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Questions

1) D.S Steve Arnott is one of the principal characters of which long-running police drama?

 

2) According to the proverb ‘He is a fool who makes his’ what ‘his heir’?

 

3) If someone has features described as “ursine” what are they being likened to?

 

4) The Roman road, The Aurelian Way, ends in Genoa but where does it start?

 

5) The Calypso was famously the survey ship of which French oceanographer?

 

6) In cricket what is a Wicket Maiden?

 

7) Yann Martel Won the Booker prize for fiction with which novel?

 

8) Which artist famous for his seascapes painted ‘The Fighting Temeraire’

 

9) Ganymede is the largest moon of which planet?

 

10) In which county is Barnard Castle situated?

 

 

 

Answers

1) D.S Steve Arnott is one of the principal characters of which long-running police drama?

Line of Duty

 

2) According to the proverb ‘He is a fool who makes his’ what ‘his heir’?

Doctor

 

3) If someone has features described as “ursine” what are they being likened to?

A bear

 

4) The Roman road, The Aurelian Way, ends in Genoa but where does it start?

Rome

 

5) The Calypso was famously the survey ship of which French oceanographer?

Jacques Cousteau

 

6) In cricket what is a Wicket Maiden?

The taking of a wicket in an over where no runs are scored

 

7) Yann Martel Won the Booker prize for fiction with which novel?

Life of Pi

 

8) Which artist famous for his seascapes painted ‘The Fighting Temeraire’

Turner

 

9) Ganymede is the largest moon of which planet?

Jupiter

 

10) In which county is Barnard Castle situated?

Durham