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Summer Quiz
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General Knowledge
1How is Lesley Hornby better known?
2What is the capital of Estonia?
3What language, still spoken today, is said to be the language spoken by the Incas?
4In which country is Timbuktu?
5Where are the Islets of Langerhans?
6Which city has stations called Haymarket and Waverley?
7What brand of beer does Homer Simpson drink?
8Who directed 'Plan 9 From Outer Space', allegedly the worst film ever made?
9Who currently presents 'A Question of Sport'?
10Who played Dr Kildare?
11On what date do Girl Guides celebrate Thinking Day?
12Steps, Boyzone and Take That have all recorded cover versions of songs by which band?
13Who is the patron saint of Corfu?
14What is the chief ingredient of bouillabaisse?
15What does an arctophile collect?
16In which TV programme did Craig Phillips shoot to fame?
17What is the longest running theatre production in London’s West End?
18From which part of France does red rice come?
19Who dubbed Audrey Hepburn's singing in "My Fair Lady"?
20How much does it cost a car to cross the Severn Crossing westbound?
21What does a brontophobic person fear?
22What name is given to studying the iris to diagnose ill health?
23Salvia Officinalis is the Latin name for which herb?
24Ancohuma is the highest peak in which mountain range?
25Which king threw Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego into the fiery furnace?
26In astrology, what is the birth sign of someone born on March 3rd?
27Which stimulant is contained in Coca Cola?
28The holy cities of Mecca and Medina are in which country?
29What is the name of the cartoon strip featuring Charlie Brown & Snoopy?
30Séamus is an Irish form of which boy's name?
31Who is the Norse god of war?
32What name is given to a group of partridges?
33Which geological period followed the Jurassic period?
34Malachite is an ore of which metal?
35Where is the Sea of Nectar?
36Antares is the brightest star in which constellation?
37Emperor is the largest variety of which flightless bird?
38How is the persimmon also known?
39A car displaying the letters SF comes from which country?
40Which element has the symbol Hg?
History and Politics
41Who was the first king of Scotland?
42What was the name of the Serbian terrorist group responsible for the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914?
43Of which country was Corazon Aquino president?
44In what year did the Indian Mutiny take place?
45What name is given to the group of bishops who sit in the House of Lords?
Local Knowledge
46According to legend, which knight returning from the Crusades saved Winchester from Viking invasion?
47Lady Lisle was executed in The Square, Winchester. Who sentenced her to death?
48The last horse thief hanged in England is buried in which village churchyard?
49What is the name of the man who, according to his epitaph, died of drinking 'small beer'?
50Which Southampton singer recorded an album called 'Born to Do It'?
51To which school were the young pupils transferred when Littleton School finally closed in 1923?
52In 1171 Henry of Blois, Bishop of Winchester, appropriated the "Church of Littletone" to the Guestmaster of St. Swithun’s Priory – which King was Henry’s brother?
53The 5th Marquis of Winchester defended Basing House against Cromwell's armies. What was his name??
54In which year were the North, South and East gates of Winchester removed?
55What was the name of the Archbishop, born at Ropley, who crowned Queen Victoria?
Young at Heart
56Which Teletubby owns a scooter?
57Which Mr Man is shaped like a cloud?
58The Mayor of Sunnydale was one of whose greatest enemies?
59'Bullet' Baxter taught games at which school?
60Who narrated Camberwick Green, Chigley & Trumpton?
61Whose wings were "like a shield of steel"?
62In "Anchors Aweigh", which cartoon character does Gene Kelly dance with?
63Which children's series featured a witch called Fenella who lived in a kettle?
64Which girl group had a hit with "Girl Power"?
65In the fairy tale, Princess Elise has to make stinging nettle shirts to break the spell which turned her 11 brothers into what?
The Human Body
66Which vein carries oxygenated blood?
67How many true ribs do humans have?
68How many small bones are there in the wrist?
69What animal organ is known as sweetbreads?
70Which is the main gland affected by mumps?
Art and Literature
71In which city is da Vinci's "Last Supper"?
72In which series of novels did Enid Blyton name the heroine after her second husband?
73Which novel won the first Booker Prize in 1969?
74Whose bed was nominated for the Turner Prize?
75Which star of Star Wars and When Harry Met Sally became a best-selling author?
76Filmmakers from which country formed the Dogma movement?
77What nationality was composer Gustav Holst?
78Leopold Bloom is the main character in which novel?
79Who wrote the opera "Russlan & Lyudmila"?
80Which Russian writer died in a railway station?
Living World
81How many teeth does an adult mole have?
82What is the name for a deer's resting place?
83Which British owl utters an eerie long drawn shriek?
84Which British bird's song is a rattling wheeze often interpreted as "a little bit of bread and no cheese"?
85What is the name for a machine for spinning wool that is also an olde name for a British garden bird?
86What is the name of a common plant/flower, the dry powdered leaves of which is still a most valuable drug used in the treatment of heart failure?
87Which tree, that favours calcareous soils, was favoured for making long bows?
88Salmon start life as alevins, develop into parr, two years later they become smolts, as grilse they return to the waters of their birth to spawn. What are they called during the last part of their life cycle as they attempt to return to the sea to die?
89What is another name for the blindworm?
90What is another name for the Maybug?
Sport
91How many players are there in a Canadian lacrosse team?
92What is the name of the spherical object hit by a hurley?
93Which soccer team is nicknamed the ";Toffees"?
94What was the name of the horse that beat the Queen Mother's "Devon Lock" in the closing stages of the Grand National?
95What was the name of the left back for England in the soccer final when they won the World Cup?
96What is the name of the cricket ground where Geoff Boycott scored his 100th century for England?
97How many Gold Medals did Great Britain win in Men's Athletics at the Moscow Olympics?
98Who was defeated by Boris Becker in the Men's Singles Final at Wimbledon when he became the youngest player to win the title at the age of 17?
99How many Gold Medals did Great Britain win in Women's Athletics at the Los Angeles Olympics?
100Who was the first British woman to win the United States Open Golf Championship?