Sunday Super Quiz September 15, 2024

Petula Clark's big breakthrough came in 1964 with the song "Downtown". The song was the first by a British singer to top the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the US. The follow-up song "I Know a Place" was another success, and with "My Love" in 1966, she had her second top spot on the Billboard charts. "This Is My Song" (1967), written by Charlie Chaplin for the film The Countess of Hong Kong, was also a big success.

The Bosphorus Strait divides Istanbul into a European and an Asian part.

4.50 from Paddington is a detective fiction novel by Agatha Christie, first published in November 1957.

Cream was a British rock supergroup formed in London in 1966. The group consisted of bassist Jack Bruce, guitarist Eric Clapton, and drummer Ginger Baker.

The Famous Five is a series of children's adventure novels and short stories by English author Enid Blyton. The first book, Five on a Treasure Island, was published in 1942. 

Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina.

William I, known as William the Conqueror, was Duke of Normandy. In 1066 he began the Norman conquest of England.

Arnold Schwarzenegger's iconic line "I'll be back" is from the 1984 film "The Terminator."

The ampere, symbol A, is the SI unit of electric current.

Glomerulonephritis is a disease that inflames the small filtering units of the kidneys, the glomeruli.

Correct Answer: Jane Fonda

Here in the role of Barbarella in a French-Italian-American film from 1968 of the same name.

The film, which is directed by Roger Vadim, was based on Jean-Claude Forest's cartoon series Barbarella launched in 1962.

The film's villain Durand Durand has inspired the name of the famous rock group Duran Duran.

A Jyotirlinga or Jyotirlingam is a devotional representation of the Hindu god Shiva.

Ophthalmology is the specialty within medicine that deals with diagnosing and treating eye disorders.

Albatrosses are among the largest of the world's flying birds, and the largest species have the largest wingspans of any living birds.

The thick fur is characteristically primarily dark brown to black with slightly lighter or reddish streaks along the sides. The coat consists of a 2 to 3-cm-long undercoat covered by 6 to 10-cm-long hairs. The hairs on the tail can be 15 to 20 cm long.

Donald Tusk is a Polish politician. He was Prime Minister of Poland from 2007-2014 and was re-appointed as Prime Minister in 2023.

Fondue is a Swiss dish of melted cheese and wine. It is served in a communal pot and eaten by dipping bread using long-stemmed forks. 

Lindy hop is a swing dance from New York, USA. It was created in Harlem in the 1920s and 1930s as an outgrowth of the Charleston. An alternative name, common in the 1930s and 1940s, was jitterbug.

The puff adder is a poisonous viper that lives in savannas and grasslands in large parts of Africa. 

A sternutation (a sneeze) is a semi-autonomous, convulsive expulsion of air from the lungs through the nose and mouth, usually caused by foreign particles irritating the nasal mucosa.