Answers to Quiz #10

Quiz number 10 …. Week beginning 25 May

1 In the film Shrek, who voiced the part of Shrek?

                                                  Mike Myers

2 In what year was Cilla Black born?

                                                  1943

3 How long is the Suez Canal?

                                                  120 miles              

4 In what year was Selfridge & Co founded?

                                                  1908                      

5 What item of clothing is an obi?

                                        A  Japanesse sash

6 Which world river discharges the most water?

                                               The Amazon

7 Which European flag has a chequerboard of red and white?

                                                  Croatia

8 What is the largest country in the Caribbean?

                                                  Cuba

9 Columbia has the second largest number of Spanish speakers, which country has the first?

                                                  Mexico

10 In what year did a man first go into orbit?

                                                  1961

11 Gulf Air is the flag-carryier airline of which nation?

                                                Bahrain

12 In what year was the UN founded?

                                                 1945

13 What colour of tea is ‘English Breakfast Tea?

                                        Black

14 In what year did London host it’s second Olympic games?

                                         1948

15 In what year was The Big Mac introduced to the world?

                                          1968

16 What are the two main colours on the Spanish flag?

                                    Red and yellow

17 In golf what is a ‘toe’?

                                        Tip of a golf club

18 What year did Tony Blair become Prime Minister?

                                        1997

19 By what nickname is Elle Macpherson known?

                                      The Body

20 What colour is the inside of a coconut?

                                         White

21 What is the major religion of India?

                                        Hinduism

22 How long did the Industrial Revolution last?

                                        70 years

23 The M40 runs from London to which other city?

                                        Birmingham

24 Which London Palace has a maze?

                                     Hampton Court

25 How many Oscars has Tom Cruise won?

                                            None

26 Which UK monarch was the first to be photographed?

                                        Queen Victoria

27 What was the name of the celtic tribe in Scotland?

                                            The Picts

28 Name one of the two landlocked countries in South America?

                                   Bolivia and Paraguay

29 What year did the Wall Street Crash occur?

                                                 1929

30 By which Scotish Islands is Scarpa Flow?

  The Orkneys

31 Which country did footballer Eusabio play for?

                                              Portugal

32 What year did Lord Lucan disappear?

                                                    1974

33 How many locks are there on the Suez Canal?

                                                  None

34 What city in the UK is known as the Athens of the North?

                                                Edinburgh

35 Where did Billy Butlin open his first holiday camp?

        Skegness                                    

36 Where did Christopher Columbus come from?

                                                   Italy

37 When did Bjorn Borg win his last Wimbledon title?

                                                 1980                                 

38 What was the Rolling Stones first top 20 hit?

                                        I wanna be your man

39 With which sport do you associate Graeme Dott?

                                                Snooker

40 What was the name of Clive Sinclairs electric trike?

                                                  C5

THAT’S ALL FOLKS!