#180

It’s Elemental, Comms, The Four Seasons, Women Leaders, and A Night at the Opera.

It’s Elemental

Minus the science

1

What is the superhero persona of billionaire businessman Anthony Edward Stark?

2

What does cc stand for in email terminology?

3

Georges Claude is credited with installing the first what outside a hairdresser in Paris in 1912?

4

What NBC sitcom set in Miami ran from 1985 to 1992?

5

What locale based moniker was used to refer to a collection of music publishers and songwriters in NYC that dominated the popular music of the US in the late 19th and early 20th centuries?

It’s Elemental

Comms

You talkin’ to me?

6

What does SMS stand for?

7

Waggle dance is a term used to describe a form of communication used by what animals?

8

What global event was a major driving force for the widespread introduction of television in Australia?

9

What was the first 24-hour cable news channel?

10

In what year was the first hashtag used on Twitter?

Comms

The Four Seasons

Four seasons in one day! Each answer contains the name of a season.

11

Rolled appetisers commonly found in Chinese and Southeast Asian cuisines.

12

A song by Megan Thee Stallion featuring Nicki Minaj and Ty Dolla $ign whose title has become a staple in Gen Z slang.

13

A castle in the television series Game of Thrones that is the stronghold of House Stark and considered the capital of the North.

14

A popular jazz standard based on the French song "Les Feuilles mortes", with famous versions including recordings by Bing Crosby and Nat King Cole.

15

A 1968 film starring Peter O’Toole and Katharine Hepburn that centres on the political and personal turmoil among the royal family of Henry II of England.

The Four Seasons

Women Leaders

Who run the world?

16

Dr Catriona Wallace and Jane Lu are both panellists on what reality television show?

17

In which two films since 2000 has Meryl Streep portrayed the head of a media organisation?

18

In 2019, who was controversially named by Forbes as the world’s youngest self-made billionaire at age 21?

19

Indra Nooyi is the former CEO of what American multinational company - Mars, PepsiCo or Disney?

20

Australian billionaire technology entrepreneur Melanie Perkins is the CEO and co-founder of what online graphic design platform?

Women Leaders

A Night at the Opera

Quickfire time: can you name the composer of these operas?

21

The Magic Flute and The Marriage of Figaro

22

La traviata and Rigoletto

23

The Valkyrie and Tannhäuser

24

Carmen and The Pearl Fishers

25

La bohème and Madam Butterfly

A Night at the Opera

Last Week's Scores

Top Scores

  • 20 Evan & Siân
  • 23 Clo & Kel
  • 21 Harry Trish and Zahra
  • 25 Steven Seagull
  • 20 Edie & Matt
  • 20 Gurich girlies
  • 21 M&M
  • 20 Tom and Jenny

Random Scores

  • 16 Buchsy
  • 5 Kennett Kings
  • 15 Amanda
  • 16 Sarah and Ant
  • 15 Intellectuals (non-practising)
  • 16 Helz and Babz
  • 10 Ruby and ed
  • 12 Toddley
12 points was last week's average score.

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