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Published: 30th September 2020

 

This quiz was written by Adam on 30th September 2020.

 

Questions:

1) Which Latin phrase is used in English to mean 'and other similar things'?

 

2) Which Greek hero of the Trojan War had only one weak spot, his heel?

 

3) Which 'C" are the smallest blood vessels in the body?

 

4) Which British Formula 1 driver won his only World Championship in 2009?

 

5) The apse, altar and nave are areas within what type of building?

 

6) Which Scottish actor played Robbie Turner in the 2007 film Atonement?

 

7) Kigali is the capital city of which African nation?

 

8) The Channel 4 show 'Four in a Bed' focuses on owners of which type of establishment?

 

9) What type of animal is 'in the room' in the British idiom describing a controversial issue?

 

10) Which 'M' was the Roman goddess of wisdom and strategic warfare?

 

Answers:

1) Which Latin phrase is used in English to mean 'and other similar things'?

Et cetera

 

2) Which Greek hero of the Trojan War had only one weak spot, his heel?

Achilles

 

3) Which 'C" are the smallest blood vessels in the body?

Capillaries

 

4) Which British Formula 1 driver won his only World Championship in 2009?

Jenson Button

 

5) The apse, altar and nave are areas within what type of building?

Church

 

6) Which Scottish actor played Robbie Turner in the 2007 film Atonement?

James McAvoy

 

7) Kigali is the capital city of which African nation?

Rwanda

 

8) The Channel 4 show 'Four in a Bed' focuses on owners of which type of establishment?

B&Bs

 

9) What type of animal is 'in the room' in the British idiom describing a controversial issue?

Elephant

 

10) Which 'M' was the Roman goddess of wisdom and strategic warfare?

Minerva