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Questions

1) Which US actress won the 1981 Academy Award for Best Actress aged seventy-four for her role in the film On a Golden Pond?

 

2) Which is the only inanimate sign of the zodiac?

 

3) What was the name of The Jam's debut album, released in 1977, that shared its name with a hit single on the album?

 

4) Since 1987, which Tennis Grand Slam tournament has been the fourth and final in the tennis calendar?

 

5) Nelson's Column is a monument in which London square?

 

6) In music, which Oasis song opens with the lyrics 'Today is gonna be the day'?

 

7) Where was playwright Oscar Wilde born in October 1854?

 

8) Which is the largest moon of the planet Saturn, by diameter?

 

9) Bella Swan (later Bella Cullan) is a character in which film series?

 

10) What colour is the distinctive King of the Mountains jersey in cycling's Tour de France?

 

 

 

Answers

1) Which US actress won the 1981 Academy Award for Best Actress aged seventy-four for her role in the film On a Golden Pond?

Katharine Hepburn

 

2) Which is the only inanimate sign of the zodiac?

Libra

 

3) What was the name of The Jam's debut album, released in 1977, that shared its name with a hit single on the album?

In The City

 

4) Since 1987, which Tennis Grand Slam tournament has been the fourth and final in the tennis calendar?

US Open

 

5) Nelson's Column is a monument in which London square?

Trafalgar Square

 

6) In music, which Oasis song opens with the lyrics 'Today is gonna be the day'?

Wonderwall

 

7) Where was playwright Oscar Wilde born in October 1854?

Dublin, Ireland

 

8) Which is the largest moon of the planet Saturn, by diameter?

Titan

 

9) Bella Swan (later Bella Cullan) is a character in which film series?

The Twilight Saga

 

10) What colour is the distinctive King of the Mountains jersey in cycling's Tour de France?

Red polka dots on white