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Sunday Quiz - Mystery Theme
Time for everyone’s favourite - a Mystery Theme round! Each round, a mystery theme connects all of your answers.
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SUNDAY QUIZ - MYSTERY THEME
Dubbed "The White City", what is the largest port city in North Africa? The town has been settled many times by different invading and trading countries, and has had titles such as Anfa and Maison Blanche, before landing on its current name - which may also be a cheeky way to call a certain building on Pennsylvania Avenue! Tourist destinations include the Hassan II Mosque, The Clock Tower, The medina (that isn't funky or cold), and Rick's Cafe.
While I call him the Crown Prince of Indecision, which Shakespeare character tragically leaves Horatio as the only surviving main member of the play due to his wandering opinions of morality, revenge, and neglect/manipulation of his partner Ophelia? (Side note: Horatio probably gets killed by Young Fortinbras in the epilogue anyway). The titular character is also used to describe a quaint and small settlement/village without a church.
Born in Wales, 1940, which singer has the hits with "Delilah (1968)", "It's Not Unusual (1965)", and "That Wonderful Sound (1969)". He's used his "full-throated, robust baritone" to score the themes to many movies, including James Bond's "Thunderball" with "What's New Pussycat? (1965)". He's still pumping out hits with his new 2023 album "Surrounded by Time", has been a coach on The Voice UK for 9 years, and received a knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II in 2006.
The name of a UK-based global retailer and wholesaler of fashion clothing, accessories and homeware founded in the early 1970s by Stephen Marks, what does the FC in FCUK stand for? The name came about because Marks acquired a large shipment of Indian cheesecloth shirts via a close overseas contact. The company's branding leans in to the close resemblance to the curse-word in English, selling perfumes like "Eau de Fcuk No. 1, No. 2, No. 3 (2000,2001)", "Fcuk Her and Fcuk Him (2003)", and "Fcuk You (2013)".
Which lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and political ethicist are the following quotes attributed to?
“An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.”
“There are two days in the year that we cannot do anything, yesterday and tomorrow.”
“When there is war, the poet lays down the lyre, the lawyer his laws, the schoolboy his books.”Mind blowingly, he was studying law in London as a dapper Victorian gentleman DURING the Jack the Ripper killing spree. (Coincidence...? Probably.)
Which early 1900's disaster was foretold not once, but twice separately, by the two novelists W.T. Stead and Morgan Robertson in 1886 and 1898 respectively. Their independent "premonitions" gained viral fame in the early 2010's as people discovered striking similarities between the event and the predictions - including but not limited to - the size, speed, and dimensions of the accident, the location, the exact circumstances governing the event, the methods White Star used to cut costs and endanger lives and even the name of the ill-fated vehicle. Even eerier, W.T. Stead was one of the over 1,500 lives lost in the tragedy.
Captained by Jason (and his crew!) on his quest for the Golden Fleece, what is that name of the ship that was protected by Hera and made with the help of Athena in the classic Greek myth?
Offering "Bargains Galore", which Australian Conglomerate and home interior store opened its first venue in Malvern, Melbourne? With 110 stores across New Zealand, Malaysia, and Singapore, the group launched Anaconda in 2004 and has acquired both Mountain Designs and Harris Scarfe in the last 5 years.
In Bram Stoker's 1897 Dracula, the eponymous Count Dracula is a referred to as a blood-drinking ____? Fill in the blank. The critic Laura Otis argues that this is a perfect term, as Dracula is the ultimate "thief, seducer, creator, and mimic". In biology, the term is used to describe a symbiote that doesn't share properties of a mutualism or commensalism. Real world Examples include Cryptosporidium (also in the video game series "Destroy All Humans!"), Cordyceps (also in the video game and TV show "The Last of Us"), and Rafflesia, the largest flower in the world.
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of ____________ is about which physicist, who published with his student Hartland Snyder that proved how black holes could develop? He is famous for quoting Book 12 of the Bhagavad Gita - where Lord Krishna is disguised as the charioteer of Arjuna and reveals his true form.
What was the mystery theme that links all 10 answers?
Can you picture the answer? Give it your Best shot!
