Week 4, Quiz Club
49 questions exploring world records, AI, history, and the natural world.
May 5, 2026 • 49 Questions
Which 8 letter word that begins with a C links, birds, bishops and compasses?
Cardinal
Famous for its annual Gilroy Garlic Festival and garlic infused foods including garlic Ice Cream, and known as the Garlic Capital of the World, the city of Gilroy is located in which US state?
California
With an area of about twice the size of Sri Lanka, what is the largest country in Central America?
Nicaragua (t’s dubbed the land of lakes and volcanoes)
What is the name of the warm and swift Atlantic ocean current that originates in the Gulf of Mexico and flows through the Straits of Florida and up the eastern coastline of the United States?
It is said to be the reason why Western European countries like England have a temperate climate. Gulf Stream
Which portable, box-shaped, bellows-driven musical instrument is also known as the Squeeze box?
Accordian
First included in the 1900 Paris Olympics, which official but controversial sport has never been part of the Olympics since?
Belgian Leon de Lundon won Gold in the event. Live Pigeon Shooting. Nearly 300 birds were killed. Only time animals were intentionally killed in the Olympics.
The favorite of both Queen Victoria and Marie Antoinette, which flower native to Mexico and related to Sun Flowers and Daisies is also the National Flower of Mexico?
Dahlia
Knighted by the King of Norway in 2008, Sir Nils Olav II was succeeded by Sir Nils Olav III, who was promoted to Brigadier in 2016 and to Major General in August 2023?
During the knighthood ceremony, King Harold V's message read that Nils was in every way qualified to receive the honour and dignity of knighthood. He is also recognized in the Guinness Book of World Records as the highest ranking member of his species? What kind of animal is Nils Olav? Penguin
Pete Best was the original drummer for which famous band?
He was dismissed shortly before the band attained global fame. According to one member of the band, it was because he was a 'lousy drummer'? Beatles
The Brumbies are a species of wild horses found in which country?
The name is also shared by a Sports team in the country. Australia (Rugby Union Team based in Canberra)
Kenyan Sebastian Sawe and Ethiopia's Yomif Kejelcha became the first men to achieve what in a Marathon at this year's London marathon held in April?
First two to officially finish under 2 hours
Which country hosts the only oversees military base of the Japanese self defence forces?
Djibouti
An article published in Nature Geoscience in 2016 described the concept of the LALIA, a severe, long-lasting cooling period in the Northern Hemisphere from roughly 536 to 660 CE, triggered by volcanic eruptions, which caused famine and social upheaval, potentially enabling plagues, and resulting in the decline of the Eastern Roman Empire. What does LALIA stand for?
Late Antique Little Ice Age
The recent heat wave in Sri Lanka has got many people interested in purchasing Air Conditioner. What company, founded in 1924 in Osaka is world’s largest air conditioner maker by sales?
Daikin
With over 45000 stores worldwide which company has now overtaken McDonalds as the World's largest fast food chain by store count. The chain primarily focuses on affordable tea and ice cream across Asia.
Mixue
Having unlimited jurisdiction over civil, revenue, matrimonial, and land matters, as well as commercial disputes below LKR 20 million, what is the primary court for filing civil cases in Sri Lanka?
District Court
Known as the father of Indian drama, which sage was also the father of 100 sons who were his disciples and is said to have authored the influential performance arts treatise Natya Shastra?
Bharata Muni
With a career spanning over 50 years which influential American singer is known by numerous nicknames including "Mr. Dynamite", "the Hardest-Working Man in Show Business", "Minister of New Super Heavy Funk", "Godfather of Soul", "King of Soul", and "Soul Brother No. 1"?
Numerous songs have been released with the title containing his name, including ___ is dead, ___ is still alive, who the f is ____, _____ is dead or alive and I feel better than ____. James Brown
Named after the Indian cricketer who used the technique twice against Australian Bill Brown in a test series, what name is given to the cricket dismissal where a bowler runs out the non-striker before releasing the ball, where the batter had left their crease early?
Mankading (Vinoo Mankad)
Having been hit by 17 earthquakes within a single day ,speculation has increased on whether nuclear tests are being conducted in which highly-classified US Air Force facility in Nevada. home to many conspiracy theories?
Area 51
A recess in a wall specially for holding a statue or vase shares its name with which term denoting a specific, well-defined segment of a market where a firm or an individual can excel by targeting a unique subset of customers, address unique needs, and often with minimal competition?
Niche
Published between 1883and 1885 in four volumes, Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for All and None, is a famous work by which German philosopher?
