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Published 8th Feb 2021

 

 

1) In the acronym BSE, what word comes before Spongiform Encephalopathy?

 

2) Based on the definition of a desert being an area that has less than 10 inches of rain a year, which is the largest desert?

 

3) Which was the last British city to be named the European Capital of Culture?

 

4) In which novel, by Robert Louis Stevenson, is the narrator a teenager named David Balfour?

 

5) Situated in Peru and Bolivia, what is the highest navigable lake in the world?

 

6) What was the Roman name for England?

 

7) In which century was Dick Turpin hanged as a highwayman?

 

8) What is the French term literally meaning ‘according to the menu’?

 

9) Americans refer to it as Cotton Candy, but what would it be called in the UK?

 

10) Who wrote the book ‘Being Jordan’?

 

 

Answers

1) In the acronym BSE, what word comes before Spongiform Encephalopathy?

Bovine

 

2) Based on the definition of a desert being an area that has less than 10 inches of rain a year, which is the largest desert?

Antarctica

 

3) Which was the last British city to be named the European Capital of Culture?

Liverpool

 

4) In which novel, by Robert Louis Stevenson, is the narrator a teenager named David Balfour?

Kidnapped

 

5) Situated in Peru and Bolivia, what is the highest navigable lake in the world?

Lake Titicaca

 

6) What was the Roman name for England?

Albion

 

7) In which century was Dick Turpin hanged as a highwayman?

18th (1739)

 

8) What is the French term literally meaning ‘according to the menu’?

A la carte

 

9) Americans refer to it as Cotton Candy, but what would it be called in the UK?

Candy Floss

 

10) Who wrote the book ‘Being Jordan’?

Katie Price