#174

Water Sports, Poetry, 90s Films, Physics, and Mascots.

Water Sports

Starting this quiz off with a splash.

1

Does the swimming portion occur first, second or third in a triathlon?

2

How many players are on a water polo team?

3

The word yacht comes from what language?

4

What country will the surfing events at the 2024 Paris Olympics take place in?

5

In rowing, what is the name given to the crew member who does not row but is responsible for steering and coordinating the power and rhythm of the rowers?

Water Sports

Poetry

These questions abound,
poetry is the matter,
can you answer just?

6

What type of poem shares a name with a city in Ireland?

7

What famous poem about Australia, by Dorothea Mackeller, was first published under the title “Core of My Heart”?

8

Pablo Neruda is considered one of the national poets of what country?

9

The Sufi poet Rumi mostly wrote in what language?

10

One of Edgar Allan Poe’s most well-known works is a narrative poem about what kind of talking bird?

Poetry

90s Films

Feel the rhythm! Feel the rhyme! Get on up, it's bobsled time!

11

What 1992 film has the best-selling soundtrack of all time?

12

Punxsutawney Phil is a central figure in what 1993 film?

13

In the 90s films Batman Forever and Batman & Robin, the Batsuit costume gained infamy for including what body part?

14

What was the first animated feature film nominated for a Best Picture Academy Award?

15

Macauley Culkin's character in the 1991 film My Girl dies after an anaphylactic reaction to what?

90s Films

Physics

You might deny physics, but you can’t deny these questions.

16

What force present in a black hole is so strong that it keeps light from escaping?

17

How do two particles with the same charge interact?

18

Believed to have been discovered at CERN in 2012, what elementary particle is sometimes called the God particle?

19

What physicist’s name does Walter White use as his primary alias in the TV series Breaking Bad?

20

What is the only country to have independently created nuclear bombs and then voluntarily dismantled them?

Physics

Mascots

Can you name the brand or event these mascots represent?

21

Louie the Fly

22

Ruby the Roo

23

Rich Uncle Pennybags

24

Toucan Sam

25

Geoffrey the Giraffe

Mascots

Last Week's Scores

Top Scores

  • 20 The VeeZees
  • 21 Lee and Dave
  • 20 Leah and Pat
  • 24 Fish Called
  • 22 Tom and Jenny
  • 20 The Parade
  • 20 Jen and Rob
  • 20 Christogus

Random Scores

  • 16 Hilary Jordan and Ruby
  • 19 Porg
  • 18 Timanda
  • 16 Jess and Oli
  • 19 Matt Damon
  • 14 Bassethany
  • 17 The McCormicks
  • 16 Keira and Ryan
15 points was last week's average score.

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