Quiz time again, and music, sequences and a picture round with a twist lie in store this week.
Round 1 – Music
1. Which legendary rock guitarist wrote the theses “A Survey of Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal Dust Cloud“?
2. The singer songwriter behind the American indie band Eels – who generally goes by the stage name of E – is the son of which prominent American physicist, particularly noted for being the first to propose the many worlds interpretation of quantum physics?
3. Which Russian classical composer of the 19th century was also known as a highly respected chemist, publishing many papers, particularly on aldehydes?
Round 2 – Diseases
1. What is the common alternative name for Hansen’s disease?
2. Which disease, caused by ascomycete microfungi, first arrived in Europe and North America from Asia in the early part of the 20th century, and has since caused the death of millions of trees across both continents?
3. Sufferers of rheumatoid arthritis are sometimes prescribed injections of a liquid form of which valuable metal in order to relieve symptoms?
Round 3 – The Picture Round
A picture round with a twist this week – after identifying the entities in each picture, you have to work out what links them:
1. Which planet is indicated by the arrow here?
2. Who is this famous chemist – responsible for ‘inventing’ perhaps the most fundamental aspect of his field?
3. What is the country highlighted here?
And so for a bonus point – what links all of these things?
Round 4 – Family affairs
1. What was the name of Charles Darwin’s grandfather, himself a prominent physician, naturalist and thinker?
2. Which aristocratic family from the 17th – 19th century produced a succession of prominent scientists, including mathematician Charles, science writer Margaret, and Henry, one of the most distinguished experimental scientists of his day?
3. What specific achievement links Irène Joliot-Curie (1935), George Thomson (1937), and Aage Bohr (1975)?
Round 5 – Sequences
1. Enterprise, Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis…
2. Species, Genus, Family, Order…
3. 2, 10, 18, 36, 54…
Answers, as old hands will know by now, will be published on Monday…