Hidden theme round
Do not tell the teams the theme! It is the bonus question at the end. In the answers the hidden word is in bold, for the quizmaster.
1. What does the Greek word ?geo? as in geography denote?
2. Charles Darwin described this carnivorous plant ? the most wonderful plant in the world?. What is the name of this plant?
3. What MB helps you work, rest and play?
4. Who won the Women's Singles at Wimbledon for a fourth time? For a bonus point, Roger Federer won the Men's Singles again, how many time had he won this title by this point?
5. The Torino Scale is a method of categorizing the impact hazard of so-called NEO's. What do the letters N E O stand for?
6. What was the popular name of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development held in Brazil in 1992?
7. Which goddess was a 1970 number one hit single in the US music charts?
8. Gherman S Titov was the second person to do what?
9. Periodic table: An element denoted by the symbol Hg was originally called hydrargyrum. How do we refer to this element now?
10. Which 1991 movie takes place in Paris, Los Angeles, Rome, Helsinki and New York?
11. Bonus: what links all the answers in this round?
ANSWERS
1. Earth
2. Venus Flytrap
3. Mars Bar
4. Venus Williams, Five times
5. Near Earth Object
6. Earth Summit
7. Venus (Shocking Blue)
8. Orbit the Earth
9. Mercury (Am: Quicksilver) - (Latinized Greek: hydrargyrum, meaning watery or liquid silver).
10. Night On Earth
11. Every answer contains a planet