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

 

Which 'JFH' played 136 games for Chelsea and has also managed Queens Park Rangers?

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink

 

Which London public space commemorates a British naval victory in the Napoleonic Wars that took place on 21st October 1805?

Trafalgar Square

 

What is the name of the project to search for evidence of life on Mars, run by both the European Space Agency and a Russian space agency, with a second mission planned for 2022?

ExoMars

 

Which Ernest Hemingway novel features Robert Jordan, an American who has joined the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War?

For Whom The Bell Tolls

 

Which 'S' is a naturally formed waterway that connects two larger bodies of water?

Strait

 

What was significant about Brian Deane's first half header for Sheffield United against Manchester United on Saturday 15th August 1992?

It was the first ever goal in the Premier League

 

Which Irish-born British Expressionist painter known for the works 'Study for a Self-Portrait' and 'Portrait of George Dyer Talking' died in Madrid in 1992?

Francis Bacon

 

Which 'T' describes the way that an object feels to the touch?

Texture

 

Which American musical first produced for Broadway in 1980 by David Merrick tells the story of famed director Julian Marsh's attempt to stage a successful musical in the height of the Great Depression?

42nd Street

 

Which Caribbean island has the biggest population: Bahamas or Barbados?

Bahamas