One day you just might get 20/ 20 for these quizzes. One day, with the gods on your side … 

1. What is the word used in Greek mythology for the underworld?
2. In the USA there is a national holiday annually on the third Monday in January, in honour of whom?
3. Poteen, an illegally distilled alcoholic drink, is made in which country?

4. Singer Avril Lavigne was born in which country?
5. In Texas, what is known as “Ole Sparky”?
6. What body of water between Israel and Jordan fed by the Jordan River has no outlet stream?
7. Who was famous for dancing in the rain with an umbrella in a film?
8. How many terrestrial planets are there in our solar system?
9. A philographer collects what?
10. Who had the title role in the 1996 film “The Nutty Professor”?
11. How many countries compete in baseball’s World Series?
12. In the southern hemisphere, in what month does the winter solstice occur?
13. What was the surname of Annie of the musical “Annie Get Your Gun”?
14. Kaiser Wilhelm II was the last Emperor of which country, ruling from 15 June 1888 to 9 November 1918?
15. The UK TV series, “All Creatures Great and Small”, concerned what area of activity?
16. In snooker, what colour ball scores 7 points?
17. In the early stages of which Olympic sport would you hear the words “en garde”?
18. Followers of which religion observe Ramadan?
19. Who was the Roman god of wine and fertility?
20. The abacus was designed as a what?

Bonus question: Which playing card is known as ‘Grace’s Card’? Answer in Quiz #28.

Answers: 1.Hades 2.Martin Luther King 3.Ireland 4.Canada 5.Electric chair 6.Dead Sea 7.Gene Kelly 8.Four (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars) 9.Autographs 10.Eddie Murphy 11.Two (USA and Canada) 12.June 13.Oakley 14.Germany 15.Veterinary practice 16.Black ball 17.Fencing 18.Islam 19.Bacchus 20.Mathematical tool
Bonus question answer (from Quiz #26): Lucky Man is a 2003 autobiography by US actor Michael J Fox.