Sunday Super Quiz January 12, 2025

The Old Man and the Sea is a novel written by the American author Ernest Hemingway in 1951 in Cuba. It was published in 1952 and awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1953. The book was cited by the Nobel Committee as contributing to the awarding of the Nobel Prize in Literature to Hemingway in 1954.

The larynx is commonly called the voice box. In adults, the larynx is found in the anterior neck at the level of the C3-C6 vertebrae.

The quote is from Hamlet , Act 3, Scene 4: "I do repent; but heaven hath pleas'd it so
To punish me with this, and this with me,
That I must be their scourge and minister.
I will bestow him, and will answer well
The death I gave him. So again good night
I must be cruel only to be kind.
Thus bad begins and worse remains behind.

Aer Lingus is the national flag carrier of Ireland. It is Ireland's oldest airline and its second-largest, after low-cost rival Ryanair.

One foot is 12 inches. There are 84 inches in 7 feet (7 x 12).

"Sing When You're Winning" is the third studio album by English singer-songwriter Robbie Williams. It topped the album charts in Germany, Ireland, New Zealand, and the U.K.

Brave New World is a novel written in 1931 by Aldous Huxley and published in 1932.

Queen is a British rock band formed in London in 1970 by Freddie Mercury (lead vocals, piano), Brian May (guitar, vocals), and Roger Taylor (drums, vocals), later joined by John Deacon (bass).

The colorful interlocking plastic bricks are known as Lego.

The saguaro is a tree-like cactus that grows in Arizona and Mexico. It has been used as a backdrop in many Wild West shows and movies.

Koenigsegg Automotive AB is a Swedish manufacturer of high-performance sports cars, also known as supercars.

Otitis externa (also known as swimmer's ear) is a bacterial inflammation of the ear canal.

The Port of Hamburg is connected to the North Sea by the Elbe River. It is the largest seaport in Germany and the third-largest in Europe.

Straffe Hendrik ("Strong Henri") is a beer brewed by De Halve Maan (The Half Moon), a beer brewery in Bruges, Belgium.

Rich Uncle Pennybags is the round older man in a top hat who serves as the mascot of the game Monopoly. In 1988, he was given the name Milburn Pennybags. In 1999, he got the name Mr. Monopoly.

Elvis Presley made his acting debut in Love Me Tender (1956), an American black-and-white film directed by Robert D. Webb.

A bear market is a market in which stock prices are falling.

La Fauxmagerie Ltd sells plant-based substitutes for dairy cheese, operating a retail store in London's Shoreditch area as well as selling online and wholesale. The name is derived from French faux ("false" or "imitation") and fromagerie ("cheese shop").

Leslie William Nielsen was a Canadian actor, comedian, and producer. He played the role of Frank Drebin in the Naked Gun trilogy, which consists of: "The Naked Gun: From The Files Of Police Squad!" (1988), "The Naked Gun 2 1/2" (1991), and "The Naked Gun 33 1/3" (1994) .

Spain won the tournament for a record fourth time after defeating England 2–1 in the final.