Quiz Number 60 - Answers

Published: Thursday 14th March 2013
  1. What is the largest county by area in Wales? Powys.
  2. What was the name of the boat in which Sir Alec Rose circumnavigated the World? Lively Lady.
  3. On which novel was the musical "Half a Sixpence" based? "Kipps" by HG Wells.
  4. What is the collective name for a group of bears? A Sleuth.
  5. What songs containing the word "EARTH" were UK top ten hits for the following artists [a] Crew Cuts (1955), [b] Bandaged (2008), [c] Hi Tension (1978), [d] Michael Jackson (1995) and [e] UB40 (1980) [a] "Earth Angel" reached number 4, [b] "Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth" no. 3, [c] "Peace on Earth" no. 8, [d] "Earth Song" no.1 and [e] "The Earth Dies Screaming" no. 10.
  6. What was the title of Roger Moore's last James Bond film? "A View to a Kill".
  7. In which British city were post codes first trialled? Norwich.
  8. What is the young of a penguin called? A Chick.
  9. What is the surname of the family in "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"? Pevensey.
  10. Which FOUR Countries share a land border with BENIN? Burkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria and Togo.
  11. Which city houses the headquarters of NATO? Brussels.
  12. Which FIVE elements make up Group 17, the Halogens? Fluorine, Chlorine, Bromine, Iodine and Astatine.
  13. Who played Doctor Who in the 1966 feature film "Daleks- Invasion Earth: 2150AD"? Peter Cushing.
  14. Who does Catherine marry in the Bronte novel "Wuthering Heights"? Edgar Linton.
  15. Who commissioned the building of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris? Napoleon Bonaparte.
  16. Name the FIVE musicians who have been in the rock group Pink Floyd. Syd Barrett, David Gilmour, Nick Mason, Roger Waters & Richard Wright
  17. Which is the heaviest of the three swords used in the sport of fencing, an epee, a foil or a sabre? An Epee.
  18. In which year was the final episode of TV's "Dad's Army" screened for the first time? 1977
  19. Which cities are served by airports named after the following people, [a] Ronald Reagan, [b] Frederic Chopin, [c] John Lennon, [d] Indira Gandhi and [e] Jumo Kenyatta [a] Washington DC, [b] Warsaw, [c] Liverpool, [d] Delhi and [e] Nairobi.
  20. Which is the second longest river in Africa? The River Congo.

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