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
The 2009 multi award-winning 2 player card game by Sebastien Pauchon, where players trade goods to become the wealthiest merchant shares its name with which Indian city, founded by Sawai Jai Singh II in 1727 and known as the pink city. It is the state capital of Rajasthan.
Jaipur
What's the difference in voltage between a AA battery and a D-Cell battery. None.
They are both 1.5V with the AA battery having less capacity
Operation Banner, which ended in 2007, was the longest continuous deployment of armed forces in British military history. Where was the operation conducted?
Northern Ireland
In his famous 1911 book what did Ambrose Bierce describe as 'A temporary insanity curable by marriage or by the removal of the patient from the influences under which he incurred the disorder'?
Love
Which word that is used for a web page, screen, etc. that updates(changes) often to show the latest information also means to give food to a person, group, or animal?
Feed
Numbering around 57000, the Kalaallits are indigenous people from which Island?
Greenland
Hosting the annual Great Migration of over 2 million wildebeest, zebras, and gazelles, the Unesco Heritage Site of Serengeti is located in which country?
Tanzania
Founded in Hangzhou and operating across frontier technology sectors with AI as a common thread, the 'Six Little Dragons' are six deep-tech startups that include Unitree Robotics, DEEP Robotics, BrainCo, Game Science, Manycore Tech and which famous AI company that is owned by Chinese hedge fund High-Flyer?
DeepSeek
With up to 1 million hairs per square inch, which animal has the thickest and densest fur in the animal kingdom.
Sea Otter
Evolved from vulgar Latin in the middle ages, Catalon is the sole official language of which European country?
Andorra
A computer program by British computer scientist William Tunstall-Pedoe had determined. Sunday, April 11, of which year to be the most boring day in modern history, due to lack of any significant activity and no major globally impactful events and fewer notable deaths or births?
It falls in the middle of a decade which in the US was known as the decade of dull conformity. 1954
Based on Piper Kerman's memoir of the same name, about her experience in a minimum security federal prison in upstate New York, which Netflix drama series by Jenji Kohen was the first to receive nominations and win Emmy's in two different genres, namely both comedy and drama. It ran for seven seasons until 2019.
Orange is the New Black
One of the new seven wonders of the World, which ancient city known to its inhabitants as Raqmu is famously known as the 'Rose City' because of the color of the sandstone from which it is carved?
Petra
What is are only two countries whose name begins with A but does not end with A?
Azerbaijan and Afghanistan
Which company recently signed a three-year deal to supply 60 gigawatt-hours of its Sodium-ion batteries (which uses the less expensive, more abundant metal) to a Chinese power equipment maker?
It is the largest EV battery suppler in the World? CATL (Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Limited)
Named after a stable owner in Cambridge, who offered customers the choice of either taking the horse in the stall nearest to the door or taking none at all, what two word term refers to a free choice in which only on thing is offered?
It is also the name of a 1954 movie in which a miserly Victorian bootmaker is brought to his knees when his strong-willed eldest daughter, marries his timid star craftsman and sets up a rival shop. Hobson's Choice
In 1997, the search engine AltaVista launched which translation service, named after a fictional species in Doughlas Adam's The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which can translate languages instantly?
Babel Fish
Established by the Wesleyan Methodist Mission in 1814, what is considered the oldest modern school in Sri Lanka that is still functioning today?
It was initially known as Galle High School. Richmond College
Which school in Colombo was founded by Rev Joseph Marsh as the hill street academy?
Royal College
A trend on the rise since last year, constituting 35% of hires in some sectors, what term is used for former employees (who left or were laid off) who return to a company after working elsewhere?
Boomerang Hires
Gens una sumus or We're one family is the motto of the International Governing body for Chess that was setup in Paris in 1924 but is now based in Switzerland. By what four letter acronym is this organization known by?
FIDE (Fédération Internationale des Échecs)
4th August 2015 saw the announcement on Twitter that, after an on-off relationship going back to 1976, which two puppets had broken up for good, although they continue to work together?
Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy
Which Caribbean island gained independence from Britain on 6th August 1962, leading to the collapse of the West Indian Federation?
Jamaica
The Adi Granth, a collection of nearly 6,000 hymns, is the sacred scripture of which major world religion?
Sikhism
Camelopard is an archaic term for which animal species?
Giraffe
In August last year chef Dharshan Munidasa's mother Nobuko Munidasa held an Ikebana exhibition at the mall in Port City in celebration of her 80th birthday. Considered a philosophical practice rooted in balance, line and space, Ikabana is the Japanese art of doing what?
Flower Arranging
While China produces more coal for its own consumption which country is the world's largest exporter of thermal coal?
Biggest importers include China and India. Sri Lanka also primarily imported coal from this country until switching to. South Africa after the last procurement cycle? Indonesia