Quiz Number 104 - Answers

Published: Thursday 12th May 2016
  1. In which US city is the baseball stadium Fenway Park located? Boston.
  2. For what is the Spanish town of Toledo famous for manufacturing? Swords.
  3. What is the best known and most successful of the operettas composed by Austro-Hungarian composer Franz Lehar? The Merry Widow.
  4. Who was the first and only King of Libya until being overthrown by Colonel Gaddafi in 1969? King Idris I.
  5. What songs with "Seven" in the title were UK top ten hits for the following artists, [a] The Avons (1959), [b] Artful Dodger (featuring Melanie Blatt) (2001), [c] Queen (1974), [d] Goombay Dance Band (1982) and Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (1991)? [a] "Seven Little Girls in the Back Seat" reached no 3, [b] "Twenty Four Seven", no 6, [c] "Seven Seas of Rhye", no 10, [d] "Seven Tears", no 1 and [e] "Sailing in the Seven Seas",no 3.
  6. Which fictional continent is the main setting for TV's "Game of Thrones"? Westeros.
  7. What name is given to the Sunday prior to Easter Sunday? Palm Sunday.
  8. In which English county would you find the National Memorial Arboretum? Staffordshire.
  9. As at May 2016 which five nations make up the permanent members of the UN Security Council? China, France, Russian Federation, United Kingdom and the United States.
  10. Who played Bond girl Anya Amasova in the 1977 movie "The Spy Who Loved Me"? Barbara Bach.
  11. The chemical compound tocopherol, found in nuts and grains is a form of which vitamin? Vitamin E.
  12. Which US State has the orange blossom as its state flower? Florida.
  13. Who were the four stars of BBC radio's "The Goon Show"? Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe, Peter Sellars and Michael Bentine.
  14. What is the capital of the South-East Asian country of Laos? Vientiane.
  15. Who in 1969 became the first winner of the Booker prize for his novel "Something to Answer For"? P H Newby.
  16. Who provided the voice of the title character in the 2009 animation "Fantastic Mr Fox"? George Clooney.
  17. The term that a French President can serve was reduced to five years in 2000, what was it previously? Seven years.
  18. Which British heavyweight boxing champion was born in Hungary in 1950? Joe Bugner.
  19. Who in 1154 became the first Plantagenet King of England? Henry II.
  20. Who in 1965 became the first British female artist to top the Billboard Hot 100? Petula Clark ("Downtown").

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