Quiz #123 - Saturday Quiz Time

#123

Escapes, Robots, Who Am I?, 50/50, and Weapon of Choice.

Escapes

Inspired by the events in Sydney this week.

What animals escaped from their enclosure at Taronga Zoo on 2 November?

What famous escape artist was born Erik Weisz in the Kingdom of Hungary in 1874?

On a standard US keyboard, name one of the two characters on the key directly below escape and to the left of the numbers.

In the 1963 film The Great Escape, Hilts, portrayed by Steve McQueen, used what mode of transport to escape his pursuers?

Escape is a compact crossover SUV manufactured by what car brand?

Escapes

Robots

The distant future. The year 2000.

Roomba is a popular consumer robot that does what?

In the 2008 Pixar film of the same name, WALL-E is a trash compacting robot that lives on what planet?

The Three Laws of Robotics are a set of rules devised by what science fiction author?

Name one of the six successful robotically operated Mars rovers.

The word cyborg is a portmanteau of what words?

Robots

Who Am I?

Can you name the following notable people based on the following clues?

Try our new Who Am I? game in today's puzzles.

I was born on 20 March 1957 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. I refer to my films as “joints”. I won my first Academy Award for BlacKkKlansman in 2018.

I was born on 22 August 1995 in London, England. I gained popularity after posting myself covering songs on YouTube. My song “Don’t Start Now” was the most commercially successful song by a female artist in the US in 2020.

I was born on 11 January 1997 in Gold Coast, Queensland. My breakout album, Surfer’s Paradise, debuted at number 10 on the Billboard Top 200. In 2022 I joined the Australian Swim Team after qualifying for the Commonwealth Games.

I was born in the year 1412 in the Kingdom of France. I led the French against the English in the Hundred Years' War. After my capture, I was tried as a heretic and burned at the stake.

I was born on 28 June 1971 in Pretoria, South Africa. In 1995 I founded the company Zip2 with my brother Kimbal which I later sold for over $300 million. In 2022 I purchased Twitter for $44 billion.