1. What is the name of the 1947 Play by Tennessee Williams which features the character Blanche DuBois? |
2. In an airport what is the name of a numbered exit that a passenger passes through to board an aircraft? |
3. Which Poet wrote ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’? |
4. What is the name of a mechanical device used to indicate the exact tempo in music? |
5. What are the names of the four Marx Brothers who starred in many films including ‘Duck Soup’? |
6. What name is given to a Caribbean Dance where dancers pass beneath a lowered bar while leaning backwards? |
7. Who won the title of BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2022? |
8. Which City in West Yorkshire is home to the Rugby League Team ‘The Rhinos’ and is situated on the River Aire? |
9. What is the name of the third astronaut who accompanied Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on te Apollo 11 mission? |
10. What is the name of the Capital City of the US State of Utah? |
11. Which late British Comedian was the Father-in-Law of Olympic Gold Medallist Denise Lewis? |
12. Which of Henry VIII’s wives was formerly married to his older brother Arthur? |
13. In Sociology what name is given to the spread of a people beyond their traditional homeland? |
14. What is the name of the first woman to serve as an MP in the British House of Commons? |
15. What is the name of the character portrayed by Johnny Depp in the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ franchise? |
16. What two-word generic term is given to large household appliances such as fridges, washing machines, dishwashers etc |
17.Which 3 letter word can follow POST, BOOM, GEAR, MATCH & SOAP to make 5 longer words? |
18.What was the first name of the wife of Sir Winston Churchill? |
19. What 5 letter word is a modern term for showy or ostentatious jewellery? |
20. What name is given to the scientific study of fungi? |
ANSWERS BELOW
JULIE CLARKE
1. What is the name of the 1947 Play by Tennessee Williams which features the character Blanche DuBois? | A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE |
2. In an airport what is the name of a numbered exit that a passenger passes through to board an aircraft? | GATE |
3. Which Poet wrote ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’? | SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE |
4. What is the name of a mechanical device used to indicate the exact tempo in music? | METRONOME |
5. What are the names of the four Marx Brothers who starred in many films including ‘Duck Soup’? | GRAUCHO CHICO HARPO & ZEPPO |
6. What name is given to a Caribbean Dance where dancers pass beneath a lowered bar while leaning backwards? | LIMBO |
7. Who won the title of BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2022? | BETH MEAD |
8. Which City in West Yorkshire is home to the Rugby League Team ‘The Rhinos’ and is situated on the River Aire? | LEEDS |
9. What is the name of the third astronaut who accompanied Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the Apollo 11 mission? | MICHAEL COLLINS |
10. What is the name of the Capital City of the US State of Utah? | SALT LAKE CITY |
11. Which late British Comedian was the Father-in-Law of Olympic Gold Medallist Denise Lewis? | TOM O’CONNOR |
12. Which of Henry VIII’s wives was formerly married to his older brother Arthur? | CATHERINE OF ARAGON |
13. In Sociology what name is given to the spread of a people beyond their traditional homeland? | DIASPORA |
14. What is the name of the first woman to serve as an MP in the British House of Commons? | NANCY ASTOR |
15. What is the name of the character portrayed by Johnny Depp in the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ franchise? | JACK SPARROW |
16. What two-word generic term is given to large household appliances such as fridges, washing machines, dishwashers etc | WHITE GOODS |
17.Which 3 letter word can follow POST, BOOM, GEAR, MATCH & SOAP to make 5 longer words? | BOX |
18.What was the first name of the wife of Sir Winston Churchill? | CLEMENTINE |
19. What 5 letter word is a modern term for showy or ostentatious jewellery? | BLING |
20. What name is given to the scientific study of fungi? | MYCOLOGY |