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

 

Between 1978 and 1986, what was the name of Elvis Costello's backing band?

a) The Heartbreakers b) The Attractions c) The Spiders from Mars

b) The Attractions

 

What is the name of the typically Swiss dish where melted cheese is served in a communal pot and consumed by dipping bread into the cheese using long stemmed forks?

Fondue

 

The ossicles bones are found in which part of the human body?

Ear

 

Which US President was born in Hope, Arkansas on August 19th 1946?

Bill Clinton

 

The 1991 novel The Firm was written by which American author?

John Grisham

 

Barbels, Bogas and Brotulas are types of what?

a) Shoes b) Fish c) Trees

b) Fish

 

Ryan Lochte is an Olympic gold winning athlete in which sport?

Swimming

 

Who became British National Hunt racing's Champion Jockey in 2015-16, ending Tony McCoy's twenty year reign?

a) Richard Johnson b) Barry Geragthy c) Ruby Walsh

a) Richard Johnson

 

Corby, Wellingborough and Kettering are all towns found in which English county?

Northamptonshire

 

Which of the three main rock types signifies the cooling and solidification of magma or lava?

a) Sedimentary b) Metamorphic c) Igneous

c) Igneous