Quiz five week beginning 20 April
Round 1 …… Pot luck
1 What was the name of the British Votes for Women organisation formed in 1903 called?
The Suffragettes
2 In which comedy series did ‘The Fonz’ play a lead part?
Happy Days
3 Who was the Prime Minister of the UK when it joined the Common Market?
Edward Heath
4 What type of boat has wings called foiles?
Hydrofoil
5 Who was the first footballer to score 100 goals in the English Premiership?
Alan Shearer
6 Which famous British female criminal was featured in the film ‘Dance with a stranger?
Ruth Ellis
7 What country is Beirut the capital of?
Lebanon
8 For what was Australian Nellie Melba famous for?
Opera singing
9 What is removed from dehydrated food?
Water
10 What method of healing involves inserting needles in the body?
Acupuncture
11 What is the name for the tissue which connects bones?
Ligaments
12 Who painted ‘The Last Supper’ in around 1495?
Leonardo da Vinci
13 Where would you find stigma, carpels and sepals?
In a flower
14 What does a barometer measure?
Air pressure
15 Which British horse racing course is the largest in the world?
Newmarket.
I have been made aware that there are a number of different answers to this question on the internet, so you may well have had difficulty in getting the connection between the answers. I am sorry for including this question in this quiz. N/T
16 What name is given to a horse which is less than 4 years old?
Colt
17 What is produced by a solar cell?
Electricity
18 What country borders, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile and Equador?
Peru
19 Which seabird did sailors think it was bad luck to kill?
Albatross
20 If an engineer is measuring a moving objects RPM what is being checked?
Revolutions per minute
21 Which famous model played the leading lady in the film ‘The Boy Friend’?
Twiggy
22 Which fungus is used to make bread, beer and wine?
Yeast
‘The link’ between these 22 answers is that the first letter of each answer put together spells ‘THE HARLOW ALLIANCE PARTY’
Round two ……. History
1 What was a Roman soldier in charge of 100 men called?
A Centurion
2 What was the name of the ship on which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed in 1620?
The Mayflower
3 What was Chopin’s christian name Frederic or Franz?
Frederic
4 What was the title of the heir to the French throne, Delphine or Dauphin?
Dauphin
5 Isobel Peron was the President of which country?
Argentina
6 What was Iran called until 1935, Persia or Abyssinia?
Persia
7 Where were the Elgin Marbles brought from, Greece or Egypt?
Greece
8 In the UK what was a 21 shilling coin called?
A Guinea
Round three ……….. Sport/pastimes
1 Which is longer, a baseball bat or a tennis racket?
A baseball bat
2 What ball usually has 3 holes and weighs a maximum of 16 pounds?
A tenpin bowling ball
3 In what game do you use a tolley?
Marbles
4 For what sport is Michael Jordan famous?
Basketball
5 In which sport is the Wightman Cup played for?
Tennis
6 Who was the first unseeded man to win Wimbledon?
Boris Becker
7 Where were the 1992 Olympics held?
Barcelona
8 Which Stanley retired from football at the age of 50?
Stanley Matthews