If you just stare at the question long enough, the answer will come to you… Honest..
1. At the 1976 Summer Olympics, who was the only female competitor not to have a sex test?
2. Who “is watching you” in George Orwell’s book “Nineteen Eighty-Four”?
3. What is an appropriate technique for using a zither?
4. What arcade game, based on the concept of eating, was developed primarily by Toru Iwatani over the course of a year in 1979/80, with a nine-man team?
5. In 2003, a congestion charge was introduced to reduce traffic volumes in which city centre?
6. What are the two official languages of Pakistan?
7. Hang ten is a term used in which sport?
8. In which Quentin Tarantino film are the main characters all named after colours?
9. Traditional candy canes are flavoured with what?
10. In baseball, how many balls results in a walk?
11. Between 1901 and 1909, Karl Landsteiner, Jan Janský and William Moss worked on the classification of what?
12. What name is given to the cabin that is suspended from a balloon?
13. What word is used to describe a golfer with a handicap of zero?
14. In 1903, Maurice Garin was the first winner of which event?15. Which state in North America has the oldest known currently living tree, age confirmed, in the world?
16. What is the most recent country to adopt the Euro?
17. What might be measured in Paris points?
18. Complete the lyrics: There is freedom within, there is freedom without, Try to catch the deluge in a….?
19. Who was the second man to set foot on the moon?
20. What was Paul McCartney’s middle name?
Bonus question: Modern Daylight Saving Time, Daylight Time, or Summer Time, which shifts the time system forward one hour for a summer portion of the year, is observed in a number of countries globally. When and where was this system first used? Answer in Quiz 15
Answers: 1.Princess Anne 2.Big Brother 3.Strum 4.Pac Man 5.London 6.English and Urdu 7.Surfing 8.Reservoir Dogs 9.Peppermint 10.Four balls 11.Blood groups 12.Gondola 13.Scratch 14.Tour de France 15.California 16.Bulgaria 17.Shoe size 18.Paper Cup 19.Buzz Aldrin 20.Paul
Bonus question answer (from Quiz 13): The first railway line across the USA, from the East Coast to San Francisco via Chicago, Omaha and Salt Lake City, was completed in 1869.
