Below are a series of statements and all you have to do is decide whether they are true or false, good luck!

 

1) Whoopi Goldberg before becoming a famous film actress worked as a morgue beautician.

 

2) The architectural term Purlin refers to dressed stones at the corner of buildings.

 

3) ‘Sunday Afternoon on the Island of the Grande Jatte’ is a famous painting by Claude Monet.

 

4) Phobos is one of the two moons of Mars.

 

5) Girton College is part of the University of Oxford.

 

 

Questions

1) Which politician famously said ‘Ich bin ein Berliner’

 

2) In chemistry what is the smallest part of an element that can take part in a chemical reaction?

 

3) Which football team has the nickname of the ‘Trotters’

 

4) Which American president became known as ‘Tricky Dicky’?

 

5)  What does the acronym ASH represent in terms of wellbeing?

 

6) Which ‘C’ is an ornamental moulding running around the walls of a room near the ceiling?

 

Welcome to our first sports quiz of 2023, where we look at major events in sport during 2022

 

Questions

1) The Winter Olympic Games were held in Beijing, but how many winter games have there been? a) 16 b) 20 c) 24

 

2) Which country finished top of the 2022 Winter Olympic medal table with 37 medals 16 of which were gold?

 

3) The 2020 Invictus Games for injured or wounded service personnel took place in April 2022 having twice been postponed. Where were the games held?

 

Firstly, I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and are now ready to start quizzing again. As always the answers are given below.

 

Questions

1) Florence Welch is the lead vocalist for which group?

 

2) In mythology who is the principal Greek God?

 

3) Blondie was the name of the dog belonging to which dictator?

 

4) Related to the llama, which South American mammal has long shaggy hair?

 

5) Which animal lives in a Formicary?

 

A quiz for those of you who like music and the arts. The answers are given below

 

Questions

1) Prince Siegfried is a prominent character in which Tchaikovsky ballet composed in 1875?

 

2) Tchaikovsky's next ballet, choreographed by Marius Petipa, features King Florestan and Princess Aurora. Can you name it?

 

3) Soviet composer Sergei Prokofiev famously composed which ballet based on the work by Shakespeare, including the 'Dance of the Knights'?