A quiz a day keeps the cobwebs away.
1. The Battle of Tewkesbury in 1471 was decisive in which conflict?
2. Clara Petacci was the mistress of whom?
3. To what office in the USA was Henry Kissinger appointed in 1973?
4. Which film star became Governor of California?
Photo: Eduardo Huelin.
5. How many wheels were there on each hansom cab, the horse-drawn taxis that used to operate in London in Victorian times?
6. Who was the only native born English monarch with the epitaph ‘The Great’?
7. In the story of the Trojan War who killed Hector?
8. What is Cookie Monster’s name?
9. Complete the phrase-Necessity is the mother of what?
10. Mary l of England was also known as who?
11. What is the only geometric shape that has infinite lines of symmetry?
12. Where was the prophet Muhammad born?
13. Which major record label was created in 1901, using the name of an 1898 painting of his friend’s pet by Francis Barraud?14. In 2004, Barbie dumped Ken for an Australian. What was his name?
15. Which country was the first to legalise same-sex marriage as a result of a referendum?
16. Who said, ’Speak softly and carry a big stick, you will go far’?
17. Fireball whiskey is flavoured with what?
18. Which video game series is set in Hyrule?
19. Which city was Charles Lindbergh’s destination on his historic transatlantic flight?
20. Which Shakespeare play contains the line: Double, double, toil and trouble?
Bonus question: The first railway line across the USA, from the East Coast to San Francisco via Chicago, Omaha and Salt Lake City, was completed in what year? Answer in Quiz 14
Answers: 1.The Wars of the Roses 2.Benito Mussolini 3.Secretary of State 4.Arnold Schwarzenegger 5.Two wheels 6.Alfred 7.Achilles 8.Sid 9.Invention 10.Bloody Mary 11.Circle 12.Mecca 13.HMV 14.Blaine 15.Republic of Ireland 16.Throdore Roosevelt 17.Cinammon 18.The Legend of Zelda 19.Paris 20.Macbeth
Bonus question answer (from Quiz 12): The country that was represented by Hanni Wenzel, who won the women’s giant slalom and slalom at the Lake Placid Winter Olympics in 1980 was Liechtenstein
