The COVID-19
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LOCKDOWN QUIZ Which professor is currently England’s Chief Medical Officer?
20) Geographically, what do Boris Johnson and Donald Trump have in common?
2)
At the time of the lockdown, by how many points did Liverpool lead the English Premiership table?
21) Edinburgh is further east than Bristol: true or false?
3)
Who is the former communications chief for the Conservative party and why would she have been so pleased to see Boris Johnson recover from COVID-19?
23) What colour jersey is worn in the Tour de France cycle race by the best ranked young rider (under 25)?
4)
How did the Queen get round the lockdown to distribute this year’s Maundy money?
5)
What appeared on our roads for the first time on March 1st 2020?
6)
Who recently performed in Milan Cathedral to an audience of no one?
7)
Which English cricketer was recently announced as one of Wisden’s 5 ‘Cricketers of the Year’ for 2020, (and it’s not Ben Stokes)?
8)
Which Englishman is currently the world’s top-ranking snooker player?
9)
How is the Italian city of Firenze more commonly known by British travellers?
10) Which parliamentary constituency does Boris Johnson represent? Is it a) Henley, b) Westminster or c) Uxbridge and South Ruislip?
22) How old will the Queen be on April 21st 2020?
24) Who is the present Chancellor of the Exchequer? 25) Name the two previous holders of this office. 26) Which World Cup winning rugby union scrum half plays for Sale Sharks? 27) How many balls are on the table at the start of a game of pool? 28) Which popular seaside resort has a postcode beginning with the letters FY? 29) Who started trading in the UK in 1990 and plan to have 1,200 outlets here by 2025? 30) In 1975, North America’s highest peak had its name changed, from Mount McKinley to what? 31) Name Gerry Marsden’s coronary-sounding backing group of the 1960s. 32) Who is the current Poet Laureate and how long will he remain in post?
11) Which famous young lady’s middle names are Tintin, Eleonora, Ernman?
33) Whereabouts in the UK is the highest triangulation pillar (“trig point”)?
12) What names did the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge give to their third child?
34) In which continent are the capital cities Asuncion, Georgetown and Cayenne?
13) In which sport would Megan Rapinoe try to beat fellow American Karen Bardsley?
35) Which Cornish seaside town, now housing the Tate Gallery, was home to artist Ben Nicholson and sculptor Barbara Hepworth?
14) What nationality was the artist Frida Kahlo? 15) With a population of 5,696 Vaduz is the capital of which country? 16) When was the final section of the M25 opened and how far is it all the way round? 17) What nationality was composer Frederic Chopin? 18) The joint-winner of 2019’s Booker Prize with “The Testaments” had much earlier written “The Handmaid’s Tale”. Who is she? 19) Serena Williams has won more Grand Slam singles titles than Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic combined – true or false?
36) Through which 4 capital cities (3 beginning with the letter B) does the River Danube flow? 37) Name the six actors who have played James Bond in films? 38) Name the three USA states beginning with the letter C. 39) Complete the following musical pairings: a) Simon and … b) Chas and … c) Daryl Hall and … . 40) Who wrote a) On the Road, b) The Road to Wigan Pier, c) The Long and Winding Road?
ANSWERS: 1) Chris Whitty; 2) 25; 3) Carrie Symonds and she’s his fiancée; 4) It was sent by post; 5) Vehicles with a ‘20’ registration plate; 6) Andrea Bocelli; 7) Jofra Archer; 8) Judd Trump; 9) Florence; 10) c; 11) Greta Thunberg; 12) Louis, Arthur, Charles; 13) Soccer; 14) Mexican; 15) Liechtenstein; 16) 1986, 117 miles; 17) Polish; 18) Margaret Atwood; 19) True; 20) They were both born in New York; 21) False; 22) 94; 23) White; 24) Rishi Sunak; 25) Sajid Javid and Philip Hammond; 26) Faf de Klerk; 27) 16; 28) Blackpool; 29) Aldi; 30) Denali; 31) The Pacemakers; 32) Simon Armitage, 10 years; 33) Ben Nevis; 34) South America; 35) St Ives; 36) Budapest, Belgrade, Bratislava, Vienna; 37) Sean Connery, Timothy Dalton, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Pierce Brosnan, Daniel Craig; 38) California, Colorado, Connecticut; 39) Garfunkel, Dave, John Oates; 40) Jack Kerouac, George Orwell, Paul McCartney.
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D I S C O V E R I N G
Whittlesea
MAY 2020
