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Published: 29th May 2021

 

Questions

1) Which religious organisation was founded by George Fox in 1650?

 

2) Who was Prime Minister immediately before Margaret Thatcher?

 

3) The collective noun for Starlings is what?

 

4) In mythology who was the Greek Goddess of Love?

 

5) How did the 70s Scottish group Bay City Rollers choose their name?

 

6) Verbo is a phobia about what?

 

7) The Zambezi river forms one of the borders between which two countries in Africa?

 

8) Daniel Day Lewis, 3 times winner of the Best Actor Oscar is the son-in-law of which famous american playwright, author of ‘The Crucible’?

 

9) What is the name of the medieval fortress in Gwynedd used for the investitures of the Prince of Wales?

 

10) In which city is Barlinnie prison?

 

 

 

Answers

1) Which religious organisation was founded by George Fox in 1650?

Society of Friends (Quakers)

 

2) Who was Prime Minister immediately before Margaret Thatcher?

James Callaghan

 

3) The collective noun for Starlings is what?

Murmuration

 

4) In mythology who was the Greek Goddess of Love?

Aphrodite

 

5) How did the 70s Scottish group Bay City Rollers choose their name?

They threw a dart at a map of the US that landed near Bay City

 

6) Verbo is a phobia about what?

Words

 

7) The Zambezi river forms one of the borders between which two countries in Africa?

Zambia and Zimbabwe

 

8) Daniel Day Lewis, 3 times winner of the Best Actor Oscar is the son-in-law of which famous american playwright, author of ‘The Crucible’?

Arthur Miller

 

9) What is the name of the medieval fortress in Gwynedd used for the investitures of the Prince of Wales?

Caernarfon Castle

 

10) In which city is Barlinnie prison?

Glasgow