Sunday Super Quiz December 29, 2024

Woody is the main character in "Toy Story" and Buzz Lightyear's best friend.

A Hibernophile is a person who is fond of Irish culture, language, and Ireland in general. The word originates from "Hibernia," the word used by the ancient Romans to refer to Ireland.

Wisconsin is located in the Midwestern United States and borders Lake Superior to the north and Lake Michigan to the east.

Catweazle is a British children's fantasy television series created by Richard Carpenter for London Weekend Television. It stars Geoffrey Bayldon in the title role. It ran for two seasons in 1970 and 1971.

Lake Titicaca is the largest lake in Peru.

Annie Elizabeth, Gravenstein, and Tompkins King are apple varieties. Over 7,500 cultivars of the culinary or eating apple (Malus domestica) are known.

Gandhi's Salt March began on 12 March 1930 and continued until 6 April 1930. The Long March began Mao Zedong's ascent to power. It started in 1934. March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, at which Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his I-Have-a-Dream speech, happened in 1963. Martin Luther King's Selma to Montgomery March took place in 1965. 

The Black Russian is a cocktail of vodka and coffee liqueur. It is ascribed to Gustave Tops, a Belgian barman, who created it at the Hotel Metropole in Brussels.

Mont Blanc is the highest mountain at 4,810 meters. It is located in the Alps on the French border.

In the song Mercedes Benz, Joplin asks the Lord to buy her a Mercedes-Benz, a color TV, and a night on the town. Janis Joplin wrote the song with Michael McClure and Bob Neuwirth. She recorded it on October 1, 1970. Janis died three days later, on October 4.

The Río de la Plata literally means The River of Silver. The river is about 290 kilometers long and forms part of the border between Argentina and Uruguay.

Raymond Reddington is the main character in The Blacklist. This American crime drama series premiered on NBC on September 23, 2013.

Sydney is the state capital of New South Wales and the largest city by population in Australia.

The Edo period was marked by Japan's policy of sakoku, or closed country, which lasted from 1603 to 1868.

A programming language is an artificial language designed to communicate instructions to a machine, particularly a computer. Some of the more common languages are C, Java, PHP, JavaScript, C++, Python, Shell, Ruby, and Perl.

The Aberdeen Angus, or simply Angus, is a Scottish breed of small beef cattle. It derives from cattle native to Aberdeen, Banff, Kincardine, and Angus counties in north-eastern Scotland.

Scurvy is a disease resulting from a deficiency of vitamin C. Early signs of the disease are bleeding gums and bleeding under the skin. Scurvy does not occur in most animals because they can synthesize their own vitamin C. Humans must obtain vitamin C through their diet. Vitamin C is available in vegetables and citrus fruits, such as oranges, lemons, limes, and grapefruits.

Alain Prost, a former French racing driver, competed in Formula One from 1980 to 1993. He won four Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles.

Michelangelo's full name was Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni or simply Michelangelo Buonarroti.

Studio 54 is a Broadway theater and former nightclub at 254 West 54th Street in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. It opened as the Gallo Opera House in 1927 and served as a CBS broadcast studio in the mid-20th century. The Studio 54 nightclub opened on April 26, 1977, as disco was gaining popularity in the U.S. Studio 54 became famous for its celebrity guest lists, extravagant events, and drug use.