Wednesday – 30 Question Quiz – 15/11/2023 Round 1: Film - Synonyms 10 two word film titles with the words in the title replaced by synonyms. What is the real film title? None What film title do these synonyms represent? Woodland Simpleton What film title do these synonyms represent? Mash Fantasy What film title do these synonyms represent? Hurry Period What film title do these synonyms represent? Struggle Association What film title do these synonyms represent? Absent Lass What film title do these synonyms represent? Ebony Waterfowl What film title do these synonyms represent? Stateside Allure What film title do these synonyms represent? Doomsday Presently What film title do these synonyms represent? Edge Racer What film title do these synonyms represent? Posterior Opening Round 2: Science and Nature - Elements Named For "Places" 10 questions about the names of elements. They're all named for "places". None What element, with the symbol Lu, is named after the Latin name for Paris? What element, with the symbol Np, is named after the densest of the giant planets in our solar system? What element, with the symbol Pu, is named after a dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt? What element, with the symbol U, is named after the seventh planet from the Sun in our solar system? What element, with the symbol Re, is named after the second-longest river in Central and Western Europe? What element, with the symbol Y, is named after the Swedish village where the first rare earth minerals containing it were found? What element, with the symbol Mc, is named after the capital city of Russia? What element, with the symbol Fr, is named after the home country of its discoverer, Marguerite Perey? What element, with the symbol Po, is named after the home country of its discoverer, Marie Curie? What element, with the symbol Bk, is named after a famous university of California? Round 3: General Knowledge 10 General Knowledge questions with no theme or connection. None In "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" what is the name of the second smartest computer in the universe, built to calculate the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything? Red, White, Blue, Yellow, and Orange - what is the other colour on a Rubik's cube? Considered the most famous phrase in American journalism, which newspaper has the slogan "All the news that's fit to print"? Created by Joss Whedon, which TV town is located on a Hellmouth and is a bridge between this reality and the next? Which American aviator and explorer completed the first solo flight around the world in 1933? If a dish is described as à la Florentine which vegetable would you expect to find in it? Which English author, humorist, and satirist, published his first of 41 Discworld novels, "The Colour of Magic", in 1983? The first modern Olympics were held in what year (YYYY)? Hint Which animated series follows the adventures of Philip J. Fry, who is cryogenically preserved for 1,000 years and revived on December 31, 2999? Having sold more than 600 million copies, which children's author wrote Noddy, Famous Five, Secret Seven, and more? Time's up
