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?

Published: 28th May 2021

 

Here are a series of clues to famous people whose birthday is in May. I’ve given their birthday along with the answers below.

Clue

1)Prolific singer/songwriter whose first solo album was Bella Donna

 

2) Comedian, TV writer, author and most other roles in entertainment. Wrote ‘The Young Ones’ amongst many other shows

 

3) Lead singer of the Celtic pop rock group which includes her two sisters and brother.

 

4) Red haired English retail consultant and broadcaster.

 

Published 25th May 2021

 

Below are a series of 3 events from a particular year, but can you work out which? I suggest 2 points for the correct year and 1 point if you're only one year out.

I've repeated the clues below along with the answers.

 

Clues

1) A series of bombings hit the egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh with over 80 killed.

Hurricane Katrina hit the US Gulf coast killing over a thousand people and causing over $100 billion in damage.

Liverpool FC won the UEFA Champions league beating AC Milan

 

Published: 20th May 2021

 

Below are a series of statements and all you have to do is decide whether they are true or false. If the statement is false I've also added the correct answer in brackets, good luck!

 

Questions:

1) The group Boney M took their name from an Australian detective series from the 70s?

 

2) Cyclophobia is the fear of bicycles.

 

3) Richard Hannay was a character from the novel ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’.

 

4) Antisepsis was discovered in 1865 by Alexander Fleming.

Questions:

1) What was the name of the Scottish musican who shot to fame in 2021 with a version of the sea shanty Wellerman?

 

2) Ella Henderson teamed up with which British musican on the UK Top 10 track 'Let's Go Home Together' released in February 2021?

 

3) Which Welsh singer broke chart records in April 2021 when he became the oldest male artist to achieve a UK Number One album with 'Surrounded by Time'?