This week’s quiz perhaps poses easier questions for the whole family working together:
First read the questions, and then choose your answer
1 When did we first see Comic Relief red noses on cars: 1989, 1991 or 1993?
2 Which year saw the first football World Cup won on penalties: 1970, 1982 or 1994?
3 When was the Magna Carta signed: 1215, 1315 or 1415?
4 Which year did women first complete in the Olympics: 1900 or 1948?
5 In 1895 which seaside town was the first to use deckchairs in the UK: Margate, Folkestone or Brighton?
6 Which year saw the opening of Britain’s first stretch of motorway, was it: 1958, 1959 or 1960?
7 How many chromosomes are there in a normal human cell, is it 36, 46 or 56?
8 “Blackadder”, “Vicar of Dibley”, “Fools & Horses”, which was voted favourite ever sitcom?
9 Which one of these contain most protein, cheddar cheese, cod fillets, soya beans or chicken?
10 Sir James Barrie wrote a sentimental comedy, was it called the Barretts of Wimpole Street, Princes Street, Quality Street or the Streets of Life?
11 What turns a whisky into a whisky sour?
12 According to tradition, on which London hill did Dick Whittington turn back?
13. Which famous Briton was buried in her wedding veil with a bust of her husband’s head?
14 Extracting metal by heating ores is known by what term?
15. Who introduced the breathalyser whilst minister of transport?
16 The Greek for ‘popular government’ is used in English today – what word?
17 Leeds, York, Newcastle, Aberdeen – which one is furthest west?
18. Maiden Castle, the Iron Age hill fort, is located in which county?
19 Who put the pussy in the well?
20 Where is the bay of plenty ?
21 Which king ruled England from 1087 to 1100?
22 From which musical do the songs “Stepping Out With My Baby” and “A Couple Of Swells” come?
23 Name the three main battles of the English civil war
24 In the bible where did Jesus first see Simon, Peter and Andrew?
25 Which Shakespeare play opens with the words “If music be the food of love, play on”?
26 In “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” who keeps falling asleep during the mad hatter’s tea party?
27 What are a Chatterbox, a Lady’s Slipper and a Fried Egg?
28 Between which two cities did the Flying Scotsman run?
29 In which city’s harbour is the Little Mermaid to be found?
30 What follows Amazing Grace in the first line of the hymn so named?
And the answers are…..
1 1989
2 1994
3 1215
4 1900
5 Margate
6 1958
7 46
8 Fools & Horses
9 Soya beans
10 Quality Street
11 Lemon
12 Highgate Hill
13 Queen Victoria
14 Smelting
15 Barbara Castle.
16 Democracy.
17 Leeds
18 Dorset
19 Little Tommy Green
20 New Zealand
21 William II
22 Easter Parade
23 Edge Hill, Marston Moor & Naseby
24 By the sea of Galilee
25 Twelfth Night
26 The dormouse
27 All types of orchid
28 London & Edinburgh
29 Copenhagen
30 “How sweet the sound”