SUNDAY CHALLENGE

1 What is the name of the American actor most famous for playing the character of Spock on the original Star Trek series?

2 In which city were the 2006 Commonwealth Games held?

3 What is added to wine to make Port?

4 What is the nautical term that refers to the right side of a vessel as perceived by a person on board a vessel and facing the bow (front)?

5 She is an American business magnate, television host, author and magazine publisher. She gained even greater success through a variety of business ventures, encompassing publishing, broadcasting, and merchandising. In 2004, she was convicted of lying to investigators about a stock sale and served five months in prison. What is her name?

6 This Broadway musical’s plot is based on William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, set in New York in the mid-1950s; the musical explores the rivalry between two teenage street gangs of different ethnic and cultural backgrounds. What is its name?

7 Subcomandante Marcos was the de facto spokesman for the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN), a rebel guerrilla movement. In which country is the EZLN and its famously masked leader active (hint; the Spanish speaking country’s cuisine is known for its intense and varied flavours and variety of spices)?

8 Samantha Jones is a fictional character on the television series Sex and the City, who plays her?

9 Which city is the capital of South Africa’s Northern Cape Province?

10 What best describes a “gallimaufry”; a jumble, a bird of prey or a type of compass?

11 By what means did the somewhat troubled Vincent Van Gogh kill himself? 12 What is Tiger Woods’ first name that goes a long way to explaining why he prefers to go by his nickname?

13 It is a mineral composed of hydrated magnesium silicate with the chemical formula H2MG3(SIO3)4 or MG3SI4O10(OH)2. In loose form, it is the widely used substance known as t_____ powder?

14 There are only two living alligator species: the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) and the _________ alligator (Alligator sinensis)?

15 Which composer was deaf, Mozart or Beethoven?

16 Tenzin Gyatso was born in 1935 in Qinghai, People’s Republic of China. By what religious title is he better known? 17 Which shipping line owned the SS Titanic?

18 In which historically troubled city in the United Kingdom was Titanic built?

19 Who angered Hitler by winning four gold medals in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin?

20 What is subdivided into the four provinces of Connacht, Munster, Leinster and Ulster?