Sandbach & District u3a March 25 Quiz Questions

1.What is the local name for the River Thames at Oxford?   
2. What is the longest River in France?   
3. What is the name of the Celebrity Cook who is an honorary life president of Norwich City FC? 
4. Which children’s author created the character ‘Tracy Beaker’?   
5. Which British veteran entertainer starred on stage & screen in the musical comedy ‘Half a Sixpence’? 
6. What name is given to purple or violet quartz gemstones?   
7. What name is given to a levy especially of one tenth?   
8. Which Author wrote ‘The IPCRESS File’?   
9. Which record label was founded by The Beatles in 1968?   
10. What name is given to unfermented soya bean curd?   
11. ‘The Body in the Library’ by Agatha Christie featured which detective?   
12. Which Italian colourless liqueur is flavoured with anise?   
13. What name is given to the large, legendary man-like creature alleged to inhabit the Himalayan Mountains? 
14. During Lockdown, who became ‘The Nations PE Teacher’?   
15.Which Planet is closest to the sun?   
16. Who is the only British Prime Minister to be assassinated?   
17.How old do you have to be to stand for US President?   
18. For what do the letters ‘DC’ stand for in the name of Washington DC?   
19.Authentic caviar is obtained from which creature?   
20. Who was the Mother of Edward VI of England?   

ANSWERS WILL BE GIVEN ON THE NEXT NEWSLETTER

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