Here are 10 new questions from the Quizmaster John James Maloney.
QUESTIONS
1 Which civilization built the great library of Alexandria?
2 What is the largest planet in our Solar System?
3 Which American band recorded the classic album, Pet Sounds?
4 Who wrote the classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird?
5 What is the world’s largest hot desert?
6 Which boxer took the nickname the Greatest after defeating the reigning champion?
7 What was the name of the world’s first web browser – developed in 1990? Was it Mozilla; Google; or WorldWideWeb?
8 What popular Italian food is made up of alternating layers of sauce and sheets of flat pasta?
9 Which of these was held during Beef Week 2024: the world’s largest meat tray raffle or the world’s tiniest barbecue?
10 Music composer Richard Sherman, who died this week aged 95, won two Academy Awards with his co-writer and brother Robert for their music in what classic 1964 Disney film?
ANSWERS
1 The Egyptians.
3 The Beach Boys.
4 Harper Lee (it sold over 40 million copies).
5 The Sahara.
6 Cassius Clay. Later that year, he denounced his birth name as a “slave name” and formally changed it to Muhammad Ali.
7 WorldWideWeb, later renamed Nexus to avoid confusion with the web itself.
8 Lasagna.
9 World’s largest meat tray.
10 Mary Poppins. Among other Oscars, the movie won Best Original Music Score and Best Original Song (Chim Chim Cher-ee). Richard and Robert Sherman wrote more movie musical song scores than any other songwriting team ever.