| 1. Which is the largest of the four islands of Japan? | |
| 2. Who is the leader of the totalitarian state of Oceania in the novel ‘1984’ by George Orwell? | |
| 3. What two-word name is given to a woman paid to breastfeed another woman’s baby? | |
| 4. In sport what name is given to a person employed by a club to seek new & talented players? | |
| 5. Which branch of geology is concerned with the study of earthquakes? | |
| 6. What name is given to a formal procession, especially one consisting of cars at a funeral? | |
| 7. 19th century English Author, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, was better known by which pseudonym? | |
| 8. ‘Gunnersaurus’ is the Club Mascot for which Premiership Football Team? | |
| 9. Which Australian born Operatic Soprano who died in 2010, was nicknamed ‘La Stupenda’? | |
| 10. Bill Badger, Edward Trunk & Algy Pug are all friends of which literary character? | |
| 11. Which American First Lady opened a rehabilitation Clinic in California offering treatment for patients with alcohol, drug & other addictions? | |
| 12. Which thoroughfare in London is most associated with the medical profession? | |
| 13. What was the first name of the wife of former UK Prime Minister, James Callaghan? | |
| 14. In the Winter sport of curling, what is the name given to the target area the players aim for? | |
| 15. What name is given to a track or pathway in the countryside on which horse riders have right of way? | |
| 16. Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef & Eli Wallach starred in which Spaghetti Western Film of 1966? | |
| 17. What name is given to a sentence which contains all of the letters of the alphabet? | |
| 18. Which German born Astronomer discovered the planet Uranus in 1781? | |
| 19. How many tiles does a player begin with in a game of Scrabble? | |
| 20. A person born on Christmas Day would have which Star Sign? |
ANSWERS BELOW
JULIE CLARKE
| 1. Which is the largest of the four islands of Japan? | HONSHU |
| 2. Who is the leader of the totalitarian state of Oceania in the novel ‘1984’ by George Orwell? | BIG BROTHER |
| 3. What two-word name is given to a woman paid to breastfeed another woman’s baby? | WET NURSE |
| 4. In sport what name is given to a person employed by a club to seek new & talented players? | SCOUT |
| 5. Which branch of geology is concerned with the study of earthquakes? | SEISMOLOGY |
| 6. What name is given to a formal procession, especially one consisting of cars at a funeral? | CORTEGE |
| 7. 19th century English Author, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, was better known by which pseudonym? | LEWIS CARROLL |
| 8. ‘Gunnersaurus’ is the Club Mascot for which Premiership Football Team? | ARSENAL |
| 9. Which Australian born Operatic Soprano who died in 2010, was nicknamed ‘La Stupenda’? | JOAN SUTHERLAND |
| 10. Bill Badger, Edward Trunk & Algy Pug are all friends of which literary character? | RUPERT BEAR |
| 11. Which American First Lady opened a rehabilitation Clinic in California offering treatment for patients with alcohol, drug & other addictions? | BETTY FORD |
| 12. Which thoroughfare in London is most associated with the medical profession? | HARLEY STREET |
| 13. What was the first name of the wife of former UK Prime Minister, James Callaghan? | AUDREY |
| 14. In the Winter sport of curling, what is the name given to the target area the players aim for? | THE HOUSE |
| 15. What name is given to a track or pathway in the countryside on which horse riders have right of way? | BRIDLEWAY OR BRIDLE PATH |
| 16. Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef & Eli Wallach starred in which Spaghetti Western Film of 1966? | THE GOOD THE BAD & THE UGLY |
| 17. What name is given to a sentence which contains all of the letters of the alphabet? | PANGRAM |
| 18. Which German born Astronomer discovered the planet Uranus in 1781? | WILLIAM HERSCHEL |
| 19. How many tiles does a player begin with in a game of Scrabble? | 7 |
| 20. A person born on Christmas Day would have which Star Sign? | CAPRICORN |