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Questions:

1) On UK roads, the 'National speed limit applies’' sign is a white circle with a diagonal stripe. What colour is the stripe?

 

2) Which newsreader won the first series of 'Strictly Come Dancing'? Natasha Kaplinsky or Victoria Derbyshire?

 

3) Who replaced Donald Trump as the 46th President of the United States?

 

4) Roland-Garros is a tennis competition which takes place in which country?

 

5) The Seven Dwarfs appear in which 1812 fairy tale written by The Brothers Grimm?

 

6) Jodie Foster plays Tallulah in which 1976 gangster musical comedy film?

 

7) In the body, the Eustachian tube connects the throat to which other part of the body?

 

8) Which James Cameron directed film starring Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, and Sam Worthington was released in 2009 and went on to become one of the highest grossing films of all time?

 

9) Air Commodore Sir Frank Whittle is best known for which invention; the jet engine or television?

 

10) Charlotte Worthington won gold at the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics whilst competing in which Cycling event?

 

Answers:

1) On UK roads, the 'National speed limit applies’' sign is a white circle with a diagonal stripe. What colour is the stripe?

Black

 

2) Which newsreader won the first series of 'Strictly Come Dancing'? Natasha Kaplinsky or Victoria Derbyshire?

Natasha Kaplinsky

 

3) Who replaced Donald Trump as the 46th President of the United States?

Joe Biden

 

4) Roland-Garros is a tennis competition which takes place in which country?

France

 

5) The Seven Dwarfs appear in which 1812 fairy tale written by The Brothers Grimm?

Snow White

 

6) Jodie Foster plays Tallulah in which 1976 gangster musical comedy film?

Bugsy Malone

 

7) In the body, the Eustachian tube connects the throat to which other part of the body?

Ear

 

8) Which James Cameron directed film starring Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, and Sam Worthington was released in 2009 and went on to become one of the highest grossing films of all time?

Avatar

 

9) Air Commodore Sir Frank Whittle is best known for which invention; the jet engine or television?

The jet engine

 

10) Charlotte Worthington won gold at the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics whilst competing in which Cycling event?

Freestyle BMX