Wednesday – 30 Question Quiz – 17/05/2023 Round 1: Eagles 10 questions themed around Eagles. None What is the most widely distributed species of eagle and one of the best-known birds of prey in the Northern Hemisphere? The word "feline" is to do with cats, "bovine" to do with cows, what word is to do with eagles? Which book by Jack Higgins was set during World War II and was adapted into a British film of the same name, released in 1976? The Greek dramatist Aeschalys apparently died when an eagle dropped a what on his head? The collective noun for eagles can be a colony, a soar, or more commonly a what? Which song is considered the best known recording by The Eagles and was awarded the Grammy Award for Record of the Year in 1978? What 2016 biographical sports film stars Taron Egerton as Michael Edwards, a British skier who represents Great Britain in Olympic ski jumping? How many shots under par on a hole of golf is called a(n) eagle? What is the name given to the nest of an eagle, falcon, hawk, or other bird of prey? The Lunar Module Eagle touched down on the moon in 1969 as part of which famous space mission? Round 2: Science and Nature 10 questions on the subject of Science and Nature. None The fennec fox (Vulpes zerda) is a small crepuscular fox native to which type of environment? With the chemical symbol Cl, what element was named after the Greek word for green? How is the tree with the botanical name "Fagus" better known? What cubic imperial measurement is equal to 0.028 of a cubic metre? The three Nobel prizes that focus on the natural and biomedical sciences are Chemistry, Physics, and which other? What is the technical term for long-sightedness? The only infectious disease to achieve this distinction, in 1980 WHO declared what eradicated? Another name for your voice box is the? In which direction would Foucault’s pendulum turn if it were erected in Sydney, Australia? Clockwise Anti-clockwise None What substance are human beings nails made of? Round 3: General Knowledge 10 General Knowledge questions with no theme or connection. None Which planet's moons include Oberon, Titania, and Puck - named after characters in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Nights Dream? Gungnir is the name of which mythological figures spear? What name is given to a salad of sliced raw cabbage, carrot, and apple? What is the name of the move in chess which allows you to exchange the positions of your king and your rook, so long as both have not yet moved? Which German motor vehicle manufacturer owns Bugatti, Lamborghini. Audi, Porsche, and Ducati? What is the more common term for dried plums? How was the famous Scottish outlaw Robert MacGregor better known? Which female country music trio from Dallas, Texas, won 5 Grammy Awards in 2007? Which 1976 film featuring John Travolta is about a persecuted schoolgirl with psychokinetic powers? What island is known as Kerkyra in Greek and owes its name the Nymph Korkira, the daughter of the River God, Aesopos? Time's up
