Weekly Quiz 9 February – Love is in the Air!By Quizmaster Caleb / 1 February 2024 1. Claimed by some to derive from the French "l'ouef" meaning "egg" (due to the shape of a zero), in WHAT SPORT is a score of zero named "love"? (we are seeking the most commonly-recognised answer only) 2. WHICH FRUIT is confusingly nicknamed a 'love apple' despite not being related to an apple? (and indeed, many people forget that it is even a fruit at all!) 3. WHICH FREE-TO-AIR NETWORK owns the rights to reality TV show "Love Island Australia"? 4. Found within "Love's Labour's Lost", the Latin word "Honorificabilitudinitatibus" is the longest word found in any of the published works of WHICH PROLIFIC WRITER? 5. Often symbolised around Valentine's Day, WHO WAS THE WINGED ROMAN GOD OF LOVE, a counterpart to the Greek god Eros? 6. Mike Love was one of the five original members of WHICH POPULAR 1960s MUSIC GROUP? (The other members were three brothers who were cousins of Mike, and their friend Al Jardine) 7. The HBO series Big Love ran for five seasons from 2006, and followed the lives of an unconventional family living in WHICH US STATE, appropriate to their religious beliefs? 8. Love Letter is an award-winning tabletop game that has spawned themed variants including Batman, The Hobbit, Star Wars and MCU versions. Is it played with Dice, Cards, Tiles, or Pen & Paper? 9. Not everyone has a partner or lover to celebrate Valentines Day with. In China, this fact is recognised with the celebration of Singles Day, which is appropriately scheduled on WHAT DATE every year? 10. WHICH SUPERHERO was the focus of the 2022 Marvel movie subtitled "Love and Thunder"? Time's up