feature all teenagers? In 1967 The Beatles rejected an offer of how much (U.S. Dollars), from promoter Sid Bernstein to make a second appearance at New York's Shea Stadium? Obsessed with getting The Beatles back together, promoter Sid Bernstein proposed how much in 1976 for a single concert? Possibly the most covered song in history, which song by The Beatles has racked up approximately 2,200 variations since it was released in 1966? What is the name of the record by the Beatles that includes the soundtrack to the 1967 television film of the same name? Commonly referred to as the "Fifth Beatle", who produced the album "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"? Who is the oldest of the Beatles - born on the 7th of July, 1940? Round 3: General Knowledge 10 General Knowledge questions with no theme or connection. None Currently a museum ship, and completed in 1944, what Iowa-class battleship was the last battleship commissioned by the United States? In the Star Wars franchise, who is the Chosen One destined to bring balance to the Force, according to Jedi prophecy? Which winner of 31 major women's doubles titles said - "Whoever said, 'It's not whether you win or lose that counts,' probably lost."? In 1976 the Concorde inaugurated the world's first scheduled supersonic passenger service, with British Airways flights from London to which country? What is the name given to the vertical angular distance between a celestial body (sun, moon) and the observer's local horizon? Which one of the Mountain States of the southern Rocky Mountains, shares the Four Corners region of the western U.S. with Utah, Colorado, and Arizona? In which world does the science fantasy series written primarily by American-Irish author Anne McCaffrey, who initiated it in 1967 take place? In which year was the first floppy disk introduced - it was an 8-inch flexible magnetic disk in a square case? 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 None Which gas is produced when bread is baked and the yeast converts the fermentable sugars present in the dough? The offspring of Shiva, what is the name of the elephant-headed pan-Hindu god of beginnings? Time's up
