Week 5 - Tuesday Quiz - 'E' Series
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Here are 10 quick questions from the Tuesday Quiz! All answers begin with the letter E. Tuesday quizzes are a 2/5 spiciness rating, and we will get spicier throughout the week. This should be good for your standard pub trivia practice.
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THE TUESDAY QUIZ - WEEK 5 - E SERIES
Julian Assange - now living free in Australia - was holed up in which country's embassy based in the UK for 14yrs? Its capital city is the closest to the equator - which may very well be how the country got its name.
Which 2022 videogame won Game of the Year and was written by Hidetaka Miyazaki, the game director known for the Soulsborne saga, and George R. R. Martin (GRRM), the fantasy author, with Miyazaki handling the main story and Martin creating the deep, ancient lore and mythology of the Lands Between.
Benedict Cumberbatch played a wizard of computing, Alan Turing in 'The Imitation Game' - as they helped to crack which German cryptographic encoding machine? Invented by Arthur Scherbius, it is argued that the mathematicians hired secretively in Bletchley Park who ended up building the first computer and deciphering daily codes helped save millions of lives. The equivalent Soviet machines were called fialka
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Benedict Cumberbatch played which wizard of Menlo Park in the 2017 film 'The Current Wars'? Today, he is criticised for his ruthless business tactics, and his electrocution of animals to discredit his rival - perhaps most famous of these was Topsy the elephant.
The Cornish people are a recognised ethnic minority native to which country within a country? They have their own language and customs, with the 2021 census showing 15.6% of people in their native area identify as Cornish. There has been a modern revival of Cornish culture in the area and historically there has been a movement to make it it's own country (within a country within a country). A-maize-ing!
Okay, long meandering question, so listen up. Ask a historian, and they will tell you about the War of Jenkins. Ask an artist, and they will tell you about Vincent Van Gogh. Ask a cosmetic specialist, and they may show you a tragus or a conch. Ask an otologist, and they will wax lyrical about cerumen. Ask an osteologist... and well, they may tell you to see a blacksmith, a carpenter and saddle maker. What on earth am I talking about?
From pleasure and indulgence in Italy, spiritual devotion in India, and balance and self discovery in Indonesia - which 2006 Elizabeth Gilbert memoir was adapted into a 2010 film for Julia Roberts?
What is the only Olympic sport where both genders compete in a mixed pool instead of separated? I am excluding mixed team sports like tennis doubles in this question. Technically, there are three sports - but all are bannered under one name beginning with E.
The mathematical equation below describes all possible forms of which type of curves with two foci - integral to calculating planetary orbits. Oh… don't… overthink… my… punctuation… in… this… sentence...
Robert K got his nickname while in jail for reckless driving - and a jailer noticed he was in the cell next to William Knofel, nicknamed "Awful Knofel" (rhyming with Knofel). Then turning to Robert K, joked about a similarly rhyming nickname. Rob liked it, and changed his initials to E.K., used the nickname professionally for decades, and was inducted into the Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 1999? What was the full nickname of E.K.?
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And away we go!
Julian Assange - now living free in Australia - was holed up in which country’s embassy based in the UK for 14yrs? Its capital city is the closest to the equator - which may very well be how the country got its name.
ECUADOR - for EQUATOR. It’s capital is Quito.
Which 2022 videogame won Game of the Year and was written by Hidetaka Miyazaki, the game director known for the Soulsborne saga, and George R. R. Martin (GRRM), the fantasy author, with Miyazaki handling the main story and Martin creating the deep, ancient lore and mythology of the Lands Between.
ELDEN RING - For reference, the Soulsborne games include Dark Souls 1, Dark Souls 2, Dark Souls 3, Bloodborne (hence the name), Sekiro, Elden Ring, and Demon Souls.
Benedict Cumberbatch played a wizard of computing, Alan Turing in ‘The Imitation Game’ - as they helped to crack which German cryptographic encoding machine? Invented by Arthur Scherbius, it is argued that the mathematicians hired secretively in Bletchley Park who ended up building the first computer and deciphering daily codes helped save millions of lives. The equivalent Soviet machines were called fialka.
ENIGMA Machines.Benedict Cumberbatch played which wizard of Menlo Park in the 2017 film ‘The Current Wars’? Today, he is criticised for his ruthless business tactics, and his electrocution of animals to discredit his rival - perhaps most famous of these was Topsy the elephant.
Thomas EDISON.The Cornish people are a recognised ethnic minority native to which country within a country? They have their own language and customs, with the 2021 census showing 15.6% of people in their native area identify as Cornish. There has been a modern revival of Cornish culture in the area and historically there has been a movement to make it it’s own country (within a country within a country). A-maize-ing!
ENGLAND. Like my corn-y joke? Aw shucks!Okay, long meandering question, so listen up. Ask a historian, and they will tell you about the War of Jenkins. Ask an artist, and they will tell you about Vincent Van Gogh. Ask a cosmetic specialist, and they may show you a tragus or a conch. Ask an otologist, and they will wax lyrical about cerumen. Ask an osteologist... and well, they may tell you to see a blacksmith, a carpenter and saddlemaker. What on earth am I talking about?
EAR - So there is a War of Jenkins ear… where Jenkins lost an ear presumably. Van Gogh severed his own ear, a tragus and conch are spots for studs, and cerumen is the fancy otology name for ear wax! Osteologists study bones, and the three bones in the ear (incus, malleus, and stapes) are better known as the anvil, the hammer, and the stirrup!From pleasure and indulgence in Italy, spiritual devotion in India, and balance and self discovery in Indonesia - which 2006 Elizabeth Gilbert memoir was adapted into a 2010 film for Julia Roberts?
EAT, PRAY, LOVE. Personally, I’m fond of the former.What is the only Olympic sport where both genders compete in a mixed pool instead of separated? I am excluding mixed team sports like tennis doubles in this question. Technically, there are three sports - but all are bannered under one name beginning with E.
EQUESTRIAN - but of course will accept Dressage, Eventing, and Show Jumping.The mathematical equation below describes all possible forms of which type of curves with two foci - integral to calculating planetary orbits. Oh… don’t… overthink… my… punctuation… in… this… sentence...
ELLIPSES. Once Kepler cracked ellipses, we could throw away non-Copernican models of the orbits - allowing us to much better predict the stars - crucial for navigation.Robert K got his nickname while in jail for reckless driving - and a jailer noticed he was in the cell next to William Knofel, nicknamed “Awful Knofel” (rhyming with Knofel). Then turning to Robert K, joked about a similarly rhyming nickname. Rob liked it, and changed his initials to E.K., used the nickname professionally for decades, and was inducted into the Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 1999? What was the full nickname of E.K.?
Unbelievably, this is the story of how EVEL KNEIVEL got his name. EVEL over EVIL to soften the name so he wasn’t actually evil.
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