Which former English cricket captain appeared in the 2017-18 touring production of the musical Fat Friends by Kay Mellor?

Andrew Flintoff

 

Wimbledon 2017 was won by the 14th seed who surprisingly defeated Venus WIlliams in the final. Can you name her?

a) Daria Gavrilova b) Garbiñe Muguruza c) Svetlana Kuznetsova

b) Garbiñe Muguruza

 

Who became the first British athlete to win back to back golds at the Winter Olympics in 2018 following success at Sochi?

 

Edward I, known as Edward Longshanks, was from which royal house?

Plantagenets

 

The city of Detroit is known by which nickname?

Motor City

 

The Akashi Kaikyo Bridge, which has the longest central span of any suspension bridge in the world, links which two of Japan's main islands?

Honshu and Shikoku

 

A septennial event happens how often?

7 years

 

Ascorbic acid is the name for which vitamin?

C

 

Ed Sheeran kicked off 2018 with a track said to be inspired by a visit to James Blunt's in Ibiza.

 

In which country is the world's highest waterfall?

 

The following are anagrams of some of the greatest boxers of all time:

 

Ace Hazel Jog

Joe Calzaghe

 

Yeti Monks

Mike Tyson

 

Forager Genome

George Foreman

 

I Swell Xenon

Lennox Lewis

 

My Heady Fleawort

Floyd Mayweather

 

Unbarred Toro

Roberto Duran

 

Croak Acrimony

Rocky Marciano