Quiz Time- by John Theedom (answers on page 31) 1. Who presents the Radio 2 Breakfast Show? 2. If you were born on May 25th which star sign are you? 3. In the world of politics, who was ‘The Beast of Bolsover’? 4. In which UK county is the town of Ashby-de-la-Zouch? 5. Which tree is known as the Tree Of Life and grows up to 100 ft high? 6. What sort of creature is a chafer? 7. Barney Rubble is a character in which TV series? 8. In which UK county is the Haberdashers Aske’s Boys School? 9. What is the highest decoration for gallantry awarded to British armed forces? 10. Who was the first British astronaut? 11. From which animal’s milk is the cheese ricotta made? 12. Who wrote the novel in 1935 entitled The African Queen? 13. Who was responsible for creating the Christmas cracker as we know it today? 14. Which board game features chance cards and community chest? 15. What is Clarence Birdseye most famous for? 16. Towards the end of his life, the poet John Milton dictated his work, why was this? 17. In the world of computers, which common item was invented by the US scientist, Douglas Engelbart? 18. What does the word fidimplicitary mean? 19. What was the middle name of the British novelist William Thackeray? 20. What do the initials RPI stand for? 21. What is the term for a fox’s tail? 22. In homemade jam, what is added to make it gel?
23. What is the world’s largest rodent? 24. In which part of the human body is the vomer bone? 25. Who, in the nursery rhyme, was quite contrary? 26. What is distinctive about the singer Gregory Porter? 27. What is the name for a female ferret? 28. Which regiment or corps refers to its soldiers as sappers? 29. If a material is referred to as igneous what is it’s origin? 30. What is a rondeau? 31. What is more common name for apiculture? 32. What is a snifter? 33. What shape is the horn of an eland? 34. How many strings does a violin have? 35. The dromedary camel has how many humps? 36. For what do the initials BAFTA stand? 37. Another whale has died in the River Thames, what type was it? 38. Which sport is being played by the eldest son of The Beckham’s, Romeo? 39. In Monopoly, how much is the speeding fine? 40 What does RAC stand for? Correction: In the last quiz, question 23: P&O shipping line: what do the initials stand for? The correct answer is Penisular & Orient. Apologies!
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