Buzzer Quiz Questions #2

 As promised here are the second batch of Buzzer Quiz Questions...

 

6	“There are no ugly women, only lazy ones” is a famous quote from a businesswoman of this nationality. The first woman to sail solo around the world was this nationality. The man who invented a temperate scale which he proposed in 1724 and is still widely used today is, by birth, this nationality. The Footballer who is third on the list of the most international goals by a male European is this nationality. The author and Nobel Prize winner of the 1896 work ‘Quo Vadis’ is this nationality. The first person to win the Nobel Prize twice and the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two scientific fields is this nationality. For ten points, what is the nationality of Krystyna Chojowska-Liskiewiicz, Daniel Fahrenheit, Helena Rubenstein, Robert Lewandowski, Henryk Sienkiewicz and Marie Curie?	Polish
	Bonus – Famous Poles
Bonus 1	An airport in Warsaw is named after which composer and  Virtuoso pianist of the Romantic period, who wrote works primarily for solo piano?	Frederic Chopin
Bonus 2	Which Polish man directed the 2002 Palme D’Or winning movie ‘The Pianist’? This controversial director is currently residing in Europe as a fugitive from the US Criminal justice system – Which has been the case for the past 45 years.	Roman Polanski
Bonus 3	Which Polish Goalkeeper ended his career with a 4 year spell at Real Madrid, a career which perhaps peaked when he won the 2005 Champions League with Liverpool?	Jerzey Dudek

 

 

7	The Grand Prix that takes in this country has been held at 23 different venues. For 11 years this grand prix was the final race of the season and took place on a street circuit. Michael Schumacher and home driver Lex Davison hold the records for wins at this Grand Prix with 4 each. Earlier this season Max Verstappen became the latest winner of this Grand Prix.  Since 1996, the current hosting track has been the season opening grand prix for 20 of the 25 times it has hosted. For ten points, name this Southern Hemisphere nation which hosts an annual Formula 1 Grand Prix at the Albert Park Circuit in Melbourne?	Australia
	Bonus – British Motorsport
Bonus 1	Who was the first British man to win the Formula One World Championship? In his career he also won the Le Mans 24 Hour race and sadly died in a road accident 3 months after retiring in 1959	Mike Hawthorn
Bonus 2	Which British racer is the only man to have won World Championships on both two and four wheels? He won the 1964 Formula One World Championship, which came shortly after his 7 World Titles in Motorcycling	John Surtees
Bonus 3	In 1995, who became the first British Driver to win the World Rally Championship? This Scotsman was killed in a 2007 helicopter crash	Colin McRae

 

 

8	According to Greek Myth, this god was born lame and cast from heaven in disgust by his mother Hera. Dionysus returned him to Olympus where he crafted weapons and military equipment for the gods and certain mortals, including armour for Achilles and sandals for Hermes. In the Illiad, Homer lists Charis as this person wife. The symbols of this god, who was also the god of Metallurgy, sculptors and blacksmiths, were the hammer, anvil and a pair of tongs.  With a Roman Counterpart of Vulcan, for ten points name this Greek god of, amongst many things, fire?	Hephaestus
	Bonus – Greek Mythology
Bonus 1	Which goddess sprung fully formed from the forehead of Zeus? This goddess was responsible for transforming Arachne into a spider	Athena
Bonus 2	Which Greek goddess was the mother of Persephone? Whilst searching for her daughter this goddess of agriculture neglected her duties and plunged the world into famine	Demeter
Bonus 3	Which King of Thebes unwittingly killed his father, Laius, and married his mother  Jocasta who killed herself when she discovered this truth?	Oedipus

 

 

9	“Treat every part of your towel nicely, because the part that wipes your buttocks today will wipe your face tomorrow” is one of many famous quotes by this man who served as a teacher in the 1950s. Shortly after turning to politics he was jailed for ten years for making subversive statements. After he was released from prison he lead a Guerrilla movement, which started him on his path to becoming Prime Minister of his country in 1980 which began a long period of leadership. This man caused a food shortage in his own country when he encouraged the black population to violently seize white owned farms. Economic woes were furthered when in 2022 the EU and US placed sanctions on the country for human rights violations. In 2003, this man withdrew his country from the commonwealth and in 2008 he was stripped of his honorary knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II. In 2008, he retained power in a controversial election in which he was the only candidate and in 2009 held a lavish bash to celebrate his 85th Birthday despite his country being in a deep economic crisis. In 2017, this man fired his Vice President in order to make way for his wife, Grace, to succeed him but plans failed and in 2017 he was placed under house arrest by the military,  ending his 37 year rule. Emmerson Mnangagwa replaced this man as leader who later died in 2019 after a four month stay in a Singapore hospital. Born in 1929 in Southern Rhodesia, For ten points, name this revolutionary and politician who served as Prime Minister and the President of Zimbabwe between 1980 and 2017?	Robert Mugabe
	Bonus – Dictators
Bonus 1	Ferdinand Marcos ruled which country as President from 1965-1986? Public outrage over the assassination of opponent Ninoy Aquino in 1983 helped play a part in his eventual downfall	Philippines
Bonus 2	Enver Hoxha was leader of which European Nation from 1944 until his death in 1986? He came to power after the formal abolition of the Monarchy led by King Zog	Albania
Bonus 3	What was the name of the Cuban Dictator who was overthrown by Fidel Castro and Che Guevara in 1959?	Fulgencio Batista

 

 

10	This singer has had 2 UK Number 1 singles and 14 UK Top Ten hits. The LA Times listed this woman as the top earning singer of the decade starting in the year 2000. This was largely due to her record tours including the Taking Chances Tour and albums including ‘One Heart’  and ‘Miracle’.  She has sold over 200 million records worldwide and is the best selling recording artist from her home country, as well as the best selling recording artist in the French language. In one of this persons UK Number 1s she asks her lover to “look back before you leave my life” and her other number one was composed by James Horner and featured on the soundtrack of a 1997 movie. Born in Canada in 1968, for ten points, name this singer who won the Eurovision Song Contest for Switzerland in 1988 and is famous for tracks including ‘The Power of Love’ ‘Think Twice’ and ‘My Heart Will Go On’?	Celine Dion
	Bonus – Eurovision 2023
Bonus 1	Who is set to represent the UK at the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest with the track ‘I Wrote a Song’?	Mae Muller
Bonus 2	Having previously won the contest with the song ‘Euphoria’, who is returning to the contest in 2023 with the song ‘Tattoo’?	Loreen
Bonus 3	Along with Graham Norton and Alesha Dixon, which British actress will host the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest? She is best known for playing club owner Rebecca Welton in the TV series ‘Ted Lasso’	Hannah Waddingham