Wednesday – 30 Question Quiz – 31/01/2024 Round 1: Fantasy Locations 10 questions about fantasy locations in films, books. etc. None In the Fallout series of games what is the name given to the remnants of the United States government after a nuclear war? A hoax about a secret level in the game Diablo led the developers to include it as an Easter Egg in the sequel Diablo II. What was the level called? In Ready Player One, the debut novel of Ernest Cline, what is the name of the globally networked virtual reality world that most of humanity uses on a daily basis? In Stephen King's novel Misery, in which small, remote town does the character Paul Sheldon crash his car? In the first Jurassic Park novel by Michael Crichton what is the name of the island that is home to the park? On which central planet in the Masters of the Universe franchise do Prince Adam and the Royal Family reside? Which planet in Star Wars has an indigenous species of intelligent amphibians called the Gungans? What is the name of the tiny island town, and main setting of the Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs films? What is the fictional town in California that serves as the setting of the Back to the Future trilogy and its animated spin-off series? In the manga Attack on Titan, what was the empire that controlled much of the world for centuries thanks to the power of the giants known as the Titans? Round 2: Alphabet - M 10 questions where the answers all start with the letter "M" and are in ascending alphabetical order. None The spacecraft launched in 1989, to map the surface of Venus was named using the surname of which 15/16th century explorer? Which Queen of France was beheaded in 1793? In which U.S. state was the film "The Blair Witch Project" set? The tallest building in the Southern Hemisphere is in which city? What is the name for both six litres of Champagne and the oldest person mentioned in the Bible? What do you call the process of stamping a blank coin with a design? What book starts with the words "Call me Ishmael"? If you add cheese to a white sauce, what type of sauce does it become? The offspring of a female horse and a male donkey is called a what? What has gills, a veil and scales, and the "hop-low" variety is the world's smallest? Round 3: General Knowledge 10 General Knowledge questions with no theme or connection. None Who was the first person to fly solo around the world in a single-engine plane? In Star Wars, what species are the sand-dwelling traders and scavengers on Tatooine? Which cocktail is made by mixing Scotch whisky and Drambuie? Having sold around 35 million copies of her book, who is the best selling author of an Autobiography/Memoir in history? Which UK band had a huge hit with the song "Wonderwall" in 1995? What nickname is the American singer Bruce Springsteen often referred to by? At 28 m (−92 ft), the Caspian Sea is the lowest point in two countries - name either? What is administered to help the immune system develop protection from a disease? What element, with the symbol He, is named after the Greek word for "sun" due to its discovery in the spectrum of the sun? Which 2009 James Cameron film is set in a future where humans are colonising Pandora in order to mine the valuable mineral unobtanium? Time's up
