Sunday Super Quiz February 2, 2025

Paul Allen and Bill Gates founded Microsoft on April 4, 1975.

Mercury (Hg) is the only liquid metal at room temperature, so in the past, manufacturers often used it in thermometers.

Paul McCartney and Wings, often billed simply as Wings, was an English-American rock band formed in 1971 in London by former Beatle Paul McCartney; his wife Linda McCartney on keyboards; session drummer Denny Seiwell; and former Moody Blues guitarist Denny Laine. Suzy and the Red Stripes was a pseudonym used by the group for the release of the Linda McCartney and Wings single "Seaside Woman" in 1977.

The Phantom of the Opera is a musical based on the novel by Gaston Leroux. It tells the tragic story of beautiful soprano Christine Daaé, who becomes the obsession of a mysterious and disfigured musical genius living in the subterranean labyrinth beneath the Paris Opéra House.

In geography and seamanship, windward is upwind from the point of reference (towards the direction from which the wind is coming), and leeward is downwind from the point of reference.

Heathrow Airport retained its position as Europe's busiest airport due to its high passenger traffic. The world's busiest airport is Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport in metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia, which has been the world's busiest airport every year since 1998 except 2020. The second busiest airport in Europe is Istanbul Airport in Turkey.

The Red Army Faction (Rote Armee Fraktion) existed from 1970 to 1998. It was West Germany's most prominent left-wing militant group. The founders were Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin, Horst Mahler, and Ulrike Meinhof; therefore, it was often referred to as the Baader-Meinhof Group.

The complete title of Berlioz's work is "Symphonie fantastique: Épisode de la vie d'un artiste … en cinq parties" or  "Fantastic Symphony: Episode in the Life of an Artist … in Five Sections." This symphony is one of Berlioz's most famous works, known for its dramatic storytelling.

All that glitters is not gold is an aphorism stating that not everything that looks precious or true is so. The current saying is derived from a 16th-century line by William Shakespeare, "All that glisters is not gold". This phrase appears in "The Merchant of Venice," spoken by the Prince of Morocco.

Anna Karenina is a novel by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy, first published in book form in 1878. The story centers on an affair between Anna and cavalry officer Count Alexei Vronsky that creates a scandal and forces the young lovers to flee to Italy.

St James' Park is a football stadium in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It is the home of Premier League club Newcastle United F.C. 

Polaris, known as the North Star, sits more or less directly above Earth's north pole along our planet's rotational axis. This imaginary line extends through the planet and out of the north and south poles. Earth rotates around this line like a spinning top.

Marshall Bruce Mathers III, known professionally as Eminem, is an American rapper, songwriter, and record producer. He is credited with popularizing hip-hop in Middle America.

Before his presidency, George W. Bush was a co-owner of Texas Rangers. The Frisco RoughRiders and Austin Senators are not in the Major League.

On July 22, 1933, Aviator Wiley Post landed at Floyd Bennett Field in New York City, completing the first solo flight around the world in 7 days, 18 hours and 49 minutes.

1978, Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen hosted a party in their hotel room. The next day, hotel staff found Spungen dead on the bathroom floor, with a knife wound to her abdomen. Vicious was arrested and charged with second-degree murder.

The human hand consists of 27 bones, 27 joints, 34 muscles, over 100 ligaments and tendons, numerous blood vessels, nerves, and soft tissue.

Gerald Ford has been the only president to attain the rank of Eagle Scout as a youth.

50 Ways to Leave Your Lover is a 1975 hit song by Paul Simon from his album Still Crazy After All These Years.

Australia has six federated states: New South Wales (including Lord Howe Island), Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania (including Macquarie Island), Victoria, and Western Australia. New South Wales is on the east coast of Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria to the south, and South Australia to the west.