Wednesday – 30 Question Quiz – 22/03/2023 Round 1: European Countries By Size 10 questions where all answers are European countries in descending geographical size order. None Which European country saw its population decrease from an estimated 40 million to 34 million between February 2022 and January 2023? What is the largest Nordic country, the third-largest country in the European Union, and the fifth-largest country in Europe? The second-most populous in Europe, which country consisted of a Federal Republic and a Democratic Republic for 41 years in the 20th century before reunification? With its largest city being home to about 36% of the population, what is the most sparsely populated country in Europe? Which landlocked country in Central Europe is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Serbia to the south, and Austria to the west? Lying in the Eastern Alps, which country is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna? Which country is one of three members of the EU that still describe themselves as a neutral country, and has only one land border? Part of an area known as the Low Countries, which country's capital is also the de facto capital of the European Union itself? The world's only remaining sovereign grand duchy, which country which borders Germany to the east, has three official languages? The sixth smallest nation worldwide, which Alpine country is a doubly landlocked country between Switzerland and Austria? Round 2: Fictional Locations 10 questions to do with fictional locations. Says it all really. None In the Harry Potter books, which family lived at number 4 Privet Drive, Little Whinging? Where was Dorothy travelling to in her quest to meet the Wizard of Oz? In the Matrix films, what is the name of the city which is a massive series of caverns deep under the ruined planet's surface? In the first Resident Evil computer game, which city was destroyed during the t-Virus outbreak in 1998? Which city of mystery and enchantment is the central location of the 1992 Disney film, Aladdin? In the Marvel comics, which small isolationist landlocked country located in Africa is home to the Black Panther? In the Lord of the Rings, what was the inn in the village of Bree where Frodo Baggins, Sam, Pippin, and Merry first met Strider? What is the name of the Earth-like habitable extrasolar moon which is the setting for the James Cameron Avatar films? The famous detective Sherlock Holmes lives at number 221B on which street? What is the fictional city in the U.S. state of Rhode Island that serves as the primary setting of Family Guy? Round 3: General Knowledge 10 General Knowledge questions - no theme. None Which was standardised first, the Fahrenheit scale or the Celsius scale? Fahrenheit scale Celsius scale None Which "How I Met Your Mother" character has the same name as a species of birds? In the TV show Red Dwarf, what did the H stand for on the character Rimmers head? Which English engineer is best known as the inventor of the hovercraft in the early 1950's? Carpet, Coral and Pilot are all types of which animal? Miss Agatha Trunchbull is the fictional headmistress of Crunchem Hall Primary School in which book? Which wife of Henry VIII was the first to be beheaded? In ballet the term for spinning on one foot is a what? What is the small, oily fish which is smoked to produce kippers? Who was the Greek fabulist and storyteller credited with a number of fables which collectively share his name? Time's up
