Sandbach & District u3a Online Quiz – November Answers

1.What name is given to a fall of masses of snow & ice down a mountain?AVALANCHE
2. Which 20th Century Welsh Minister of Health was responsible for the formation of the NHS?ANEURIN BEVAN
3. What is the Capital City & chief port of Uruguay?  MONTEVIDEO
4. Who is the supreme God of the Ancient Greeks?  ZEUS
5. Who was the Captain of the winning European Team at both the 2023 & 2025 Ryder Cup?LUKE DONALD
6. What is the name of the appendages that are the organs of locomotion and balance in fish?FINS
7. Which US Actor & Director created the Sundance Film Festival?  ROBERT REDFORD
8. Six of the first ten US Presidents were born in which US State?  VIRGINIA
9. Lucy Honeychurch is the heroine of which novel by EM Forster?  A ROOM WITH A VIEW
10. ‘Brimstone’ is another name for which element on the periodic table?SULPHER
11. Which Actor played the fictional detectives Tom Barnaby & Jim Bergerac?JOHN NETTLES
12. How many barriers are jumped in a Men’s 110 metres Hurdle race?  10
13. What is the name of the dog belonging to Dennis the Menace in the Beano Comic?GNASHER
14. In which year was the English Football Premier League established?  1992
15.Who is the only singer to win the Eurovision Song Contest for the UK AND record a James Bond Theme Song?LULU
16. The name of which Lancashire town has the word ‘TWO’ spelt out in the centre of its name?FLEETWOOD
17. What is the French name for The English Channel?  LA MANCHE
18. What is the name of the Roman Goddess of the Dawn?  AURORA
19. What is the name of the ancestral home of the Dukes of Marlborough?BLENHEIM PALACE
20. What is the name of the official record of debates in the UK Parliament?HANSARD

ANSWERS WILL BE GIVEN ON THE NEXT U3A NEWSLETTER.

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