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Published: 13th May 2021

 

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Questions

1) What is the name of the bitter orange flavoured Italian aperitif?

 

2) According to the proverb, ‘All roads lead to….’ where?

 

3) The US escapologist Harry Houdini was born in which eastern european country?

 

4) Alexander the Great died aged only 32, but how? a) trampled by an elephant b) a bout of eating and drinking c) a hunting accident

 

5) Which cartoon character has a catchphrase of ‘Ay caramba!’

 

6) As of 2021 which snooker player has scored the most century breaks in official tournament play?

 

7) What is the term for the smallest unit of data managed by a computer?

 

8) The Oscar winning Best Song ‘Jai Ho’ was from which 2009 film?

 

9) Outside of Cambridge and Oxford, which is the oldest university in England?

 

10) According to the Chinese calendar 2021 is the year of which animal?

 

 

 

Answers

1) What is the name of the bitter orange flavoured Italian aperitif?

Aperol

 

2) According to the proverb, ‘All roads lead to….’ where?

Rome

 

3) The US escapologist Harry Houdini was born in which eastern european country?

Hungary

 

4) Alexander the Great died aged only 32, but how? a) trampled by an elephant b) a bout of eating and drinking c) a hunting accident

b) a bout of eating and drinking

 

5) Which cartoon character has a catchphrase of ‘Ay caramba!’

Bart Simpson

 

6) As of 2021 which snooker player has scored the most century breaks in official tournament play?

Ronnie OSullivan

 

7) What is the term for the smallest unit of data managed by a computer?

Bit

 

8) The Oscar winning Best Song ‘Jai Ho’ was from which 2009 film?

Slumdog Millionaire

 

9) Outside of Cambridge and Oxford, which is the oldest university in England?

UMIST (University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology - later merged to University of Manchester)

 

10) According to the Chinese calendar 2021 is the year of which animal?

Ox