Quiz No.9 – 14.6.2013 - Answers Britain 1. Cumbria shares borders with which four English counties?: Northumberland, Durham, North Yorkshire and Lancashire 2. Which Yorkshire town has railway stations called Kirkgate and Westgate?: Wakefield 3. Watford Gap is in which English county?: Northamptonshire 4. What is the most northerly National Park in Britain?: The Cairngorms 5. In which city would you find the Whitworth Art Gallery?: Manchester 6. Queen Margaret University is based in which city?: Edinburgh 7. Which three towns make up Torbay?: Torquay, Paignton and Brixham 8. What are Sizewell, Bradwell, Dungeness, Hinckley Point and Torness?: Nuclear power stations 9. The motor racing circuit Brands Hatch is in which county?: Kent 10. Which city had ‘so much to answer for’ according to a song by The Smiths?: Manchester 11. The Titanic set sail from which British port?: Southampton 12. Football manager Brian Clough, comedian Bob Mortimer and former EastEnder Wendy Richard were all born in which town?: Middlesbrough 13. Which town appears as Sandbourne in the novels of Thomas Hardy?: Bournemouth 14. Coombe Hill is the highest point in which range of hills?: Chilterns 15. The second ranking clergyman in the Church of England is the Bishop of which city?: York 16. In which city would you find shopping centres called Galleries, Broadmead and Cribbs Causeway?: Bristol 17. Which poet is known as the Bard of Ayrshire?: Robert Burns 18. Author DH Lawrence was from which Midlands city?: Nottingham 19. The tomb of King John is in which English cathedral? a) Hereford, b) Salisbury or c) Worcester?: c) Worcester 20. What islands are the most northerly part of the British Isles? a) Orkney, b) Outer Hebrides or c) Shetland?: c) Shetland Mix Bag 20 1. TV drama The Wire was set in which US city?: Baltimore 2. Napoleon Bonaparte was born on which island?: Corsica 3. The emperor of which country sits on the Chrysanthemum Throne?: Japan 4. The Fiat car company was founded in which Italian city?: Turin 5. What is the skin condition malaria rubra more commonly known as?: Prickly Heat 6. Which former Friend went on to star in TV drama Cougar Town?: Courtenay Cox 7. The Communards topped the charts with Don’t Leave Me This Way, but who recorded the original?: Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes 8. Muscat is the capital city of which country?: Oman 9. Jonathan Ive is a leading designer at which technology company?: Apple 10. In astrology, what are the three fire signs?: Aries, Leo, Sagittarius 11. On which London Underground line will you find the stations Tooting Broadway, Oval and Archway?: Northern 12. The Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra is from which country?: Venezuela 13. Which English composer wrote the opera Peter Grimes?: Benjamin Britten 14. Which two Italian cities appear in the titles of plays by Shakespeare?: Venice and Verona 15. Who did Nick Clegg succeed as leader of the Liberal Democrat Party?: Menzies Campbell 16. Which film director, using a specially adapted submarine, made a solo trip to the deepest point in the ocean, the Mariana Trench?: James Cameron 17. Who played Hannah Montana in the TV series of the same name?: Miley Cyrus 18. At the 2010 VMAs Lady Gaga wore a dress made out of what?: Meat 19. Carry On star Sid James was born in which country? a) Australia, b) New Zealand or c) South Africa: c) South Africa 20. Goliath, Bombardier and Asparagus are examples of which type of creature? a) beetle, b) spider or c) snake?: a) beetle
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