Sunday Super Quiz August 11, 2024

Miraitowa is the official mascot of the 2020 Summer Olympics. Miraitowa is named after the Japanese words for "future" and "eternity".

Ann-Margret, is a Swedish actress, singer, and dancer with a career spanning seven decades. Ann-Margret met Elvis Presley on the MGM soundstage when the two filmed Viva Las Vegas (1964).

Casino Royale is the first novel about James Bond, written by Ian Fleming and published in 1953.

In "Murder on the Orient Express," Samuel Ratchett (or Cassetti) is tabbed twelve times and killed by twelve of the other train passengers.

"Jagged Little Pill" is Alanis Morissette's third studio album, released on June 13, 1995, and the first to be released outside of Canada.

The Nutcracker is one of Tchaikovsky's most beloved ballets and a popular Christmas tradition.

The okapi is a pair-toed ungulate in the giraffe family. The okapi lives only in the tropical rainforests of Congo-Kinshasa

The addax (Addax nasomaculatus), also known as the white antelope and the screwhorn antelope, is an antelope native to the Sahara Desert, Africa.

Hepatitis is an inflammation of the liver, often caused by viruses like hepatitis A, B, or C.

Mount Tarawera is a volcano on the North Island of New Zealand, known for its eruption in 1886.

The Bedchamber Crisis occurred when Queen Victoria refused to accept the resignation of her ladies-in-waiting, who were closely associated with the outgoing Whig Prime Minister, Lord Melbourne. This created a political standoff as the incoming Conservative Prime Minister, Sir Robert Peel, insisted that new appointments be made.

Tahiti is the largest island of the Windward group of the Society Islands in French Polynesia.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (commonly Alice in Wonderland) is an 1865 English children's novel by Lewis Carroll.

Lady Ann Sercomb is a beautiful, aristocratic and libidinous young lady who is the creation of John le Carré. She is chronically unfaithful to her husband and engaged in many affairs in the spy novels by John le Carré.

Bruce Willis plays the role of John McClane, a New York City cop who battles terrorists in a Los Angeles skyscraper, in the 1988 film "Die Hard" film series, starting with "Die Hard" from 1988.

Stannum is the Latin name for tin, a silver-white metallic element with the chemical symbol Sn.

The Representation of the People Act 1867, also known as the Second Reform Act, was a significant achievement during Disraeli's political career. It extended the right to vote to a larger portion of the male working class in England and Wales, greatly expanding the electorate and promoting a more democratic political system.

The number of periods or cycles per second is called frequency. The SI unit for frequency is the hertz (Hz).

Air Niugini Limited is the flag carrier of Papua New Guinea, based in Port Moresby.