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Sunday Quiz - Mystery Theme
Time for everyone’s favourite - a Mystery Theme round! Well… it’s my favourite…
Each round, a mystery theme connects all of your answers.
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This one is quickfire, 10 questions. Good luck!
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SUNDAY QUIZ - MYSTERY THEME
Which word can be paired with "Sheryl" or "Scare" to give two things that are outstanding in their fields?
Which Tchaikovsky ballet tells the story of Prince Siegfried and Princess Odette? Natalie Portman plays Odette in a 2010 movie.
Originally called mihoutao, then, Chinese Gooseberry, which fruit gets its name from the national animal of its second biggest producer?
Which word is in BOTH in the name of a spaceship that made the Kessel run in less than 12 parsecs AND the titular object of desire in a 1941 noir film?
Coming from the Old English and Germanic for Dragon, which name is shared by an English explorer and a rapper born Aubrey Graham?
Owned by Spain and located off the Moroccan coast, which island group was surprisingly named after the large dogs that greeted sailors on shore?
What is both the surname of Jean-Louise (Scout) in To Kill a Mockingbird and the animal Darwin first studied in his Theory of Natural Selection?
With Latin classification bigus canarius, which character is blue in the Netherlands, orange in Turkey, green in Mexico and yellow in Australia/USA?
Fronted by Glenn Frey (and now Deacon Frey), which band had hits with Take it easy, Desperado, and Hotel California?
Legendary and flamboyant Ottoman-English pirate John Ward (1553 – 1622) was the inspiration for which Disney character? Just the surname please!
What was the mystery theme between these ten answers? Oh I'm sure you've got it! You're unflappable!
Answer Time! No peeking!
Which word can be paired with “Sheryl” or “Scare” to give two things that are outstanding in their fields?
CROW! Sheryl Crow - amazing singer with 9 Grammy's. Definitely outstanding in her field. A scarecrow... is... also out standing in its field.Which Tchaikovsky ballet tells the story of Prince Siegfried and Princess Odette? Natalie Portman plays Odette in a 2010 movie.
SWAN LAKE was the play, remade by Andrew Heinz in Black Swan. The last line of image-obsessed and delirious Nina in the movie was "Perfect. I was perfect." (I'm also giving Black Swan the correct answer!)Originally called mihoutao, then, Chinese Gooseberry, which fruit gets its name from the national animal of its second biggest producer?
KIWI Fruit. The renaming was a stroke of marketing genius, branding the fruit as endemic to New Zealand and making the Kiwi one of New Zealands more... fruitful exports.Which word is in BOTH in the name of a spaceship that made the Kessel run in less than 12 parsecs AND the titular object of desire in a 1941 noir film?
The Maltese and Millenium FALCONComing from the Old English and Germanic for Dragon, which name is shared by an English explorer and a rapper born Aubrey Graham?
DRAKE. Drake from Draca or Draco - meaning Dragon! The English explorer was Sir Francis Drake, who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe (Though they thought it was more pear-shaped back then).Owned by Spain and located off the Moroccan coast, which island group was surprisingly named after the large dogs that greeted sailors on shore?
CANARY ISLANDS. The bird was named for the island, but the island was named after Canine - the Latin for Dog.What is both the surname of Jean-Louise (Scout) in To Kill a Mockingbird and the animal Darwin first studied in his Theory of Natural Selection?
FINCH. Atticus Finch is her father and lawyer. Darwin first noticed the beaks of each finch was different on each island of the Galapagos. This lead to the theory that different beaks had different uses.With Latin classification bigus canarius, which character is blue in the Netherlands, orange in Turkey, green in Mexico and yellow in Australia/USA?
BIG BIRD. By the way, Garibaldo is the name of Brazilian Big Bird. Do NOT look it up... he will give you nightmares.Fronted by Glenn Frey (and now Deacon Frey), which band had hits with Take it easy, Desperado, and Hotel California?
The correct answer is EAGLES. Glenn was adamant to cut the "The", so it's just... EAGLES.Legendary and flamboyant Ottoman-English pirate John Ward (1553 – 1622) was the inspiration for which Disney character? Just the surname please!
Captain Jack SPARROW. Man that character had Deppth.What was the mystery theme between these ten answers? Oh I’m sure you’ve got it! You’re unflappable!
All of these were BIRDS!
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