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The questions and answers within this quiz were verified and updated in July 2020.

 

Name the British artist, from the Young British Artists movement, whose best known work is perhaps 'My Bed'
Tracey Emin

 

30 miles per hour is equal to approximately how many knots? a) 16 b )26 or c) 36
b) 26

 

What material is used to cover the slate on a Snooker or Billiards table?
Baize

 

Rome is located in which of the 20 administrative areas of Italy?
Lazio

 

Which George Orwell book starts with the line "It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen."
1984

 

Roman Polanski the film director was born in which country?
France

 

Whose celebrated diary had a last entry on 1st August 1944?
Anne Frank

 

Who portrayed Withnail in the film Withnail and I?
Richard E Grant

 

What is the Roman numeral for 500?
D

 

Sinology is the study of what?
China