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Coffee Break COFFEE BREAK QUIZ QUESTIONS 1 What Comes Next? a Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra… b Alpha. Beta, Gamma, Delta… c Australia, Greenland, New Guinea… d Columbia, Challenger, Discovery… e George V, Edward VIII, George VI… f Nile, Amazon… g Roger, John, Brian…
2 The Google logo is very well known, but what are its colours in order from left to right. 3 In which book do the characters Dandelion, Holly and Fiver appear? 4 Which drink was created by the physician Franciscus Sylvius in the Netherlands in the 17th century?
We had great feedback from our Oscars quiz last month, so here’s another batch of film questions for you to puzzle over. 5 The name of which food product, very popular at breakfast time in Britain, comes from the Portugese for the quince fruit? 6 Which TV family lived at 1313 Mockingbird Lane? 7 Who left his wife his ‘second best bed’ in his will? 8 Which popular song title (2 words) never occurs in February? 9 Which song in English, often sung to babies as a lullaby, uses the melody from Mozart’s ‘Ah! Vous dirai-je, Maman’? 10 The name for which fictitious vehicle reputedly comes from a World War I phrase for a ‘dirty weekend’ in Paris? 11 In the Davis Cup tennis competition, A Tie is not a draw, it is a round of the competition. What is a Rubber?
COMPETITION WINNERS The winners of our Disney Live competition in April were Helen Topping of South Croydon, Liza Upton of Sonning Common, Oxfordshire and Sandra Blacker of Tunbridge Wells. Coffee Break Quiz Answers 1. a Angola (Alphabetical countries), b epsilon (Greek alphabet), c Borneo (Island sizes), d Atlantis (US Space Shuttles), e Elizabeth II (British Monarchs), f Mississippi (River lengths), g Freddie (Members of Queen); 2. Blue (G) Red (O) Yellow (O) Blue (G) Green (L) Red (E); 3. Watership Down; 4. Gin; 5. Marmalade (from marmelo); 6. The Munsters; 7. William Shakespeare; 8. Blue Moon (a second full moon in any calendar month); 9. Twinkle Twinkle Little Star; 10. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. 11. An individual match.
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