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As a nod towards New Year's Day (and the end of one of the most challenging years for decades) all the questions or answers are connected to the word New.

Let's all hope that things get better in 2021.

Happy New Year!

 

Questions

1) Which city in what is now the United States, can trace its origins back to 1626 when it was a trading post known as New Amsterdam?

 

2) Which band was formed by the members of Joy Division after the suicide of their lead singer?

 

3) What name is shared by an english town, a racecourse and a card game?

 

4) Which US State has Concord as its capital and Manchester as its largest city, and is bordered by Massachusetts to the south

 

5) What was the name of the group who found worldwide success with the song “I’d like to teach the world to sing”

 

6) Once a royal hunting ground for William the Conqueror the New Forest is in which county?

 

7) New Mexico is situated in the southwestern region of the USA. What is the name of its capital city which translated to english would be Holy Faith

 

8) Who plays the quirky teacher Jess around whom the TV show New Girl revolves?

 

9) Which city grew from the Roman settlement of Pons Ailius and takes its name from the fortress built by William the Conqueror’s son in1080. It was known for coal mining and later for ship-building?

 

10) Where in India is the seat of all three branches of the Indian government, and the city in which it sits is a hub for international trade

 

 

 

Answers

 

1) Which city in what is now the United States, can trace its origins back to 1626 when it was a trading post known as New Amsterdam?

New York

 

2) Which band was formed by the members of Joy Division after the suicide of their lead singer?

New Order

 

3) What name is shared by an english town, a racecourse and a card game?

Newmarket

 

4) Which US State has Concord as its capital and Manchester as its largest city, and is bordered by Massachusetts to the south

New Hampshire

 

5) What was the name of the group who found worldwide success with the song “I’d like to teach the world to sing”

New Seekers

 

6) Once a royal hunting ground for William the Conqueror the New Forest is in which county?

Hampshire 

 

7) New Mexico is situated in the southwestern region of the USA. What is the name of its capital city which translated to english would be Holy Faith

Santa Fe

 

8) Who plays the quirky teacher Jess around whom the TV show New Girl revolves?

Zooey Deschanel

 

9) Which city grew from the Roman settlement of Pons Ailius and takes its name from the fortress built by William the Conqueror’s son in1080. It was known for coal mining and later for ship-building?

Newcastle upon Tyne

 

10) Where in India is the seat of all three branches of the Indian government, and the city in which it sits is a hub for international trade

New Delhi