Sunday Super Quiz January 19, 2025

The Goldfinch (2013) is the third novel by American author Donna Tartt. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2014.

Peter I and Catherine II were known for their immense contributions to modernizing Russia and expanding its empire.

A Clockwork Orange (1962) is written by Anthony Burgess. It has often been listed as one of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century.

A snifter is a type of stemware, a short-stemmed glass whose vessel has a wide bottom and a relatively narrow top. It mainly serves aged brown liquors such as bourbon, brandy, and whisky. The snifter glass enhances the aroma and flavor of this type of alcohol.

Ghostbusters is a 1984 American supernatural comedy directed by Ivan Reitman and written by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis. It stars Bill Murray, Aykroyd, and Ramis as Peter Venkman, Ray Stantz, and Egon Spengler. "Who ya gonna call?" and "This chick is toast" are some of the memorable quotes from this movie.

The fictional country Panem appears in The Hunger Games trilogy written by Suzanne Collins.

The two-letter code .de represents Germany in internet addresses. The letters stand for Deutschland.

Line of Duty is a British television series created by Jed Mercurio that premiered on 26 June 2012. The series features Martin Compston as Detective Sergeant Steve Arnott, Vicky McClure as Detective Sergeant Kate Fleming, and Adrian Dunbar as Superintendent Ted Hastings.

Hobbits are a fictional race of people in the novels of J. R. R. Tolkien. About half of the average human height, Tolkien presented hobbits as a variety of humanity or close relatives thereof. Occasionally known as halflings in Tolkien's writings, they live barefooted and traditionally dwell in homely underground houses.

Anne Boleyn was Queen of England from 1533 to 1536, as the second wife of King Henry VIII. She was famously executed after failing to produce a male heir.

There are six players on the court in a volleyball team, and each must rotate one position clockwise every time their team wins back service from the opposition. Only the three players at the net positions can jump and spike or block near the net.

Platoon is a 1986 American war film written and directed by Oliver Stone. "The first casualty of war is innocence" is a tagline from that film.

The word pizza appears for the first time in 997 in Naples. Risotto originated in northern Italy.

Central Park is an urban park between the Upper West Side and Upper East Side neighborhoods of Manhattan in New York City. It is the sixth-largest park in the city, containing 843 acres (341 ha), and the most visited urban park in the United States.

Janus symbolizes duality and transitions, such as past and future. In ancient Roman religion and myth, Janus is the god of beginnings, gates, transitions, time, duality, doorways, passages, frames, and endings. He is usually depicted as having two faces.

The Zambezi (also spelled Zambeze and Zambesi) is the fourth-longest river in Africa. Its most noted feature is Victoria Falls. Its other falls include the Chavuma Falls and Ngonye Falls.

A punt is a long, narrow, flat-bottomed boat, square at both ends and propelled with a long pole, used on inland waters chiefly for recreation.

Carson City is Nevada's State Capital. 

Tasmania is an island state of Australia. It is located 240 kilometers (150 miles) south of the Australian mainland and is separated by the Bass Strait. 

Proof is a system used to measure the alcohol content of beverages, where proof is twice the alcohol by volume (ABV).