#119
Photography, Mathematics, Individual Sport, Time, and TV Shows by Character.
Photography
A picture is worth 5 points in total.
In photography, what is a darkroom used for?
What software’s name is also used as a verb to refer to the digital manipulation and alteration of photographs?
What does the aperture of a camera control?
What American portrait photographer is known for her dramatic photos of celebrities, usually featured in magazines like Vanity Fair or Vogue?
What did the original Polaroid Corporation manufacture before creating instant cameras?
Photography
Mathematics
Numbers last week, but now we’re into the real stuff.
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The mathematically incorrect phrase “2 + 2 = 5” is best known in English for its use in what dystopian novel?
“Obelus” is another name given to what mathematical symbol?
What 2016 film features mathematicians portrayed by Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, and Janelle Monáe?
What three positive numbers give the same result when added or multiplied together?
You are playing the board game Monopoly and are currently in jail. What is the probability that you will roll doubles on your next turn and escape?
Mathematics
Individual Sport
You’ve got no one else to blame but yourself.
LIV Golf is a professional golf tour fronted by Greg Norman. What does “LIV” in the name refer to?
American chess grandmaster Hans Niemann recently offered to prove he is not a cheat by doing what?
To the nearest 5 minutes, what is the new Marathon world record set by Eliud Kipchoge in the 2022 Berlin Marathon?
Serena Williams last won a Grand Slam in which tournament - the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon or the US Open?
Stephanie Gilmore and Sally Fitzgibbons compete in what sport?
Individual Sport
Time
Here for a quiz time not a long time.
What -ology is the study of the measurement of time?
An hourglass is typically filled with what substance?
In the 1989 film Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure what object is used as a time machine?
What is the name of the building in which London’s Big Ben is located?
Who was Time magazine’s Person of the Year in 2021?
Time
TV Shows by Character
Quickfire time: can you name the television show based on the characters?
Homelander, Billy Butcher, Starlight
Galadriel, Arondir, Halbrand
Eric Cartman, Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski
Edina, Patsy, Saffron
Serena van der Woodsen, Blair Waldorf, Dan Humphrey
TV Shows by Character
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