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The questions and answers within this quiz were verified and updated in July 2020.

 

Which toy company takes its name from the Danish phrase for "play well"?

Lego

 

On a standard computer keyboard, which letter is between 'V' and 'N'?

B

 

Which race horse owner has won the Grand National on three occasions in 2005 with Hedgehunter, 2011 with Ballabriggs and 2015 with Many Clouds?

Trevor Hemmings

 

The epitaph of which poet reads "‘Cast a cold Eye / On Life, on Death. / Horseman, pass by"?

W.B. Yeats

 

Which Mexican spirit is made from Blue Agave?

Tequilla

 

The French celebrate Bastille Day in which month?

July

 

Tennis player Stanislas Wawrinka represents which country?

Switzerland

 

Which religion has a holy book called the 'Tripitaka'?

Buddism

 

Which civil rights activist along with E. D. Nixon, led the Montgomery Bus Boycott which was instrumental in leading to segregation on buses being declared unconstitutional in the United States?

Rosa Parks

 

Which member of Led Zepplin was known by the nickname 'Bonzo'?

John Bonham