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Dubbed “The White City”, what is the largest port city in North Africa? The town has been settled many times by different invading and trading countries, and has had titles such as Anfa and Maison Blanche, before landing on its current name - which may also be a cheeky way to call a certain building on Pennsylvania Avenue! Tourist destinations include the Hassan II Mosque, The Clock Tower, The medina (that isn’t funky or cold), and Rick’s Cafe.
CASABLANCAWhile I call him the Crown Prince of Indecision, which Shakespeare character tragically leaves Horatio as the only surviving main member of the play due to his wandering opinions of morality, revenge, and neglect/manipulation of his partner Ophelia? (Side note: Horatio probably gets killed by Young Fortinbras in the epilogue anyway). The titular character is also used to describe a quaint and small settlement/village without a church.
HAMLET. He fights and manipulates Pirates… OFF SCREEN?! What an insane screenwriting decision by Shakespeare.Born in Wales, 1940, which singer has the hits with “Delilah (1968)”, “It’s Not Unusual (1965)”, and “That Wonderful Sound (1969)”. He’s used his “full-throated, robust baritone” to score the themes to many movies, including James Bond’s “Thunderball” with “What’s New Pussycat? (1965)”. He’s still pumping out hits with his new 2023 album “Surrounded by Time”, has been a coach on The Voice UK for 9 years, and received a knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II in 2006.
TOM JONES. Interestingly, the singer changed his name to jump in on the popularity of the movie!The name of a UK-based global retailer and wholesaler of fashion clothing, accessories and homeware founded in the early 1970s by Stephen Marks, what does the FC in FCUK stand for? The name came about because Marks acquired a large shipment of Indian cheesecloth shirts via a close overseas contact. The company’s branding leans in to the close resemblance to the curse-word in English, selling perfumes like “Eau de Fcuk No. 1, No. 2, No. 3 (2000,2001)”, “Fcuk Her and Fcuk Him (2003)”, and “Fcuk You (2013)”.
FRENCH CONNECTIONWhich lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and political ethicist are the following quotes attributed to?
“An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.”
“There are two days in the year that we cannot do anything, yesterday and tomorrow.”
“When there is war, the poet lays down the lyre, the lawyer his laws, the schoolboy his books.”Mind blowingly, he was studying law in London as a dapper Victorian gentleman DURING the Jack the Ripper killing spree. (Coincidence...? Probably.)
Mohandas / Mahatma GANDHIWhich early 1900’s disaster was foretold not once, but twice separately, by the two novelists W.T. Stead and Morgan Robertson in 1886 and 1898 respectively. Their independent “premonitions” gained viral fame in the early 2010’s as people discovered striking similarities between the event and the predictions - including but not limited to - the size, speed, and dimensions of the accident, the location, the exact circumstances governing the event, the methods White Star used to cut costs and endanger lives and even the name of the ill-fated vehicle. Even eerier, W.T. Stead was one of the over 1,500 lives lost in the tragedy.
Sinking of the TITANICCaptained by Jason (and his crew!) on his quest for the Golden Fleece, what is that name of the ship that was protected by Hera and made with the help of Athena in the classic Greek myth?
The ARGOOffering “Bargains Galore”, which Australian Conglomerate and home interior store opened its first venue in Malvern, Melbourne? With 110 stores across New Zealand, Malaysia, and Singapore, the group launched Anaconda in 2004 and has acquired both Mountain Designs and Harris Scarfe in the last 5 years.
SPOTLIGHTIn Bram Stoker’s 1897 Dracula, the eponymous Count Dracula is a referred to as a blood-drinking ____? Fill in the blank. The critic Laura Otis argues that this is a perfect term, as Dracula is the ultimate “thief, seducer, creator, and mimic”. In biology, the term is used to describe a symbiote that doesn’t share properties of a mutualism or commensalism. Real world Examples include Cryptosporidium (also in the video game series “Destroy All Humans!”), Cordyceps (also in the video game and TV show “The Last of Us”), and Rafflesia, the largest flower in the world.
PARASITEAmerican Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of ____________ is about which physicist, who published with his student Hartland Snyder that proved how black holes could develop? He is famous for quoting Book 12 of the Bhagavad Gita - where Lord Krishna is disguised as the charioteer of Arjuna and reveals his true form.
J. Robert OPPENHEIMERWhat was the mystery theme that links all 10 answers?
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