NEW - Monthly Quiz

Welcome the FIRST, brand new monthly Quiz compiled and presented by Stotfold’s very own Brain of Britain, David Stedman. This month’s theme is the names of TREES and FLOWERS, either contained in the question or the answer.

1 This answer is appropriate for the birth of a new quiz! What is the title of the British television drama series set mainly at Nonnatus House in the east London district of Poplar? 2 In the novel Far From The Madding Crowd, what is the name of the faithful shepherd, one of the suitors for the hand of Bathsheba Everdene? 3 What is the name of the heritage railway, a popular tourist attraction, that runs for 11 miles through West Sussex? 4 Name the American actor who, since 2009, has taken over the role of Captain James T Kirk in Star Trek movies? 5 A character named Swee’Pea, abbreviated from the term of affection Sweet Pea, is the adopted son of which cartoon character? 6 In which British stately home can you visit the Queen Elizabeth oak, so called because Queen Elizabeth I was sitting under the tree when she was told that she had become the queen? 7 The ingredients of a modern Waldorf salad are apples, grapes and celery dressed with mayonnaise. Which other ingredient is missing from this list? 8 What is the name of the American author of horror novels who combined a garden flower and a wild flower to make the title of his 1995 novel Rose Madder? 9 One of the most famous lines in British television history is: ‘Don’t tell him, Pike!’ . Who played the hapless character Pike? 10 What word is missing from the opening lyrics of this 1960s smash hit record: Why do you build me up (…..) baby just to let me down, and mess me around, and then worst of all you never call baby when you say you will? 11 What name is shared by a British car model made under the Triumph marque during the 1940s and 1950s, and a very famous ship that set sail for America in 1620? 12 Her first names are Lily Rose, she is the daughter of a well-known actor, she is a singer, songwriter and actress and her UK number one singles include Smile and The Fear. What is her surname (as used professionally)? 13 What was the name of the British racing driver who won the Le Mans 24 hour race 1955 and Formula One World Champion 1958? 14 What is the title of the 1980s American comedy-drama film centred around the lives of a group of women who work in a beauty salon in southern USA and who support each other through their respective troubles in life? 15 The largest known living tree in the world is a giant sequoia in California and is named after which American civil war military officer? 16 The six-letter name of an edible perennial herbaceous plant is also a name applied to a lighter shade of chestnut horse. What name? 17 What is the title of the 1980s album, by a successful group, from which the singles I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For and One Tree Hill were taken? 18 In Britain between 1937 to 1952, a distinctive twelve sided coin was minted with a depiction of the appropriately named thrift plant on the reverse. What was the pre-decimal value in pence of this coin? 19 In a British television comedy series beginning in the 1990s, this character has a husband named Richard, a son named Sheridan, and two sisters named Daisy and Rose, and she insists on pronouncing her surname in an odd way! What is the name of this character? 20 The name of which region of Belgium is contained in the title of the poem from which these opening lines are taken: ‘In….fields the poppies blow, between the crosses, row on row. ’? ANSWERS ON PAGE 36

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